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Patent GB-2377882-A (GB)
Title: Bag with removable cover
Inventor: KIELY ORLA
IPC: A45C3/08
Filed: 2001-07-25
Abstract: This invention relates to bags such as handbags and shopping bags in which there is provided a bag 5 comprising an inner shell 3, at least one handle 1, which is attached to inner shell 3, at least one cover 6, wherein the cover is removably attachable to said inner shell by way of at least one fastening means, for example D-ring fasteners 2, attached to inner shell 3. Inner shell 3 is formed with closure flaps 4, and shell 3 is rigid enough to maintain the bag shape.
Patent GB-2379114-A (GB)
Title: Introducing test signals into a data signal
Inventor: TAPSON DANIEL WARREN
IPC: H04N1/387
Filed: 2001-08-21
Abstract: Apparatus to combine template signals into first and second frequency bands of a data signal, where the test signals have a predetermined relationship. By detecting an amount of relative frequency change of the test signals recovered from each of the frequency bands, an indication of the distortion applied to the data signal can be determined. Accordingly, there is disclosed a data processing apparatus for detecting distortion of a data signal to which a test signal has been introduced into different frequency bands of the signal. The apparatus comprises a frequency component processor operable to generate data representative of the frequency components of the first and the second frequency bands of the data signal, and a detection processor operable to identify the distortion of the data signal in accordance with a relative frequency change between the versions of the recovered test signal. If the data signal is an image, the Wavelet transform can be used to transform the image into the Wavelet domain. In the Wavelet domain, the test signal can be introduced into the Wavelet bands. Correspondingly, the distortion to an image can be identified from a relative change in frequency of the test signal between the bands. The distortion can be interpreted as a transform applied to the image, such as an Affine transform. By evaluating the transform parameters the distortion to the image can be removed by applying an inverse transform according to the determined transform.
Patent GB-2366625-A (GB)
Title: Galvano mirror unit with biassing member
Inventor: NAKAGISHI TOSHIO
IPC: G11B7/135
Filed: 1998-06-29
Abstract: A galvano mirror unit comprises a galvano mirror (26), a rotor (70) to which said galvano mirror is mounted, a stator (80) that rotatably supports said rotor about a rotation axis, first and second center pins (71, 72) provided to said stator, first and second receive meters (73, 74) provided to said rotor, which respectively receive said first and second center pins, and a biassing meter (82) provided to said stator which biases said first center pin to said first receive member thereby to eliminate backlash between said first center pin and said first receive member and between said second center pin and said second receive member.
Patent GB-2382022-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for removing chewing gum from a surface
Inventor: LI LIN
IPC: B08B7/00
Filed: 2001-11-07
Abstract: The method comprises directing abeam of laser energy at the offending gum at an energy level sufficient to soften it, the laser beam having a width of 5-30 mm. directing a jet of gas at the softened gum to remove it from the surface, and applying suction in the region of the gum to take it away from the surface. The laser is preferably an HDPL, an Nd:YAG or a CO 2  laser of average powerless than 500W, preferably 20-70W. The apparatus comprises a laser, gas jetting means and suction means suitable to carry out the above steps. The apparatus preferably comprises a trolley for movement across a surface to be treated, where 58 is a conduit for the jetting gas, 62 is a suction conduit and 60 is the laser. A skirt 66 surrounds the immediate area being treated to contain the dislodged gum.
Patent GB-2371835-A (GB)
Title: Gas permeable pressure accumulator
Inventor: SCHAEFER ERNST-DIETER
IPC: F15B21/044
Filed: 2001-11-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure accumulator with a housing (10) which comprises at least one pressure-means opening (26), a membrane chamber (14) arranged within the housing (10) and having a side wall (16) which is deformable, and a pressure-means space (18) arranged outside the membrane chamber (14), wherein the pressure-means space (14) is at least partially bounded by a gas permeable material (20) that permits an escape of gas from the pressure-means space (18) and that prevents an escape of pressure means from the pressure-means space (18). The invention further relates to a process for manufacturing a pressure accumulator. Preferably, the permeable material is annular shaped and can be of ceramic or sintered steel. A cuff (28) allowing egress of leaked gas but preventing atmospheric gas entering can be provided. The pressure opening (26) can be sealed by a base (22) of the membrane seating against a ring (40).
Patent GB-2372009-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing insulation boards
Inventor: ROCHEFORT MALCOLM
IPC: B32B23/00
Filed: 1998-05-27
Abstract: A foam panel sandwich is formed by spraying foam 3 onto a continuous lower substrate 1, laying a continuous upper substrate 2 over the top, feeding the sandwich through a nip to spread the foam and then allowing the foam to expand and cure. At or just after the foam gel time and before the foam tack-free time, the upper substrate is punctured to provide a gas release pathway from the foam. Puncturing is achieved by a spiked roller 20 that periodically moves from a disengaged to an engaged position in timed relation to the movement of the panel sandwich. Also disclosed are means for cleaning the sandwich with air jets prior to passage through the nip and for cutting the continuous sandwich to discrete lengths and stacking the resultant individual panels.
Patent GB-2388293-A (GB)
Title: Insect monitor
Inventor: HOYES PAUL
IPC: A01M1/02
Filed: 2002-01-22
Abstract: An insect monitor 10 having a base 11 and a lid 12 hinged at one edge to the base. The lid can be displaced between an open position and a closed position. An insect attracting sheet (not shown) is received within the base 11. The lid 12 has at least one lifting member 18 which can engage the insect attracting sheet while the lid 12 is moved between its open and closed positions such that the distance between the sheet and the base 11 is greater when the lid is in the open position than when it is in the closed position.
Patent GB-2385730-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for power amplifier linearisation
Inventor: PRATT PATRICK JOSEPH
IPC: H03F1/32
Filed: 2002-02-20
Abstract: An input signal supplied to a modulator 18 for providing a first signal having a complex baseband vector, a second signal having a corrective vector selected from a look up table corresponding to the first complex baseband vector, a predistorter 20 for receiving said first and second signals and adding said first and second vectors together to provide a third signal having a desired predistortion vector for linearising the output signal of a power amplifier in the power amplifier system wherein the output signal has a amplification vector that is substantially equal to the complex baseband vector. The apparatus may be adapted to compensate I-Q imbalance in the down converter 25. An equaliser may be inserted after the predistorter to reduce linear memory effects.
Patent GB-2385785-A (GB)
Title: Domestic shower waste water heat exchanger
Inventor: WOOD JULES
IPC: F28D7/08
Filed: 2002-03-01
Abstract: The heat exchanger (1) is fitted in the bath/shower cubicle drain pipe (2) and uses heat from the waste water to preheat the mains supply to the shower water heater. The heat exchanger is only suitable for use with showers that use electric water heaters or combi-boilers, which heat the water on demand.
Patent GB-2387008-A (GB)
Title: Signal Processing System
Inventor: WEBBER CHRISTOPHER JOHN ST CLA
IPC: G10L15/065
Filed: 2002-03-28
Abstract: A signal processing system is disclosed which includes a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) based Hidden Markov Model (HMM), parameters of which are constrained during the optimisation procedure. Also disclosed is a constraint system applied to input vectors representing the input signal to the system. The invention is particularly, but not exclusively, related to speech recognition systems. The invention reduces the tendency, common in prior art systems, to get caught in local minima associated with highly anisotropic Gaussian components - which reduces the recogniser performance - by employing the constraint system as above whereby the an isotropy of such components may be minimised. The invention also covers a method of processing a signal, and a speech recogniser trained according to the method.
Patent GB-2387292-A (GB)
Title: Downloading a book using WAP
Inventor: WEN SHIH-JEN
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2002-04-03
Abstract: The present invention relates to method and apparatus for downloading an e-book via a portable electronic device in communication with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server over the Internet, the method comprises activating a wireless application protocol (WAP) browser to enter into an e-book Web site provided by an Internet service provider (ISP); displaying a pane containing an e-book catalog option sent from the e-book Web site on a display of the electronic device; reading the catalog option selected on the display for retrieving an e-book catalog; sending the retrieved catalog to the WAP browser prior to showing the same on the display; reading a name of e-book selected from the e-book catalog; downloading the selected e-book; and storing the downloaded e-book in a memory of the electronic device for off line reading. The book may be split into equal sized chapters and downloaded sequentially. The data may be coded and the first page of each chapter may be sent to the device initially.
Patent GB-2376833-A (GB)
Title: Speaker system for handheld device
Inventor: TOKI NOZOMI
IPC: H04M1/72442
Filed: 2002-04-22
Abstract: A loudspeaker 15 comprising a diaphragm 23 is mounted in a speaker enclosure 24 located in a hand held device (eg mobile phone, PDA). The speaker enclosure 24 is mounted to PCB 21 by a rear seal 32 and is fixed to housing 12 by a front seal 31. Sound waves from the front side of diaphragm 23 are output through apertures 28 in the speaker enclosure 24 into a front air chamber 37, and then out through a first sound outlet 13 in the housing 12. Sound waves of opposite phase from the rear side of diaphragm 23 are emitted via apertures 29 in the speaker enclosure 24, through a cutout in the rear seal 34, into a housing internal cavity 36 and out through a second sound outlet 14 (eg memory card slot). High frequency components of the opposite phase sound waves are attenuated.
Patent GB-2381164-A (GB)
Title: Reducing time required for an attach process or location registration to alleviate traffic congestion in w-cdma systems
Inventor: WATANABE AKIRA
IPC: H04W12/06
Filed: 2002-08-19
Abstract: To reduce time required for an attach process or a location registration process and to alleviate traffic congestion in a W-CDMA mobile communications system, when an attach process or location registration process takes place on User Equipment (UE) with respect to either a circuit switched domain or a packet switched domain, messages about the attach process or the location registration process are transmitted from the UE to the circuit switched domain and the packet switched domain during a RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection established between the UE and a radio access network device (RAN). This makes it possible to update location information for mobility management in both the circuit switched domain and the packet switched domain during that RRC connection.
Patent GB-2392543-A (GB)
Title: Teaching assessment based on comparing students work with database of exemplars.
Inventor: FITZGERALD LYNDON ARTHUR
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: A system for facilitating the input and storage of assessment data indicating whether one or more teaching objectives has been obtained by a student comprises an exemplar processor 18 arranged to retrieve 16 one or more exemplars of work 14 and a selector 24 by which a teacher may select an exemplar which best represents a student's work. Each exemplar is related to a set of teaching objectives and the exemplar processor is arranged to store 22, based on the exemplar selected, a record that the respective set of teaching objectives have been attained by the student.
Patent GB-2394289-A (GB)
Title: Force sensitive devices for measuring bolt forces
Inventor: ATKINSON JOHN KARL
IPC: G01L1/16
Filed: 2002-10-14
Abstract: A method for designing force sensors, such as those suitable for measuring bolt forces, which overcomes some of the difficulties usually associated with such designs by ensuring that the force applied to the sensitive layer can be made to be only a fraction of the total force applied to the sensor. In this way the sensor can be used to measure forces that would normally result in damage or offset shift if the whole force were to be applied to the sensing element. This is achieved by the suitable location of a force sensitive material sandwiched between force transmitting elements such that the transmitted force is shared between the force sensitive material and adjacent layers of material having a similar thickness and similar mechanical properties.
Patent GB-2381722-A (GB)
Title: intrusion detection (id) system which uses signature and squelch values to prevent bandwidth (flood) attacks on a server
Inventor: TARQUINI RICHARD PAUL
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2002-10-22
Abstract: A method of analyzing packets at a node (270) of a network (100 figure 2) by an intrusion prevention system (91) executed by the node (270), comprising reading (151) the packet by the intrusion prevention system (91), comparing (153) the packet with a machine-readable signature file (281A-281N figure 5), determining the packet has a packet signature that corresponds with the machine-readable signature file (281A-281N figure 5), and determining the machine-readable signature file (281A-281N figure 5) has an associated squelch comprising a squelch threshold and a squelch period is provided. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions to be executed, the set of instructions that, when executed by a processor (272), cause the processor (272) to perform a computer method of reading (151) a packet, comparing (153) the packet with a machine-readable signature file (281A-281N figure 5), determining the packet has a packet signature that corresponds with the machine-readable signature file (281A-281N figure 5), and determining the machine-readable signature file (281A-281N figure 5) has an associated squelch comprising a squelch threshold and a squelch period is provided.
Patent GB-2383318-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft wing arrangement
Inventor: RANDELL JOHN EDWARD
IPC: B64C3/16
Filed: 2002-12-20
Abstract: A fixed wing aircraft 510 comprises a fuselage 511 and a pair of wings 512, each wing has a main wing part, and sustaining means for sustaining a streamwise vortex contiguous with junctions of the fuselage and each wing. The sustaining means may be provided by subsidiary wings (39 fig. 17) at the root of the main wing and at an angle to the main wing. In other embodiments the wing could be part of a sea or land craft.
Patent GB-2398275-A (GB)
Title: Flotation apparatus incorporating a float operated valve
Inventor: SHARPE GARY
IPC: B63B43/14
Filed: 2003-02-11
Abstract: A flotation apparatus comprises an inflatable bag 11, a chamber 12 for receiving gas under pressure, a valve 14 arranged between the bag and the chamber, and a float device 15 and 17 for operating the valve. As the level of water around the apparatus rises the float is raised and opens the valve to permit release of gas under pressure from the chamber into the bag. The apparatus may also incorporate a casing 10 where the inflatable bag is located in a folded condition within one end of the casing, the float device within the opposite end and the chamber is located within the casing between the bag and the float device.
Patent GB-2398780-A (GB)
Title: 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone-6-carboxamide derivatives as inhibitors of T-cell proliferation for treatment of autoimmune or inflammatory conditions
Inventor: BANNISTER ROBIN MARK
IPC: A61P11/06
Filed: 2003-02-26
Abstract: A compound of general formula (<B>1</B>): <EMI ID=1.1 HE=41 WI=77 LX=908 LY=81 TI=CF> <PC>wherein: ```R1 and R2 are the same or different and are each H, C1-4 alkyl or COR5; ```R3 is H or C1-4 alkyl; and ```R4 is C1-4 alkyl substituted with R6, C2-4 alkyl substituted with R7, aryl substituted with R7 or heteroaryl optionally substituted with R7, C3-6cycloalkyl optionally substituted with R7 or C4-6 heterocycloalkyl optionally substituted with R7; or ```NR3R4 is a four to seven-membered ring which is optionally substituted with R7 and can contain one or more additional heteroatoms taken from O, S(O)n and NR1 wherein n is 0-2; ```R5 is C1-4 alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl; ```R6 is aryl substituted with R7, heteroaryl optionally substituted with R7, C3-6cycloalkyl optionally substituted with R7 or C4-6 heterocycloalkyl optionally substituted with R7; ```R7 is OR3, CO2R3, N(R3)2 where each R3 is the same or different or form a four to seven-membered ring which may contain one or more additional heteroatoms taken from O, S(O)n and NR1 wherein n is 0-2, or N(R3)2 is a five or six-membered ring such as a lactam, succinimide or hydantoin of the formula: <EMI ID=1.2 HE=36 WI=89 LX=921 LY=1717 TI=CF> <PC>```or a salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, may have utility in the treatment of an autoimmune or inflammatory condition. Such conditions include a chronic degenerative disease (such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis or osteoporosis), a chronic demyelinating disease (such as multiple sclerosis), a respiratory disease (such as asthma or allergic rhinitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]), an inflammatory bowel disease [IBD](such as ulcerative colitis or Chron's disease), a dermatological condition (such as psoriasis, scleroderma or atopic dermatitis) a dental disease (such as periodontal disease or gingivitis), diabetic nephropathy, lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or graft vs host disease. These carboxamide derivatives are capable of inhibiting T-cell proliferation in assays. In addition, the physiochemical properties of the template can be greatly enhanced by utilising the amide substituent to introduce solubility-enhancing groups.
Patent GB-2386661-A (GB)
Title: Variable speed pig for pipeline applications
Inventor: TORRES JR CARL R
IPC: B08B9/04
Filed: 2001-10-01
Abstract: A variable speed pig for movement within a pipeline having a plurality of venturi-shaped through passages extending longitudinally to permit fluid within the pipeline to bypass the pig. The size and shape of these passages maybe varied to vary fluid pressure drop through the passages and the pig to correspondingly vary the speed of the pig passing through the pipeline.
Patent GB-2404565-A (GB)
Title: Wearable recording devices
Inventor: CLARK PAUL
IPC: A41D1/00
Filed: 2003-04-14
Abstract: Wearable recording devices that can be covertly embedded or overtly integrated into standard clothing or specialist wear to allow the recording of evidence for personal, policing or other use. The devices include one or more optical and audio recording devices to record still or moving pictures and/or sound. The recordings may be transmitted or stored to memory devices embedded or integrated into the clothing that may be downloaded to personal or other computer equipment. The images may be recorded so that its recording may be admissible in a Court of Law and may include a 'time stamp' for evidential purposes. The devices may include various recording modes for example timer modes, duration of recordings, light dependent and have various recording qualities eg. bit-rates.
Patent GB-2401924-A (GB)
Title: Resin injection valve
Inventor: LEONARD-WILLIAMS STEPHEN
IPC: B29C70/48
Filed: 2003-05-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve assembly 10 for controlling the flow of a fluid into a mould. The valve assembly 10 comprises a casing 32, which defines a resin inlet port 20, a mould entry port 22, and a flush / waste port 24. The valve assembly 10 also comprises a valve 12, which is movable between a first position in which the valve closes a mould path between the resin inlet port 20 and the mould entry port 22, and opens a waste path between the resin inlet port 20 and flush / waste port 24, and a second position in which the valve opens the mould path and closes the waste path. The resin inlet port 20 is arranged to lie outside the mould, and extends by a hollow closed conduit 26 into the casing 32, so that the conduit 26 passes some of the casing 32 and opens to deposit fluid nearer the mould entry port 22.
Patent GB-2403151-A (GB)
Title: A device for rectal lavage
Inventor: SMITH ALAN
IPC: A61M3/02
Filed: 2003-06-27
Abstract: The device for rectal lavage includes a generally rigid tubular body (10) having a relatively flexible tapered front end nozzle portion (12) for insertion into the anus (50) of a patient. A port (14) is provided for the insertion of an irrigation hose (16) into the device, which passes through a nozzle opening (18). At least one drain hole (20) is positioned in said nozzle (12), spaced from said opening (18), for the passage of irrigated faecal matter from the rectum (52) into the hollow interior (24) of said tubular body (10). A discharge outlet (22) member from the hollow interior (24) of said tubular body (10) for the discharge of irrigated faecal matter from the device. In the method, the device is inserted into the anus (50) of the patient, the irrigation hose (16) is fed through the device into the rectum (52) of the patient, irrigation fluid is passed through the irrigation hose (16) and irrigated faecal matter is allowed to pass through said drain holes (20) into the hollow interior (24) of said tubular body (10) and is discharged therefrom through said discharge outlet (22).
Patent GB-2405174-A (GB)
Title: Fence post clamp for attaching a variety of items
Inventor: SHAPERO ROBIN WILLIAM
IPC: F16M13/02
Filed: 2003-08-05
Abstract: A clamp comprising two mutually engagable parts bolted together to enable to clamp to be fixed to either side of a slotted, concrete fence post. The clamp allows a variety of items to be attached such as hanging baskets, outdoor lighting, bird houses, clothes lines posts, firework stations, satellite dishes, barbeques and so on. The clamp may comprise two screws or bolts 4. Threads 2, 3, 5 may be provided on the front face of the clamp to enabling the fixing of attachments. Alternatively, items may be slotted into the top or bottom edge of the clamp.