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Patent GB-2483340-A (GB)
Title: System and method for transporting solid ink pellets
Inventor: SMITH NATHAN E
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2011-08-15
Abstract: A molten ink supply for a solid ink printing machine includes a container 27 for storing solid ink pellets P and a withdrawal tube 62 having an inlet end 63 disposed within the container 27. A vacuum generator 64 is disposed at the outlet end 65 of the withdrawal tube 62 operable to draw a vacuum within the tube 62. A feed conduit 28 is connected to the outlet end 65 for receiving solid ink pellets P drawn therein by said vacuum generator 64 and conveying the pellets P to a melting station operable to melt the solid ink pellets P. An assist tube 70 is provided within the container 27 with a discharge nozzle (75, Fig.3) disposed within the withdrawal tube 62 at the inlet end 63 and operable to provide a flow of air (F, Fig.3) into the withdrawal tube 62 to agitate solid ink pellets P and facilitate withdrawal of the pellets P by the vacuum generator 64.
Patent GB-2494411-A (GB)
Title: Selecting a hardware processing module or a software processing module for processing a packet based call at a mobile device
Inventor: WURM KARLHEINZ
IPC: H04B1/18
Filed: 2011-09-06
Abstract: A mobile device (102) for conducting a packet based call with a remote device via a channel established over a wireless communication network. The mobile device comprising: wireless access circuitry configured to access the wireless communication network; means for executing a communication client application to conduct the packet-based call with the remote device via the channel established over the wireless communication network, the communication client application configured to monitor at least one network parameter; a hardware processing module (or hardware codec (405)) selectively operable to implement a processing function; a software processing module (or software codec (410)) selectively executable to implement said processing function; and a selection mechanism for supplying the call to one of the hardware processing module and software processing module based on the at least one monitored network parameter.
Patent GB-2495755-A (GB)
Title: Correction of fuel injection timings in an internal combustion engine
Inventor: DENTICI IGNAZIO
IPC: F02D41/30
Filed: 2011-10-20
Abstract: A means of correcting the fuel injection timing in an internal combustion engine is provided. Fuel injection timing is based on the crankshaft rotation rate measured during a test fuel injection routine, the crankshaft rotation rate being obtained from a crankshaft position signal 500, wherein noise filtering is used to filter out the crankshaft position signal at a particular frequency, fn, to provide a more accurate determination of crankshaft rotation rate and a corresponding increase in accuracy of fuel injection times. The blanked frequency corresponds to a frequency at which there is expected to be noise in the position signal due to vibrations in the engine system in general and noise from the driveline at certain higher gears in particular which leads to errors in the detected crankshaft position signal.
Patent GB-2496374-A (GB)
Title: Cargo protection system
Inventor: OON BRIAN EH
IPC: B60R25/10
Filed: 2011-10-27
Abstract: A portable intruder detection system is disclosed comprising a transmitter having a sensor system, and a receiver having an audible / visual alerting means. The sensor system comprises multiple sensors which are cross correlated in order to reduce false alerts. Upon detection of an intruder by the sensor system, the transmitter communicates with the receiver in order to warn a user to the presence of an intruder. The communication may be via SMS. The sensors may include sound, infrared, microwave and CO2 detectors.
Patent GB-2496846-A (GB)
Title: Security system for a vehicle
Inventor: POWELL RICHARD JOHN
IPC: B60R25/00
Filed: 2011-11-16
Abstract: A security system and method for automatically immobilising a vehicle; the security system comprising at least one smart key, a control unit and an immobiliser. Wherein the key enables a user to access the vehicle and/or control functions of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to determine the presence of the key within the vehicle when the engine is running. Whereupon interaction by a user with the vehicle and/or compliance with a one or more predetermined criteria, in the absence of the key, the control unit activates the immobiliser thereby automatically immobilising the vehicle and preventing the vehicle from being driven. The vehicle may be immobilised with the engine running, and the predetermined criteria may be time elapsed or the number of times the key has been polled for. The immobilisation may involve operating a lock, disabling a vehicle control system, or blocking signals to or from said control system. The security system is intended to allow a user to step away from the vehicle with the engine running whilst not allowing a person without the smart key to use or steal the vehicle.
Patent GB-2513085-A (GB)
Title: Co-sleeper and breastfeeder
Inventor: STROUD MARK
IPC: A47D9/00
Filed: 2012-02-06
Abstract: A device to allow an infant to safely sleep in an adult bed comprising a plurality of rigid frame members with panels extending between them which define a space suitable to receive an infant wherein one of the panels of the frame can be displaced to allow access to an infant within the space to be breastfed. The panels may be made of a textile material and there fasteners in the form of poppers or cooperating hooks and loops may be used to hold the panels in position. The frame members may be held in position using screws.
Patent GB-2501893-A (GB)
Title: Insole for an item of footwear
Inventor: HUMPHRIES ALEX
IPC: A43B7/14
Filed: 2012-05-09
Abstract: An insole 2 comprises an upper surface 4 having a mid-portion which will underlie the longitudinal arch of the foot of a user. This mid-portion has a medial region 12 which has an upper surface 4 having a coefficient of friction which is higher than that of the remaining regions 14 of the upper surface 4. The medial region 12 is provided with a layer of rubber, while the remaining regions 14 have a layer of leather. The insole further comprises a layer 8 of shock-absorbing material which overlies a layer 10 of memory foam. There is also described an orthopedic insole (Figure 2a) for an item of footwear for a diabetic user in which the mid portion (110) which underlies the longitudinal arch of the foot of the user is thicker than the heel portion (104). The mid portion (110) may have a non-uniform thickness across its width.
Patent GB-2505150-A (GB)
Title: Rollers to seal waste between film sheets
Inventor: MATTOCKS ANDREW
IPC: B65F1/06
Filed: 2012-05-25
Abstract: A waste disposal device comprises first 600 and second 602 rollers, each comprising first 605 and second 610 end portions and a joining portion 608 therebetween. The end portions receive and seal first and second film portions therebetween as the rollers rotate. The joining portions 608 define an aperture 606 for receiving waste in a first rotary configuration and seal the film portions therebetween in a second rotary configuration. The cassette 400 comprises first and second film dispensers 402, 404 connected together. The cassette can expand or contract. Ideally the film dispenser can be installed in the device via the main disposal aperture. The rollers can be biased together, the rotation of one causing the rotation of the other so that their end portions are in contact throughout their rotation to seal the sheets edges to form a tube. The central joining portion could have the cross section of a sector of a circle.
Patent GB-2504968-A (GB)
Title: Updating a multi International Mobile Subscriber Identity (multi-IMSI) Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) on a side channel
Inventor: MARSDEN IAN
IPC: H04W4/50
Filed: 2012-08-15
Abstract: A wireless communication device comprises at least one subscriber identity module (SIM) 2 arranged to store a plurality of International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs) 6. A network selection SIM app uses rules and network selection data to select an IMSI and network combination by determining the available networks, and selecting an IMSI and an available network based on determined network information and the network selection data, wherein, the SIM is arranged to send environment information by a side channel to an update server and to receive update information updating one or more IMSIs and/or network selection information from the update server. The selection may in particular be on the basis of network signal strength, network performance, reliability, and/or cost. The multi-IMSI SIM 2 includes a CPU 9 and code 8 arranged to select one IMSI and a network for data communication. The wireless device is arranged to send the environment information by a side channel (USSD channel) in the event that the wireless device fails to achieve a network data connection.
Patent GB-2507292-A (GB)
Title: An immersion sensitive automatic floatation device
Inventor: RHOADES TONY
IPC: A44B15/00
Filed: 2012-10-24
Abstract: A flotation device (1, Fig 1) attachable to articles such as keys, wallets and mobile telephones, which can prevent loss of such articles if they are dropped into a body of water by floating them back to the surface. The device comprises a container of compressed gas 20, an inflatable bag 30 and a trigger means 40. The trigger means is associated with the container, may comprise a spring (41, Fig 3) which may be retained under tension within a water reactive band (42, Fig 3), and is operable on immersion of the device in water to open the container 20 and allow gas from the container to inflate the bag and stop the articles from sinking. The flotation device may comprise an outer casing made up of a base section 11 and an upper section (12, Fig 1). The base section is further provided with an attachment means 13. The device further comprise hinged sections (16, 17, Fig 3) adapted to hinge outwards upon immersion in water and further impede the sink rate by increasing drag.
Patent GB-2507977-A (GB)
Title: Mobile phone case with supporting coiling plate
Inventor: CHIU SHI-XUN
IPC: F16M11/10
Filed: 2012-11-14
Abstract: A mobile phone case 1 comprises a rectangular opening 12 having holes 120 into which pivot shaft 22 fits so that frame 2 can pivot about one end and fit into the rectangular opening 12. Pivotally fitted, via shaft 32, to another end of frame 2 is a coiling plate 3 which is rotated so that its upper edge (see fig 4) contacts an upper side of the rectangular opening 12 to form a triangular support, thereby allowing the case 1 to stand. The frame 2 and coiling plate 3 may be rotated to be perpendicular (see fig 7) to each other and a user can clamp the case 1 by putting two fingers behind the coiling plate 3 and holding the frame 2. When the frame 2 and coiling plate 3 are perpendicular a user may coil, via arc hole 30 and arc line 201, a earphone cord (51, fig 8) or similar. Reference is also made to a case with a stand pivotally connected to the case.
Patent GB-2508145-A (GB)
Title: Air hand dryer
Inventor: GAMMACK PETER DAVID
IPC: A47K10/48
Filed: 2012-11-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a hand dryer 1 for drying a user's hands by means of an airflow discharged through an air outlet (3, 5 figure 3) on the hand dryer. The airflow is generated by a motor-driven fan unit (9 figure 9). The hand dryer comprises a plurality of air intakes 13, 15, the air intakes being connected to the fan unit to form a plurality of parallel air-intake paths. Each air intake path is provided with a separate air-filter 19. The air-filters may be HEPA filters and individually replaceable as required.
Patent GB-2509058-A (GB)
Title: Chisel with striking head offset from shank axis
Inventor: MORGAN RICHARD
IPC: B25D3/00
Filed: 2012-12-18
Abstract: A chisel 10 comprises a shank 12 having a blade 16 at one end and a head 18 at the other end. Shank 12 has a longitudinal axis (14, Figure 6) and may have a rectangular cross-section. Head 18 has a first strike surface 20 at an end of the chisel 10 opposite blade 16. Head 18 may have a second strike surface 22 opposite first strike surface 18. First strike surface 20 is offset from the longitudinal axis, preferably by 30 mm. Preferably head 18 has a central axis (24, Figure 6) at an angle of 15 degrees from the longitudinal axis. Chisel 10 is particularly suitable for creating a channel in a wall 44 behind a skirting board 46 or an architrave for installing an electricity cable, and may be used with a hand hammer or in a power tool.
Patent GB-2510340-A (GB)
Title: Conveyor belt press to form a composite material
Inventor: DATON-LOVETT ANDREW JAMES
IPC: B29C43/22
Filed: 2013-01-30
Abstract: A conveyor assembly 10 comprising a pair of opposed belts 16, 18 to convey material disposed between them. A press 30 laminates the material, a die 71 imbues them with a non planar profile and a heater 38 sets them. The die can also include a heater and a cooler 72 extending along a section where the material passes from a profiled region to a planar region. The main conveyor belts could be driven by belts 32, 34 of the press. The profile could be a curve and an extendible substrate could be adhered to the outside of the material; and a less extendible substrate to the inside. The material could form a slit tube 100 whose edges are subsequently sealed 80 to form a pipe. The material could be thermoplastics or thermosetting plastics with reinforcing optic fibres tensioned prior to being received by the belts. The product is preferably a bistable rollable coil.
Patent GB-2510386-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle diagnostics apparatus and method
Inventor: TREHAME JASON
IPC: G01R31/00
Filed: 2013-02-01
Abstract: A motor vehicle diagnostics apparatus (110, 152) having a diagnostics unit (110) connectable to one or more signal lines of a harness connector portion of a component (172) of a motor vehicle (170), the unit being operable to apply an electrical potential to the one or more signal lines of the connector portion and to monitor a response of the component (172) to the electrical potential, the apparatus (110, 152) being operable to provide an indication whether the detected signals correspond to expected signals by reference to data in respect of expected signals. The apparatus may log data in respect of a potential of one or more signal lines or the amount of current flowing through one or more signal lines. The diagnostic unit may monitor the signals generated by a second component as a function of time. An output may be generated if a characteristic of the generated signal corresponds to an expected characteristic. The component is controlled to determine whether or not the component is working correctly. The component may have an actuator, with the actuator being operated by the application of the electrical potential or an electrical signal.
Patent GB-2502401-A (GB)
Title: Seat attachment device and method for installing second row of seats
Inventor: CZERWENSKI HARALD
IPC: B60N2/005
Filed: 2013-02-11
Abstract: The invention relates to a seat attachment device in a motor vehicle with a first row of seats and a second row of seats 2. The device has at least two longitudinal rails 4 adjacent to each other in the travelling direction 3, which are suitable for establishing a connection with a vehicle floor 6 on their lower side 5, and accommodating at least one seat element 9 of the second row of seats 2 on their upper side 8. The longitudinal rails 4 each exhibit a recess 10 suitable for accommodating a cross member 11 lying transverse to the travelling direction 3. Preferably a third row of seats 12 is also provided in which the cross member yields an unobstructed foot well between the second and third rows of seats. Also disclosed is a method for installing a second row of seats.
Patent GB-2511060-A (GB)
Title: System and method for controlling active devices
Inventor: RUTHERFORD GERRY
IPC: A62C2/24
Filed: 2013-02-21
Abstract: A fire alarm system comprises a means for detecting fire and/or smoke 13a,b,c and a means for actuating an active device 2a,b,c that is movable from an open to a closed state, such as a door, fire curtain or some other barrier. The system comprises a monitoring interface unit 4 configured to monitor an alarm signal from the smoke or fire detector and an instructing interface unit 6, communicable with the monitoring interface unit and the active device. The monitoring interface unit is further configured to send a signal based on the monitored alarm state to the instructing interface unit, wherein the instructing interface unit is configured to actuate the active device based on the received signal. The active device and the monitoring and instructing units may be connected wirelessly or hardwired 5,6. In a preferred embodiment, the system is operable to dispense fire retardant and control the propagation of the fire retardant by opening or closing the active devices.
Patent GB-2498474-A (GB)
Title: Intelligent interface for a distributed control system
Inventor: SENTGEORGE TIMOTHY M
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2011-09-16
Abstract: An intelligent interface system is provided for connecting an external application to a distributed control system (DCS). The interface system is operable to automatically scan the DCS to determine its configuration and build a topology model of the DCS. The topology model is used to determine whether data requested from a module in the DCS can be provided by the module. The topology model is constructed to be thread-safe. A throttling mechanism in the interface system protects the DCS from being subjected to excessive data requests.
Patent GB-2503551-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for the selection and reformat of portions of a document
Inventor: HUDETZ JAMES PAUL
IPC: G06F17/21
Filed: 2013-04-26
Abstract: Reformatting of documents comprises identifying a candidate for reformatting based on candidate identification criteria 204 and displaying a plurality of portions document wherein a candidate is highlighted 210 to provide a selected candidate. Further comprising receiving a format selection data indicating a selection of a model portion from among the plurality of portions 212 and generating a reformatted portion based on model format data of the model portion and candidate content data of the selected candidate 220. Portions may be pieces of a document separated by paragraph indicators, hard returns etc. Information that can be used as candidate identification criteria and during the identification process is content and format data. A model portion may be a portion of the base document upon which the reformatting will be based. The reformatting may comprise extracting and storing candidate format such that original formatting of the candidate can be restored.
Patent GB-2514121-A (GB)
Title: A microgrid control apparatus, method and system for controlling energy flow within a microgrid
Inventor: PRICE ANTHONY
IPC: H02J3/38
Filed: 2013-05-13
Abstract: A microgrid controller 70 predicts likely future energy generated or consumed in a time period based on monitored energy generated or consumed by associated generators 90 and loads 110. The controller transmits prediction data to, and receives prediction data from, another micro-grid controller to control energy flow within the micro grid. The controller includes a processor that selects a source or sink based on its own energy prediction data and that of the other controller. The controller can exchange data with a source external to the microgrid. The controller can control operation of generators and loads based on the prediction data by connecting or disconnecting equipment and varying power drawn. Future energy prediction data can include numbers representing a value or price of energy consumption or generation relative to prior consumption or generation. The future time period may span between one minute and one year. Reverse flow of energy through a transformer or substation (fig 1, 40) connecting a micro-grid to a distribution network (fig 1, 20) a can be minimised.
Patent GB-2515116-A (GB)
Title: Microfluidic Device
Inventor: KINAHAN DAVID
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2013-06-14
Abstract: A rotatable microfluidic device comprising a network of channels, the network comprising a first or sacrificial valve 210 in fluid communication with an actuator 220 and a fluid spacer 213 provided upstream of the first valve, the first valve comprising a dissolvable membrane and the fluid spacer separating the dissolvable membrane from a liquid 214, wherein operation of the actuator causes retraction/movement of the fluid spacer and allows the liquid to contact the membrane, resulting in the disintegration of the membrane and hence the opening of the first valve. The fluid spacer may be a gas pocket. The actuator may be a control valve whose opening causes dissipation / release of the gas in the gas pocket. The device may comprise multiple sacrificial valves and control valves so that a cascading valve arrangement allows selective control of the fluid flow throughout the channel network.
Patent GB-2503578-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for coupling reservoir and surface facility simulations
Inventor: GUYAGULER BARIS
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2011-11-10
Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for coupling independent reservoir and surface facility network simulators. A reservoir simulator is configured to simulate fluid flow in subterranean reservoirs and a surface facility network simulator is configured to simulate fluid flow in production equipment. Simulation of fluid flow in a subterranean reservoir is initiated using the reservoir simulator. Simulation of fluid flow in production equipment is initiated using the surface facility network simulator. The simulated fluid flow in the production equipment includes fluids produced from the subterranean reservoir. The simulation of fluid flow in the subterranean reservoir is coupled with the simulation of fluid flow in the production equipment using a sub-domain inflow performance relationship.
Patent GB-2502011-A (GB)
Title: Electrode for attention training techniques
Inventor: MORROW LANA
IPC: A61B5/375
Filed: 2011-01-21
Abstract: An electrode includes a core of beryllium copper alloy and a safe metal coating. In some embodiments, the beryllium copper alloy comprises more than three percent beryllium, less than three percent other metals and a remaining percent copper. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a headband, and a first and second safe metal coated copper-beryllium alloy electrode. The headband is configured to fit snugly to a head of a subject in an orientation from behind a first ear, across a crown of the subject, to a position behind a second ear. The first electrode and second electrode are disposed in the headband to contact a head of the subject at a first position and a different second position, respectively, without gels. In various embodiments, the headband includes a chip to determine an analog signal and transmit data; and, a system includes the headband and a signal analyzing unit.