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Patent GB-2439209-A (GB)
Title: Desiccant with a Molecular Sieve Structure for Fluids such as Refrigerants
Inventor: LOW ROBERT ELLIOTT
IPC: F25B43/00
Filed: 2007-06-14
Abstract: A desiccant has a molecular sieve structure having openings which are in the range 3 to 5 Angstrom, and is used to dry a fluid which includes a fluorinated propene material by contacting the fluid with the desiccant. The fluid is used as a heat transfer fluid, and may be used in a refrigeration system of an automotive air conditioning system. The fluid may contain other materials, such as lubricants or other refrigerant fluids. The molecular sieve desiccant may be zeolite, and other desiccants or adsorbent materials, such as alumina, silica and activated carbon may be included in a cartridge arrangement. The fluoropropene material may be R134yf or R-1225ye, and other materials within the fluid may be CF3I, PAG, PVE and ester lubricants.
Patent GB-2452531-A (GB)
Title: Wheel weights
Inventor: DHORDAIN JOHNNY
IPC: B60B15/28
Filed: 2007-09-07
Abstract: A wheel weight system is provided for attachment to the disc 11 of a tractor or other vehicle wheel 10. The system comprises an annular axially inner weight 12 for attachment to one side of the wheel disc via a first set of bolts 15 extending axial through the inner weight and the wheel disc. Also, the system comprises an axially outer weight 21 for the attachment to the axially inner weight by a second set of bolts 24 which extend through the axially outer weight into the axially inner weight. A set of removable centring members 23 are provided which cooperate with apertures 27, 28 in the axially inner and outer weights to centre the axially outer weight relative to the axially inner weight.
Patent GB-2442847-A (GB)
Title: Sediment accretion device and method
Inventor: BALL PHILIP EDWARD
IPC: E02B3/06
Filed: 2007-10-02
Abstract: Apparatus for controlling movement of sediment in water adjacent a shore comprises a structure 12 erected on an underwater substrate. The structure has a substantially convex horizontal profile extending around its periphery to produce reflected wave crests 19 from incident wave crests 11. The structure has a horizontal width of no more than about four times the average incident wavelength and no less than about half the average incident wavelength. The structure has a height sufficient for incident waves to be at least partially reflected from it. A further structure may be erected on the underwater structure but spaced from the original structure.
Patent GB-2445287-A (GB)
Title: Double-walled paperboard cup
Inventor: STAHLECKER WERNER
IPC: B31B50/00
Filed: 2005-11-18
Abstract: Described is a stackable, heat-insulating paperboard cup having an inner sleeve 1 and an outer sleeve 2 with a gap therebetween. A rolled lip 11 is applied to the lower end of the outer sleeve 2, which rolled lip 11 is disposed on the inner sleeve. A shoulder 12 is formed on the inner sleeve 1 for the rolled lip of another paperboard cup to be stacked. The diameter of the inner sleeve 1 below the shoulder 12 is reduced discontinuously. The support of the lower rolled lip 11 on the outer surface of the inner sleeve 1 is arranged at the same level as, or below, the cup bottom 4. Portion 7 to 8 below the shoulder may be formed in the inner sleeve near to the top of the cup (12, fig 8). The shoulder 5 is preferably inclined at between 5 and 25 degrees to the horizontal. A process for manufacturing the cup is disclosed.
Patent GB-2446712-A (GB)
Title: Drill bit screw tip
Inventor: DURFEE LAVERNE
IPC: B23B51/02
Filed: 2008-02-13
Abstract: The drill bit 1 includes a shank or shaft 2 with a cutting head 6 formed at one end of the shaft. A removable and replaceable pilot tip 16 such as a screw tip or pilot point is threadably engaged with the cutting head. The pilot tip includes a controlled break point 44 where the tip will break if a force above a predetermined force is applied to the tip. The drill bit may be provided in a kit with a removal tool provided for removing a broken tip from the drill bit. The drill bit is further used in a method for removing a tip from a drill bit with a tool and replacing it with another tip.
Patent GB-2444018-A (GB)
Title: Optical metrological scale and laser-based manufacturing method therefor
Inventor: PELSUE KURT
IPC: C23F1/08
Filed: 2006-10-11
Abstract: A reflective metrological scale has a scale pattern of elongated side-by-side marks surrounded by reflective surface areas of a substrate, which may be a nickel based metal alloy and may be a thin and elongated flexible tape. Each mark has a harrowed cross section and may have a depth in the range of 0.5 to 2 microns. The central region of each mark may be rippled or ridged and may be darkened to provide an enhanced optical reflection ratio with respect to surrounding reflective surface areas. A manufacturing method includes the repeated steps of (1) creating a scale mark with a series of overlapped pulses from a laser, each pulse having an energy density of less than about 1 joule per cm2, and (2) changing the relative position of the laser and the substrate by a displacement amount defining a next mark location.
Patent GB-2462404-A (GB)
Title: A utensil for separating and removing fat from food
Inventor: OWEN GILLIAN
IPC: A47J36/20
Filed: 2008-05-16
Abstract: A kitchen utensil 10 for separating and removing congealed fat 30 from cooked food 12 in a cooking vessel 14 comprises a generally planar portion 16 sized and shaped to fit within a receptacle 18 so that an outer periphery 20 of the planar portion is contiguous with the internal periphery 22 of the receptacle. The planar portion 16 contains perforations 24 sized so that when the utensil is rested on the food within the receptacle 18 liquid fat (Figure 6, 28) generated during cooking is allowed to pass through the perforations 24 and when cooled the congealed fat (Figure 7, 30) is prevented from passing back through. A handle 26 allows the user to remove the utensil 10 and congealed fat from the receptacle 18. Also disclosed is a method of separating fat from food in a cooking vessel and packaging the kitchen utensil 10.
Patent GB-2460877-A (GB)
Title: Method of depositing crystalline ceramic films
Inventor: LEAH ROBERT
IPC: C23C18/02
Filed: 2008-06-13
Abstract: A method for the deposition of a sub-micron dense crystalline ceramic film on a ceramic or metallic surface, in particularly the deposition of stabilised zirconia and doped ceria such as CGO (cerium gadolinium oxide). The method includes depositing a solution of a soluble salt precursor of the metal oxide on a substrate 200 and allowing the solution to dry. The substrate is then heated to between 150°C and 600°C to decompose the salt precursor solution and form a layer of metal oxide on the substrate. The substrate is finally fired at a temperature of between 500°C and 1100°C to crystallize the metal oxide layer. Further layers of soluble salt precursor can be added, dried and heated prior to the firing step to create a multi layer coating. The film can be an electrolyte layer 220 which can be used in fuel cells and air separation devices.
Patent GB-2452816-A (GB)
Title: A fishing spinning wheel with switching mechanism
Inventor: SHIMIZU YOSHITO
IPC: A01K89/02
Filed: 2008-08-28
Abstract: A fishing spinning reel with a drag mechanism has a spool 3 on which a fishing line is wound, a rotor 2 which winds the fishing line on the spool 3 while guiding it via a fishing line guide portion through a winding operation of the handle 5, and a switching mechanism 30 which includes a switching lever 31 which can be operated to switch between a restriction state in which the rotation of the spool 3 is restricted and a free state in which the spool 3 is made free to rotate and which is installed in a rear upper portion of a reel main body 1 in such a manner as to be allowed to rotate in back and forth. The switching lever 31 has a finger resting operating surface 31B which is curved along a longitudinal direction and which includes a forward-push operating portion 31C and a rearward-pull operating portion 31D which enable, respectively, a forward rotating operation and a rearward rotating operation.
Patent GB-2463325-A (GB)
Title: Suction cup retention means
Inventor: DALE G
IPC: A47K3/12
Filed: 2008-09-16
Abstract: An arrangement for retaining a suction cup within the leg 1 of a bath seat comprises a sucker assembly 20 which can detachably locate within the leg of a bath chair. The sucker assembly 20 comprises a sucker 2, the sucker having a latch body 3 featuring one or more latches 8 which serve to retain the sucker assembly within a latch release aperture 5 upon the leg 1. The sucker assembly is released from the leg by depressing the latches and withdrawing the sucker assembly from the leg.
Patent GB-2463529-A (GB)
Title: Sub Bass Compression Loudspeaker System
Inventor: HEWITT RANDALL DECOURCY
IPC: H04R1/28
Filed: 2008-09-23
Abstract: This loudspeaker system is designed to benefit from the improved efficiency and clarity of sound reproduced by the sub bass compression driver technique. The rear section of the loudspeaker system is a sealed box design with the addition of bracing 2 and acoustic damping material. The flat surfaced bass driver/resonator 3 is fixed to a mounting panel 8 and seals the rear cavity part of the system. The flat surface of the bass driver/resonator is part of a compression chamber 4 that has a surround panel 9 and a spacer panel 10 to adjust the size of the compression chamber. The compression chamber 4 is enclosed by the front baffle 11 that has an exit port 5 positioned in line with the horizontal axis of the bass driver/resonator. Sound leaves the loudspeaker system by means of a waveguide to exit port or slot 7. The bass driver/resonator and compression chamber together act as a compression type loudspeaker system.
Patent GB-2463919-A (GB)
Title: Portable electronic device charger
Inventor: TUDOR MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: H02J7/32
Filed: 2008-09-30
Abstract: A system for harvesting electrical energy from the vibration or movement of a portable electronic device 1, the portable electronic device 1 is attached to a spring 2 anchored to a supporting housing 3. This forms a spring-mass energy harvesting system with the portable device 1 acting as the majority of the mass of the energy harvester and oscillating with respect to the housing 3. The oscillation is coupled to an electrical energy transduction mechanism including a coil 4 and a magnet 5 which harvests some of the kinetic energy of the oscillation. The object of the invention is to provide maximum harvested energy without adding additional mass to the portable device other than the spring 2, supporting housing 3, energy transduction mechanism 4, 5 and any associated electronics. The spring 2 may also act as the energy transduction mechanism by way of a strip of piezoelectric material 9.
Patent GB-2463536-A (GB)
Title: Tuneable antennas suitable for portable digital television receivers
Inventor: COLLINS BRIAN
IPC: H01Q5/10
Filed: 2009-02-12
Abstract: An antenna system comprises an electrically conductive antenna element 3 and at least first and second lines for connecting the antenna element 3 to ground 1. The first and second lines are connected to the antenna element 3 at different positions. A third line 10 is provided for connecting the antenna element to a radio apparatus. The first and second lines are respectively provided with first 13 and second 14 circuit components each having an adjustable capacitive and/or inductive reactance (e.g. MEMs, capacitors, inductors or combinations thereof) thereby allowing the antenna system to be tuned. Also disclosed are details for a circuit board comprising the antenna system as defined, a dielectric substrate with a ground plane printed thereon where there is a predetermined area where the ground plane is not printed. A radio communication device comprising the disclosed antenna system and/or the disclosed circuit board could also be produced.
Patent GB-2463952-A (GB)
Title: Analysing a service processing status in a network
Inventor: AKABOSHI NAOKI
IPC: H04L12/26
Filed: 2009-03-13
Abstract: Analysing a service processing status in a network comprising a plurality of servers connected to each other. The quality of service (QoS) in the network is monitored even when processes are suspended or paused. Process status analysis is on the basis of observation of messages exchanged over the network. Apparatus for storing information about collected messages in message storage includes a mechanism for searching for a suspension message and detecting a suspended process request message; a mechanism for referring to model storage to search for a transaction model beginning with a message having the same content as that of the suspended process request message and generating a partial model resulting from exclusion of the messages corresponding to the suspended process request message and a suspension message; a mechanism for extracting a plurality of messages composing an arrangement of messages similar to that of the partial model; and a mechanism for combining a partial transaction information with at least the suspended process request message, to generate suspended transaction information.
Patent GB-2456082-A (GB)
Title: Annular inflatable sleeve
Inventor: ECHOLS RALPH H
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2004-02-13
Abstract: An apparatus for forming an annular barrier between tubing 632 and a borehole comprises a section of tubing, a flow path 720 to the outer surface of the tubing, and an annular isolator forming material. A first inflatable sleeve 656 is located on the outer surface of the tubing near the flow path. A piston is used to force the annular isolator forming material through the flow path into a space surrounding the first deployable annular isolator before the first deployable annular isolator is deployed. A first compartment is located on the tubing, wherein the annular isolator forming material is carried in the first compartment and the flow path extends to the compartment. A sleeve is carried on and spaced from the outer surface of the tubing, the space between the sleeve and the tubing forming the first compartment.
Patent GB-2456094-A (GB)
Title: A semiconductor device comprising isolation trenches inducing different types of strain
Inventor: SCHWAN CHRISTOPH
IPC: H01L21/8238
Filed: 2007-09-24
Abstract: By forming isolation trenches (102 A, 102B) of different types of intrinsic stress on the basis of separate process sequences, the strain characteristics of adjacent active semiconductor regions (105A, 105B) may be adjusted so as to obtain overall device performance. For example, highly stressed dielectric fill material (107A, 107B) including compressive and tensile stress may be appropriately provided in the respective isolation trenches (102A, 102B) in order to correspondingly adapt the charge carrier mobility of respective channel regions (121 A, 121B).
Patent GB-2470418-A (GB)
Title: Haptic information delivery
Inventor: HEERAMUN PREETAM
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2009-05-22
Abstract: An electronic device e.g. a mobile telephone 10 has a processor, an interface screen 17, detecting means that detect when the interface screen has been touched and haptic delivery means e.g. piezo electric crystals for delivering information to a user of the device by touch. The device may have different modes in which information is provided for a user either optically or haptically. In such cases, the different modes may set out the information differently, and/or the manner of navigating amongst the information may be different. In the visual mode, the amount of information that is navigated between in response to a user provided input depends upon the input provided, whereas in the haptic mode, the amount of information that is navigated between in response to a user provided navigation input is constant irrespective of the navigation input provided and may be a subset of the information provided in the visual mode. For example during scrolling in the haptic mode the number of data items e.g. mobile telephone's address book items that can be scrolled through does not depend on the scrolling instruction.
Patent GB-2472871-A (GB)
Title: Cassette for intraocular lens
Inventor: PANKIN DMITRY
IPC: A61B17/34
Filed: 2009-08-18
Abstract: An intraocular lens cassette 8 has a movement channel to 121 to receive the plunger (4, figure 1) of an injection device (1, figure 1) used to advance the lens 11 from the cassette. The longitudinal axis II of the movement channel is inclined to the plane I of the lens in its resting position, such that the plunger contacts either the optical portion 16 of the lens or an inner part 26 of the haptic portion, rather than the proximal or upstream edge 31 of the lens. The lens may be retained in the cassette by a contoured component 34 that holds the upstream end of the lens in a saddle. The plunger lifts the lens out of the saddle and expels it from the cassette into a narrow cannula (7, figure 1) which rolls the lens for insertion into an eye.
Patent GB-2473252-A (GB)
Title: Modular forecourt containment system
Inventor: ROBINSON STEPHEN
IPC: B60S5/02
Filed: 2009-09-04
Abstract: A modular containment system 10 for a working area such as a filling station. The system 10 comprises a plurality of hollow bodies 12 which can be installed adjacent to one another with their upper surfaces 14 providing a working area and defining a containment zone. A plurality of openings 16 are formed in the upper surface 14 to allow fluid to drain into the interior 18 of the hollow bodies 12. Extraction means 30 is provided to withdraw fluid from the interior 18 of the bodies 12 for further processing and disposal.
Patent GB-2464609-A (GB)
Title: Unclocked equalizer with tuneable delay cells
Inventor: MILLER FREDERICK W
IPC: H04L25/03
Filed: 2009-10-20
Abstract: A Feed-Forward/Decision Feedback equalizer (FFE/DFE) 100 is provided that uses at least one unclocked Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter 127, 128 with tuneable delay cells (210, fig. 5). The respective time delay periods of the tuneable delay cells are adjusted in response to a calibration algorithm (fig. 6) performed by a delay control component 130. The time delay adjustments are based on a phase difference value (PHASE_DIFF) which is measured using a replica active delay cell 140 and a recovered clock signal (CLK). The calibration algorithm may be performed when the equalizer is powered on as part of a start up initialization algorithm or may be performed periodically. The replica delay cell and phase detector 150 may be powered down after calibration has been performed. Because the FIR filters of the FFE/DFE equalizer are unclocked, the complexity and die area associated with clocking circuits are avoided and power consumption is reduced.
Patent GB-2470441-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner tool
Inventor: DYSON JAMES
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 2009-10-22
Abstract: An attachment 10 for a vacuum cleaner comprises a head 12 and a handle 14. A first end of the handle 14 is connected to the head 12, and a second end of the handle 14 is connectable to a vacuum cleaning appliance. The head 12 includes a bristle carrier 16 having a plurality of bristles (18, fig 2), and a bristle cover 22 having a plurality of apertures (26, fig 7). The attachment 10 includes an actuator 30 manually operable by a user to effect relative movement between the bristle carrier 16 and the bristle cover 22 from a stowed configuration in which the bristles (18, fig 2) are retracted relative to the bristle cover 22 and a deployed configuration in which the bristles (18, fig 2) protrude from the bristle cover 22 through the apertures (26, fig 7). The handle (14) includes a conduit (50, fig 3) for conveying an air flow from the head 12 to the second end of the handle 14. The head 12 an air bleed 62 into the conduit (50, fig 3) and means (64, fig 3) are provided for varying the air flow through the air bleed 62. The device can be used for grooming pets and animals.
Patent GB-2463813-A (GB)
Title: Thermal insulating structures
Inventor: SHEPHERD SIMON HARRY
IPC: B32B5/18
Filed: 2008-04-30
Abstract: A subsea thermal insulating structure with a flexible inner tie coat which is the reaction product of a cold curing phenolic resin and a partial phosphate ester; a foam insulating layer which is the reaction produce of a cold cure phenolic syntactic resin and a partial phosphate ester; and an outer protective layer which is the reason product of a cold cure phenolic resin and a partial phosphate ester.
Patent GB-1425859-A (GB)
Title: Work conveyor
IPC: B23Q11/00
Filed: 1973-03-02
Abstract: 1425859 Screw conveyers M HERTER 2 March 1973 [10 March 1972] 10178/73 Heading B8A [Also in Division F1] Fig. 1 shows a drive device in which metal chips in a mass from a machine tool (not shown) are fed from a feed aperture 15 through a conveyer pipe 10 by a rotating worm 14 which is simultaneously reciprocated. As shown worm threads 16 are mounted on a tube 17 attached to an end plate 18 connected to a spindle 19 arranged to slide in a tube 24 to which it is keyed. Cutters 36, 37 may be provided to comminute further the metal chips. The tube 24 is connected to a further tube 27 rotated by a motor 32 through chain wheels 34, 30 and a chain. Pressure medium is supplied to either side of a piston 21 attached to the spindle 19 through inlets 44, 46 to reciprocate the worm 14. In a modification of the drive device, Fig. la (not shown), the piston drive is single action, the return being by a tension spring. The return movement is relatively faster than the forward movement, but the rotational movement is such that, even during retraction of the worm 14 the mass of chips continues to be moved in the direction of conveyance. Fig. 3 illustrates an embodiment of conveying apparatus according to the invention wherein a number of mass drives 62 similar to the drive described above feed a common conveyer pipe 60 at separate points, the cross-section of the pipe 60 being increased at each feed point to accommodate the added mass. The conveyer pipes 10, 60 need not be of closed cross-section, but may have the form of a channel (67), Fig. 4c (not shown). Two sections (10a), (10b) of conveyer pipe may be separated by a worm (14<SP>1</SP>) supplying further conveying energy, Fig. 6 (not shown). Other material, such as sludge, may be conveyed by the apparatus.