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Patent GB-2557260-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytic system for automatic dishwashing
Inventor: ALIA YOUNIS AL-BAYATI
IPC: A47L15/00
Filed: 2016-12-02
Abstract: A method of automatic dishwashing of dishware comprising electrolytically generating a bleaching species, washing the dishware with a composition comprising said bleaching species, and afterwards washing the dishware with a composition comprising an enzyme. The invention also provides an automatic dishwasher comprising a wash tank, an electrochemical cell, and a first reservoir containing a composition comprising an enzyme, wherein the electrochemical cell contains a solution comprising an alkali metal chloride salt, wherein the dishwasher is configured to electrolyse the solution, and to dose the electrolysed solution into the wash tank before dosing the composition comprising the enzyme into the wash tank. The invention further provides a kit for use in the inventive method. Preferably the step of electrolytically generating a bleaching species includes generating the bleaching species from a solution of alkali metal chloride salt and is performed in an electrochemical cell having no membrane separating electrodes therein.
Patent GB-2557302-A (GB)
Title: An aircraft fuel tank
Inventor: STEPHEN E BURNELL
IPC: B64D37/34
Filed: 2016-12-05
Abstract: A fuel tank 21 for an aircraft has a fluid barrier 27, such as a fuel liner or a bladder for example, defining a fuel receiving space 22, and a fuel ignition reduction apparatus 30 with a cooling circuit 31 outside of the fuel receiving space, which may reduce the potential of coolant leakage contaminating the fuel. Preferably, the fuel ignition reduction apparatus has a closed cooling circuit, circulating cooling fluid through a flexible hose extending at least across the base of the fuel tank between the bladder and an outer housing 23; the hose may follow a helical, concertina or wave pattern path (fig.3) to cover a substantial area of the tank. The cooling fluid may be water and/or a coolant liquid or gas. A temperature control module (fig.3,33) may be used to maintain the fuel temperature between 5 to 10 degrees Celsius; using sensor (fig.3,36) to directly or indirectly detect the fuel temperature, and heat exchanger (fig.3,37), in communication with atmospheric air, and pump (fig.3,38) to regulate the coolant flow and temperature.
Patent GB-2542714-A (GB)
Title: Speaker device
Inventor: HUGH BROGAN
IPC: H04R7/04
Filed: 2015-05-01
Abstract: The speaker device includes a body and a speaker panel assembly. The speaker panel assembly is movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein in the open configuration the speaker panel assembly is displaced relative to the body, and in the closed configuration the speaker panel assembly is retracted into the body. The speaker device may be a smart device. The speaker device may be an accessory configured to receive and to store a mobile device. Many embodiments are discussed, including multiple speaker panels, folding speaker panels and detachable speaker panels.
Patent GB-2559558-A (GB)
Title: Captive mat for a domestic waste bin
Inventor: NICHOLAS GREGORY WORLEY
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2017-02-08
Abstract: A mat for a domestic pedal operated waste bin has a raised lip, or captive edge 2 that encompasses the lower circumference of the bin. Preferably the mat has a high friction surface 6 adjacent to the floor. A part of the mat adjacent to the pedal may extend beneath the pedal such that a user stands on the flap 5 when operating the pedal. Preferably a supporting edge on the opposite side of the mat to the pedal braces the bin to help prevent the bin from tipping over.
Patent GB-2553605-A (GB)
Title: Targeted delivery of concrete admixture
Inventor: DAVID COLIN MALCOLMSON
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 2017-02-17
Abstract: A sealed container 300 formed from a water-soluble material and containing concrete admixture, with an external wall 310 having multiple regions 320 of smaller thickness surrounded by zones of greater thickness. The thin-walled regions dissolve faster and allow prompt delivery of the concrete additive, while the thicker regions ensure rigidity of the container in storage and transport. The container may have internal walls 340 defining separate compartments and permitting splitting of the container into shorter, closed ones to fit smaller spaces. It may further have a tongue 350 and a matching groove 360 at opposite ends to allow joining of two or more containers to fit larger spaces. A second aspect of the invention relates to a water-soluble sheet with multiple sealed pockets extending across its surface in both lateral dimensions, each pocket containing a quantity of concrete admixture. The sheet is preferably made of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and used as a liner for formworks to apply surface features to concrete. A third aspect relates to a water-soluble strip holding a grid of tiles in fixed positions to simplify their application to walls or floors. The strip may further contain grout for the interspaces and bonding material to concrete.
Patent GB-2560576-A (GB)
Title: Waterproof membrane
Inventor: MARIA IZQUIERDO RODRIGUEZ
IPC: E04D5/10
Filed: 2017-03-17
Abstract: The membrane 1 comprises a reinforcing layer 2 having a first and second surface, wherein at least a portion of the first and second surfaces is coated with a modified bitumen composition to provide first 3 and second 4 bitumen layers, the modified bitumen composition comprises bitumen, synthetic rubber and crumb rubber. The membrane may comprise a further layer comprising sand, mineral or plastic film provided on one of the first and second bitumen layers and may be provided on the other of the first and second bitumen layers. The entirety of one or both surfaces may be coated with the modified bitumen composition. The reinforcing layer may be in the form of a sheet. Also disclosed is a method of producing said multi-layer waterproof membrane and the use of the above multi-layer waterproof roofing membrane.
Patent GB-2567135-A (GB)
Title: Gutter cleaning pipe, gutter cleaning system and method of cleaning a gutter
Inventor: ANDREW DAVID WHITING
IPC: E04D13/076
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: The gutter cleaning pipe 27 comprises two open ends. One open 42 end is for connection to a vacuum system and the other open 44 end is configured for attachment to a gutter cleaning attachment. The gutter cleaning pipe tube has a controller 46, preferably towards the vacuum system end, for controlling the vacuum in the gutter cleaning pipe. The controller may be in the form of an aperture which can be opened via rotation or sliding of a covering member, the covering member may also be detachable. The controller may also be a push button. Also claimed is a gutter cleaning system, a kit of parts for a gutter cleaning system and a method of cleaning a gutter by using the controller to release debris from the gutter cleaning pipe.
Patent GB-2555920-A (GB)
Title: Airbag with at least one extension
Inventor: PARDEEP KUMAR JINDAL
IPC: B60R21/231
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: An airbag includes a first side panel 22, a second side panel 24, a middle panel 26, and at least one extension 32. In the inflated position, the first side panel 22 and the second side panel (fig 4, 24) are spaced from each other by the middle panel 26, the middle panel 26 having a top and a bottom, and a centreline C between the first and the second side panels. The at least one extension 32 is connected to at least one of the first side panel 22 and the bottom of the middle panel (fig 4, 26), and is extendable in a direction away from the top of the middle panel in a deployed position.
Patent GB-2571286-A (GB)
Title: Virtual reality
Inventor: MAURIZIO CERRATO
IPC: H04N5/222
Filed: 2018-02-22
Abstract: A virtual reality system comprises a head mountable display (HMD) 1400 by which images of a virtual environment are displayed to a user 1500 wearing the HMD. An image generator (480, Fig. 11) is configured to produce pictures according to a virtual camera position having a virtual camera height (1210, Fig. 12) in a virtual environment. The image generator is also arranged to derive the virtual camera height from data indicative of the actual height (1230, Fig. 12) of the user in the real-world environment. Cameras may be used to capture images of the user so as to enable the system to use proxy indicators of a person’s height, these indicators being the operator’s arm length 1520 or arm span 1530. The user’s height may be input manually. The system is configured to detect image portions related to the user’s body or to the background.
Patent GB-2562340-A (GB)
Title: Bovine headpiece and method
Inventor: BARBARA MURPHY
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 2018-02-22
Abstract: There is disclosed a light-based method of causing a substantial suppression of melatonin production, the method comprising the step of shining blue light from an artificial blue light source into just one eye of a bovine, causing a substantial suppression of melatonin production in the bovine, sufficient to induce physiological change. There is further disclosed a device for causing a substantial suppression of melatonin production, the device comprising a headpiece liftable to a bovine's head, and including an artificial blue light source, the headpiece operable to shine blue light from the artificial blue light source into an eye of the bovine, causing a substantial suppression of melatonin production in the bovine, sufficient to induce physiological change.
Patent GB-2556815-A (GB)
Title: Gateway, wireless base station, and communication system
Inventor: YASUNARI KUROKAWA
IPC: H04W88/16
Filed: 2016-09-13
Abstract: In order to ascertain a load acting on a gateway, the gateway in a communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is connected between a core network and a wireless base station, and has a means for receiving, from the wireless base station, first information regarding traffic at the wireless base station.
Patent GB-2572159-A (GB)
Title: Storage pocket
Inventor: PHIL HALL
IPC: B60R21/055
Filed: 2018-03-20
Abstract: An aircraft seat 2 comprising a storage pocket provided on a rearward facing surface of the seat. The storage pocket is formed from a storage portion 10 which is detachably mounted to the seat in order to form the storage pocket. The storage portion is formed of a flexible and/or deformable material such as silicone. The storage potion may be attached to the seat by a plurality of mounting pins (25, fig 1b). The storage pocket may comprise a primary opening for passing items into an interior enclosure of the storage pocket. The storage portion may comprise a back portion, the back portion may comprise an aperture. The storage portion may comprise side portions which extends orthogonally to the back portion. The storage portion my comprise a base portion which extends orthogonally to the back portion. The base portion may comprise an aperture.
Patent GB-2575303-A (GB)
Title: Greeting card assembly
Inventor: Christopher hudson
IPC: B65D27/00
Filed: 2018-07-05
Abstract: A greeting card assembly 100 comprising a greeting card 110, an envelope 120 between a pair of neighbouring joined panels of the greeting card and a peelable adhesive label 130 secured to the card to hold the greeting card shut and retain the envelope in the card. The sticker may be attached to the outer faces of the front 112b and back of the card (113b, figure 2), and to a protruding part of the envelope 123. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the greeting card assembly (figure 6), and a machine for manufacturing the greeting card assembly (figure 7). The assembly allows the card to retain the envelope whilst on display in a shop without the need for a plastic wrapper.
Patent GB-2563512-A (GB)
Title: Downhole method and apparatus
Inventor: STEPHEN EDMUND BRUCE
IPC: E21B33/127
Filed: 2011-11-16
Abstract: A downhole apparatus 300 comprising a base pipe 304, a plurality of axially extending pressure deformable members 302 mounted around the base pipe and at least one circumferential retaining ring 306 axially spaced from ends of the deformable members and located externally of the members radially spaced from the base pipe. A downhole method for operating an apparatus is also claimed. There may be a plurality of retaining rings located at or near to the pipe joints of the apparatus.
Patent GB-2564346-A (GB)
Title: Tissue comprising a softening composition
Inventor: SANGGIL LEE
IPC: D21H27/00
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: A soft tissue having a soothing feel and method of making the same is disclosed which contains an aqueous softening composition comprising from about 10 to about 20 weight percent of a cationic softening compound, such as quaternary ammonium compounds and imidazolinium compounds; from about 10 to about 20 weight percent of a polyhydroxy compound having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000 g/mol, and optionally a silicone or glycerin. Examples of the cationic softening compound include tallow- and ester-substituted quaternary ammonium compounds having chloride or methyl sulfate as the anion, and examples of the polyhydroxy compound include polyethylene glycols (PEG) or polypropylene glycols (PPG) having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000 g/mol, such as PEG-1000 and PEG-8000.
Patent GB-2579589-A (GB)
Title: Startup flow control routine in exhaust gas treatment system
Inventor: MARTIN KLINKNER
IPC: F01N3/08
Filed: 2018-12-04
Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment apparatus (50) comprises at least one gas permeable body (60), which may comprise an SCR catalyst, and a flow diverter mechanism (70) for diverting the flow of exhaust gas (G) selectively to a first region (61) and then to a second region (62) of the body, the regions defining different portions of the section area of the body normal to the flow direction (F1). The flow may be directed exclusively to each of the first and second regions in turn until each region reaches its operating temperature, and then divided between the first and second regions. Preferably the first and second regions may be thermally coupled and the flow directed to the first region and then divided between both regions after the first region (61) has reached its operating temperature. A method of treating a flow of exhaust gas is also disclosed. The apparatus and method may be useful in reducing emissions during a warm-up period following a cold start of an engine.
Patent GB-2585328-A (GB)
Title: Correcting for eccentricity of acoustic sensors in wells and pipes
Inventor: GRAHAM MANDERS
IPC: G01V1/48
Filed: 2018-12-14
Abstract: Determining the eccentricity of a device 10, having an array of acoustic transducer elements 13, in a well or pipe from time of flight of plural scan lines and calculating phase delays to the transducer elements in each scan line to correct for the eccentricity. A device and method are used to correct beamforming of an acoustic phased array in cases of eccentricity of the acoustic device in a well or pipe. A processor calculates the eccentricity from multiple scan lines and creates a geometric model of the well or pipe relative to the device. The processor may correct each scan line’s focus and/or angle of incidence at a surface of the well or pipe based on the observed eccentricity.
Patent GB-2575135-A (GB)
Title: ASTC interpolation
Inventor: KENNETH ROVERS
IPC: G06T15/04
Filed: 2018-12-20
Abstract: A binary logic circuit for performing an interpolation calculation between two endpoint values Eo and E1 using a weighting index i for generating an interpolated result P, the values Eo and Ei being formed from Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) colour endpoint values Co and Ci respectively, the colour endpoint values Co and Ci being low-dynamic range (LDR) or high dynamic range (HDR) values, the circuit comprising: an interpolation unit configured to perform an interpolation between the colour endpoint values Co and Ci using the weighting index i to generate a first intermediate interpolated result C2; combinational logic circuitry configured to receive the interpolated result C2 and to perform one or more logical processing operations to calculate the interpolated result P according to the equation: (1) P = [((C2 << 8) + C2 + 32)/64] when the interpolated result is not to be compatible with an sRGB colour space and the colour endpoint values are LDR values; (2) P = [((C2 << 8) + 128.64 + 32)/64] when the interpolated result is to be compatible with an sRGB colour space and the colour endpoint values are LDR values; and (3) P = (C2 + 2) >> 2 when the colour endpoint values are HDR values.
Patent GB-2583888-A (GB)
Title: Special purpose service and maintenance vehicle
Inventor: ANDY KEVINS
IPC: B61D15/00
Filed: 2019-03-06
Abstract: A road going service vehicle comprises a load carrying space, an engine (6), a drive shaft (8), a driven rear axle (3) and a power take off gearbox (10) that is powered by the drive shaft and situated between the engine and the rear axle, an alternator/generator (10), a compressor (13), a hydraulic pump (11), a hydraulic power pack (16) having a hydraulic fluid reservoir, at least one pressurised hydraulic fluid outlet and a corresponding hydraulic fluid return, and a crane (14), wherein the crane is mounted in the load carrying space. The power take-off gearbox may have a housing which the hydraulic or electrical generator may be attached to. The power take-off gearbox may have a clutch to selectively engage and disengage the auxiliary power. The power take-off gearbox may also include an engagement sensor which adjusts engine speed upon receipt of a signal indicating that something is engaged with the power take-off.
Patent GB-2573425-A (GB)
Title: Automated upscaling of relative permeability and capillary pressure in multi-porosity systems
Inventor: RICHARD EDWARD HINKLEY
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2017-02-14
Abstract: A three-dimensional reservoir simulator used for automated upscaling relative permeability and capillary pressure in multi-porosity systems comprising disparate rock-types. A coarse-scale single -porosity model incorporating multi-porosity model properties may be derived from a fine-scale single-porosity model based, at least in part, on simulation of a model comprising data from one or more regions of interest. Real-world and laboratory measurements of the one or more regions of interest may be provided to the fine-scale single-porosity simulation model and the fine-scale single-porosity model may be subjected to one or more fractional flow simulation processes and one or more displacement simulation processes. The fine-scale model properties may be modified based, at least in part, on the results of the one or more fractional flow simulation processes and one or more displacement simulation processes. Coarse scale-model properties may be derived from the fine-scale single-porosity model properties by upscaling the fine-scale single -porosity model. The coarse-scale single-porosity simulation model incorporating multi-porosity model properties may be used to improve operational decision-making, including drilling operations and reservoir management.
Patent GB-2588889-A (GB)
Title: Low energy method of making a cathode composition
Inventor: Matthew Robert Roberts
IPC: H01M10/04
Filed: 2019-10-22
Abstract: A low energy milling method of making a cathode composition for a lithium ion battery of general formula: Li1+Mn1−O2 The method comprises the step of providing at least one lithium manganese oxide precursor and milling the at least one precursor for a period of time. The milling speed can be 400rpm or lower and/or the milling media may have a density of 6g/cm-3 or less. Additives and binders may also be added such as carbon black.
Patent GB-2583810-A (GB)
Title: Theatre construction
Inventor: EVERT LYKLE HEMMINGA
IPC: E04H3/22
Filed: 2017-09-15
Abstract: A theatre comprises a seating area 120 for an audience, a circular support structure 134 surrounding the seating area and mounted above the seating area and a plurality of arcuate screens 135 suspended from the circular support structure. The screens are mounted to the circular support structure 134 on rails for allowing movement of the screens about the seating area. A drive loop may be provided about the circular support for engaging at least one of the screens to move it about the seating area on the rails. The drive loop may frictionally engage the screen, be a wire loop or endless loop. The drive loop may pass along a vertical support of the circular support structure with a motor being at an end of the vertical support remote from the circular support structure. An emergency controller may locate move the screens to emergency positions about the seating area. The circular support structure may be supported on vertical supports around its circumference. The screens may be polymer foam laminated with a metal like aluminium. The seating area may be rotate about a central bearing and be supported at its periphery by bogies, each bogie having at least one driven wheel for driving rotation of the seating area.
Patent GB-2578706-A (GB)
Title: Filter substrate comprising zone-coated catalyst washcoat
Inventor: PHILIP GERALD BLAKEMAN
IPC: F01N3/28
Filed: 2014-04-23
Abstract: A catalysed filter comprises a ceramic porous wall-flow filter substrate 20 having inlet channels defined by inlet wall surfaces and outlet channels defined by outlet wall surfaces. The inlet surfaces are separated from the outlet surfaces by a porous structure containing pores of a first mean pore size. The porous substrate is coated in part with an oxidation catalyst washcoat composition containing both rare earth metal oxide base metal catalytic agents and platinum group metal catalytic agents that are supported on refractory metal oxides. A washcoated part of the porous substrate contains pores of a second mean pore size, wherein the second mean pore size is less than the first mean pore size. The catalyst washcoat composition is disposed in a first zone comprising the inlet surfaces of a first substrate length less than a total substrate length. A second zone comprising the outlet surfaces of a second substrate length contains no washcoat and the sum of the substrate length in the first zone and the substrate length in the second zone is > 100%. A vehicle comprises a positive ignition engine 13 with an exhaust system 15 comprising the filter.
Patent GB-2595234-A (GB)
Title: Control of an electrostatic acoustic device
Inventor: GABRIEL ZELTZER
IPC: H04R19/02
Filed: 2020-05-18
Abstract: A radio frequency probe signal 51 is modulated by the input audio signal +V, -V. The modulated signal is applied to the electrostatic loudspeaker 10. A current or charge signal within the loudspeaker is detected 30 and demodulated 32 to produce an audio output signal varying at audio frequency. The audio output signal is transformed 34 to produce an error signal Vo. A control signal is derived from the error signal Vo and used to modify the operation of the loudspeaker, preferably to limit the displacement of the loudspeaker membrane or to cancel at least in part the response of the loudspeaker membrane to ambient noise. Variants of the control system are described (figs 3A, 4, 5).
Patent GB-2582114-A (GB)
Title: Control system for a tiltable vehicle
Inventor: KYLE JONATHAN DOERKSEN
IPC: B62K21/00
Filed: 2018-11-15
Abstract: A vehicle of the present disclosure may include at least one pair of opposing wheels coupled to a tiltable central chassis by a four-bar linkage or the like, such that the wheels are configured to tilt in unison with the central chassis. A steering actuator and/or a tilting actuator may be discretely controllable by an electronic controller of the vehicle. The controller may include processing logic configured to maintain alignment between a median plane of the chassis and a net force vector caused by gravity and any induced centrifugal forces. Various control algorithms may be utilized to steer the vehicle along a desired path, either autonomously or semi-autonomously.