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Patent GB-2497170-A (GB)
Title: X-ray analysis apparatus
Inventor: MITSUNAGA TORU
IPC: G01N23/20
Filed: 2012-11-02
Abstract: An X-ray analysis apparatus 1 able to perform a plurality of diffraction and reflectivity measurement methods comprises a measurement system 8 capable of implementing the measurements; a memory 5 storing measurement software 37 for selectively implementing each of the measurement methods, a material evaluation table 38 for storing information relating to a material that may be measured and a name of an evaluation performed on the material, means 40 for inputting the information relating to the material, a wizard program 39 for performing computation for selecting the name of an evaluation on the basis of inputted material information and for selecting a corresponding measurement method on the basis of the selected evaluation. The apparatus is a computer based system for selecting the most appropriate x-ray measurement type and corresponding optical arrangement for a particular material and material field.
Patent GB-2508827-A (GB)
Title: Aqueous compositions and processes for passivating and brightening stainless steel surfaces
Inventor: GASPARETTO VALENTINO
IPC: C23C22/06
Filed: 2012-12-11
Abstract: A passivating and brightening aqueous composition comprises water, at least one acid that does not contain fluorine, at least one fluorine containing inorganic compound, at least one substance containing a peroxy moiety and at least one organic compound containing more than two hydroxyl groups with at least three but not more than eight carbon atoms. The at least one organic compound is preferably a reducing sugar or polyol. The at least one acid may be sulphuric, phosphoric or citric acid. The at least one fluoride containing inorganic compound may be selected from complex fluorides of the elements B, Si, Ti and Zr. Also disclosed is a process for brightening and passivating of austenitic, ferritic or martensitic stainless steel grades, preferably with a sulphur alloying amount of at least 0.10 atomic %, wherein after pickling and with or without an intermediate rinsing step the steel is brought into contact with the aqueous composition of the invention.
Patent GB-2496804-A (GB)
Title: Sequential access storage and data de-duplication
Inventor: WIDEMAN RODERICK B
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2011-08-17
Abstract: An example method includes determining a configuration of two or more partitions for a sequential access medium. At least one partition stores data de- duplication data structures while at least one other partition stores a repository of unique data blocks associated with the data structures. The method also includes controlling a data de-duplication computer to configure the sequential access medium according to the configuration. The method includes producing an output sequence for writing the data structures and a set of unique data blocks associated with the set of data structures to the sequential access medium as configured with the two or more partitions. One embodiment includes controlling a data de-duplication computer to write the data de-duplication data structures and the set of unique data blocks to the sequential access medium according to the output sequence.
Patent GB-2514609-A (GB)
Title: Water monitor/treatment apparatus and method
Inventor: LUEN PAUL
IPC: C12Q1/04
Filed: 2013-05-31
Abstract: A water treatment apparatus 10 comprises a filter 12, a biomonitor device 28, a treatment device 18, and a control device 38. The apparatus is operable to receive water and to filter it with the filter. The treatment device, such as an ultraviolet treatment device, is operable to treat the filtered water. The biomonitor device determines the presence of organisms in the filtered water relative to a predefined threshold and provides a data signal 36 to the control device in response thereto. The control device provides a control signal 39 relating to the data signal, for controlling the treatment of the filtered water by the treatment device. Preferably, the apparatus treats ballast water. The biomonitor device may have a flow cytometer 34 for quantifying and/or determining a species of the organisms. Suitably, the biomonitor device has a concentrator device, such as a dielectrophoresis device 30, for concentrating the organisms in the filtered water.
Patent GB-2504622-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for improved resolution chromatography
Inventor: RITCHIE HARALD
IPC: B01D15/22
Filed: 2011-05-26
Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for column chromatography, comprising a cylindrical chromatography column 15, the column having an inlet and an outlet 411. The inlet is configured to introduce a flow of mobile phase 2 into the column carrying a sample, whereby the sample separates into components as it advances longitudinally through the column from the inlet to the outlet carried by the mobile phase, wherein the inlet is further configured to introduce the flow of mobile phase into the column in at least two separate portions which are independently controllable, and to introduce the portions into different radial regions 440, 442 of the column, such that the portions flow longitudinally through the column in different radial regions, and wherein the mobile phase leaves the column as a flow of eluate and the outlet is configured to split the flow of eluate as it leaves the column into at least two separate eluate portions from the different radial regions of the column and the apparatus is configured to separately process the eluate portions.
Patent GB-2507858-A (GB)
Title: Phenylboronic acid derivative and medical uses thereof
Inventor: AL-QAOUD KHALED MAHMOOD
IPC: A61K31/69
Filed: 2013-09-10
Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Preferably, the compound of formula (I) is 2-(bromoacetamido)phenylboronic acid. These compounds inhibit proteasome function in a mammal and as such, may be used to inhibit: the growth of a cell cancer, the rate of muscle protein degradation in a cell, activity of NF-kappa B, rate of intracellular protein breakdown, the rate of degradation of p53 protein in a cell, cyclin degradation in a cell, an inflammatory condition, antigen presentation in a cell, inducible NF-kappa B, HIV replication, and microbial infection in a patient. As such, the compounds of formula (I) are useful in the treatment of tissue rejection, organ rejection, arthritis, microbial infection, dermatoses, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, an autoimmune disease and cancer. In another aspect, a process for preparing 2-(bromoacetamido)phenylboronic acid by treating 2-aminophenylboronic acid pinacol ester with bromoacetylbromide followed by deprotection of the pinacol ester.
Patent GB-2505142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in security devices incorporating colour shifting inks
Inventor: TIERNEY CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 2012-06-25
Abstract: A security document or device is provided which includes at least one area formed from a transparent plastics material which is exposed on at least one side to form a window or half-window, and a first colour shifting ink composition and a second colour shifting ink composition which both include different colour pigments and interference pigments but which both, at a first viewing angle, exhibit substantially the same colour when the interference pigments are viewable, and at other angles exhibit different colours when viewing the colour pigments.
Patent GB-2507010-A (GB)
Title: Sourceless density measurement using activation
Inventor: INANC FEYZI
IPC: G01N9/24
Filed: 2012-06-14
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to borehole logging methods and apparatuses for estimating at least one parameter of interest of an earth formation using nuclear radiation, particularly by detecting interactions between the earth formation and an activated radiation source. The method may include using nuclear radiation information from at least one nuclear radiation sensor to estimate a parameter of interest. The method may include separating a gross nuclear radiation count into separate nuclear radiation components. The method may also include activating a part of a downhole tool with neutron radiation. The apparatus may include at least one nuclear radiation sensor. The apparatuses may include an information processing device to perform the methods.
Patent GB-2525157-A (GB)
Title: Machine cooling systems
Inventor: WOOLMER TIM
IPC: H02K15/02
Filed: 2014-02-18
Abstract: The stator of a YASA (yokeless and segmented armature) axial flux machine comprises a stator housing having radial walls 506a, 506b enclosing a set of wound stator bars 502, the winding comprising a single layer ribbon winding 524, the turns of the ribbon 522 (fig 5c not shown) being arranged stacked axially between pole shoes 504a, 504b such that adjacent ribbon surfaces of the edge wound windings abut each other. Coolant flows though the stator housing and around the coils, the width of the ribbon 522 of adjacent cores being selected to define a control gap 155 which controls said coolant flow between said coils. The minimum value of the gap may be less than 2mm and the tolerance limit is 20% of the gap. Flow directing barriers 158 (fig4b not shown) may be present in the housing to force coolant though the gaps. The coil may be preloaded in compression to urge coil turns together. To further improve cooling (fig 7 not shown), spacers 544 may be provided between the pole piece 504a and the axial ends of the coil to define a coolant accessible gap 546.
Patent GB-2523397-A (GB)
Title: Pop up wellies
Inventor: HAWKINS ALAN CYRIL
IPC: A43B23/06
Filed: 2014-02-25
Abstract: A waterproof boot 2 having a gaiter or leg 1 with a spring 5, the spring allowing the leg to be retracted. The spring may be in the form of a coiled oval spring, and when uncoiled provides support to the leg allowing it to exist in an upright position. The spring may be coiled and held in position to collapse the leg portion, the leg being held in position by a hook and loop fastener 3.
Patent GB-2511676-A (GB)
Title: Container house having structural stability
Inventor: EOM HO SEOB
IPC: E02D27/12
Filed: 2012-11-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a container house (200) having structural stability and including: a main body (210) having an inner space and a passage connecting the inside to the outside; and a plurality of piles (220) firmly fixing the main body to the ground, wherein the plurality of piles vertically pass through the main body and stick in the ground. The present invention has the advantage in which the main body is firmly fixed to the ground, wherein the main body may be conveniently and easily fixed to the ground by using the piles that pass through a cover portion of the main body to stick in the ground. That is, since the single or multi-storied main body is fixed to the ground due to the plurality of piles that firmly stick in the ground, the container house may be stably maintained even through natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and the like. Thus, it is possible to comfortably live in poor surroundings such as a desert and grassland.
Patent GB-2529151-A (GB)
Title: Modifying aerodynamic performance of a vehicle
Inventor: LEGRICE OLIVER
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 2014-08-05
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bonnet (203) for a vehicle (V). The bonnet (203) comprises a front edge (229) and a rear edge (231). A recessed longitudinal channel (205) is formed in the bonnet (203) and extends from said front edge (229) towards the rear edge (231). An airflow modification device (201) is disposed transversely across the longitudinal channel (205) for controlling airflow over the bonnet (203).
Patent GB-2514041-A (GB)
Title: Actuation system and method for a downhole tool
Inventor: BHOITE SAMEER P
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2013-02-13
Abstract: An actuation system and method for a downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough and a chamber disposed radially-outward from the bore. A valve is disposed within the bore and adapted to move between a first position which prevents fluid flow from the bore to the chamber through a port and a second position which permits the fluid flow from the bore to the chamber through the port. A motor, disposed within the bore, is adapted to move the valve between the first and second positions. An actuatable component of the downhole tool, e.g., a cutter block of an underreamer downhole tool, is movably coupled to the body and adapted to move from a non-actuated state to an actuated state in response to fluid flow through the port into the chamber.
Patent GB-2520818-A (GB)
Title: Labyrinth seal and rotating machine comprising such a seal
Inventor: MORREALE SERGE RENE
IPC: F16J15/453
Filed: 2014-10-08
Abstract: A labyrinth seal comprises two components 13, 16 facing each other with a clearance therebetween and being attached to a respective part 2, 3. One of the components is a mobile component and is secured to its respective part by a conical interface 18 having a conicity directed along an axis of rotation of the part 2. The conical interface comprises a conical face of a collar 19 fixed to the part and a conical face of the mobile component 16 opposite the clearance. The conical faces have the same conicity and are in sliding contact with each other. The mobile component is also secured by a spring 20 that provides a thrust along the axis of rotation to bias the mobile component towards the conical interface. The mobile component and collar have different thermal expansion coefficients so that the seal provides a means of minimising leakage across the seal over a range of temperatures.
Patent GB-2537391-A (GB)
Title: Method and systems for generating shaders to emulate a fixed-function graphics pipeline
Inventor: AIDAN FABIUS
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2015-04-15
Abstract: System and method for rendering using a shader program that emulates a fixed-function graphics pipeline, comprising: selecting a first pre-compiled shader chunk from a set of previously compiled shader functions; selecting a second pre-compiled shader instance from the set; concatenating the first and second shader sub-programs; wherein each shader routine corresponds to a particular graphics processing operation (eg. projection transformations, matrix transformations, ambient, diffuse and specular lighting, vertex shading, pixel shading etc.). Shader segments are compiled in advance rather than at run-time. Shader pieces may be selected based on graphics processing requirements. Shader sections are concatenated in the order in which the shader instructions need to be processed by the graphics processing unit (GPU). Model data may be visualised using the simulated pipeline. Shader portions may not include branches or loops. Shading engine chunks may relate to specific shader instruction types (eg. Arithmetic Logic Unit shader commands, vertex fetch shader statements, texture fetch shader code etc.) or specific shader types (eg. fetch shader, vertex shader, pixel shader, geometry shader, tessellation shader etc.). There may be system memory and video memory that stores the shader. Spatial coordinates, colour and texture co-ordinates may be fetched for rendering. Process and flow control instructions may be included.
Patent GB-2537944-A (GB)
Title: Charging electric vehicles
Inventor: BRIAN GEORGE MORGAN
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2015-04-29
Abstract: A transformer-based charger 103, a transportable storage-based charger 104 and a switching system 105 are provided. The transformer-based charger is configured to receive input current from a grid system, and supply output current to the switching system 105. The transportable storage-based charger has a battery of lithium titanate cells, configured to receive an input current from said grid system, store received charge and supply an output current from said battery of lithium titanate cells to said switching system 105. The switching system 105 is configured to selectively supply recharging current to an electric vehicle 101.
Patent GB-2525780-A (GB)
Title: Touch screen with unintended input prevention
Inventor: POPESCU VALENTIN
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2013-01-31
Abstract: Embodiments provide mechanisms detecting user contact with a computing device. The computing device may include a touch screen that substantially spans a surface of the computing device. In response to the detection of user contact, the computing device may prevent unintended user input within a predetermined area of the touch screen.
Patent GB-2541223-A (GB)
Title: Profiling transactions on an integrated circuit chip
Inventor: IAIN ROBERTSON
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2015-08-12
Abstract: A method of profiling transactions on an integrated circuit chip (100), the method comprises, for each transaction: extracting the transaction from interconnect circuitry of the integrated circuit chip 401; and filtering the transaction at a filtering circuit 402 to determine which passband a parameter of the transaction lies within 403; sending an increment signal to a counter of a bank of counters 404, the counter having a counter value indicative of a number of transactions having the parameter lying within the passband; and outputting the counter values of the bank of counters 411. The parameter of the transaction may be an address, a burst length, a transaction identifier, or a response. Also claimed is an integrated circuit chip comprising system circuitry (102) with interconnect circuitry for transporting transactions; and a debugging circuit (101) comprising a filtering circuit and a bank of counters, the debugging circuited being configured to implement the method of profiling transactions.
Patent GB-2528395-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods for geosteering
Inventor: WU HSU-HSIANG
IPC: G01V3/28
Filed: 2013-05-02
Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to generate geosignal responses. Geosignal responses may be generated that include a representation of a determination of variation between a XX coupling component and a YY coupling component from acquired signals. Such geosignals may be used to 5 address a blindspot problem suffered in conventional geosteering in a drilling condition where the logging tool is located at layered formations with symmetric resistivity profiles. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Patent GB-2527444-A (GB)
Title: Image symmetry for dip determination
Inventor: AKAMA TAKETO
IPC: G06T7/60
Filed: 2014-03-31
Abstract: Methods for dip determination from an image obtained by a downhole imaging tool. For each pixel forming the image, a probability that a symmetry axis coincides with the pixel is determined. A probability map is then generated, depicting the determined probability of each pixel coinciding with the symmetry axis. The probability map and the image are then superposed to generate a mapped image. The symmetry axis is then estimated based on the mapped image. Image pixels coinciding with a boundary of the geologic feature are then selected in multiple depth zones, and a segment of a sinusoid is fitted to the selected image pixels within each depth zone. Dip within each of the depth zones is then determined based on the fitted sinusoid segments therein.
Patent GB-2526232-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus pertaining to use of both optical and electronic product codes
Inventor: JONES NICHOLAUS A
IPC: G07G1/00
Filed: 2014-03-13
Abstract: A control circuit accesses information regarding both scanned optical product codes as correspond to items being purchased in a given transaction as well as read electronic product codes as correspond to items being purchased in that same transaction. The control circuit then compares that information to identify discrepancies. An example of a discrepancy of likely interest includes noting items for which there is a read electronic product code but not a corresponding scanned optical product code and vice versa.
Patent GB-2547697-A (GB)
Title: Transport network
Inventor: STEVEN DENNIS JOHN COSTELLO
IPC: B61B1/00
Filed: 2016-02-26
Abstract: The railway network has first and second rail lines sharing at least a portion of the same track corridor; the first line 110 has a hub station 112 where passengers can transfer to access an airport 102; the second rail line 106 provides a through service via the airport. The first rail line may be a main line providing direct access to stations serving cities or towns of different populations, with the hub located half way between them as measured by time, distance, or number of intermediate stops; a third freight line 117 may depart from the first line at one side of the hub station and cross over at the other side to connect with the second rail line, which may be an express line to the airport, running alongside a major road. The hub may have platforms for trains running at different frequencies so they may arrive at the same time as each other; airport security may be provided so passengers travel air-side from the hub, with a separate baggage transit system, on a train link between the hub and the airport provided as an extension of an existing train link to the airport from a population center.
Patent GB-2544132-A (GB)
Title: Inhibitors that confer pesticide resistance
Inventor: GRAHAM DAVID MOORES
IPC: C12N9/99
Filed: 2016-07-05
Abstract: The use of a C6 to C24 mono- and polyunsaturated acids or their derivatives thereof as enzyme inhibitors particularly as P450 and esterase inhibitors in pesticide formulations. Also claimed is a pesticide formulation comprising C6 to C24 mono- and polyunsaturated acids or their derivatives thereof and a pesticide. The acids may obtained from naturally occurring product, such as vegetable oils, soya, acorns, chestnuts, horse chestnuts and coffee. The exemplified compounds are potassium salts of fatty acids (C14-C18) obtained as a by-product of olive oil production. The pesticide may a synthetic pyrethroid, the exemplified pesticide is alpha-cypermethrin.
Patent GB-2554466-A (GB)
Title: Sports garment
Inventor: JAMAS HODIVALA
IPC: A41D13/00
Filed: 2016-09-30
Abstract: A garment 1 comprises at least one fabric layer laying adjacent a wearers body with rigid portions (21, figure 2) constructed to follow the natural human muscle structure when worn. The rigid portions (21, figure 2) may comprise a different material from the material of the fabric. The fabric layer may comprise gripper dot clusters 4 formed on the fabric layer so as to be in contact with the wearers skin. The gripper dot diameter may vary in relation to muscle groups and joints of the human body. The gripper dot 4 concentration may increase as size decreases at muscle group ends. The garment may be formed from panels, each panel corresponding to a given region of the human body. Also disclosed is the panels arranged to form a bra comprising gripper dots 4 and gripper portions (21, figure 2). Further disclosed is the panels arranged to form a wrist, ankle or knee support. The advantage is a garment to aid injury rehabilitation without impeding normal function.