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Patent GB-2430726-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable probe for cooling beer within a cask
Inventor: BOND MARTYN HENRY
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 2006-06-02
Abstract: The probe comprising of only three parts: a tapered plastic socket bung 2, a double L-shaped stainless steel tubing foot 1, and a ventilation plug 3; the socket bung 2 having two holes through which the tubing foot 1 passes and the position of which is adjustable along the length of the tubing foot for cask sizes of 9-18 gallons (see figure page 2/2). The ventilation plug 3 is held by friction into a third hole in the socket bung 2 and the socket bung is also held in by friction. The parts can be completely dismantled for cleaning. Cooled water from a cooler passes through the tubing foot 1 to cool the beer.
Patent GB-2429743-A (GB)
Title: Fall arrest assembly
Inventor: PRICE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 2006-07-05
Abstract: A fall arrest assembly 11 for use, for example, with a vehicle 15 having a platform or a floor 12 elevated from the ground such as to present a fall hazard, comprising a number of impact absorbing units 19 which can be set out in an array. Each unit 19 comprises a casing (37 figure 4) of flexible laminar material having a loose filling of particulate material. Restraining means 25 holds the array of units together with at least one face of each unit 19 lying substantially in a common plane so as to define a generally level surface to receive a falling person. The fall arrest assembly 11 includes means (42, 44, 46, 48 figure 5) for locating the impact absorbing units in close proximity to an edge of the platform 12 of the vehicle to minimise the gap between the array of impact absorbing units and the platform or vehicle 15. Later embodiments relate to a method of arresting the fall of a person, a safety system comprising a two dimensional array of individual fall arrest units and a fall arrest system defining a receiving surface and a plurality of underlying impact absorbing units in an array.
Patent GB-2444021-A (GB)
Title: An insert to reinforce the toe cavity of footwear
Inventor: TAYLOR LOREN BETH
IPC: A43B23/08
Filed: 2006-07-19
Abstract: A compressible insert 3 that is placed in the toe cavity 4 of footwear which compresses when the foot of the wearer is inserted into the footwear, conforming to the contours of the user's foot and maintaining the shape of the footwear. Preferably the insert has a tab 10 attached to allow the user to easily remove the insert from the footwear. Preferably the insert is made form compressible closed cell foam (5, fig 3a). The insert fills and expands the toe cavity when the insert is pushed into the shoe, forcing the shoe to regain its original shape. Larger inserts may have a plastic internal core (6, fig 3b) which is coated with closed cell foam, to help strengthen the insert. The insert may be used permanently or semi-permanently.
Patent GB-2428601-A (GB)
Title: Fluid filtration apparatus
Inventor: SNOWBALL MALCOLM ROBERT
IPC: B01D46/04
Filed: 2006-07-26
Abstract: A fluid filtration apparatus comprises a porous filter media 10 for trapping micro-organisms contained in a fluid flowing through a duct 14 of the apparatus, and a lamp 13 for irradiating the filter media 10 with ultraviolet light. The filter media 10 is formed of a fluoroplastic material which is transparent to the ultraviolet light. Micro-organisms trapped inside the pores of the filter are irradiated and killed by the ultraviolet light. The fluid filtration apparatus may he part of a ventilation system. The lamp 13 may be placed outside of the duct 14 in which the fluid flows, wherein part of the duct is transparent to UV radiation. The filtration apparatus may comprise heating means for heating the filter and means for introducing electrostatic charge to the filter media. The filter may be made of electrically conductive material and heating of the filter may occur by induction.
Patent GB-2432043-A (GB)
Title: A mass spectrometer for tandem mass analysis
Inventor: BATEMAN ROBERT HAROLD
IPC: H01J49/02
Filed: 2005-12-07
Abstract: A mass spectrometer comprising: a first mass filter or mass analyser 7; a first ion guide or collision, fragmentation or reaction device 8, arranged and adapted to fragment or react ions to produce product, daughter, adduct or fragment ions; an ion mobility spectrometer or separator 10; a second ion guide or collision, fragmentation or reaction device 13; a second mass filter or mass analyzer 16; and an ion detector 15. The first and/or second mass filter/analyzer may comprise a multipole rod set, or a TOF filter/analyser, but may also be operated in a non-resolving ion guiding mode. The first and/or second ion guide or fragmentation/reaction device may comprise a multipole rod set, an ion tunnel or ion funnel, or a stack/array of planar plate or mesh electrodes.
Patent GB-2437804-A (GB)
Title: Plasma confinement
Inventor: SMITH ALAN ARCHIBALD
IPC: H05H1/04
Filed: 2007-03-05
Abstract: A plasma confinement process involves inducing electric charges 2, 3 on the surface of the plasma 1 at or close to the resonating frequency of the plasma 1. The plasma behaves as both an inductor and a capacitor. The charges 2, 3 could be induced on the surface by electromagnetic waves hitting the plasma or electrically conducting plates 5 near the surface of the plasma 1 that have been given electric charges 9, 10. This causes an alternating current 4 to flow through the plasma. This alternating current 4 flowing through the plasma produces a magnetic field that confines the plasma 1. A relatively small amount of energy is needed to confine the plasma and at the resonating frequency confinement is self sustaining.
Patent GB-2437171-A (GB)
Title: Treating produce with red and blue light
Inventor: SCOTT LIONEL
IPC: A23L5/30
Filed: 2007-04-10
Abstract: A method is disclosed for storing fresh produce and comestible derivatives thereof at a temperature within the range of from -25{C to +45{C comprising treating the produce with light wavelengths from the visible light spectrum selected from blue light, red light or a combination of red light and blue light onto the surface of the produce. The fresh produce may be selected from dairy products, meat, fish, poultry and harvested plant parts. The blue light may have a wavelength of 450nm +/- 25nm while the red light may have a wavelength of 650nm +/- 30nm. The light may have an intensity of between 5 micro Einsteins +/- 3 micro Einsteins and 100 micro Einsteins +/- 50 micro Einsteins. The application also discloses a method of controlling the total viability count and/or surface pathogen count of fresh produce by shining light with wavelengths selected from blue light, red light or a combination of red light and blue light onto the surface of the produce.
Patent GB-2438287-A (GB)
Title: Stable aqueous suspension
Inventor: CROMIE LILLIAN
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2007-04-30
Abstract: An aqueous pharmaceutical suspension comprising: <SL> <LI>(i) at least one non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; <LI>(ii) an aqueous buffer system; <LI>(iii) xanthan gum; <LI>(iv) polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and <LI>(v) glycerol </SL> wherein the suspension is free from pregelatinised starch, amino polycarboxylic acid, microcrystalline cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, silicon dioxide and taste modifying agents selected from the group consisting of bulk sweeteners, intense sweeteners, flavouring agents and mixtures thereof.
Patent GB-2449085-A (GB)
Title: A portable closet that facilitates the separation of human waste
Inventor: HALLETT NEIL
IPC: A47K11/00
Filed: 2007-05-09
Abstract: A portable closet that facilitates the separation of human waste. At the base of the closet is a bucket 1 for the collection of urine, a filter 2 is positioned above the base, and above the filter is a cylinder 3 shaped to allow a user to sit on the closet. The filter enables liquid to pass through whilst retaining the solid waste. The closet may have a lid 5 to close the closet when not in use. The closet may be separated to enable the disposal/recycling of the urine and solid waste, with each part having handles 6, 7 to facilitate the separation and transportation of the components. During use the filter may be removed. Alternatively the closet may be used to collect water.
Patent GB-2449289-A (GB)
Title: Shaft with seal for accommodating axial shaft movement
Inventor: RODDIS ALAN
IPC: F16C33/80
Filed: 2007-05-17
Abstract: A seal device 20 accommodates axial displacement between a housing 23 and a shaft 22 of an item of rotating equipment 21. The device 20 has a bearing 31 positioned between a rotor 24 located on the shaft 22 and a stator 25 connected to the housing 23. Contact between the stator 25 and bearing 31, and the bearing 31 and the rotor 24 is made via shoulders (at 30) which act to limit the amount by which the rotor 24 may move along the shaft 22, which allows the shaft 22 to sealingly move through the rotor 24 and so the device 20 provides sealing integrity when the shaft 22 is both idle and operational. The sealing device 20 may be used, for example, in a refiner where a large amount shaft displacement occurs when impeller clearances are set.
Patent GB-2440424-A (GB)
Title: Lever drive in a microtome
Inventor: SCHNEIDER VOLKER
IPC: G01N1/06
Filed: 2007-07-04
Abstract: A microtome has a lever arrangement (10) comprising a manually deflectable first lever (11) mounted to be rotatable about a first axis and a second lever (12) mounted to be rotatable about a second axis (14) substantially parallel to the first axis to cause advance of a specimen holder of the microtome. One lever (11) has two guidance surfaces (17, 18) and the other lever (12) comprises guidance means (20) so co-operable with the guidance surfaces that deflection of the first lever (11) in a first direction (23) deflects the second lever (12) in a target direction (25) and deflection of the first lever (11) in a second direction (24) opposite to the first direction (23) likewise deflects the second lever (12) in the target direction (25), whereby advance of the specimen holder in the same direction is achieved by deflection of the first lever in either one of the opposite directions (23, 24).
Patent GB-2450180-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of lung cancer using modulators of c-Jun
Inventor: FERREIRA PEPA GANCHEVSKA
IPC: C07K14/475
Filed: 2007-08-13
Abstract: This application relates to the role of c-Jun transcription factor and AP-1 transduction pathway in the pathogenesis of lung cancer, and discloses therapeutic agents for the treatment of lung cancer that inhibit the activity or expression of c-Jun. The agents may affect the signaling pathway between c-Jun and mdr1. cyclinD1, bcl-2. ICAM-1 or ER  a  . The present application also concerns a method of measuring the proliferative activity of lung cancer cells comprising testing the levels of c-Jun and ER  a  , and for measuring chemotherapy resistance of lung cancer cells, comprising testing the levels of c-Jun, mdr1 and bcl-2.
Patent GB-2442119-A (GB)
Title: Combined mirror and picture
Inventor: CHAN PO KWOK
IPC: A45D42/00
Filed: 2007-09-17
Abstract: A decorative mirror comprises a mirror surface 21 with a reflective coating covering a first part of the back surface of the mirror surface and a graphic pattern 22,23 covering that part of the back surface of the mirror surface not covered by the reflective coating. The decorative mirror may be illuminated by an LED system 24.
Patent GB-2452940-A (GB)
Title: Infant feeding bowl with handle
Inventor: GOLD JONATHAN MORRIS
IPC: A47G19/06
Filed: 2007-09-20
Abstract: There is provided an infant feeding bowl 1 comprising a bowl container 10 defining an inner bowl surface, an outer bowl surface and a bowl rim 12; and projecting away from said bowl rim 12, a bowl handle 20 defining an arc form handle rim 22. The bowl handle includes a lamellar portion that extends from said handle rim 22 to the bowl rim 12 and provided to the lamellar portion, a thumbhole 24 arranged for receipt of the user's thumb in use. The thumbhole 24 is arranged symmetrically about a chord axis extending from the arc form handle rim 22 to the bowl rim 12. The handle 20 may extend upwardly or downwardly and the bowl rim 12 and handle rim 22 are preferably integrally formed. A hand support feature might be provided protruding from the outer bowl surface. Preferably there is a bowl insert 40 defining a plurality of open compartments and a sealing lid 50 which might house cutlery 59. A separate claim is made for a feeding bowl with a lid.
Patent GB-2439505-A (GB)
Title: Downhole position locating device with fluid metering feature
Inventor: CORONADO MARTIN P
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2006-04-12
Abstract: A tool for multiple purposes features one ore more dogs (24) that can engage a collar groove or restriction sub in the wellbore. The dogs are extendable through a sleeve (20) biased in opposed directions and are supported from a mandrel (10). The dogs (24) can retract into mandrel grooves (44, 46, 48) to clear restrictions on the trip into the well. On the way up to a collar that has just been passed, the dogs engage and an upward pull on the mandrel displaces fluid through a restriction to allow enough time to get a meaningful surface signal of the overpull force. Thereafter, the applied force can be reduced as the dogs release at a lower applied force to reduce the slingshot effect. The tool can be inverted and used to keep a constant force on a bottom hole assembly during offshore drilling where a heave compensator is employed.
Patent GB-2443539-A (GB)
Title: Floating plug gate valve
Inventor: JENNINGS CHARLES E
IPC: F16K3/18
Filed: 2007-10-30
Abstract: A valve has a gate 21 that moves in gate cavity between a lower closed position and an upper open position. A seal member 43 in the gate seals against a downstream seat ring 37 when the gate is in the closed position. The seal member 43 is moveable in upward and. downward directions as well as upstream and downstream directions relative to the gate. The seal member is in an upper and downstream position relative to the gate while the gate is in the closed position. A cam member 51 is carried by the gate for movement in unison and is in engagement with the seal member 43. The cam member 51 moves the seal member 43 to an upstream and downward position in response to initial movement of the gate from the closed position toward the open position, thus reducing damage to the seal surfaces due to frictional forces.
Patent GB-2441256-A (GB)
Title: A gaming system
Inventor: JACKSON GAVIN CHARLES
IPC: A63F13/12
Filed: 2006-06-06
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gaming machine for the playing of a game from downloadable game programming. The gaming machine has a processor adapted to process game programming for the playing of a game, an interactive console adapted for the playing of different games, said console is operatively associated with the playing of the game and controlled by the processor and the installed game programming; and display means includes one or more display members for the providing of game information and or relevant artwork, the display on each display member is controlled by the processor, wherein the game programming encodes the game and associated information for display on said one or more display members. The invention also is directed to a gaming system including a remote host controller, a local controller which is located at a venue and one or more gaming machines. The local controller stores game software and firmware downloaded from the host controller and installs the software and firmware for the desired game on the gaming machines.
Patent GB-2448425-A (GB)
Title: Zoom-dependent exposure control for cameras
Inventor: YUTAKA HIBINO
IPC: H04N101/00
Filed: 2008-04-14
Abstract: An exposure control method for an image pickup apparatus 1 includes determining whether a zoom lens in lens group 5 has been moved and whether a focal length value F has changed. The value F is obtained from focal position information of a focus lens linked to the zoom lens. For a given change, an estimate is made for the change in focal plane luminance upon the image sensor 6 after a change in the value F. On the basis of the estimated focal plane luminance change due to the zoom lens operation, the camera shutter speed is adjusted by control unit 7 to ensure that the focal plane luminance is maintained at the pre-zoom operation level. Furthermore, a camera frame rate is also updated in accordance with the adjusted shutter speed. The method allows the preservation of the appropriate exposure level during zoom lens operations.
Patent GB-2459844-A (GB)
Title: Turbofan engine casing liner panel
Inventor: HARPER CEDRIC BRETT
IPC: B32B3/12
Filed: 2008-05-06
Abstract: A composite component, such as a fan casing liner panel for a gas turbine engine, comprises a first composite layer 14 and a second cellular layer 16. The second cellular layer 16 is provided with a septum layer 20, to which the first composite layer 14 is bonded. The septum layer 20 is perforated by holes (22, figure 4), which enable air to be extracted from the region between the septum layer 20 and the first composite layer 14 during the process of bonding the components together. The first composite layer 14 may comprise a cellular material whose cells are filled with a filler, and the second cellular material 16 may be metallic. The holes (22) may be aligned with an expected direction of a detached fan blade part, but inclined to an expected direction of ice being shed from a fan blade.
Patent GB-2460875-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic coupling for retaining shower curtains
Inventor: CHUTE NIGEL ANTHONY
IPC: A47K3/38
Filed: 2008-06-13
Abstract: A clip 102 or clamp suitable for retaining a curtain comprises two magnets 201, 202 or one magnet and a magnetically attractive material. The clip may further comprise connecting element 207 folded at axis 208 and may be biased toward the closed configuration. The clip may carry a visual display (figure 8). A magnetic coupling comprising one or more of the clips may be arranged in a bathroom, figure 12, where clips 601 are arranged down one edge 1201 of a shower curtain to couple with a second magnetically attractive part 1103 mounted on wall 1202.
Patent GB-2452403-A (GB)
Title: Layrngoscope insertion section
Inventor: MCGRATH MATTHEW JOHN ROSS
IPC: A61B1/267
Filed: 2008-08-28
Abstract: The section has a proximal end 1 and a distal end 6 for insertion into a patient's oral cavity in use. The insertion section comprises a tube guide for removably retaining an endotracheal tube and an elongate member 2. The tube guide comprises a plurality of tube guiding members 18, 22, 24 which extend laterally of the elongate member and where at least one member extends further than the elongate member in a direction superior or inferior to the elongate member. The insertion section may be attached to the handle of a laryngoscope.
Patent GB-2449812-A (GB)
Title: Breakaway mounting bracket assembly for a wiper system
Inventor: REID ALEXANDER DOUGLAS
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 2006-04-03
Abstract: The present invention is a breakaway mounting bracket assembly 68 for a wiper system that displaces components of the wiper system (22, 222) below the impact line of a vehicle (10, 210) in the event of, for example, a vehicle-pedestrian impact. The assembly 68 includes a mounting bracket 70 and a grommet 74 removably attached to the mounting bracket 70. The assembly 68 also includes a ferrule 86 disposed within the grommet 74 that includes a column (94, fig 4) having an internal passage (96, fig 4) and a platform (102, fig 4) connected to the column (94, fig 4). The assembly 68 also includes an attachment member 84 to connect the mounting bracket 70 to the vehicle where the attachment member 84 includes a body 88 engaged to the internal passage (96, fig 4). The platform (102, fig 4) breaks away from the column (94, fig 4) in the event of a predetermined load acting on the pivot shaft assembly 42, which disconnects the grommet 74 from the ferrule 86 and thereby displaces the pivot shaft assembly 42 and a portion of a wiper arm 38 below the impact line of a vehicle.
Patent GB-2463889-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive clocking system for a packet classifier
Inventor: KENNEDY ALAN
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2008-09-26
Abstract: An adaptive clocking system 100 for a packet classifier is described. The system provides for control of the clocking frequency of the packet classifier dependent on the traffic within the packet based network. By operating the packet classifier at a frequency commensurate with the traffic encountered it is possible to match fluctuations in the traffic and effect power savings during periods of low traffic. The system comprises a buffer 120 for storing the packet header information of received packets 160 and a comparator 130 for determining the number of buffer slots occupied by the information. A controller selects one of a plurality of different clocking frequencies for clocking the packet classifier dependent upon the number of occupied buffer slots. The packet classifier may divide a ruleset into multiple groups, each containing rules that can be processed in a linear search and SRAM with a long word line may be used so as to reduce the number of clock cycles required to perform the linear search on selected rules.
Patent GB-2464938-A (GB)
Title: Electrical accessory box
Inventor: PARROTT JAMES
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 2008-10-29
Abstract: An electrical mounting box for installation in a dry lined or cavity wall has an open front, a back wall and side walls at top, bottom, left and right sides, and at least one flange extending outwardly from one or more of the side walls. At least one side wall 4 is profiled to permit engagement of the mounting box in a hole in a section of sheet material 14 by rotation D of the mounting box about an axis P substantially parallel to the sheet material. The side wall may be planar at an oblique angle, or may be curved (see Fig 7). The opposing side wall may have a connector 10 for the connection of cable conduit.
Patent GB-2464942-A (GB)
Title: A method for conserving battery power in a mobile communication device
Inventor: YACOBI AVISHAI
IPC: H04B1/16
Filed: 2008-10-29
Abstract: A network manager operating in the wireless communications network transmits a periodic burst to the mobile communications device. The periodic burst includes a synchronization field having an unused data location. If the network manager determines that a message is to be sent to the mobile communications device, it is queued until a selected time and a message indicator is set in the unused data location. The mobile communications device switches to a high power listening mode from a low power dormant mode in time to receive the periodic burst. The mobile communication device verifies if the message indicator is set at the unused data location. The mobile communication device maintains the listening mode if the message indicator is set, otherwise reverts to the dormant mode until the reception time of the next periodic burst.
Patent GB-2465367-A (GB)
Title: Non-intrusive electricity metering identifying individual loads from current waveform analysis
Inventor: DONALDSON JAMES
IPC: G01R22/00
Filed: 2008-11-13
Abstract: Non-intrusive electricity metering, whereby individual loads on a supply may be identified from analysis of a delta waveform which is indicative of change in the supply current waveform over time. The apparatus has an input section arranged to receive values representative of the total instantaneous supply of electrical current as a function of time from an alternating voltage supply. Current waveforms comprising sets of values representative of the cyclic waveform of the electric current supply are obtained. A delta waveform generator calculates the difference between a current waveform and an earlier current waveform, by subtracting the respective sets of values to obtain a delta waveform. An edge detector is arranged to detect an edge or edges in the delta waveform, and an analysis section is arranged to identify at least one appliance load based at least on information on the edge or edges detected by the edge detector, and to determine the electrical energy consumed by said appliance load.