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Patent GB-2421816-A (GB)
Title: Determining errors in 3D models
Inventor: URAKI YASUSHI
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2005-04-22
Abstract: A method in which a 3D model of an multi-element object is converted into a new model comprising a plurality of rectangular parallelepipeds for each element, and then any gaps or overlaps between rectangular parallelepipeds (cuboids) of different elements which should not be there are detected and then removed, preferably automatically, by adjusting the size of one of the rectangular parallelepipeds.
Patent GB-2425952-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic notelet holder
Inventor: RODDIS MICHAEL PHILIP
IPC: A47G1/17
Filed: 2005-05-10
Abstract: A notelet holder which comprises a magnetic card-like element with a notelet secured to it or capable of being contain within it. The card-like element is likened to a "fridge-magnet" and able to be affixed and held onto any metallic surface. The notelet is foldable and secured by adhesive to the card-like element. The card-like element 100 my be provided with a pocket opening 114 along one side allowing for the insertion of the folded notelet 112. The notelet holder may be decorated with any kind of design.
Patent GB-2412609-A (GB)
Title: Encouraging exercise whilst playing electronic games
Inventor: COSHOTT RICHARD JOHN
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2005-07-13
Abstract: In order to encourage people who are playing an electronic games machine 12 also to take exercise, and to encourage users of exercise machines 76 who simultaneously play a games machine to exercise at a particular rate, operation of the exercise machine is detected, and normal operation of the games machine is enabled and interrupted in dependence upon the detected operation of the exercise machine. For example, the normal operation of the games machine may be interrupted if the rate of operation of the exercise machine is detected as being below a predetermined threshold and/or above a predetermined threshold. Accordingly, a parent can arrange it such that their child cannot play normally on a games machine unless the child also exercises on the exercise machine. Also, a user of an exercise machine and games machine can be encouraged to exercise in a particular manner, otherwise their game will be interrupted.
Patent GB-2429587-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector for underwater mating
Inventor: NICHOLSON JOSEPH ALLAN
IPC: H01R13/523
Filed: 2005-08-26
Abstract: An electrical connector for use in subsea applications comprises a receptacle component and a plug component. The receptacle component includes at least one, and typically three, fluted insulated male contact pins 2, each in an isolation tube 5 containing dielectric oil 35. The receptacle component may also include an oil filled wiper system 7 to provide oil to the pins - the fluting 4 allows the oil to pass the pins, see figure 3. The pin may also have a cone seal 15. The plug component may contain a release mechanism, see figure 7.
Patent GB-2430635-A (GB)
Title: An atomising apparatus
Inventor: WORTHY JUDE ALEXANDER GLYNN
IPC: B05B5/00
Filed: 2005-10-01
Abstract: An atomising apparatus for generating a mist or spray comprises a working fluid conduit (3) adapted to supply a working fluid, and a transport fluid conduit (8) adapted to supply a transport fluid. A mixing chamber (3A) is in fluid communication with the working fluid and transport fluid conduits (3,8) and a transport fluid nozzle (16) directs transport fluid into the mixing chamber (3A) from the transport fluid conduit (8). The transport fluid nozzle (16) directs the transport fluid into a flow of working fluid in the mixing chamber (3A) to atomise the working fluid and form a dispersed vapour/droplet flow regime of atomised working fluid droplets. The apparatus further comprises an electrostatic charging means (50,70,80,90) located adjacent at least one of the transport fluid nozzle (16) and mixing chamber (3A) and adapted to apply an electrostatic charge to the transport fluid flow and/or the atomised working fluid droplets.
Patent GB-2417512-A (GB)
Title: Rail system
Inventor: MIDDLETON JONATHAN
IPC: E01B26/00
Filed: 2004-05-07
Abstract: A rail system comprising an elongate ducting trough (22) located, for example, generally centrally along a swept path (20). The ducting trough (22) comprises a plurality of trough sections, each defining a pair of channels (24, 26) for housing electrical cables (not shown). The system further comprises a pair of rails (34) positioned, for example, on either side of the ducting trough (22) and running substantially parallel thereto. The rails (34) and the ducting trough (22) are substantially in the same plane and/or a substantially the same level.
Patent GB-2423706-A (GB)
Title: Support apparatus with height adjustment
Inventor: YANG JUNG-SHAN
IPC: F16M11/00
Filed: 2005-12-08
Abstract: A support apparatus (1) has three cooperating planar members, a first body plate (11), a second body plate (12) and a second body (2), see also Fig2 item 13. The second body is arranged to move vertically with respect the body plates. A latch tenon (3) is pivotally mounted within a cut out (11a) in the first body plate. The latch is moved between a locked and an unlocked position (see figures 2 and 3) by a resilienty biased release button (12a). The latch engages a selected engaging slot (22). A wedge shaped damping block (232) may be provided to act as damping device to restrict movement of the planar member, the block may engage with a cut out (231) in the second body. An LCD display screen or monitor (6, fig 8) may be mounted on the stand. Alternative latching means are disclosed in figures 9-13.
Patent GB-2434442-A (GB)
Title: Verification of performance attributes of packaged integrated circuits
Inventor: COWBURN RUSSELL PAUL
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2006-01-16
Abstract: Packaged integrated circuits (ICs) of some types, such as processors, are graded and sold according to a performance scale, such as maximum specified clock speed, set by the manufacturer as a result of testing. As a record of this grading some part of the package, usually the upper surface, is marked with the specified performance attribute. However, criminal activity has developed where the packaging is relabelled to show a higher specification so the ICs can be fraudulently resold at a higher price. To address this problem, the invention envisages that manufacturers maintaining a product database for each packaged IC which logs not only the performance specification, but also a digital signature derived from a speckle pattern obtained horn the packaging. Subsequently, any packaged IC can be rescanned to interrogate its speckle pattern and recompute the signature. The signature is then used to find the product in the database, whereby the originally specified performance attribute is retrieved. The fraud is then detectable. This method can be used to test products returned under a warranty claim, for example.
Patent GB-2435352-A (GB)
Title: Battery holder with integral jumper
Inventor: CHANG YA-HAN
IPC: H01M50/264
Filed: 2006-02-16
Abstract: A battery holder 100 has an integral jumper 160. The structure may be for use in a computer, in which the battery holder is mounted on a motherboard, the battery provides power to a CMOS memory storing BIOS settings, and the jumper is used to reset those settings to a factory default. Combining the battery holder with the jumper makes assembly easier.
Patent GB-2436657-A (GB)
Title: Ambient noise-reduction system
Inventor: SIBBALD ALASTAIR
IPC: A61F11/14
Filed: 2006-04-01
Abstract: The system provides a noise reduction control system for ear-worn speaker-carrying devices such as earphones and headphones. The system is configured to sense ambient noise and to develop electrical signals which can be used to reduce the amount of said ambient noise audible to a wearer of the earphone or headphone. The system sets a plurality of predetermined and discrete noise reduction levels and automatically responds to at least one controlling event, outside the control of the wearer, to set the degree of noise reduction to one of those discrete levels. Typically, the system inverts and filters the electrical signals relating to ambient noise and feeds the inverted and filtered signals to the speaker of the earphone or headphone in time for the speaker to generate sounds capable of interfering destructively with the ambient noise.
Patent GB-2423522-A (GB)
Title: Method for obtaining an enriched population of sirna-expressing cells
Inventor: PLANELLES VICENTE
IPC: A01N43/04
Filed: 2004-12-10
Abstract: Problems with transience of siRNA-mediated knock-down and transfection efficiency have limited the scope of RNAi-based experiments. The invention provides a tool for employing RNAi more efficiently and effectively by integrating RNAi expression with methods of cell enrichment.
Patent GB-2430461-A (GB)
Title: Safety Platform Assembly
Inventor: CLEELAND LAURENCE NORMAN
IPC: E04G1/28
Filed: 2006-08-03
Abstract: A safety platform assembly comprises two base units 1 2 and a bridging member 3 for spanning the gap between the base units when the base units are placed in a spaced apart relationship on an underlying supporting surface. The base units and bridging member have complementary interlocking connectors which, in use, engage each other to prevent the bridging member from being horizontally removed from each base member. The assembly is thus relatively safe since lateral forces on the assembly will not tend to detach the bridging member from either base unit. Handrails and kickboards may be provided.
Patent GB-2440734-A (GB)
Title: Woven coffin with wooden frame
Inventor: WENSLEY PHILIP
IPC: A61G17/00
Filed: 2006-08-09
Abstract: A coffin 10 comprises a frame 12 and a cover layer formed from a plurality of strands of a first material interlaced with a plurality of strands of a second material. The cover layer is attached to the frame 12 by the second material to form a recess for receiving a cadaver. The cover layer is a woven cover layer comprising weft strands 62 formed of the first material warp strands 60 formed of the second material. Each of a plurality of the strands 60 of the second material pass through at least one through hole provided in the frame, thereby to secure the cover layer to the frame. The weft and warp strands 60, 62 may be rattan, raffia, sisal , jute, agol, vetiver, ulap, doa, wicker, willow, bamboo, seagrass. etc. Preferably the coffin carries a lid 16 which is secured to the frame 12 via wooden screws.
Patent GB-2432262-A (GB)
Title: Antenna device and mobile wireless apparatus using the same
Inventor: OKAYAMA MOTOYUKI
IPC: H01Q1/24
Filed: 2005-08-24
Abstract: An antenna device includes a substantially rectangular board having a shorter-side length "a", and further includes first and second antenna elements and a switch circuit. The switch circuit selectively causes the first and second antenna elements to serve as a balanced antenna or causes the first and second antenna elements to serve as an unbalanced antenna and as a passive element, respectively. The antenna elements exhibit a wavelength "  g  1" for a basically established frequency and a wavelength "  g  2" for the highest frequency in a frequency band to be used. The antenna elements have an electrical length "  r  " that is equal to   g  1/4. The first antenna element has a physical length "L1" that is shorter than the electrical length "  r  ". The second antenna element has a physical length "L2", and a sum of the physical lengths "L1" and "L2" is shorter than the shorter-side length "a". A half of the shorter-side length "a" is shorter than   g  2/4.
Patent GB-2443213-A (GB)
Title: Coded indicia for postal item
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN RUSSELL
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2006-10-16
Abstract: A coded indicia 505, for use on a postal item, includes data associated with: the identification of the sender's account with the postal service; the identification of the consignment associated with the postal item; and a unique identification of the postal item. The data may be used to track and report on the postal items. A postal sorting system is also provided to reroute postal items based upon the flow of postal items in the sorting system.
Patent GB-2443025-A (GB)
Title: Pitched roof energy saving insulating system
Inventor: RALPH JOHN
IPC: E04B1/76
Filed: 2006-10-19
Abstract: The invention relates to a system of insulating a pitched roof structure. The invention comprises a "Z" shaped extruded carrier fixed to the roof rafters to hold in place insulation boards positioned between said roof rafters. The extruded carrier is preferably fixed to the rafters by means of a corrosion resistant screw and washer assembly. The "Z" shaped carrier and insulation boards may be fixed to the pitched roof externally without the need to access the roof internally, thereby maintaining security and privacy for the building occupiers.
Patent GB-2430106-A (GB)
Title: A method of and system for reconstructing a digital optical image
Inventor: ARAIKUM SHAWN
IPC: G06K9/36
Filed: 2005-05-18
Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a system of and method for processing a digitized image derived from detector instrumentation (11) to form a reconstructed image. In a typical image processing system (9),   q  -rays (10) impinge upon a gamma camera unit (11), defining detector instrumentation, and then pass through a lead collimator (12) to cause a scintillator (14) to emit light in the visible electromagnetic spectrum at given locations above an array of analogue photomultiplier tubes (16). With appropriate circuitry (18) these analogue signals may then be digitized, by means of processor (20), and then stored in memory (22). The present invention aims to more accurately reconstruct these digital images, with, in broad terms, the raw data stored in memory (22) being sent to a processor (24), which processes the data in terms of algorithms that form part of the invention. According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of processing a digitized phantom image derived from detector instrumentation to form a reconstructed point spread function image.
Patent GB-2437087-A (GB)
Title: Concealed door closer having piston including compressible foam accumulator
Inventor: REID ALISTER PETER
IPC: E05F3/10
Filed: 2007-01-23
Abstract: A door closer 2 comprising a housing 4 for fitting into a door, the housing 4 having a mounting plate 8 with an opening adjacent to a central bore 6 of the housing; a tension member 54 extending longitudinally within the central bore of the housing and extending outwardly of the housing through the opening to define an end thereof for fitting to a door frame; a movable body 32 within the housing 4 and adapted for longitudinal movement within the central bore 6, the movable body being connected to the tension member; a spring 38 within the housing and biasing the movable body in a first direction away from the mounting plate so as to urge the tension member inwardly of the housing in a door closing motion; and a hydraulic damping assembly 30 for damping the longitudinal movement of the movable body at least in the first direction. The hydraulic damping assembly is disposed within the central bore 6 of the housing 4, wherein the hydraulic damping assembly comprises a piston, coupled to the housing by a piston shaft 20,and slidable in a fluid-filled chamber78 within the movable body, the piston divides the chamber into two compartments and the piston permits restricted movement of the fluid from one compartment to the other when the movable body is moved relative to the piston. An accumulator 90 comprising a compressible foam body is disposed in the fluid-filled chamber so as to be compressible by the piston when the movable body has been moved by movement of the tension member out of the housing. A fitting tool for the door closer is also provided.
Patent GB-2445807-A (GB)
Title: GaN epitaxial layer over growth method
Inventor: WANG WANG NANG
IPC: C30B25/18
Filed: 2007-04-30
Abstract: Nanostructures formed on a surface of a substrate are used as nucleation sites for epitaxial overgrowth of bulk gallium nitride semiconductor crystals including device layers. Nanocolumn nucleation sites are formed using a nanostructured mask on the substrate by etching the substrate or by selective area growth in the mask openings. The epitaxial growth method is used for fabricating gallium nitride optoelectronic devices.
Patent GB-2437830-A (GB)
Title: Polymeric coating materials
Inventor: ROBINSON JOHN
IPC: B05D5/08
Filed: 2007-05-01
Abstract: An assembly comprises a part for example a part of an item of cookware, bakeware, domestic appliance, industrial apparatus or automotive application which is subjected to a wear means in use such that the wear means may abrade the outer surface of the part. The part is provided with an outer surface coating comprising a blend of a polyaryletherketone polymer, particularly polyetheretherketone, and a fluoropolymer, selected from perfluoroalkoxy tetrafluoroethylene (PFA), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer resin (FEP). Such a coating is found to exhibit superior wear properties over other known materials.
Patent GB-2441466-A (GB)
Title: System and method for distribution of electrical power
Inventor: RUBIN RICHARD J
IPC: H02J3/00
Filed: 2006-05-24
Abstract: An electrical power distribution system comprising: a housing containing a circuit splitting mechanism that splits an original source of electrical power into a plurality of high voltage or amperage circuits; a first modular connector mounted for access on an outside surface of the housing, the first modular connector comprising a plurality of first conductive contacts, each first contact being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of circuits, the first contacts being mounted in an electrically nonconductive support material that deters manual contact by the user, the first contacts being arranged in the support material in predetermined mating pattern; a second modular connector comprising a plurality of second conductive contacts for mating with the plurality of first contacts, each of the second contacts being electrically connected to one end of a corresponding one of a plurality of wires and mounted in the second modular connector in a pattern complementary to the predetermined mating pattern of the first contacts.
Patent GB-2441728-A (GB)
Title: Multi-electrode ion trap
Inventor: MAKAROV ALEXANDER ALEKSEEVICH
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2006-06-27
Abstract: This invention relates generally to multi-reflection electrostatic systems, and more particularly to improvements in and relating to the Orbitrap electrostatic ion trap. A method of operating an electrostatic ion trapping device having an array of electrodes operable to mimic a single electrode is proposed, the method comprising determining three or more different voltages that, when applied to respective electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, generate an elecrostatic trapping field that approximates the field that would be generated by applying a voltage to the single electrode, and applying the three or more so determined voltages to the respective electrodes. Further improvements lie in measuring a plurality of features from peaks with different intensities from one or more collected mass spectra to derive characteristics, and using the measured characteristics to improve the voltages to be applied to the plurality of electrodes.
Patent GB-2457900-A (GB)
Title: Glazing arrangement comprising mounting portion having a thermal break
Inventor: HAWKINS GLYNN JOHN
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 2008-02-27
Abstract: A glazing arrangement comprises an elongate support 10 carrying a pair of elongate seals 12, the support 10 having a mounting portion 16 projecting between the seals 12 to which a cap 22 is fitted, in use, wherein the mounting portion 16 incorporates a thermal break 32. The insulating member may be a thermally insulating polyamide material.
Patent GB-2460670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in security documents
Inventor: HOWLAND PAUL
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 2008-06-04
Abstract: Security documents are made from a fibrous security substrate and have at least one watermark and a background wiremark pattern. The watermark or watermarks have at least one machine detectable pattern which has a series of regularly repeating elements in which the pitch of the elements of the pattern is selected to be different from that of the background wiremark pattern formed in the substrate and preferably lies in the range of 5 to 100 elements per cm. The regularly repeating patters can be extracted from other background patterns by using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), auto or cross-correlation analysis. This provides a solution for the composite banknote problem, ie counterfeit banknotes which contain part of a genuine note.
Patent GB-2449778-A (GB)
Title: Break away horse halter
Inventor: PRETTY JOAN
IPC: B68B1/02
Filed: 2006-12-19
Abstract: A safety halter 100 for a horse includes a nose band formed of an upper nose band 110 connected to a lower nose band 120 by connecting rings 610, 620. A crown piece 210 is connected to a throat latch 310 by connecting rings. The crown piece and throat latch are joined to the nose band by cheek pieces 410, 420. A connecting piece 510 extends between the lower nose band and the throat latch. The crown piece, throat latch and lower nose band are provided with safety release mechanisms 220, 230, 320, 130 which will separate when subjected to a tension exceeding a predetermined threshold. For example the crown piece comprises a centrally located poll section having a pair of side pieces depending therefrom. The stiffness of the side pieces is greater than that of the poll region. This safety release mechanism may comprise a hook and loop fastening system 920, 930.
Patent GB-2448634-A (GB)
Title: Filtering and detection of telemetry
Inventor: MARSH LABAN M
IPC: H04H60/31
Filed: 2006-12-20
Abstract: The specification discloses systems and methods that provide improved capability to detect and decode encoded telemetry data. More particularly, the specification discloses embodiments for detecting and decoding telemetry data by receiving a plurality of waveforms comprising encoded telemetry data. A first set of outputs Is detected from the encoded telemetry data using a first set of filtering and detection parameters, and a second set of outputs is detected substantially concurrently from the encoded telemetry data using a second set of filtering and detection parameters. The sets of outputs are merged to produce decoded telemetry data.
Patent GB-2451934-A (GB)
Title: Tubing hanger with pressure compensated control line.
Inventor: NICHOLSON JOSEPH ALLAN
IPC: E21B33/038
Filed: 2008-08-01
Abstract: A tubing hanger and method for reducing loads and stresses on sealing boundaries in a tubing hanger are provided. The tubing hanger 10 has an inner cavity 12 that is sealed with respect to an external well volume 14 present in for example a surrounding tree and wellhead (not shown). At least one control line 26 extends through the cavity 12 to communicate with downhole equipment. The cavity 12 consists of a main passageway 16 and secondary passageways 18 which may extend tangentially from the main passageway to connect to the external well and has uphole dry mate connectors 28 and downhole wet mate connectors 30. Dielectric fluid fills the cavity 14 and spacer blocks 35 reduce the volume required. Bellows 38 works to equalise the dielectric fluid pressures in the cavity and the external well volumne 14 by expanding and contracting.