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Patent GB-2425239-A (GB)
Title: Dog lead
Inventor: STEAD MARK ADRIAN
IPC: A01K27/00
Filed: 2005-05-13
Abstract: The lead comprises a lead section 1, a harness 7 connected to the lead section via a hub 4 and a handle 5. All the components contain electrically conductive elements and form a circuit which when broken leads to an alarm being sounded. The alarm may also be user operated by pressing a button on the handle. The handle may also be provided with batteries which can be recharged by extension and retraction of the lead within the handle. The handle may also have an LED to show the device is active and a radio. In use the lead is used as an anti-theft device and may also have cut-resistant properties.
Patent GB-2433445-A (GB)
Title: Respiratory monitor for a rebreather
Inventor: DAVIDOV VLADIMIR
IPC: A62B9/00
Filed: 2005-08-16
Abstract: A respiratory monitor in a rebreather with means to signal alarms. Preferably the respiratory function monitored is the frequency of respiration and an alarm may be raised when the frequency is above a set limit. Tidal volume may be monitored and an alarm may be raised when it falls below a preset or adaptive limit. When the alarm is raised ventilation may be assisted by mechanical means such as a fan 9 to create a gas flow to a diver so that there is no significant work of breathing upon inhalation. Ventilation may be assisted to maintain a minimum tidal volume by the provision of neutral or positive pressure during inhalation with a preset or adaptive limit representing a percentage of the cycle being assisted. The monitor may indicate when the diver is breathing too shallow and inhaling incorrect levels of O2 or CO2.
Patent GB-2429157-A (GB)
Title: Nostril cleaning swab
Inventor: COVENTRY MIKE
IPC: A61F13/38
Filed: 2005-08-17
Abstract: A shaped, pre-moistened swab which comprises a head A, safety flange B and a handle C for cleaning or introducing therapeutic substances into the nostrils. Preferably the head A is shaped to conform to the nostrils and it may be made of compressible material with a pattern of grooves or pockets to capture and retain debris. The swab may be moistened with a solution or substance to clear the nasal passages or sinuses, provide a particular smell, mask external smells or provide a therapeutic action. A flange B with a greater diameter than the swab head A may be fixed to the base of the head A to prevent the swab being inserted too deeply. The swab may be made of foam, sponge, plastic, wood, metal, natural or man-made fibre or any combination of these materials.
Patent GB-2419905-A (GB)
Title: Enhancing flow through a well pump
Inventor: OHMER HERVE
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2005-11-01
Abstract: A method for enhancing the flow of heavy oils though a pump involves injecting a chemical into the oil near the inlet of the pump. The chemical may reduce the viscosity of the oil or reduce the gas/liquid instability in the oil. The amount of chemical injected may be monitored at the surface or downhole and the amount injected varied accordingly. A heater may be used to enhance the reaction of the chemical with the fluid. A second embodiment relates to communicating a lubricant into a reservoir of a pump and establishing a bleed path between the reservoir and a well fluid flowpath of the pump to communicate the lubricant into the flowpath.
Patent GB-2431985-A (GB)
Title: Oven compartment for a heat-storage cooker comprising a ceramic material
Inventor: FRANCIS MARK
IPC: A47J39/00
Filed: 2005-11-03
Abstract: An improved oven compartment 6 for a heat-storage domestic cooker comprising a rear wall 7, a bottom wall 8, a top wall 9, and opposite side walls 10, all fitted together to form a cooking space. Each of the walls may be formed by a rectangular plate which is symmetrical about both of its major axes. The inner faces of the side walls may be formed with a plurality of parallel grooves 12 for supporting shelves and cooking vessels directly. The walls may also interlock along their adjacent edges and be additionally held together with adhesive in order to make the compartment air-tight when the door is closed. The oven walls are preferably moulded from a ceramic material, such as a synthetic refractory ceramic, and most preferably moulded from silicon carbide (SiC). Also disclosed, a domestic cooker (1) comprising a frame (2) supporting at least one oven compartment, a hinge mounted door (3) on the frame to close the open face of the compartment opposite the rear wall, and an electric heating element 11 mounted underneath the oven compartment. In operation, the electric element heats the oven compartment walls over a long period to a desired temperature. Heat from the element is spread evenly around the compartment walls and stored for cooking.
Patent GB-2432120-A (GB)
Title: A support for an ostomy device with silicone adhesive
Inventor: SMITH RORY JAMES MAXWELL
IPC: A61F5/449
Filed: 2005-11-09
Abstract: The invention provides a support 1 for an ostomy bag, the support 1 being shaped to fit around and extend a portion of a flange 9 of an ostomy bag 7, characterised in that the support 1 comprises a backing layer 3, a layer of silicone adhesive 2, and a releasable cover layer 6a, 6b, 6c on the silicone adhesive 2. The support 1 may be semi-circular so that they can be arranged around the flange 10 of an ostomy bag 8, and extend beyond the diameter of the flange 10.
Patent GB-2420088-A (GB)
Title: Reaming apparatus
Inventor: FOGG JAMES EDWARD
IPC: B23D75/00
Filed: 2005-11-11
Abstract: Tubing reaming apparatus comprises a housing adapted to be mounted to tubing to be reamed. The housing provides mounting for a reamer shaft 32 adapted to mount a cutter 30 within the tubing. The housing also provides mounting for a drive arrangement. A gear arrangement is provided between the drive arrangement and the reamer shaft 32, the gear arrangement being adapted to modify the nature of an input to the drive arrangement on transfer to the reamer shaft 32. The drive arrangement may be an operator handle 34 with crank 36, arranged so that rotation of the handle 34 turns the drive shaft 38 which causes gearbox 40 to advance axially through the sleeve 22, so that the cutter 30 advances axially through the tubing whilst it is rotating. Alternatively, the reamer may be power driven. The housing may comprise a clamping arrangement (fig.1) adapted to reduce residual bend and ovality of the tubing. Tubing reaming apparatus including a cutter advance arrangement and a method of reaming tubing is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2435029-A (GB)
Title: Paperboard packing trays for hermetic sealing
Inventor: WILKINS ANDRE PHILIP
IPC: B65D5/20
Filed: 2006-02-10
Abstract: A paperboard blank, arranged to be formable into a high temperature paperboard packing tray, has an inner face and an outer face, the inner face forming the tray interior and comprising a high temperature polymer layer 120, the blank comprising crease lines 150 to allow the blank to be formed into the tray, and wherein the crease lines are formed to project out of the inner face of the blank. The crease lines may extend radially around the perimeter of the blank and may comprise alternating lines of two different lengths. The tray may be produced by pressing. The polymer layer 120 may comprise PET. A lid may be sealed to the tray by using two spaced apart adjacent heating points applied to the rim of the tray to form a double seal.
Patent GB-2423507-A (GB)
Title: Subsea umbilical anchoring clamp
Inventor: OTTESEN TORFINN
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2006-02-13
Abstract: A subsea cable (3) designed to extend from a floating structure (1) on the sea surface down to a subsea structure (2) on the sea floor has a first portion (3a) extending from the floating structure (1) to the sea floor and a second portion (3b) laid in or on the sea floor. The cable has an outer sheath and cables and/or conduits inside said outer sheath. The second portion (3b) of the subsea cable (3) is provided with at least one disc-shaped anchor (4, Fig 2) attached to the subsea cable (3b) with clamps. The at least one disc-shaped anchor (4) makes movement of the second portion 3b with respect to the sea flow more difficult.
Patent GB-2435237-A (GB)
Title: Local discounts directory
Inventor: HABIB MOHAMMED ILYAS
IPC: B42D1/00
Filed: 2006-02-18
Abstract: The Local Discounts Directory is a catalogue style colourful booklet comprised of the list of local businesses which offer discounts to the local shoppers by attaching a type of discount voucher to their advertisement (Listing) in the directory. The directory is of an A5 size and has 100 pages and lists 300 businesses as a benchmark but these numbers will vary depending on the size of a territory and the response of the businesses in the territory. Each business will be offered 1/3 of page to list its colourful business advert (like a mini leaflet) and voucher. The directory is "Post Code Exclusive" i.e. it only lists the businesses operating within a defined postcode territory. Each directory will have territory made up of one or more postcodes.
Patent GB-2436628-A (GB)
Title: Mailing machine which sends weight and number data to postal service provider
Inventor: IDDON ROBERT OLIVER
IPC: G01G19/414
Filed: 2006-03-31
Abstract: A mailing system comprises a mailing machine 2 which creates mail items, weighs them, records the weight as a digital signal, counts the items and sends the weight and count data over a network 8, 10 to a postal service provider, the data being structured, preferably to a standard format acceptable to the provider. A program 18 running on a computer 4 connected to the network 8 preferably accesses multiple weight band logs 14 to convert the data into the required standard such as the XML-based SOAP standard of an electronic docketing system. The formatted data is then preferably transmitted over a secure internet connection 10 to an electronic docketing system 6. The mail items are also preferably pre-printed with a mail impression mark such as a Printed Postage Impression (PPI) mark.
Patent GB-2437069-A (GB)
Title: A timber product manufacturing process
Inventor: BRADY JOHN
IPC: B07C5/14
Filed: 2006-04-13
Abstract: Raw timber logs are delivered from a stockpile (2) through a primary scanner (4) and subsequently sorted into raw log storage bins (9) corresponding to their measured dimensions. Raw logs are delivered from a selected storage bin (9) through a debarker (12) for stripping away the bark from each raw log. Downstream of the debarker each stripped log is passed through a secondary scanner (15) for measuring selected dimensions of the stripped log. These measured dimensions are compared with a preselected log profile of desired dimensions associated with a desired sequence of machining operations to be carried out on each stripped log as it passes along a log machining line (16) to form a pre-selected set of timber products from the stripped log. Stripped logs matching the desired log profile are delivered along the machining line (16) whilst striped logs not matching the desired profile are returned (18) to another storage bin (9). Sets of deflector paddles (22,32,34 Fig 2) may be used to deliver the stripped logs to either the machining line (16) or to another storage bin (9).
Patent GB-2423920-A (GB)
Title: Grill device with a removable grill plate
Inventor: KUO PO-CHUN
IPC: A23L1/00
Filed: 2004-11-30
Abstract: A grill device comprising a housing 1, a grill plate 3 made of a heat-conductive material and retained removably on said housing, and a heating unit including a heating element disposed in said housing, and a heat-conductive plate 22 mounted on said housing and disposed between said heating element and said grill plate for conducting heat from said heating element to said grill plate. The housing has a heat-radiating side that is formed with a mounting region and a surrounding region that surrounds and that forms a vertical clearance with said mounting region, thereby configuring said heat-radiating side with a mounting space surrounded by said surrounding region. The heat-conductive plate is disposed in said mounting space and cooperates with said surrounding region to form a limit groove 127 around said heating unit, and the grill plate is formed with at least one limit projection 313 that extends into said limit groove for positioning said grill plate on said heat-radiating side.
Patent GB-2426903-A (GB)
Title: Image segmentation and boundary establishment
Inventor: GALLAFENT WILLIAM FREDERICK GE
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2006-05-26
Abstract: Segmenting a digital image, comprising at least some mixed pixels whose visual characteristics are determined by a mixture of the visual characteristics of part of two or more portions of the image comprises the steps of selecting one or more pixels within a first portion of the image to define a first pixel selection; expanding the first pixel selection to define a second pixel selection corresponding to a first portion of the image, selecting one or more pixels within a second portion of the image to define a third pixel selection, expanding the third pixel selection to define a fourth pixel selection corresponding to a second portion of the image. A determination is made as to how close together the second pixel selection and the fourth pixel selection are; and indication is made to a user whether or not the second and fourth pixel selection are sufficiently close that the pixels occurring in between them are pixels in a boundary portion of the image.
Patent GB-2439942-A (GB)
Title: Toilet roll cutting device
Inventor: ROWLEY PAUL EDWARD
IPC: A47K10/22
Filed: 2006-07-07
Abstract: A toilet roll cutting device comprises a wire frame and a linear cutting edge. The device may also serve to brake the toilet roll as it rotates.
Patent GB-2431455-A (GB)
Title: Fire extinguisher valve
Inventor: JONES DEREK GORDON
IPC: F16K3/26
Filed: 2006-10-20
Abstract: A fluid container 1 has an opening 2 controlled by a fluid release valve 3. The valve comprises a sleeve 4 and a slider body 5 contained therein which is adapted to move axially from a closed position to an open position. A fluid inlet 6 is provided in a side of the sleeve 4 and a fluid outlet 7 is provided at a first end 8 of the sleeve. A fluid passage 9 extends through the slider body 5 from a side 10 to a first end 11 thereof. In the closed position the slider body 5 overlies the fluid inlet 6 and closes it, and in the open position the fluid passage 9 is aligned with the fluid inlet 6 so that the fluid passage 9 connects the fluid inlet 6 to the fluid outlet 7.
Patent GB-2436931-A (GB)
Title: Threaded expandable connection with stress concentrator
Inventor: COSTA SCOTT
IPC: F16L37/00
Filed: 2007-02-13
Abstract: A threaded connection for expandable tubulars comprises a first tubular member 16 comprising external threads and a second tubular member 18 comprising internal threads coupled to the external threads of the first tubular member. The connection also includes an external spiral or helical groove 26 which acts as a stress concentrator on the threaded connection during the radial expansion. Following radial expansion and plastic deformation of the first and second tubular members, the threaded connection prevents fluidic materials from passing therethrough for operating pressures up to about 4000 psi.
Patent GB-2448721-A (GB)
Title: Compressed air tidal power generator
Inventor: DURWARD JAMES
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2007-04-25
Abstract: A chamber 2 is attached to the seabed and used for tidal power generation. During the flood tide, sea water enters the chamber through a one-way valve 1, compressing the air in the chamber. The compressed air drives a turbine 5, controlled by valve 3. During the ebb tide, water can be allowed to leave the chamber via outlet valve 4. Several chambers 2 can be attached to each other at the same location, and may be recovered to the shore for maintenance.
Patent GB-2439184-A (GB)
Title: Obstacle detection in a surveillance system
Inventor: JAEGER THOMAS
IPC: G08B13/194
Filed: 2007-06-07
Abstract: An image processing method is proposed for the recognition and processing of visual obstacles such as desks or cabinets 7, 8 in a surveillance scene 6 in an image sequence, wherein a plurality of data records of a surveillance object are collected, which include in each case an object position x, y and a size h of the surveillance object measured at the object position in an image of the image sequence, wherein by comparing the measured size h of the surveillance object to a modeled perspective size of the surveillance object at the same object position y, one of the visual obstacles 7, 8 can be detected and/or verified. Data is used to plot a histogram in which a straight line or plane may be identified to show the normal perspective change and subsidiary lines denote an object obscured by an obstacle. A scene model may be created form the data and the method may be used for tracking objects.
Patent GB-2451521-A (GB)
Title: Heater with Combustion Chamber and Thermoelectric Powered Blower
Inventor: DUFFY SEAN PAUL
IPC: F24D18/00
Filed: 2007-08-03
Abstract: A heater has a combustion chamber 10 in which a fuel is burned to provide a source of heat. The combustion chamber has a fuel burner 12, and an air blower 22 delivers air to the burner. The blower is powered by a thermoelectric generator 18, i.e. a Peltier-Seebeck device, and the device has a hot side 18a heated by heat from the burner and a cold side 18b cooled by air from the blower. Fuel may be supplied from a liquid reservoir, such as a jerry can 14 containing diesel oil or kerosene, and the heater includes a regulator 16 which regulates fuel delivery to the burner. The regulator may include a fuel chamber with a float valve to maintain fuel flow within a safe limit, and the regulator may be manually adjustable. A water tank 28 may be releasably secured to the top of the combustion chamber, and removal of the water tank may provide access to the combustion chamber to allow the burner to be manually ignited. The heater may be used by the military as a portable heater, for example, to provide hot water or space heating in a field kitchen or on a boat.
Patent GB-2453325-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring utility consumption
Inventor: ALI MOHABBAT
IPC: G01R22/00
Filed: 2007-10-01
Abstract: A system and method for monitoring utility consumption such as gas, electricity or water comprises a display unit 20 communicable with a sensor unit 10. The sensor unit receives data from a utility meter 30a, 30b, 30c and stores it in memory 60, under the control of a microprocessor 40. The data is transmitted to the display unit 20 where a screen 80 displays to a user an amount of utility used, in graphical format, for example. The display unit 20 and sensor unit 10 are each operable in an active mode in which the sensor unit 10 transmits stored data to the display unit 20 at a relatively high data rate with commensurate relatively high power usage. The display unit 20 and sensor unit 10 are also each operable in one or more power saving modes in which the sensor unit 10 transmits data to the display unit 20 less frequently than in the active mode so as to draw less power. The system may also have a second power saving mode in which 20 the screen 80 of the display unit 20 is partly or completely shut down.
Patent GB-2456554-A (GB)
Title: An adjustable carrying rack for a bicycle
Inventor: BENNISON ANDREW
IPC: B62J7/04
Filed: 2008-01-18
Abstract: A carrying rack for mounting on the rear wheel of a bicycle comprises an upper support portion 12 and first and second side supporting limbs 24, 26. The second side supporting limb 24 is fixedly attached to the frame 14, and the lower end is attached in use to a mounting location at a lower part of the frame 14. The first side supporting limb 26 is movable with respect to the frame 14 and comprises extension portions 32a, 32b. The extension portions 32a 32b are received in respective bores (Figure 4, 42) of the clamping members 34. The extension portions 32a 32b are movable into and out of bores 42 thereby varying the spacing between the first and second side supporting limbs 24, 26.
Patent GB-2460848-A (GB)
Title: Swimming goggles with stems and clamping frames
Inventor: CHIANG HERMAN
IPC: A63B33/00
Filed: 2008-06-11
Abstract: Swimming goggles 1 comprise clamp frames 2, with passageways 23, the clamp frames being connected by member 3 e.g. a nose piece; two frame bodies 4; two lenses 5 respectively received in the receiving slots 42 of the frame bodies 4; pressing devices 6 for pressing a first arm 281 and a second arm 282 together; and a head strap (not shown). The first and second arms respectively extend from the clamp frame 2 to define a slit 25. Stem 26 extends from an ends of the first and second arms and comprises an engaging portion 27.
Patent GB-2461510-A (GB)
Title: Reconfigurable Bandpass Delta-Sigma Modulator
Inventor: KARTHAUS UDO
IPC: H03M1/00
Filed: 2008-06-30
Abstract: A delta-sigma modulator having a filter with a filter input, two LC resonators (LC1-1, LC1-2), and two switches (CBT/CGT). An input of each one of the two switches is connected to the filter input and a corresponding output of each one of the two switches is connected to a corresponding one of said LC resonators. Each one of the two switches is individually controllable for selectively connecting the corresponding one of the LC resonators with the filter input. Also described is a method for changing the mode of operation of a delta-sigma modulator. The method comprises: toggling an activation condition of a LC resonator (LC1-1, LC1-2, LC1-3) of a filter within the delta-sigma modulator by controlling a corresponding switch (CBT/CGT) that is connected to an input of the filter and to the LC resonator (LC1-1, LC2-1, LC3-1) to controllably electrically connect and disconnect the input of the filter and the LC resonator.
Patent GB-2465012-A (GB)
Title: Temporary protection of electrical back boxes
Inventor: CRANFIELD STUART
IPC: E04G21/20
Filed: 2008-11-05
Abstract: A temporary cover adapted to fit flush with the front edge of the electrical back boxes. The cover prevents the back box from being filled with plaster during construction, and negates the need for cleaning out plaster from the outlet box at the second fix stage. The cover also prevents the location of the back boxes from being 'lost' under the plaster thickness. The cover may be constructed from cardboard, plastic or other suitable material. The cover is characterised by foldable tabs which serve to hold the temporary cover in place within the back box.
Patent GB-2465845-A (GB)
Title: Building panel having wooden I-beam edge
Inventor: RENNIE ALASTAIR
IPC: E04B2/72
Filed: 2008-12-06
Abstract: A factory sealed building panel 10 comprises a closed housing 12 which defines an internal void 14, insulating material 16 within the void, and an edge 18 formed from an I-beam, preferably wooden, which defines a recess 20a,b. An insulating board such as fibreboard may be located within the externally-facing recesses and used as a connecting member between adjacent panels. The planar faces of the panel may be wood or wallboard. I-beams may be provided inside the panel as a stiffening member which links planar faces. Insulating material inside the panel may be Rockwool Frametherm (RTM), Supaglass (RTM) or sheep's wool. One planar face preferably has a foil vapour barrier. Elongate straps may be attached to the panel to attach plasterboard thereto. The panel may be apertured to provide a window. A foundation plate 24 for use with the panel is also claimed, which has a profile adapted to engage with the recess of the panel. In use, the panel is used in timber frame kits and is easy to locate accurately into position on a foundation.