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Patent GB-2433191-A (GB)
Title: A wearable heat pack
Inventor: BRENNER ADELLE
IPC: A61F7/00
Filed: 2005-12-02
Abstract: A wearable heat pack comprising a heat source 1 that is held securely to the wearer's body by an adjustable belt 3. The wearable heat pack allows hands-free warmth or pain relief to a targeted area of the body. Preferably the heat pack 1 is encapsulated in a pocket 7 that is attached to a single belt 3. The heat pack may be a hot water bottle that can be refilled whilst encapsulated in the pocket, a microwave activated heat pack, a chemical activated heat pad or other thermal source. The ends of the adjustable belt may be secured together by a buckle, by tying the ends together 5 or other fastening means. Magnets may be secured on or within the strap. One side of the strap may have a higher thermal insulating property than the other where either side may be positioned against the user's body thereby providing two heat settings. Alternatively a cold pack may be used where low temperatures are needed to provide relief from inflammation or to assist healing.
Patent GB-2423240-A (GB)
Title: Surface cleaning apparatus with cleaning fluid supply
Inventor: LENKIEWICZ KENNETH M
IPC: A47L11/34
Filed: 2006-02-16
Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a fluid delivery system including a supply of cleaning fluid and a fluid recovery system for drawing dirty cleaning fluid from the surface to be cleaned. The apparatus can comprise a passageway that passes heated motor cooling air in heat exchange with the cleaning fluid to heat the cleaning fluid. The apparatus can further comprise a mixing manifold that mixes first and second cleaning fluids at different concentrations for different cleaning modes. The apparatus can further comprise a fluid valve having a shape memory alloy actuator.
Patent GB-2436129-A (GB)
Title: Vapour power system
Inventor: SMITH IAN KENNETH
IPC: F01K13/00
Filed: 2006-03-13
Abstract: A vapour power system comprises heating a fluid under pressure in a heater 21 to form a vapour, expanding the vapour to generate power, and condensing the expanded vapour. In a first aspect of the invention the system may include at least one sensor 25 to monitor the dryness fraction of the working fluid leaving the heater 21, and a controller 33 coupled to the sensor(s) to control the dryness of the working fluid leaving the heater 21. The controller 33 may control the mass flow of working fluid into the heater 21. The vapour may be expanded in a twin-screw positive displacement expander 23. In a second aspect of the invention the fluid entering the expander 23 may be wet, and the fluid leaving the expander 23 may be partially superheated or in a nearly dry saturated condition.
Patent GB-2436422-A (GB)
Title: Generation of simulated crowd sounds
Inventor: FAWCETT BENJAMIN
IPC: G10L21/00
Filed: 2006-03-24
Abstract: A process for simulating realistic crowd sounds for an electronic game may be used as a tool for use during development of a game, or as a feature of the finished game, allowing users to generate customised chants. A microphone 110 is used to input the basic audio e.g. a chant. This is input to a vocoder 140, which analyses the frequency content of the audio and uses the result to spectrally modify white (or pink or blue) noise to generate a signal representing the chant spoken by many voices. This is passed to a crowd reverberation processor 160, made up of at least two serial stages involving delay and feedback to the stage input (Figures 3 and 5 not shown) which overlay delayed versions of the basic chant, to produce a simulation of the chant being sung by spectators at varying distances e.g. at opposing ends or the opposite side of a stadium and surrounding the virtual position of the game player. The resulting crowd signal is added to a background noise signal, generated on detection of the audio, in mixer 180 and fed to an audio output generator 190. The crowd sounds may be related to events occurring in the game.
Patent GB-2425816-A (GB)
Title: Pipe handling apparatus, especially tailing in and stabbing device
Inventor: PIETRAS BERND-GEORG
IPC: F16L1/06
Filed: 2006-04-28
Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for handling a tubular pipe on a rig floor. The apparatus 200 includes a base 290, a track 270 coupled to the base portion 290 and a pair of arms 210 slidably disposed along the track. The arms 210 are preferably pivotally connected to the track 270 to enable tilting of a pipe section (410, figures 4A-4C) to an upright orientation for connection (stabbing) to a further pipe section (420, figure 4C).
Patent GB-2428275-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft engine nacelle ice protection system
Inventor: BOTURA GALDEMIR CEZAR
IPC: B64D15/12
Filed: 2006-07-10
Abstract: A nacelle inlet lip 22 for an aircraft engine comprises an ice-protection system 60, the nacelle / cowling defining a leading edge 32 and having an inner wall 40 defining an inlet for the aircraft engine, said inner wall 40 having a plurality of inner zones 52, 54, 56 located sequentially aft from the leading edge 32, the ice protection system 60 comprising a plurality of ice-protectors 62, 64, 66 independently controllable to allow said inner zones to be operated in different modes (anti-icing, de-icing), different power levels, and/or different time intervals. Some ice protectors may comprise electrical heating elements, while other ice protectors comprise only conductive meshes. An outer ice-protector 68 may be provided. The system causes ice to be shed in small sizes. An independent claim is directed to an ice-protection system on an aircraft structure having a fore zone operated in anti-icing mode, a mid zone operated in either anti-icing or de-icing mode, and an aft zone operated in de-icing mode.
Patent GB-2444773-A (GB)
Title: A flexible rotary coupling for a floor cleaner
Inventor: RENWICK RICHARD
IPC: F16D3/50
Filed: 2006-12-13
Abstract: A rotary coupling, comprises first and second portions arranged for rotation about an axis. Disposed between said portions is a resiliently flexible element 15. Said coupling is particularly for connecting the floor-engaging tool 19 of a rotary floor treatment appliance to the drive motor of the appliance. A resiliently flexible disc 15 of elastomeric material, is connected at its centre to a rotatably driven portion 10 and at its periphery to an annular tool support plate 16. The disc 15 dampens vibrations and decouples the user of the apparatus from any forces which may occur as the tool 19 is moved across the floor. The disc may be provided with means for varying the flexibility and or resilience of the coupling. A further means 21 (for example a collar) may be included to shorten the radial extent of the flexible coupling and thus vary the flexibility and or resilience.
Patent GB-2432220-A (GB)
Title: Attitude error self-correction for thermal sensors of mass flow meters and controllers
Inventor: BASSI MICHAEL F L
IPC: G01F1/696
Filed: 2005-09-15
Abstract: A system for and method of compensating for attitude sensitivity of at least two thermal sensor coils mounted on a tube through which a fluid flows along a common axis of flow for use in generating a flow measurement signal representative of the flow of fluid through the tube is disclosed. One of the coils is adapted in provide thermal energy to the fluid flowing through the tube at an upstream location so as to establish and measure the upstream temperature of the fluid at the upstream location, and one of the coils is adapted to measure the downstream temperature of the fluid at a downstream location. The flow measurement signal is a function of the difference between the measured upstream and downstream temperatures. The system includes structure for and the method includes the steps of measuring the force of gravity in the direction of the common axis; and modifying the flow measurement signal as a function of the measured force of gravity.
Patent GB-2434492-A (GB)
Title: Power tool battery pack protection system
Inventor: JOHNSON TODD W
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2003-11-24
Abstract: A battery pack 50 has battery cells 80, a switch 180, which may be a FET, for interrupting the discharge current from the battery cells, and a control circuit 140. The switch may be used to interrupt discharge of the battery cells when the battery is in an abnormal operating state based on an indicated temperature condition of a thermistor or a charge state of a fuel gauge.
Patent GB-2438718-A (GB)
Title: A steerable well drilling system
Inventor: DOWNTON GEOFF
IPC: E21B7/08
Filed: 2007-05-24
Abstract: A steerable well drilling system which provides a tight radius of curvature 255 comprises: a universal joint 280 connected to a distal end of a drill sting; a bias unit 220, for providing deflection of the drill string and connected to the universal joint; a drill bit 200 connected to the bias unit; and, a stabilizer 240 attached to the universal joint. The bias unit 220 is actuated by control unit 230, and has pads 270 which provides sufficient force for deflection at location 290.
Patent GB-2435787-A (GB)
Title: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator with hot or cold thermal application
Inventor: FRUITMAN CLINTON O
IPC: A61N1/34
Filed: 2007-06-26
Abstract: A Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS) and electrode pad that is capable simultaneously of delivering hot or cold thermal therapy for the relief of pain.
Patent GB-2440646-A (GB)
Title: Power tool and method of use thereof
Inventor: WALDRON MICHAEL
IPC: A01G3/047
Filed: 2007-07-26
Abstract: A power tool includes a tool housing. Drive means are located in the tool housing for driving movement of a tool workpiece attached to or attachable to the tool in use. Power means are provided for powering the drive means. The tool housing has handle means 24,26,28,30 associated therewith for allowing a user to grip the tool in use and are provided to surround a substantial part of the tool housing.
Patent GB-2440658-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for filling a target volume with ions of different masses
Inventor: RATHER OLIVER
IPC: H01J49/02
Filed: 2007-07-30
Abstract: The invention relates to the loading process of a target volume with ions of different mass but the same energy from a somewhat distant ion storage device. The target volume can be, for example, the measuring cell of an ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (ICR-MS), the pulser of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer with orthogonal ion injection (OTOF) or an electrostatic ion trap. The invention consists in sending ion swarms consisting of ions with the same mass separated in time to the target volume in such an order that the different ion swarms of different masses arrive at the target volume at the same time despite having different flight velocities. The time separation and the right order of the swarms are generated either by a time-controlled mass-sequential extraction from the storage device, beginning with the heaviest ions, or by rearranging the flight order during the flight of the ions. A mass-sequential extraction in the order of decreasing mass can be generated, for example, by decreasing a pseudopotential barrier which lets pass the heavy ions first. The flight order of ions can be rearranged, for example, by two subsequent bunching processes whereby the second bunching process is necessary to restore the energy of the ions.
Patent GB-2451494-A (GB)
Title: Polarimetric imaging apparatus
Inventor: HAYTER DANIEL ROBERT
IPC: G02B30/25
Filed: 2007-08-01
Abstract: A polarimetric imaging apparatus 2 and method for distinguishing objects of interest within a scene, said apparatus comprising means for resolving electromagnetic radiation received from the scene having a first substantially circular polarisation state into a first image and for resolving electromagnetic radiation received from the scene having a substantially circular polarisation state of opposite handedness to that of the first circular polarisation state into a second image so as to identify differences there-between, and means for providing an output indicative of the difference there-between, wherein the resolving means is arranged in use to resolve said electromagnetic radiation into said first and second images successively.
Patent GB-2440828-A (GB)
Title: Display apparatus
Inventor: TANG YIN KWONG
IPC: F21V33/00
Filed: 2007-08-09
Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a frame adapted to engage and support the edges of a picture, a casing (3) defining a cavity disposed behind the plane occupied by the picture in use, lighting means 16, 17, 18 located in the cavity, and a power source for the lighting means. The lighting means comprising a linear array of light emitting diodes mounted in respective apertures in an elongate laminar support 16 and arranged to provide backlit illumination for a picture located in the frame. The array is located in a tubular diffuser 17 which is located in a light transmitting tube 18. The diffuser has a diameter less than the diameter of the tube and the tube is disposed along a central axis of the casing. The control circuitry and a battery compartment are enclosed by cover plates forming a channel 35 to receive the lighting means. The device further includes a photovoltaic cell, to supplement or reduce the need for a battery or external power supply, and a light sensitive detector arranged to interrupt the power circuit during light conditions.
Patent GB-2451816-A (GB)
Title: Linking unit for modular weighbridge
Inventor: BRADDOCK PHILIP JAMES
IPC: G01G19/02
Filed: 2007-08-11
Abstract: A linking unit 1 that connects multiple identical modular weighbridge sections together to form a longer weighbridge.
Patent GB-2452275-A (GB)
Title: Bracket arrangement to sealingly fix an insert stove in a fireplace
Inventor: TRIPP STEPHEN PHILIP
IPC: F24B1/18
Filed: 2007-08-30
Abstract: An insert stove or closed fire 5 is fixed or clamped in position in a fireplace using a bracket 52 movably attached to a rod or bolt 50 extending backwards into the fireplace from a portion of the stove 26 designed to abut the front of the fireplace 28. The bracket 52 is forced against the lintel of the fireplace by a threaded fastener 54, for example a wing nut, which co-operates with a threaded portion 56 of the bolt or rod 50. The fastener is located such that it can be tightened by hand through the flue 22 of the stove. A seal 30 may be provided between the fireplace and the stove. The bracket may be curved and have a barb to engage with the fireplace and may be pivotably connected to the stove. A method is also provided which includes the steps of placing an insert stove in a fire place and tightening the clamp or fixing device through the exhaust flue 22 of the stove 5.
Patent GB-2452963-A (GB)
Title: Measuring surface roughness and assessing degradation of a protective coating and oxide forming layer on a component
Inventor: BAGNALL STEPHEN MORAY
IPC: G01B5/28
Filed: 2007-09-21
Abstract: A method of assessing the degradation of an oxide-forming coating formed on a component such as an aerospace component or a turbine blade. After a period of operational use of the component, a degradation of the coating is caused by depletion of the oxide-forming element, such as Aluminium, within a remnant coating layer due to inter-diffusion of said element between the remnant coating and both an outer oxide layer and an inner, secondary diffusion layer. A depletion parameter is indicative of the depletion of the oxide-forming element in the remnant coating layer and it varies as a function of the surface roughness of the coated component. The method comprising the steps of: carrying out a measurement of the surface roughness of the component and then based on an estimation of the functional relationship between the surface roughness and the depletion parameter, the result of the measurement of surface roughness allows a quantitative assessment the degradation of the coating. A threshold of surface roughness may be correlated with a threshold of the depletion parameter and the roughness may be a measure of the peak to valley height of the coating.
Patent GB-2439245-A (GB)
Title: High compression multi-layer golf balls
Inventor: KENNEDY THOMAS J
IPC: C08L75/04
Filed: 2006-08-03
Abstract: Disclosed herein, in various embodiments, are multi-layer golf balls (10). In particular, disclosed herein are high compression multi-layer golf balls (10) covered with relatively thin and/or hard re ction injection molded (RIM) covers (16). The golf balls (10) exhibit such characteristics as enhanced distance, low driver spin, high initial velocity, and good feel and playability characteristics.
Patent GB-2440853-A (GB)
Title: A medical data telemetry management system
Inventor: RUSS TOMAS
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2006-04-26
Abstract: A medical data telemetry management system for managing acquisition of patient medical data derived from a plurality of patient connected devices includes an acquisition processor for acquiring medical data from a plurality of different patients attached to a corresponding plurality of patient connected devices using a corresponding plurality of communication channels. A communication interface receives a message, including a particular patient connected device identifier, which is generated in response to the detection of proximity of a particular patient connected device to a wireless patient connected device detector. A user interface responds to the detection of proximity of the particular patient connected device to the detector, by initiating generation of a message to a user prompting the user to enter data enabling allocation of a particular communication channel, from among the plurality of communication channels, for use in acquiring medical data from the particular patient on the particular communication channel.
Patent GB-2473800-A (GB)
Title: Support frame
Inventor: ATKIN REGINALD ROBERT
IPC: A01G9/12
Filed: 2007-11-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to a support frame and more specifically a support frame for support elongate rods or canes such as those used to support a growing plant, for example a tomato plant. A support frame comprises first and second side members (12, 14 respectively, figure 1), first and second cross members (16, 18 respectively, figure 1) connected to the first and second side members and at least one cross member having one or more retaining means (26, 28, figure 1) for supporting an elongate rod 32 in a generally upright orientation. The support frame further comprises a base member (24, figure 3) connected to the first side member and extending in a direction towards the second side member wherein the base member is arranged and configured to support an external load 30.
Patent GB-2445274-A (GB)
Title: Installing software code on a remote information handling system
Inventor: MITTAPALLI BALAJI
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2007-12-21
Abstract: A method and system are provided for installing software code on a remote information handling system (RIHS) comprising a management access controller (MAC). A remote management station (RMS) is implemented to manage the RIHS by communicating with its MAC over a network connection. The RIHS is initially booted by selecting a virtual media device (VMD) emulating a predetermined physical mass storage device containing a boot file and appearing to be physically attached via the RIHS's USB bus. Once booted, the RMS transfers additional boot files and installation files containing network share information to the MAC. The MAC transfers the files across a USB bus to the RIHS's memory where they are loaded and installed. A network connection is established to a network share comprising software code installation files. The software code installation files are then transferred from the network share to the RIHS for installation.
Patent GB-2449747-A (GB)
Title: Tubular Packaging Container and Method for Making a Tubular Pakaging Container
Inventor: MCLAREN JAMES JOHN
IPC: B65D3/04
Filed: 2008-05-21
Abstract: A composite panel 60 is formed by aligning a first blank 10 with a second blank 40 in a substantially coplanar back-to-back arrangement. The blanks 10, 40 are arranged such that the composite panel comprises two non-overlapping marginal regions 62, 64. The composite panel 60 is curved about an appropriate former to bring the first non-overlapping region 62 into overlap with the second non-overlapping region 64 and the two non-overlapping regions 62, 64 are then glued together. Prior to the formation of the composite panel 60 the first 10 and second 40 blanks are provided with appropriate finishes such that when folded into a tubular shape the finished face of the first blank 10 forms the external face of the tubular packaging container and the finished face of the second blank 40 forms the internal face of the tubular packaging container. A closure means is then fixed to one of the open ends of the tubular body to form the base of the resulting tubular packaging container. A further closure means is fixed to the other open end of the tubular body to complete the tubular packaging container.
Patent GB-2461744-A (GB)
Title: Methods of screening for agents to treat Alzheimer's disease
Inventor: TURNER LAURA
IPC: A61K31/713
Filed: 2008-07-11
Abstract: A method of screening a candidate agent for its ability to reduce the actvity of Septin 8 (SEPT8), comprising determining if the activity of SEPT8 is reduced in the presence of a candidate agent. Also claimed is a construct comprising nucleic acid encoding Septin 8, methods of treating Alzheimer's disease by administering an agent which reduces the activity of SEPT8. The agent that reduces the activity of SEPT 8 may be siRNA.
Patent GB-2449375-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing data
Inventor: SMITH GRAEME ROY
IPC: H03M7/30
Filed: 2007-02-16
Abstract: The present invention relates to a data compression and decompression system. The compression method is lossless and provides a significant reduction in the overall memory storage requirements. This is achieved by representing data blocks from a larger data stream by a mathematical function. A signature that represents each compressed data block is combined with the next sequential data block. This process is performed recursively until all the data has been compressed. To extract the compressed data stream the decompression circuitry is employed, which effectively implements the inverse mathematical function to the compression algorithm. The decompression apparatus employs a programmable N-adic Feedback with Carry Shift Register (N-FCSR) to generate the decompressed data stream. For large data files comprising segments or chapters, a compressed index signature block can be generated in parallel to facilitate faster access to relevant segments.
Patent GB-2454550-A (GB)
Title: Leg muscle strengthening device
Inventor: GIANANDREA PINAMONTE
IPC: A63B23/04
Filed: 2008-08-15
Abstract: A strengthening device for the muscles of the lower limbs comprises an upper pedal 50b and a base plate 50a and at least one elastically deformable material 51 placed between the pedal 50b and base 50a to yieldingly maintain them in a mutually angled arrangement. Pressing down on the pedal 50b against the resistance of the yielding material strengthens the leg muscles of the user. The elastically deformable material may take the form of at least one spring 51a,b or a resilient plastic material (5, figure 8). Also disclosed is a method of warming up the lower limb muscles for a drummer which includes locating the strengthening device under a drum pedal 42 and pressing down on the drum pedal 42 against the resistance of the strengthening device.
Patent GB-2463863-A (GB)
Title: A modular play system
Inventor: LAW ROGER DESMOND
IPC: A47D13/00
Filed: 2008-09-26
Abstract: A modular play system comprises a rigid base with a fixing position to allow a variety of interchangeable amusement, educational, of developmental devices with the same fitting to be attached. The infant sits on the base with the attachment between its legs. The toy is supported at the correct height to allow the infant to play in a sitting position. An optional back support may be included to assist the infant in sitting securely.