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Patent GB-2499867-A (GB)
Title: Double-layer permeable reactive barrier remediation system
Inventor: XI BEIDOU
IPC: B09C1/00
Filed: 2012-10-26
Abstract: A double-layer permeable reactive barrier remediation system is composed of a reductive reactive barrier (A) and an oxidative reactive barrier (B), wherein the reductive barrier is positioned upstream of the oxidative barrier. Both the reductive and oxidative barriers are constructed in a framed-box structure whose sides comprise mesh. The framed-box structure of the reductive barrier is filled with modified zeolite and zerovalent iron powder, whilst the framed-box structure of the oxidative barrier is filled with sustained-release particles formed by mixing an active oxidant, a stable curable adhesive, zeolite and water. The system is used to remove nitrobenzene from polluted ground water, wherein the upstream reductive barrier reduces the nitrobenzene to produce aniline. The modified zeolite can reduce the production of flocculent precipitate in the reductive barrier body so as to avoid the blockage of the barrier and increase the concentration of Fe2+ in the ground water. The polluted ground water then enters into the oxidative barrier, wherein the aniline is degraded through a catalytic oxidation reaction. Preferably, the active oxidant is a mixture of sodium persulfate and calcium peroxide, whilst the adhesive may be a mixture of Portland cement and fine sands.
Patent GB-2503963-A (GB)
Title: Patient garment
Inventor: WARD BEVERLEY
IPC: A41D13/12
Filed: 2012-12-04
Abstract: A garment 300, suitable for use by a health care patient, in which the garment 300 comprises at least one rear panel 301, one or more front panels 302, 303, and a plurality of releasable seams. The seams are positioned along peripheral regions of said rear panel 301 and said one or more front panels 302, 303 for releasably connecting said one or more front panels 302, 303 to said rear panel 301. The garment may also comprise a garment 400 to cover the lower body, which comprises removable front panels 403, 405 connected to a rear panel by releasable seams 401.
Patent GB-2504794-A (GB)
Title: A coupling for frame members in a door
Inventor: WANG KUEI-YUNG CHEN
IPC: E06B1/30
Filed: 2013-02-08
Abstract: A coupler 100 joins together first and second frame members 10A, 10B to form a frame which then holds a pane 11 to an opening in a door or the like. The coupler has a first coupling member 101 operatively connected to the first frame member; a second coupling member 102 is operatively connected to the second frame member; and a connector 103 that has opposite first and second fasteners 103A, 103B for connecting with the first and second coupling members respectively. The fasteners are suitable for bodily engagement with the coupling members, preferably by complementary profiles or snap fit. The first and second frame members are coupled together by the coupler, with the connector extending through said opening and connecting with the first and second coupling members, on opposite sides of said door or the like to thereby hold said pane in said opening. A method is also provided.
Patent GB-2497238-A (GB)
Title: Simultaneous ultrasonic cross-correlation and transit time measurements for multiphase flow rate analysis
Inventor: POWELL CHRISTOPHER J
IPC: G01F1/66
Filed: 2011-09-08
Abstract: Pairs of acoustic transducers positioned at different radial distances in a conduit are used to measure travel times of acoustic signals in opposite directions and inclined to the direction of a fluid flow in the borehole. These contrapropagation measurements are used to estimate fluid velocity and volumetric flow rates of the fluid components in the conduit.
Patent GB-2503141-A (GB)
Title: Alkaline niobate piezoelectric material and production method for alkaline niobate piezoelectric material
Inventor: KOBAYASHI RYOSUKE
IPC: C04B35/499
Filed: 2012-02-14
Abstract: An alkaline niobate piezoelectric material indicated by general formula {(K1-aNaa)1-bLib}(Nb1-c-dTacSbd)O3+xmol%BanTiO3+ymol%CuO and characterized by fulfilling the following: 0  ¦a  ¦0.9, 0  ¦b  ¦0.3, 0<c  ¦0.5, 0  ¦d  ¦0.1, 0.5  ¦x<10.0, 0.1  ¦y  ¦8.0, and 0.9  ¦n  ¦1.2.
Patent GB-2509208-A (GB)
Title: Offshore pile installation accoustic barrier structure and method of installation
Inventor: WEST ALAN
IPC: E02B17/00
Filed: 2013-04-02
Abstract: An apparatus 100 configured to provide an acoustic barrier between an offshore pile 200 and a surrounding body of water 500 during deployment of a pile 200 from the water surface 310 and securing it into the seabed 300, as well as a method of use thereof. In some examples, the invention relates to a guide apparatus 110. The claimed apparatus comprises a dampening structure (1800 figure 9), arranged to provide an acoustic barrier between a pile 200 and a surrounding body of water 500, wherein said dampening structure (1800 figure 9) comprises one or more dampening segments (3013, figure 10). These segments (3013, figure 10). are composed of a number or plurality of layers or sheets or spaces, and may comprise a number or plurality of discrete layers or sheets (3015 figure 19a) and any said spaces may be filled with a fluid or gas.
Patent GB-2519175-A (GB)
Title: Topical isolation module
Inventor: MOASSER ALI
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 2013-10-14
Abstract: A topical isolation module includes a gas impermeable shell 1 having a wall 1a and defining a substantially closed internal chamber. The wall has an opening that communicates with the internal chamber, and the chamber being arranged to cover an external portion of a user's body to be treated. Sealing means 5 provided along the perimeter of the opening, which are arranged to seal the shell to the user's body about the portion to be treated. Gas introduction means, which are arranged to introduce one or more therapeutic gases, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide, into the substantially closed internal chamber. There is also a light source arranged to irradiate the portion to be treated. The light source may be LEDs emitting light of wavelength 390 nm, 630 nm, or 980 nm. The pressure in the chamber may be controlled by a control unit, and there may be a pressure relief valve.
Patent GB-2508505-A (GB)
Title: A magnetoresistive (mr) sensor shielding arrangement
Inventor: ZELTSER ALEXANDER M
IPC: G11B5/39
Filed: 2013-10-23
Abstract: A magnetoresistive (MR) sensor for example a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane magnetoresistive (CPP-MR) sensor, a giant MR sensor (GMR) or tunneling MR sensor (TMRS) has an exchange-coupled side shield structure 200 on each of two side regions of the sensor and an exchange-coupled top shield structure 250 on the sensor and the two exchange-coupled side shield structures. Each exchange-coupled structure comprises an antiferromagnetic layer 210 (selected from Ir and Mn) and a shield of soft magnetically permeable material 220 (selected from NiFex, (NiFex)Moy and (NiFex)Cry) exchange-coupled with the antiferromagnetic layer 210. Each side shield and the top shield has its magnetization oriented generally parallel to the sensor front edge and generally parallel to the plane of the sensor's free ferromagnetic layer. The shields in each exchange-coupled side shield structure and the exchange-coupled top shield structure may he an antiparallel coupled structure of two magnetically permeable films separated by a nonmagnetic coupling film. A coupling layer selected from Co and a CoFe alloy may be between the antiferromagnetic 210 layer and the side shield material 220.
Patent GB-2520981-A (GB)
Title: Self-calibrating position sensor
Inventor: WITTS DAVID JOHN
IPC: G01L5/22
Filed: 2013-12-05
Abstract: A position sensor has a first channel that produces a first position signal which varies with position in the measurement range in accordance with a first measurement function modified by a first error function, and a second channel that produces a second position signal which varies with position in the measurement range in accordance with a second measurement function modified by a second error function. The position sensor determines first calibration data by processing the first and second position signals at different positions within the measurement range, the first calibration data at least partially compensating for the first error function. The position sensor can subsequently process the first position signal, using the first measurement function and the first calibration data, to generate an output that more accurately represents position. The position sensor may also determine second calibration data that at least partially compensates for the second error function. The position sensor is applicable to an arrangement that utilises a Vernier-type measurement technique.
Patent GB-2520365-A (GB)
Title: Primitive processing in a graphics processing system
Inventor: REDSHAW JONATHAN
IPC: G06T15/40
Filed: 2013-12-13
Abstract: A graphics processing system has a rendering space which is divided into tiles. Primitives within the tiles are processed to perform hidden surface removal and to apply texturing to the primitives. The graphics processing system includes a plurality of depth buffers, thereby allowing a processing module to process primitives of one tile by accessing one of the depth buffers while primitive identifiers of another, partially processed tile are stored in another one of the depth buffers. This allows the graphics processing system to have multiple tiles in flight, which can increase the efficiency of the graphics processing system.
Patent GB-2512183-A (GB)
Title: A device for the transmission of an electromagnetic signal
Inventor: RICHARDSON CHRISTOPHER KEITH
IPC: H02N1/08
Filed: 2014-01-17
Abstract: A device for the transmission of electromagnetic signals comprises a conductive element 102,302 at least one inducer e.g. an electret 101,301 and ground plane 106,306, for inducing charge in said conductive element and a transmission circuit, including an aerial 105,305 and a resonant circuit 107,307, for generation and transmission of electromagnetic signals. Relative movement between said conductive element and said inducer, between a first position where said inducer is arranged to induce a charge in said conductive element and a second position where said conductive element is arranged to discharge. The conductive element is arranged to couple with the transmission circuit via contacts 103,104, 303,304 in said first position and/or said second position, such that charging and/or discharging of said conductive element causes the transmission circuit to generate and transmit an electromagnetic signal. The device is arranged such that movement of said device causes the relative movement of said conductive element and said at least one inducer. The relative movement of the conductive and inducing elements may be perpendicular to the ground plane fig 2, side-to-side fig 7 or rotational (fig 6 not shown) and charge may be induced by contact with or close proximity to the inducer.
Patent GB-2525936-A (GB)
Title: A pipe retention device for a liquid based floor, wall, or ceiling heating or cooling assembly
Inventor: HARMER PAUL STUART
IPC: F24D3/16
Filed: 2014-05-10
Abstract: The device relates to a mat used in underfloor or wall heating to allow heating pipes to engage in channel with a point of inflexion provided in the mat, other channels may be included having linear, curved and/or arcuate in shape (see figure 17, 22 or a wave fashion as in figures 19, 20). A cement screed then covers the mat and pipework acting as a heatsink. The mat has an upper side 12 and a lower side 14 (see figure 3). Four sides 16, 18, 20 and 22; however the mat may have more or less sides. The mat may be made from plastics material. Figures 5 and 6 disclose a series of protrusions 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38 rising from the base of the mat. The protrusions extend from each side of the mat to the other and define channels (110, Figure 12) between the protrusions. The channels may be perpendicular to one another. The channels may have resilient projections 112 and 114 to snap lock the pipe in the channel. The mats may interlock with one another using a resilient clip see figure 14 items 162, 164. Alternatively, a heat distribution device including a thermally conductive plate and a mat with channels to further aid heat transfer. The plate may be made from aluminium see figure 29.
Patent GB-2530514-A (GB)
Title: Handle assembly with liquid dispensing system
Inventor: SEARSON ALAN
IPC: E05B1/00
Filed: 2014-09-24
Abstract: A handle assembly comprises a handle and a system for delivering liquid to the handle. The handle comprises a sleeve-like grip 44 and a core 48, e.g. comprising a liquid absorbent such as a sponge or foam and containing channels 52, located in the grip; the grip is rotatable about the core. Bearings 50, e.g. an array of ball bearings, extend through, and are rotatable with respect to, the grip 44. The liquid delivery system delivers liquid between the core 48 and grip 44. The handle may include a liquid inlet 32. The bearings may engage the core so that they rotate on rotating the grip. The liquid delivery system may include a pump operable in response to rotation of the grip. The handle may contain a compartment for holding liquid. Also claimed is the handle suitable for use with, but without, the liquid delivery system.
Patent GB-2520184-A (GB)
Title: Laser assisted casting of cooling hole and related system
Inventor: HU ZHAOLI
IPC: B22C9/04
Filed: 2014-11-07
Abstract: Methods claimed include the use of laser ablation (P2) to form cooling holes in a wax model that can then be coated (P5) for use in lost-wax or lost-mould casting (P6, P7). The laser may be used to heat the wax locally to temperatures exceeding 500 degrees C, and the resultant finished model may be scanned optically to image the cooling hole. A second round of laser ablation (P4) may be conducted after the image has been taken. Also claimed is a system for laser-assisted lost-wax casting that includes a laser programmed to form a cooling hole, an imager or scanner to view the cooling hole, a coating system to coat the wax model in ceramic and a casting system for performing lost-wax casting using the wax model and mould.
Patent GB-2522975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to handle assemblies
Inventor: EDMONDS TRACY WILLIAM
IPC: E05B65/00
Filed: 2014-12-05
Abstract: A handle assembly for a bi-fold door sash, wherein the handle assembly comprises a handle 4 rotatably mounted about backing plate 6 for rotating between a first position in which the handle covers the back plate and a second position in which a portion of the back plate is exposed providing a visual indication, e.g. of an unlocked position. In a first aspect the handle is rotated 180 degrees between first and second positions (engaged and disengaged position) and the handle connected to a shaft 8 installed in an aperture in the back plate wherein the aperture is offset relative to the back plate. In a second aspect the rotating the handles requires lifting the handle away from the base, rotating the handle, then returning the handle to the base plate. Preferably the handle engages the base plate to preventing rotation of the handle when in the first and second positions.
Patent GB-2522976-A (GB)
Title: Noble metal-molecular sieve catalysts
Inventor: CHEN HAI-YING
IPC: B01J35/04
Filed: 2014-12-08
Abstract: A noble metal-molecular sieve catalyst effective to adsorb NOx and hydrocarbons (HC), comprises a first molecular sieve catalyst, such as a zeolite, having a first noble metal, such as palladium and a second molecular sieve catalyst, such as a zeolite, having a second noble metal, such as palladium. The noble metal, such as palladium, is located inside pores of the molecular sieves, in an amount greater than 5 percent. The first and second molecular sieves are different. Also disclosed is a method for treating an exhaust gas using the noble metal-molecular sieve catalyst.
Patent GB-2533097-A (GB)
Title: Creating optical effects
Inventor: STEVEN BEHRENS
IPC: A44C17/00
Filed: 2014-12-08
Abstract: A translucent stone cluster effect article for jewellery having a smooth first face (12) which is not faceted and parallel back face (13) which faceted projections (14). Light (Ri) incident on the first face suffers total internal reflection on at least two facets (14b) of at least one protuberance (14) and leaves through the first face (12). The article may be transparent and may be made from synthetic sapphire, cubic zirconia or moissanite. The projections may have triangular, rectangular, square, hexagonal, octagonal or other polygonal bases. The projections may be similar and in uniform array, or different shapes or arranged irregularly, or have shapes corresponding to conventional stone cuts. The projections may be on a flat, curved or spherical surface. The projections may be spaced by between 2 and 4 millimetres. The projections may be formed by machining the face, or moulding. Ideally, moulded projections are finished mechanically.
Patent GB-2534558-A (GB)
Title: Robot tool retraction
Inventor: STEVE JAMES RANDLE
IPC: A61B34/30
Filed: 2015-01-21
Abstract: A robot, e.g. a surgical robot, comprises a base 10 and a flexible arm 14, extending from the base 10. The flexible arm 14 has a plurality of joints 21, through which configuration of the arm can be altered, and a plurality of drivers arranged to drive the joints to move. The arm further comprises an attachment structure 32 for attaching a tool 33, such as a surgical tool, to the arm and a control unit. The control unit 50 controls the drivers and receives inputs from sensors 48, 49. Whilst a surgical tool 33 is attached to the attachment structure 32 and captive in a surgical port 60, the controller controls the drivers, permitting the arm to be reconfigured by the action of an external force applied to the arm, and the tool is retracted from the port along its longitudinal axis 65 Furthermore, on receiving sensor input indicating that the surgical tool 33 is being retracted from the port, the controller controls the drivers to reconfigure the arm so as to agitate, e.g. rotate, the tool transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tool 64. This reduces the friction between the tool and the port.
Patent GB-2528537-A (GB)
Title: Liquid storage system
Inventor: PARK NICHOLAS
IPC: B64D37/32
Filed: 2015-05-06
Abstract: A liquid storage system, such as an aircraft fuel tank, for mitigation of hydrostatic ram shockwaves 30 due to impact of a projectile 24, comprising a tank 16 for containing a liquid, the tank enclosing a liquid storage space 14. Multiple layers of a fabric material 22a-d are attached to an internal surface of the tank by an attachment means 20a, 20b. the multiple layers of fabric material may be arranged as a stack of sheets. The fabric material may comprise aramid or para-aramid such as polyparaphenylele terephthalamide. The attachment means may comprise a non-permeable envelope 34 wherein the fabric material is enclosed in the envelope isolated from a fluid in the tank. The attachment means may comprise one or more pins 20a, 20b, each pin comprising a base portion for attachment to an internal surface of a wall of the tank, and a threaded elongate member passing through the multiple layers of fabric.
Patent GB-2539274-A (GB)
Title: Sensor probe support
Inventor: Rowan David Maulder
IPC: G01N27/28
Filed: 2015-06-12
Abstract: A sensor probe support 2 for supporting a sensor probe (maybe Bluetooth or WiFi) using a wall, eg of a beaker or flask, comprises at least one member or curved member 18 and a connector 4 to connect or movably connect the member(s) to and space the member(s) from one or more probes, the member projecting from the connector, longitudinally in one embodiment. In use, the wall lies between the probe and the member 18; the wall supports the probe, or there are at least two points of contact between wall and support and/or probe. To hold a sensor, connector 4 may comprise indent 12 having a circular edge with opening 12 facing away, at its resilient free ends 10, from the member. Connector 4 may contain hole 14 and thickened portion 16 to hold a sensor. A method of supporting a sensor probe comprises connecting a probe to support 2; a system comprises a probe connected to support 2.
Patent GB-2543745-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for operating a virtually indexed physically tagged cache
Inventor: Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez
IPC: G06F12/1045
Filed: 2015-10-15
Abstract: The cache is accessed using a virtual address portion of a virtual address in order to identify a number of cache entries, and then physical address portions stored in those cache entries are compared with the physical address derived from the virtual address in order to detect whether a hit condition exists. Further, snoop request 230 processing circuitry is provided to determine a plurality of possible virtual address portions for a physical address, and to perform a snoop processing operation in order to determine whether the hit condition is detected for a cache entry when accessing the cache storage using the plurality of possible virtual address portions. On detection of the hit condition a coherency action is performed in respect of the cache entry causing the hit condition.
Patent GB-2530210-A (GB)
Title: Novel piscirickettsia salmonis isolate
Inventor: DUESUND HENRIK
IPC: C12N1/20
Filed: 2014-06-13
Abstract: The present invention provides a novel Piscirickettsia salmonis strain useful as a therapeutic agent, more particular in vaccines. The present invention furthermore provides a novel growth medium useful for the culturing of Piscirickettsia spp..
Patent GB-2534038-A (GB)
Title: Oil-in-water stable, emulsified spacer fluids
Inventor: KRISHNA RAVI
IPC: C09K8/40
Filed: 2013-09-19
Abstract: Some embodiments described herein provide a method comprising method comprising providing an oil-in-water emulsified spacer fluid comprising a binary surfactant mixture, solvent non-aqueous base fluid, and an aqueous base fluid, wherein the binary surfactant mixture comprises a surfactant and an amphiphilic co-surfactant, wherein the surfactant is present in an amount in the range of from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the oil-in-water emulsified spacer fluid and wherein the amphiphilic co-surfactant is present in an amount in the range of from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of the oil-in-water emulsified spacer fluid, and introducing the oil-in-water emulsified spacer fluid into a subterranean formation comprising a residual non-aqueous fluid therein, wherein the binary surfactant mixture in the oil-in-water emulsified spacer fluid emulsifies at least a portion of the residual non-aqueous fluid.
Patent GB-2548156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a visible flexible facing layer
Inventor: Paul bishop
IPC: E04F13/16
Filed: 2016-03-11
Abstract: A flexible facing layer (10, Fig. 12) comprising a porous support substrate 18 and a plurality of spaced apart flexible wall-tile slips (26, Fig. 5) formed of aggregate attached to the substrate. Also claimed is a method of forming the layer 10 by applying a wet mixture 32 of powdered aggregate 34 having particulate matter and a binding agent, to the porous support substrate 18 using a control template 24 having a plurality of spaced apart wall tile shapes, to from a plurality of spaced apart wall tile slips 26 which permeate the porous substrate, curing the slips, preferably by flash heating (36, Fig.6) and hanging in curing station (38, Fig.7), and folding the flexible layer, preferably into a stack (10a, Figure 9) for storage and/or transportation. Also claimed is a method including the step of matching the colour of the wet mixture to that of an existing building brick. The binding agent may be polymeric allowing the layer to remain flexible when set so that it can be adhered to uneven underlying surface and/or folded around corners (See Fig. 16).