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Patent GB-2364563-A (GB)
Title: Flow-down type ice making machinery
Inventor: HIBINO TAKASHI
IPC: F25C1/12
Filed: 2000-05-16
Abstract: Flow-down type ice making machinery of which water storage tank and its attachment parts can be washed clean easily, wherein a water storage tank assembly (12) is stored drawably extending over an ice making chamber and a machine chamber so as to pass through the underside of a partition wall part (4) separating the ice making chamber (1) from the machine chamber (2), a cube guide (16) is mounted on the ice making chamber side of the water storage tank (13) in the water storage tank assembly, on the other hand, a pump motor (14) and a float switch (15) are mounted on the machine chamber side of the water storage tank and, by withdrawing out the water storage tank assembly, the water storage tank, cube guide, pump motor, and float switch can be washed clean completely.
Patent GB-2382878-A (GB)
Title: Testing laminated cores
Inventor: SUTTON JOHN
IPC: G01R31/34
Filed: 2001-12-04
Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for the testing of a laminated core (100) for an electrical machine. The apparatus supplies an excitation signal to the winding (102) of the electrical machine which is of a frequency higher than the rated operating frequency of the machine. There is also provided a phase sensitive detector (110) which receives, from the laminated core (100), a signal in response to the excitation signal. The phase sensitive detector (110) resolves the received signal into a number of components. These components are resolved relative to a reference signal. The size of the components determines the severity of any fault that exists within the laminated core (100).
Patent GB-2383232-A (GB)
Title: Controlling transmission power at a base station in accordance with spare capacity in the system
Inventor: TORRANCE JEFFERY
IPC: H04B7/005
Filed: 2001-12-14
Abstract: A radio telephone system includes means (11) for determining spare capacity of the system or a part of the system. The system also includes means (11) responsive to a determination of the spare capacity exceeding a threshold for controlling a base station (15 to 21) of the system to increase the transmission power of at least one data channel of the base station. The system further includes means (11) for sending a signal to at least one mobile station (22, 23) of the system the increase in transmission power. The or each mobile station (22, 23) is responsive to said signal to control an iterative decoder (35) forming part of that mobile station to operate with a reduced number of iterations.
Patent GB-2372356-A (GB)
Title: Coarse grained determination of data dependence between parallel executed jobs in an information processing system
Inventor: TIKEKAR NIKHIL
IPC: G06F9/46
Filed: 2000-11-09
Abstract: A computer system performs a coarse-grained dependency checking between concurrently executed jobs that share a memory. First and second jobs are defined, each having a set of shared individually addressable data items stored in a corresponding set of locations within a memory. The set of locations are partitioned into a set of data areas, wherein at least one of the data areas stores more than one of the data items. The first and second jobs are then run. To determine whether a collision has occurred between the first job and the second job, it is determined whether the first job accessed a same data area as was accessed by the second job, regardless of whether a same data item within the same data area was accessed by both the first job and the second job.
Patent GB-2378697-A (GB)
Title: Depressurizing pump assembly and closure assembly for a beverage container
Inventor: WILHITE GERALD D
IPC: B65D51/24
Filed: 2002-06-24
Abstract: A pump assembly for depressurizing a bottle having a neck, comprises closure means 120 for attachment to the neck of the bottle, said closure means 120 having valve means 140 for depressurizing the bottle and creating a seal after depressurizing, a hollow housing 4 for removable attachment to said closure means 120, and a stretchable diaphragm 38 mounted in said housing and an actuator means 82 operatively connected to said diaphragm 38 to create an expanding chamber 33a for depressurizing the bottle through said valve means. The closure means 120 may include a second valve 150 to permit air in the bottle to be exhausted as the diaphragm 38 is stretched, a rod 70 may be attached between the diaphragm 38 and the actuator means 82. A spring (fig 13, 14) may be affixed to said housing, and the diaphragm 38 may have a pair of inverted U-shaped sections adjacent to said rod 70.
Patent GB-2380507-A (GB)
Title: Liner hanger with plurality of slips
Inventor: BAUGH JOHN L
IPC: E21B23/04
Filed: 2000-10-02
Abstract: A liner hanger comprises a body, a plurality of slips mounted to individual seats on the body, a lock, retaining the slips in a retracted position during run-in, a release mechanism, preferably including a moveable piston in a housing, where pressure moves the piston against the lock to allow the slips to set and an actuation system to set the slips after the lock has been defeated. The lock may be in the form of at least one dog held to the body by a biased sliding sleeve or a split ring held to the body by a yoke.
Patent GB-2390045-A (GB)
Title: Recyclable carpet products and method of making
Inventor: YOUNG DENNIS C
IPC: B29B17/00
Filed: 2002-11-20
Abstract: A carpet comprises fibres made of a first polymer attached to a primary backing layer made of a second incompatible polymer. The fibres are bonded to the backing layer via an intermediate bonding layer or a precoat layer which includes a compatibilising agent for the said first and second polymers. The compatibilising agent enables the carpet to be recycled by comminuting waste carpet and then melting the comminuted waste to produce a homogenous polymer blend. The polymers used to construct the carpet layer may be polyolefins (polyethylene or polypropylene), polyamides (nylon 6 or nylon 6-6) or polyesters (PET). The compatibilising agent may be an anhydride or acrylic acid modified polyolefin. The carpet may further include a secondary fabric backing layer or a back coat (mass coat) layer of filled or unfilled thermoplastic.
Patent GB-2381789-A (GB)
Title: Fuel additives
Inventor: BREWER MARK LAWRENCE
IPC: C10L1/19
Filed: 2001-07-03
Abstract: A method of increasing the lubricity of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel comprising the addition of one or more compounds of formula (I) where R 1  is a C 10 -C 150  alkenyl group, one of R 2  and R 3  is -OH or the residue of a C 1-20  monohydroxy alcohol and the other of R 2  and R 3  is -OH or the residue of either a C 1-20  monohydroxy alcohol or a C 1-20  polyhydroxy alcohol, with the proviso that R 2  and R 3  are not both -OH.
Patent GB-2383633-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for monitoring smart structures utilizing distributed optical sensors
Inventor: TUBEL PAULO S
IPC: E21B47/00
Filed: 2001-06-26
Abstract: A monitoring system and method for monitoring a predetermined set of physical characteristics associated with a structure using the monitoring system. The monitoring system is distributed in the structure and comprises a distributed optical sensing device (30), further comprising a fiber optic cable (20, 22); a light source (18a) operatively in communication with the fiber optic cable (20, 22); a light detection device (18b), operatively in communication with the fiber optic cable (20, 22), for measuring the light received at the light detection device (18b) from the fiber optic cable (20, 22); and a data processor (18) capable of using the light measured to calculate a predetermined set of physical parameters describing the predetermined set of physical characteristics. The method comprises deploying the distributed optical sensing device (30) in the structure; providing light to the distributed optical sensing device (30) from the light source (18a); measuring light incident at the light detection device (18b); using the data processor (18) to simultaneously obtain and continuously monitor a plurality of measurements for a distributed optical sensing device (30) at a plurality of locations along the distributed optical sensing device (30) using the measured light incident at the light detection device (18b); and calculating the predetermined set of physical characteristics using the one or more desired physical parameters.
Patent GB-2398154-A (GB)
Title: Fuel cutoff switch system
Inventor: MCCONNELL DOUGLAS A
IPC: B60K28/14
Filed: 2001-07-18
Abstract: The method of controlling fuel supply comprises the steps of detecting a value related to velocity of a vehicle along a first path and detecting a value related to velocity along a second path transverse to the first path. The detected values are then combined and compared to a threshold. The fuel supply is then controlled based on the comparison of the combined values with the threshold. Using this method, a fuel safety system comprises a fuel system of a vehicle, a fuel cutoff switch controlling the transmission of fuel through the fuel system, a sensor detecting a value related to velocity of the vehicle along the first path, and a sensor detecting a value related to velocity of the vehicle along a second path transverse to the first path. A control unit combines the detected values and activates the fuel cutoff switch based on the comparison.
Patent GB-2406886-A (GB)
Title: End fitting for tubular member
Inventor: GOODRIDGE STUART
IPC: F16L33/24
Filed: 2003-02-20
Abstract: A fitting for connection to an end of a tubular member 204, 304, such as a hose or pipe, the fitting comprising a collar 202, 302 which is received over an outer surface of an end of the tubular member 204, 304, and a separate externally threaded sleeve 208, 308 which has an outside diameter d2 which is larger than an internal diameter d1 of the tubular member 204, 304, and is screwed into the tubular member 202, 304 to expand the tubular member and trap it between the collar 202, 302 and sleeve 208, 308.
Patent GB-2399623-A (GB)
Title: Flat tube heat exchanger for a vehicle air conditioning system
Inventor: YUAN YOUMING
IPC: F28F1/04
Filed: 2003-03-19
Abstract: A flat tube heat exchanger comprises tubes 1 having a plurality of non-circular cross-sectional shaped flow channels 2 extending in a longitudinal direction of the tubes 1. Tubes 1 maybe extruded aluminium, extend between headers and stacked in rows with fins in thermal contact with adjacent spaced tubes for the passage of air to increase heat transfer. Channels 2 may communicate high pressure carbon dioxide refrigerant and maybe triangular and arranged in tessellating relationship, rectangular, or rectangular with a waist portion mid way along its width (fig 5). The shape of the tubes 1 reduces the weight of the heat exchanger, increases heat transfer conductance of the heat exchanger using a high pressure refrigerant and also offers good strength characteristics.
Patent GB-2388989-A (GB)
Title: Watermarking technique that utilises two coefficient data streams
Inventor: ZHANG XIAOMANG
IPC: H04N19/91
Filed: 2003-04-23
Abstract: The watermark Insertion section divides the quantized DCT coefficients into at least two data streams, and modifies values of AC components of the data streams, so as to embed the watermark information in each block of the image information with the DCT coefficients quantized. The modification is performed as follows. The sum of a Plurality of data of each data stream (or the sum of a Plurality of data of a prescribed portion of each data stream) is divided by 2. Then, a value of an AC component of each data stream IS modified such that the value of each remainder (the value of the LSB) has a prescribed relationship with (for example, is equal to) the value of the watermark information. Specifically, the value of the first non-zero AC component, from the trailing end of each data stream, is Processed by addition of 1 or subtraction of 1.
Patent GB-2389109-A (GB)
Title: A continuous process for the enantioselective catalytic hydrogenation of ß-ketoesters
Inventor: PROCTOR LEE DAVID
IPC: C07B61/00
Filed: 2003-05-21
Abstract: A continuous process for the enantioselective catalytic hydrogenation of   b  -ketoesters comprises providing a catalytic hydrogenation zone and maintaining it under conditions of temperature and pressure effective for the catalytic hydrogenation of   b  -ketoesters. A   b  -ketoester to be hydrogenated, a catalyst effective for the enantioselective hydrogenation and hydrogen are continuously supplied to the hydrogenation zone where they are contacted for a residence time effective for at least partial enatioselective catalytic hydrogenation of the   b  -ketoester. A reaction product mixture comprising enantioselectively hydrogenated   b  -ketoester, unreacted   b  -ketoester, catalyst and hydrogen are continuously withdrawn from the hydrogenation zone and supplied to a separation zone where at least some of the enantioselectively hydrogenated   b  -ketoester is separated from the product mixture and withdrawn. After withdrawal of the hydrogenated product, the process may further comprise supplying at least part of the remaining material from the separation zone to the hydrogenation zone. The catalyst is preferably a ruthenium catalyst comprising a BINAP or other bisaryl bisphospine-based ligand.
Patent GB-2387834-A (GB)
Title: Package of an infusible substance
Inventor: STUART GEOFFREY CATHERWOOD
IPC: B65D85/812
Filed: 2002-02-12
Abstract: A package (10) of an infusible substance, typically tea or coffee, is disclosed. This package (10) preferably comprises a tubular structure (17) of a liquid permeable material which contains the infusible substance. The structure has a lower portion (11) and an upper portion (12) and is sealed at a lower end (13) and an upper end (14) in a manner such that when the lower portion (11) is immersed in a liquid, the infusible substance is retained substantially within the structure (17) whilst the liquid permeates the infusible substance and the upper portion (12) projects out of the liquid to facilitate gripping thereof. In this way, the package(10) containing tea leaves, may be immersed, for example, in a cup of hot water to produce tea.
Patent GB-2408062-A (GB)
Title: Concrete rail bearer
Inventor: WALTERS DAVID
IPC: E01B7/22
Filed: 2003-10-28
Abstract: A concrete rail bearer or sleeper 10 for a rail switch has a channel 14 on one side which extends along its length, and in which is located a drive rod 40 for a switching system including a stretcher bar. The arrangement is to prevent damage to the switching components during tamping of surrounding ballast.
Patent GB-2392362-A (GB)
Title: Systems,methods,and articles of manufacture for providing a user interface with selection and scrolling
Inventor: CHU SING YUN
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 2002-05-29
Abstract: Methods, system, and articles of manufacture consistent with certain feature related to the present invention allow a computing device including an interactive display device to distinguish between pointer events. The computing device may determine a position displacement associated with a user-controlled pointer interaction with the display device and compare the position displacement with an error threshold value to determine a type of operation to perform on the display device.
Patent GB-2392644-A (GB)
Title: Structured material and method of producing the same
Inventor: DELUCIA MARY LUCILLE
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2002-04-05
Abstract: A method for producing a structured material (10) for accommodating passage of fluids, particularly high viscosity fluids, through the structured material (10). In one embodiment, the structured material (10) is a composite material formed of a first layer (20), for example a polypropylene polymer, having a first shrinkage extent and a second layer (30) bonded to the first layer (20), for example an ethylene-propylene copolymer, having a second shrinkage extent different from the first shrinkage extent. In another embodiment, a structured heterogenous material is made of a heterogeneous mixture of at least two homogeneous fiber sets or components having different shrinkage extents.
Patent GB-2395874-A (GB)
Title: A computer system including a network employing redundant information and slicing
Inventor: CYPHER ROBERT E
IPC: G06F15/173
Filed: 2003-05-28
Abstract: A computer system may include a subsystem, another subsystem, and a network coupled to the subsystems. The network includes several network slices. One of the subsystems is configured to convey a packet to the other subsystem by conveying each of several slices of the packet on a respective one of the network slices. The subsystem also conveys redundant information associated with the packet on at least one additional network slice. The redundant data is usable to regenerate at least one of the slices of the packet.
Patent GB-2401574-A (GB)
Title: Making a skin of an interior trim part
Inventor: DAVIS JR JOSEPH J
IPC: B29C37/00
Filed: 2004-03-22
Abstract: A method of making a skin of an interior trim part, and for making an interior trim part with such a skin, as well as an interior trim part made according to the process. A male mold (10) having a convex portion (12) is used to form a skin (22) having a uniform thickness that is sprayed on the surface (14) of the mold (10). The surface (14) of the mold (10) has a grain pattern (16) that is transferred to a skin (22). The skin (22) is allowed to flash off or partially cure before being removed from the male mold (10). The skin (22) is then turned inside out with the exterior surface being inverted to form a convex portion of the skin (22,30). The skin is placed into a female mold (32) having a concave portion (34) against which the convex portion of the skin (22,30) is placed. Foam (40) is injected into the inverted skin (30) while in a female mold (32) and is cured to form an interior trim part.
Patent GB-2412448-A (GB)
Title: Power train control system
Inventor: PRINS JAN PIETER
IPC: F02D11/10
Filed: 2004-03-22
Abstract: A control device for a vehicle power train includes a means for varying a power output of the power train and a control means for generating a control signal for the power output varying means. The control means generates the control signal in response to a power demand signal, and in accordance with one of a number of selectable characteristics. The control means effects a gradual changeover from a first selected characteristic to a second selected characteristic, in a manner dependent upon the magnitude of the power demand signal, such that the changeover is smooth. The power output varying means may be controlled to alter power output by a fixed amount per unit of time, or to alter power output over a fixed time period. The selectable characteristics, such as sport, mud, grass and tarmac modes, may be selected in response to a signal from a driver operated switch 11 or vehicle mounted sensor 12.
Patent GB-2399844-A (GB)
Title: Flow control device with erosion resistance apertures
Inventor: WILSON JAMES BRIAN
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2000-08-17
Abstract: A flow control device / sleeve valve for controlling the flow of fluid into a production tubing comprises an outer 13 and an inner sleeve 15 defining an annular chamber 20, and apertures 14 are provided on the outer sleeve 13, and apertures 16, 24 are provided on the inner sleeve 15. Seals 17, 18 and 19 are provided for isolating the apertures 14, 16 and 24. The seal 18 is seated on an annular insert 21 which forms a small annular passage 22 with the inner sleeve 15, and grooves 23 are also provided on the inner sleeve 15. Together the grooves 23 and the small annular passage 22 allows a small rate of fluid to bypass the seal 18 and enter the apertures 16, 24, thus reducing fluid pressure acting on the seal 18, and reducing erosion of the seal 18 and the apertures 16, 24. The aperture 24 is further provided with an erosion resistant insert (25, figure 4), typically made of tungsten to prevent erosion of the edges around the aperture 24.
Patent GB-2411658-A (GB)
Title: Method of purifying a water-rich stream produced during a fischer-tropsch reaction
Inventor: ROELOFSE ANDRIES JOHANNES
IPC: C10G53/02
Filed: 2002-11-29
Abstract: The invention provides a method for separating at least a fraction of non-acid chemicals (NAC's) from at least a fraction of a gaseous raw product produced during a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reaction or a condensate thereof including at least the steps of feeding at least the fraction of the gaseous raw product or the condensate thereof to a distillation column at a feed tray, withdrawing a liquid stream from the column from a tray located above the feed tray, separating the liquid stream into an aqueous phase and an NAC-rich phase, and returning the aqueous phase to the distillation column at a tray below the tray from which the liquid stream was withdrawn.
Patent GB-2400949-A (GB)
Title: Controlling compatibility levels of binary translations between instruction set architectures
Inventor: ROSNER RONI
IPC: G06F9/45
Filed: 2002-12-27
Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a binary of a program code. The binary is based on a first instruction set architecture. The method also includes translating the binary, wherein the translated binary is based on a combination of the first instruction set architecture and a second instruction set architecture.
Patent GB-2402686-A (GB)
Title: Ground anchor drainage apparatus
Inventor: HAWES ANDREW DAVID
IPC: E02D5/80
Filed: 2003-04-22
Abstract: Ground drainage apparatus comprises a ground anchor 13, a rod 22 for driving the ground anchor into the ground and a strip 15 for providing a water drainage channel. The ground anchor 13 has a socket in which an end of the rod 22 can be located whereby, as the ground anchor is driven into the ground using the rod, the strip 15 is dragged through a passage in the ground formed by the ground anchor whilst lying alongside and separate from the rod 22. When the ground anchor is at a desired depth the rod is withdrawn from the ground.
Patent GB-2416959-A (GB)
Title: A multiplex communication system with subcarrier allocation scheme
Inventor: ARMOUR SIMON
IPC: H04B1/69
Filed: 2004-07-30
Abstract: In a multi user communication system, subcarriers are allocated to subchannels using a quality measurement for each subchannel. An initial sub carrier is allocated to each subchannel, and a quality metric measured. Subsequent subcarriers are allocated in dependence upon the quality measurement for each subchannel. The subchannel with the lowest quality measurement receives the first allocation, and the subchannel with the highest quality measurement receives the last allocation. The subsequent allocation is repeated, following a re-sort of the subchannel quality measurements, until all of the subcarriers are allocated.
Patent GB-2417331-A (GB)
Title: Utility meter and consumption controller
Inventor: SINGHAL SANJAYA
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 2004-08-17
Abstract: A metering apparatus 13 for monitoring consumption of a utility, which may be gas or electricity, by a plurality of users comprises a single sensor responsive to one parameter of the utility; a plurality of further sensors responsive to another parameter of the utility; and a plurality of switching means 16a-16d responsive to said further sensors to control supply of the utility to individual users. The control of the supply may include connection and disconnection and may be operated remotely via a signal over the utility supply line or internally with reference to stored data.
Patent GB-2402522-A (GB)
Title: Variable pricing for and conditional availability of proposals for trading of financial interests
Inventor: HAUSMAN ANDREW
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2003-03-24
Abstract: Programs, methods, and system (300) for variable pricing and conditional availability of proposals for trading of financial interests through the use of reference indices. The invention provides programs, methods, and systems for associating a proposal for a trade in at least one financial interest with at least one other financial interest or index, which may serve as a reference effecting a condition of the proposal.