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Patent GB-2430036-A (GB)
Title: Metal detector arrangement
Inventor: DESNIJDER DIRK JOHAN
IPC: G01V3/08
Filed: 2005-09-09
Abstract: A forage harvester comprises feeder means (20, 21, 26, 27) for feeding harvested crop material to processing means (35) along a crop feed path. It is equipped with a foreign object detector for signalling the presence of foreign objects in said harvested crop. The detector means comprises a sensor (60) having a detection magnetic field extending into at least a portion of said path. The sensor (60) is substantially symmetric with respect to a direction transverse to said crop feed path and the detector further comprises restriction means (86) distinct from said sensor (60), making said detection field asymmetric with respect to said transverse direction. As a result of the shield (86), the detector becomes less sensitive to noise caused by the other components (21,27) of the harvester.
Patent GB-2419754-A (GB)
Title: Analogue to digital converter utilsing analogue dither
Inventor: BRUHNS THOMAS V
IPC: H03K3/84
Filed: 2005-10-26
Abstract: Analogue to digital conversion method comprises generating an analogue dither by passing a serial pseudorandom bit sequence through a filter, adding the resulting signal to an ADC input and using correlation and adaptive filtering techniques to remove the dither signal from the digital output of the ADC.
Patent GB-2418886-A (GB)
Title: Tablet punches and method for tableting
Inventor: CICCARELLO FRANCO
IPC: B30B15/06
Filed: 2004-08-16
Abstract: A tablet punch having a punch cup having a non-stick polymeric coating which may comprise a fluoropolymer such as polytetrafluoroethylene.
Patent GB-2435463-A (GB)
Title: Safety enhancement for stairlift
Inventor: JENKINS MARTYN HARRY
IPC: B66B9/08
Filed: 2006-02-23
Abstract: A stairlift has a safety device comprising a switch arrangement which will stop the stairlift carriage when it encounters an obstruction whilst moving vertically downwards. The switch arrangement may be on the underside of a footrest 16. The footrest 16 also has switches operated when the leading and trailing edges of the footrest encounter obstructions, all switches being operated by movement of a single tray-like contact pad 22 mounted around and under the footrest. After the stairlift carriage has been halted by actuation of a switch it may then reverse a short distance, away from the obstruction.
Patent GB-2432504-A (GB)
Title: Pest control system
Inventor: SAMPSON VICTOR JOHN
IPC: A01M25/00
Filed: 2003-01-09
Abstract: The system comprises a plurality of trough (12) and cover (14) combinations that are provided in differing sizes (e.g. various lengths and/or curvatures) as a kit of parts, each combination being dimensioned for inter-engaging assembly with another such trough and cover combination such that a plurality of such interconnected combinations can form an endless structure to encompass one or more botanical items. Each cover (14) is spaced above the trough (12) in use to protect pest repellent (15) within the trough from incident rain and/or sprayed on water. The cover (14) and trough (12) of each combination are fixedly attached to one another by a wall (20) upstanding from an elongate lip (18a) forming one side of the trough (12), the cover (14) being mounted at the top of the wall (20) which is to be in use closer to the botanical item(s) (11) to be protected than an opposite elongate lip (18b) of the trough (12).
Patent GB-2437340-A (GB)
Title: Mobile Phone Chatroom
Inventor: GOFF ANDY
IPC: H04L12/18
Filed: 2006-04-18
Abstract: Bluetooth-time is essentially a mobile chat room. An application is implemented using J2ME (Java for mobile phones) that allowed clients to communicate with each other via their phones free of charge using the bluetooth function. The total distance that bluetooth will function over is 10 meters. However this could be increased with the assistance of static hubs which could extend the range of bluetooth. Bluetooth-time is more than just a chatroom; our application allows you to rate everybody as a comparative match to you as a percentage, and vice versa. Once the application is running on the phone, a pass-code is required. This code is sent to the client's phone via a reverse billing SMS. The six character code changes on a weekly basis. The finial phase is the description about yourself which once opened is a check list which you mark to indicate which best describes your, this is then followed by an identical check list that you again mark to indicate which best describes the type of person you are looking for. The user's phone will vibrate and light up whenever a new user enters the chat room. Both users will receive a percentage of compatibility for each user, it is then up to each user if the want to make contact via the chat function.
Patent GB-2425803-A (GB)
Title: Wellbore sealing device
Inventor: HAZEL PAUL RODERICK
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2004-02-12
Abstract: A sealing device for use in an annular space comprises at least one substantially cylindrical inner element 212. The inner element 212 comprises a wedge member 222, and a seal assembly 223 is slidable over the wedge member 222. The seal assembly 223 expands radially outward when forced over the wedge member 222 and comprises a radially expandable annular seal supported by at least one radially expandable support sleeve 220, 221, characterized in that the support sleeve 220, 221 forms a substantially continuous support surface towards the annular seal in both expanded and non- expanded positions. The support sleeve 220, 221 may comprise two types of fingers. The first finger type may be triangular and the second may be T-shaped.
Patent GB-2438183-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle with arcuately reciprocating pedal crank arms
Inventor: MUIRHEAD ROBERT MACLEAN
IPC: B62M1/24
Filed: 2006-05-19
Abstract: A means of powering a bicycle through a reciprocating action of pedal crank arms by means of a cable 14, pulleys and a pulley mounting unit 11, to synchronize the cranks mounted on an axle 13 by means of respective ratchet mechanisms 12.
Patent GB-2429302-A (GB)
Title: Integrating electrometer amplifying circuit
Inventor: MIRME AADU
IPC: G01R19/00
Filed: 2005-01-27
Abstract: An aerosol particle spectrometer utilizes a high voltage central electrode and a series of annular, axially arranged collector electrodes maintained at ground, for collecting positively charged particles suspended in an aerosol flowing between the electrodes. Each collector electrode provides current to an integrating electrometer including circuitry that rapidly charges and discharges the integrating capacitor during a brief reset cycle, to generate accurate particle characterizing information based on low currents, with high bandwidth and high dynamic range, virtually in real time.
Patent GB-2445161-A (GB)
Title: Diagnostic test device
Inventor: DUESBURY PAUL
IPC: G01N21/75
Filed: 2006-12-29
Abstract: A diagnostic test device comprising means for sampling a biological liquid (5), means for reacting the sample (17) with at least one reagent to provide one or more visible indicia and an optical detector 41, 43 for detecting the presence of said one or more indicia, the device further comprising a releasable tether 51 which is released by contact with the liquid sample, thereby to cause the optical detector to detect the said one or more indicia. The detector may respond to reflected or transmitted light. The tether may be water soluble, such as PVA or gelatin or a material that disintegrates when wet, such as tissue paper, it may also be a fuse that burns out when the liquid in the sample completes a circuit. The release of the tether may create relative linear or rotational movement between the detector and the light source or detection region.
Patent GB-2446879-A (GB)
Title: Media locking system
Inventor: GASTON PAUL FRANCIS
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 2007-02-24
Abstract: Media locking system, whereby restricted materials may be distributed on DVD (or other media) and may not be viewed until authorised by entering a PIN number and a telephone number which is validated by the DVD (or other media). The PIN number is generated by an algorithm with respect to a telephone number entered by the user. Therefore each user requires a unique PIN which will be based on their telephone number, and which must be entered in conjunction with their telephone number in order to gain access to the protected content. The advantages of using this algorithm protection system, rather than prior art PIN protection, are that there is no single number which may be generally published (e.g. on the Internet) for any DVD holder to use once it has been acquired once, and that the required security numbers are not stored on the DVD, and are therefore less susceptible to being acquired by hacking.
Patent GB-2449905-A (GB)
Title: Vibration-resistant connector
Inventor: WRIGHT JEFF
IPC: C08K3/26
Filed: 2007-06-07
Abstract: A mountable connector, comprising a connector body 3, a contact assembly 5, and a flange mounting 7. The flange mounting comprises a connector flange 41, and a damping member 43 which interconnects the connector flange and the connector body, to space the connector flange from the connector body and thereby isolate the connector body from the connector flange. The damping member may be made of rubber, which may comprise fluorosilicone gum, a cross-linking agent, fumed silica and little or no calcium carbonate.
Patent GB-2452724-A (GB)
Title: Drying apparatus with a plurality of airflow outlets
Inventor: TODD JON
IPC: A47K10/48
Filed: 2007-09-12
Abstract: A drying apparatus comprises a fan 20, a chamber 30 downstream of the fan to receive blown air and a number of airflow outlets 36 leading from the chamber to provide outlet airflows for drying. Typically four or more outlets are provided and nozzles 34 are provided upstream of the outlets to accelerate the airflows. The plurality of outlet airflows provide very efficient drying. The air is not heated directly but does receive a not insignificant amount of heat due to the operation of the fan. In use, the drying unit operates efficiently without a heater and therefore the power rating of the dryer is low.
Patent GB-2440286-A (GB)
Title: Building modules
Inventor: HEATHER DAVID
IPC: B65D88/00
Filed: 2004-10-15
Abstract: A building includes a multiplicity of modules, each module having an exterior shape generally of a cuboid having side, end, top and bottom faces, and fabricated from metal. Each module is hollow and defines a space of a size suitable for occupation by a person, the module including fastening elements (21) to allow the module to be fastened to another module, the fastening elements including fastening elements at a centre-to-centre widthwise spacing of about 2260mm and engage able by the same standard equipment as handles and transports standard freight containers. The modules are fastened together to form part or all of a building with aligned openings in adjacent walls of adjacent modules to allow a person to move from one module to another. The modules include a module (71,20 74) that has been provided in flat pack form with sides and/or ends (76) of the module erected on site.
Patent GB-2455279-A (GB)
Title: Connecting collaboration nodes
Inventor: BEERS TED
IPC: H04L12/18
Filed: 2007-07-31
Abstract: A system including a first node configured to receive first data in a first format that specifies a network destination for the first data and convert the first data to second data in a second format that does not specify a network destination for the second data and a second node configured to receive the second data from the first node over a first connection and convert the second data to third data in a third format that specifies a network destination for the third data is provided.
Patent GB-2441705-A (GB)
Title: Substrate and semiconductor light emitting element
Inventor: NISHIKAWA NAOHIRO
IPC: H01L21/3065
Filed: 2007-12-19
Abstract: A substrate and a semiconductor light emitting element are provided. The substrate is provided with a protruding section having a curved surface. The semiconductor light emitting element includes the substrate provided with the protruding section having the curbed surface, and a semiconductor layer on the substrate.
Patent GB-2456783-A (GB)
Title: In a cellular network, method for frequency synchronising a communications unit with a software digital oscillator
Inventor: CHARIPADI GOPIKRISHNA
IPC: H03L7/00
Filed: 2008-01-23
Abstract: In a wireless communications network (200, fig.2), a communication unit comprises a receiver for receiving timing signals from a plurality of serving wireless communication units (224, 250, fig.2); a frequency synchronising circuit operably coupled (334) to the receiver; a quadrature coupled recursive software digital oscillator (330); and control logic (326) capable of controlling the frequency synchronising circuit to adjust an operating frequency of the communication unit. The frequency synchronising circuit comprises an automatic gain control circuit operably coupled (490, 495, 405, 410, fig.4) to the quadrature coupled recursive software digital oscillator (330) and arranged intermittently to scale the outputs of the quadrature coupled recursive software digital oscillator. In this manner, a software digital oscillator may be practically realisable. Keywords: 3G, 3GPP, UMTS, Universal mobile telecommunications system, hotspot, access point, macro cell, pico cell, femto cell, VCTCXO, voltage controlled temperature compensated crystal oscillator, WCDMA.
Patent GB-2450582-A (GB)
Title: An Electric Sanding Machine
Inventor: FUKINUKI MASATOSHI
IPC: B24B23/00
Filed: 2008-04-24
Abstract: An electric sanding machine 10 comprising a housing (11; fig 2) containing a drive device which comprises two motors, a base plate 12 disposed under the housing 11, a driven shaft 19 for driving the base plate 12, and a clamping means (13; fig 2) for clamping a sanding means to the base plate 12. The housing comprises a drive device housing part 111 substantially perpendicular to the base plate 12 and a grip housing part 112 substantially parallel to the base plate 12. The two motors 15 are disposed sided by side within the drive device housing 111 with their two drive shaft axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the base plate 12 while the driven shaft 19 is located in the grip housing part 112. The drive shafts are connected via a transmission mechanism to the driven shaft 19 which in turn drives the base plate 12. Figure 3 shows the two motors 15 with their axis radially spaced relative to the drive shaft 19.
Patent GB-2460218-A (GB)
Title: Pressure relieving mattress and chair cushion
Inventor: MCHUGH PATRICIA
IPC: A47C7/18
Filed: 2008-05-08
Abstract: A static pressure relieving mattress and chair cushion adapted to provide full pressure relief at localized pressure points of a subject's body to prevent or correct pressure sores. The mattress/cushion has removable sections, which, when removed provide pressure free sites and when replaced provide a full mattress or full chair cushion. Sections can be removed at individual pressure points, or alternatively, all sections can be removed to provide full pressure relief. There are 8 removable sections in the mattress corresponding to the pressure points at the shoulders, elbows, hips, sacral area (tail of spine) and the heels. The chair cushion has two removable sections corresponding to the sacrum and ischium areas of the body. The mattress/cushion is made of slow release foam and may have a covering sheet.
Patent GB-2448637-A (GB)
Title: Downhole plug seal
Inventor: PURKIS DANIEL
IPC: E21B23/02
Filed: 2008-07-25
Abstract: A plug 10 for sealing a conduit (90, Fig 5) comprises a seal 20 in the form of a stack of frusto-conical washers 22 energised and de-energised by relative movement between first and second body sections. As the stack of washers 22 is energised by being compressed by relative movement between a housing 14 and a plug mandrel 18, a laminate (48, Fig 15) of softer material between each washer 22 is squeezed radially inwards, forming a seal with a plug mandrel 18, and radially outwards, forming a seal with the conduit 90. As the plug mandrel 18 moves in a release direction, a pressure equalising flow path is created around the seal 20.
Patent GB-2451004-A (GB)
Title: Lavatory pan plug
Inventor: DURRANCE ALISTAIR
IPC: E03D11/00
Filed: 2007-02-22
Abstract: A plug (4) for a lavatory pan (1) comprising a rigid support (5) adapted to be positioned in the mouth of a lavatory pan (1), a seat (8) formed on the rigid support (5), an inflatable tube (10) positioned against the seat (8) and inflatable to increase the effective diameter of the plug (4), and a flexible cover (11) extending across the lower surface of the rigid support (5) and around the inflatable tube (10) so that upon inflation of the tube (10) the flexible cover (11) is trapped between the pan (1) and the inflatable tube (10) to form a seal with the pan (1) thereat.
Patent GB-2464910-A (GB)
Title: Biodegradable polymeric multi-layer substrate
Inventor: IBBOTSON PETER ROBERT JOSEPH
IPC: B32B27/08
Filed: 2008-10-29
Abstract: A biodegradable polymeric multi-layer substrate comprises a first layer of a polymeric material, a second layer of a polymeric material different to the polymeric material of the first layer and at least one intermediate tie layer between the first and second layers, the at least one tie layer comprising a mixture of at least two different polymeric materials, wherein the melt flow index and melt viscosity of the at least two polymeric materials within the tie layer are similar. The substrate may be transparent. The first layer may be an outer layer substantially of PLA and the second layer may be an inner layer substantially of PVOH, the tie layer containing substantially PLA and PVOH and the PVOH of the tie layer having a higher MFI and lower melt viscosity than the PVOH of the inner layer. The substrate may comprise a third layer of a polymeric material substantially of PLA, the inner layer substantially of PVOH being between the two outer layers and the outer layers of substantially PLA having different melt temperatures. One outer layer of substantially PLA or a tie layer may contain higher melting point polymers such as cellulose, cellulose esters, PHA, PHB and/or PHBV. A peelable sealing layer may be provided over an outer substantially PLA layer. The polymer of the second layer may be PVOH having a degree of hydrolysis of at least 88% and one of the polymers of the tie layer(s) may be PVOH having a degree of hydrolysis of less than 88%. By matching the melt flow index and melt flow viscosity of the polymeric materials forming the tie layer(s), the homogeneity of the tie layer(s) may be enhanced and bonding to adjacent layers improved. The multi-layer substrate may be used for bags, food trays, lidding films for food trays, sandwich packs, window packs or postal envelopes.
Patent GB-2465590-A (GB)
Title: Continuity tester with fixed alligator clips
Inventor: LEDGARD PAUL
IPC: G01R1/04
Filed: 2008-11-21
Abstract: A portable, lightweight but robust audible continuity tester with fixed alligator clips (also known as crocodile clips). It is of simple construction, comprising minimal components and designed without a display screen, and rugged enough for toolbox storage. It is intended to be able to support its own weight when connected to enable hands free operation, and to have a sufficiently loud buzzer to be heard from a distance above background noise.
Patent GB-2463739-A (GB)
Title: Identifying and eliminating the source of background noise in multi-party teleconferences.
Inventor: INC AVAYA
IPC: H04M3/56
Filed: 2008-12-31
Abstract: A mechanism is provided that allows participants on the conference call to identify, and then mute or filter, a participant(s) responsible for introducing the noise, regardless of whether the noise is caused by transmission impairments or by the participant(s) being in a noisy location. For example, individual users could be able to press a "test" button that could block each of the participants one at a time. This would allow the source of the noise to be identified. This "test button" could be one or more of provided at the endpoint(s), be enabled through a web interface or, for example, through a dedicated conference call interface at the endpoint(s) or at the conference bridge. The blocking of each participant could occur through interaction with the main PBX using, for example, in-band signaling to the PBX. Once the source(s) of the noise is identified, noise mitigation can be applied as needed. Aspects of the invention include blocking, tuning, filtering or muting one or more of the conference call participants and displaying the status of conference call participants on a status display.
Patent GB-2455213-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement and method for controlling service activation on a mobile terminal
Inventor: FERSMAN ELENA
IPC: H04W8/18
Filed: 2006-06-20
Abstract: An arrangement and method in a wireless communication network provides users with full control of network provides users with full control of service management, defines how a user can enter or leave services, and defines dependencies between services. A mobile terminal (31) initiates establishment of a group and creates a unique groupID. The terminal sends invitations (41) to other terminals (32, 33, 61) to join the group and includes the unique groupID and a service feature tag for a desired service. The terminal will not request a service if it is incompatible with a service already running. Terminals that receive invitations store (42) the groupID and service feature tags. These parameters are used to send acceptances (43) or rejections (84), and to join later (92) or leave a service (54).
Patent GB-2466370-A (GB)
Title: A mounting means for mounting a device with a rotor
Inventor: HENNE SEBASTIAN
IPC: F16F1/36
Filed: 2009-12-15
Abstract: A mounting means 1 for mounting a device 2 comprising at least one mounting shield 4, 5, a pivot bearing 6, 7 arranged in the at least one mounting shield 4, 5 and also a rotor 8 mounted perpendicularly in the pivot bearing 6, 7, an axis of rotation of the rotor 12 being oriented substantially perpendicularly when the device 2 is mounted on the mounting means 1, and the mounting means 1 has resilient properties. The resilient properties of the mounting means 1 are direction-dependent, in particular orthotropic. As a consequence of the direction-dependent resilient properties of the mounting means 1, oscillations excited by a rotary movement of the rotor 8 strike a mounting 1, the pivot point of which does not coincide with the axis of rotation of the rotor 8, but is set apart therefrom. This makes it much more difficult to excite the mounting means 1 to form unstable oscillations, so that such oscillations are effectively damped.