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Patent GB-2427018-A (GB)
Title: A lighting device including means for the release of perfume and operable when contact is broken.
Inventor: EMOND WES LEE
IPC: G08B13/12
Filed: 2005-06-07
Abstract: A globe made from acrylic plastics material includes a light 4, a perfumed strip 5 placed into a slot 6 and replaceable lens 1 clipped into the top of the unit. The light is operable when contact is broken at contact diodes 3. The device has various practical applications and may be incorporated into a dog collar or wrist strap (figure 3), or incorporated into waterproof case (figure 6), or be incorporated into a warning device (figure 4, 5) to indicate a visual alarm when contact is broken (for example in a pocket or bag) and may also be incorporated into device to serve as a reminder to put down the toilet seat or lid (figure 7).
Patent GB-2423914-A (GB)
Title: Chewing gum containing a trigeminal stimulant
Inventor: JOHNSON SONYA S
IPC: A23G4/00
Filed: 2005-07-13
Abstract: Chewing gums and methods for making the same that have improved flavour duration by stimulating the trigeminal nerve are disclosed. The amount of trigeminal stimulant is at such a level that it is not perceptible, but is sufficient to stimulate the trigeminal nerve. The stimulant may be present in the chewing gum in about 0.005% to 0.5% by weight. The gum may also contain a hydrophobic sweetener. The stimulant may be a bulk sweetener with a negative heat of reaction.
Patent GB-2428678-A (GB)
Title: Glyceride compounds and uses thereof
Inventor: HOWELL JAMES ALAN STEPHEN
IPC: C11D3/20
Filed: 2005-08-02
Abstract: A glyceride compound comprising a first aliphatic group and a first substituent group bonded to the first aliphatic group. The first substituent group has the formula -O(CH2CH2O)nP where n is 1 to 14 and P is a polymerisable group. An aqueous emulsion of the glyceride can be used in an emulsion polymerisation reaction to yield a polymer resin, which can then be mixed with a suitable base material, such as wood strands, to produce a composite material, such as Oriented Strand Board. An example of a polymerisable group is a substituted or non-substituted acrylic, such as methacrylic acid.
Patent GB-2423442-A (GB)
Title: Equipment positioning system
Inventor: LARSON THANE M
IPC: G01V15/00
Filed: 2006-01-26
Abstract: IT equipment 108 in a data centre carries a tag 110 identifying the equipment and carrying further data relating to the dimensions of the equipment. The tags are interrogated by transponders mounted around the data centre or on a robot (not shown) patrolling the spaces between the equipment racks. The responses are analysed by a management system 106, which locates each piece of equipment by triangulation. The responses may also indicate faults or overheating of the equipment. The management system may construct a 3-D map of the data centre on a display 112 showing the precise location and ID of each piece of equipment 108. The equipment may carry more than tag, enabling the orientation of the equipment in space to be ascertained.
Patent GB-2423070-A (GB)
Title: Can opener
Inventor: ROBBINS RODNEY W
IPC: B67B7/76
Filed: 2006-02-10
Abstract: The can opener (10) is a side-cutting opener with handle levers (12, 14) which pivot vertically towards and away from one another. A rotary cutter wheel (24) is normally retracted to a position inside one of said handle levers, but is thrust outwardly to cut into the rim of the can when the handle levers are squeezed together. A drive wheel (20) engages the rim and is rotated by means of a rotary drive handle (16) to cut the top off the can. Spreading the handle levers apart causes the cutting wheel to retract at the end of the cutting operation to release the cut-off top of the can.
Patent GB-2437993-A (GB)
Title: Recording medium for web-based downloading
Inventor: PENZIK DOV JONATHAN
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2006-05-10
Abstract: Information storage devices are disclosed in the form of a recordable or re-recordable large storage capacity medium such as an optical disc, such as a CD-R, DVD-R, DVD-HD. It has a recorded or pressed portion and a blank portion. The recorded or pressed portion includes a computer programme or software application adapted to enable a computer in which it is inserted to connect to a computer-based information store, e.g. a server, retrieve data from that store and write it to the disc.
Patent GB-2427216-A (GB)
Title: Surge reduction tool with a rotating ball valve
Inventor: ROYER EDWARD SHANNON
IPC: E21B21/10
Filed: 2006-05-26
Abstract: A circulation tool (10) for use downhole in a well includes a housing (12) having one or more bypass ports (16) for circulation between a bore in the housing and an annulus surrounding the housing. A sleeve (68) is axially movable within the housing, and axially spaced seals (70, 74) seal between the sleeve and the housing when the sleeve is in the closed position. A rotating ball valve (52) is mounted to the sleeve (68). The ball valve (52) has two bores of different diameters: a smaller bore (55) with a drop ball seat (54); and a larger bore (40) which provides a substantially full bore opening. When a drop ball is seated in the valve (52) the sleeve (68) is urged downward closing the circulation ports (16) and rotating the ball valve (52) to a position where fluid flow is open to the larger bore (40).
Patent GB-2440944-A (GB)
Title: Cassette for rotary lobe pump
Inventor: BISHOP LEE
IPC: F04C2/12
Filed: 2006-08-11
Abstract: A rotary lobe pump comprises a pump body 3 having a driving gearbox 7 and a rigid outer casing 15 with an insert 5 that can be replaced. The insert comprises a housing formed of connected plastics material shells and has an inlet port, an outlet port and internal surfaces defining a pumping chamber. A pair of lobed rotors is arranged for rotation within the pumping chamber. The housing includes apertures through which sleeve like shaft portions of the lobed rotors may be rotationally driven, so that the lobed rotors mesh together for pumping a fluid from the inlet port to the outlet port. Only the insert, which may be sterile, contacts the pumped product which may be easily changed between batches of e.g. foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals.
Patent GB-2429315-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor device and its control method
Inventor: TANUMA YASUHIKO
IPC: G11C16/16
Filed: 2004-05-12
Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a plurality of sectors each having a cell connected with a local word line, a decoder for selecting a sector, and a circuit generating a control signal for temporarily making the decoder connected with a selected sector to a non-select state when the selected sector is erased. Each sector is driven by a corresponding decoder connected through a corresponding global word line and has a pull-up transistor for driving a corresponding word line. The pull-up transistor is held in OFF state by the control signal.
Patent GB-2432731-A (GB)
Title: Battery connection system
Inventor: WAGNER KENNETH M
IPC: H01R11/32
Filed: 2006-12-05
Abstract: A battery connection system includes a quick connect washer 110 with first and second tabs 111, 112 extending from it for attaching one or more monitor cables. A fastening device 32 goes through the central opening for fastening the quick connect washer to the battery terminal 30. The monitoring cables may be in addition to an interconnect cable 16. The tabs may bend up, see figure 8. The arrangement may be used to monitor the battery of a UPS system.
Patent GB-2429970-A (GB)
Title: Tray
Inventor: MEISSEN CYNTHIA R
IPC: B65D6/16
Filed: 2005-07-07
Abstract: A tray (10) for bakery items (22) includes a floor (12) and side walls extending (14, 16, 18, 20) around a periphery of the floor (12). The tray has a relatively thin upper edge (30) with a bail member (44) pivotably attached to the upper edge along at least one of the first and second pairs of side walls. The bail member (44) is rotatable between a stack orientation wherein a like tray may be rested upon the bail member, and a nest orientation in which like trays may be nested within like trays. Further, one or more side walls also includes a relatively large continuous ening (24) therein capable of retrieving bakery items stored in the tray (10) through the at least one pair of side walls, the opening extending generally from the upper edge to the periphery of the floor. In another embodiment, at least one of the sidewalls is pivotably attached (12) to the floor and is movable between an upright position and a collapsed position.
Patent GB-2445750-A (GB)
Title: System for mounting cladding panels to a structure
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN
IPC: E04F13/04
Filed: 2007-01-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting member for mounting cladding panels such as plasterboard panels to walls or ceilings. The mounting member comprises a body 2 in which a first aperture 24 is located in a first wall 4 of the body, and a second aperture 26, is located in a second wall 6 of the body. The apertures are co-axial with the second aperture preferably countersunk to receive the head of a fixture (601 figure 6). The mounting member also comprises at least one pair of flanges 12 projecting from a third wall 8 of the body, the flanges defining an inwardly tapering channel 16 adapted to receive a portion of the cladding panels. The mounting member may be manufactured from extruded plastics in long lengths and cut to size. Also included is a fixture (601 figure 6) for securing the mounting members to the structure.
Patent GB-2446610-A (GB)
Title: Drumhead clamp assembly
Inventor: WATSON TIMOTHY RICHARD
IPC: G10D13/02
Filed: 2007-02-16
Abstract: A drumhead assembly has a natural or synthetic drum skin 6A which is clamped between two ring members 1, 3 prior to attachment to a drum shell. The drum skin is stretched over a first ring member 1 provided with through-holes at intervals in its surface. A second ring member 3 provided with a similar arrangement of through-holes is positioned over the periphery of the drum skin such that the holes in the first and second ring members are aligned. Threaded bolts 3A are inserted through the holes in the two ring members and holes pierced through the skin and secured by means of threaded inserts 1A, clamping the skin between the two ring members. Additional holes may be provided in the second ring member through which a line or string can be looped to enable the drumhead to be attached to a drum shell. Alternatively, the drumhead may be attached by means of lugs and bolts.
Patent GB-2436465-A (GB)
Title: Power plug with rotatable pins
Inventor: GILLIS ALLAN JOHN
IPC: H01R13/40
Filed: 2007-03-22
Abstract: An electrical power plug or adaptor has a plurality of contact pins 7, 8 each rotatable about a support axle 9 from a folded, storage position (see Figs 1-3) to a deployed, active position. A pusher plate 3 is retained, in the non-deployed position of the pins, in a retracted position by a manually releasable latching means (4, Fig 1), and when the pusher plate is unlatched it can move to cause all the pins to rotate simultaneously to the deployed position, whilst in the deployed position of the pins portions of the pusher plate engage the face plate slots vacated by portions of the pins. The pusher plate may be moved manually or may be biased, for example by a spring 5.
Patent GB-2447688-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for arbitrating between messages routed over a communication channel
Inventor: MACE TIMOTHY CHARLES
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2007-03-22
Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method are provided for arbitrating between messages routed over a communication channel. The data processing apparatus has a plurality of processing elements, each processing element executing a process requiring messages to be issued to recipient elements, and a communication channel shared amongst those processing elements over which the messages are routed. Arbitration circuitry performs an arbitration process to arbitrate between multiple messages routed over the communication channel. Each processing element issues progress data for the process executing on that processing element, the progress data indicating latency implications for the process. Arbitration control circuitry is then responsive to the progress data from each processing element to perform a priority ordering process taking into account the latency implications of each process as indicated by the progress data in order to generate priority ordering data. That priority ordering data is then output to the arbitration circuitry in order to control the arbitration process.
Patent GB-2449891-A (GB)
Title: Cap with handle and straw for drinking vessel
Inventor: MORAN MARK
IPC: A45F3/18
Filed: 2007-06-06
Abstract: A cap suitable for use with a drinks container consisting of a cap part 1 for closing over the end of a container, and a handle part 2 attached to and extending from said cap. The cap part has a first opening 3 to enable a hollow tube to pass snugly therethrough and said handle part being shaped such that, when in use, it additionally functions as a clip for securing the cap and handle device to a fixed object. The cap is intended for use by persons having impaired mobility, and it may be used to attach a bottle to a bedside. Alternatively the cap may be used by operators of machinery. The cap may have pressure equalizing aperture present in its top. The hollow tube may carry a bite valve. The cap may be used with drinks cans or bottles.
Patent GB-2439461-A (GB)
Title: A shape memory alloy (SMA) system
Inventor: KENNEDY KARL R
IPC: G01K5/48
Filed: 2007-06-25
Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) system (10) comprises first and second SMA member elements (24, 26) which are used to control the movement of a moveable member (28). The moveable member (28) may in particular comprise a locking mechanism (60) of a vehicle seating system (50) and in particular of a vehicle seat track assembly (54).
Patent GB-2453711-A (GB)
Title: A self erecting gabion
Inventor: HESELDEN JAMES
IPC: E02D29/02
Filed: 2007-08-06
Abstract: A gabion 1 comprising at least one individual compartment for receiving, in use, a fill material 21, the or each individual compartment of the gabion being bounded by at least one wall 13,14, the wall material forming at least one closed panel around each individual compartment to retain the fill material 21 in each compartment, the wall material being sufficiently flexible to allow the gabion 1 to be folded and/or rolled in a first pre-deployment configuration in which the pre-deployed gabion is restrained in by a form of restraining means. The wall material having sufficient resilience such that when the gabion 1 is released from its restraining means it tends to unfold and/or unroll from its restrained state to a second deployed configuration in which the gabion is erected and able to receive in its individual compartment(s) the fill material 21. The wall material is sufficient rigidity that the gabion 1 is self supporting in its second configuration.
Patent GB-2439682-A (GB)
Title: Fast colour mapping using primary adjustment with gamut adaptation
Inventor: ZENG HUANZHAO
IPC: H04N1/60
Filed: 2006-04-27
Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for rendering colors between color devices. The method includes establishing a source color gamut for a source device (6) and the source color gamut has a white point (WS), a black point (KS), and primary points (PS). The method also includes establishing a destination color gamut for a destination device (8), and the destination color gamut has a white point (WD), a black point (KD), and primary points (PD). White and black point adaptation is performed to adapt the white and black points of the source color gamut to the white and black points of the destination color gamut, respectively. Neutral points from the source color gamut are processed to the destination color gamut without applying gamut mapping. Aimed primary points are determined from the adapted white and black points and from the source and destination primary points, the destination gamut, and color preference. Colors on the source gamut surface are mapped to the aimed gamut surface by geometrically reshaping a combination of the source primary points and the adapted white and black points to a combination of aimed primary points and the adapted white and black points. Points on each plane connected by the white and black points and a primary are then processed. Finally, the remaining interior points of the source gamut are processed by interpolation.
Patent GB-2441463-A (GB)
Title: Well logging the reduced usage of radioisotopic sources
Inventor: SMITH HARRY D JR
IPC: G06N3/08
Filed: 2006-06-26
Abstract: Logging systems and methods are disclosed to reduce usage of radioisotopic sources. Some embodiments comprise collecting at least one output log of a training well bore from measurements with a radioisotopic source: collecting at least one input log of the training well bore from measurements by a nonradioisotopic logging tool; training a neural network to predict the output log from the at least one input log: collecting at least one input log of a development well bore from measurements by the non-radioisotopic logging tool; and processing the at least one input log of the development well bore to synthesize at least one output log of the development well bore. The output logs may include formation density and neutron porosity logs.
Patent GB-2449145-A (GB)
Title: Quick pick apparatus and method for music selection
Inventor: MARTIN JEFF
IPC: G07F17/30
Filed: 2006-08-04
Abstract: Systems and methods for quick song selection on any of a plurality of networked, digital jukeboxes is provided. The Quick Pick feature provides for efficient song selection for a jukebox user preferably using a set of the most popular songs on a particular jukebox machine. Preferably, the system and method allow a user to browse or select songs to play at a digital jukebox in an efficient manner, without the need for a user to know the title or artist of the song in advance of making a selection.
Patent GB-2444209-A (GB)
Title: Push-up exercise unit and device
Inventor: HAUSER STEPHEN G
IPC: A63B23/12
Filed: 2007-06-28
Abstract: A push-up exercise unit and device is described which may enable a user to move with his/her body's natural rotation to engage additional muscle groups with reduced stress on joints. The device can include a handle support structure having a pair of columns between a lower base and a separate end cap such that the handle intersects a corresponding end cap and upper portion of a corresponding column of the handle support structure. The device includes a fixed base support attached to the handle support structure, and a bearing assembly to permit rotation of the contiguous handle, end caps and handle support structure by a user with the base support resting on a planar surface. In another example, the handle assembly is detachable from a first surface on the handle support structure and inserted into a second surface to facilitate stowage for travel.
Patent GB-2461307-A (GB)
Title: Carrying and attachment device for a bag
Inventor: MARSHALL MELANIE
IPC: B62B9/26
Filed: 2008-06-27
Abstract: A carrying and attachment device 10 for securing a bag 12 to a transport device 42 comprises a handle portion and at least one attachment portion 30. The bag is preferably a baby bag and the transport device is preferably a baby transport device such as a pram or pushchair. The device comprises a attachment portion at each end of the carrying portion and each attachment portion may be formed from an extension of the carrying portion. The carrying and attachment device may be integral with a bag or may be detachably attached to one. In use, the carrying and attachment device provides secure and safe attachment of a bag to a transport device.
Patent GB-2461577-A (GB)
Title: System and method for transferring electric energy to a vehicle
Inventor: MEINS JUERGEN
IPC: B60L9/00
Filed: 2008-07-04
Abstract: The invention relates to a system for transferring electric energy to a vehicle (81; 92), in particular to a track bound vehicle such as a light rail vehicle, wherein the system comprises an electric conductor arrangement (12) for producing an alternating electromagnetic field and for thereby transferring the energy to the vehicle (81; 92), the electric conductor arrangement (12) comprises at least two Ines (1, 2, 3), wherein each fine (1, 2, 3) is adapted to carry a different one of phases of an alternating electric current, the conductor arrangement comprises a plurality of segments (T1, T2, T3, 14, 15), wherein each segment (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) extends along a different section of the path of travel of the vehicle, each segment (T1, T2, T3, 14, T5) comprises sections of the at least two lines and each segment (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) can be switched on and off separately of the other segments.
Patent GB-2450809-A (GB)
Title: Circuit breaker incorporating an arc barrier
Inventor: HSIAO YU-JAI
IPC: H01H33/08
Filed: 2008-07-21
Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a housing (1), a wire connection (3), a switch assembly (2), an arc extinguishment device (8), a stationary contact (5), a movable contact (6) and an arc barrier device (7). The arc barrier device includes an arc barrier plate (71) and a resting plate (72) perpendicular to the arc barrier plate. Thus, the arc barrier plate of the arc barrier device is driven by the movable contact to move to a position between the movable contact and the stationary contact to quickly extinguish the arc between the movable contact and the stationary contact, thereby preventing the movable contact and the stationary contact from being eroded by the arc due to a long arcing time of the arc so as to protect the movable contact and the stationary contact.
Patent GB-2464467-A (GB)
Title: A sealing system
Inventor: SUMMERS TIMOTHY HAL
IPC: F16J15/18
Filed: 2008-10-15
Abstract: A sealing system has a piston 12 and a cylindrical bore 14 in which the piston 12 is located. The piston 12 is movable in the axial direction of the bore 14. One of the piston 12 and the 14 bore has a circumferential groove 16. The other of the piston 12 and the bore 14 has a sealing surface 15 facing the groove 16. The system further has a sealing ring 18 which is disposed within the groove 16 and seals a surface of the groove 16 to the sealing surface 15. The sealing ring 18 is a helical coil having a plurality of coil windings 18a, 18b, 18c, the axis of the coil being along the axial direction of the bore 14.
Patent GB-2455610-A (GB)
Title: Radio link failure recovery
Inventor: JACTAT CAROLINE
IPC: H04W76/00
Filed: 2008-11-03
Abstract: The present method of facilitating RLF recovery for a mobile radio communications device within a mobile radio communications network comprises sending a connection re-establishment request from the mobile device to a network node device which request includes device context information to enable retrieval of the context information.