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Patent GB-2485376-A (GB)
Title: Rotary washing line adaptor
Inventor: VICTORY MALCOLM GORDON
IPC: D06F57/04
Filed: 2010-11-11
Abstract: The adaptor 1 is for supporting a washing line cover which may be used to prevent rain from wetting laundry hung on a three-arm or four-arm rotary washing line. The adaptor provides a holder for a prop to provide a central support to the washing line cover. The adaptor may be in the form of a cylindrical cup with a collar 2, a conical section 3 and a base section 4 having an internal diameter suitable for housing a centre post (19, Figure 6) of the rotary washing line. Brackets or lugs 5 may be used to hold the adaptor on the centre post via cut-out sections 6 and connecting means (16, Figure 6). The brackets may be spaced around the circumference of the adaptor at angles suitable to allow attachment to both three- and four-armed rotary washing lines. The connecting means may be a cable tie, elastic band, string, rope, cord or wire.
Patent GB-2490098-A (GB)
Title: Air freshener device comprising microcapsules
Inventor: BLONDEAU PHILIPPE
IPC: A61L9/04
Filed: 2011-04-07
Abstract: An air freshener (1, Fig. 1) comprises an unit having two lamellae 2, 3 each having two surfaces and joined with one surface of one lamella opposing a surface of the other lamella. Direct contact between the opposing surfaces is prevented by the presence between the lamellae of a plurality of fragrance-containing rupturable microcapsules 4. The device further comprises a rupture element 5 mounted on the device and adapted to move in the plane of the lamellae, simultaneously applying rupturing force to a desired portion of microcapsules. A method is also claimed, wherein the rupture element is moved to an extent which is sufficient to provide a desired air freshening effect. The device is of particular use in motor vehicles. Preferably, the lamellae are thin layers of paper, cardboard, fabrics, plastics or metal foils. The device may also include surface markings (6, Fig. 1) which indicate an extent to which the rupture element can be moved to emit a sufficient fragrance for a particular time period.
Patent GB-2489743-A (GB)
Title: Femtocell base station synchronization
Inventor: WHINNETT NICHOLAS WILLIAM
IPC: H04W56/00
Filed: 2011-04-08
Abstract: There is provided a method of determining a timing estimate for use in synchronizing a femtocell base station to a macrocell base station, the method in the femtocell base station comprising determining an uplink timing estimate from a signal transmitted from a mobile device to the macrocell base station, the mobile device being served by the macrocell base station; determining a downlink timing estimate from a signal transmitted from the macrocell base station; and determining a timing estimate for use in synchronizing the femtocell base station to the macrocell base station from the downlink timing estimate and the uplink timing estimate.
Patent GB-2490164-A (GB)
Title: An expandable suitcase
Inventor: EDWARDS BARNABY
IPC: A45C7/00
Filed: 2011-04-20
Abstract: An expandable travelling case 40 comprises a back panel 47, a flexible jacket (not shown), and an expansion mechanism comprising at least one expansion arm 41 and a holding frame 45. The case can be expanded by moving the expansion arm 41 to an expanded configuration wherein the expansion arm 41 braces the holding frame 45 against the flexible jacket in cooperation with the back panel 47 of the case. This provides a tension fit for the flexible jacket. The case may be collapsed into a store away configuration by moving the expansion arm 41 to a folded configuration. The case takes up less room than a standard case when collapsed. The case preferably has two expansion arms 41 located on opposite sides of the case.
Patent GB-2476770-A (GB)
Title: Synthesis of diester-based lubricants from enzymatically-directed epoxides
Inventor: MILLER STEPHEN J
IPC: C10M105/32
Filed: 2009-11-12
Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to methods of making diester-based lubricant compositions, wherein formation of diester species proceeds via esterification of epoxide intermediates, and wherein the epoxide intermediates are generated via an enzymatically-driven mechanism. In some embodiments, the methods for making such diester-based lubricants utilize a biomass precursor and/or low value (e.g., Fischer-Tropsch (FT) olefins and/or alcohols) so as to produce high value diester-based lubricants. In some embodiments, such diester-based lubricants are derived from FT olefins and fatty acids. The fatty acids can be from a bio-based source (i.e., biomass, renewable source) or can be derived from FT alcohols via oxidation.
Patent GB-2481701-A (GB)
Title: Forward and reverse mass scanning for an ion beam instrument
Inventor: MITCHELL IAN RUSSELL
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2011-06-28
Abstract: A quadrupole mass spectrometer alternates between increasing mass and decreasing mass scans for the purpose of reducing inter-scan delays. By alternating increasing and decreasing mass scans, the next scan starts where the last scan ended reducing the settling time required. Backsteps may be eliminated by scanning in a non-linear manner where the RF and DC components of a control signal are non-linear functions, particularly at the beginning and end of each scan. In a preferred embodiment, these non-linear functions are cosine functions (see Figure 9).
Patent GB-2493729-A (GB)
Title: Infra red wavefront sensor device with tapered fibre optic image conduits
Inventor: LAYCOCK LESLIE CHARLES
IPC: G01J9/00
Filed: 2011-08-16
Abstract: An infra red wavefront sensor device 10 includes a plurality of tapered coherent fibre optic image conduits 12a, 12b. Each image conduit has an input surface 14a, 14b and a body portion 16a, 16b that tapers to an output surface 18a, 18b and is configured to transmit an infra-red image incident on the input surface to the output surface. The input surfaces 14a, 14b are substantially coÂ­planar thereby defining an image plane. Each image conduit 12a, 12b is paired with a detector array 26, each having a plurality of detector cells which are responsive to infra-red radiation. Each detector array 26 detects an infra-red image appearing at the output surface of the paired image conduit. The outputs of each detector array are fed to an image combiner and processor device 28 which combines the individual images to produce a composite image. The device may include a lenslet array 22 positioned in front of the image plane. The wavefront sensor may be a Shack-Hartmann device.
Patent GB-2494653-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for blood analysis
Inventor: MOORE BRIAN
IPC: G01N33/49
Filed: 2011-09-13
Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus for analysing a blood sample, the apparatus comprising a luminometer for generating a "luminescence curve" and white blood cell counters for determining a lymphocyte count and a neutrophil count, and processing means to determine a physical condition of the subject on the basis of the "luminescence curve" and the white blood cell counts. A diagnostic method is also disclosed, for determining the physical condition of a subject on the basis of the blood test data. A diagnostic system is also disclosed in which data generated by blood tests carried out at a remote location may be communicated to a central server, where a fitness result may be generated and thence communicated to the subject or a third party. The server may also store additional information relating to the subject, which may be made accessable to remote users.
Patent GB-2482808-A (GB)
Title: Endoscope sheath removal
Inventor: POOLE ANTHONY GEORGE
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 2010-06-08
Abstract: In order to allow the consistent and simple removal of a highly flexible sheath (13) from an endoscope (1) after a procedure has been completed, a sheath removal device (30) is provided. The sheath removal device (30) includes a relatively rigid tube (32) that fits over the sheath (13) with the endoscope shaft (3) therein. The tube (13) includes a locking mechanism (34) at its distal end which engages the distal tip (17) of the sheath (13). An operator (25) then removes the sheath (13) from the endoscope (1) by moving the proximal end of the tube (34) away from the interface housing (8) of the endoscope (1) in the direction of arrow (50). The locking mechanism (34) causes the distal tip (17) of the sheath (13), due to the rigidity of the tube (32), to move by the same amount, so that the distal tip (17) moves in unison with the removal device (30). The sheath (13) is therefore removed simply and without wrinkling or buckling.
Patent GB-2487106-A (GB)
Title: Modular data processing system for mobile communications system call data
Inventor: KENINGTON PETER
IPC: H04L12/26
Filed: 2011-11-10
Abstract: A modular data processing system 200 for processing communication session data from a cellular mobile communications system 210 comprises at least two autonomous data processing units, data loaders 230. The autonomous data processing units are arranged in parallel, and are operable simultaneously. Each data processing unit receives and processes raw communication session data from an associated set of controllers of the cellular mobile communications system 210 such as Radio Network Controllers 212, 214, 216. At least one data collection subsystem 215, such as Operational Support Subsystem, supplies the raw communication session data to the at least two autonomous data processing units, for calls made within the coverage area of the set of controllers associated with the data processing unit. The arrangement described provides plural data loaders in parallel, which provides advantages of speed when receiving large volumes of call data from multiple controllers to be able to cope with potential volume of data coming into the data processing system. The arrangement is scalable, i.e. the system may expand in a modular fashion (Figure 5) as a cellular mobile communications system grows. Also disclosed is a process for enabling synchronized download of data from the plural data loaders to a common memory 250 of the processed data records. The processed data may comprise derived geo-location and/or Quality of Service (QoS) information. The processed data may be used to provide a coverage map, raw statistics or network-wide statistics such as for fault diagnosis in the network or network apparatus.
Patent GB-2497759-A (GB)
Title: Rear view side mirror assembly
Inventor: GOOD GEOFF LE
IPC: B60R1/06
Filed: 2011-12-20
Abstract: A rear view side mirror assembly for a vehicle comprising; a head portion for housing a mirror; and a stem portion for coupling the head portion to the body of a vehicle, wherein the stem portion has an aerofoil cross-section.
Patent GB-2498736-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for treating hydrocarbon containing materials
Inventor: BURNETT GEORGE
IPC: B09C1/00
Filed: 2012-01-25
Abstract: An apparatus for separating a hydrocarbon content from a material matrix which comprises the hydrocarbon content and water, the apparatus comprising a feeder 5 which supplies material through a treatment chamber 8 that includes a window 13 that is substantially transparent to microwaves, and a microwave emitter 6 arranged to expose material in the chamber to microwaves via the window in order to cause rapid heating of at least part of the water content of the matrix to form steam, so as to remove at least part of the hydrocarbon content from the matrix; wherein the feeder and chamber are arranged so that the chamber is substantially filled with material matrix. The feeder may be arranged to allow water to drain from the material prior to entering the treatment chamber and may be positioned vertically, inclined or horizontally and comprise a screw conveyor. The transparent window may extend past the chamber (fig 4) and be arranged to be repositioned during operation so that a second region of the window is adjacent the microwave emitter. A method of operation is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2484448-A (GB)
Title: Image sensor pixel structure employing a shared floating diffusion
Inventor: HIBBELER JASON
IPC: H01L27/146
Filed: 2010-06-01
Abstract: A pixel structure for an image sensor includes a semiconductor material portion (30) having a coplanar and contiguous semiconductor surface and including four photodiodes (30A, 30B, 30C, 30D), four channel regions (31A, 31B, 31C, 31D), and a common floating diffusion region (32). Each of the four channel regions is directly adjoined to one of the four photodiodes and the common floating diffusion region. The four photodiodes are located within four different quadrants (1Q_O1, 2Q-01, 3Q_01, 4Q_01) as defined employing a vertical line passing through a point (01) within the common floating diffusion region as a center axis. The common floating diffusion region, a reset gate transistor (RG), a source follower transistor (SF), and a row select transistor (RS) are located within four different quadrants (1Q_O2, 2Q_02, 3Q_02, 4Q_02) as defined employing a vertical line passing through a point (02) within one of the photodiodes (30A) as an axis.
Patent GB-2499397-A (GB)
Title: Positioning towed underwater survey apparatus
Inventor: ANDREASSEN A YVIND
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2012-02-14
Abstract: A positioning body 8 is coupled to a flexible elongate member 7. The elongate member is coupled to an underwater tow body 2, towable by a surface vessel. The positioning body may comprise means for changing or maintaining its horizontal position relative to the tow body for imparting a positioning force on the elongate member during towing. The flexible elongate member may be an antenna cable for a CSEM survey, with the tow body being a source fish and the positioning member a tail fish. Alternatively the flexible elongate member may be a seismic streamer (figs 3A-3C). There may be a plurality of elongate members towed by the tow body, and a plurality of positioning member on each elongate member. The positioning body may be a wing, e.g. a delta wing, Eppler-837 profile wing. The wing may have a hollow portion which houses operational equipment. The wings centre of mass may be separated from its centre of volume. The wing may comprise a syntactic foam core with an outer composite layer.
Patent GB-2504363-A (GB)
Title: Cable support for supporting a multi-phase, multi-layer conductor arrangement for an inductive roadway
Inventor: GARCIA FEDERICO
IPC: B60L5/00
Filed: 2012-07-26
Abstract: The conductor arrangement (6, 6a, 6b, 6c; fig 1) comprises a first supporting layer 10 adapted to position and/or to hold a plurality of line sections of a first electric line 11 and a first electric line 11 positioned on or within the first supporting layer 10, further comprises a second supporting layer 20 adapted to position and/or to hold a plurality of line sections of a second electric line 21 and a second electric line 21 positioned on or within the second supporting layer 20, wherein the first and the second supporting layers 10, 20 are foldably connected to each other 40a. The conductor arrangement may be stored or delivered in a rolled-up or furled state (fig 4). The arrangement may include cable coating layers (15, 16; fig 5).
Patent GB-2495597-A (GB)
Title: Underbody structure for at least two cars
Inventor: MILDNER UDO
IPC: B62D21/14
Filed: 2012-09-27
Abstract: An underbody structure comprises a rear structure 20 and a middle structure 11, with a configuration suitable for one of a range of two or more passenger cars having respective wheelbases. The rear underbody structure 20 comprises side members 22. A connecting profile 26 in the form of a heel plate is provided between a floor portion 13 of the middle structure 11 and the rear structure 20, and in particular its side members 22. An overlap region 35 between the profile 26 and the middle underbody structure 11 is approximately of the same width for different wheelbases. The difference in length is provided by varying the length of part or parts of the structure other than the overlap 35. The invention provides a stiff and simple alternative to the use of increased overlap for short wheelbase vehicles.
Patent GB-2499701-A (GB)
Title: A method of manufacturing etched silicon that can be used as an electrode
Inventor: LIU FENG-MING
IPC: H01M4/134
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: A method of manufacturing etched silicon 103, the method comprising the steps of: electrolessly depositing a first metal onto a silicon surface 103, where the electrolessly deposited first metal (i.e. Cu, Au and Ag) partially covers the surface of the silicon 105; depositing a second metal (i.e. Cu, Au and Ag) that is different from the first metal over the silicon surface and the electrolessly deposited first metal. A film 107 of the deposited second metal covers the silicon surface 103 to be etched. The first metal and the second metal are removed from regions of the film of the deposited second metal 105, 107 that overlie the first metal to leave the second metal partially covering the silicon surface to be etched 107; and etching the silicon by exposing the silicon surface to an aqueous etching composition comprising an oxidant (ie O3,NO3,S2O8,NO2,B4O7 or ClO4) and a source of fluoride ions (ie HF) which may form etched pillars of Si 109 on the silicon surface 103. Porous or macroporous silicon may be used as a substrate.
Patent GB-2512060-A (GB)
Title: Virtual machine image disk usage
Inventor: POHL THOMAS
IPC: G06F3/06
Filed: 2013-03-18
Abstract: A hypervisor uses a disc image emulator 22 to manage a disc image for a virtual machine 20. The emulator provides a first image 26, which is written to by the virtual machine, and a second image 28, which permanently stores the data. A cleaning process 24 copies blocks from the first image to the second image and unused blocks are deleted from the images. The process uses knowledge of the file system metadata on the disc images to determine which blocks are not being used. When the files are copied, the blocks still in use are copied into an allocation area. Once all the blocks that are in use have been copied, the rest of the allocation area may be freed. The copying may be carried out as an asynchronous background process at the hypervisor level.
Patent GB-2512598-A (GB)
Title: Remote telemetry units
Inventor: FRYATT CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G08C17/02
Filed: 2013-04-02
Abstract: A remote telemetry unit (RTU) comprises a housing defining an internal volume, and an electrical connector (13) mounted external to the housing, and having a plurality of electrical connection elements or pins (15). The electrical connector (13) is arranged for connection to a plurality of different devices or sensors external to the housing. A controller (19) is located within the internal volume of the housing, and is connected with the plurality of electrical connection elements (15). The controller (19) includes an I/O module (17) connected to receive signals from the electrical connection elements (15) and is operable to set a function for each of the connection elements (15) in dependence upon predetermined set of connection rules. The I/O module is also operable to change such a function of each of the connection elements (15) in dependence upon an external device to be connected with the controller (19). The connector with reconfigurable pins allows a single connector to replace multiple connectors in harsh environments where water ingress is a problem
Patent GB-2498663-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing a heat exchanger block,spacer means therefor and heat exchanger block
Inventor: PIERCE DAVID BLAND
IPC: F28F1/32
Filed: 2011-10-21
Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger block, to a spacer means for use in the method, and to a heat exchanger block. The heat exchanger block comprises a number of tubes and a number of fins, the fins having a predetermined spacing determined by the spacer means. The method includes the steps of locating the fins in a carrier and pressing the fins onto the tubes, and providing spacer means for the fins, whereby the spacer means supports a fin during the pressing step and determines the spacing between the fins in the assembled heat exchanger. Each of the fins has apertures for the tubes, the apertures engaging the tubes. Each of the spacer means has openings for the tubes, the openings being larger than the apertures.
Patent GB-2498907-A (GB)
Title: Portable machining apparatus tool module
Inventor: PLACE BRENT K
IPC: B23B3/26
Filed: 2011-11-22
Abstract: A tool module for a machining apparatus including a rotatable portion. The tool module includes at least one adjustment clamp supported by the rotatable portion. A module base is supported by the at least one adjustment clamp and defines a linear movement track. A tool slide is configured to support a cutting tool and is movable along the linear movement track. The at least one adjustment clamp is movable from a release position to a locking position and vice versa, and in both the release position and the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp is connected to the rotatable portion. In the release position the at least one adjustment clamp permits the module base to translate relative thereto, and in the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp engages the module base to inhibit the module base from moving relative thereto.
Patent GB-2505051-A (GB)
Title: Reducing processing latency in a multi-thread packet processor
Inventor: ASSARPOUR HAMID
IPC: H04L49/111
Filed: 2013-06-21
Abstract: Packet processing is broken into two or more stages to reduce latency in a multi-thread packet processor with at least one re-order queue. In particular, the network processing unit of a network element performs a first stage of packet processing related to packet forwarding and packet modification, and then performs a second stage of packet processing unrelated to packet forwarding and packet modification. Second stage processing may relate to state updates on the network element, such as statistics counter updates, stateful flow tracking, IPFix processing, MAC learning, and other processes important to operation of the network element, but which do not affect the appearance of the packet (e.g, packet format) and which do not affect the forwarding decision for the packet. Incoming packets are assigned a tag 702 for indexing 704 a flag in a scoreboard table, placed in a buffer 706 and assigned a thread 708. Once the first stage of packet processing related to packet forwarding and packet modification has been completed 710, the flag is marked 712 to indicate that the packet is ready to transmit; and after transmission of the packet, the flag is removed from the scoreboard table 716. The thread does not terminate 720 until the second stage processing 718 has been completed.
Patent GB-2522644-A (GB)
Title: Audio signal analysis
Inventor: ERONEN ANTTI JOHANNES
IPC: G10H1/40
Filed: 2014-01-31
Abstract: A technique for audio processing comprises obtainÂ­ing one or more sets of features descriptive of characterisÂ­tics of a segment of audio signal representing a piece of music and deriving a club score that is indicative of at least beat strength associated with the segment of audio signal on the basis of said features. The sets of features comprise at least the following: beat tracking (BT) features descriptive of periodicity of the audio segment; fluctuation pattern (FP) features descriptive of modulation energies at a set of modulation frequencies across a set of frequency bands in the audio segment; detrended fluctuation (DF) features descriptive of correlations across different time scales in the audio segment; and energy features descriptive of the signal energy within the audio segment. According to another embodiment, the technique comprises obtaining one or more audio attributes characterizing a segment of audio signal representing a piece of music, the audio atÂ­tributes possibly including the club score, and selecting a switching pattern based at least in part on the auÂ­dio attributes, wherein a switching pattern indicates temporal locations for introduction of discontinuiÂ­ties in visual content associated with said segment of auÂ­dio signal in relation to temporal locations of beats or downbeats.