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Patent GB-2571550-A (GB)
Title: A clip
Inventor: ALISTAIR TAVERNER
IPC: A47G25/00
Filed: 2018-03-01
Abstract: A storage clip 100 suitable for securing shoes comprises a shell 10 defining a cavity 11 and a clamp 20 slidably movable at least partially in the cavity from an open position to a clamped position to thereby secure shoes. The shell may be formed by side walls interconnected by a top wall, wherein each of the side walls comprises a side slots 16 and the top wall comprises a top slot. The shell may comprise ledges 18 that extend from the top wall to facilitate clamping or opening of the clip. A groove may be defined on an inner surface of the shell. The clamp may comprise resiliently deformable legs 25, wherein each of the legs comprises a ridge 36 which clips into the groove when the clamp is in the clamped position. Each leg may have an outwardly extending arm 26 that slide in each respective slot. When the arms are pressed by a user, the legs inwardly flex, allowing the ridge to clip into the groove when engaging the clamp in the clamped position, or to clip out of the groove when disengaging the clamp from the camped position.
Patent GB-2572135-A (GB)
Title: Data transaction system and method
Inventor: DAVID IRVINE
IPC: G06Q20/02
Filed: 2018-03-07
Abstract: A data transaction system and method includes computing nodes 30,40,50 and a network 20, such as a P2P network, where one or more of the nodes are categorized into trusted or untrusted nodes according to a trust verification arrangement. The system further includes a voting arrangement that receives votes from the trusted nodes to compute a consensus for verifying transaction events. Thus there is provided a data transaction system that can combine an asynchronous consensus/node ordering mechanism that functions within a public/non-permissioned network where network members are temporally dynamically changing. The system may also store data by dividing data into chunks that are then encrypted and/or obfuscated, with the chunks then stored in relation to at least one data map. The transaction may be a currency value, or cryptocurrency.
Patent GB-2557835-A (GB)
Title: Hydrophobizing treatments and agents and methods of use in subterranean formations
Inventor: WILLIAM WALTER SHUMWAY
IPC: C09K8/74
Filed: 2015-12-30
Abstract: Systems and methods for using hydrophobizing agents to prevent or delay acidization and/or improve filter cake removal in subterranean formations are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and one or more hydrophobizing agents; contacting at least a portion of a surface within a subterranean formation with the treatment fluid; and allowing the hydrophobizing agent to interact with the portion of the surface within the subterranean formation to reduce its reactivity with an acid.
Patent GB-2562641-A (GB)
Title: Tracking assistance device, tracking assistance system, and tracking assistance method
Inventor: SONOKO HIRASAWA
IPC: H04N21/4728
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: The present invention appropriately performs an assistance process for reducing burden on a monitoring person, and thereby, enables a tracking operation to be smoothly performed without losing track of a person being tracked. The present invention is provided with: a search condition setting unit (31) that sets a search condition through an operation by a user; a tracking target setting unit (32) that sets, as a tracking target, a person designated through an operation by a monitoring person who selects a tracking mark on a tracking target search screen on which an image matching the search condition is displayed; a check image presenting unit (39) that displays a tracking target check screen on which only images of a person, who is most likely to be identified as the person set as the tracking target, taken by respective cameras are displayed as check images; an image display period setting unit (33) that sets an image display period through an operation by a user when a tracking mark is not displayed on the tracking target in the tracking target search screen; and an intra-camera tracking information correcting unit (26) that corrects tracking information so as to display the check images on the tracking target check screen on the basis of the image display period.
Patent GB-2561766-A (GB)
Title: Outdoor paint sprayer
Inventor: JOHN D MCBRIDE JR
IPC: B05B9/08
Filed: 2017-01-30
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an outdoor paint sprayer having an air pump chamber separate from a refillable and/or replaceable paint chamber. In some aspects, the outdoor paint sprayer is configured to dispense a liquid paint with minimal dilution, such that a paint having an original concentration may be aspirated and dispersed by the outdoor paint sprayer without requiring additional manipulation of the paint outside of the sprayer. In some aspects, the outdoor paint sprayer includes one or more nozzle features and/or tips that produce a desired spraying application. In further aspects, additional features for emulating a particular marking effect may be incorporated with and/or coupled to the sprayer for application.
Patent GB-2582885-A (GB)
Title: Air vent
Inventor: PRAVIN ARUN TILEKAR
IPC: B60H1/34
Filed: 2018-07-06
Abstract: An air vent 1, 4 for a vehicle, the air vent has a curved Coanda surface 13 and an annular primary flow inlet 10 to direct a primary flow over the Coanda surface, and a nozzle downstream of the Coanda surface. The nozzle has either a diverging portion with a converging portion downstream of the diverging portion, or is a converging nozzle that has a substantially circular outlet with a smaller diameter than the primary flow inlet downstream of the converging nozzle. The air vent can have an internal cavity 35 that receives pressurised air from a compressor ideally in the lower half of a vehicle cabin or within a centre console 2. Also claimed is a seat component for a seat of a vehicle that has an air vent with a Coanda surface and an annular primary flow inlet.
Patent GB-2576732-A (GB)
Title: A motor vehicle assembly
Inventor: MATTHEW DAVID GEORGE SHYNN
IPC: B60H1/00
Filed: 2018-08-29
Abstract: An air conditioning system 100 for a motor vehicle has a refrigerant duct 114 that carries refrigerant to or from a housing 112 of the system, the duct further having a connector portion 114a that connects to the housing and a duct portion 114b that is spaced 116 apart from the housing in a first direction D100. The system also has a spacer 130 coupled to either the duct or the housing and arranged to reduce the spacing between the duct and the housing in order to reduce the displacement of the duct in a collision. The spacer can comprise an angled abutment face to encourage the duct to be displaced in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. The spacer can comprise an integrally formed rib on the housing, and may protrude from a surface of the housing in a direction towards the front of the vehicle.
Patent GB-2564327-A (GB)
Title: A subterranean excavation machine
Inventor: MAKSIM ARNAUTOV
IPC: E21C45/00
Filed: 2018-09-27
Abstract: There is provided a subterranean excavation machine, comprising a cable and a cutting head 10 at an end of the cable (15 fig.1). The cutting head 10 comprises a plurality of nozzles 60 which receive cutting fluid from one or more cutting fluid conduits passing along a length of the cable. The nozzles 60 eject the cutting fluid under pressure to cut into subterranean substrate, and at least some of the nozzles are configured to rotate about different axes to one another. The nozzles may be in spherical rotating nozzle support members 72
Patent GB-2569219-A (GB)
Title: Non-destructive testing apparatus and method of use
Inventor: CHRIS MCELVAR
IPC: B64C29/02
Filed: 2018-10-12
Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) 10 has a probe support arm 20 configured to move relative to the body 12 of the UAV, for performing non-destructive testing (NDT) of structures. The arm may be moved by a mechanism, motor 21, or lever to pivot through an angle up to 180o relative to either the horizontal or vertical planes. The arm may be articulated and/or telescopic, and move between propellers 16 of the UAV so it does not contact them. Preferably, a mount support (fig.3A,32) at an end of the arm uses a resilient material (fig.3A,36), such as bungie cord, springs, elastic and/or rubber, to support a sensor mount (fig.3A,34) holding an ultrasonic, ACFM, phased array, eddy current, induction, hall effect, or EMAT sensor 50. The sensor mount may have at least three degrees of freedom relative to the mount support, arm, or UAV body. The sensor mount may have a detachable head (fig.6A,335), with a convex, concave, or flat shaped structure engaging surface (fig.6B). The UAV may have a coupling media injection device (fig.7A,400) , placing media on a surface (fig.3A,34a) of the sensor before contacting the structure surface.
Patent GB-2573393-A (GB)
Title: Inkjet consumables cartridge
Inventor: JONATHAN MORGAN
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2019-03-19
Abstract: A container 1 for replenishing ink or solvent in an ink jet printer system, the container having first 2 and second 7 protrusions forming first and second connectors for attachment to the ink system, wherein fluid from within the container is transferrable to the ink system through the first protrusion and air is transferrable back to the container through the second protrusion to maintain air pressure outside of the container equal to the pressure inside the container; and wherein the first protrusion is longer than the second protrusion. The first protrusion may be near the bottom of the container and the second protrusion may be near the top of the container. Also disclosed are an adapter and an inkjet printer for use with the container. Preferably, when the container is mounted, the first protrusion engages before the second protrusion. When the container is dismounted, preferably the second protrusion disengages before the first protrusion. A method is disclosed comprising detecting the removal of the container and applying a vacuum to the container.
Patent GB-2582585-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable stowing linkage
Inventor: ADAM BECK
IPC: A61G3/06
Filed: 2019-03-26
Abstract: A wheelchair lift comprising a lifting assembly 18 movable between lowered and raised deployed positions and a stowed configuration, a support arm 14 pivotably attached to the lifting assembly, a platform 12 pivotally supported on the arm between stowed and deployed configurations and a platform stowing linkage 78 which extends between the support arm 14 and the platform 12 and causes the platform 12 to move to it’s stowed configuration as the lifting assembly moves to it’s stowed configuration wherein the stowing linkage 78 is adjustable to allow the relationship between the platform and lifting assembly to be changed. Movement of the lifting assembly may compress the stowing linkage 78 to exert a force on the platform. There may also be a bridge plate 74 with an adjustable relationship with the configuration of the lifting assembly. Also disclosed as an arrangement wherein the relationship between a handrail 16 stowing and a lift stowing can be adjusted.
Patent GB-2574932-A (GB)
Title: Portable, watertight sealing device and method for use of the device
Inventor: JUAN FRANCISCO SANTACOLOMA MORO
IPC: B65D33/16
Filed: 2019-04-29
Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable, watertight sealing device and a method for use of said device. The invention allows the keeping and moving of small objects safely and in a watertight manner. The sealing device 1 comprises a bag 10 made of a deformable and waterproof elastic material, in turn comprising a main body 11, a neck (12, figure 1), and an opening (13) through which an object can be inserted; and a main ring 20 likewise made of a deformable and waterproof elastic material, and having a central hole (21); such that in the sealed position of the device, the neck (12) of the bag 10 has a fold A in a position inserted into the central hole (21) of the main ring 20, with a band B being retained between said fold A on the neck (12) and the main ring 20.
Patent GB-2584410-A (GB)
Title: A filter assembly
Inventor: Jake John Read
IPC: F04D25/10
Filed: 2019-05-16
Abstract: A filter assembly for an air treatment apparatus (e.g. an air purifier, fig 5) may contain a partially compressed solid foam filter media 103. Polyurethane foam filter sheets 103 in an array may be squashed between air permeable meshes 107 and 108. The entirety of foam filter sheets 103 may be compressed into indentations 110 in air permeable mesh 107. Openings 111 in border lattice 109 may align with indentations 110 in mesh 107. Catalytic particles, capable of oxidative decomposition of VOCs at room temperature, may be dispersed within pores of stochastic solid foam filter media 103, to oxidise formaldehyde. Mesh 107 may comprise stainless steel fibres, angled at 45°. A filter frame (101, figure 1) may be semi-cylindrical.
Patent GB-2573722-A (GB)
Title: Processor power-saving during wait events
Inventor: RAYMOND MICHAEL HIGGS
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2017-12-21
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a method of optimizing power consumption in an electrical device. The method includes receiving, by a processor, instructions to enter a wait state, and identifying, by the processor, a parameter associated with the instructions to enter a wait state. The method continues with initiating, by the processor, instructions to enter a low-power mode based on the parameter, initiating, by the processor, instructions to exit a low-power mode based on the parameter, and providing, via a user interface, a user with notice of a current state of the processor. The parameter includes runtime information, instructional information, and scheduled operations.
Patent GB-2585719-A (GB)
Title: Downhole tool including a multi-stage reciprocating and automatically reset pump
Inventor: SAM SCHROIT
IPC: F04B47/04
Filed: 2018-03-30
Abstract: Automated systems are disclosed that enable the rapid provision of fluids to downhole isolation tools. This is achieved by automatically optimizing the use of power available downhole by providing a high flowrate when pressure demand is low and a lower flowrate when pressure demand is high. Methods are disclosed which utilize the apparatus in a bottom hole assembly during downhole operations for isolating segments of a borehole.
Patent GB-2590055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cable or pipe supports
Inventor: PAUL DAVIDSON
IPC: H02G3/30
Filed: 2019-10-09
Abstract: A support apparatus suitable for supporting a cable or a pipe 12 arranged to provide an accommodation space 30 with an opening such that the cable or pipe 12 may be introduced into the accommodation space 30 through the opening. The accommodation space may be arcuate or triangular and the support may feature a closing portion to cover the opening such that the space is entirely encompassed by the support. Furthermore, the free end of the support may be coupled to an additional support by means of a castellated portion 202 and the support may feature a shorter support such that two separate runs of pipes or cables may be formed.
Patent GB-2575614-A (GB)
Title: System and method for producing beer/hard cider concentrate
Inventor: Frederik Havel
IPC: C12H6/00
Filed: 2018-04-24
Abstract: A system and method are provided to produce a beverage concentrate such as a beer extract. A forward osmosis (FO) filtration technique removes pure water from a conventional brewed beer; accordingly, the beer extract can be produced without distillation or other alteration steps that may negatively impact of flavor and aroma components of the beer. A draw solution is used to provide a differential osmotic pressure through a FO filtration device. The diluted draw solution is recycled by reverse osmosis, distillation, and combinations thereof.
Patent GB-2590604-A (GB)
Title: Making beverages
Inventor: KAY RUSSELL
IPC: C12G3/005
Filed: 2019-11-20
Abstract: A method of making an alcoholic cocktail wherein a measure of a pre-formed cocktail concentrate including alcohol in which the other ingredients are dispersed, the concentrate having a pasty constituency, is dispensed from a supply container and mixed with water, and optionally ice, to provide the cocktail. The container may be a squeezable tube or bottle having a closable outlet, optionally comprising a non-return valve. The container may comprise a sealed pouch or sachet containing a present quantity of the concentrate paste and the dispensing step comprises cutting or tearing the container. The document also discloses pre-formed cocktail concentrate including alcohol in which the other ingredients are dispersed, wherein the coventrate has a pasty consistency. The concentrate may be dispensed like toothpaste. An alcoholic cocktail comprising a measure of concentrate defined above mixed with water is also disclosed. The strength, both in taste and in alcohol, of the alcoholic cocktail may be adjusted by varying the proportion of the added water to concentrate.
Patent GB-2592079-A (GB)
Title: Bed reader blanket
Inventor: HOLLY LENA CARSON
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 2020-03-03
Abstract: A Bed Reader Blanket 1000 suitable for supporting a book, magazine or tablet comprises a modified blanket 200 wherein at least a first corner 214 has a first reading rest 100 which increasingly thickens the first corner towards the perimeter extremity of the first corner. The first reading rest may have a thinnest edge 18 across the first corner between edges of the blanket, which meet at the perimeter extremity. The rest may comprise a solid and pliable three-dimensional (3D) support shape 10 which is thinnest along an edge which coincides with the perimeter extremity. The support shape may be a tetrahedron. The rest may further include a ledge 20 proximate adjacent and parallel to a thinnest section of the rest. The ledge may be formed of a channel or have a hemispherical cross section curving over the blanket. The blanket may further comprise elastic retaining straps, a night reading light, an electronic device charger, a haptics control surface, an electrical heating device or an electrical cooling device.
Patent GB-2587467-A (GB)
Title: Terminal clamp cover device for low voltage circuit breakers
Inventor: Stefano Cassina
IPC: H01H73/20
Filed: 2020-06-12
Abstract: A terminal clamp cover 1 for a low voltage moulded case circuit breaker 100 having one or more phases 101 each provided with an electrical terminal 102, a clamp (2, figure 3) for connecting the terminal to a circuit, and a vent opening 103,104 to discharge the gases produced in the arcing chamber of the circuit breaker during opening/closing operations. The clamp comprises an insulating body on its outer surface with a plurality of heat dissipating elements. The clamp and insulating body may both be L-shaped, and the heat dissipating elements may comprise parallel fins 121,131 arranged along first and second surfaces 12,13. The fins may be oriented with a trend in the direction of outflow of the gases. The heat dissipating elements may be made of electrically insulating and thermally conductive material, such as plastics, The insulating body may have a rear surface and a lower surface (15, figure 2A) with openings that allow the passage of the clamp such that the insulating body can be inserted by sliding on said clamp. The discharged gases come into contact with the fins and are both cooled and directed out of the circuit breaker. The fins also cool the clamp and increase the total thermal efficiency.
Patent GB-2599366-A (GB)
Title: Letterplate
Inventor: VARINDER SINGH
IPC: A47G29/126
Filed: 2020-09-24
Abstract: A letterplate 100 for forming a closure for a letterbox aperture 224 in a door 102 comprises a mounting portion 207 that is connectable to the door and that at least partially defines an opening. The letterplate further comprises a moveable cover portion 104 that covers the opening, wherein the moveable cover portion moves linearly relative to the mounting portion. The cover portion may be slidable and may be moveable in a direction perpendicular to the width and height of the opening. The letterplate may further comprise a limiter that limits movement of the cover portion relative to the mounting portion. The cover portion may comprise a cover plate 202 and a barrier portion 200, wherein the barrier portion restricts access around the cover plate. The mounting portion may comprise a sleeve portion 218 that extends parallel to the movement axis of the cover portion and/or perpendicularly to the opening.
Patent GB-2596163-A (GB)
Title: Electric vehicle direct current charging system with a transformer capable of outputting a voltage of 1250 volts
Inventor: LUOLIANG XUE
IPC: B60L53/22
Filed: 2020-11-04
Abstract: An electric vehicle (EV) direct current (DC) charging system includes: a three-phase distribution transformer 1, a buck-type high-frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier-filter circuit 2 and a charging controller 4 configured for controlling the rectifier-filter circuit. The transformer has an output end that outputs a line voltage of 1250V and is connected with the rectifier-filter circuit. The transformer has: a primary high-voltage (HV) side connected to a public medium-voltage distribution network; and a secondary low-voltage (LV) side capable of outputting the line voltage. The rectifier-filter circuit may be arranged on a body of the EV to form a fast-charging device which includes an on-vehicle socket. The output end may have a charging plug K4 configured to connect with the on-vehicle charging socket to charge the EV. The rectifier-filter circuit may include capacitors and inductors that are connected near the charging plug. The secondary LV side may include a winding 12 with two charging plugs K4, K7 connected in parallel. The secondary LV side may include multiple windings 12, 13 with a corresponding number of charging piles. The charging system may transmit power to the charging plugs and the charging piles in a time-sharing and power-sharing manner according to a capacity of the transformer.
Patent GB-2587971-A (GB)
Title: Degradable metal body for sealing of shunt tubes
Inventor: MICHAEL LINLEY FRIPP
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2018-07-20
Abstract: A method of sealing an interior passageway of a shunt tube that forms a portion of a completion assembly includes positioning the completion assembly within a wellbore, wherein the completion assembly includes: the shunt tube; and a degradable metal body associated with the shunt tube; performing, using the completion assembly, gravel packing operations; and permitting the degradable metal body to corrode so that the degradable metal body produces particles comprising a metal element and a plug is formed within the interior passageway of the shunt tube, wherein the plug includes the particles. The plug also includes proppant from the gravel packing operations.
Patent GB-2591418-A (GB)
Title: Quick hitch
Inventor: STEPHEN WILFRED ACKERMANN
IPC: E02F3/36
Filed: 2015-10-15
Abstract: A quick hitch 2 for mounting an implement (fig.3, 180) on a machine. It comprises an enclosure 10, 12, 14, 16, 30, 32 including at least one mounting means 6a, 6b for connection to a machine and accommodates securing means 8, (fig.10, 208) that extend through an aperture of the enclosure to secure the hitch with respect to the implement and removable wear plate 26a, 26b for engagement with a surface of the implement. The removable plate prolongs hitch life as they provide an engaging surface can be replaced if worn. The quick hitch may comprise a signal means that warns a user when the hitch is disengaged from the implement and use mechanical or electrical actuators as securing means.