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Patent GB-2364420-A (GB)
Title: A prepayment utility metering system
Inventor: JARMAN MICHAEL
IPC: G06Q20/12
Filed: 2000-05-22
Abstract: A prepayment energy supply system comprises a prepayment utility meter 10, and a digital cellular transceiver 14 provided at a location, the utility meter 10 has an associated location identifier unique to the location and a memory for storing prepayment credits, the utility meter 10 is arranged to communicate with a remote communication unit 220 via the transceiver 14, the remote communication unit 220 has a database 230 of the unique identifiers and transceiver numbers, wherein a payment for crediting to a meter is directed as a signal to the remote communication unit 220 and includes the unique identifier, the remote communication unit 220 is arranged to determine the transceiver number from the unique identifier, to communicate with the utility meter 10 via the transceiver and to add appropriate prepayment credits to the memory. The system may have an identification card associated with the utility meter 10 and carrying the unique identifier for identifying the utility meter 10 during crediting transactions. The system may have a user interface unit 30 arranged to communicate with the utility meter 10 via RF signals. In an alternative embodiment the invention consists of a prepayment energy supply method in a prepayment energy supply system.
Patent GB-2382104-A (GB)
Title: Fire-proofed containers
Inventor: WARD DEREK ALFRED
IPC: A62C3/00
Filed: 2001-11-14
Abstract: A fire-proofed container for attachment to a surface of a door or wall in the vicinity of a letterbox or other opening, the container being produced from a flexible fibrous fabric sheet coated or lined on at least one of its surfaces with a material which intumesces in the presence of fire. The container includes an elongate opening 9 dimensioned and shaped to complement the opening of the door or wall and a metallic frame 10 is secured to the sheet around the elongate opening of the container. The container further comprises an openable lid (5, fig 1) having a downwardly projecting lip which overlies and makes contact with the upper edge of the container when in its closed position. The arrangement is such that in the event of burning material being placed in the container the coating or lining intumesces immediately to seal off the container interior and to prevent the egress of fire into the building.
Patent GB-2373730-A (GB)
Title: A body part substitute and method of mounting it
Inventor: NIINO MARIA
IPC: A61F2/54
Filed: 2002-01-17
Abstract: A prosthesis comprising a thin film being flexible, capable of extending and contracting and breathing, the film being bonded to the corresponding portion of the artificial body part to be secured in close contact with the body. The thin film 5, which may be transparent, may be bonded to the prosthesis with an adhesive and then attached to the body, or a sheet of the film may be secured to the skin 6, with an adhesive and the prosthesis fixed to it. An embodiment comprises an artificial breast 1, made of viscous silicone gel 2, covered in a thin transparent silicone film 3, which extends around the edge to form a thin wing portion 4, this flange being stuck to the thin film 5, using adhesive. A method of mounting a prosthetic finger is described and the film may be used to attach false noses, ears <I>etc</I>.
Patent GB-2389884-A (GB)
Title: Flow line securing support
Inventor: HUAU CHRISTIAN
IPC: F16L55/035
Filed: 2002-06-19
Abstract: A flow line support for securing a pipe which is deformable according to variations in the flow characteristics of the fluid carried by the pipe such that shocks in the pipe are damped. The support may comprise three deformation domains comprising; an elastic domain corresponding to small flow variations, a plastic domain corresponding to large flow variations and a limit domain corresponding to securing of the pipe in any flow variation case.
Patent GB-2376255-A (GB)
Title: Mine door power drive system
Inventor: KENNEDY WILLIAM R
IPC: E21F1/10
Filed: 2001-03-29
Abstract: A mine door system (10) including at least two doors (20 and 22) positioned in a mine passageway (14) in spaced relation forming an airlock (24). The doors (20 and 22) include at least one leaf (60A-D) movable between open and closed positions to allow passage into and out of the airlock (24). A control system (89) controls operation of leaf movement actuators (70-73) such that in normal operation, at least one door (20 and 22) is always closed to control flow of air in the mine. A power source (91) is included to effect movement of the leafs by the actuators (70-73).
Patent GB-2374553-A (GB)
Title: Dual adjustable pulley weight apparatus
Inventor: TOLLES BRET A
IPC: A63B21/062
Filed: 2001-02-16
Abstract: An exercise machine having a frame (28), weight stack (40), pulleys (24, 26), and cables (12, 54) and incorporating a dual adjustable pulley system (10) is disclosed. The weight stack (40) is slidably connected to the frame (28). A primary moveable pulley system is engaged with the weight stack (40) by way of a primary cable (12). The primary cable (12) has a handle (16) connected to its first end and its second end is fixed with respect to an exercise movement. A series of directional pulleys (20, 24, 26) are also engaged with the primary cable (12). The directional pulleys (20, 24, 26) are positioned on the frame (28) to allow for an exerciser to perform multiple exercises employing the weight stack (40). A secondary moveable pulley system is engaged with the primary moveable pulley system. The secondary moveable pulley system can be selectively engaged with the weight stack using a releasable coupler. A secondary cable is functionally engaged with the secondary moveable pulley system and a number of directional pulleys. The secondary cable has a first end that is fixed to a floating pulley. The floating pulley is functionally engaged with the primary cable. The secondary cable has second end that selectively engages the weight stack. The relationship between the primary moveable pulley system and the secondary moveable pulley system is such that when the handle is moved in an exercise motion, the weight stack provides resistance to the exercise motion.
Patent GB-2391169-A (GB)
Title: Dismountable seat
Inventor: HUR JAE-MYUNG
IPC: B60N2/06
Filed: 2002-10-03
Abstract: A seat for an automobile, which is intended to reduce its weight and to be easily mounted and dismounted by having a seat sliding device mounted on a body frame rather than a seat frame and having rollers, and which can be automatically tumbled and mounted face to face with other seats by a spiral spring and a locking structure by engagement at two points, is disclosed. The seat includes a front lock plate coupled to a front end of a seat frame by a front link to lock a front portion of a seat, a rear lock plate coupled to a rear end of the seat frame by a rear link to lock a rear portion of the seat, a lock plate link connected between the front lock plate and the rear lock plate to be rotated upon releasing the locked condition of the rear lock plate, a long slide rail coupled between the front and rear lock plates and received in a long slide channel mounted on a body frame to be moved therealong, which includes front and rear pairs of strikers to allow the seat frame to be mounted on or dismounted from the body frame, and on which the front and rear portions of the seat are locked, and a sliding lock-releasing unit connected to the long slide rail to release the locked condition of the seat frame, allowing the seat frame to be slid.
Patent GB-2393741-A (GB)
Title: Self adjusting fence panel
Inventor: WOLSTENHOLME PHILIP
IPC: E04H17/14
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: A fence 3 comprises at least two rails 5, at least one of which has holes therein which receive solid pales 1, the pales being attached to the rails by resiliently biased fastening means such a pair of spring loaded lugs 9 which are slidably housed within a bore in each pale 1. The outer end 12 of each lug 9 is urged into a recess 7 in an internal wall 6 of the rail 5 so as to form a pivot which locks the pale 1 to the rail 5. The inner ends of the lugs 9 have a cavity containing the spring 10. A method of assembling a fence, as disclosed above, by sliding a sleeve(not shown) over the pale 1 so as to restrain the lugs 9, then withdrawing the sleeve as the pale 1 passes into the rail is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2382364-A (GB)
Title: Packer cup
Inventor: SERAFIN WITOLD P
IPC: E21B33/126
Filed: 2002-11-05
Abstract: A packer cup 10 for isolating a high pressure zone from a lower pressure zone comprises a base ring 11 from which an annular body 12 extends. An intermediate section 17 formed from interwoven high strength reinforcing plies 18, such as wires or cables, is attached to the base ring 11. The packer cup 10 comprises an inner and outer layer 15, 16 bonded onto either side of the intermediate section 17. The inner and outer layers 15, 16 are formed from an elastomeric or rubber material to form a unitary and flexible structure. The intermediate layer 17 acts as an continuous, but flexible reinforcement to allow the expansion and contraction of the packer cup 10. The intermediate section 17 further prevents the inner and outer elastomeric layers 15, 16 from extruding whilst under pressure.
Patent GB-2380028-A (GB)
Title: Online color exchange
Inventor: LAWN RICHARD
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2002-11-08
Abstract: A system and method for selling coloring substances is presented herein. An application program for converting spectrophotometer measurements at client computers to color space coordinates is placed on a server. Spectrophotometer measurements are transmitted to the application program over a client/server connection. The application program converts the spectrophotometer measurements into a color space coordinate and stores records catalogued by the color space coordinate in a database at the server. Storage of color space coordinates of coloring substances at the server facilitates pairing of potential buyers and sellers. Additionally, storage of color space coordinates at the server also results in a larger number of records, thereby permitting greater flexibility in recipe calculations.
Patent GB-2395725-A (GB)
Title: Toilet bowl sealing assembly
Inventor: SHARPLES WALTRAUD
IPC: E03D11/00
Filed: 2002-11-13
Abstract: A toilet bowl sealing assembly comprises an upper panel 13 and a lower panel 14, wherein the upper panel 13 is placed over the toilet bowl adjacent the upper rim, and the lower panel 14 is placed inside the toilet bowl so that it abuts the underside of the toilet bowl rim. The panels 13, 14 are moved towards one another using a lever operated clamp, which draws up rod 2, and hence fixed lower panel 14, towards upper panel 13 on depression of trigger 3. The upper panel 13 is preferably free sliding on rod 2. The clamp can be released by operation of rod release plate 5. The assembly is useful in sealing off a toilet bowl in the event of a flood.
Patent GB-2401239-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning of head guide rail for a data transfer device
Inventor: WEST JAMES ANTHONY
IPC: G11B15/62
Filed: 2003-04-28
Abstract: Wipers 185 - 188 clean debris from guide rails 172, 173 as carrier 171, supporting head 175, moves along those rails. The wipers 185 - 188 may be blades; may conform to the shape of the rail 172; and be mounted on arms 182 - 183 which maybe resilient to urge the wipers 185 - 188 against the rail 172. Alternatively wipers (fig 3a 193, 194) may be fixed to a yoke (fig 4a, 195) which is retractable along on further rails (fig 4a, 196,197) so that rails 172, 173 are only wiped occasionally. Wiping movement of the yoke (fig 4a, 195) is achieved by pivoting driven by engagement with the head carrier 17. Extension and retraction of the yoke (fig 4a, 195) is achieved by a motor and is inhibited when the head carriage 171 not in a suitable position.
Patent GB-2402205-A (GB)
Title: A display system cabinet and display system including heat removal means
Inventor: YARE LESLIE JOHN
IPC: H04N5/64
Filed: 2003-05-20
Abstract: A display cabinet 10 has a sealed airtight compartment 30 for mounting a display system 20, and includes heat transfer means 70, such as a corrugated heat exchanger, to dissipate heat from the airtight compartment to the surrounding environment via thermal communication with an unsealed atmospheric zone 40. Heat is dissipated by air drawn through vents 60 and the atmospheric air zone 40 by at least one fan 50, which passes across one or more surfaces of the heat exchanger 70. Within the sealed compartment at least one fan 25 circulates air through a rear portion 35, behind a baffle plate 90 and also across the heat exchanger 70. The airtight compartment may include a pressurised zone 85 created by at least one fan 80, and the heat transfer means may alternatively include a heat pipe, a refrigeration unit, a flat plate heat exchanger, or a heat wheel. The display system may include one or more of a plasma display, an LCD display, a TFT display, a CRT display, an LED display, a projection display.
Patent GB-2403267-A (GB)
Title: Fuel vaporiser and regulator eg for i.c. engines
Inventor: COLLINS PAUL ANTONY
IPC: F02M19/04
Filed: 2003-06-24
Abstract: Liquid gas, eg LPG, CNG, LNG or hydrogen, is supplied under high pressure to the inlet 10 whence it enters a first chamber 1 in which it is vaporised and depressurised. The vapour passes through apertures 8 to a second chamber formed in an adjustment pin 7 that sits in a seat and is adjusted to a known pressure, eliminating the need for a diaphragm and spring system. The vapour then passes to a sleeve aperture 6 in which there is a plunger 5 actuated by a stepper motor 25 under the control of a computer connected to a combustor, eg i.c. engine, so that the plunger 5 regulates flow of vapour to the outlet 23. The body 2 may be heated electrically, eg by heating element 24.
Patent GB-2391111-A (GB)
Title: Bimetallic actuator
Inventor: MOUGHTON COLIN PETER
IPC: H01H37/54
Filed: 2003-07-08
Abstract: A snap-acting bimetallic actuator has a generally curved shape such that it reverses its curvature when heated to a predetermined temperature. The surface of the actuator has an indentation 10 from the concave side to the convex side which raises the break temperature and the remake temperature.
Patent GB-2391104-A (GB)
Title: Thin film magnetic head
Inventor: SATO KIYOSHI
IPC: G11B5/39
Filed: 2003-07-10
Abstract: An upper radiating layer 15 is formed around a lower core layer 13 without making contact with the lower core layer, and each of first 21 and second coils 23 has a portion facing the lower core layer and a portion facing the upper radiating layer so that heat of the first and second coils is released to the upper radiating layer. This reduces thermal expansion of the head. An intermediate radiating layer 11 can be formed at the rear of the upper shield layer 9 and a lower radiating layer 3 can be formed at the rear of the lower shield layer 3. The radiating layers are separated from the core or shield layers by a non magnetic material to reduce undesirable changes in coil inductance from flux flowing into the radiating layers. The radiating layers can be made of the same material as the core or shield layers, or made of a non magnetic metal.
Patent GB-2391665-A (GB)
Title: Producing noise-free model of distribution of heterogeneous medium in a zone
Inventor: LAILLY PATRICK
IPC: G01V1/34
Filed: 2003-08-05
Abstract: - Method of forming, from data obtained by exploration of a zone of a heterogeneous medium (an underground zone for example), a model representative of the distribution in the zone of at least one physical quantity amply free of the presence of correlated noises that may be contained in the data. <UL ST="-"> <LI>The method essentially comprises the following stages: <LI>acquisition of data giving information about certain characteristics of the zone, <LI>specification of a modelling operator which associates the response of the model with a model (synthetic data), <LI>modelling of each correlated noise by applying a specific modelling operator to a noise-generating function (n.g.f.), <LI>specification of a semi-norm in the data space, <LI>specification, in each n.g.f. space, of a norm for which each noise modelling operator constitutes an isometry, and <LI>seeking, by an algorithmic method taking advantage of these isometry properties, the model and the n.g.f. which minimize a cost function quantifying, by means of the semi-norm, the difference between the measured data and the superposition of the response of the model and of the noises associated with the n.g.f. <LI>Application: for example seeking the distribution, in an underground zone, of the acoustic impedance, of propagation velocities, of permeabilities, etc. </UL>
Patent GB-2396171-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for suspending a pipe within a well casing
Inventor: YOKLEY JOHN M
IPC: E21B23/01
Filed: 2002-05-17
Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for use in suspending a pipe from the lower end of a tubular body (20) concentrically within an outer casing (C). Pockets (21) are formed about the outer circumference of the body each to receive a cone (30) having an inner conical side adjacent the inner wall of a pocket, and a slip (40) having an inner conical side adjacent outer conical side of the cone.
Patent GB-2407981-A (GB)
Title: Method of deactivating allergens
Inventor: HIGGINS SABRINA
IPC: A61L9/04
Filed: 2003-11-15
Abstract: A method of deactivating an allergen, particularly a dust mite allergen, comprises dispersing into an airspace an effective amount of a compound comprising one or more of the following:-citrus oil, mint oil, bois de rose oil, oil of jasmine, frankincense, oil of bergamot and oil of lemon grass. The deactivant may particularly be a mixture of bois de rose oil with either oil of bergamot or oil of lemon grass or a mixture of a citrus oil with either of oil of bergamot or oil of jasmine.
Patent GB-2397483-A (GB)
Title: A horse shoe with straps and a medical composition for hooves
Inventor: DODD ROGER
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 2004-01-21
Abstract: A horse shoe 1 has a sole member 2 , a front panel 5 which is connected to and extends upwardly from the front of said sole 2 so as, in use, to extend along the front of the hoof of an animal, and a back panel 8 which is connected to and extends upwards from the back of said sole 2 so, in use, to extend along the back of the hoof of an animal. A front strap assembly is composed of a pair of front securing swaps 21b, 24, a first 21b of which extends around the bottom of the shoe proximate to the back thereof from one side of the shoe to the other, and a second 24 of which extends obliquely from one side of the shoe, around the front panel 5 proximate to an ankle opening therein, to the other side. A rear strap assembly is composed of a pair of rear securing straps 22b, 26, a first 22b of which extends around the bottom of the shoe proximate to the front thereof from one side of the shoe to the other, and a second 26 of which extends obliquely from one side of the shoe around the back 8 of the shoe proximate to the ankle opening, to the other side. The first and second front swaps are connectable to each other and the first and second rear straps connectable together so as to secure the shoe on the animal hoof. A medical composition, is also defined comprising 95% to 99% Glycerine, 3 to 8 g/kg of Lavendula angustfolia x latifolia, 0.5 to 1.5 g/kg Arnica Montana and 1.5 to 10 g/kg Melaleuca alternifolia for use as a medicament. A paste may be applied to the hoof by use of the shoe. In a medical shoe, the inner sole may be replaced by a gauze pad to treat a foot injury, or such a gauze may be formed separately from and be insertable into the shoe.
Patent GB-2396973-A (GB)
Title: A motor protector for electrical submersible pumps
Inventor: DU MICHAEL H
IPC: F04D13/10
Filed: 2002-06-11
Abstract: An electrical motor 14 protector 10, for a submersible pumping system 10, comprising a bellows assembly 64, adapted to pressurise an internal fluid 54 relative to an external fluid 68 of the pumping system, and a particulate filter assembly 74, 76. The motor protector may have a fluid absorbent assembly 56, 58 and 60 for removing an undesirable fluid from the internal fluid or may have a multi-orientable labyrinth operable in multiple orientations.
Patent GB-2401251-A (GB)
Title: Circuit card divider
Inventor: MALONE CHRISTOPHER GREGORY
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2004-04-14
Abstract: A divider 100 for separating integrated circuit cards in a card cage comprises a planar member 102, at least one engagement edge 104 disposed on the planar member and capable of engaging a slot in the card cage, and at least one aperture 106 extending through the planar member. The at least one aperture facilitates airflow though the card cage, and may be shaped to enhance airflow from one side of the divider to the other. The cards may have hot-plug capabilities and may be PCI cards. Various aperture configurations are disclosed including louvres covered by moveable slats (406, Fig 4). Also claimed is an electronic system comprising a card cage (204, Fig 2) , a cooling fan (208, Fig 2) and at least one divider.
Patent GB-2412598-A (GB)
Title: L shaped practice putting target
Inventor: WHITEHOUSE SYDNEY ANTHONY HOLL
IPC: A63B69/36
Filed: 2004-05-05
Abstract: A putting device comprises a generally L shaped housing having limbs A, B joined at a corner 9. The first limb A defines a ramp 2 up which a golf ball may travel, and the second limb B points upwardly, such that a golf ball which arrives at the top of the ramp will cause the housing to tip about the corner 9 to a second position in which the second limb contacts the ground and the first limb points upwardly (see fig's 4-7). Side cheeks 4 may be provided to prevent the ball from rolling off sideways, and the second limb may define a ramp which allows the ball to exit the housing when the housing assumes the second position (see fig's 10-13), with the weights of the limbs being such that the housing returns to its original position when the ball exits. Alternatively, the second limb may be provided with a removable barrier 6 which prevents the ball from exiting when the housing assumes the second position. The device may be adapted to nest with other such devices so that a number of devices may be stacked for display, transportation etc. (see fig. 9).
Patent GB-2413805-A (GB)
Title: Flood protection for buildings
Inventor: WOLFENDEN RAY
IPC: E04H9/14
Filed: 2004-05-05
Abstract: Flood water is prevented from entering a building by providing a sealed junction between a wall structure <B>1</B>, <B>2</B> and a floor structure <B>5</B> of the building. The sealed junction can be provided by sealing elements in or on each of the floor and wall structures being directly or indirectly sealingly joined to each other. A floor slab may be cast into or onto a wall structure of the building to form floor slab, wall and foundation of the building as a rigid structure. Alternatively a flexible restraint <B>41</B> may be provided between wall and floor structure. Sealing elements in or on the floor structure may be joined to those in or on the wall structure by a compression joint with sealing pressure provided by the weight of the overlying structure. Sealing may be provided around openings in the wall structure. Sealing may be provided by sealingly jointed or continuous waterproof membranes <B>7</B>. Sealing may be provided around wall ties connecting inner <B>1</B> and outer <B>2</B> leaves of the wall. Alternatively sealing may be provided by sealingly jointed glazed bricks or dense engineering bricks. Alternatively sealing may be provided by closed cell expanding foam injected into a wall cavity.
Patent GB-2405436-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable draught and fire strip
Inventor: GILLIGAN THOMAS
IPC: E06B7/21
Filed: 2004-11-19
Abstract: The bottom of a door is provided with an adjustable draught and fire strip 1-2, movably mounted in a casing 1-1 by means of screw fittings or springs 1-3 for automatic adjustment as the door closes. For larger openings (see figure 2), for example gates or garage doors, larger springs (2-1) are fitted along with rollers (2-4).