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Patent GB-2439254-A (GB)
Title: Operating inner cable
Inventor: TSUDA AKIRA
IPC: D07B1/06
Filed: 2006-03-08
Abstract: An inner cable keeping a specified durability and being hard to rotate on its own axis. A multi-twist-structure operating inner cable comprising a core strand formed by twisting a plurality of wires, and a plurality of side strands twisted around the core strand, each side strand being formed by twisting a plurality of wires, characterized in that a clamping ratio (in percentage) obtained by dividing, a value obtained by subtracting a measured outer diameter, which is the diameter of a circle circumscribing the operating inner cable, from a calculated outer diameter which is a sum total of outer diameters of respective wires of the plurality of wires in the diameter direction of the operating inner cable, by the calculated outer diameter is 4-11%, the shaping ratio (in percentage) of a side strand obtained by dividing the waviness diameter of a side strand when the inner cable is loosened by the measured outer diameter of the inner cable is 65-90%, the twisted length of the operating inner cable is 9-18 times the outer diameter of the operating inner cable, an angle formed by a wire constituting a side strand appearing at the outer-most layer with respect to the axial line of the inner cable is -3 to 3 degrees.
Patent GB-2443941-A (GB)
Title: Moulded connecting structure
Inventor: ONG CHING-LONG
IPC: B29C39/10
Filed: 2007-11-14
Abstract: An automatic connecting structure for a shell structure, which comprises: a main shell 10 on which is disposed a composite member 20 (a decorating sheet), and connecting members 30 located between the main shell 10 and the composite member 20 for connecting them together. The connecting members 30 can be adhesive members or convex and concave engaging structures. The main shell 10 is pre-set in a female mold 50 and whilst the composite member 20 is formed into the female mould, the connecting members 30 is formed automatically on the composite member 20 opposite the connecting members of the main shell 10 for the purpose of bonding. After connecting the connecting members 30 together the composite member 20 is also integrated. The moulding may include extrusion, injection, transfer or pouring. The composite 20 may be plastics or carbon fibre. Alternatively, the composite 20 may be a kind of metal if die casting is used. The connecting members may be bonded to the surface of the main shell by an adhesive after moulding of shell 10 and then integrally formed with member 20.
Patent GB-2455703-A (GB)
Title: Frequency planning for a cellular communication system
Inventor: KIRVAR TIM
IPC: H04W16/00
Filed: 2007-12-03
Abstract: Frequency planning for a cellular communication system which comprises a receiver (201) receiving measurement reports from remote stations. An interference processor (203) determines, for each of a plurality of cells, a neighbour cell interference relationship between at least a first and a second neighbour cell for the cell in response to measurement reports from remote stations served by the cell. The neighbour cell interference relationship is indicative of interference from the first to the second neighbour cell. The first and second cells are both neighbours of an intermediate cell but are not (necessarily) neighbours of each other. A frequency planner (205) determines a frequency plan in response to the neighbour cell interference relationships.
Patent GB-2444632-A (GB)
Title: A vent system for venting an internal cavity of an aerospace vehicle to an exterior surface
Inventor: ACHESON KURT E
IPC: B64C3/00
Filed: 2007-12-04
Abstract: The system includes a substantially concave vent inlet surface 205 recessed with respect to the exterior surface 102, and a duct opening 206 formed therein. The vent inlet surface 205 has a major axis substantially parallel to the local external flow direction. The upstream surface contour 220 and the downstream surface contour 210 of the vent inlet surface 205 are substantially oblique to the local external flow direction. The placement and orientation of the duct opening 206, as well as the geometry of the vent inlet surface 205, may be selected to achieve a particular pressurization of the internal cavity with respect to the external environment under a variety of conditions.
Patent GB-2443110-A (GB)
Title: Instruments for measuring nanoparticle exposure
Inventor: FISSAN HEINZ
IPC: G01N27/62
Filed: 2006-05-23
Abstract: An instrument for non-invasively measuring nanoparticle exposure includes a corona discharge element generating ions to effect unipolar diffusion charging of an aerosol, followed by an ion trap for removing excess ions and a portion of the charged particles with electrical mobilities above a threshold. Downstream, an electrically conductive HEPA filter or other collecting element accumulates the charged particles and provides the resultant current to an electrometer amplifier. The instrument is tunable to alter the electrometer amplifier output toward closer correspondence with a selected function describing particle behavior, e.g. nanoparticle deposition in a selected region of the respiratory system. Tuning entails adjusting voltages applied to one or more of the ion trap, the corona discharge element and the collecting element. Alternatively, tuning involves adjusting the aerosol flow rate, either directly or in comparison to the flowrate of a gas conducting the ions toward merger with the aerosol.
Patent GB-2458098-A (GB)
Title: Footwear fitment
Inventor: GRANITO MARIO
IPC: A43B11/00
Filed: 2008-01-26
Abstract: A shoe fitment 21 comprises a body member B' whereby the fitment can be mounted on a shoe and a display (suspended ornament 22) mounted on, or incorporated in, the body member for viewing from outside a shoe on which the fitment is mounted, the display serving to provide decoration or information. Typically the display is a three dimensional component mounted on the body member and in a preferred version the display is a three dimensional component mounted on the body member which display is at least partly free to move relative to the body member. In another version the display is a surface which includes a letter and/or a number the surface being a part of, or being attached to, the body member.
Patent GB-2444454-A (GB)
Title: Disposable sanitary mixing apparatus and method
Inventor: KOCIENSKI ANTHONY C
IPC: B01F27/91
Filed: 2006-09-07
Abstract: A mixing apparatus and method uses a disposable assembly including a closed vessel with a rotating shaft supported in the vessel. The shaft has radially extending impellers. The shaft is driven via an external magnetic drive system. The vessel can be cleaned during manufacture and discarded after use.
Patent GB-2445694-A (GB)
Title: Fuel Cell
Inventor: SELCUK AHMET
IPC: H01M4/88
Filed: 2007-01-30
Abstract: The present invention is concerned with improved fuel cells and fuel cell stack assemblies comprising same, and methods of manufacture of same in which an electrode current collector extends beyond the perimeter defined by the individual cell electrodes and electrolyte.
Patent GB-2456122-A (GB)
Title: Controlling heating rollers in a laminator
Inventor: LEE YEN-TE
IPC: B32B37/18
Filed: 2008-05-23
Abstract: In the preheating stage in a laminator (figure 2A), the rotational directions of the heating rollers are reverse to those during the heating and pressing operation (figure 2B). As a consequence, the article fails to be transported across the region between the heating rollers before the heating and pressing operation is performed.
Patent GB-2456883-A (GB)
Title: Insulation support apparatus
Inventor: ROBINSON RAYMOND
IPC: E04B1/76
Filed: 2008-05-28
Abstract: Apparatus for supporting insulation in structures such as buildings, comprises an insulation holding portion and at least one supporting flange. The apparatus may comprise an insulating material and the flange may be adapted to engage a structural element of the building such as a joist. The apparatus may have complementary portions which allow one said apparatus to engage an adjacent apparatus. The insulation holding portion may comprise a base and side walls and may form a trough. The insulation holding portion may be formed from plastic or mesh or from double skinned plastic. The apparatus may have apertures for pipe or cables. The apparatus may be reinforced by ribs. The apparatus may be foldable. The apparatus may be colour coded. An insulation system and a method of insulating a structure using such apparatus.
Patent GB-2447580-A (GB)
Title: Articulated top entry sub
Inventor: HELMS CHARLES M
IPC: E21B19/22
Filed: 2005-03-23
Abstract: An articulated top entry sub system 10 to be installed in a drillstring, mounted below at connection 24 and above at connection 22, allows for the transfer of drillstring fluids and loads therethrough, all the while providing for the entry of tools into the drillstring through an entry port 26 whilst maintaining drilling fluids in the bore of the drillstring at pressure. Entry port 26 may be constructed so that at least a lower knuckle joint 32 can be manipulated so that the center axis of lower pipe section 20 is substantially coaxial to the center axis of entry port 26, thereby allowing passage of tools and communications conduit therethrough with little or no obstruction. The deflection allowed by knuckle joint 32 and 30 is at least as great as the divergent angle created between pipe 18 and entry port 26.
Patent GB-2464306-A (GB)
Title: Turbine array
Inventor: FLETCHER PAUL
IPC: F03B3/06
Filed: 2008-10-13
Abstract: An array of turbine units 10 comprises at least two units 12 each having a single turbine 14 mounted to a single stanchion 16, wherein alternate (adjacent) turbines 12A, 12B rotate in opposite directions. Blade tips 18 of adjacent turbines may rotate within one turbine diameter of each other, and preferably within 0.1 to 0.5 (half) a turbine diameter of each other. The array of turbine units 10 may be arranged in a substantially continuous straight or arced line. The turbines 14 may comprise blade pitch change mechanisms for reverse flow, wherein alternate turbines 12A, 12B operate in forward and reverse configurations to form a handed array. The turbines 14 may be tidal turbines.
Patent GB-2464693-A (GB)
Title: Child safety bannister wrap
Inventor: WELLAWAY SARAH JANE
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 2008-10-22
Abstract: A child safety banister wrap is arranged in use to fold over a bannister and be secured on the reverse by a flap having a hook and loop and/or magnetic style fastener. The wrap prevents children attempting to climb the rungs. The flap can be arranged in use to be a quarter of the way up the rear of the wrap to eliminate the possibility of a child releasing the product. Straps having hook and loop style fastenings secure the wrap in place and the wrap may further comprise a photo pouch.
Patent GB-2455420-A (GB)
Title: Detecting faults in digital video signal
Inventor: SCHNEBLY DEXTER A
IPC: H04N19/89
Filed: 2008-12-05
Abstract: A method to detect a fault in a digital video signal comprises generating a sequence of code values and embedding them in a sequence of video frames (figure 3), transmitting the video frames to a destination, extracting the code values 404 and verifying the sequence, and if verification fails, presenting a fault indication 412. Also claimed is a method whereby verification occurs by comparing the embedded code values 408 with a second sequence of code values generated at the destination 406, whereby when the two sequences match the video is displayed 414, and when they do not a fault indication is given 412. This method may be used to detect repeated, skipped, frozen or partial frames in a surveillance system and the code generator may be a counter. The code may be embedded in a pixel of the frame, preferably one that will be least noticed, such as at the edge or in the corners of the image and these coded pixels may be removed prior to displaying the image e.g. by replacing them with black pixels, or an average of surrounding pixels. The fault indication may be a light, alarm, siren, warning message or buzzer.
Patent GB-2453074-A (GB)
Title: Differentiation of primate pluripotent cells to hepatocyte-lineage cells
Inventor: MAJUMDAR ANISH SEN
IPC: C12N5/00
Filed: 2007-06-01
Abstract: Methods for differentiating primate pluripotent stem cells into hepatocyte-lineage cells are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods utilize sequential culturing of the primate pluripotent stem cells in certain growth factors to produce hepatocyte-lineage cells. In certain embodiments, the population of cells produced by the methods is further enriched for hepatocyte-lineage cells.
Patent GB-2466651-A (GB)
Title: Security co-processor architecture for decrypting packet streams
Inventor: BOLTON MARTIN
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 2008-12-31
Abstract: A system such as a television or set-top box comprises a data-bus, system memory, a first processor ("Transport Processor") 22, arranged to receive an input packet stream, and a second processor ("Security Co-Processor") 24 programmed to apply one or more security algorithms to secure packets of the input stream. The system further comprises first queuing circuitry 28 which may be a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer, separate from the data-bus and memory, to queue packets for transfer from the first to the second processor, and second packet queuing circuitry 29 to queue packets for transfer from the second to the first processor. The first processor transfers secure packets to the second processor for security processing (decryption) and the second processor returns the security-processed packets to the first processor for further processing. Using a security co-processor reduces the load placed on the transport processor. Furthermore, the use of dedicated hardware queues 28 and 29 between the two processors makes the system less vulnerable to hacking since the packets are kept out of general memory during security operations.
Patent GB-2459352-A (GB)
Title: Wave powered with fluid moving in chamber
Inventor: LAVELLE SEAN
IPC: F03B13/20
Filed: 2009-04-02
Abstract: A wave power generating device 1 has a liquid filled chamber 2a-d, and is designed to pitch (rock) when exposed to waves. Relative movement of the fluid in the chamber causes movement of air in fore and aft chambers 3a, b, which drives generators 8. Extra buoyancy devices may be provided on each side of the device and may contain a mechanical generator using a rack and pinion or linear generator (figures 5, 6).
Patent GB-2463963-A (GB)
Title: Generating a filtered list of participants in a conference call based on the profile of the participants
Inventor: MICHAELIS PAUL ROLLER
IPC: H04L12/18
Filed: 2009-07-29
Abstract: Managing conference calls comprising establishing a conference call between a plurality of devices, determining for each communication device a number of participants on the communication device, getting a profile for each participant containing at least one parameter and generating a filtered list of participants based on at least one of the parameters in the profiles and presenting the filtered list of the participants. Aspects of the invention include the parameter being a telephone number, a name, a title, a company, a telephone prefix, a time duration, a start/stop time and the like. Thus, for example the participant in the three-way conference says the command "filter company X". The controller then generates a filtered list of the conference participants that only contains participants from company X. The controller presents the filtered list of participants to the participant or to all the participants.
Patent GB-2466095-A (GB)
Title: Cathode electrode micro-roughened by spark anodizing
Inventor: DREISSIG DIRK
IPC: H01G9/042
Filed: 2009-08-04
Abstract: A cathode for a wet capacitor comprises a metal substrate that possesses a micro-roughened surface imparted by spark anodization. The surface is formed by contacting the substrate with an electrolytic solution and applying a voltage to form a dielectric sub-oxide layer. The voltage is raised to a sufficiently high level to initiate "sparking" at the surface of the substrate, which is believed to create high local surface temperatures sufficient to etch away the substrate. This results in the formation of a "micro-roughened" surface having a plurality elevated regions. These elevated regions can increase the effective surface area and thus allow for the formation of capacitors with increased cathode capacitance for a given size and/or capacitors with a reduced size for a given capacitance. The elevated regions may also exhibit excellent adhesion to additional electrochemically-active materials and provide enhanced stability in certain liquid electrolytes.
Patent GB-2461432-A (GB)
Title: Method of operating safety valve by using two control lines having common port
Inventor: SMITH RODDY S
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2009-09-29
Abstract: A method of operating a sub-surface safety valve in a wellbore includes opening the valve by communicating hydraulic pressure to a control port 12 via a first control line 52A. The method further includes closing the safety valve by exhausting hydraulic pressure from the control port of the safety valve via a second control line 52B. The method may further include collecting debris from the control fluid, possibly by the use of a sump. Preferably, the second control line can be used to open the safety valve in the event of a failure with the first control line, thereby providing redundant control. The dual control lines can also be cycled to flush debris from the system.
Patent GB-2464618-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible portable protection system
Inventor: CARBERRY JOHN
IPC: F41H5/013
Filed: 2009-10-23
Abstract: A portable protection system 10 includes a selectively collapsible truss 100 for supporting a protection member 102. The truss 100 is movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The protection member 102 includes at least one layer of ballistic armour material for disrupting a projectile.
Patent GB-2476227-A (GB)
Title: Accessory for beverage preparation
Inventor: CLARK JO-ANN
IPC: A47J31/46
Filed: 2009-11-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to an accessory 100 for use with a beverage preparation machine, for example when coffee is being dispensed by a coffee machine into a mug. When the beverage is being dispensed into a receptacle 80, an accessory 100 is placed across the receptacle to be supported on either side by the rim 82. The accessory provides a beverage receiving surface onto which the beverage pours. When the accessory sits on the top of the mug the receiving surface has a slope 102 that allows beverage to flow downwardly to meet the side of the receptacle 84, cup or mug. In this way, the beverage can flow smoothly down the accessory, through a hole near the edge of the mug ( figure 6 ref 110) and then down the inside of the receptacle. This reduces turbulent flow thereby preserving the crema of the coffee.
Patent GB-998793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to driven plates for friction clutches
Inventor: DAVIES DAVID AUBREY
IPC: F16D13/68
Filed: 1963-03-13
Abstract: 998,793. Friction clutches. AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CO. Ltd. March 11, 1964 [March 13, 1963], No. 10007/63. Heading F2C. A friction clutch plate comprises two discs 4, 5 separated at their centres by a spacer ring 6 and formed with chordally-arranged spring tongues &c. 9, 10 biasing them away from each other, rivets 8 holding friction facings 7 separately on the two discs limiting their axial separation. Each rivet 8 consists of two stepped parts, one part holding a facing 7 on one disc (e.g. the disc 4), while the other part is in sliding engagement with a hole through the other (the disc 5). The tongues may be formed on one only of the discs 4, 5. The friction facings may have the shape of rings or segments, or may consist of small discs arranged in a circle around the periphery of the discs 4, 5.
Patent GB-795734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shelves, cupboards and the like
IPC: A47B47/05
Filed: 1955-04-06
Abstract: 795,734. Wall projections. OPPENHEIMER, J. A. July 6, 1956 [April 6, 1955], No. 10142/55. Class 20(4) [Also in Group XIV] Each shelf of a shelving arrangement comprises upper and lower sheets 11, 12 of expanded metal welded or screwed to a steel front-edge moulding 16 and having worked on them a cement or plaster surface 30. The shelves have root portions 13, 15 embedded in a wall 14 and connecting struts 26. 27 and in a modification (Fig. 2) a smaller intermediate shelf is provided.
Patent GB-314929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the determination or measurement of voltage
IPC: G01R13/04
Filed: 1928-04-05
Abstract: 314,929. Pollak, J. E., (Hermsdorf- Schomburg-Isolatoren Ges.). April 5, 1928. Current and pressure meters. - A circuit arrangement. for determining voltage curves of testing-transformers &c., comprises a measuring coil of an oscillograph fed with anode current from a thermionic valve provided with a grid bias battery for confining the measurement to the " straight line " portion of the valve characteristic, a voltage fraction of the device under test being applied to the grid by a potential divider of ohmic, inductive or capacitative character. As shown, the secondary voltage of a transformer T is fractioned by condensers C<1>, C<2> the coil M of the oscillograph being connected in the anode circuit of the valve. A high resistance W connected across the grid and cathode permits harmonics in the voltage curve to be effective on the grid. An auxiliary battery Z in the anode circuit is provided for compensating the steady anode current.