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Patent GB-2393705-A (GB)
Title: Reel apparatus for handling cable with an array of nodes or connectors
Inventor: BERG ARNE
IPC: E21B47/01
Filed: 2003-10-06
Abstract: An apparatus and method for transporting, deploring, and retrieving a cable with an array of nodes. The cable 40 has a plurality of nodes 30 interconnected by sections of cable and the apparatus includes at least a first division 54 and at least a second division, 58. The first division, has a first portion or holder (120, fig 3B) capable of individually accommodating a node. The second division positioned adjacent the first division, has a second portion or surface (152 fig 4A) capable of individually accommodating sections of cable. The first and second divisions can be integral portions of the apparatus, can be separate members positioned on the apparatus, or can be used with a standard cable drum. Preferably, the second divisions can be rotated relative to the first divisions to tightly wind and easily unwind the sections of cable. A plurality of alternating first and second divisions can be arranged on the apparatus, which is particularly suitable for deploying in-well seismic arrays.
Patent GB-2407750-A (GB)
Title: Axial flow combine harvester with adaptable separating unit
Inventor: LEHMAN BARRY
IPC: A01F7/06
Filed: 2003-11-06
Abstract: An axial flow combine harvester comprises a rotor having a separator section 58 which can be adapted to suit different crops. Within the separator section 58 staggered crop engaging elements (68 figure 3) are spaced from one another along a first helical crop flow path (102 figure 4). The crop flow path can be modified to suit crops such as corn and sunflowers by attaching at least one separator blade 104 to the rotor in place of or in addition to selected crop engaging elements of the rotor. The separator blade 104 forms a continuous crop engaging surface defining a second helical crop flow path 106 of greater pitch than the first path (102) defined by the staggered strop engaging elements(68).
Patent GB-2408191-A (GB)
Title: Electrical appliances with removable outer panels
Inventor: DAGGE LESTER
IPC: A47J36/36
Filed: 2003-11-22
Abstract: An electrical appliance for use on a work surface or the like comprises one or more one-piece outer panels 12, 22. The panels are configured to be securable to the appliance by securing means whereby the one piece outer panel can be removed from and reattached to the appliance by a user. The appliance may be a kettle or a toaster. The panel(s) may conceal working parts, provide insulation, be decorative and/or have a window. They may be secured by interengageable portions not requiring any additional retaining means and/or operable without the use of any tool. A handle for the appliance may be integral with a panel.
Patent GB-2397963-A (GB)
Title: Noise Reduction Device And Noise Reduction Method
Inventor: YANO SHUJI
IPC: H04N5/21
Filed: 2003-06-11
Abstract: The conventional 3-dimensional noise reduction device has a problem that a residual image is more deteriorated when an effective noise reduction is performed for a signal whose noise level has been increased by signal amplification. To solve this problem, a noise reduction device includes an AGC circuit (12) for amplifying a video signal, a first characteristic parameter based on an amplification amount of the amplification means for dividing the video signal amplified by the AGC circuit (12) into a plurality of bands according to the spatial frequency, a high band core ring circuit (14) for reducing the level of the high band component of the video signal according to comparison with the level of the high component and combining the reduced high band component and other band component, a subtractor (15) for extracting a difference between the output of the high band core ring circuit (14) and a predetermined reference signal, a non-linear processing circuit (16) for reducing the level of the differential signal according to the comparison of the level of the differential signal with a predetermined second characteristic parameter, and a subtractor (17) for subtracting the output of the non-linear processing circuit (16) from the video signal.
Patent GB-2397673-A (GB)
Title: Digital rights management
Inventor: LAMBERT MARTIN RICHARD
IPC: G06F21/10
Filed: 2001-06-05
Abstract: A system for making rights management decisions relating to digital content, the system comprising a DRM server which receives a request from a DRM client for access to the content. The DRM server recovers the relevant right and makes a first rights management decision as to whether to send the right to the client. The client can then make a second rights management decision whether or not to permit access depending on the decision from the server. The system is intended for use with a distributed rights management system, that is where the right is stored at both the server and the client.
Patent GB-2412779-A (GB)
Title: Article retaining device
Inventor: BECKFORD DESMOND STEPHEN
IPC: G09F7/04
Filed: 2004-04-03
Abstract: An article retaining device such as a board 10 arranged to facilitate the storage of articles 28 such as toys and tools. The articles 28 are attached to the board 10 using fastening means 26, such as a strap. The fastening means 26 are attached around the article 28 and then pressed against a surface covering of the board 10. As the surface covering and fastening means 26 are made from complementary materials, such as hook-and-loop fastener material, magnetic materials, or an appropriate combination of metallic and magnetic materials, the surface covering can retain articles 28 held within the fastening means 26. In this way articles 28 may be stored whilst remaining easy to locate and access.
Patent GB-2404484-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine with wild symbol
Inventor: RODGERS PAULINA
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2004-07-22
Abstract: A gaming device including a plurality of reels (34a, b, c) having several symbols (100) with at least one wild symbol (105). In one embodiment, the gaming device spins the reels for at one spin. If a wild symbol (105) is indicated on a payline (56a, b, c) associated with the reels (34) and no winning symbol combinations are indicated on the payline (56), the gaming device holds the reel (34) including the wild symbol (105), stationary. The gaming device then re-spins the other reels for a designated number of spins, not including the reel having the wild symbol, in the game. The gaming device provides an award associated with any winning symbol combinations on the payline. In another embodiment, the gaming device holds one of the reels stationary when a wild symbol is indicated on a payline associated with the reels the award amounts associated with any indicated winning symbol combinations on the payline are less than a designated award value.
Patent GB-2406706-A (GB)
Title: Real-time gate etch critical dimension control by oxygen monitoring
Inventor: GIBSON JR GERALD W
IPC: H01L21/00
Filed: 2004-09-21
Abstract: In a process for controlling an etching rate for plasma-etch trimming a photoresist during manufacture of a transistor gate, an etchant gas concentration, specifically the oxygen radical concentration, and an inert gas concentration are determined and the latter concentration is used to normalize the etchant gas concentration. The normalized value is compared with a predetermined desired etchant gas concentration and the flow of etchant gas into the processing chamber 50 is controlled in response. To minimize undesirable anisotropic chemical etching during the plasma etching, a passivating gas may be introduced into the chamber, the concentration of which may be monitored.
Patent GB-2407917-A (GB)
Title: Component retention means
Inventor: MEYER GREGORY S
IPC: H05K3/30
Filed: 2004-10-01
Abstract: A circuit board assembly 20 comprises a circuit board 22, an electronic component 26, a plurality of incremental detents 46 coupled to one of the circuit board and the component and at least one projection coupled to the other of the circuit board and the component. The at least one projection is received within at least one of the plurality of the detents to retain the component relative to the circuit board against linear movement in both directions along the axis 42. The projections and detents may be provided by threaded portions (332, 294, Fig 7). The component may comprise a processor 34 and an attached heat sink 36.
Patent GB-2422895-A (GB)
Title: An assembly for incorporation within a turret providing access to a cryostat
Inventor: BELTON NEIL JOHN
IPC: F17C13/00
Filed: 2005-02-05
Abstract: An assembly for incorporation within a turret 12 providing access to a cryogen vessel of a cryostat comprises a positive tube 10 which acts as an electrical conductor for introducing electrical current into equipment within the cryogen vessel. The tube 10 may be of thin-walled stainless steel. The equipment may be, for example, a superconducting magnetic coil of an MRI system. A thermal intercept 16, cooled by a refrigerator, is provided in thermal contact with the turret 12. A thermal link 18 joins the interior surface of the turret 12 to the exterior surface of the positive tube 10. The thermal link 18 and the thermal intercept 16 are preferably a single copper block with separate sections of the turret 12 bonded into suitably shaped channels within the thermal intercept 16. A thermally conductive, but electrically isolating mechanical joint 20 is made between the positive tube 10 and the thermal link 18 using an adhesive such as epoxy resin. When cured the epoxy resin may contain particles of alumina.
Patent GB-2423469-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible artist's easel and case with unfolding seat
Inventor: KERSHAW GRAHAM
IPC: A45F3/04
Filed: 2005-02-25
Abstract: A collapsible artist's easel comprising support means 13 for supporting a workpiece 19 and legs 1, 2 deployable to hold the support means 13 in an elevated working position. A pair of legs 1, 2 are pivotally connected by a lateral pivot axis 3 and are lockable in a working position in which a first leg member 2 extends upwards and forwards and pivotally supports the support means 13 . A container 26 and surface (30) for artist's materials are supported between the upper ends of the legs 1, 2. A strut member 15 is provided for holding the support means 13 in the working position and is pivoted about a rear lateral axis 9. A platform (18) is provided at the distal end of the strut member 15 to project forwards of the support means 13 and support the lower edge of a workpiece. A clear space beneath the platform (18) allows access to the container 26 and working surface (30). A clamp member 24 engages an edge of the workpiece to hold it in the upright working position, and a pair of arms 21 are pivotally connected to the clamp 24 and are freely moveable under their own weight to urge the clamp member 24 against the workpiece. The arms 21 fold to a stowed position within the profile of the support means 13. A carry case (32) incorporates a seat (39) that can be unfolded to a sitting position.
Patent GB-2408953-A (GB)
Title: Pelvic floor muscle exerciser with adjustable tail
Inventor: KAROL MIHAL JOZEF
IPC: A63B21/06
Filed: 2003-04-22
Abstract: A PFM exerciser comprises a head 4 for insertion into a user's vagina and a tail extending from the head for the removal of the exerciser. The tail is formed at least in part from a flexible material such that the angle of the tail can be adjusted with respect to the head. The bend in the tail is made self-supporting by either fixing a jig (40 Figure 4) to the bend or by the inclusion of a flexible shape-retaining material (52 Figure 6) within the bend region of the tail.
Patent GB-2409513-A (GB)
Title: Range hood above a cooker stove
Inventor: YEUNG PETER
IPC: F24C15/20
Filed: 2004-01-15
Abstract: A range hood 100 comprises a motor housing 110 generally defining an enclosure with an upper surface and a lower surface 114, the lower surface 114 having at least one opening and at least one drain hole. Housed within the motor housing 110 is a motor 125 having a rotatable shaft 106 with a torsional member 104. Releasably connected to the motor 125 is a fan 120. The motor shaft 106 has a threaded recess 107 and the fan 120 has an aperture through which the shaft may be inserted and there is provided a fan cap 129 with a threaded bolt 131 that is threadingly engaged with the threaded recess 107 of the shaft 106. The fan may have a top fan surface 121 and a bottom fan surface 122 and a plurality of fan blades 123 connected therebetween. The range hood 100 may feature a flat fan grill (138, figure 8).
Patent GB-2410448-A (GB)
Title: Improved remotely controlled toy vehicles with light
Inventor: MOLL JOSEPH T
IPC: A63H30/04
Filed: 2003-10-29
Abstract: A toy vehicle (10) including at least an on-board power supply (38), a plurality of wheels (42, 44) supporting the vehicle for itinerant movement, at least one motor (46) operably coupled to at least one of the wheels to provide at least part of an itinerant movement, at least one light (36) and a controller circuit (100) configured to selectively supply power from the power supply to the motor(s) in response to commands from a transmitter (112) remote from the toy vehicle and to selectively supply power to the at least one light in response to a signal (82) indicating the vehicle is performing a particular maneuver, for example, either a special stunt or a transformation or both.
Patent GB-2425972-A (GB)
Title: Compressed air system
Inventor: DRAPER EDWARD JOHN
IPC: B01D36/00
Filed: 2005-05-13
Abstract: A system 10 for providing compressed air to a reservoir, comprising a compressor 12 connected to a reservoir 40 via at least one liquid-trapping filter 18, 26 and a check valve 38, wherein the filter 18, 26 is provided with a drain duct 19, 29 in which there is a poppet valve 20, 30. The system 10 also incorporates means 46 to monitor when compressed air is required from the compressor 12, and when air is not required, to unload the compressor by opening the normally closed poppet valve. Preferably there are two liquid-trapping filters which may be of a coalescing type containing sintered bronze or glass fibre and a sludge trap type containing a series of wire gauzes. The filters may be connected by a heat exchanger 24 that allows hot air from the compressor to cool. Advantageously, the system provides compressed air for operating pneumatic systems on vehicles such as trains.
Patent GB-2426599-A (GB)
Title: Lens array with tube like baffles and header assembly
Inventor: GRUHLKE RUSSELL
IPC: G02B3/00
Filed: 2005-05-27
Abstract: A lens array 10, for use in contact image sensing to allow the inspection of printed circuit boards 25 may be located within a header assembly 60. The lens array 10 comprises plural tube like baffles arranged in a common plane, each baffle having a lens at either end. The baffles may be machined from a single block of material.
Patent GB-2418564-A (GB)
Title: Agent call information encoded within a SIP INFO message
Inventor: HOLLATZ MIKE
IPC: H04M3/523
Filed: 2005-07-08
Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing information to an agent of an organization through the Internet. The method includes the steps of detecting a call from a client of the organization through the Internet, assigning the call to an agent of the organization and automatically creating a record related to the call and downloading the record from a host to a terminal of the assigned agent where the record is encoded into a SIP INFO message.
Patent GB-2416983-A (GB)
Title: Vertical blind curtain
Inventor: CHUANG SHAN-CHI
IPC: A47H13/00
Filed: 2005-09-14
Abstract: A curtain of vertical slats, or lamellae 70, includes a track 10 having two ends each provided with a plurality of support brackets 20 juxtaposed to each other, and two drawing blocks 11 movably mounted on the two ends of the track and connected to one of the support brackets to push, or pull, the support brackets in telescopic fashion. Each of the support brackets is movably mounted on the track and provided with a slide member 30, a fastening member 40, a limit member 50, and a stop member 60. The slide member 30 has a plurality of passages 32 having different positions for mounting the vertical slats so that the track can be used to combine with multiple vertical slats that are orientated parallel to each other and to the track.
Patent GB-2419499-A (GB)
Title: Communication system with groups of antennas
Inventor: FREW DAVID
IPC: H04B7/005
Filed: 2005-10-06
Abstract: A communications system comprises two groups of antennas with a plurality of antennas in each group arranged such that in use signals transmitted from all of the antennas 1 in one group are received by all of the antennas 2 in the second group, and processing means 5 to decode the signals received by said receiving antennas, wherein transmission controlling means 3 is provided for adjusting characteristics of the signals transmitted by respective antennas of a group, the adjustment being based upon information received from said processing means.
Patent GB-2433970-A (GB)
Title: Pipeline pig brush assembly
Inventor: CHEE FOONG WENG
IPC: A46B3/02
Filed: 2006-01-05
Abstract: A brush 10a useful in pipeline pigs, example, in magnetic flux leakage tools or cleaning tools, a method of making the brush 10a and a pipeline pig comprising the brush are described. The brush 10a has a metal bristle holder 16a and a plurality of bristles 14, the ends of which are held in the bristle holder 16a by glue, swaging or a combination of glue and swaging. The glue may be an anaerobic glue. The brush, and its method of manufacture, avoids the use of heat to secure the bristles to the bristle holder, avoids the use of solder or weld metal, and is less labour intensive than soldering or welding.
Patent GB-2434333-A (GB)
Title: Air-cooled centrifuge having curved outlet
Inventor: KARL ANDREAS
IPC: B04B7/04
Filed: 2006-01-19
Abstract: An air-cooled centrifuge 1 comprising a rotor 4 driven around a rotation axis 3 by means of a motor 2 and a cooling channel 5, which surrounds one wall of the rotor 4 wherein the cooling channel 5 is provided for the air transportable in the cooling channel 5 with an outlet opening 6 through which air can flow out from the centrifuge 1, and the outlet opening 6 comprises a first wall 13, which starts at the outer periphery of the cooling channel and continues in such a way that it has an increasing distance from the rotation axis of the rotor 4 with the simultaneously increasing rotation angle around the rotation axis of the rotor, wherein the outlet 6 opening comprises a second wall 16 which starts at the outer periphery of the cooling channel and continues in such a way that it has an increasing distance from the rotation axis of the rotor with the simultaneously increasing rotation angle around the rotation axis of the rotor, so that the second wall 16 extends as a straight line or has a curved contour, whose centers of curvature are turned away from the outlet opening (Mk). Outlet 6 may have a vertically adjustable width 6.
Patent GB-2423081-A (GB)
Title: Pro-fragrance & pro-flavorant compounds, by reacting alkene & carbonyl groups in fragrant & flavorant compounds with non-tert amines having 10 or more C-atoms
Inventor: TURIN LUCA
IPC: A23L27/20
Filed: 2006-01-20
Abstract: A pro-odorant or pro-flavorant that is liquid at room temperature and has a relatively low viscosity and has the formula (I): <EMI ID=1.1 HE=15 WI=23 LX=1240 LY=132 TI=CF> <PC>wherein R<1> is H, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, R<2> is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, provided that the total number of carbon atoms in the groups R<1> and R<2> is 10 or more; R<5> is CN, COOH, COOR<7>, CHO or C(O)R<8>; R<3>, R<4> and R<6> are each independently hydrogen or organic moieties which together with R<5> render a compound of formula R<5>R<6>C=CR<3>R<4> a material having odorant or flavourant characteristics and R<7> and R<8> are each independently an organic moiety; or the formula (II) R<9>R<10>C=NR<11> wherein R<11> has at least 10 carbon atoms and is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R<9> and R<10> are each independently H or organic moieties which together with C=O render a compound of formula R<9>R<10>C=O a material having odorant or flavourant characteristics, provided that only one of R<9> and R<10> is hydrogen or the formula (III) <EMI ID=1.2 HE=23 WI=30 LX=1202 LY=958 TI=CF> <PC>wherein R<1> is H, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, R<2> is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, provided that the total number of carbon atoms in the groups R<1> and R<2> is 10 or more; Z is CH2 or O, n is 0 or 1, such that the ring is a 5 or 6 membered ring, R<12> is H, alkyl or alkenyl or alkoxy having up to 10 carbon atoms so as to render a compound of formula <EMI ID=1.3 HE=49 WI=86 LX=911 LY=1460 TI=CF> <PC>wherein R<11> has at least 10 carbon atoms and is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; the or each R<13> is independently a straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group or alkoxy group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms or two groups R<13> together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a five or six membered ring which may be saturated or unsaturated (including aromatic) and which may be optionally substituted with from 1 to 3 alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and x is from 1 to 5 so as to render a compound of formula <EMI ID=1.4 HE=20 WI=27 LX=1236 LY=2357 TI=CF> <PC>a material having odorant or flavorant characteristics. These compounds may be used as flavours and fragrances in a range of compositions, products preparations and articles.
Patent GB-2425395-A (GB)
Title: Ejection mechanism with adjustment means via firmware
Inventor: KOBAYASHI KOUJI
IPC: G11B15/675
Filed: 2006-01-31
Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing device comprising an ejection mechanism for ejecting a cartridge where the mechanism comprises an ejection amount adjustment mechanism for adjusting the distance/amount the cartridge is ejected by rewriting firmware. The ejection mechanism comprises an arc shaped plate (321 figure 4), attached to a mode gear, having a plurality of detected elements (321a, b, c) provided at positions corresponding to a plurality of ejections positions of the cartridge and a detection arrangement, disposed near to the arc-shaped plate for detecting the plurality of detected elements. The arc shaped plate may consist of a shielding plate (321). The detecting arrangement may consist of a photo-interrupter.
Patent GB-2422994-A (GB)
Title: Method, system and program for overrun identification
Inventor: CONNOR PATRICK
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2004-12-20
Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for identifying overrun conditions in data reception, for example. As a receive buffer approaches capacity, received data packets may be truncated to a smaller size. For example, header information may be saved but payload data discarded. The truncated packets may be used to facilitate sending acknowledgments to trigger resending of lost or dropped packets.
Patent GB-2423028-A (GB)
Title: A wrap
Inventor: MILLER SCOTT HUGH
IPC: A61F2/06
Filed: 2004-10-28
Abstract: A wrap (20) for securing about a blood vessel (36) by encasing a section of the vessel. The wrap (20) being of thin flexible construction having two ends (22, 24) and two sides (26, 28). The wrap (20) is more elastic or stretchable at, near, or along at least some of its sides (22, 24) compared to at, near, or along its centre, to provide strain relief from wrapped to unwrapped aorta. The wrap (20) is not inelastic, so that loss of aortic compliance is minimised or enhanced. The wrap (20) is adapted to apply, in use, less compressive force at, near, or along at least some of its sides (22, 24) compared to at, near, or along its centre.