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Patent GB-2407333-A (GB)
Title: Downhole tool controller
Inventor: GOODMAN KENNETH R
IPC: E21B47/18
Filed: 2004-09-14
Abstract: The invention provides for an apparatus, system and method of use to control a downhole tool 20, such as a perforating gun, based on the autocorrelation of command sequences. Repeating signals of a previously unknown or undefined shape can be correlated to themselves to reliably distinguish intentional changes from random fluctuations or other operations performed on the well 16. Using autocorrelation, any fluctuation of pressure, acceleration, flow rate, weight, stress or strain of sufficient amplitude can be used to send commands by controlling the timing, or the number, of repetitions of the sequence. The controller of the system is further disclosed as comprising a memory unit, a microprocessor, a data storage buffer, an analogue to digital converter and a downhole tool interface.
Patent GB-2403587-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording cartridge
Inventor: KUSE SADAMU
IPC: H01F1/059
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support, at least one-under coat layer formed on one surface of the non-magnetic support and containing non-magnetic powder and binder resin, at least one magnetic layer formed on this under-coat layer and containing magnetic powder and binder resin, and a back layer formed on the other surface of the non-magnetic support, characterized in that magnetic powder contained in the uppermost one of the magnetic layers is intrinsically spherical or oval rare-earth-iron based magnetic powder consisting of a rare-earth element and a transition element of iron or mainly consisting of iron, and has a number-average particle size of 5-50 nm and an average axial ratio of at least 1 and up to 2, with a total thickness of the magnetic medium being less than 6 m. This magnetic recording medium can achieve an excellent block error rate unable to have been achieved by conventional recording media using needle-like magnetic powder.
Patent GB-2424106-A (GB)
Title: Bar code sales data capture and network transmission
Inventor: VIEWING DAVID
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2005-03-08
Abstract: Scanning an item and sending data relating to the item to a network (2), for example for generating statistical information regarding music sales comprises: ```a scanner (32) for scanning the item and capturing data recorded on the item, for example a bar code reader (32) for reading a bar code (34) on the item; ```a device for converting the captured data received from the scanning device into packets, e.g. TCP/IP packets, in response to receipt of data from the scanner (32) and ```a router for sending the packets to the network (2). Associated equipment may, if desired, include a visible or audible indicator that the data has been recorded by the network (2), and may comprise more than one scanner (32). Scanned data may be accessed and printed out in the vicinity of the scanner (32). The data can be sent immediately to a server (6) on the network (2), and may be used to form a terminal (20) that acts as an EPOS terminal to facilitate reporting of sales data.
Patent GB-2425180-A (GB)
Title: Wearable physiological monitor with wireless transmitter
Inventor: PISANI JUSTIN
IPC: A61B5/02
Filed: 2005-04-14
Abstract: A physiological monitoring device worn by a user comprises a plurality of physiological sensors 10-14 (e.g. ECG, temperature, blood pressure, heart rate etc.), a processor 18 and a transceiver 17. The processor 18 analyses the measured physiological data and generates a health status indication of at least two levels (e.g. normal and abnormal). The health status indication is then wirelessly transmitted to a remote monitoring station. If necessary some or all of the actual physiological measurements can be transmitted in addition to the health status summary. For example if the health status indication is normal no additional data may be required, whereas if the indication was abnormal further data may be required. Thus the data transmission is selective depending upon the welfare of the user.
Patent GB-2411478-A (GB)
Title: Method of measuring the stress or relaxation level of a mammal
Inventor: MCCULLOCH LAURA
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2002-01-29
Abstract: A method of measuring the stress or relaxation level of a mammal and a method of measuring the activity of the sympathetic nervous system of a mammal by measuring quantititative levels of deoxyhemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin are disclosed. Preferably, the levels of deoxyhemoglobin and hemoglobin are measured by a noninvasive technique, such as spectroscopy. A method of changing the activity of the sympathetic nervous system of a mammal is also disclosed, wherein the method includes a step of administering an effective amount of sensory regimen to the mammal. The method is useful for humans who are operating vehicles or machinery, who are suffering from cardiovascular disease or related complications, who are pregnant, or who are preparing for sleep. In addition, a method of improving the complexion of the skin of a mammal is disclosed.
Patent GB-2412421-A (GB)
Title: Method of providing sensory feedback for a hydraulic actuator
Inventor: BARDEN WILLIAM M
IPC: E02F9/20
Filed: 2002-12-20
Abstract: In a method of controlling a hydraulic actuator having a first chamber 34A and a second chamber 34B an operator interface such as control lever 1 is operated to generate a flow of pressurized fluid to at least one of the first and second chambers, a pressure representative of the pressure of the fluid is sensed, a signal is generated based on the sensed pressure, and the signal transmitted to at least one of a first and second magnet 2A,2B to generate a magnetic force that acts on a magnet 3 on the operator interface. The magnets may also hold the lever 1 in a detent position, or cause it to return to an original position. Magnet 3 may be a permanent magnet or an electromagnet. The position of lever 1 may also be measured or determined by sensing magnetic flux of the interacting fields.
Patent GB-2417291-A (GB)
Title: Detecting the entry of fuel into the lubricating oil of an internal combustion engine
Inventor: UTZ THOMAS
IPC: F01M11/10
Filed: 2005-07-21
Abstract: It is the object of the invention to specify simple-to-implement means for detection of an entry of fuel into the lubricating oil (14) of an i.c. engine (10) eg from the fuel injection system. This is implemented in accordance with invention by measuring (16, 18) a value eg level (l, L) representative of the volume of lubricating oil (14) in the internal combustion engine (10) and detecting an entry of fuel into the lubricating oil on the basis of an evaluation (20) of results of the measurement which were obtained for different times. The oil level may be measured continuously or after the beginning and before the end of an engine stop period. Detection of entry of fuel into the oil may be signalled visually or audibly, or may cause the engine to be switched off.
Patent GB-2417222-A (GB)
Title: Saw blade for a surgical saw
Inventor: TUKE MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 2005-08-10
Abstract: A saw blade 3 for a power-operated surgical saw 1, comprises a forward end (FB) and a rearward end (RB). The forward end (FB) is provided with (i) at least two mutually aligned rows 9, 10, 11, 12 of first saw teeth (t), each having a tip (p) which together with the other tips of the respective row of first saw teeth define a respective cutting line 17, and (ii) at least one second saw tooth 13, 14, 15 located between adjacent mutually aligned rows of first saw teeth (t) and having a tip (q) that projects further from the saw blade (3) than the cutting lines (17) of the adjacent rows of first saw teeth. The rearward end of the blade is shaped for cooperation with a mechanism adapted to impart an orbital motion to the saw blade. The saw blade may be used in the performance of knee replacement surgery. Navigation means (5, 6, 7, 8, fig 1) may be attached to the saw for communication with reference means mounted in an operating theatre for signalling to a computer the spatial position and orientation of the saw relative to a bone to be cut.
Patent GB-2414786-A (GB)
Title: Ice-making apparatus and related method
Inventor: RUGERIS JESS EDWARD
IPC: F25C1/08
Filed: 2004-03-11
Abstract: Ice-making apparatus (10) comprising water deliver means (12), a colouring station (18A-18E) arranged to impart colour to water received from the water delivery means and a freezing station (20) for forming readily separable blocks of ice from the coloured water formed at the colouring station and for selectively discharging the readily separable blocks of ice into a storage means (24A-24D) so as to present ice of a required colour, or combination of colours, the freezing station can advantageously employ open ended shaping elements (28A-28C), and associated freezing elements (32A-32C), allowing for the freezing of water therein so as to form a block of ice of an appropriate shape defined by the shaping element, and to subsequent allow for the removal of the shaped ice block from the lower open end thereof.
Patent GB-2419981-A (GB)
Title: Method of estimating valuation
Inventor: LEVKOVICH TOBIAS
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2005-10-24
Abstract: A method for valuation of the market, sectors of the market, industries in the market or companies, where price ratios of a predetermined group of securities representing the market, sector or industry are determined and debt adjusted ratios are determined by adjusting the price ratios using debt to capitalization ratios and a corporate bond yield index. The price ratios include price to earnings ratio, price to sales ratio and price to book ratio.
Patent GB-2425962-A (GB)
Title: Mountain board
Inventor: SPENCER JACK
IPC: A63C17/02
Filed: 2005-11-23
Abstract: A board comprises a two part, flexible deck 4. Each part flexes independently and the board is steered by the redistribution of weight on each part. The board is divided along its length, and the two parts are connected by flexible joints 3. The board may be used as a mountain board or with a kite.
Patent GB-2436310-A (GB)
Title: Ratchet wrench
Inventor: HUANG PING WEN
IPC: B25B13/48
Filed: 2006-03-22
Abstract: The ratchet wrench includes a hollow handle 1, a handle sleeve 2 fitted on the handle 1, a transmission rod 3 fitted in the handle 1, a driving head 4 mounted in one end of the handle 1 and a transmission mechanism 5. The transmission mechanism 5 is arranged in the handle sleeve 2 and coupled with the handle sleeve 2. The transmission mechanism 5 is also drivingly connected with the transmission rod 3. When rotating the handle sleeve 2 relative to the handle 1, the transmission rod 3 is driven via the transmission mechanism 5. The transmission rod 3 further drives the driving head 4 to output torque for wrenching a work piece. An adjustment button 6 is fitted on the transmission mechanism for switching the wrenching direction of the driving head.
Patent GB-2438881-A (GB)
Title: Data transfer in a network
Inventor: SMITH JAMES DAVID
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2006-05-09
Abstract: Updating of data across networks can cause congestion. In the method of the invention, data is categorised and each category provided with a triggering event. The event may be a timing or a number of changes threshold being crossed or a mixture of these. When that occurs the data in all categories is updated. Important data is placed in a category which has a short timing threshold or a low number of changes threshold. The data may be mobile phone 2 data in database 5 (e.g. user profile data) which is synchronised with data in a database 6 (e.g. mobility server 3) when a triggering event occurs. The data in the user profile is categorised to reduce the volume of updates and hence reduce the load on the network and the mobility server 3. As data is updated on the phone's 2 local memory the update events are triggered according to their category.
Patent GB-2437948-A (GB)
Title: Tamper indication device
Inventor: METHUEN RAYMOND
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 2006-05-08
Abstract: A tamper indication device has two parallel layer members, 12,14 which produce a mark, visible on the top surface of the device, when bought into contact with one another under pressure, such as by stamping or scribing a known or pre-arranged security pattern onto the top surface of the assembly. Relative movement of the layer members subsequently erases the mark from view. The device may be attached to a container, with opening of the container causing the relative movement of one surface 12 against another 14, thus erasing the mark at the moment the container is opened. This provides a reusable container tamper indication device, with which appropriate security marks can be added and removed from the same assembly a number of times. Embodiments are provided in which the device is attached to a bottle top, a cardboard box, and used as a security seal on a briefcase. Also disclosed is a tamper indicator device with an erasable marking medium in which the device is attached to a container, and the mark is erased by an action associated with the opening of the container.
Patent GB-2426694-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic rail system for an oven
Inventor: SCHNEIDER ELMAR
IPC: A47B88/493
Filed: 2005-06-30
Abstract: A telescopic rail system 1 for a domestic appliance, such as an oven, comprises an upper rail 2 and a lower rail 4 wherein the upper rail is affixed to an oven wall while the lower rail is movable relative to the upper rail. A mount 8 for a carrier, such as a cooking tray, is attached to the lower rail by means of a connecting pin 16 and substantially covers the two rails. The mount is shorter than the carrier so that when the carrier is supported on the mount a front region of the carrier is left free and can be conveniently gripped for removal. An intermediate rail 3 may be located between the upper and lower rails. The arrangement is intended to reduce the tendency for contamination of the bearing surfaces to ensure that they run smoothly.
Patent GB-2429424-A (GB)
Title: A stapler with pivoting guide for use in stapling electrical wires
Inventor: PELLETIER THOMAS
IPC: B25C5/06
Filed: 2006-07-18
Abstract: A stapler 10 includes a housing 12 having a hand grip portion 14 constructed and arranged to be manually grasped by an operator, a staple drive track disposed in the housing, a staple feed track 20 leading to the staple drive track configured to guide staples toward the drive track, and a staple driver 32 mounted within the staple drive track, the staple driver configured to drive staples into a workpiece. The stapler further includes a guide 26 pivotally mourned in a body portion 16 of the housing. The guide has an elongate member receiving region 26u, for instance for receiving an electrical wire to be stapled to the workpiece. The guide is configured to pivot between a stored position in which the guide is disposed within the housing and a deployed position in which the guide extends out of the housing. Preferably the hand grip portion comprises a resilient material to facilitate gripping.
Patent GB-2429816-A (GB)
Title: Signal decoding including threshold determination
Inventor: CONNER BRUCE
IPC: H04B17/00
Filed: 2006-08-30
Abstract: Decoding signals from a tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system and a remote keyless entry (RKE) system includes receiving (42) a signal transmitted from a TPM or RKE transmitter and determining (44) a signal strength of the signal e.g. the RSSI of the signal, in order to determine a data bit threshold against which logic states of signal data section bits can be determined. The data section of the signal is preceded by preamble and header sections. At least a first signal bit e.g. from within a preamble and a header section of the signal and the signal strength of the signal is/are evaluated (46). A first data hit threshold is thereby determined and stored (48) in a memory of the controller e.g. in a look-up table. The logic state of a first data section bit (50) and subsequent (58, 60) data section bits of a signal are determined based on the first data bit threshold until the logic states of all data section bits (62) have been evaluated. Optionally a second data bit threshold may be determined (52) based upon the first data bit threshold and the logic state of the first data bit.
Patent GB-2435982-A (GB)
Title: Communication between a public switched telephone network and an Internet telephone network
Inventor: HUANG HSI
IPC: H04M7/00
Filed: 2007-03-09
Abstract: A communication exchange method between a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and an internet telephone network (IP) comprises steps of: connecting a network telephone server according to a talk request from the caller; obtaining data of at least a connector from the network telephone server; determining if a talk instruction from the caller is received, in which the talk instruction includes the assignment of a callee by the caller; in the case that the talk instruction is received, searching an internet according to the data of the callee, and determining if a qualified callee is located in the internet; and then, in the case that the callee responds to the talk instruction, establishing a talk between the caller and the callee. The connector data can be a network phone account, a nickname or anything similar relate to the callee. The PSTN determining if the callee is located can involve a search to determine if the callee is on line, or a search of the website trough the internet. A second embodiment of the invention includes a caller of the internet telephone network issuing a talk request, and searching for a callee in a database (which may be a phonebook) of the PSTN.
Patent GB-2434428-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly having rigid seating surfaces
Inventor: ANASTAS JEFFREY
IPC: F16K25/04
Filed: 2005-12-19
Abstract: A valve assembly including a valve body having a bore (18) and a port (20) extending to the bore, an orifice member (22) received in the bore and having an end wall (24) and a side wall (26), and wherein defines an orifice (28) providing fluid communication with the port of the body. A valve member (30) is received in the orifice member and is movable along an axis with respect to the orifice, and a flat spring (34) is secured to the side wall of the orifice member and has arms secured to the valve member. A valve seat (38) is secured to the end wall and defines an opening over the orifice, and a plug (42) is secured to an end of the valve member opposite the valve seat such that, when the valve member is moved along the axis towards the orifice, the plug contacts the seat to seal the opening.
Patent GB-2438503-A (GB)
Title: Seismic migration in anisotropic media with constrained explicit operators
Inventor: REN JIAXIANG
IPC: G01V1/28
Filed: 2007-05-21
Abstract: Explicit constrained depth extrapolation operators are constructed 207 with variable operator lengths depending on maximum phase angles, accuracy condition 208, anisotropy parameters, and wavenumber. Operator tables are constructed 210 using the explicit depth extrapolation operator having the smallest operator length satisfying the accuracy condition at the maximum phase angles for each of a plurality of anisotropy parameters and a plurality of wavenumbers. Depth migration is performed using the explicit constrained depth extrapolation operator at a depth having the smallest operator length from the operator tables for the wavenumber. The method is a computationally efficient explicit depth extrapolation method for 3D seismic migration for anisotropic media.
Patent GB-2440679-A (GB)
Title: Transdermal drug delivery device with temporal control
Inventor: CHOWDHURY DEWAN FAZLUL HOQUE
IPC: A61K9/70
Filed: 2007-08-03
Abstract: The device comprises at least one micro-channel 23 providing fluid communication between one or more reservoirs 22 and a contact surface from which a drug formulation may diffuse through the skin of a patient. The device has an upper layer with the reservoirs 22, a rate controlling membrane layer 24 with multiple micro-channels 23 of sinuous form defining different transport times by their different lengths, widths or structures, so as to control the timing of drug delivery to the patient., and a lower layer with compartments 26 for receiving the drug formulation from the micro-channels 23. This layer has adhesive for attachment to the skin.
Patent GB-2441869-A (GB)
Title: Band saw machine with actuating shaft for replacing saw blade
Inventor: LIAO HUI-CHUAN
IPC: B23D55/10
Filed: 2007-09-07
Abstract: A band saw machine includes a machine frame unit (2) with a longitudinal guideway (233), a cam follower (41) movable along the guideway (233), and a wheel mount (43) movable with the cam follower (41) between closer and remote positions relative to a first wheel (31) mounted on the machine frame unit (2). A biasing member (52) is disposed to bias the wheel mount (43) to the remote position. A secondwheel (32) is mounted on the wheel mount (43), and a band saw blade (33) is trained on the wheels (31,32). An actuating shaft (62) with a cam end engages the cam follower (41). By turning the actuating shaft (62) the wheel mount (43) can be moved to a closer position by counteracting the biasing force of the biasing member (52), so as to permit replacement of the band saw blade (33).
Patent GB-2443741-A (GB)
Title: Inductive dart position detecting means for dartboard with electronic scoring unit.
Inventor: YIU CHIH-HAO
IPC: F41J3/00
Filed: 2007-11-12
Abstract: A dartboard is provided with at least one induction frame positioned on the front surface of the dartboard to act as a dart position detecting means. The induction frame is inductive and is provided with conductive ends 311, 321 that are designed to penetrate the dartboard. The ends of the frame are electrically connected to an electronic scoring unit. On the front side of the respective frames a guiding surface may be formed and on the rear side a blade shaped dartboard engaging portion B may be formed. In a preferred form, the dartboard comprises a number or circumferential frame elements 31 and a number of radial frame elements 32. Suitable isolating means 33 are provided where the frames intersect.
Patent GB-2447144-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring unit processes by comparing with models
Inventor: SEKI YUKIKO
IPC: G06F11/32
Filed: 2008-02-28
Abstract: A transaction processing system executes several different types of unit processes. Each executing process is compared with predefined models of the different types of processes. Based on whether the executing processes match any of the models, a decision is made whether the system needs analyzing. This decision may be made based on the proportion of processes which match models. If the system needs analyzing, processes which do not match any models are displayed. The difference between a process and the most similar model are highlighted. Processes which do not match any models may be grouped into similar processes and displayed in the groups. When a process is displayed, an administrator may store the model of the process. A problem information database may be searched to identify a problem associated with a process which does not match a model.