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Patent GB-2513108-A (GB)
Title: Sharps waste regulator device
Inventor: HERCOCK PAUL MARTIN
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 2013-04-04
Abstract: A device to prevent inappropriate objects being placed in sharps containers and to monitor how full a sharps container has become and to prevent further access to said container once a level of fullness has been reached in order to prevent overfilling. The device comprises a means of permitting appropriate waste to pass but rejecting the passage of inappropriate waste and a means of monitoring how full the sharps container is and preventing further access to the sharps once a certain level of fullness has been reached. The device may comprise two moieties with an inner 3 and outer layer 2. The device may be detachable form the container 4 so that it can be reused. The means of allowing the passage of waste may comprise a mechanism, which may use a low range metal detector or an electromagnetic interference device. The fullness measure may comprise a light emitter 15 and receiver 16 system or a sonic or pulsar system.
Patent GB-2497493-A (GB)
Title: Performance and power optimized computer system architectures and methods leveraging power optimized tree fabric interconnect
Inventor: DAVIS MARK
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2011-09-16
Abstract: A performance and power optimized computer system architecture and method leveraging power optimized tree fabric interconnect are disclosed. One embodiment builds low power server clusters leveraging the fabric with tiled building blocks while another embodiment implements storage solutions or cooling solutions. Yet another embodiment uses the fabric to switch non-Ethernet packets, switch multiple protocols for network processors and other devices.
Patent GB-2497256-A (GB)
Title: Magnesium recovery method and magnesium recovery apparatus
Inventor: IWAMOTO TATSUSHI
IPC: C01F5/14
Filed: 2011-09-06
Abstract: In this magnesium recovery method and this magnesium recovery apparatus, anodically electrolyzed water (7a) and cathodically electrolyzed water (7b) both generated by the electrolysis of seawater are separated from each other, an alkaline material is introduced into the anodically electrolyzed water to adjust the pH value of the anodically electrolyzed water, magnesium is allowed to precipitate in the cathodically electrolyzed water in the form of magnesium hydroxide and is then recovered, the pH-adjusted anodically electrolyzed water and the cathodically electrolyzed water after the fixing of a carbonate salt are joined together, and the joined solution is adjusted to the same pH value as that of seawater and is then discharged. In this manner, magnesium can be recovered from seawater while minimizing an environmental load.
Patent GB-2505744-A (GB)
Title: Toilet cistern for capturing condensate from air conditioning units
Inventor: DAVIS DAVID
IPC: E03D1/00
Filed: 2013-06-03
Abstract: A cistern 100 comprises an upper water tank 102 as a first chamber, and a lower water tank 104 as a second chamber connected by an opening 106. At the top of the upper tank 102 a mains water inlet 108 allows mains water into the tank through an inlet valve 110 which is under the control of a float valve 112. An auxiliary water inlet 114, allows water from an auxillary supply, such as condensate from an air conditioning unit, into the tank 102. At the bottom of lower tank 104 is a water outlet 116 which allows flushing water from the lower tank 104 to flush an appliance under the control of outlet valve 118. The outlet valve 118 is controlled by actuator 120, which is configured to move up and down under the control of a float 122. The cistern is able to make use of condensate or other unwanted fluid that would otherwise be discarded. This allows a considerable saving of mains water.
Patent GB-2518162-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic filtration apparatus
Inventor: JACKSON KEITH
IPC: B03C1/28
Filed: 2013-09-11
Abstract: A magnetic filtration apparatus to separate contaminant material from a fluid comprises a housing 100 having first 102 and second 103 elongate chambers, wherein the first chamber is in fluid communication with a fluid inlet 109 and the second chamber is in fluid communication with a fluid outlet 110. The volume of the first chamber is less than the volume of the second chamber such that a fluid flow speed in the first chamber is greater than a fluid flow speed in the second chamber. A first magnetic core 107 extends axially within the first chamber and a second magnetic core 108 extends axially within the second chamber to entrap contaminant material. A passageway (502, Fig. 5) connects the first and second chambers such that the fluid flows passed the full length of the first core in a first direction, through the passageway and passed the full length of the second core in a second direction opposed to the first direction. A lid 112 is movably mounted to close an open end. The first and second cores are mounted upon a cartridge 116 to facilitate collective removal and insertion of the cores from/to the apparatus.
Patent GB-2512156-A (GB)
Title: Albumin variants
Inventor: CAMERON JASON
IPC: A61K38/38
Filed: 2013-11-08
Abstract: A polypeptide which is a variant of albumin, fragment thereof or fusion polypeptide having an altered binding affinity to FcRn compared with the binding affinity of a parent, reference albumin, fragment thereof or fusion polypeptide (including FcRn fusions) comprising said parent albumin, wherein the polypeptide comprises alterations at two or more positions selected from positions corresponding to positions (a) 492 and 580. Alternatively claim claimed are variant comprising mutations at positions (b) 492 and 574; (c) 492 and 550; (d) 550 and 573; (e) 550 and 574; (f) 550 and 580: (g) 492 and 573; (h) 573 and 574; (i) 573 and 580; (j) 574 and 580 in SEQ ID NO: 2. The variants may have altered plasma half-life compared with the parent albumin. Polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants are also claimed.
Patent GB-2515134-A (GB)
Title: Therapeutic ultrasound apparatus and method
Inventor: MAYIAH FARES AL
IPC: A61N7/02
Filed: 2014-01-27
Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating ultrasound are provided. The apparatus comprises a signal generator arranged to generate a driving signal and an ultrasound transducer arranged to transmit an ultrasound beam in response to the driving signal. The signal generator is arranged to combine a carrier wave 202 and a modulating wave 200 having a lower frequency than the carrier wave, to generate an amplitude-modulated driving signal 204. The ultrasound beam is suitable for inducing cavitation in a human or animal body tissue. The beam may be a continuous beam as part of a high-intensity focused ultrasound system, and the modulated beam is more closely controllable than through frequency mixing.
Patent GB-2510715-A (GB)
Title: Drive Shaft Balancing Machine and Balancing Method
Inventor: ROGALLA MARTIN
IPC: G01M1/02
Filed: 2014-02-03
Abstract: Disclosed is a drive shaft balancing machine (10, fig 1) for the dynamic balancing of drive shafts, comprising two pedestals (13), each pedestal including an upper part 17 mounted on springs (19, 20) and receiving a rotary spindle 21, a support for receiving an end of a drive shaft (W) to be balanced and a first vibration sensor 26 which detects vibrations of the upper part resulting from an unbalance of the drive shaft (W) as well as further involved forces in at least a first degree of freedom of motion normal to the spindle axis, wherein the upper part 17 of at least one pedestal 13 mounts a second vibration sensor 29 which detects the vibrations of the upper part in at least a second degree of freedom of motion, and wherein the vibration signals of the first and the second vibration sensor 26, 29 are fed to an evaluating circuit which analyzes the vibration signals and links them in such a way that pitch vibration excitations of the upper part 17, which are not caused by the unbalance of the drive shaft (W), do not enter the unbalance value of the drive shaft (W) computed in the evaluation.
Patent GB-2524956-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for encoding a plenoptic image or video
Inventor: FLOCH HERVÃ LE
IPC: H04N19/10
Filed: 2014-04-01
Abstract: A plenoptic image, 600, is encoded by initially obtaining sub-aperture images, 601, from the plenoptic image and then estimating a value representative of the disparity between each corresponding pixel of at least two sub-aperture images (for example by using motion vector defining the disparity between corresponding pixels of two sub-aperture images.) Pixels are then classified, 603, 604, into groups based on the disparity value and regions of pixels defined based on their classification, 605, 607. The plenoptic image is then encoded, 609, using encoding parameters, at least one of which varies according to the defined image regions. This may involve encoding the different regions using different compression rates. The method may be used to encode a plenoptic video composed of plenoptic images. The method enables more efficient encoding of plenoptic images by allowing some regions of the image (for example those regions that can be accurately refocused) at a different compression rate to other regions, such as those that cannot be accurately refocused. The invention also relates to a device comprising processing means and encoding means configured to perform the method.
Patent GB-2515873-A (GB)
Title: Method for gesture control
Inventor: PANTEL LOTHAR
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2014-04-24
Abstract: A method for touch gesture based control of a portable device 2 with a touch sensitive screen 1 comprises moving said device toward or away from a substantially unmoving finger (or other input object such as a stylus) 101; alternatively, the device might shifted 109 or rotated below the stationary finger, causing the finger to slide along the touch screen. Sensor devices are included in the device to measure the acceleration, velocity, position shift/displacement and the rotation of the device, and these properties are measured as soon as a touch is sensed by the touch screen to determine that the device has been moved in a particular way to trigger a corresponding gesture event or action. This method will allow a device to detect more gestures than a device that only detects conventional touches, thus increasing the number of functions that can be assigned to gestures. One gesture might be an inverted tap, where the device is moved against the unmoving finger and quickly moved away [fig. 9].
Patent GB-2527599-A (GB)
Title: Use of 7-OH-Cannabidiol (7-OH-CBD) and/or 7-OH-Cannabidivarin (7-OH-CBDV) in the treatment of epilepsy
Inventor: STOTT COLIN
IPC: A61P25/08
Filed: 2014-06-27
Abstract: 7-hydroxy-cannabidivarin (7-OH-CBDV) for use as a medicament, in particular in the treatment of epilepsy, is provided. 7-hydroxy-cannabidiol (7-OH-CBD) for use in the treatment of epilepsy is also provided. 7-OH-CBDV and 7-OH-CBD may be used in combination for use in the treatment of epilepsy. 7-OH-CBDV and/or 7-OH-CBD may be used in combination with one or more concomitant anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), preferably selected from the group consisting of clobazam, levetiracetam, topiramate, stiripentol, Phenobarbital, lacsamide, valproic acid, zonisamide, perampanel and fosphenytoin. Preferably the dose of 7-OH-CBD and/or 7-OH-CBDV is between 1 and 2000mg/kg. When the 7-OH-CBD is used in combination with 7-OH-CBDV, the 7-OH-CBD may be formulated for administration separately, sequentially or simultaneously with the 7-OH-CBDV, or the combination may be provided in a single dosage form.
Patent GB-2530709-A (GB)
Title: Method to operate a hydraulic press for metal sheet forming
Inventor: FOSTER ALISTAIR D
IPC: C22F1/06
Filed: 2014-07-14
Abstract: A method of forming a component by heating a metal sheet to at least its solution heat treatment temperature 12, transferring the heated sheet to a press 13 with forming dies, forming the sheet 14 into a component by closing the dies at a first speed 1 then at a second slower speed 3 and holding 15 the formed component in the dies to cool it. The first part of the die closure can be non-powered with the dies moving at a speed of at least 100 mm/s with the second part of the die closure being hydraulically or pneumatically powered with the dies moving at a speed of less than 100 mm/s. The method can incorporate a pause 2 of less than 5 seconds between closing the dies at the first and second speeds 1 & 2. The method can be used to process aluminium alloys and/or magnesium alloys with the sheet being solution heat treated at a temperature in the range 470-580 0C, formed at a temperature above 350 0C and quenched to a temperature below 200 0C.
Patent GB-2529424-A (GB)
Title: Rail track piling
Inventor: MUSGRAVE PETER
IPC: E02D27/12
Filed: 2014-08-19
Abstract: The invention relates to piling for rail tracks, and in particular to a method and system for piling railway tracks to improve the underlying foundation structure. Embodiments disclosed include a method of modifying an existing rail track structure comprising a pair of rails (309, figure 3) laid over a series of sleepers101 on top of a ballast layer 102. The method comprises forming a pile structure 201 extending vertically beneath and between adjacent ones of the series of sleepers, wherein a top 202 of the pile structure is separated from the series of sleepers by the ballast layer. The method may comprise inserting a tube between adjacent sleepers and through the ballast layer using an auger, removing the auger and inserting or forming the pile structure within the tube, and back filling the tube with ballast material. The pile may comprise a cemented column. The pile structure may comprise a cemented granular fill material and a reinforcement structure. The pile structure may comprise a metal outer casing.
Patent GB-2529901-A (GB)
Title: Organic compounds
Inventor: BAUMGARTNER CORINNE
IPC: C11B9/00
Filed: 2014-09-08
Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) is disclosed in which R1 and R2 are H or Me and R3 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C4 alkylidene, or C3-C5 alkenyl. The compound may be selected from 3-(4-isobutyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 2-methyl-3-(2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4-methyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 2-methyl-3-(4-methyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4,4-dimethyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4,4-dimethyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)-2-methylpropanal, 3-(4-isobutyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)-2-methylpropanal, 3-(4-isopropyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4-isopropyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)-2-methylpropanal, 2-methyl-3-(2-methylene-4-(prop-1-enyl)cyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4-sec-butyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4-sec-butyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)-2-methylpropanal, 3-(4-tert-butyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)propanal, 3-(4-tert-butyl-2-methylenecyclohexyl)-2-methylpropanal. Use of the compound as a fragrance is further disclosed. A fragrance composition comprising the compound with an odorant and a fragranced article comprising the compound with a consumer product base are also claimed.
Patent GB-2530293-A (GB)
Title: Method of controlling a power output of an inverter drive
Inventor: HARGIS COLIN
IPC: H02P27/16
Filed: 2014-09-17
Abstract: An inverter drive system 10 comprises an inverter drive 14 which is operably connected, via an electrical machine (e.g. motor 16), to a component 18 that generates a variable force or variable torque having one or more periodic components (e.g. a pulsating or rapidly oscillating load such as a reciprocating pump or compressor). The difference between the power output of the inverter drive 14 and a reference power output is determined and the output frequency of the inverter drive 14 is controlled as a function of this difference in order to stabilise the power output of the inverter drive 14 during operation of the component 18. The power output of the inverter drive 14 may be determined from: (a) an output voltage and an output current of the inverter drive 14; or (b) an output frequency and an output torque of the electrical machine 16. The reference power output may be determined by determining a difference between an output frequency of the inverter drive 14 and a reference output frequency then controlling the reference power output as a function of this difference. The arrangement may be used to help reduce electrical lighting flicker that can be encountered when an inverter drive 14 operates on a pulsating load.
Patent GB-2514962-A (GB)
Title: Fork type electrical connector
Inventor: GREENWAY TIMOTHY
IPC: H01R13/10
Filed: 2013-03-08
Abstract: A fork type electrical connector for use in providing an electrical joint comprises a first connector part having a body that supports two spaced prongs; a second connector part comprising a conductive element with a first face and a second opposing face and which is shaped so as to define a rail flanked on opposing sides by respective spaces and a pair of outer legs which extends on opposite sides of the element containing the first face from a respective outer edge of a respective space. In a position of use the prongs extend through respective spaces in the element with the inner edges engaging the edges of the rail to provide an electrically conductive connection and the outer edge of the prongs engaging the legs to apply a force to the prongs that resists the reaction force generated between the prong and the rail.
Patent GB-2534195-A (GB)
Title: Axial flux machine manufacture
Inventor: TIMOTHY WOOLMER
IPC: H02K21/24
Filed: 2015-01-16
Abstract: An assembly method is disclosed for an axial flux stator housing chamber comprising radial walls 426,428 and inner and outer side walls 422,424, containing a set of coils wound on respective stator bars 432a,432b disposed circumferentially at intervals about an axis of the machine, collapsible elements 502,504 on the radial walls 428,426 facing said side walls 422,424. Attaching the side and radial walls comprises controlling one or both of a spacing and a degree of parallelism of said first and second radial walls by controlled collapse of said collapsible elements under pressure 506, laser welding beams 508 tracking about the end walls circumferential edge. The collapsible elements may be provided only at one end of the radial walls or on the side walls (figs5b,5c). In an alternative embodiment, a stator housing chamber comprising two clam shells 540,542 with collapsible elements 546 formed on one of the shells. Fig 7 (not shown) discloses an assembly jig. The radial walls may be of high temperature thermoplastic polymer e.g. PPA and the collapsible elements a polymer formation. Alternatively the collapsible element may be an adhesive e.g. when the walls are metal. Fig 4 (not shown) is an exploded view of an assembled machine.
Patent GB-2519923-A (GB)
Title: Ophthalmic surgery
Inventor: GREENWOOD JOHN
IPC: A61F9/008
Filed: 2013-09-03
Abstract: A surgical assistance device (2) comprises a frame carrying a light source (12). The frame is adapted to be attached to a human or animal patient's head such that light from the light source (12) is directed towards an eye (20) of said patient. As the eyes cannot move independently, this fixes both eyes of said patient, allowing for a second eye to be operated on.
Patent GB-2537925-A (GB)
Title: A similarity-computation apparatus, a side effect determining apparatus and a system for calculating similarities between drugs and using the similarities
Inventor: EMIR FERNANDO MUNOZ JIMÉNEZ
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A system for calculating similarities between drugs and using the similarities to extrapolate side effects of a specified drug comprising: a similarity-computation apparatus configured to use open data to compute similarities between drugs, with: a data integration module configured to obtain data related to a set of drugs from a plurality of open data sources and to integrate the data to generate RDF triples; an RDF module configured to store an RDF graph of the RDF triples; and a similarity calculation module configured to retrieve a list of all the drugs present in the RDF graph and to calculate the similarity of each drug with every other drug in the RDF graph, for storage in a similarity database; and a side effect determining apparatus configured to extrapolate side effects of a specified drug from open data related to the set of drugs, with: a connection to the similarity database; a user interface configured to allow a user to specify a drug from the set of drugs; a neighbours ranking module configured to use the drug similarities to obtain nearest neighbours of the specified drug in terms of the similarities; and a side effects propagation module configured to collect known side effects from the nearest neighbours and to combine and rank the side effects according to their co-occurrence among the neighbours.
Patent GB-2531622-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for measuring enzymatic activity of polysaccharide-hydrolying enzymes
Inventor: ANTHONY PETER FRANCIS TURNER
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 2015-05-22
Abstract: This invention relates to a method for detecting and/or measuring the activity of a polysaccharide-hydrolysing enzyme (such as an amylase, cellulase, diastase, glucanase, xylanase or NSP). The method includes contacting a sample suspected of containing such an enzyme with a complex of a polysaccharide that is hydrolysable by the enzyme (such as starch, glycogen, arabinoxylan, cellulose, chitin or pectin) and an electrically active signal species or progenitor (such as Phadebas, Cibacron Brilliant Blue FN-G, ferricyanide, ferrocyanide, methylene blue, silver nano-particles or triiodide ions) such that action of the enzyme on the complex causes the release of the signal species or progenitor and the signal species is detected by means of a change in an electrical property (such as potential, capacitance, current, resistance, impedance, phase). Also disclosed is a device suitable for carrying out this method.
Patent GB-2523504-A (GB)
Title: Reversibly engaged force-controlled buckle and pelvic ring support device incorporating such a buckle
Inventor: HOPMAN LANCE D
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 2013-12-04
Abstract: A belt-like hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a fractured pelvis, including a force-controlled buckle that automatically latches to control the tension and that includes a releasable latching mechanism. The latching mechanism maintains engagement of the buckle with a strap at the required position of the strap with respect to the buckle. The latching mechanism includes a movable member of the buckle that is moved to and latched in a position in which the buckle engages the strap, once a desired amount of tension is reached, limiting and maintaining the required tension.
Patent GB-2530609-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle parking system failure management
Inventor: JOYCE JOHN PATRICK
IPC: B60W50/02
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: A system including an autonomous sub-system 105 with first and second braking modules 106, 107, each module including a processor and a memory for detecting a fault, and a brake sub-system for actuating a brake mechanism in response to a signal from the second braking module 107. The autonomous sub-system is further programmed to select one of the braking modules to provide a signal to the brake mechanism depending on whether a fault is detected. Another embodiment includes a parking sub-system 109 for actuating a parking restraint in a powertrain 110 in response to a signal from the first module 106, a first power source 125 for the parking sub-system 109 and a second power source 126 for the brake sub-system 115, and the signal from the autonomous sub-system also actuates the parking restraint mechanism depending on whether a fault is detected. Each module 106, 107 may be programmed to send or receive a wakeup notification, or receive a notification from a communications bus. The incline or cargo weight of the vehicle may be considered when determining, based on the fault, whether a parking scenario is appropriate.