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Patent GB-2351916-A (GB)
Title: Putter
Inventor: FIELD CHRISTOPHER HOWARD
IPC: A63B53/02
Filed: 2000-03-23
Abstract: A putter comprises a shaft 10, a connector 11 and a head 16, wherein the rear edge (shaded region) of the connector can be aligned with the rear face of the head (shaded region). The connector is preferably at the toe end of the head. The head is preferably formed as two parts 15 and 17. One part 17 may include the striking face and be formed as a metal casting, and the other part 15 may include the upper portion of the rear face. The connector can be formed as an injection moulding of a graphite-reinforced thermoplastic material, preferably including part 15 of the head of the putter. The two parts of the head are preferably releasably attached. In use the golfer looks down (line Z-Z, Fig 2) on the rear face of the head and aligns this with the rear edge of the connector to correctly position the putter. The golfer may vary the weight of the head of the putter by changing part 17.
Patent GB-2364827-A (GB)
Title: Switch
Inventor: FARRINGDON JONATHAN
IPC: A41D1/00
Filed: 2000-07-13
Abstract: A switch suitable for use in garments comprises an arrangement of at least two electrically conductive contact portions provided in the form of textile fastener components. The textile fastener components may be stud fastener components 31, 32 mounted on fabric portions 33, 34 and normally separated by resilient biasing means such as compressible foam material 35. The application of a sufficient force F1, F2 causes the compressible foam material 35 to yield allowing the textile fastener components to contact each other physically and therefore electrically. Removal of the applied force F1, F2 allows the foam material to return to its shape prior to yielding and therefore separate stud fastener components 31, 32. The switch utilises components often found in clothing allowing the switch to be incorporated into garments using machinery and workforce skills widespread within the garment manufacturing industry. The fastener components may be replaced with eyelets and a cord arranged to pass through the eyelet through-holes may be pulled to operate the switch.
Patent GB-2364625-A (GB)
Title: Plant protection apparatus
Inventor: BROOKING JUSTIN ALEXANDER SPIC
IPC: A01G13/02
Filed: 2000-09-14
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a plurality of frame members 1, 2, 3, 4; made of flexible resilient coilable material, each frame member being covered with protective material, and flexible components joining the frame members together to form the sides of an enclosure 5 for plants. The protective material may be netting, transparent, translucent or warm. The enclosure can be formed from rectangular frame members so that it is open at the top and base or have a top frame member to close the top of the enclosure. The frame can be arranged to form a triangular enclosure which is closed at the top.
Patent GB-2369234-A (GB)
Title: Profile on disc - Multimedia enhanced dedicated curriculum vitae (CV) product
Inventor: GARNER ERROL OSCAR
IPC: G11B31/00
Filed: 2000-11-21
Abstract: Compact Disc Multimedia Enhanced Dedicated Profile On Disc - POD - Products, 1, containing digital multimedia recordings specifically Dedicated to "CVs", "Resumes" and "Profiles" of freelance professionals and job applicants to enhance their selection prospects, including the dedicated apparatus for specifically manufacturing, viewing and printing POD products, comprising Compact Disc means, 1, and Dedicated POD Application Software means and Dedicated Hardware apparatus for manufacturing, and viewing POD products, including dedicated apparatus for only viewing and printing said POD products.
Patent GB-2359228-A (GB)
Title: Transmitting information over a communication link
Inventor: ROBERTSON GERALD W
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 1999-11-16
Abstract: A communications system for use in a well includes a communications link and a plurality of nodes coupled to the communications link. The plurality of nodes include a transmitting node and responding nodes. The transmitting node adapted to transmit a predefined command (e.g., a special read command), and the responding nodes each includes a control device adapted to respond to the predefined command by transmitting a data block.
Patent GB-2365995-A (GB)
Title: Optical projection system for displaying electrical images
Inventor: LIN SHANG-YI
IPC: G03B33/12
Filed: 2001-06-20
Abstract: The projecting device 40 has an illumination device 42 for emitting a polarized trichrome light, three modulating devices 44, 46, 48 for modulating three polarized monochrome lights to display the same electrical image, a light separating device such as beam splitter prism 50 which has a dichroic mirror 62 and a third polarization beam splitting mirror 64 arranged along a first diagonal direction and a first 66 and a second 68 polarization beam splitting mirrors arranged along a second diagonal direction, and a first retarder film 70 installed between the second and third mirrors. The first dichroic mirror and the first and second polarization beam splitting mirrors are used for separating the polarized trichrome light into three monochrome lights and passing each monochrome light to a correspondent modulating device for optical modulation. The three modulated lights reflected from the three modulating devices are transmitted to the third polarization beam splitting mirror, one of them having its polarisation changed by the retarder film 70, and they are synthesized into an output light beam for displaying the electrical image. Projecting lens 52 can be used to project the output light beam onto screen 54.
Patent GB-2365222-A (GB)
Title: multi-conductor interconnect
Inventor: POORMAN PAUL W
IPC: H01R12/61
Filed: 2001-06-21
Abstract: To decrease the width of a selected portion of a multi-conductor interconnect (64), the conductors are split between two (36, 52). One group the conductors extend along a portion of a first layer (36) jumping to and continuing along a second layer (52). The remaining conductors extend only along the first layer (36). Consequently, the width of the interconnect (64) where the conductors are split between the layers (36, 52) can be substantially reduced. The first layer (36) has a first section (38) having only first conductors (44) and a second section (40) having both the first second conductors (44, 46). The first conductors (44) in the first section (38) of the first layer (36) span a first width and the first and second conductors (44, 46) in the second section of the first layer (36) span a second width greater than the first width. The second layer (52) includes third conductors (54) extending between first and second sections (56, 58) of the second layer (52). The third conductors (54) in the first section (56) of the second layer (52) span a third width, and the third conductors (54) in the second section (58) of the second layer (52) span a fourth width.
Patent GB-2378831-A (GB)
Title: High accuracy radio frequency analogue to digital converter
Inventor: CHANDLER STEPHEN ANTHONY GERAR
IPC: H03M3/02
Filed: 2001-08-17
Abstract: A radio frequency analogue to digital converter achieving high accuracy over a limited band-width comprises high gain amplifiers 12,13,14 incorporating bandpass filters in the form of single tunable resonators 15,16 tuned so that their resonant frequencies are at substantially the signal frequency, connected to perform the band-pass equivalent of integrators in the forward path of a delta sigma analogue to digital converter. A tuning arrangement comprises means to make the resonator oscillate and for adjusting a variable reactance within the resonators to tune the resonant circuits, together with digital circuitry to implement a phase locked loop to set the resonator frequency to that of the signal which it is desired to receive. Such an analogue to digital converter circuit may be used to digitize signals up to the microwave region with very high precision. This enables a radio receiver to be implemented on an integrated circuit with almost all filtering and the frequency conversion performed digitally.
Patent GB-2379172-A (GB)
Title: Roulette coup sequencing device
Inventor: COULON PIERRE
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2001-08-28
Abstract: A scheduling device comprising sensing devices, signalling devices and a control unit connected to two or more roulette tables to control the scheduling of the coups on the tables. Preferably the sensing devices may be infra-red, optical, acoustic, vibration or manual. Optionally the signalling devices are LED's, lamps, flags or audible signals to indicate when a dealer may spin the roulette wheel and when they may not. The sensors and signalling devices may be connected to an electronic control which based upon the inputs from the sensors and the application of certain user specified delays, controls the state of the signal devices. The device may be used to control the sequence of play on two or more roulette tables in order to prevent two tables from requiring simultaneous inspection.
Patent GB-2380977-A (GB)
Title: Embossing tissue paper
Inventor: PALESKE PETER VON
IPC: B31F1/07
Filed: 2001-10-22
Abstract: Tissue paper sheets are embossed by two cooperating endless embossing belts (1, 2) being pressed together by pressure rolls (8) or such a belt and a roll at an embossing station where the tissue paper sheet (10) passes through a nip (9) provided there between the belts or belt and roll. Embossing belts are more simple for replacement when damaged than embossing rolls. Furthermore, the surface life of such a device is higher than that of usual embossing rolls used for embossing tissue paper sheets. Each belt (12) can be formed of linked elements, gaps between elements of one forming recesses accepting projections of the other belt.
Patent GB-2365096-A (GB)
Title: Steel tube with heat insulation for subsea pipelines and method of producing same
Inventor: HANSEN ALLAN BOYE
IPC: F16L59/02
Filed: 2000-04-06
Abstract: The invention relates to a steel pipe with an external heat-insulating plastic jacket which comprises a heat-insulating layer (2) made of a thermoplastic, notably foamed polypropylene, and an outer mechanical protective layer (3) consisting of a very strong fiber material which is embedded in a thermoplastic or duro-plastic matrix. The thickness of the mechanical protective layer (3) is chosen such that in conjunction with the heat-insulating layer (2) it withstands the static pressure prevailing at great depths without undergoing significant deformation. The invention also relates to a method of producing the above type of steel pipe.
Patent GB-2385383-A (GB)
Title: Aerosol actuator
Inventor: SIM ANDREW THOMAS JAMES
IPC: B05B15/06
Filed: 2002-01-08
Abstract: A device for actuating an aerosol may be wall mounted and may have a handle. The device may be free standing and may be height adjustable.
Patent GB-2385605-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic shield textile fabric
Inventor: WOOD CHARLESWORTH DAVID ROBERT
IPC: D04B21/00
Filed: 2002-02-21
Abstract: The electromagnetic shield textile fabric comprises a fine mesh of conductive threads 11 which make electrical contact where they cross and non-conductive threads 12. The non-conductive threads are preferably warp knitted and the conductive threads are preferably laid in to the warp knitted thread structure. The conductive threads may be laid in by two bars of a warp knitting machine.
Patent GB-2380359-A (GB)
Title: A proximity regulation system for use with a portable cellphone and method of operation
Inventor: MCDOWELL RICHARD L
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 2002-03-22
Abstract: A proximity regulation system for use with a portable cell phone and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the proximity regulation system includes a location sensing subsystem that is configured to determine a location of the portable cell phone proximate a user. A power governing subsystem is coupled to the location sensing subsystem and configured to determine a proximity transmit power level of the portable cell phone based on the location, which is preferably a reduced power level. The sensor may comprise sensors for determining the proximity of the users head, or the coupling of user equipment such as a headset or a belt clip sensor, contact sensor, cradle sensor or designated sensor. The location may also be ascertained by the mode of operation.
Patent GB-2376547-A (GB)
Title: A system and method to determine the validity of an interaction on a network
Inventor: DOLIOV STEPHAN
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2001-02-12
Abstract: The method and system of the invention utilize limited data to yield information about the validity of any given interaction with a website. Once validity information is available, an operator can determine whether or not to continue offering interactions to a given user. The operator collects data (200), insets data as values into determined mathematical equations (204), accesses risk value for each interaction (206). The determination could also relate to whether to report website interaction statistics based on undesired interactions, how to handle billing or payment for such undesired interactions, and what type of content to send to users who are interacting with the webside in an undesirable manner.
Patent GB-2381932-A (GB)
Title: LCD supporting structure
Inventor: MIZUNO HIROMICHI
IPC: G02F1/13
Filed: 2002-10-15
Abstract: A back side polarizing plate (6) adhered to a back side glass plate (5) is formed into an extension region of a region where a right side glass plate and the back side glass plate (5) do not overlap with each other. A liquid crystal display module (1) is fixed to a light guide plate (fig 3, 17) of a liquid crystal display back-lighting module (fig 3, 15) by adhering a first region which is an outer periphery of a liquid crystal display and a second region which corresponds to the extension region of the back side polarizing plate (6) to each other using double-faced adhesive tape (23). The double-faced adhesive tape (23) is made up of a black PET (Polyethylene terephtalate) base material or a like having light blocking properties, and two adhesive layers formed respectively on both side surfaces of said black PET base material or the like.
Patent GB-2386469-A (GB)
Title: Scan methods and apparatus for ion implantation
Inventor: SHENG ALAN P
IPC: H01J37/317
Filed: 2002-11-14
Abstract: An ion implanter is provided having an ion beam generator for generating an ion beam 100, a platen 112 for holding a workpiece 110, such as a semiconductor wafer, and a tilt mechanism 120 for tilting the platen 112 and the wafer 110 with respect to the ion beam 100. A scan controller 160 mechanically moves the wafer 110 and the platen 112 relative to the ion beam 100 so that the motion 150 of the wafer 110 and the platen 112 is tangential, i.e. parallel, to the wafer surface. As a result, the ion beam 100 intersects the wafer 112 surface at a fixed position along the beamline as the wafer 112 is scanned. The size and shape of the ion beam 100 are thereby constant over all areas of the wafer 112 surface during the implant for increasing implant uniformity.
Patent GB-2401760-A (GB)
Title: Transport format selection
Inventor: MAES ALAIN
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2003-05-15
Abstract: A transport format is selected by the MAC layer in a Universal Mobile Transmission Standard (UMTS) by first selecting a transport block size (eg. 360 bits) to be used in each transport channel in the next Transport Time Interval (TTI), based on the MAC Logical Priority (MLP) and Protocol Data Unit (PDU) size of the data carried by those logical channels (eg. LCH0-3) which are to be mapped to the transport channel (eg. TrCH0). An algorithm selects the block size which allows transmission of the maximum amount of highest priority data. The number of transport blocks to be included in each transport block set defining a transport format is then determined by selecting the transport format which allows transmission of a maximum number of PDU's. The entire transport format combination is then selected by checking which of these transport formats are valid. This method allows the MAC layer to select a Transport Format Combination without having to scan every possible such combination in the original allowed Transport Format Combination Set.
Patent GB-2390310-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine
Inventor: CHAMBERS REBECCA
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2003-06-09
Abstract: An entertainment machine 100 is arranged to provide a game in which a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols are selected and displayed to a user. The machine 100 is provided with processing circuitry 108 arranged to divide the set of symbols in to a number of subsets before selection occurs and to make each symbol selection from one of the subsets. Preferably, the symbols may represent a 52 card deck of cards which are arranged in to five subsets. The machine then selects one card from each subset for display to the user. The game may be played in a conventional manner, such as stud or draw poker. The subsets may be arranged to make predetermined arrangements more or less likely and a machine may be provided with more than one group of subsets. Statistical analysis of the games played on the machine may be used to generate the subsets.
Patent GB-2407242-A (GB)
Title: Method of announcing sessions in an electronic service guide
Inventor: LUOMA JUHA-PEKKA
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 2003-06-30
Abstract: An electronic service guide (ESG) is provided by transmitting announcements describing multimedia sessions, such video streams. Sessions are organised into a session directory (28) which is split into two parts: a full session directory (291) and an updated session directory (292). A first kind of announcement describes all sessions in the full session directory. A second kind of announcement describes sessions in the updated session directory. Once a client has received a description of the full session directory, it need only listen to announcements of the second type so as to learn of any updates to sessions.
Patent GB-2389528-A (GB)
Title: A convertible surface contacting implement
Inventor: KATZ ROBERT
IPC: A45D34/04
Filed: 2002-03-15
Abstract: A convertible surface contacting implement having a head member and a long handle. The head member has a base, and a surface contacting member carried by the base. The head member forms a short-handled implement with the base acting as a short handle. A first connector is provided on the base and a second connector cooperates with the first connector to detachably connect the long handle to the base to form a long-handled implement. The implement may be a brush or an applicator. Preferably, the base of the head member is hollow to carry a liquid dispersed to the surface contacting member.
Patent GB-2395532-A (GB)
Title: A sealing device for rotating equipment including monitoring means via sensors and at least one data storage device
Inventor: JACOBS PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2003-10-24
Abstract: A mechanical sealing device for rotating equipment 43, e.g. a rotary machine and shaft, includes one or more sensors 33 which monitor any force, torque or vibration transmitted from the sealing area 30 to the spring plate 32 via the stationary seal face 31. The sensor 33 is connected to an amplifier 34 which in turn is connected to a micro-controller 35, memory 36 and RF transmitter 37. Any axial displacement change sensed by the sensor 33 is amplified by the amplifier 34 and a signal sent to the micro-controller 35. The micro-controller then verifies and time-logs the signal and sends the time-logged information to volatile memory 36 where it is stored. A read write RF transmission 37 is employed so data can be saved and retrieved. This shows how mechanical seal faces can be precisely measured by one or more sensors to determine the actual operating conditions at the seal faces.
Patent GB-2393945-A (GB)
Title: A container holding device for a vehicle
Inventor: SHIMAJIRI NAOHIRO
IPC: B60N3/10
Filed: 2001-10-24
Abstract: A container holding device for a vehicle includes a base member 2 with an opening at the front and a first holding portion 23 and a lid member 3 pivotally supported at a lower portion 21 of the base member for movement between a closed position and a tilted open position. A holding member 4 is also provided and is shifted between a vertical position and a horizontal, in use, position. The holding member has a second holding portion 43 with a semi-circular arc shape so that a periphery of the container is jointly supported by the first and second holding portions. An urging member (5, Fig 1) is disposed between the base member and the lid member to urge the lid member from the closed position to the open position and vice versa. The base member and the lid member have receiving portions (25 and 35, Fig 1), which when the lid member is open, jointly receive the bottom of a container.
Patent GB-2402513-A (GB)
Title: Storage device with multi tiered caches for increasing transmission speeds between system and a solid state memory
Inventor: CHEN CHIA-LI
IPC: G06F3/08
Filed: 2004-01-14
Abstract: A storage device comprises a controller having an external interface (104), an interface (106) to a solid state memory (20) and a plurality of data stores or buffers (110,112) disposed between the interfaces. The data stores or buffers are in tiers such when data is being written to the first store (110), data can be transferred to the memory interface (106) from the second store in a first cycle (Fig 4A). In a second cycle data is transferred from the first store to the memory whilst data is written to the second store (Fig 4B). The continuing alternation of the read/write stages allows transmission throughput between the system and memory to be increased. In a further embodiment (Fig 5) two sets of data buffers may be used either side of a compression module such that the speed of compressing data is increased.
Patent GB-2405729-A (GB)
Title: Document generation
Inventor: VASEY PHILIP EDGAR
IPC: G06F40/143
Filed: 2004-02-02
Abstract: A document generation system generates a customised document using content elements selected by rules operating on input information including transaction values. The system associates further rules with the transaction values and evaluates the further rules to produce an indication of the relevance of the presence or absence of the transaction values in a fully or partially customised generated document. The effect of the transaction values is represented by means of a mark-up.
Patent GB-2411932-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical torque converter with oscillating flywheels
Inventor: HOWARD RUSSELL PEARSON
IPC: F16H33/08
Filed: 2004-03-10
Abstract: A mechanical torque converter transmits torque by inertia of oscillating flywheels 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 which are oscillated by crankshafts 3.1, 3.2 fixed to the flywheels by eccentric pivots and links 4.1-4.4. The crankshafts 3.1, 3.2 and links 4.1-4.4 are driven by planetary gears which receive torque from an input 1 via a sun gear. All of the components are contained in a structure and, where necessary, supported by bearings some of which are eccentric bearings that encompass a principle axis. There are three embodiments, a light duty, a heavy duty and one having high stiffness for a bicycle which is incorporated in a bicycle hub and has flywheels (5.1-5.4, fig 6) of shallow cones of sheet material and extra ring of mass to hold them together. For balanced action the torque converter in one form has four flywheels and two crankshafts and the flywheels are constructed from two parts, a ring of material with mass and two tabs for fixing to spokes, and a hub with two spokes which fix to the two tabs.