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Patent GB-2517680-A (GB)
Title: Tracheostomal plaster
Inventor: STEER GRAHAM
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2013-07-23
Abstract: A tracheostomal plaster 21 comprises a flexible web of material 23 provided with an adhesive layer and an aperture 25 and is fastened, for example by welding or adhesion, to a resiliently flexible tracheostomal device coupler 1, also having an aperture 11, with their respective apertures aligned. The device coupler has a dished base member 3 with a convex surface 9 which abuts the web 23 and a concave surface 7 which defines a recess in which a peripheral wall 13 extends around the coupler aperture 11 and away from the web 23. A bracing structure 15, located in the recess and surrounding the peripheral wall 13 and extending between the peripheral wall 13 and the concave surface 7, may comprise a network of walls 17 to provide a consistent diametrical resistance to flexure. Tabs 27 on different removable release layers (27,29 Figures 5 & 6) may selectively be pulled away from the web adhesive layer to enable alignment with a stoma prior to final attachment of the remainder of the plaster to the surrounding skin.
Patent GB-2508470-A (GB)
Title: Forming a screen by feeding an elongate member around support bars
Inventor: SILL JOHN MARTIN
IPC: B07B1/46
Filed: 2013-09-03
Abstract: There is provided apparatus for the formation of a screen comprising support bars 4 and at least one elongate member located with and supported by said support bars to form the screen. The apparatus comprises a holder 24 to locate a plurality of the support bars at spaced intervals around a substantially circular path, a supply of the elongate member which is to be attached to the support bars, welding apparatus to allow the join of the elongate member to the support bars and feed means 32 to allow relative movement between the elongate member supply and the support bars so as to allow the progressive joining of the elongate member to the support bars to form the screen.
Patent GB-2508692-A (GB)
Title: Bin treating waste with hot air
Inventor: TEJADA WILMER CASTANO
IPC: A61L11/00
Filed: 2013-09-13
Abstract: A waste bin thermally treats solid waste with air above 70 degrees C. The bin can receive waste in the production place and the hot air can evaporate the moisture to dehydrate it. Excess moisture can be removed by gravity 18 through perforations in a heat resistant bin bag 1 to a holding removable tank 2 located in the base. The hot air and water vapour will preferably be re-circulated 3 until the hot air has values near to the saturation point after which water is condensed out into the tank. Finally, hot air from the heat exchanger can pass through a filter 10 to remove contaminants and reduce the odours before release 11 into the environment. Dehydrated waste may be removed from the bin by extracting the perforated bin bag 1. A new heat resistant perforated bin bag 1 could then be placed into the bin to receive new waste for treatment.
Patent GB-2505335-A (GB)
Title: Tap outlet adjustable spray forming nozzle mounting means
Inventor: SITHAMPARANATHAN MOHANARAJAH
IPC: E03C1/04
Filed: 2012-11-23
Abstract: The invention relates to tap outlet mountable appliances i.e. a selectable tap outlet flow adjustor that is designed to change the water flow from a run to a spray. The invention provides a tap outlet mountable appliance mountable to the outlet of a tap and comprises first and second relatively rotatable parts 60 & (110 figure 1). The first and second parts are releasably coupled together by a spring loaded bearing or a latching action. One of the first and second parts has a member 63A & 63B that resiliently deflects and is able to pass and latch/engage behind a shoulder (44 figure 2B) on the other part to mount the appliance to a tap. The member may also deflect to demount the appliance from the tap.
Patent GB-2504413-A (GB)
Title: Antenna apparatus
Inventor: WAKUI MASASHI
IPC: H01Q1/22
Filed: 2011-11-16
Abstract: To provide a plurality of antenna elements in a limited space so that the antenna elements do not impact one another. [Solution] An antenna substrate (12) is arranged on an antenna base (11) so that it stands erect, and a first element (15) and a second element (16) are formed on the antenna substrate (12). A top section (14) is provided on the top of the first element (15), a coil unit (13) is provided on the bottom of the first element (15), and the entire assembly resonates in the FM frequency. The height of the top section (14) from the antenna base (11) is set at 20mm or greater and the gap between the first element (15) and the second element (16) is approximately 10mm or greater so that the first element (15) operates efficiently in the AM frequency.
Patent GB-2519748-A (GB)
Title: Part for a trickle ventilator
Inventor: COATES PHILIP
IPC: F24F13/18
Filed: 2013-10-24
Abstract: A body 3 defining a passage for the flow of air and a barrier 19 which is movable between a first position in which the passage is substantially open and a second position in which the passage is substantially closed by the barrier. A part 29 of the barrier is resilient and spaced from another part of the barrier and the resilient part 29 may be urged toward the other part of the barrier. The barrier 19 may be pivotally mounted inside the body 3 and may be arranged relative to the body such that movement of the barrier between first and second positions causes the body to act on the resilient part 29 and urge it towards the other part of the barrier. The resilient part 29 may have a projection which interacts with one or more formations on the body 3 and there may be two resilient parts 29 at opposite ends of the barrier 19. The body is particularly suitable for mounting on a window frame (1, Fig. 1) to form a trickle ventilator.
Patent GB-2521183-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for testing current limited devices
Inventor: HIBBERD CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G01R31/74
Filed: 2013-12-12
Abstract: A method of testing a current limiting device 20 connected between first and second portions of an electrical conductor. The method comprises first generating vibrations in a target frequency band and applying the vibrations to the first portion of the electrical conductor. The vibrations are then detected in the second portion of the electrical conductor and a time at which vibrations arrive in an environment adjacent the second portion of the electrical conductor is determined. The time at which the vibrations in the second portion are detected is compared with the time at which the vibrations arrive in said environment, and a determination is made that the current limiting device 20 is intact if the vibrations in the second portion are detected before the vibrations are determined to arrive in the environment. If the vibrations arrive in the second portion after they arrive in the environment, then the determination is made that the current limiting device 20 has failed.
Patent GB-2507673-A (GB)
Title: Dielectric waveguide filter with direct coupling and alternative cross-coupling
Inventor: VANGALA REDDY
IPC: H01P1/207
Filed: 2012-05-22
Abstract: A dielectric waveguide filter comprising a block of dielectric material including a plurality of resonators defined by a plurality of slots defined in the block of dielectric material. The resonators are arranged on the block of dielectric material in one or more rows and columns. First and second RF signal input/output electrodes are defined on the block of dielectric material. A first direct RF signal transmission path for the transmission of an RF signal is defined by the first and second RF signal input/output electrodes and the plurality of resonators. In one embodiment, internal windows define a first direct RF signal transmission means and additional RF signal transmission means define alternate or cross-coupling paths for the transmission of the RF signal from resonators in one column to resonators in another column. In one embodiment, the filter is comprised of two separate blocks of dielectric material which have been coupled together.
Patent GB-2522407-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods
Inventor: WANG TAO
IPC: H01L33/32
Filed: 2014-01-13
Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device comprising: providing a substrate 205; forming a buffer layer 206 of aluminium nitride (AlN) over the substrate; and forming a layer 210 of gallium nitride (GaN) over the buffer layer; where the gallium nitride includes a component of aluminium. The device may be an LED. The GaN layer 210 may comprise a first GaN layer 210b, forming an emitting layer 210c and a second layer 210a. The method may also comprise etching the GaN layer 210 or the second layer 210a, or the second layer 210a and first layer 210b to form an array of nano-columns. Also disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a substrate, a buffer layer of AlN 206, and a GaN layer 210 over the buffer layer 206, where the GaN layer 210 includes aluminium (Al) in the range 1% to 10% by mass. The GaN layer 210 may form part of an array of nano-columns.
Patent GB-2523164-A (GB)
Title: A fibre splicer and method for splicing fibres
Inventor: WATERS GRAHAM THOMAS
IPC: B65H69/06
Filed: 2014-02-13
Abstract: A fibre splicer includes a splicing chamber 2 for receiving fibres to be spliced and has an opening 4 in a side thereof. A chamber pad 3 is for selectively sealing the opening of the splicing chamber. Valve 9, which many be a spool valve, has an unobstructed fluid pathway therethrough, the valve extending from the chamber and being reconfigurable between a first configuration prohibiting fluid flow along the pathway and a second configuration permitting fluid flow along the pathway. The pad may be moved by trigger 7. The splicer may be used for splicing carbon fibres and may have at least one cutter to trim the fibre. Air blasted at the ends of the fibres causes the fibres to intermingle and join together.
Patent GB-2509038-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum pathway in a cleaning device
Inventor: DURRANT EDWARD
IPC: A47L5/28
Filed: 2012-09-17
Abstract: A cleaning apparatus is disclosed for extracting a liquid from a surface. The apparatus includes at least one extraction head (201) that has at least one aperture (304) that is facing the surface to be cleaned. The vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum pathway (700) situated between the at least one extraction head (201) and a riser (712) that is connected to a vacuum motor. The internal surfaces of the vacuum pathway (700) are smooth and the vacuum pathway has certain dimensions and orientations that optimize the extraction of a liquid from a surface.
Patent GB-2527745-A (GB)
Title: Rotationally moulded cases
Inventor: BRAY DAVID
IPC: B29C41/38
Filed: 2014-06-16
Abstract: A multi-part mould for use in a rotational moulding process to produce a plastics product comprises first and second adjacent mould sections 5, 6, 11 having respective co-operating projections 8, 8, 8 that abut when the mould is in a closed configuration to produce a product comprising an open-ended channel 7 extending within the body. Preferably, the mould produces a ruggedized case 9, wherein the co-operating projections produce an integral handle. The mould sections are preferably modular to allow a change in size, or depth of the case. Preferably, the mould provides means (e.g a vertically extending barrier blocking plastic ingress) to prevent the formation of a channel when non-cooperating mould sections are located adjacently. A method of producing a product using the mould and a plastics case produced by the method are further provided. Also disclosed includes: an insert for attaching a latch to a plastics product, a case, a lid for a case, a catch plate for a moulded plastics case and a method of providing a hinge connection between a lid and a body of a case.
Patent GB-2530564-A (GB)
Title: Danger zone warning system
Inventor: LINCOLN NICHOLAS KARL
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2014-09-26
Abstract: Method and system are provided for providing a danger zone warning. The method includes: identifying a volume and modelling the volume; determining one or more danger zones within the volume, wherein a danger zone is a sub-volume of the volume which is or will become hazardous for a person to be in; providing a visual indication on the ground of a danger zone; and providing a directed audio warning to a danger zone. The method may include monitoring a danger zone for entry of a person into the danger zone and triggering providing one or both of the visual indication and directed audio warning when an entry is detected. The volume may be a volume around a vehicle, such as a blind spot of the vehicle. The warning may be used to prevent pedestrians or cyclists from entering a dangerous area.
Patent GB-2521258-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method
Inventor: WELLS MARK
IPC: B01J19/10
Filed: 2014-10-14
Abstract: A gas conversion apparatus 100 for converting a process gas into one or more other gases comprises: means 130G for introducing a process gas into a liquid medium 115; and an ultrasonic energy generator 140 configured to launch ultrasonic energy generated by the generator into a liquid medium such that process gas is exposed to ultrasonic energy, the apparatus being arranged to allow the collection of the process gas that has been exposed to ultrasonic energy. The ultrasonic energy generator may comprise a whistle device, the whistle device being arranged to generate the ultrasonic energy when drive gas is given through the device will stop the drive gas may be fed into the liquid medium after being driven through the ultrasonic generator. The process gas may provide the drive gas. The process gas may consist essentially of carbon dioxide. A method of use for the apparatus is also disclosed. Also disclosed is a bubble generator for generating bubbles of gas in a liquid medium comprises: a vortex inducing portion; and input portion for delivering an input flow of the gas to the vortex inducing portion; and output portion for emitting an output flow of gas bubbles; wherein the vortex inducing portion comprises one or more vortex inducing elements configured for inducing a vortex in a flow of gas therethrough.
Patent GB-2532926-A (GB)
Title: Managing time-dependent electronic files
Inventor: OLIVER MARLON DEAKIN
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2014-11-27
Abstract: Method and system are provided for managing time-dependent electronic files. The method includes identifying a set of time-dependent files and identifying a time period 201-206, which may have a start and finish, for processing each file resulting in a set of time periods. A minimum set of time instances 211,212 is calculated that gives one time instance in each time period in the set of time periods. The method further includes batching for each time instance of the minimum set of time instances a sub-set of files to be processed at the time instance. The files may be electronic certificates and the time period for processing a file may be a renewal period for an electronic certificate.
Patent GB-2521271-A (GB)
Title: Bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle
Inventor: KURKURI MAHENDRA
IPC: B60R19/26
Filed: 2014-12-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a bumper arrangement 12 for a motor vehicle comprising a cover member 14 mounted to a bumper cross beam 16 by means of an attachment device 18, the bumper arrangement 12 having a variable stiffness depending on a direction of impact of an object (10, Fig. 5) on the bumper arrangement 12, wherein the attachment device 18, by means of which the cover member 14 is mounted to the bumper cross beam 16, comprises at least one protrusion element 24 that allows the cover member 14 to travel a greater distance in relation to the bumper cross beam 16 if the bumper arrangement 12 is impacted by an object (10, Fig. 5) in a direction of a longitudinal vehicle axis A than if it is impacted with an equal force by an object (10, Fig. 5) in a direction angled to the longitudinal vehicle axis A. The arrangement provides greater resistance to low speed impacts from vehicles in an oblique direction, compared to pedestrians in a longitudinal direction.
Patent GB-2522537-A (GB)
Title: Gripping device
Inventor: BUTTERWORTH JOHN
IPC: F16G11/10
Filed: 2014-12-11
Abstract: A gripping device that comprises a body defining a passage 14 through which an elongate article 16 extends. A gripping arrangement 28 is mounted on the body and includes a gripping surface 34 that is movable in a first direction to a gripping position to clamp the elongate article 16 against a wall 38 of the passage 14, and in a second direction to a release position. The gripping arrangement may include a pivot portion 36 that moves about pivot 30 and a spring 42 that provides a bias towards the gripping position. Preferably, a lever 40 can be pressed to move the pivot portion 36 to a release position. The device further includes a holding arrangement for holding an elongate securing member 20 which has stop members 26 at each end that can pass through a wide end 52 of a channel 50 but are held at a narrow end 54.
Patent GB-2519485-A (GB)
Title: Tool for installing and removing threaded members
Inventor: KROLL PETER
IPC: B25B13/50
Filed: 2013-08-23
Abstract: A tool for installing or removing a threaded member as for example a thread protector onto a second threaded member, as for example, the pin or box of an oilfield tubular, which has a jaw for selectively gripping an outer surface of a thread protector, a bridge interconnecting the jaw and a cam, the cam being selectively engageable with the inner surface of the thread protector, the cam being operatively connected to a lever for moving the cam from a first position out of contact with the inner surface of the thread protector to a second position in gripping engagement with the inner surface of the thread protector.
Patent GB-2523479-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable emitter and preform
Inventor: BROWN MICHAEL EDWARD
IPC: B05B1/30
Filed: 2013-10-24
Abstract: An outflow-purgable and adjustable emitter (1) is described for use in micro-irrigation systems. The emitter (1) comprises; a hollow body (2) defining a flow channel having a fluid inlet, which channel continues towards a fluid outflow in the form of a resilient slitted-aperture (10), which aperture provides a resistance to the flow of fluid from the body (2), the said body having one or more radially displaced projections (7) from the outer surface of the body and adjusting means (5) in mechanical association with the body and assembled to move relative to the body to selectively engage with the projections (7), and with said resilient slitted-aperture (10) also being selectively deformable. An end cap of otherwise similar construction convertible to such an emitter by provision of a slit is also described.
Patent GB-2527663-A (GB)
Title: Image capturing apparatus, and control method therefor
Inventor: SHIRAKAWA YUSUKE
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2015-05-13
Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus (120) including movable means (106, 107). An acceleration detection means (116) detects an acceleration of the image capturing apparatus. A geomagnetic detection means (117) detects geomagnetism. A determining means (118) calculates a direction of the camera by using the accelerometer reading and the compass reading. When determining the direction of the image capturing apparatus at a predetermined timing during an operation period of the movable means (106, 107), the determining means (118) determines the direction of the image capturing apparatus (120) by using the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection means (116) before start of the operation period of the movable means (106, 107) and the geomagnetism detected by the geomagnetic detection means (117) during the operation period of the movable means (106, 107). The moveable means may also be a focus lens, a shutter and or a mirror.
Patent GB-2539684-A (GB)
Title: Method of surface-mounting components
Inventor: ANTHONY MILES
IPC: H05K13/04
Filed: 2015-06-24
Abstract: A carrier substrate 105 is provided with a plurality of electronic components 103, each of the electronic components having at least one electrical contact coated with electrically conductive adhesive 102. The carrier substrate 105 is attached to the flexible circuit board 106 such that the electronic components 103 are adhered to the flexible circuit board 106 in electrical contact therewith via the conductive adhesive 102. The conductive adhesive may be applied to the components via a flexible substrate. The components may be attached to the carrier substrate by a thermal release adhesive so that when the conductive adhesive is cured, the carrier substrate is released from the components. The flexible circuit board may be stored on a roll after the electronic components are adhered to it (Fig. 12).
Patent GB-2524194-A (GB)
Title: Control for multi-monitor display
Inventor: FREDERICK JOHN W
IPC: H04N21/485
Filed: 2013-01-30
Abstract: An example system includes a multi-monitor display (10) having two or more display monitors (12-28); a receiver (34) for receiving control signals transmitted by a controller (36); and a signal conduit (38) for communication between the receiver (34) and the two or more display monitors (12-28). The signal conduit (38) may be a wired connection from the receiver (34) to the two or more display monitors (12-28).
Patent GB-2547284-A (GB)
Title: Sensor
Inventor: SAVVAS KAPARTIS
IPC: G01P5/24
Filed: 2016-02-15
Abstract: A sensor 2 comprising a resonator unit 6 coupled to an electronic unit 4, the resonator unit having an acoustic resonator 18 for containing a fluid and being operable to support acoustic standing waves. The electronic unit 4 is operable to provide an excitation signal, receive the response signal, and process either/both of said signals to determine an acoustic signal response from which the pressure or temperature is derived. The sensor may be used for measuring the barometric pressure and/or temperature of air and other fluids. The electronic unit may further be operable to measure the speed of flow through the resonator and use this value in determining the temperature of the fluid. In addition, the sensor may be operable over a range of frequencies in order to determine the resonant frequency of the standing waves, and may further comprise first 10 and second 12 reflectors and one or more transducers 22 24.
Patent GB-2548611-A (GB)
Title: Electrical circuit protection component testing apparatus and method
Inventor: JASON TREHARNE
IPC: G01R31/74
Filed: 2016-03-23
Abstract: Testing a plug-in circuit protection component, e.g. a circuit breaker or fuse 1, comprises a body 5 provided with a clamp 3,4 for releasably clamping the component while the component is plugged in. A probe 7 comprising a pair of electrical contacts is arranged to contact the component. First and second circuits (28 and 29, figure 5) are used to measure the resistance between the pair of contacts and the electrical current between the contacts via the component, respectively. Means may be provided for switching from the first circuit (28, figure 5) to the second circuit (29, figure 5). A memory device and a display may be provided to store and display measured values, respectively. The measured current and resistance may provide a characteristic fingerprint or signature of the component (e.g. fuse) being tested; the computing device may determine whether the signature corresponds to a correctly functioning component by comparison with stored data. A computing device may provide a visual or audible output dependent whether the measured values are within predetermined ranges.