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Patent GB-2453363-A (GB)
Title: Storage vessel with inner and outer walls
Inventor: ASH JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B65D90/02
Filed: 2007-10-04
Abstract: A storage vessel 2 has a peripheral or outer wall 4 defining a main storage body 8 and an inner wall 6. The inner wall may extend approximately one-third of the maximum fill height (h) of the vessel. The vessel may be surrounded by a secondary containment 20 such as an earthen dyke or bund. The vessel may be an atmospheric storage tank and the inner wall may be constructed of steel.
Patent GB-2458257-A (GB)
Title: Correct fuel dispensing system
Inventor: COLBY ROBIN FRANCIS DAUBENY
IPC: B60K15/00
Filed: 2007-12-06
Abstract: Motorists sometimes fill the tanks of their vehicles inadvertently with the wrong fuel at the service station. The result is often costly mechanical and environmental damage. By appropriately shaping the fuel pump nozzle and the vehicle fuel inlet orifice, the wrong fuel cannot be introduced into the tank, except by wilful, deliberate misuse. The invention introduces no materials or processes which make motoring less reliable or more risky than today. For example, in the figure, the larger circle represents the shape of the receiving orifice in a petrol-engine vehicle, and the dotted circle the shape of the filling pipe nozzle. The elliptical sections are the equivalent for the diesel-engine vehicle and associated filling pipe. It may be seen that the petrol filling nozzle is physically unable to enter the diesel orifice on the vehicle. The same is true for the diesel filling nozzle and petrol orifice.
Patent GB-2451326-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine oil pan with oil flow tunnel
Inventor: PIEPRZAK JOHN MATTHEW
IPC: F01M11/00
Filed: 2008-07-15
Abstract: An oil pan 10, for a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine 12 having a crankshaft 80, has a shallow portion 30 and a deeper sump portion 24. The shallow portion 30 includes at least one tunnel 50,50' creating a generally enclosed region extending between the shallow portion 30 and the sump portion 24 to block airflow generated by rotation of the crankshaft 80 and to facilitate oil flow through a localized high pressure region between the shallow portion 30 and the sump portion 24. The tunnel 50 may comprises a flat plate extending between the bottom of the shallow portion 30 and an adjoining side of the oil pan 10. Alternatively, the tunnel may be formed integrally within the oil pan. The plate may have ribs 70 which may serve to scrape oil from the crankshaft 80. The oil pan may have a vertical baffle (94, fig.4) to assist crankcase ventilation flow.
Patent GB-2463007-A (GB)
Title: Floating anti corrosion fluid in water seals of telescopic gas storage containers
Inventor: WILLIAMS MARK STEPHEN
IPC: F17B1/00
Filed: 2008-08-27
Abstract: Floating anti corrosion fluid 22 is placed to float on the surface layer of water 20 within the water seals 10 of a telescopic bulk gas storage container (fig. 1). As the container telescopes, with an increase or decrease of the volume of stored gas, portions of a wall 8 of the container may be repeatedly coated with the anti corrosion fluid 22. The anti corrosion fluid 22 may be applied to multiple seals of multiple telescoping wall sections of the container. The arrangement may provide a "self healing" anti corrosion system which preserves surfaces of the container over long periods of time, possibly negating the need for regular stripping and repainting of the surfaces with anti corrosive paints.
Patent GB-2450029-A (GB)
Title: Irrigation system
Inventor: TONKIN MARK
IPC: A01G25/00
Filed: 2007-03-16
Abstract: An irrigation system for irrigating a growing medium. The irrigation system comprise a helical tubular hydrophilic membrane which can be buried in a growing medium. The invention also relates to methods of irrigating a growing medium and helical tubular hydrophilic membranes for use in an irrigation system. The hydrophilic membrane can be a hydrophilic polymer based on a polyether.
Patent GB-2453232-A (GB)
Title: Optical fiber coating system with encapsulated optical fiber coils
Inventor: SANDERS PAUL E
IPC: G01C19/72
Filed: 2008-09-23
Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for reducing the thermal induced errors in an interferometric fiber optical gyroscope (IFOG). The apparatus includes a highly thermally conductive material configured to encapsulate a waveguide. The highly thermally conductive material more evenly distributes thermal changes encountered by a sensing coil of the IFOG thereby substantially reducing errors in the IFOG system. An IFOG system with temperature sensors is also disclosed. The measured temperatures are used to compensate for the thermally induced errors.
Patent GB-2460906-A (GB)
Title: Transit and display container for stacked sheets with integral pick-up means for picking up sheets individually.
Inventor: SCOTT ANGELA
IPC: A45D19/00
Filed: 2008-10-08
Abstract: Shown is a transit and display container provided with pick-up and dispensing means for individual sheets stacked therein. The container is made from a cross type blank and the dispensing means consists of a hinged arm that ends in a pick-up tab or finger which has an adhesive, e.g. contact adhesive, on the surface facing the individual sheets. In use, the arm is lowered towards the top sheet in the stack until the adhesive side of the tab makes contact with the sheet, which then can be detached from the stack when the arm raises back to its default position. The arm is integral to the container and generally provided on its upper surface. The embodiment from the priority documents shows that the arm may be outlined by lines of weakness on the cover to then be detached or pressed out from the cover.
Patent GB-2466071-A (GB)
Title: Associating a Signing key with a Software Component of a Computing Platform
Inventor: CHEN LIQUN
IPC: G06F21/57
Filed: 2008-12-15
Abstract: A method and system for operatively associating a signing key with a software component 104 of a computing platform 90. The computing platform 90 includes a trusted device 93 and on start-up first loads a set of software components 100-104 with each component being measured prior to loading and a corresponding integrity metric recorded in registers of the trusted device 93. The system stores a key-related item in secure persistent storage, the key-related item being either the signing key or authorisation data for its use. The trusted device 93 is arranged to enable a component 104 of the software-component set 100-104 to obtain the key-related item, this enabling only occurring when the current register values correspond to values only present prior to loading of components 106-108 additional to those of the software-component set 100-104. Certificate evidence is provided indicating that the signing key is operatively associated with a component of the software-component set 100-104.
Patent GB-2460309-A (GB)
Title: Submersible turbine apparatus
Inventor: FOSTER GRAHAM
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2009-02-16
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a turbine 8 to be driven when submerged in a current of water; lifting body 1 for generating a lift force upon the turbine when the turbine is submerged in the current; the apparatus is secured to a tether; and a stabilizer for dynamically stabilizing the apparatus in a first configuration in the current when the current flows in a first direction, and in a second configuration when the current flows in a second different direction. The geometrical relationship between the securing points, the centre of drag on the apparatus and the centre of lift of the apparatus in the first configuration is different to the corresponding geometrical relationship in the second configuration.
Patent GB-2459980-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable air deflector arrangement for vehicles
Inventor: MOLNAR BELA
IPC: B62D35/00
Filed: 2009-05-14
Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-deflecting means 1, in particular a retractable and extendable rear spoiler for a motor vehicle, with an adjustable air-deflecting element 2 and at least one flow element 3 which is likewise adjustable and designed as an underflow protection means. The flow element 3 is designed separately from the air-deflecting element 2 and is connected thereto via adjustment kinematics 7, such as a lever linkage or mechanism, whereby the deflecting means 1 can be stowed in a minimal space and extended to an aerodynamically effective position.
Patent GB-2470601-A (GB)
Title: Voice activated electronic device for information retrieval using internet based search engines.
Inventor: SMITH-CULLEN PETER
IPC: A63F9/18
Filed: 2009-05-30
Abstract: Disclosed is a voice activated device for accessing the internet and answering questions using internet based search engines. The device has a omni-directional microphone, speakers and a processor to execute voice recognition, search management and text to speech software. The device is connected by a WIFI connection to wireless router which accesses the internet. The device has an on/off/reset switch and volume control for the speakers and headphones. The router may also be a docking station and charger for the device. The device is cube or cylindrical or pyramid on a square base and build in a range of coloured plastics. The device may be used as a quiz master question generator, by general or specific subjects and score keeper.
Patent GB-2471484-A (GB)
Title: A software framework for creating new software components in compliance with an existing multimedia application programming interface
Inventor: RUBIO JUAN
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2009-06-30
Abstract: Development tool 59 provides a development environment for creating a new multimedia software component 92 which complies with an existing multimedia application programming interface (API), such as the OpenMAX Interface Layer (IL) API. A software framework of development tool 59 comprises software modules 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90 which are configured, by user input 70, to define at least one function of new component 92. The function includes at least part of the complete functionality necessary for the new component to comply with the existing multimedia API. After configuration, development tool 59 generates code based on the configured modules to provide new software component 92 in compliance with the existing multimedia API. Each configured module represents a specified portion of the software code relating to new component 92. A user may input additional code 90 to further define the new component. The modules may include finite state machine module 78, port manager module 80 and callback manager module 88.The invention allows code for OpenMAX IL API compliant components to be reused, avoiding writing each new component from scratch, and reduces the time taken to create new OpenMAX IL components.
Patent GB-2471912-A (GB)
Title: Portable eye muscle exercising device
Inventor: DONNELLY CHRIS
IPC: A61H5/00
Filed: 2009-09-22
Abstract: An eye exerciser to exercise the eye muscles and ligaments comprises a mobile rotatable eye mask 3 with a light source (7, see figure 3) attached to the mask that shines through a fibre optic cable 4 into a viewing area 5. The inside surface of the eye mask 3 may have a matt finish. The back of the unit (8, see figure 3) may be made of hard plastic foam, and the eye mask 3 may be made of hard plastic. The unit is designed to be used as a mobile eye exercise module and can be foldable.
Patent GB-2473820-A (GB)
Title: Waste shower water recycling apparatus
Inventor: STIMPSON ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: E03B1/04
Filed: 2009-09-23
Abstract: The invention relates to a recycling apparatus 22 for waste shower water from a shower drain outlet 16. The apparatus 22 comprises a waste shower water inlet 28, a potable water inlet 30, a drain outlet 32, a cistern supply outlet 34 for supplying a toilet cistern 20, and a flow control means for controlling the flow of waste shower water from the waste shower water inlet 28 to the drain outlet 32 and cistern supply outlet 34. The flow control means also controls the flow of potable water from the potable water inlet 30 to the cistern supply outlet 34. The apparatus further comprises a pump 44 for moving waste shower water from a drain outlet 16 of the shower to the waste shower water inlet 28. Preferably, a cleansing element 36 is provided for cleaning and disinfecting the waste shower water prior to being supplied to the cistern supply outlet 34.
Patent GB-2467397-A (GB)
Title: Scaffolding securing device
Inventor: NICOLAOU GEORGE
IPC: E04G5/04
Filed: 2009-09-29
Abstract: A system for anchoring scaffolding to a built structure comprises a collar 1a to fit over and clamp to the end of a scaffold tube (2, Fig 2B), where the collar includes a lug 4a which projects beyond the end of the tube. The system also comprises a retaining device (7, Fig 3A), which is characterised by a hook 7d at one end thereof and an expansion bolt 8 at the other, where the bolt serves to fix the retaining device into the built structure. The lug 4a located upon the collar includes a hole 5 therethrough which engages with the hook of the retaining device, and thus the securing device provides a secure means to affix a scaffolding structure to a building.
Patent GB-555631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in high-frequency electrical measuring systems
IPC: G01R27/26
Filed: 1942-07-20
Abstract: 555,631. Inductance and capacitance measurements. TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE CO., Ltd., and SEAR, R. July 20, 1942, No. 10098. [Class 37] Apparatus for measuring the characteristics of balanced cables at ultra high radio frequencies includes means by which the condition of balance of the testing apparatus can be adjusted to compensate for a condition of unbalance in the cable under test so that the testing apparatus and the cable, as a whole, constitute a balanced system. The testing apparatus shown comprises two parallel conductors 1, 2 rigidly supported at one end (not shown) and surrounded by a screen OS. Near the supported ends of the conductors 1, 2 a sliding short-circuiting member is provided adapted to connect the two conductors together and to the screen. A detecting instrument such as a vacuum thermo-junction is connected across the conductors 1, 2 near the short-circuited supported end. The conductors B1, B2 of the cable SC under test are connected respectively to the conductors 1, 2. Adjustable condensers C1, C2, are formed by small movable plate p1, p2, and the adjacent surfaces of the conductors 1, 2, which constitute the fixed plates. The plates p1, p2 are attached to short screwed shanks with heads A, B by which the plates may be individually adjusted. The fixed plates of the condensers C1, C2 may alternatively consist of discs or plates attached to the ends of the conductors 1, 2. Instead of condensers, means for adjusting the condition of balance may consist of two auxiliary coaxial lines of variable electrical length, one associated with each of the conductors 1, 2. To carry out a test high frequency oscillations are fed into the testing apparatus and the position of the short-circuiting member is adjusted until a resonance peak is indicated by the detecting instrument. The system is then brought into a condition of velocity balance by short-circuiting each conductor in turn to the screen and separately observing the positions of the respective resonance peaks. If the positions differ they are brought together by adjustment of the plates p1, p2. The characteristics of the line are indicated by the position of the short circuiting member and by the degree of sharpness of the resonance peak. The characteristics measured may be the attenuation constant, capacity per unit length characteristic impedance, and the velocity of propagation of energy along its length. Other means for adjusting the condition of balance of the testing apparatus may effect the independent adjustment of the physical lengths or the inductances of the conductors.
Patent GB-231019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to oil-burners
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1924-04-25
Abstract: 231,019. Feeny, V. F., (Coen Co.). April 25, 1924. Spray burners; burners, attaching and mounting; oil supply fittings.-A liquid-fuel burner A for furnaces comprises a head member 3, adapted to be secured by a screw 18, arranged parallel to the axis of the burner in a bracket 16, to a support 7, from which it can be withdrawn on releasing the screw 18 and rotating the member 3 out of alignment with the bracket 16. The seat section 9 of the member 3 engages a cylindrical slotted extension 24 on a check-valve 22 to open the valve against the action of a spring 26 to permit fuel to flow from a valve-controlled pipe 20 to the burner. A tube 11 for protecting the burner from the heat of the furnace is secured preferably by a screw 12 to the support 7 and prevented from moving outwardly by an annular flange 13, which forms a guide for the burner, the member 3 being enlarged at 14 to ensure centring of the burner and vertical alignment of the ground seats 9, 10. Lateral alignment of the seats is secured by means of a side lug 28 on the bracket 16 and stops 29.
Patent GB-981653-A (GB)
Title: Method of welding a metal attachment to a metal base having an insulating coating
Inventor: GARVER OSCAR WILLIAM
IPC: B23K11/16
Filed: 1963-03-15
Abstract: 981,653. Attaching handles; welding by pressure. METAL CONTAINERS Ltd. March 15, 1963 [March 15, 1962], No. 10325/63. Headings B3A and B3R. In electric resistance welding a metal attachment to a metal base having an insulating coating facing the attachment, the attachment is provided with at least one projection having a thin edge on its surface to engage the base, the attachment is pressed against the base and the projection is progressively partly collapsed or flattened under the action of the pressure alone and current is supplied to the parts, the pressure being applied at its maximum value before full current is applied. A bail ear having a central portion 17, Fig. 2, to receive one end of a bail and lateral tabs 19 is to be secured to a container 11, Fig. 1, having an insulating, e.g. painted, coating thereon. A hole 20 with a projecting burr with a ragged or serrated edge is formed in each tab by punching with a cylindrical punch and oversize die. With a tab engaged on the surface of the container an electrode 23, Fig. 4, is applied to the container wall and the other is applied lightly to the tab so that the coating 21 is not penetrated. The pressure of the movable electrode is increased to a maximum so that penetration of the coating and some deformation of the projection occurs as shown in Fig. 6. Current is then supplied initially at a low value but increasing to a maximum so that the projection starts to fuse and flows radially outwards culminating in complete flattening of the. projection as shown in Fig. 8. Current flow is discontinued before the pressure is released. The pressure is applied by a positively moved member free of inertial effects, e.g. by cams on a rotary shaft or by a stiff spring from a mechanical source or by an hydraulic source. It is stated that metal parts may be secured to rust-proofed motor vehicle bodies.
Patent GB-513850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to moulds or supports for use in packing settable, plastic, viscous or liquid material
IPC: B65B43/54
Filed: 1938-04-05
Abstract: 513,850. Moulds ; filling bags. ROBINSON, P. G., RAWLINS, J. D., and PAPER SACKS, Ltd. April 5, 1938, No. 10385. [Class 87 (ii)] [Also in Group XVII] A mould or box for supporting paper or fabric sacks or bags during the moulding or packing of hot material, e.g., bitumen, tanning extracts &c., comprises four walls and a base, at least one of the walls being detachably secured to the mould and the walls being reticulated or perforated, or made of aluminium or copper, or of mild steel of not less than eighteen gauge, so that heat communicated to the paper or fabric is rapidly dispersed. The walls may comprise metal slats or bars or they may be formed of expanded metal or constructed of wire mesh and the material forming the walls may, as shown, be mounted in a rigid supporting framework. The detachable wall may slidably engage in a channel-section frame 18, 19 secured to the mould, or it may be hinged to the mould or carry lugs or slotted bars to be engaged with pins, slots, notches or other co-operating parts upon adjacent walls. The mould may have means such as hook members for attaching it to or supporting it upon a conveying device. The mould may be made collapsable, three of the sides being hinged together and the bottom removable either by hinging or lifting out.
Patent GB-800678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the securing of a member in a sleeve
Inventor: MORGAN JOHN TREVOR
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1956-04-05
Abstract: 800,678. Making electrical components; jointing by forging and stamping. BELLING & LEE, Ltd. April 5, 1957 [April 5, 1956], No. 10395/56. Classes 83 (2) and 83 (4). A method of securing a hollow or solid member 1, e.g. a part of a television or radio aerial, in a sleeve is characterized in that the member 1 is embraced by a sleeve 3 having a transverse slot 4 communicating with its interior, the part of the member exposed by the slot being deformed so as to form a surface 10<SP>1</SP> which overlaps at least one of the longitudinal walls of the slot and so that the part of the member subtended by said surface is swollen until it is a tight fit in the part of the sleeve embracing it. The depth of the slot 4 is approximately <SP>1</SP>/ 32  inch less than the radius of the sleeve. In an embodiment a metal tube is inserted in the metal sleeve 3 with its open seam 2 facing away from the slot 4 (Fig. 3). The sleeve has an arm carrying a screw 7 for securing the sleeve to an aerial mast. The tube portion exposed by the slot 4 is flattened by a tool 9 whilst the sleeve is supported in a jig 8 thus producing ears 11 and 11<SP>1</SP> which overlap the walls 12, 12<SP>1</SP> of the slot and swelling the part 13 of the tube 1 so that it is a tight fit in the part 3<SP>1</SP> of the sleeve. The ears prevent rotation of the tube in the sleeve.
Patent GB-1258002-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for measurement of temperature difference and/or quantity of heat
IPC: G01K17/10
Filed: 1969-02-26
Abstract: 1258002 Measuring temperature difference and quantity of heat SVENSK VARMEMATNING CB-SYSTEM AB 26 Feb 1969 [27 Feb 1968] 10395/69 Headings G4D D6Y D6C1 D6C2 and D7X A frequency signal derived in a converter 3, Fig. I from a current representing the temperature difference between two elements 1, 2 is fed via a gate 4 enabled for constant time intervals to a  counter 5. The gate 4 may be controlled either by a source 9 generating a fixed number of constant duration impulses so that the count represents the temperature difference or, if the temperature difference is between two points in a flowing medium, by a fluid-flow meter 8 delivering pulses for each increment of fluid passing through the meter so that the count represents the quantity of heat used. The apparatus may be used to measure the quantity of energy consumed in a given time above a predetermined threshold by accumulating pulses above the threshold level received during the given time in a further counter 11. In the embodiment of Fig. 3 (not shown), a pulse oscillator (24) delivers a frequency signal proportional to the predetermined level to the forward input of a counter (25) for a time T, a gate (4) being enabled at the next pulse from the flowmeter (8) so that the counter (25) is decremented by a number of pulses representing the temperature difference. When the counter (25) reaches 0 a gate (26) is enabled so that succeeding pulses, i.e. excess pulses, are accumulated in a further counter (27). The temperature sensitive resistances 1, 2 are connected to identical secondary windings 13, 14 of a mains connected transformer 12, the current summed at the collector junction of transistors 17, 22 in series with the elements 1, 2 being proportional to U x temperature difference where U is the voltage derived from the windings 13, 14. By connecting a further identical secondary winding 15 to a converter 3, the frequency output of the latter is proportional to the temperature difference.