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Patent GB-2502805-A (GB)
Title: Internal combustion engine inlet charge compression boost in readiness for raised demand
Inventor: BLYTH MIKE
IPC: F02D23/00
Filed: 2012-06-07
Abstract: In a vehicle with charge compression via a turbocharger (18, fig 5) and/or supercharger (29, fig 5), a driver can select a boost condition in which inlet manifold pressure is over-boosted above an economy pressure 11 to a high performance mode 12 or intermediate mode 13 regardless of accelerator pedal position. An ECU can control valves (33-35, fig 5) and disengage a supercharger to control the inlet manifold pressure. This gives faster engine response to a demand for raised engine output.
Patent GB-2493249-A (GB)
Title: Context searching in images for target object
Inventor: MEDASANI SWARUP S
IPC: G06V10/44
Filed: 2012-06-29
Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a target object. A group of objects is identified in an image using synthetic aperture radar imaging. The group of objects, which may be a set of lines, bright areas, texture features or shadows, provides a context for identifying the target object in the image. The target object is searched for in the image using the context provided by the group of objects. The searching may be conducted agents configured to search a particular window on the image or by a particle-swarm optimisation process and regions to be searched may be identified by masks.
Patent GB-2491738-A (GB)
Title: Suction device for electric cleaner
Inventor: MISUMI NAHO
IPC: A47L9/02
Filed: 2011-03-28
Abstract: A suction device for an electric cleaner, enabling dust which is caught on a rotating brush to be easily and hygienically removed with a small force without soiling the hands and without stirring up dust and dirt. A suction device is provided with a dust removal means (39) for removing dust adhering to a rotating brush (30). The dust removal means (39) is provided with a first remover formed in substantially the same shape as the troughs (34) between cleaning bodies (33) of the rotating brush (30) or between cleaning body holding sections (32) thereof, and is guided in the direction of the axis of the rotating brush (30) while being positioned in the troughs (34).
Patent GB-2491309-A (GB)
Title: Truck-mounted crane
Inventor: SEALES PAUL
IPC: B60P1/00
Filed: 2011-03-03
Abstract: A crane for mounting on a truck includes a base. The base includes a cargo bed welded or fastened to a frame and the frame for fastening to a chassis of a truck. The crane further includes a boom rotatable relative to the base between a vertical position and a horizontal position; a boom hoist operable to raise and lower the boom between the positions; and a load hoist operable to hoist cargo located proximate to a rear end of the truck when the boom is in the vertical position and operable to carry the cargo toward a cab of the truck as the boom is lowered to the horizontal position, thereby loading the cargo onto the cargo bed.
Patent GB-2498635-A (GB)
Title: A method of reducing the rate of depletion of basicity of a lubricating oil composition for use in an engine
Inventor: MARSH ADAM
IPC: C10M145/20
Filed: 2012-12-18
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of reducing the rate of depletion of basicity (as determined by ASTM D2896) of a lubricating oil composition in use in an engine.Â The lubricating oil composition includes at least one overbased alkali or alkaline earth metal detergent.The method comprises adding to the lubricating oil composition one or more compounds of Formula (1): wherein: x is 1 to 50, preferably 1 to 40, more preferably 1 to 30: R1 and R2 are H, hydrocarbyl groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or hydrocarbyl groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and at least one heteroatom; R is a hydrocarbyl group having 9 to 100, preferably 9 to 70, most preferably, 9 to 50, carbon atoms: and n is 0 to 10, or alkaline earth metal salts thereof. The compounds of formula (1) are preferably methylene-bridged alkyl phenols or ethoxylated methylene-bridged alkyl phenols.
Patent GB-2513289-A (GB)
Title: Determining the suitability of locations for devices in a wireless network
Inventor: MUNDER MARIUS
IPC: H04W24/06
Filed: 2012-12-19
Abstract: A hub unit (401) and satellite unit (402) are located in or near proposed locations for first and second devices of the wireless network. A first signal is transmitted on a channel of the wireless network from the hub unit (401) to the satellite unit (402) and a first test is performed on the first signal at the satellite unit (402). Results of the first test may be transmitted to the hub unit (401). It is then determined from the results of the first test (and second test, if present) whether the proposed locations of the first and second devices of the wireless network are suitable. The wireless network may be an IEEE standard 802.15.4 network, for example a Zigbee (RTM) Smart Energy network. The satellites are placed in proposed locations for devices in the smart energy network, e.g. the proposed location of the gas meter. The hub unit may be placed in a proposed location for a further device for the smart energy network e.g. the proposed location of the electricity meter. Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus for use as a hub unit, an apparatus for use as a satellite unit and an apparatus for use as a router unit.
Patent GB-2497243-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods for creation, collection and dissemination of instructional content modules using mobile devices
Inventor: BECKER MICHAEL J
IPC: H04M1/72442
Filed: 2011-06-23
Abstract: In one aspect, a mobile device comprises a local content store, one or more media playback components, one or more content capture components, and an instructional module agent comprising an authoring application and a playback application. The authoring application is configured to allow an author to create and edit instructional modules each comprising one or more media playback steps, each step comprising media that can be displayed or played, and to use the content capture components to capture content, store the captured content in the local content store, and configure at least one of the steps to display or play the captured content using the media playback components. The playback application is configured to play the instructional modules using the media playback components. The instructional module agent can be configured to respond to the creation and/or editing of an instructional module using the authoring application by automatically uploading at least a portion of the instructional module to a content repository stored on one or more computer servers.
Patent GB-2514778-A (GB)
Title: Fraudulent data detector
Inventor: FAGAN PATRICK
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2013-06-03
Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus, method and computer program product for identifying suspicious, counterfeit or fraudulent data records. The records contain two or more numerical fields, and the apparatus comprises: a first selector 302 for identifying a set of records for analysis; a second selector 304 for identifying fields within the identified records that are appropriate for Benford analysis; a Benford analysis engine 306 for calculating, for each identified field, a Benford distribution for that field; an aggregator 308 for summing a total score for each record, each total score comprising a summation of deviant values for each appropriate field value within that record, and a third selector 310 for selecting results from the records according to the highest total score. The deviant value represents a difference between the calculated Benford distribution for that field and a theoretical Benford distribution. The Benford analysis could be applied to the leading digit, to other digits, or a combination of digits.
Patent GB-2516109-A (GB)
Title: Tabletop sections for surgical tables
Inventor: CAMPBELL JULIE
IPC: A61G13/12
Filed: 2013-07-12
Abstract: A tabletop for a surgical table comprising two parts the first 100 of which has a hook 112 for receiving a connecting peg 203 of the second and a locking pin 115 which can hold the connecting peg 203 in the hook 112. The locking pin 115 may make a linear movement in a plane in which the hook 112 lies in and may be controlled by a switch 109 moving in a perpendicular plane and the switch may be biased to a closed position. Also disclosed is a tabletop section joining arrangement with handle portions on the sides in which a switch is arranged, a handle arrangement wherein the handles are perpendicular to side portions and a tabletop section with handle portions wherein the centre of mass of the tabletop is between the handle portions.
Patent GB-2516707-A (GB)
Title: Railway points operating apparatus
Inventor: BEMMENT SAMUEL DAVID
IPC: E01B7/02
Filed: 2013-12-20
Abstract: A railway points operator 22 is particularly suitable for operating railway points 10 comprising pairs of parallel, static stock rails (12, 14, Figure 1) and a pair of switch rails 16 movable between first and second positions to select a first or second route defined respectively by the stock rail pairs, and comprises an actuator 35 and a lock 56. Actuator 35, preferably driven by an electric motor 38, moves switch rails 16 transversely and vertically about a preferably semi-circular arc between the first and second positions to raise and lower switch rails 16 relative to the stock rails during transverse movement. Lock 56 prevents transverse horizontal movement of the switch rails 16 from the first and second positions. Switch rails 16 may be mounted on an upper surface of a support member 26 having a plurality of transversely spaced semi-circular recesses 32 on a lower surface.
Patent GB-2508559-A (GB)
Title: Novel demulsifiers
Inventor: BEVINAKATTI HANAMANTHSA SHANKARSA
IPC: B01D17/04
Filed: 2012-09-21
Abstract: The invention relates to novel demulsifiers for use in the demulsification of oils from water and vice versa, including the demulsification of crude oil from sea water or brine. In particular, the present invention relates to novel demulsifiers which are environmentally friendly, or 'green', and which can be used without restriction on-site in offshore oil drilling fields, for example in the North Sea. The novel demulsifiers are based on the reaction product of alkoxylated polyols or polyol esters with dicarboxylic acids.
Patent GB-2526350-A (GB)
Title: A gripping assembly and method of using the same
Inventor: GLEADOWE JOHN R Y
IPC: E02B17/08
Filed: 2014-05-22
Abstract: A gripping system (6a, 6b figure 1) for use in gripping a member (4 figure), i.e. in supporting and jacking a structure supported on one or more supporting members, such as a platform supported on one or more legs. The gripping system comprises a fixed assembly 100 comprising a resilient gripping assembly comprising a housing 102, ribs 108 and resilient rings 110a, 110b for applying a gripping force to the member. The system also comprises a load assembly 120 movable relative to the fixed assembly between a gripping position and a released position, the load assembly comprising a load member (122 figure 4), wherein in the gripping position the load member applies a compressive force on the resilient rings sufficient to cause them to expand laterally into contact with the supporting member to apply the gripping force. A later embodiment relates to a method of operating a gripping system to grip a member is also provided, the method comprising applying a compressive force to a resilient member in a first direction, allowing the resilient member to expand in a second direction, different to the first direction, thereby urging the resilient member into contact with the member to thereby grip the member.
Patent GB-2511686-A (GB)
Title: Medical-image retrieval method, device, and computer program
Inventor: NAKANO HIROKI
IPC: G16H40/60
Filed: 2012-09-20
Abstract: Provided are a medical-image retrieval method, device, and computer program which are capable of using newly X-rayed images to retrieve with a high degree of accuracy pre-existing images which correspond to similar medical cases. Images similar to a newly imaged image are retrieved from among medical images based on past medical cases. Wavelet features of a plurality of previously imaged and stored images are calculated, and keywords included in radiographic image interpretation information for each stored image are extracted. The newly imaged image is acquired, wavelet features of the acquired image are calculated, and keywords included in the radiographic image interpretation information corresponding to the acquired image are extracted. Similar radiographic image interpretation information is retrieved from stored keywords on the basis of the extracted keywords, and the wavelet-feature based spatial distance between images corresponding to the retrieved radiographic image interpretation information and the acquired image is calculated. Images having a calculated spatial distance that is shorter than a prescribed value are outputted as retrieval results in order of the shortest spatial distance.
Patent GB-2517268-A (GB)
Title: Child seat convertible to multiple configurations of use
Inventor: TAYLOR ANDREW J
IPC: A47D1/10
Filed: 2014-06-13
Abstract: A child seat 100 includes a seat body 102, and a front and a rear support 110, 112 respectively assembled with the seat body via a first and a second pivoting connection. The seat body has a seating surface 102A and a bottom surface (102B, figure 2) below the seating surface, and the front and rear supports are extendable below the bottom surface. The child seat has a first configuration in which the child seat is attached to a support frame (202, figure 7) at an elevated position above a ground surface, and a second configuration in which the child seat is converted to a booster seat standing independent of the support frame (302, figure 4A), the front and rear supports respectively extending forward from the first and second connection in the first configuration, and the front and rear supports respectively extending rearward from the first and second connection so that the child seat stands on the front and rear supports in the second configuration. The child seat is further defined such that in the first configuration the front support acts as a leg resting board and in the second configuration, the front support is folded to a substantially horizontal position.
Patent GB-2528725-A (GB)
Title: Bar drip tray with a permeable advertising insert
Inventor: BUTLER PAUL JAMES
IPC: G09F23/06
Filed: 2014-07-30
Abstract: A bar drip tray comprises a base 79 with a perimeter ledge or ledges 78 for supporting an advertisement-bearing insert above the bottom of the base. The insert comprises a liquid permeable cloth sleeve 75, containing a plastic grill or grills 76 for supporting one or more drinking vessels (73, figure 26). The permeable cloth sleeve 75 allows liquid, e.g. spillage, to flow or permeate into the cavity defined between the insert and the base of the tray. The base may have upstanding protrusions 81 for supporting the insert. The drip tray can be used on a bar surface or recessed into the bar surface with or without a drainage hole 80, 83 to allow liquid spillage to flow away from the tray's base into a drain (94, figure 32). A trayless bar drip tray is also claimed, comprising a sleeve having an upper liquid permeable surface and a lower liquid impermeable surface, with a plastic grill contained within the sleeve to space the upper and lower surfaces from one another. The advertising preferably comprises branding, a logo or the like.
Patent GB-2533916-A (GB)
Title: Saw
Inventor: DAVID PHILIP BRADSHAW
IPC: B27B21/04
Filed: 2014-12-03
Abstract: A handle 14 or grip for a handheld saw 10 has at least one air inlet 26, and air outlet 28 arranged immediately adjacent to the blade 12 and may point forward and down in relation to the saw blade. An electric blower is arranged to draw air in through the air intakes 26 and exhaust it through the outlets 28. The blower may comprise an electric motor and fan head 22, 24 and may be powered by an electric battery 32 mounted in the handle. There may be an electronic controller 34 which may provide one or more of the functions of fan speed control, a timer, or a low-battery alert. There may also be a clinometers and device for indicating saw orientation to the user, which may be a visual indicator. Furthermore, there may be a light emitter such as an LED 38 mounted on the handle. Also disclosed is a handheld saw with at least one air inlet and air outlet and an electric blower arranged to draw air in through the air inlets and exhaust the air through the air outlets positioned to direct the air onto a work piece to disperse saw dust.
Patent GB-2518785-A (GB)
Title: Concurrent control for a page miss handler
Inventor: HILDESHEIM GUR
IPC: G06F12/10
Filed: 2013-06-28
Abstract: In an embodiment, a page miss handler includes paging caches and a first walker to receive a first linear address portion and to obtain a corresponding portion of a physical address from a paging structure, a second walker to operate concurrently with the first walker, and a logic to prevent the first walker from storing the obtained physical address portion in a paging cache responsive to the first linear address portion matching a corresponding linear address portion of a concurrent paging structure access by the second walker. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Patent GB-2519918-A (GB)
Title: Television receiver
Inventor: SCOTT EMMA
IPC: H04N21/482
Filed: 2013-08-01
Abstract: There is disclosed a television receiver, and corresponding methods, arranged to present television programs and a user interface. The user interface presents an interactive first list of television programs currently being broadcast on a plurality of channels, and an interactive second list of television programs which will be broadcast next on each of those channels. These lists are presented concurrently, and no other program lists for those channels are presented at the same time.
Patent GB-2543290-A (GB)
Title: Tidal clock
Inventor: ROB LEIGH-BRAMWELL
IPC: G04B19/26
Filed: 2015-10-13
Abstract: A tidal clock 1 comprises a clock face 2 and a clock mechanism with a spindle located in the face and driven by the mechanism and rotatable hands mounted on the spindle to provide a time display. The tidal display mechanism comprises a background 7 and a plurality of laminar members overlying the background, each including a display representing a sea feature and having an upper edge 12,13,14 representing a sea level. Each member is independently movable between respective lower and upper positions to represent rise and fall of the sea level. A plurality of symbolic display members 15,16 are each mounted on a respective support. Each support is engaged with the background and moveable between lower and upper positions. Each support further engaging a respective laminar member and arranged so that the support and display mounted thereon is moved between the lower and upper positions by corresponding movement of the laminar member. The tidal drive arrangement comprises a drive mechanism and a drive shaft connected to a plurality of pivoted arms 32,33,34, each arm being connected to a respective laminar member so that rotation of the drive shaft causes movement of the laminar members between the lower and upper positions.
Patent GB-2545442-A (GB)
Title: Method for holding a soft metal alloy for the purpose of writing
Inventor: KENWORTH NIGEL MORGAN
IPC: B65H49/20
Filed: 2015-12-15
Abstract: An inkless writing implement comprises a non-ferrous metal or alloy in the form of a wire/rod that is covered by a sheath, the metal or alloy leaves a mark when the user writes or draws with the implement. The sheath protects the wire/rod and may be made from plastic, metal, wood or ceramics. Preferably the sheath grips the wire/rod to limit the wire/rod from bending, and prevents the wire/rod from uninhibitedly flexing and extending from the sheath, whilst allowing the user to manually extend the wire/rod to the desired length for writing as requested. The sheath may have an aperture to allow the writing implement to be pivotally attached to an item such as a key ring (fig 5). Preferably the wire/rod is coiled around the aperture (fig 1), and is made from non-ferrous metal or alloys such as copper, aluminium or similar alloys.
Patent GB-2533045-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic communication with target well
Inventor: Carl J Cramm
IPC: E21B43/30
Filed: 2013-08-28
Abstract: A system for establishing hydraulic communication between a relief well and a target well, wherein a relief well is drilled to include a portion of the target wellbore that is axially offset from and substantially parallel to a portion of the relief wellbore. Thereafter, a milling system is disposed in the relief well and utilized to mill a casing window that is facing the target well. The portion of the relief well is positioned so that fluid introduced into the relief well will flow through the formation to the target well. To enhance the flow, the formation and/or the casing of the target well may be perforated, milled or partially drilled. A latch coupling disposed in the relief well casing may be utilized to engage a latch on of the milling and or a perforating tool in order to ensure proper orientation relative to the target well.
Patent GB-2546726-A (GB)
Title: Method for improving the thermal stability and/or lubricity of fuel
Inventor: WILLIAM ASSAAD ZARD
IPC: C10L10/14
Filed: 2016-01-08
Abstract: A method of improving the thermal stability and/or lubricity of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, especially at low temperatures. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a specified amount of liquid hydrocarbon fuel, said liquid hydrocarbon fuel comprising less than 50 ppm water; b) providing at least one surfactant that is capable of dispersing water in said liquid hydrocarbon fuel to provide a stable clear water-in-oil microemulsion wherein the droplet size of the dispersed water phase is no greater than 0.25 µm; c) adding said at least one surfactant to said specified amount of liquid hydrocarbon fuel in an amount sufficient to disperse at least 50 ppm water in said liquid hydrocarbon fuel; and d) dispersing said at least one surfactant in said liquid hydrocarbon fuel, thereby improving the thermal stability and/or lubricity of the liquid hydrocarbon fuel.
Patent GB-2547699-A (GB)
Title: System, apparatus and method
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER LORD
IPC: A24F40/70
Filed: 2016-02-26
Abstract: An aerosol delivery system comprising a device housing 12 having an open-ended heating chamber 22, a heating element 24 disposed within the chamber and a carrier cartridge 14 which can be received by the housing such that the heating element will heat the carrier unit. The cartridge comprises a carrier unit comprising a substrate that holds an aerosol-forming precursor, itself comprising a nicotine containing and/or flavoured, fluid, gel, wax or powder. The heating element may be configured to penetrate the carrier substrate which may comprise a heat resistant sheet material that may be folded in a concertina arrangement or other such formation and may comprise a paper, plastic, ceramic, composites thereof or alumina-silicate fibres. The carrier cartridge may further comprise a cooling element disposed adjacent the carrier unit to cool fluid released from the precursor during heating. The carrier unit may comprise two substrates, one to contain the precursor and a second to conduct heat from the heater to the first substrate. Also included are method claims for making sheet material, such as that forming the carrier unit, comprising mixing a sheet precursor material and aerosol forming precursor and then forming a sheet therefrom.