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Patent GB-2365537-A (GB)
Title: Galvano mirror unit with plate spring on stator
Inventor: NAKAGISHI TOSHIO
IPC: G11B7/135
Filed: 1998-06-29
Abstract: A galvano mirror unit comprises a galvano mirror (26), a rotor (100) to which said galvano mirror is mounted, a stator (110) that rotatably supports said rotor about rotation axis, a first center pin (105) provided to said rotor, a second center pin (102) provided to said stator, a first receive member (115) provided to said stator, a second receive member (104) provided to said rotor, said first and second receive members having conical surfaces respectively receiving said first and second center pins, and a plate spring (114) provided to said stator, which biases said first receive member to said first center pin, wherein said first receive member is fixed to said plate spring 114.
Patent GB-2376620-A (GB)
Title: Girth
Inventor: BENETTI MAURO
IPC: B68C1/14
Filed: 2001-09-24
Abstract: The girth for horses or other saddled animals comprises two straps 3 connected by stitching and a ring 6 housed or anchored to the centre 4 of the girth. The ring may have two mutually partable ends 7, 8 for attaching a harness. The ring may be anchored to the girth by connecting it to a rod housed in the girth (figs 4 and 5).
Patent GB-2382838-A (GB)
Title: Plate securing device
Inventor: GRAY RICHARD JOHN
IPC: B60R13/10
Filed: 2001-12-06
Abstract: A vehicle plate securing device (10) for temporary attachment of an information plate(50) to a vehicle and which comprises a pair of resiliently interconnected hooks(12,13), the first hook (12) being fixed to a strut (11) attachable to a vehicle, with the second hook(13) being secured to the strut(11) through a resilient connection (14), the two hooks (12,13) being engagable with opposite edges of a plate. The strut(11)is a substantially flat elongate strut having the first hook (12) at one end and an elastomeric strap 14 at its other end.
Patent GB-2375840-A (GB)
Title: A method of controlling a product forming machine
Inventor: SIMON JONATHAN S
IPC: G05B19/042
Filed: 2002-03-08
Abstract: A control is disclosed for use with a product forming machine 10(for example a glass bottle forming machine) which includes a plurality of mechanisms 12, 22, 26, 31, 34, 38, displaceable between retracted and advanced positions. Displacement is controlled by a programmable sequencer which defines a machine cycle having a set cycle time. A computerized model or simulation of a mathematical representation of a 'network constraint diagram' of the product forming process is provided for determining whether, with inputs the time in the product forming process for each displacement to occur; the machine cycle time; the motion durations of each of the mechanisms from the retracted position to the advanced position and from the advanced position to the retracted position and the collision zones between interfering paths, a collision will result between for example the gob, the parison, the container or any mechanism.
Patent GB-2376048-A (GB)
Title: An intermediate piston for dispensing sealant from a tube in sequence
Inventor: ARMFIELD DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: B05C17/01
Filed: 2002-03-26
Abstract: An intermediate piston 11 suitable for use in a sealant tube 22 is positioned at an intermediate position between two consecutive batches of material A and B, keeping them separate, and has an openable means which when open permits material on the upstream side of the piston to pass through to the downstream side. The opening means may be a forward extending nipple which can be cut off to open the piston or a one way valve, such as a poppet valve, normally biassed closed. As piston 24 is advanced material B acts on the intermediate piston 11 which acts on material A causing it to be dispensed through nozzle 23, once all material A is dispensed the opening in the intermediate piston is opened allowing material B to be dispensed in sequence.
Patent GB-2390500-A (GB)
Title: Composite image display
Inventor: LOWE ANTHONY CYRIL
IPC: H04N9/12
Filed: 2002-05-08
Abstract: An image display arrangement comprises a plurality of individual display units each displaying a portion of a larger viewable image. The edges of each unit are arranged such that they inter-engage in a tessellated fashion. These edges are shaped in such a manner that when adjacent neighbouring units, the interface between them does not form a straight line. This reduces the effect of the regular matrix appearance that may be discerned when viewing the composite screen.
Patent GB-2372664-A (GB)
Title: Portable videophone
Inventor: PRIESTMAN PAUL
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 1998-05-08
Abstract: A videophone 200 has an LCD display panel 220 on which an image is formed by activating an array or matrix of electrodes. A video camera 222 is mounted behind the display panel 220, and during the operation of the camera 222, the display panel 220 in front of the camera 222 is kept transparent while the rest of the display is rendered opaque by displaying an image.
Patent GB-2389861-A (GB)
Title: Conductive woven fabric
Inventor: WU MING-LAI
IPC: D04C1/12
Filed: 2002-06-17
Abstract: A conductive fabric suitable for use in electrotherapy is woven from composite yarn comprising a natural fibre core wrapped by a metallic yam by a braiding step. The natural fibres may be wool, rabbit hair or silk which may be treated with infra red radiation. They may be dyed.
Patent GB-2381532-A (GB)
Title: Resist removing composition
Inventor: PARK DONG-JIN
IPC: C11D7/34
Filed: 2002-08-07
Abstract: A resist removing composition comprises an alkoxy N-hydroxyalkyl alkanamide and a swelling agent. Preferably, the alkanamide has the formula R 4 OR 3 CON(R 1 )R 2 OH, wherein R 1  is hydrogen or a C 1-5  hydrocarbon and R 2 , R 3 , and R 4  are C 1-5  hydrocarbons. The swelling agent is typically a hydroxylamine salt, such as a sulphate, hydrochloride, nitrate, phosphate, oxalate, or citrate. The composition may further comprise an attack inhibitor, such as benzotriazole, and a polar material having a dipole moment greater than three, e.g. water, methanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide. An alkanolamine having the formula R 5 NHR 6 OH may also be included, wherein R 5  is hydrogen or a C 1-5  hydrocarbon and R 6  is a C 1-5  hydrocarbon. A method of removing a resist is also disclosed, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate having a resist layer thereon and contacting the substrate with the resist removing composition so as to remove the resist layer from the substrate.
Patent GB-2385700-A (GB)
Title: Wireless smart card system and method to reduce congestion of vehicles
Inventor: HALPERN JOHN WOLFGANG
IPC: G07B15/00
Filed: 2002-08-14
Abstract: A traffic regulation system is disclosed for regulating entry traffic into designated zones. The system regulates traffic through the use of wireless smart cards 2 and a corresponding readers 1 to read smart cards 2. The smart card 2 comprises means for transferring data to the reader 1 without having to be in contact with the reader 1. The smart card 2 stores information corresponding to a predetermined period of time during which use of the vehicle associated with card 2 in a predetermined area is not permitted. As such the card 2 transfer the information to the reader 1 in order to permit the reader 1 to determine whether the associated vehicle is improperly located. The system may also be used to regulate car parks. In another embodiment, the card stops the car engine from being started.
Patent GB-2384279-A (GB)
Title: Elevator magnetic brake trouble detection system
Inventor: WATANABE YASUSHI
IPC: F16D66/00
Filed: 2002-12-11
Abstract: An elevator brake 2 has an electromagnet attracting an armature (2c, fig 2) responsive to a brake release command. Faults are identified from brake temperature measurements by comparison of temperatures after the start and before the finish of brake release (fig 3); before the finish of brake release and after a predetermined period of continuous braking (figs 4 and 8); before and after a forced braking period (fig 11); comparison of a brake temperature with air temperature near to the brake (fig 6); or comparing a rise from a lowest of temperatures stored at predetermined intervals (fig 9). When a result of a comparison is determined to be greater than a predetermined value, the brake is determined to have developed a fault. This can reported to a central supervision centre 40 over public communication lines 30.
Patent GB-2399980-A (GB)
Title: Packet buffer management
Inventor: FERGUSON WILLIAM PAUL
IPC: H04L49/901
Filed: 2003-03-26
Abstract: A method of synchronising the filling of a queue, present at an interface between a packet network and a synchronous data link for storing packet identifiers identifying packets received from the packet network, to an incoming packet flow, the method comprising receiving a packet at said interface, identifying the sequence number of said packet, setting a read pointer, pointing to the next packet identifier to be read from the queue, to a value which is a predefined amount less than the identified sequence number. The method also provides a means for extending and reducing the average size of the queue in order to maintain the average size at an optimum level.
Patent GB-2389691-A (GB)
Title: A system for generating and integrating a virtual letterhead with a document to be printed
Inventor: SIMPSON SHELL S
IPC: G06F17/24
Filed: 2003-04-07
Abstract: A system and method for integrating a letterhead to a document is disclosed. The system may include a server (312, 316) and a computing device (302) coupled to each other via a network. In preferred embodiments, a selected virtual-letterhead composition is associated with a target composition, forming a modified target composition. The modified target composition comprises the necessary information for a device to acquire and construct a desired integration of the virtual-letterhead composition with the target composition. A method for integrating a virtual-letterhead composition with a printing device, can be summarized by the following steps: accessing a print service (806); identifying a print device in communication with the print service (804); receiving at least one virtual-letterhead composition from a network-connected device (808); and selecting the at least one virtual-letterhead composition as a media type (810).
Patent GB-2400617-A (GB)
Title: Insulating concrete form
Inventor: HOWORTH MALCOLM CHARLES
IPC: E04B5/32
Filed: 2003-04-17
Abstract: An insulating concrete form is built up from standardised components which have horizontal and vertical interlocks (Q), the block shown in Fig 1 being susceptible of rotation in three planes though 180 degrees to still fit, so that orientation is not critical: the sides (A) of the blocks are e.g. of EPS, and the webs (D) of polypropylene. The blocks have witness lines to indicate (E) where the webs are, (C) the half - height line and (B) repeat cutting lines. A "dog - leg" form with double 45 degree bends (Fig 2) may be used e.g. for bay windows and a 90 degree form (Fig 3) at corners; a dedicated corner firring piece (Fig 8) is described, as are capping pieces for wall tops and ends (Figs 12, 13), and a floor form may be incorporated as shown in Fig 18 to attach intermediate floors. The webs are provided with retaining grooves for horizontal and vertical rebar.
Patent GB-2401403-A (GB)
Title: Carbon dioxide recirculation for a heat engine
Inventor: AGNEW GERARD DANIEL
IPC: F02C3/34
Filed: 2003-05-08
Abstract: Carbon dioxide recirculating apparatus 20 is disclosed for use in an arrangement having combustion means 115 and a path for the flow of a gas through the combustion means 115. The apparatus 20 comprises extraction means 22 for extracting carbon dioxide from a first region of the path downstream of the combustion means 115. It further includes a compressor 26 and condensing means 30 for condensing the extracted carbon dioxide, and feed means 36 for feeding the condensed carbon dioxide to a second region of the path upstream of the combustion means. The apparatus can also be used in conjunction with a fuel cell (50, figure 5).
Patent GB-2390287-A (GB)
Title: Planter
Inventor: WINLO BERNARD
IPC: A01C5/02
Filed: 2003-07-04
Abstract: A planter for items that are planted or sown in a growing medium. The planter comprises a seed dispenser 12 into which a user can introduce a seed, release means 50,52 for depositing a seed from the seed dispenser 12, drill means 50,52 for making a hole in soil within which the seed can be deposited, and depth gauge means 100 that allow a user to control the depth of the hole made by the drill means 50,52. The drill means 50,52 may be formed by opening jaws that serve as the release means. The entire planter may be made of plastic mouldings, or some or all components may be of metal. There is a hopper or well 22 for storing seeds prior to planting and there is a spacing gauge for controlling the spacing of planted seeds. Depth gauge 100 may be adjustable.
Patent GB-2407430-A (GB)
Title: Cricoid pressure training device.
Inventor: ABDELATTI MOHAMED OSMAN
IPC: G09B23/32
Filed: 2003-08-15
Abstract: A device for training medical personnel the correct application of cricoid pressure / force consists of lower and upper boxes 10, 11 which are held in spaced apart relationship by means of a spring, a numerical scale 14b and a neck simulating portion 17. The neck simulating portion is formed from sponge or other suitable material and carries a diagram of the larynx and indicators for indicating the position at which force should be applied. The indicators are preferably in the form of finger imprints. When manual pressure is applied to the upper box the spring is compressed and the applied force / pressure can be read of the numerical scale. Practice with the device enables a trainee to reproduce the correct force when needed in clinical practice.
Patent GB-2392788-A (GB)
Title: Connector for a vehicle distribution system
Inventor: TAMAI YASUHIRO
IPC: H01R31/06
Filed: 2002-07-24
Abstract: A connector 9 for a vehicle distribution system has a built in converter 13 for converting a higher voltage (e.g. 42 volts) power supply into an intermediate lower voltage (e.g. 12 volts) for distribution. The connector also has a mechanism which prevents connection of the distribution side connector 12 unless the power side connector 11 is also connected.
Patent GB-2407657-A (GB)
Title: Automatic grammar generator comprising phase chunking and morphological variation
Inventor: HOROWITZ DAVID
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 2003-10-30
Abstract: An automated grammar generator 68 receives a speech or text segment 73. Speech segments are convened into text prior to analysis. One or more parts of the segment are identified as being suitable for natural language expression 71,72. The segment is tagged by tagger 74 to identify syntactic elements of the segment resulting in tagged headlines 75 before being parsed to parse trees 77. A phrase chunker analyses the parsed tagged headlines using variation rules (124) to determine alternative text chunks 84. Morphological analysis 92 is performed on the chunks to identify different verb tenses, such as the present paritciple, resulting in the variation of headlines 94. These variations 94 are subsequently formatted 96 before being incorporated into an automatic speech recognition, ASR, grammar model 98. Thus the present invention allows for the automatic analysis of a news item headline and determines alternative natural language expressions a user may use to reference the news item.
Patent GB-2407878-A (GB)
Title: Multiple colour eyewear lenses using a liquid crystal dichroic dye mixture
Inventor: PORTER NEIL
IPC: G02F1/1347
Filed: 2003-11-06
Abstract: Eyewear, for example sunglasses, comprises at least one lens, each lens having at least two liquid crystal layers 4, 5 which enable the lens to change between at least two different colour tints. The liquid crystal layers, which are separated from each other by an isolating layer 7, each comprise a mixture of liquid crystals and coloured dichroic dye 9 disposed between two conducting layers 12. The lens is coated on either side with a polycarbonate 6, 8. The colour change is activated using a switch and is powered using a battery (Fig 2: 14, 13).
Patent GB-2402682-A (GB)
Title: A building method and mould units
Inventor: WATSON DAVID
IPC: E04C1/39
Filed: 2003-11-12
Abstract: A method of constructing a building comprising the steps of: <SL> <LI>i) laying the foundations <LI>ii) assembling a wall from hollow mould units each comprising a pair of opposing solid side walls 1, apertures 8 in each end wall 2, a shoulder 4 tending inwardly and around the upper edge of each of said side walls including a "V" notch groove to receive a "V" shaped bottom edge of a further mould unit in an overlying course of mould units, and reinforcing formers extending at spaced intervals between the side walls <LI>iii) feeding utilities through the assembled or part assembled wall and <LI>iv) filling the assembled mould units with a setting composition. </SL> Also disclosed is a mould unit for use the method for constructing a building.
Patent GB-2409785-A (GB)
Title: Multi-language wireless email transmission method for mobile communication
Inventor: CHENG SZE KUEN
IPC: G06F40/143
Filed: 2003-12-29
Abstract: A method of wireless transmission of an email having a content in a language unsupported in a mobile communication system by Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) to a recipient using a mobile phone. An email server is provided for receiving the email and extracting from that email text information indicative of the recipient and relating to the content. A conversion server is connected to the email server for converting the content information from text into an image and composing a MMS message including the image. A MMS message transmitter is connected to the conversion server for transmitting the MMS message to the mobile phone. Multi-language (supported and unsupported languages) wireless email transmission is thus made possible.
Patent GB-2398075-A (GB)
Title: Polishing composition
Inventor: SUENAGA KENICHI
IPC: C09K3/14
Filed: 2004-01-07
Abstract: A polishing composition for a substrate for memory hard disk, comprising silica particles in an aqueous medium, wherein the silica particles satisfy a specified relationship between an average particle size of the silica particles on the number basis and a standard deviation on the number basis, wherein the average particle size is obtained by a determination by transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation, and wherein a particle size and a cumulative volume frequency in a range of particle sizes of from 60 to 120 nm satisfies a specified relationship; a method of reducing microwaviness of a substrate for memory hard disk, comprising the step of polishing the substrate for memory hard disk with the polishing composition; and a method for manufacturing a substrate for memory hard disk, comprising the step of polishing an Ni-P plated substrate for memory hard disk with the polishing composition. The method can be suitably used for the manufacture of a substrate for precision parts, such as a substrate for memory hard disk.
Patent GB-2410919-A (GB)
Title: Heat treating plastics waste
Inventor: SCHEERES DAVID J
IPC: B29C39/24
Filed: 2004-02-13
Abstract: From one aspect, there is provided a method of treating a volume of plastics waste, the method including providing a volume of plastics waste (e.g. EPS cups, trays and clamshell containers) comprising one of more plastics types, the or each plastics types having a melting point and a flash point and providing a heating zone (33) (figure 4 - not shown) having an entry zone through which the volume of plastics waste is feedable under the influence of gravity. The heating zone (33) is brought to an operating temperature (170{C to 210{C) so as to to avoid carbonisation of the plastics waste and the plastics waste is heated so that at least some of the plastics is melted to form a flowable plastics melt. In one aspect, molten plastics waste encapsulates and supports the non-molten plastics waste and sterilises any contaminants included therein. The flowable plastics melt is caused to flow though the outlet under the influence of gravity into a cooling zone during which gas is allowed to escape to facilitate the flow. Molten mass is built up in an exit zone defined by cylindrical portions (38, 41) (Figure 4 - not shown) of zone (33) and post densification chamber 29 respectively. Molten plastics enter mould cavities 60 and mould 23. The cavities are indexed to the cooling zone. From another aspect there is provided an apparatus for treating a volume of plastics waste including a melt chamber 33 defining a heating zone and heating members 204 which extend transversely to the flow of plastics waste and which are arranged to create a non-uniform thermal surface in the region of an inlet of the melt chamber. A vent 300 is located immediately upstream of mould 23.
Patent GB-2396622-A (GB)
Title: Petroleum-distllates, phenolic and diphenylamine compounds as Fischer-Tropsch antioxidants
Inventor: O'REAR DENNIS J
IPC: C10G2/00
Filed: 2002-05-31
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of inhibiting oxidation in a Fischer-Tropsch product, wherein a blended hydrocarbon is made from (i) a FT product, (ii) a petroleum-derived hydrocarbon, and (iii) a phenolic compound, diphenylamine or both. The amount of antioxidant required in the blend of (i) and (ii) is less than would be required in (i) alone. Also disclosed is a blended product comprising components (i), (ii) and (iii).
Patent GB-2415046-A (GB)
Title: A variable differential transformer in which the coil voltage is measured at the zero current point
Inventor: BRIDGES ANDREW PAUL
IPC: H01F21/06
Filed: 2004-06-08
Abstract: A Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) is disclosed which addresses measurement errors arising out of the resistance in the VDT coil windings. The LVDT comprises current sensing means for sensing when the current flowing in the LVDT coil is zero. At the zero-current point, the voltage on the mid-point of the coil is measured to give an indication of the position of the moveable core in the coil. At the time when zero-current is flowing, the voltage induced across the resistive part of the winding is zero, and the voltage measurement taken is therefore free of resistive errors. The apparatus can also be implemented as a Rotary Variable Differential Transformer (RDVT).
Patent GB-2415319-A (GB)
Title: Method of generating a monitoring datagram
Inventor: MITCHELL KEVIN
IPC: H04L45/50
Filed: 2004-06-19
Abstract: In packet switched communications systems, a number of techniques exist for measuring packet loss, but each of these has respective disadvantages, each of varying degree. Consequently, the present invention provides a method of generating a test packet for measuring packet loss, where an initial packet is encapsulated with a first shim header (300), the encapsulated initial packet being encapsulated with a second shim header (306). The first shim header (300) has a label (308), the label (308) being indicative of a monitoring status of the test packet and used to identify the monitoring status of the packet as the test packet traverses a Label Switched Path of a Multi-Protocol Label Switched network. An advantage of using this technique is that the trailers of the test packet can be easily forwarded to an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a monitoring station, when the initial packet is an IP packet.