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Patent GB-2492805-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measuring an article
Inventor: TOWNS CHRIS
IPC: A43D1/02
Filed: 2011-07-13
Abstract: Apparatus for measuring an article, comprising a pair of pivoted arms 12, 13, the ends of which remote from the pivot having a measuring element 20. The tape 20 is fixed to one arm 12 and can move relative to a guide provided at the end of the other arm 13 to be wound on to a biased reel located in a housing part, the reel taking up any slack in the tape 20. The other ends of the arms are attached to housing parts which are rotatable relative to each other. The other arm preferably has an internal passage 24 through which the measuring element can move. The measuring element is preferably a tape. The reel preferably incorporates a digital measuring device for measuring the length of the tape paid out, but also the angular displacement of the arms.
Patent GB-2482237-A (GB)
Title: Composite mould tools
Inventor: CORDEN THOMAS
IPC: B29C33/30
Filed: 2011-07-19
Abstract: A mould tool 10 comprises a tool body 12 having a plurality of body sections 14, at least two of which comprise an inner polymer foam core (16, figure 2) within an outer skin 18 of resinous material and are stacked one above the other. The tool 10 further comprises a mould skin 20 extending over the body 12 to provide a moulding surface 22. The outer skin 18 and mould skin 20 may be reinforced with fibres. The sections 14 with uncured skins 18 may be stacked together, the uncured skin 20 applied and the assembly cured to fuse and consolidate the parts. Alternatively the body may be consolidated, the upper layer of the tool profiled, and the mould skin formed on the profiled upper surface (figures 5 and 6). The foam preferably has a density of less than 250kg/m3 and a coefficient of thermal expansion 20-80 ppm. The mould tool has thermal expansion and crushing characteristics superior to those of the foam. An elastomeric layer may be located between the tool body and the skin 20. The body sections may have any cross-section which allows them to sit against each other such as rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal or heptagonal.
Patent GB-2479321-A (GB)
Title: Display stands
Inventor: LAWSON RICHARD JOHN
IPC: A47F5/10
Filed: 2010-02-04
Abstract: A display assembly (10) in the form of at least two interconnected display stands (12A, 12B). Each of the stands (12) includes a spaced pair of vertically extending support members (14) mounted on feet (16). A flexible display member (18) extends between the support members (14) and is held taut thereby. A support arrangement (20) in the form of five pivotally interconnected link members (36), extends between the support members (14) immediately above the feet (16). For adjacent display stands (12), a common support member (14) forms part of each display stand (12).
Patent GB-2498554-A (GB)
Title: Automatic local search triggered by selection of search terms from displayed text
Inventor: TOMAR ASHUTOSH
IPC: G01C21/36
Filed: 2012-01-20
Abstract: Receiving text 211 for display on apparatus (e.g. vehicle telematics system 100, Fig.1); allowing a user to select at least a portion thereof 214; and thereby triggering a local search function 217 such that the apparatus automatically submits at least a portion of the selected text to a search engine which searches for one or more entities corresponding to the text that are located in a geographical area associated with a reference geographical location (e.g. the users    location or destination). The search function may display a list (219, Fig.2c), map (221, Fig.2c) or navigation data. The displayed text may be email, SMS or URL content (e.g. from external mobile device 145, Fig.1) and may be automatically parsed to identify and highlight text corresponding to classes such as telephone numbers; URL, geographical or email addresses; or names. Selection of a telephone number may prompt a call (213, Fig.2a).
Patent GB-2485097-A (GB)
Title: Topical medicament for the treatment of psoriasis
Inventor: LIPI RAMON EFRAIN VAZQUEZ
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2009-08-07
Abstract: A topical medicament for the treatment of psoriasis, comprising: chia oil, metallic iodine, virgin wax, a variety of oils of animal and plant origin, camphor, chlorophyll and benzoic acid, in a pharmaceutically acceptable emollient excipient base.
Patent GB-2503692-A (GB)
Title: Method of acquiring data with underwater nodes
Inventor: GOSLING HARRY GEORGE DENNIS
IPC: G01S5/18
Filed: 2012-07-04
Abstract: A method of acquiring field data with a plurality of underwater nodes, typically located on the seabed. Each node acquires a position estimate. Each node transmits, on its own assigned frequency, its position estimate, and preferably also a time estimate, to a plurality of other nodes. Transmission may be via acoustic waves. Each node receives position estimates from at least three other nodes. Each node determines a range between itself and the nodes from which it has received position estimates, perhaps based on signal attenuation level, or time of arrival. Each node improves its own position estimate based on the position estimates and ranges of the other nodes, for instance by trilateration, preferably taking into account signal-to-noise ratio. Each node may also receive time estimates transmitted by at least two other nodes and synchronise its clock based on those other time estimates. Field data, such as seismic, temperature, or pressure data, is acquired using each of the nodes.
Patent GB-2503740-A (GB)
Title: Gabion with low permeability lining and high permeability lining or unlined section
Inventor: SCOTT KENNY JOHN
IPC: E02B3/10
Filed: 2012-07-06
Abstract: A gabion 10 comprising opposed first 14 and second 15 side walls connected together at spaced intervals along the length of the gabion by a plurality of partition walls (16, figure 1), the side walls comprising open framework panels. The first side wall is lined with a first lining material 18 which may be a layer of a sheet material, the first lining having a relatively low water permeability compared with an unlined panel. The second side wall is unlined or is lined with a second lining material 20 having higher water permeability than the first lining material, for example a geotextile. The gabion may be used a flood defence system, with the low permeability first lining acting to inhibit the passage of flood water 30 into the fill material, while the higher permeability second lining allows any water ingress to drain away 36 so that the fill material does not become saturated and overload the gabion framework.
Patent GB-2505914-A (GB)
Title: Chopping board with aperture on a raised support
Inventor: SOLLITT GERALDINE
IPC: A47J47/00
Filed: 2012-09-14
Abstract: A chopping board with an aperture 110 formed through the chopping board to allow waste or food to be removed from the surface of the board. This is raised off the work surface by way of a stand 104, and may employ a tray 200 under the aperture 108,110 to collect the food 204,206. The device may have more than one aperture and in turn have more than one container 200,202 for collection. The aperture on the chopping board may be of an arcuate form and can be positioned at opposite corners of the chopping board to each other. The board may be removable from the stand and the stand can be foldable. The stand can be constructed with two side walls and a centre wall.
Patent GB-2496791-A (GB)
Title: Wire harness waterproof structure
Inventor: SAKUMA TAKASHI
IPC: H01B7/285
Filed: 2011-03-28
Abstract: Provided is a wire harness that suppresses the hardening of waterproofing parts and the enlargement of the outer diameter thereof. In a group of cables configuring one wire harness, a plurality of shielded cables provided with waterproofing parts are divided into a plurality of groups, the positions of the waterproofing parts differ for each group, a prescribed distance is provided between waterproofing parts of different groups, and the waterproofing parts are distributed in the axial direction of the wire harness.
Patent GB-2504810-A (GB)
Title: Shower head
Inventor: CAI YING LIN
IPC: B01D35/04
Filed: 2013-05-15
Abstract: A hand held shower head with filter replacing alarm device comprising a shower head shell 100, a handle filter 60, an internal lid/plate 70, an impeller 80, a hood 90, a detachable alerting pod 200 and a signal circuit device 300. The shower head shell is a plastic hollow casing extruded into unitary piece and having an obverse side 101 and a reverse side 102 and a handle butt 104. A hollow water entry 105 is created in the handle butt and a receptacle 107 is inwardly created into the obverse side. An impeller well 108 with an impeller hub notch 110 is further provided. The handle filter 60 is a filter cartridge disposed in a detachable handle to be mated with a set of threads of the handle butt. The impeller is a body with plural curved vanes and two central protruding hubs being coaxially disposed at a top side and bottom side thereof respectively. A magnetic element is embedded in the top of one vane. The shower head shell 100 has a round recess socket 113 inwardly created into the reverse side to have the detachable alerting pod embedded therein. A terminal latching nick is created in the recess socket. The alerting pod is a capsule with lid and a mounting cavity formed into a hermetically watertight body having two recharging electrodes inset internal a bottom wall of the mounting cavity with each one individual end of the two recharging electrodes protruding out of the mounting cavity. The signal circuit device 300 includes a microprocessor, a LCD display circuit electrically connected to the microprocessor, a rechargeable battery electrically connected to the microprocessor, and a magnetic reed switch or Hall effect component is inset on the internal bottom side of the mounting cavity. Advantageously frequent replacement of the shower head is avoided thereby saving on resources and expense.
Patent GB-2516650-A (GB)
Title: A motor vehicle side door
Inventor: GERHARDT TORSTEN
IPC: B60J5/04
Filed: 2013-07-29
Abstract: A motor vehicle (5, Figure 1) having a side door 10 is disclosed having lower and upper parts 13 and 14. The upper part 14 comprises a window surround (20, Figure 1) for fixed 21 and drop-down 22 windows. The fixed window 21 has a larger barrel radius of curvature than the drop-down window 22 and the inclusion of the fixed window 21 reduces the chord length of the drop-down window 22 between a beltline 9 of the motor vehicle (5) and an lower edge of the fixed window 21. This combination allows the use of more tumblehome on the motor vehicle (5) without needing to increase the thickness of the lower part 13 of the side door 10 in order to accommodate the drop-down window 22 when it is lowered. Preferably the locus of the radius of curvature of the fixed window 21, R and the locus of the radius of curvature of the drop-down window 22, R2 are proportioned such that extended arcs do not intersect below a lower edge of the fixed window 21.
Patent GB-2508950-A (GB)
Title: Shutter eyewear apparatus with wide arms/wings suitable for branding
Inventor: BENNETT JETHRO
IPC: G02C5/14
Filed: 2013-08-15
Abstract: A shutter eyewear apparatus 10, has an orbital frame 12, the orbital frame 12 itself has a left orbital aspect 12L and a right orbital aspect 12R, multiple strut members 14 within the orbital aspects, and two oversized wings 16, having a width of at least 12mm at any point along a length of the wings. Preferably the wings are approximately 23mm wide at a folding break 34 of the wings. Preferably there is provided an applied longitudinal element 48 for branding along a length of at least one wing and an applied icon element 50 about a neck 28 of at least one wing. The eyewear may be formed to resemble the grille of an American football helmet (see figures 4-5) with protruding lateral strut members and vertical struts also. This type of eyewear is also known as shutter shades or Venetian blind shades.
Patent GB-2517418-A (GB)
Title: Capacitive touch sensor within wrist worn device
Inventor: VINCENT HUGO JOHN MARTIN
IPC: H03K17/96
Filed: 2013-08-19
Abstract: A wrist worn device includes a metal device housing and a capacitive touch sensor 8; the capacitive touch sensor 8 includes a conductive plate 14 which is supported by and separated from the metal body of the device housing 18 via an isolation body 16 formed of a first static relative permittivity; an outer plate 10 is formed over the conductive plate and is formed of a second static relative permittivity. Wherein the action of the isolation body 16 is to reduce the effect of the metal device housing 18 on the capacitance detected by the conductive plate 14. The effect of the outer plate is to try to increase the effect of the capacitance associated with the object being brought into proximity with the conductive plate. The isolation body 16 may comprise PTFE and the outer plate 10 may comprise glass. An ink layer 12 may be provided between the conductive plate 14 and the outer plate 10. Also disclosed is a method of producing the above device comprising fixing the above components together.
Patent GB-2502021-A (GB)
Title: Pressure balanced ultrasonic flowmeter
Inventor: QUIN DAVID FRANCIS
IPC: G01F1/66
Filed: 2012-02-22
Abstract: A system, including an ultrasonic flow meter with a conduit including a conduit wall and configured to flow a fluid, an housing disposed about the conduit to define a fluid chamber about the conduit, wherein the conduit facilitates fluid flow into the fluid chamber and through the ultrasonic flow meter and a first ultrasonic transducer disposed in the fluid chamber.
Patent GB-2508689-A (GB)
Title: A vehicle control system including a vehicle launch assist function and a method of controlling a vehicle
Inventor: DARNELL PAUL
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2013-09-06
Abstract: A vehicle control system 10 for at least one vehicle subsystem of a vehicle 100 and a method of controlling a vehicle are provided. The control system 10 is operable to activate a vehicle launch assist (VLA) function to prevent excessive wheel slip. When the launch assist function is active the system is configured to impose a set of one or more prescribed constraints on an amount of torque applied to one or more wheels 111, 112, 114, 115 of a vehicle 100. The set of one or more constraints are determined by reference to information or data in respect of an amount of wheel torque that may be applied before the amount of wheel slip exceeds a prescribed value.
Patent GB-2504631-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasound image processing
Inventor: GLEICHMAN SIVAN
IPC: G01S7/52
Filed: 2012-05-01
Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product are provided for processing an ultrasound image, in particular an image of inhomogeneous tissue. The method includes: segmenting tissue in a received ultrasound image; creating a mask of pixels centred on a pixel in a tissue area, wherein the pixels in the mask are within a given decibel range of the central pixel and within a segmentation boundary; and assigning an attenuation to the central pixel by estimating the attenuation of the pixels in the mask. The received ultrasound image may be a raw image the method may include creating an image of an attenuation mapping of attenuations for each pixel in a tissue area. Alternatively, the received ultrasound image may be a time gain compensated image the method may include determining areas of relatively high or low attenuation.
Patent GB-2522464-A (GB)
Title: A thermostatic flow valve for use in water heating systems
Inventor: MCINERNEY JUSTIN
IPC: G05D7/01
Filed: 2014-01-27
Abstract: The valve 1 has a valve body 2 having a water inlet 3, water outlet 4 and a thermostatic valve assembly. The assembly has a thermostatic actuator 7, valve member 8 and spring 9 that biases the valve member into a closed position (figure 2). The thermostatic actuator displaces the valve member against the bias of the spring as a temperature of water in the valve increases, preferably away from an annular sealing end 16 so as to move the valve member into an open position (figure 3). The valve member includes a pressure responsive flow regulator 10 that permits a reduced flow of water through the valve when the valve member is in the closed position. The regulator comprises an aperture and an elastomeric member cooperating therewith that changes in shape with water pressure to change the size of the aperture. A water heater, such as a boiler, having a thermostatic valve and a pressure responsive flow regulator provided on an outlet of the boiler is also claimed. The regulator ensures a constant, minimum flow rate of water through the boiler to ensure boiler activation. The thermostatic valve ensures water leaving the boiler is heated to a desired temperature.
Patent GB-2517527-A (GB)
Title: A combination care monitoring and access control system
Inventor: NEWTON CHARLES RICHARD
IPC: G08B21/04
Filed: 2014-02-07
Abstract: An access control system, for use in combination with a monitoring system for monitoring a change in sensed states to detect an emergency. The system includes a lock to control access through an access port, such as a door or key safe, and a lock controller for controlling the state of the lock. Also included is an access key reader for reading an access key and a data store for storing pre-determined access criteria. An access controller receives the reading of the access key and enables the controller in dependence on the access criteria. The access controller overrides the access criteria of the data store in dependence of a change in state of the monitoring system. A carer with normally unauthorised access may then access a person requiring care assistance in their home under emergency conditions. Further disclosed is an access control system used with a monitoring system in which an activated access key can be deactivated if access criteria are not met and there has been no change in state of the monitoring system. Also disclosed is an access control system in which the billing for services can be determined from access events recorded by the access control system.
Patent GB-2523177-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle movement on an inclined surface
Inventor: GENNARD JAMES
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 2014-02-18
Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to the pull away from rest of a motor vehicle 10 on a slope 11. The vehicle includes an automatic transmission (23 figure 2) and internal combustion engine (22 figure 2) with an electronic controller (30 figure 2). The engine torque response to the accelerator pedal (32 figure 2) input is modified accounting for the slope to improve consistency of pull away on different slopes and reduce the dead pedal feeling on steep slopes. The invention is a method which comprises generating an offset value fir an accelerator pedal position signal, combining the offset value with the accelerator pedal position signal to generate a virtual pedal position and controlling an engine according to that virtual pedal position signal. Also claimed is a controller or system and a vehicle for implementing such a method. Further aspects of the invention relate to a controller or system and a vehicle wherein a vehicle sensor gives and indication of slope gradient for controlling torque at vehicle pull-away or hill start.
Patent GB-2525646-A (GB)
Title: Tool, sets of tools and method of attaching a component to a support
Inventor: SPAREY PAUL
IPC: H02G3/32
Filed: 2014-05-01
Abstract: The tool 1 for holding a P-clip (P, Figure 1) includes a first clip retaining portion 2 provided with a first surface 2a and a second clip retaining portion 3 provided with a second surface 3a, the retaining portions being in a fixed spatial relationship with one another. The P-clip includes a first clip portion (F1, Figure 1) with a first clip opening (A1, Figure 1) and a second clip portion (F2, Figure 1) with a second clip opening (A2, Figure 1). The first and second surfaces of the tool are arranged to contact respective surfaces of the P-clip, thereby holding the first and second portions of the P-clip in aligned relationship with one another to facilitate the insertion of an elongate fastening member (B, Figure 3) through the clip openings. A set of tools may be provided with one tool having a left-handed configuration and another tool having a right-handed configuration. A set of tools may hold P-clips of different sizes. A method of attaching a component such as a cable, pipe, or bundle of wires to a support includes introducing the component into a loop of the P-clip and using the tool to hold the clip.
Patent GB-2516344-A (GB)
Title: Graphics processing systems
Inventor: NYSTAD J RN
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2014-05-02
Abstract: A tile-based graphics processing pipeline comprises a rasteriser, a renderer, a tile buffer, a write out stage and a programmable processing stage. The tile buffer stores multiple render targets for a deferred shading operation and the programmable processing stage is operable to, under the control of graphics program instructions, read data from two or more of a set of multiple render targets for a deferred shading operation stored in the tile buffer, perform a deferred shading processing operation using the read data, and to write the result of the processing operation to an output render target in the tile buffer, or to external memory.
Patent GB-2527288-A (GB)
Title: Functionalised material
Inventor: BARG SUELEN
IPC: C09D147/00
Filed: 2014-06-11
Abstract: A functionalised ink composition comprising a functionalised material, a pH regulating agent, and an aqueous solvent, wherein the functionalised material comprises a carbon material, such as graphene oxide, or a layered oxide, such calcium niobium oxide, manganese oxide, niobium oxide, caesium tungsten oxide or molybdenum trioxide, a nitride or a transition metal dichalcogenide, and functionalised with a pH responsive polymer, such as a branched copolymer. Also disclosed, is a method of preparing the functionalised ink composition; and use of the functionalised ink composition.
Patent GB-2533544-A (GB)
Title: A shroud segment retainer
Inventor: ANDREW JAMES HURST
IPC: F01D25/24
Filed: 2014-09-26
Abstract: This device relates to a gas turbine engine. A retaining element (210, fig.2) sits within a cavity (212, fig.2) between a seal segment (214,fig2) and a nozzle guide vane (216, fig.2) that defines its axial length. Its circumference surrounds the gas turbine. A retaining ring or axial restrictor (224, fig.2) resides within the cavity and has a radially facing surface. This is held in place by a ridge or obstruction on the retaining element. The axial restrictor (224, fig.2) may fit within a slot in the engine casing. The retaining element may have a main body that is corrugated with flat-topped peaks 246 and troughs 248, one of which may form the obstruction. A platform may be placed on the obstruction. The main body may have openings 276 for the flow of air separated by legs 250 and an anti-fret portion 266 or limb which frictionally engages a shroud segment to hold it in place. A seal may sit between the shroud segments and the devices main body bound the side of the seal.
Patent GB-2535131-A (GB)
Title: pH neutral deruster composition
Inventor: MARTIN WEBSTER
IPC: C23G1/24
Filed: 2014-10-06
Abstract: The present invention relates to a de-ruster composition of neutral pH which is removes corroded metal from metal surfaces. The composition can be used to remove rust or tarnish, and can also be referred to as a metal brightener. The composition has a pH in the range of 5 to 8, where the composition comprises: water; at least one surfactant and at least one chelating agent; where at least one surfactant is an alkyl polyglycoside (APG) and at least one chelating agent is an aminopolycarboxylic acid. An additional chelating agent which is a phosphonate metal complexing agent may be used such as EDTA. A buffer such as citric acid may also be used and a surfactant thickening system added such as cocoamide diethanolamine salt and alcohol ether sulfate (sulphate). A solvent can be added to the composition such as triethanolamine.