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Patent GB-2432902-A (GB)
Title: A Support for a Gas Turbine Combustion Liner Segment
Inventor: POOLEY CLARE ELIZABETH
IPC: F23R3/60
Filed: 2005-12-03
Abstract: A sub-assembly for a gas turbine has a cradle 30 that is releasably mounted to a structural part of the gas turbine and a combustion liner segment 32 secured to the cradle. The cradle may include stiffening fibs (44 fig 4) that may be axially and/or radially extending, and these fibs may be positioned on the surface which in use faces towards the structure 16, 12, of the gas turbine. The liner segment may be secured to the cradle using at least one axially extending clamp ship (56a-c fig 4) and an associated bolt 60. The liner segment surface which faces the cradle may also include axially extending fibs 54, which extend radially into contact with the cradle and define a series of closed channels 62 through which cooling air can flow. The cradle may also include hooks 34 that engage a recess 40, 42, in the turbine structure and an aperture 36 for a mechanical fixing 38, such as a bolt. The surface of the gas turbine structure facing the cradle may also include several circumferentially extending ribs 52 for supporting the cradles. The sub-assembly can be easily removed from a gas turbine for maintenance and repair.
Patent GB-2417960-A (GB)
Title: A method for efficient transfer of human blastocyst-derived stem cells (HBS cells) from a feeder-supported to a feeder-free culture system
Inventor: ERIKSSON PETER
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 2004-05-10
Abstract: A method for the transfer of human blastocyst-derived stem cells (hBS cells) to feeder-free culture system and propagation of the cells in such a feeder-free culture system, the method comprising the following steps of a. transferring the blastocyst-derived stem cells from feeder to feeder free culture by mechanical treatment. b. optionally, culturing the blastocyst-derived stem cells under feeder cell free growth conditions in a suitable growth medium and/or on a suitable support substrate, and c. optionally, passaging the blastocyst derived stem cell line every 3-10 days by enzymatic and/or mechanical treatment. The invention also relates to the application of hBS cells cultured under feeder free condition in medicine (e.g. myocardial regeneration) and screening and toxicity tests.
Patent GB-2433360-A (GB)
Title: Electric commutator motors
Inventor: CRANE ALLAN DAVID
IPC: H02P6/14
Filed: 2005-12-17
Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic commutator circuit for use with a stator winding of an electrical machine. The stator winding of the electrical machine includes a number of coils linked by the same number of points of common coupling. The electronic commutator circuit comprising the same number of switching stages, each switching stage being connected between a respective one of the points of common coupling and first and second dc terminals. Each switching stage further includes a first reverse blocking semiconductor power device (such as a Reverse Blocking Gate Turn Off Thyristor (RB-GTO 1) capable of being turned on and off by gate control having its anode connected to the first dc terminal, and a second reverse blocking semiconductor power device (RB-GTO 2) capable of being turned on and off by gate control having its cathode connected to the second dc terminal.
Patent GB-2423946-A (GB)
Title: Flat-fan spray nozzle
Inventor: TAYLOR DOUGLAS A
IPC: B05D1/36
Filed: 2006-02-24
Abstract: A spray applicator 10 for spraying polyurethane to spray form an article (18). The spray applicator 10 comprises an applicator body, a nozzle 34, and a concentrating insert 30 is assembled to the applicator body immediately upstream from the nozzle 34. The applicator body has an internal cavity that receives at least two polyurethane forming components that are mixed in an internal mixing chamber 36 to form a polyurethane mixture that is dispensed through an orifice. The nozzle 34 defines an elongated slit spray opening 32 that dispenses the polyurethane mixture provided to the nozzle 34 from the internal mixing chamber 36. The concentrating insert 30 has a hollow central cylindrical opening 58, wherein the polyurethane mixture is concentrated in the interior portion 22 of the spray pattern 20 and a reduced volume of the polyurethane mixture is applied at the lateral end portions 26 of the spray pattern 20. An associated method of forming articles with the aide of such an applicator is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2424894-A (GB)
Title: Polymer complex compound and polymeric luminescent element employing the same
Inventor: MIKAMI SATOSHI
IPC: C09D11/00
Filed: 2004-09-10
Abstract: A polymer complex compound characterized by comprising repeating units represented by the following formula (1) and a metal complex structure which luminesces in a triplet excited state, emitting visible light in a solid state, and having a number-average molecular weight of 10<3> to 10<8> in terms of polystyrene. (1) (In the formula, rings P and Q each independently represents an aromatic ring, provided that the ring P may be present or absent; the two bonds are present on the ring P and/or the ring Q when the ring P is present, and are present on the five-membered ring including Y and/or the ring Q when the ring P is absent; and Y represents -O-, -S-, etc.)
Patent GB-2432277-A (GB)
Title: Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells containing switch commands
Inventor: PORTER JOHN DAVID
IPC: H04L12/54
Filed: 2006-04-12
Abstract: In a communications system a transmitter is arranged to transmit asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells in which synchronous transfer mode (STM) channels are assembled. In order to minimise the bandwidth required at least some of the ATM cells include one or more switch command(s) (12) that indicate a change in the activation state of one or more STM channels (11-0 to 11-n). The switch commands (12) and STM channels (11) fill the ATM cell from opposite ends of the cell. Activate switch commands comprise two bytes, a high byte including a pointer (18) pointing to the start of a block of STM channels (11) and a low byte that includes a pointer (19) that points to the channel within a block of STM channels (11) to which the switch command applies.
Patent GB-2437494-A (GB)
Title: Exercise apparatus simulating free weight training
Inventor: TRAINOR PATRICK JOHN
IPC: A63B21/008
Filed: 2006-04-25
Abstract: An exercise apparatus comprises a Hoeken's linkage 1,2,3 and a carriage 18 mounted on the Hoeken's linkage 1,2,3, wherein the Hoeken's linkage and the carriage 18 are arranged to allow movement of the carriage 18 in a substantially straight line. An arm 22 is mounted on the carriage 18 and arranged for pivotal movement relative to the carriage 18, a grip (50, figure 7) at the end of the arm 22 is able to move substantially horizontally along lines of approximately constant resistance, so that the resistance at the grip (50) changes with height but not with horizontal translation. Thus, the apparatus is able to mimic free weight training. Link rods 4 and 5 control the attitude of the carriage 18 with respect to the base 12.
Patent GB-2430826-A (GB)
Title: Video sequence image segmentation using dynamic graph cuts
Inventor: TORR PHILIP HILAIRE SEAN
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2006-06-20
Abstract: Labelling image pixels for segmentation by; <UL ST="-"> <LI>constructing a graph representing an image, the graph comprising a set of nodes each representative of an image pixel two terminals a set of N-links each connecting a pair of nodes a set of T-links each connecting one of the terminals with one of the nodes; <LI>assigning a capacity to each of the N-links; <LI>assigning a capacity to each of the T-links; <LI>determining a first min-cut/max flow solution which partitions the nodes into two or more subsets, each containing one of the terminals; <LI>changing the capacity assigned to at least one of the N-links and at least one of the T-links in response to a change in the image; <LI>dynamically updating the first min-cut/max flow solution to take into account the changed capacities. </UL> The first min-cut/max flow solution may be determined by generating a residual graph form the graph and performing an augmenting path algorithm on the residual graph, the augmenting path algorithm generating at least one search tree. The solution is then updated by updating the residual graph and performing the augmenting path algorithm on the updated residual graph reusing the search tree.
Patent GB-2424931-A (GB)
Title: Hydromechanical transmission
Inventor: HIRAKI HIKOSABURO
IPC: B60W20/00
Filed: 2004-04-30
Abstract: A Hydromechanical transmission has an input shaft 3, an intermediate output shaft 8, a planetary gear mechanism 9, a first pump-motor 7B, and a second pump-motor 15 connected to the first pump-motor 7, the input shaft 3 being coupled to a first element (planetary carrier 12) of the planetary gear mechanism 9, the second pump-motor 15 being coupled to a second element (sun gear 19) of the planetary gear mechanism 9, the intermediate output shaft 8 being coupled to a third element (ring gear 16) of the planetary gear mechanism 9, and the transmission further comprising another first pump-motor 7C which is connected to the second pump-motor 15 via a three-way valve 57. The pump-motor 7C is connected to the input shaft while the pump-motor 7B is connected to the intermediate output shaft 8 via the ring gear 16. In another embodiment a synchromesh mechanism (6, fig 1) selectively couples the first pump-motor 7 to either the input shaft 3 or the intermediate output shaft 8.
Patent GB-2440396-A (GB)
Title: Power generation using earth's field
Inventor: WELLS MARK
IPC: G06F21/31
Filed: 2006-07-25
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a blocking/shielding means for changing the extent to which the earth's magnetic filed is experienced at a region. A power generator at the region generates power in response to the changing magnetic field at the region. In some embodiments, the blocking/shielding means is arranged to reverse the magnetic filed experienced at the region. Additional embodiments not involving the earth's magnetic field are disclosed in respect of charging laptop computers via a capacitive load and include piezo-electric keys, piezo-electric layer under keyboard, key drive magnet and coil or key driven pneumatic system. The piezo-electric system can also act as pressure transducers to monitor computer access or manners of use e.g. warning of repetitive strain injury.
Patent GB-2437151-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for varying the relative phase angle of pulleys or sprockets connected by a chain or toothed belt
Inventor: CHATTEN PAUL BRIAN
IPC: F01L1/348
Filed: 2007-03-09
Abstract: The length of continuous chain or toothed belt a between at least two pulleys or sprockets b,c may be varied by means of idler pulleys or sprockets d,f which are movable by means of actuators e,h in order to vary the phase angle   r  between the pulleys or sprockets b,c. Non-rotatable guides (g,i, figs. 3,4) may be used instead of idler pulleys or sprockets. Additional fixed idler pulleys or sprockets k may be used to guide the belt or chain to and from the movable idler pulleys or sprockets d,f to impart a linear relationship between the positions of the actuators e,f an the relative phase angle   r  . The mechanism may be used to provide variable valve timing in i.c. engines with driven single or multiple cam shafts driven by a single continuous chain or toothed belt.
Patent GB-2467729-A (GB)
Title: Natural looking false teeth
Inventor: LISTER MARTIN
IPC: A61C13/00
Filed: 2007-02-13
Abstract: Natural looking false teeth comprise a pair of arcuate channels with one channel fitting to the upper gums and the other to the lower gums. Teeth are attached to the outside of the channels. The outside of the channels may be gum coloured and the teeth may be coloured white to look like natural teeth. The gum channels may be made of flexible plastic and the teeth of ceramic.
Patent GB-2449869-A (GB)
Title: Motor driving device for household appliances
Inventor: LI CAI YANG
IPC: A47J43/08
Filed: 2007-06-05
Abstract: A motor driving device for household appliances includes a driving shaft 52 directly driven to rotate by a motor 5 and having its upper end combined with a first rotating disc 2 and its lower side secured with a driving gear 53. A driven shaft 4 has its upper end combined with a following gear 42 and its lower side fixed with a driven gear 41, and a first transmission belt 6 is fitted around the driving gear 52 and the driven gear 41. A second transmission belt 9 is fitted around the following gear 42 and the annular-toothed member 31 of a second rotating disc 3. The second rotating disc has its position-limiting member 32 inserted and positioned in a fitting member 8 engaged around the outer wall of the bulging member 72 of a support frame 7. When the motor 5 is started to drive the driving shaft to rotate, the first and the second rotating disc can be driven to rotate at different speeds, such that the cutter of a food processor may be fitted to one disc and the cutter of a juicer may be fitted to the other disc.
Patent GB-2440035-A (GB)
Title: Impact bed for conveyor systems
Inventor: OSTMAN ARTHUR CHARLES
IPC: B65G15/62
Filed: 2007-07-06
Abstract: An impact bed for use with belt conveyors comprises a base frame 12 having parallel, spaced-apart side members extending lengthwise where the side members have an arcuate; concave upper edge. Attached to the upper edge of the side members is an arcuate, concave plate 40 having plural rows, each of a plurality of apertures 43 or alternatively a plurality of tubes or channels having apertures 43 may be used. Completing the assembly are a plurality of polymeric bars 44, with a smooth upper surface and lugs (52, figure 6) dimensioned and spaced to fit into the plurality of apertures 43 of one of the plural rows. The apertures 43 and lugs 52 are designed to interlock with one another such that no special tools are needed to remove the bars form the top plate when the bars become worn out. Channels having flex points may be used to support the bars. Idlers may be used on the supports.
Patent GB-2440633-A (GB)
Title: Cooling Apparatus Using Cooled Heat Transfer Liquid Formed by the Mixing of a Solid Reactant Suspended on a Perforated Plate with a Liquid Reactant.
Inventor: DAVIES JAMES
IPC: B65D81/18
Filed: 2007-07-20
Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for cooling a product, for example, for cooling a beverage can/bottle. The apparatus comprises a reaction chamber 1 for containing a solid reactant, and an inlet 3 through which a liquid reactant is introduced. The chamber includes at least one perforated support (4 fig 1) which, in use, suspends the solid reactant 9 above the reaction chamber base 5 to facilitate dissolution of the solid reactant in the liquid reactant to form a cooling liquid in the reaction chamber. The perforated support may be a gauze, mesh, grill or grate, and may be fixed or movable within the reaction chamber. When movable, the support may include a float (11 fig 3) or mechanical means, such as a spring. In use, the product is cooled by heat transfer between the product and the cooling liquid formed by reaction of the reactants in the reaction chamber, and the product may be arranged in a product holder 6. The apparatus may also include means to prevent escape of the cooling liquid, such as a one-way valve at the liquid inlet. The solid reactant may be ammonium nitrate and the liquid reactant may be water. The apparatus may also include an insulation layer 8, which may be used to define the product holder walls.
Patent GB-2451672-A (GB)
Title: A cooking pan or pot with a vibrating device
Inventor: MANGAT PARGAT SINGH
IPC: A47J27/00
Filed: 2007-08-10
Abstract: A cooking vessel, for example a pan or pot that has a vibrating device which vibrates the cooking vessel and its contents, preventing the contents from burning or sticking to the cooking vessel, without the need for the user to stir the contents. Preferably the vibration increases in relation to the heat applied to the vessel, and the vibrating device is located in a false bottom of the cooking vessel. The cooking vessel may be heated by an electric or gas hob and for stability purposes, the lip and bottom of the vessel may be thicker or heavier.
Patent GB-2448381-A (GB)
Title: Hinge with leaf spring formed from U-shaped plate
Inventor: WANG CHUN-CHIANG
IPC: E05D11/10
Filed: 2007-10-18
Abstract: An elastic device of a hinge includes a hinge cup 1, a hinge arm 3, a connecting pivot 3, and a leaf spring 4. The hinge cup 1 has an accommodation. 11 The hinge arm 2 has a cam section 21 which is secured in the accommodation 11 by the connecting pivot3. The leaf spring 4 is a U-shaped plate which has a fixed section 41 at one end and a tongue 42 at the other end. The fixed section 42 is flush with the bottom of the accommodation and secured thereat. The tongue 42 extends through a slot 22 of the hinge arm 2 and is against the cam section 21 of the hinge arm. Fixing pieces 12 may engage the fixed section of the leaf spring to secure it in Restraining studs 13 may be provided on the bottom of the accommodation 11 to engage with one side of the fixed section 41 of the leaf spring, while fixing pieces 12 may be bent to engage another side of the fixed section 41.
Patent GB-2456789-A (GB)
Title: A method and a device for verifying mass inside a quilt
Inventor: HUNG CHENG-KUAN
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 2008-01-23
Abstract: A write-through device 1 is used to check whether the mass of a material which is loaded into a quilt is uniform. A top of a box 2 of the see-through device 1 is paved with an unfolded quilt 3, which is then put onto a semi-transparent platen 5. The quilt 3 is next gently pressed and fixed by a framed transparent board 10, 11 of the box 2, and the box 2 rotates twice and stops at a vertical position. The interior of the box 2 is provided with lighting means 4 which illuminate the quilt 3 via the semi-transparent platen 5. The quilt 3 is then photographed through the transparent board 11. One photograph 14 is put in a transparent bag 15, and another photograph 16 which is a locally exploded picture of the quilt 3 is also put in a transparent bag 15, both photographs 14, 16 being attached to a side of the quilt 3.
Patent GB-2448235-A (GB)
Title: A pair of spectacles to reduce travel sickness
Inventor: FLAXMAN TIMOTHY PHILIP
IPC: G02C5/00
Filed: 2008-04-04
Abstract: A pair of spectacles (10 having two lenses (11, 12). A support element (13) located between the lenses (11, 12) co engage the bridge of a wearer's nose and so maintain the spectacles (10) in position, characterised in that one of said lenses (11) is sufficiently opaque to light to prevent the wearer from perceiving images through said lens. Opacity can be imparted to the lens by a liner across a surface of the lens. In 15 an alternative, the lens is reactive to light or applied voltage, to switch between a clear and an opaque state.
Patent GB-2445894-A (GB)
Title: Third stage turbine airfoil
Inventor: SHEFFIELD MARK
IPC: F01D5/14
Filed: 2006-12-20
Abstract: The present invention provides an airfoil for a third stage blade (138) having an external surface with first and second sides. The external surface extends spanwise between a hub (352) and a tip (354) and streamwise between a leading edge (140) and a trailing edge (142) of the airfoil. The external surface includes a contour substantially defined by Table 1 as listed in the s specification.
Patent GB-2456850-A (GB)
Title: Near-field passive rf communicator
Inventor: BUTLER PAUL
IPC: H04B5/00
Filed: 2008-09-09
Abstract: A near field RF communicator has an antenna circuit (102) to couple with the H field of an RF magnetic field and a power supply deriver (301) to derive a rectified auxiliary power supply from the received magnetic field. Rectification may be performed using an actively switched rectifier (502) having a passive mode of operation. A sub regulation system (506) is provided to regulate the auxiliary power supply to inhibit the possibility of temporally varying power requirements of the near field RF communicator or any other load causing an apparent load modulation of a signal that is transmitted or received by the communicator. A second power supply (511) may be included. The controller (107) may ensure that both power supplies do not operate at the same time and may select the power supply according to the RF field received.
Patent GB-2463721-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible weighing aid
Inventor: MITRY RAGAI R
IPC: B01L9/06
Filed: 2008-09-25
Abstract: A weighing aid for receiving and supporting receptacles having at least three faces, wherein at least two of the faces comprise holes a, b, c, d for receiving the receptacles. At least two of the holes are of different sizes. The aid may be formed from a blank which may have a flat configuration which may be folded to adopt an assembled configuration. The faces and holes may be arranged such that when in use the hole of a first face opposes the hole of a second face. At least the first hole of the first and second holes may be adapted to receive and retain a receptacle when in use. The first hole may be adapted to support a lip around an opening of the receptacle such that the receptacle is suspended. The aid is arranged to support the receptacle in an upright position when in use. The aid may be formed from cardboard and may be disposable. The aid may comprise exactly four faces. Each face may comprise a single hole. The receptacle may be a test-tube. Each face of the aid may be colour coded to indicate the type of receptacle suitable for each hole.
Patent GB-2454797-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of wastewater
Inventor: HOYLAND GARRY
IPC: C02F3/02
Filed: 2008-11-14
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating wastewater that includes the steps of:- a contact step, wherein wastewater contacts bacteria retained on a support surface and the dissolved oxygen concentration of the wastewater is maintained at 2.0mg/1 or less; an aeration step, wherein gas is passed through wastewater that has passed through the contact step and the dissolved oxygen concentration of the wastewater is reduced as the wastewater passes through the aeration step; a sedimentation step, wherein wastewater that has passed through the aeration step is substantially separated into treated water and sludge; and a sludge recycling step, wherein sludge from the sedimentation step is passed to the contact step. The invention also relates to a processing unit on which the aforementioned process may be operated. The bacteria may be from the Bacillus and/or Clostridium genera. A unit for treating wastewater according to the invention is also claimed.
Patent GB-2458046-A (GB)
Title: A device for dropping at least on object into a wellbore
Inventor: ARCE DAVID A
IPC: E21B33/05
Filed: 2005-07-26
Abstract: A device for dropping or launching at least one object, dart 44, into a wellbore, comprising a housing having a passage 22 that can be connected to the wellbore. The dart launcher features a dedicated movable barrel, with spaces 46,48,50 to retain each dart 44 outside the passage such that each space is selectively movable into alignment with the passage for launching the darts in any desired order. A retainer 52 keeps the darts 44 from coming back up above the dart launcher in the event of a pressure surge in the well.. A handle 66 may be retained to the dart housing and can be manipulated to rotate the barrel. The darts 44 may be inspected in their respective spaces before launch.