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Patent CH-544729-A (CH)
Title: Composting appts for domestic sewage
Inventor: ARTHUR STANLEY PITTWOOD
IPC: C05D7/00
Filed: 1970-12-24
Abstract: Apparatus for converting refuse into compost has a series of treatment chambers placed one above the other, the upper chamber having a filling orifice for the material to be treated and the lower chamber having a discharge orifice for treated material, the adjacent chambers being separated by floors with transfer orifices provided with devices for opening and closing the orifices for controlling the transfer of material from a chamber to a lower chamber. Each chamber has an agitator for agitating the material in the chamber, a device for introducing air into the chamber and passing it through the material, and a device for charging the atmosphere in the chamber, while at least the upper chambers are provided with a water feed. The apparatus also has a system for controlling the temp. of the material in the chambers and the CO2 content of the atmosphere in the chambers, and a device for controlling the rate of agitation and the supply of water and air to the upper chambers independently the other chambers. Used for converting refuse such as domestic sewage, into compost for use as a soil fertiliser. The rate of degradation of the compost can be closely controlled so that economic compost prodn is obtd.
Patent GB-2347289-A (GB)
Title: Waveform digitiser
Inventor: TAJIRI SHINSUKE
IPC: H03M1/08
Filed: 2000-02-17
Abstract: A digitizer for converting an analog signal output from a semiconductor device to a digital signal, includes: N Analog-to-Digital converters (ADC's) (31, 32), which sequentially convert the analog signal output from the semiconductor device to the digital signal, a phase error term being denoted   t  ; an N-way time interleaving unit (40) which interleaves the digital signals from the ADC's in sequence, and a Fourier Transformation (FT) processing unit (50) for performing FT processing on the data sequence output from the N-way time interleaving unit (40), the FT processing unit including a butterfly operation unit which inserts a phase error correcting factor to a butterfly operation performed by the butterfly operation unit, so as to correct   t  .
Patent GB-2361431-A (GB)
Title: Fibre optic fabric
Inventor: WHITEHURST COLIN
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 2000-04-20
Abstract: A fibre optic fabric 1 for phototherapy comprises optical fibres 2 connectable 9 to a light source and arranged so that light emitted A-C from the fibres is directed towards a patient. The fabric can comprise a diffusing portion 5 and reflecting portion 6 and at least one fibre optic portion 1 in between. The fabric may be interwoven with fill fibres 3 and formed into a garment to be worn. The light source is preferably incoherent. The optical fibres are preferably formed from polymethyl methacrylate, and may have cladding 4 or be chemically treated or have abrasions along their surface to cause light to be transmitted substantially continuously along their length.
Patent GB-2354925-A (GB)
Title: Image filling method, apparatus and computer readable medium for reducing filling process in producing animation
Inventor: KOTANI NAOYA
IPC: G06T11/40
Filed: 2000-05-24
Abstract: An image filling method for reducing filling process in producing animation. The image filling method includes the steps of separating a reference line drawing and a line drawing into first and second closed regions; extracting at least one feature amount of the first and second closed regions; calculating variations of feature amounts between every combination of the first and second closed regions, sorting the first closed regions in ascending order by the variation of the feature amount for each of the second closed regions; generating color candidate lists for each of the second closed regions, wherein duplication of the color information is eliminated; filling each of the second closed regions with a color which is on the top of the color candidate list.
Patent GB-2354916-A (GB)
Title: Connection management between digital devices
Inventor: KIM DO-HYOUNG
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2000-06-30
Abstract: The invention provides a method of connection management for digital devices connected through a digital interface such as the IEEE 1394 bus. Using an intermediary device 310 to manage point-to-point connections between two devices 320 and 330 presents problems if the bus is reset or the intermediary device is removed from the bus or fails. The present invention involves detecting point-to-point connections established by an intermediary and establishing another direct point-to-point connection between the two communicating devices 320, 330 (fig. 4). The stability of the connection between the two devices is enhanced, and in particular, the additional direct point-to-point connection enables the connection to be restored after a bus reset occurs. Reference is made to the IEC 61883 specification.
Patent GB-2350694-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic developer roller
Inventor: TAKAGI KOJI
IPC: B29C45/40
Filed: 1997-09-02
Abstract: A magnet roller comprises a magnet body portion and a shaft portion formed integral with each other. The roller also comprises a plurality of poles in which the magnetic force between a magnetic pole having a maximum magnetic force and another magnetic pole having a minimum magnetic force differs by 100 G or more. Also disclosed is a molding method for manufacturing a magnetic roller. In molding the magnetic mixture, the magnetic body portion (1) of the magnet roller is pushed by ejection pins (4) to thereby remove the magnet roller from a mold (31,32). Alternatively, a gate is provided in the mold at a position corresponding to the outer circumferential surface or the end surface of the magnet body portion or the outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion, and the bonded magnet composition is injected through the gate into the mold cavity. The magnet roller may have an aluminium sleeve in which the inner diameter of the sleeve is X mm and the outer diameter of the magnet roller is (X - 4) to (X - 0.2) mm. Alternatively, the roller may have a resin outer layer whose elongation at break defined by JIS K7113 is 10% or less is formed on the sleeve surface. A developing device is configured by using the developing roller.
Patent GB-2357023-A (GB)
Title: Cooker
Inventor: CHUNG CHONG-MO
IPC: F24C15/00
Filed: 2000-09-07
Abstract: A cooker, more particularly a microwave oven, has a dual mode rotary input device (30). In a first mode the input device (30) is used in conjunction with a display (35) for selecting a foodstuff group. Thereafter, in a second mode, the input device (30) is used in conjunction with a display (12) to select a foodstuff within the selected foodstuff group. The oven then operates in accordance with the selections made using the input device (30).
Patent GB-2369057-A (GB)
Title: Dermatological treatment apparatus
Inventor: BERRY ANDREW JOHN
IPC: A61B18/18
Filed: 2000-11-18
Abstract: Dermatological treatment apparatus comprises a control unit 10 and a plurality of treatment heads 12. Any of the treatment heads 12 are selectively connectable to the control unit 10 by a user for use in treatment. A cable 14 and a plug (26) connects the treatment head 12 to the control unit 10. One or more treatment head 12 can be bought by a user to provide the range of treatments required. A user interface of the control unit 10 is configured to reflect the range of treatments that can be provided with the range of available treatment heads, to the treatment selected, and to the particular treatment head. The control unit can identify which treatment head is connected to it, and configure its operating parameters accordingly. A treatment cycle will not be commenced until the control unit 10 determines that the correct treatment head 12 has been connected to it.
Patent GB-2354630-A (GB)
Title: Flex support and seal apparatus for a disc drive
Inventor: COX ALVIN E
IPC: H01R12/55
Filed: 1999-06-15
Abstract: A flex circuit support and seal apparatus (148) which established a signal path between a read/write head (132) and read circuitry of a printed circuit board (240) of a disc drive (100), the signal path having substantially uniform capacitance and inductance over the entire length thereof. The flex circuit support and seal apparatus comprises a flex circuit (150) with a conductor portion (154), a rigid dielectric support bracket (156), and a compressible, dielectric gasket seal (174), and extends through a connector aperture (162) of a basedeck (104). The support bracket has a base portion (158) and a connector portion (160) vertically extending bi-directionally from the base portion. The gasket seal is secured between the basedeck and the support bracket. The connector portion supports the conductor portion of the flex circuit and extends through the connector aperture. The support bracket and the attached flex circuit is secured to the basedeck.
Patent GB-2358522-A (GB)
Title: Nonreciprocal circuit device with loop current suppression
Inventor: MAKINO TOSHIHIRO
IPC: H01P1/387
Filed: 2000-12-15
Abstract: A nonreciprocal circuit device 41, ie a circulator or isolator, comprises a conductive case which does not continuously extend around the device, leaving an insulating gap 45, 65. This ensures that a high frequency current is prevented from flowing around the device. The case may be integrally formed from a sheet of metal bent into a rectangular frame 42, or formed from several components 12, 62a, 62b. The gap in the case may be positioned either on top or on the side of the device, and may be joined with a non-conducting bond (70, see figure 12).
Patent GB-2370918-A (GB)
Title: Mobile phone shield
Inventor: PHILBEY WARREN JAMES
IPC: H01Q1/52
Filed: 2001-01-08
Abstract: A shield device for use on the external antenna attached to a portion of a mobile phone 5 includes a rotatable casing 1 around the antenna, the casing 1 carrying a strip 7 of radiation-shielding material extending along its length and over an arc relative to the axis of the antenna in the range of 70 to 180{. The shield may be a rubber or resin sheet, covered with or containing particles of carbon, aluminium, beryllium, copper, iron, nickel, stainless steel, metal oxide or ferrite; alternatively it may be a wire mesh, knitted wire or perforated sheet. Other materials include cloth coated with nickel or metal-loaded tape. The shielding strip may extend over the top of the antenna, and may be glued onto the casing or encapsulated within it. The casing may be cylindrical or polygonal. A second shielding strip may be rotatable independently. A protrusion 6 acts as a marker to orient the shield.
Patent GB-2371586-A (GB)
Title: A door frame
Inventor: JACOBS KENNETH
IPC: E06B3/46
Filed: 2001-01-15
Abstract: The door, comprising a single panel (30) or a panel and mirror, has upper and lower rails (10, 20) fitting over the panel edges, and uprights (40) forming the edges of the door and connected to the two rails. The uprights have pairs of guides (50, 60) and fixings for the upper and lower rails, and the lower rail contains a carriage (70) with at least one roller (71) and a height regulating mechanism. The lower rail is also fitted with an anti-jump component.
Patent GB-2356322-A (GB)
Title: Method of determining communications mode
Inventor: AITKENHEAD GARY JOHN
IPC: H04B7/12
Filed: 1996-08-02
Abstract: A method of determining whether to communicate or handover between direct mode and trunked mode in a communications system having a base station for trunked communications and a first mobile station and a second mobile station communicating in a direct mode. The method includes receiving a first transmitted signal from the first mobile station at the second mobile station, receiving channel control information from the base station at the first and second mobile station, and determining to communicate in trunked mode based on a signal strength of the first transmitted signal and the channel control information.
Patent GB-2358012-A (GB)
Title: Positioning & fixing loads such as cladding panels
Inventor: COMPTON PETER JAMES
IPC: E04G21/16
Filed: 2001-03-07
Abstract: Apparatus for the positioning of a load 1 comprises a support 2 having a bearing surface 15, an elongate, movable carrier member 16 postionable to bear on the said bearing surface 15 with load-engagement means 19 thereof projecting beyond the said load-bearing surface and means 21 for counteracting the turning moment acting on the carrier member 16 when carrying the said load 1 by the said load-engagement means 19, whereby the position of the said load 1 is adjustable by varying the position of the carrier member 16 on the said bearing surface. The load may be a building cladding panel and the means 19 a pin therefor. Preferably the counteracting means is a further support 21 loosely trapping the carrier 19. Fine adjustment of the height of the load is provided for by telescopic legs 8 and a jack 5 on the support 2. Preferably, the support(s) are carried on a boom or scissors lift to enable lifting or lowering. The apparatus can be used in pairs (Fig 2) and spare panels can be carried adjacent the apparatus (Fig 3). The load can be manually placed on the engaging means or raised thereto (Figs 4-6).
Patent GB-2361051-A (GB)
Title: Vaporiser for generating feed gas
Inventor: POVALL SIMON
IPC: H01L21/265
Filed: 2001-03-22
Abstract: A vaporiser for generating feed gas comprises an elongate crucible 1 containing a source of material, a heater 7 and a cooling duct 5. The cooling duct 7 is arranged around the crucible 1 and may be wound in a helical configuration. The heating element 7 is arranged to heat the source material to produce a feed gas and may be coiled around the crucible 1 offset from the cooling duct 7. The crucible is held in a place by a support tube 9 which is terminated by a mounting plate 10 and a vacuum created around it by a seal 4. The support tube 9 contains coolant tubes to supply the cooling duct 7 and electrical power lead 30 from a supply 14 to the heating element. A thermal expansion loop 12 is provided in coolant return tube 11. A thermocouple is 15 is mounted on the vaporiser to monitor temperature within the crucible. In use the source material is heated and gas produced fed through the end of the crucible 3. Sublimation of the source material can be stopped rapidly by halting heating and applying forced cooling to the crucible using the cooling duct. In one embodiment the vaporiser may be used as an ion source in a semi-conductor implant apparatus.
Patent GB-2361650-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for playing an educational game
Inventor: WILKINSON ALAN GORDON
IPC: A63F9/10
Filed: 2001-03-29
Abstract: Apparatus for playing an educational game, a hybrid between dominoes and a jigsaw, comprises a set of tiles 10 with shaped cut-outs in each of their ends, and a set of connectors 12 with end portions shaped to fit in the cut-outs to form complementary interfaces, a plurality of different shapes of cut-outs and end portions being provided. There is also provided a set of corner pieces 14 each of which comprises one end portion of a connector projecting integrally from one of its sides, for the purpose of changing the direction of play. There are seven different shapes with associated numerical values from zero to six, and the interfaces intersect spots 34 indicating these values. The cut-outs and end portions are of colours which differ in accordance with the shapes and numerical values. The number of tiles, connectors and corner pieces is such that they can all be cut from a rectangular sheet with a single projection as illustrated, but note that this bears no relation to the method of playing the game which is essentially similar to conventional dominoes. Display stands for the purpose of secrecy, and a container for the purpose of random and secret choice, complete the apparatus.
Patent GB-2362798-A (GB)
Title: Bird table
Inventor: PRICE WILLIAM F
IPC: A01K39/012
Filed: 2001-05-18
Abstract: The bird table comprises a ground engaging member and a generally vertically extending support 10. The support carries a platform 30 above which there is positioned a foodstuff dispensing means 50 for birds. The support may be telescopic and the table may have a top cover 70. A diffuser cone 21 may urge the foodstuff 51 against a mesh tube.
Patent GB-2368941-A (GB)
Title: Integrated method for creating a refreshable web query
Inventor: GAUTHIER MATTHEW CHARLES
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2001-07-20
Abstract: The present invention allows a user to graphically create a refreshable Web Query by selecting tabular data displayed in a Web page. When the user invokes the refreshable Web Query command, an Internet browser module is launched within a Web Query dialog box open in the spreadsheet program. The user then graphically selects at least one instance of tabular data to import to the spreadsheet program. The invention also makes Web queries mare accessible to a user and is embedded in a software utility, known as a Web Query Smart Tag (WQST) utility. The WQST utility allows a user to create Web queries directly from an Internet browser module in one of several methods. The first method, known as a "Copy-Paste Web Query," begins when a user pastes the tabular data into the spreadsheet program and determines whether the Web Query command should be presented to the user. If the decision is made to present the Web Query command to the user, a Web Query option appears on a special drop-down menu. The second method is embedded in a module known as the "Export to Microsoft Excel" module, which allows a user to create a refreshable Web Query in the MICROSOFT EXCEL 2002 spreadsheet program directly from the MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER browser program. The last method is known as the "Edit with Microsoft Excel" method, which allows a user to open the entire file or choose a portion of the file to import into the MICROSOFT EXCEL 2002 spreadsheet program as a refreshable Web Query.
Patent GB-2381832-A (GB)
Title: Resonance Suppression Device
Inventor: GAMBLE JOHN FENTON
IPC: F01D9/06
Filed: 2001-11-08
Abstract: A resonance suppression device for a first fluid containing duct (32) in which the fluid is capable of resonance. The device comprises means defining a second fluid containing duct (40) arranged in fluid communication with the first duct (32). The second duct (40) is formed such that fluid therein can resonate on resonance of the fluid in the first duct (32), thereby suppressing resonance in the first duct (32).
Patent GB-2371195-A (GB)
Title: Customising graphical compositions
Inventor: URIBE GERARDO C
IPC: G06T11/60
Filed: 2001-11-13
Abstract: Graphical compositions (<B>100</B>) (e.g. patterned paper, graphs, maps, music staff paper or forms), created on a computer, can be customised according to demands of a user. Options for altering the appearance of the graphical composition are displayed to a user on a screen (<B>150</B>) and include various predetermined choices relating to drawing parameters, such as colour, line width, positions of lines. An application program running the system is executed on the computer, which accesses a plurality of modules, each module containing a predefined set of drawing elements.
Patent GB-2375865-A (GB)
Title: Cell data protection whilst refreshing memory
Inventor: JUNG TAE HYUNG
IPC: G11C11/4094
Filed: 2001-12-31
Abstract: An interval is provided between the disabling of word line (WL, fig 7A and 7B) and enabling of bit line equalization (BLEQ, figs 7A and 7B) to prevent damage to the data stored in the cell. A first delay element 110 for delaying a word line disabling signal and a bit line equalisation signal by a first delay time upon receipt of a precharge signal. A second delay element 120 for delaying the two signals by a second delay time upon receipt of the signals from the first delay element and a third delay element 130 for delaying an address reset and a bit line equalisation signal by a third delay time upon receipt of signals from the second delay element. The word line disabling signal and the bit line equalization signal are produced so as to satisfy RAS precharge time and RAS read time after a write command when operating in normal mode by selecting the second delay element output. As no read time interval is needed in a refresh mode a shorter time interval between producing the word line disabling signal and producing the bit line equalization signal is produced by selecting the first delay element output. Alternatively a fourth delay element (125, fig 6B) may be used for memories where a locking time for delay locked loops DLL is required.
Patent GB-2383799-A (GB)
Title: Diamond containing cermet
Inventor: BHUKHANWALA PANKAJ
IPC: C22C29/08
Filed: 2002-01-08
Abstract: A cemented carbide composite article formed from particles of tungsten carbide and particles of diamond dispersed in a cobalt matrix, wherein the diamond content does not exceed 2 % by weight. Preferably the diamond particles are synthetic industrial diamonds, each having a diameter less than 15 microns and each being substantially spherical. The article preferably has a hardness between 1600-1800 HV and forms part of a cutting insert. The article is made by adding diamond particles to a blend of tungsten carbide and cobalt grains, pressing and then sintering. Sintering may be performed by heating in a reducing atmosphere (e.g. for up to 12 hours at 750{C in a hydrogen atmosphere), cooling and subsequently heating in a vacuum furnace (e.g. for up to 16 hours at 1375{C). The blend of WC and Co may be ball milled with the diamonds prior to sintering.
Patent GB-2370060-A (GB)
Title: Modelling roller cone drill bits
Inventor: HUANG SUJIAN
IPC: E21B10/16
Filed: 2001-03-13
Abstract: A method of modelling to optimise the design of a roller cone drill bit involves simulating the bit drilling through a formation. The model is based on an iterative procedure whereby parameters such as the number of cutting elements on the cones, cutting element type and the number of rows of cutting elements is varied until the design is optimised. The design is considered to be optimised when either the rate of penetration of the bit through the formation is maximised, when axial force on the bit is balanced between the roller cones or when a volume of formation cut by the bit is balanced between the roller cones. Data for the interaction of a particular cutting element with a formation may be prior determined by laboratory tests.
Patent GB-2386595-A (GB)
Title: Valve having a rotatable valve member
Inventor: WILKINSON MICHAEL HERBERT
IPC: G01F11/02
Filed: 2002-03-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve for a piston depositor comprising a block, a rotatable valve member 101 engaged within a bore 102 in the block and means to rotate the rotatable valve member 101 between a first position and a second position wherein the means to rotate the rotatable valve member 101 comprises a pin (402, fig 4) eccentrically fixed to an end surface of and in alignment with the axis of rotation of the rotatable valve member 101, a rod end (502, fig 5) including a hook adapted to reversibly latch around the pin (402, fig 4) the end surface defining a slot (304, fig 3A) below and substantially orthogonal to the alignment of the pin thereby to locate and support the hook about the pin as the rod end (502, fig 5) is displaced, in a reciprocating manner, substantially orthogonally to the axis of rotation of the rotatable valve member thereby rotating the valve member between the first position and the second position.