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Patent GB-2558192-A (GB)
Title: Heating appliance
Inventor: SAMUEL HAYDN ANDREW THOMAS
IPC: A47J37/07
Filed: 2016-09-22
Abstract: A heating appliance 1 (e.g. an outdoor heater or cooker) with a fire-box 9, the fire box comprising: a fire door 3; an opening 10 for placing combustible fuel 11 in the fire-box; and a movable baffle 4. When in a first position, the baffle is disposed in a front part of the fire-box behind the fire door, forming a shield for the combustible fuel. When in a second position, the baffle may be disposed in an upper or top part of the fire-box, forming a shield for combustible fuel beneath and directing the heat towards a window 13 in the fire-door. A food holding part 5 comprising a grill 28 may be placed above the fire-box. Thus the heating appliance converts between an outdoor or patio heater and an outdoor cooker. Also claimed is a heating appliance comprising a main body having a fire-box with an opening for placing combustible fuel therein, and a food holding part, that may comprise a grill, rotatably connected to the main body above the fire-box. The food holding part is rotatable between a first position and a second position, the first position being higher above the fire-box than the second position.
Patent GB-2546131-A (GB)
Title: Water-gas shift catalyst
Inventor: ANNE-MARIE ALEXANDER
IPC: C01B3/32
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: A catalyst precursor which is suitable for use, after reduction, as a water-gas shift catalyst. The precursor is in the form of a pellet comprising one or more oxides of iron, and with a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.3 cm3/g and an average pore size between 60 and 140 nm. Preferably, the precursor comprises haematite, Fe2O3 which can be reduced to magnetite, and another metal oxide such as chromia, alumina, zinc oxide, manganese oxide, magnesium oxide or copper oxide and has an iron content of 60-95% by weight. The precursor may also comprise a particulate support material. Preferably the pellet is cylindrical with domed ends and with two or more semi-circular, elliptical or U-shaped flutes/channels running along its length. Also described is a method for preparing the precursor using a solution of iron salts e.g. iron (II) nitrate added to a solution of an alkali metal carbonate e.g. sodium carbonate and a method of making the catalyst from the reduction of the precursor using a reducing gas such as hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide followed by calcination of the precipitated iron compounds.
Patent GB-2544646-A (GB)
Title: Power supply with variable configurable current limit
Inventor: Daniel h wagner
IPC: H02M3/335
Filed: 2016-11-09
Abstract: A power supply 105 includes a connector 235, a power conversion controller 215 to generate a power supply signal at the connector, and a communication and control processor 240. The communication and control processor is to receive a set of current control parameters including a current limit over a communication link 260 in the connector, receive measurements of current and voltage of the power supply signal, and generate a drive signal for controlling the power conversion controller based on the received current control parameters and the measurements of the current and the voltage. The power supply may further comprise a power transistor 220 coupled to an input power terminal, a transformer 225 coupled between the power transistor and the connector, where the power conversion controller control a duty cycle of the power transistor for storing power in the transformer to generate the power supply signal, and a current sensor coupled to the transformer and the communication and control processor to measure the current of the power supply signal.
Patent GB-2541148-A (GB)
Title: System and method for simultaneous wireless control of multiple peripheral devices
Inventor: DUSTIN CAIRNS
IPC: H04W84/20
Filed: 2015-05-19
Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of peripheral devices includes a portable electronic device and a plurality of peripheral devices in wireless communication with the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a processor configured to connect to each of the plurality of peripheral devices one at a time based on round-robin scheduling. The processor is configured to execute an instruction for searching for a broadcast signal transmitted from a selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The processor is configured to execute an instruction to wirelessly connect with the selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The processor is configured to execute an instruction to send a control signal to the selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The processor is configured to execute an instruction to terminate the connection between the portable electronic device and the selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices.
Patent GB-2558877-A (GB)
Title: Voltage regulator
Inventor: ERLEND STRANDVIK
IPC: G05F1/56
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: A low-dropout voltage regulator converts an input voltage to an output voltage Vout and has an error amplifier 104 that produces an error signal proportional to a difference between a reference voltage Vref and a feedback voltage Vi derived from the output. The error signal is applied to the gate terminal of a pass field-effect-transistor MP via an output terminal 116 of the error amplifier which is also connected to a diode-connected field-effect-transistor M4. The diode-connected field effect transistor (FET) can vary the output impedance of the error amplifier in response to the output current of the voltage regulator. The diode connection FET can be a p-channel or an n-channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) whose source or drain respectively is connected to the input voltage. The feedback voltage can be derived by an adjustable resistance ratio potential divider. The error amplifier can comprise a differential pair circuit that is biased by a current that increases adaptively in response to an increase in the error voltage.
Patent GB-2558568-A (GB)
Title: Hearing apparatus
Inventor: MERRILYN RUTH BOORMAN
IPC: H04R25/00
Filed: 2017-01-05
Abstract: The hearing apparatus comprises at least one speaker as a pair of headphones 96, at least one microphone, and processing means, wherein the microphone is arranged to transmit audio to the processing means, and the processing means is arranged to relay audio to the speaker. The processing means may comprise noise cancellation means.
Patent GB-2558887-A (GB)
Title: Torque wrench and reaction arm assembly
Inventor: STEPHEN QUICKE
IPC: B25B23/145
Filed: 2017-01-13
Abstract: The assembly includes a torque wrench 1, a reaction arm 2 and a locking means for locking together the wrench and the arm. The locking means includes a connection member 3 located on the wrench (or the arm), an opening (12, Figure 6a) on the reaction arm (or the wrench) for receipt of the connection member, a locking member 5 slidably mounted in a channel on the reaction arm (or the wrench), the locking member including an aperture (7, Figure 3) sized to allow the connection member to pass therethrough. A biasing means such as a spring (8, Figure 4) is arranged to bias the locking member into a position wherein the aperture is partially aligned with the opening. The connection member has an insertion end for insertion into the opening of the reaction arm, and immediately adjacent the insertion end is a recess. The recess and the locking member are shaped and dimensioned such that the locking member is a sliding fit in the recess. The aperture of the locking member may have a chamfered edge.
Patent GB-2548018-A (GB)
Title: Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon semiconductor thin-film transistor-based GOA circuit
Inventor: JUNCHENG XIAO
IPC: H01L27/12
Filed: 2015-02-06
Abstract: A low-temperature polycrystalline silicon semiconductor thin-film transistor-based GOA circuit comprising multiple cascade GOA units. A level N GOA unit comprises a pull-up control part (100), a pull-up part (200), a first pull-down part (400), a pull-down holding circuit part (500), and a transfer part (600). The pull-down holding circuit part (500) employs a high-low potential backstepping design and is provided with consecutively lowered first, second, and third direct current constant voltage potentials (VSS1, VSS2, and VSS3) and a direct current constant voltage high potential (H). This solves an impact on a GOA driver circuit by properties of the low temperature polysilicon semiconductor thin-film transistor itself, particularly a GOA functional shortcoming brought forth by the problem of electric leakage, also solves the problem that the potential of a second node (P(N)) in the pull-down holding circuit part in an existing low-temperature polycrystalline silicon semiconductor thin-film transistor-based GOA circuit cannot remain at an increased potential during inactivity, and effectively maintains a low potential for a first node (Q(N)) and an output end (G(N)).
Patent GB-2566076-A (GB)
Title: Surgical tables
Inventor: MATT CLAYTON
IPC: A61G13/06
Filed: 2017-09-04
Abstract: A surgical table comprising a base, a column mounted to the base and a table top to support a patient wherein a moveable framework 700 is mounted between the column and table top and employs a rack and pinion mechanism to allow tilting of the table top about a pivot axis which includes opposed first 706 and second 708 curved racks and first 710 and second pinions 712 to engage the racks wherein a drive system with a motor is connected to both pinions to drive them in a common rotational direction to move them in opposite upwards or downwards directions about the pivot axis. The pivoting may be about a transverse axis. Also disclosed is a surgical table which can tilt about both a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis and employs a pair of moveable frameworks.
Patent GB-2567240-A (GB)
Title: An inhaler particularly a cannabinoid inhaler and a method of assembling such an inhaler
Inventor: ALEX HEARN
IPC: A24F42/60
Filed: 2017-10-09
Abstract: The inhaler comprises an inner housing with a pressurized reservoir of an inhalable composition. A breath operated valve (5, fig 3A) is operable by a user inhaling on an inhaling end of the inhaler. A composition flow path extends from the breath operated valve to the inhaling end via which the composition is dispensed when the breath operated valve is opened. The breath operated valve is biased closed by a biasing member 8 contacting the breath operated valve at one end. A bung 16 in the inner housing is positioned in an opening in the inner housing to support the end of the biasing member opposite to the breath operated valve. A rigid outer housing 3,20 surrounds the inner housing and supports the bung. Also disclosed is a combination of the inhaler and a refill pack (figs 5-7).
Patent GB-2567482-A (GB)
Title: An assembly for processing food ingredients
Inventor: RICHARD WEIL
IPC: B02C18/30
Filed: 2017-10-13
Abstract: A food processing assembly 100 suitable for making cereal snack-bars, comprising a rotatable drive shaft 102 having a proximal end 102b and a distal end 102a, the proximal end being adapted for coupling to a rotary drive outlet; means for comminuting food ingredients; and means for mixing the comminuted food ingredients; wherein the means for comminuting 104 and the means for mixing are both adapted to be driven by the rotatable drive shaft. The comminuting and mixing means may be arranged along the drive shaft in series to cut and/or chop the ingredients and may be a burr-grinder. The grinder comprises a rotor 106 and a stator 110 having cooperating surfaces to comminute the ingredients between them, wherein one or both of the rotor surfaces are abrasive and space between the rotor and stator is adjustable. The mixing may comprise at least one elongate helical coil mixing element 120 reducing in pitch and radius with a complete turn of a helix, two generally parallel portions, tapered ends and be keyed. Further elements may be provided in an opposing helix arrangement. An optional profiled inner surface chamber housing the elements, and a food screw conveyor may also be provided along with extruding 122 and cutting means.
Patent GB-2567857-A (GB)
Title: Foldable gardening shear
Inventor: YAO-CHUNG HUANG
IPC: A01G3/025
Filed: 2017-10-27
Abstract: A foldable gardening shear comprises a main body 10, a pair of handles 20, and a pair of pivot members 30. Each of the pivot members has a control unit 31, a knob 32, a screw 33 and a pair of covers 34. The main body comprises a first pivot pin 12 pivotally connect to a pair of cutting members 11 at a middle portion of the main body. Each of the cutting members has a blade formed at an upper portion thereof, and the two blades are configured to couple together to achieve the cutting effect. The handles can be folded upwardly about threaded rod 321, which enables the gardening shear to be carried and stored easily; and in the folded position, the handles are respectively located at two lateral sides of the cutting members, which can prevent the blades from hurting the user.
Patent GB-2570162-A (GB)
Title: Aerosol production element and method of manufacture
Inventor: David William John McLaughlin
IPC: A24D1/20
Filed: 2018-01-16
Abstract: An aerosol production element for an aerosol-generating device comprises an active volatile substance 1 and a plurality of laminar sheets of material 23, of thickness ranging from 0.005mm to 1mm, separated from each other by a gap of 0.005mm to 1mm, optionally arranged as a cylindrical roll with a spiral cross-section, with a pressure drop of ≤100mmWC. The adjacent layers of laminar sheet are held apart by separating elements (7, fig 5). The separation of the sheets provides an increased surface area and optimised airflow path. A method of manufacture is also included.
Patent GB-2570457-A (GB)
Title: An air guide for a motor vehicle
Inventor: NAZARIO NUTI
IPC: B62D35/02
Filed: 2018-01-24
Abstract: An air guide 4 directs airflow around a wheel 10 of a vehicle, and comprises a first vortex generator 18, for example in the form of a cambered aerofoil, in front of wheel 10 and projecting downwardly from an underbody of the vehicle, so that first vortex generator 18 generates a first tip vortex downstream of air guide 4 and substantially along an outboard side of wheel 10. Vortex generator 18 may traverse substantially the width of wheel 10 and may comprise a plurality of plates in series which may overlap. An alternative embodiment comprises a second vortex generator 32 which generates a second tip vortex downstream of air guide substantially along an inboard side of wheel 10; first and second vortex generators 18, 32 may traverse equal portions of the width of wheel 10 or, alternatively, first vortex generator 18 may traverse a greater portion of the width of wheel 10 than second vortex generator 32.
Patent GB-2561946-A (GB)
Title: Generating objects in real time panoramic video
Inventor: Brian C Lowry
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2016-08-16
Abstract: Disclosed is a method, including, but not limited to, receiving at least one panoramic video including a panoramic space having at least one object; receiving an environmental map, wherein the environmental map comprises an association of the at least one real object to at least one virtual object; augmenting, using the environmental map, the panoramic video, wherein the augmenting includes: rendering a plurality of real objects contained within the panoramic space; and embedding metadata associated with the virtual object into the panoramic video. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Patent GB-2572744-A (GB)
Title: Data collection control apparatus
Inventor: ROBERT BAUGH
IPC: G06F16/95
Filed: 2018-03-14
Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the operation of a data collection entity having a controller configured to communicate with a first resource and a second resource. The controller comprises an input coupled to the data collection entity to obtain collected data from the data collection entity; and an output coupled to the data collection entity to control operation of the data collection entity. The controller is configured to provide first and second request signals, based on the collected data, to obtain values from the two resources, and determine expected data based on the values; and control data collecting operations of the data collection entity based on the expected data. Also disclosed is an apparatus for controlling the operation of a data collection entity comprising a controller at a first location, the controller comprising an input coupled to the data collection entity at a second location via a wide area network to obtain collected data from the entity and an output coupled to the data collection entity configured to, based on the collected data, obtain a first set of values from a first data store, determine expected data based on said values and control the data collecting operations based on the expected data.
Patent GB-2574047-A (GB)
Title: Pump package frame
Inventor: MALCOLM GASH
IPC: F04B53/22
Filed: 2018-05-24
Abstract: A frame 100 for a pump package 3 for connecting to a liquid storage tank 4 comprising a mounting frame portion 1 and a transport frame portion 2. The mounting frame portion has an installation side for securing the mounting frame portion to the outside of a liquid storage tank and a mounting side for securing a pump package to the mounting frame portion. The transport frame portion has lifting point(s) (214, figure 2) for lifting the pump package when secured to the mounting frame portion. The transport frame portion is detachable and removable once the once the pump package is secured to the liquid storage tank. Preferably together, the mounting frame portion and the transport frame portion form an enclosed space for containing the pump package when the mounting frame portion and the transport frame portion are attached. A shelf(s) (14, 16, 114, figure 1) may be provided on the mounting side to support the pump. The liquid fuel tank may be an intermodal bulk container. The lifting points are preferably lifting fork pockets. A frame and pump package and method of installing are also claimed.
Patent GB-2562977-A (GB)
Title: Upgrading subsea foundations of mooring systems
Inventor: Regis Wallerand
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 2016-06-16
Abstract: A subsea foundation 32 which acts, in use, as a supplementary anchoring means on an existing mooring line, to upgrade its capacity comprises: a frame 36; a remotely-operable mechanical connector 38 supported by the frame, which connector is arranged to connect with the existing mooring line 20; and at least one foundation element 46 attachable to or integrated with the frame, arranged to be embedded in seabed soil 18.
Patent GB-2563555-A (GB)
Title: Protection of contact lenses from microbial contamination caused by handling
Inventor: INNA MALTSEVA
IPC: C11D3/37
Filed: 2015-06-18
Abstract: A sealed contact lens package comprising a sterile, unworn contact lens and a contact lens packaging solution comprising epsilon polylysine (EPPL) where the unworn contact lens exhibits reduced contamination from at least one microbe due to the presence of ɛPLL in the solution. The reduced contamination is determined by a test where pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is introduced to the lens during removal from the contact lens packaging solution compared to a control contact lens packaged in identical contact lens packaging solution but without the ɛPLL where PA is likewise introduced to the control lens during removal from its packaging solution and wherein the unworn contact lens results in a less than two log kill of PA compared to the control contact lens when tested after 24 hours incubation with 104 CFU PA using an in vitro bioactivity assay. A method of manufacturing a sealed contact lens package comprising placing an unworn contact lens and a contact lens packaging solution and sealing the receptacle with a cover to provide a sealed contact lens package is also claimed. Preferably the method comprises a further comprises sterilizing the unworn contact lens by autoclaving the sealed contact lens package.
Patent GB-2567329-A (GB)
Title: Electric motor
Inventor: PETER BARRASS
IPC: H02K11/33
Filed: 2017-07-19
Abstract: A stator assembly for an electric motor comprises power electronics 303 coupled to stator windings 301, wherein elements of the power electronics are interleaved with the windings. When disposed within an enclosure the stator assembly is arranged so that a flow of coolant is channeled over both the windings and power electronics. In use, a dielectric liquid is provided into the coolant flow path defined by the enclosure to expel air from the spaces between the stator windings and elements of the power electronics to directly bathe both in the dielectric liquid. The stator assembly may comprise an enclosure containing the elements of the power electronics and the windings, which the flow of coolant may be in direct contact with. The flow of coolant may pass between elements of the power electronics, or the electronics may be bathed, and at least partially immersed, in the coolant. The electronics may be suspended in the enclosure so that coolant can flow both over and under them. The electronics may at least partially define a flow path boundary of the stator assembly. A respective set of power electronics may be provided to drive each stator winding. A plurality of enclosures may be provided, each housing a set of power electronics and associated stator winding.
Patent GB-2570045-A (GB)
Title: Hoisting system
Inventor: ATLE SLETTENE
IPC: E21B19/09
Filed: 2017-05-04
Abstract: A hoisting system 100 includes a vertically arranged hoisting cylinder assembly 1 having at least one hoisting cylinder (13a-f, fig 2) , the hoisting cylinder assembly 1 having a lower part 1 b and an upper part 1 a, the upper part 1 a being moveable in relation to the lower part 1b; at least one sheave 4a-d arranged in the upper part of the hoisting cylinder assembly; a winch 6 having a base 42 which is fixed in relation to the lower part 1 b; a wire anchor 50, the wire anchor 50 being fixed in relation to the lower part 1b; and a wire 5 extending via the at least one sheave 4a-4d to a yoke 7 so as to suspend the yoke 7 from the at least one sheave 4a-4d, wherein the wire 5 is configured to connect to the winch 6 and/or to the anchor 50. There is also provided a method of operating a hoisting system 100.
Patent GB-2580363-A (GB)
Title: Engine housing assemblies
Inventor: PAUL NIGEL TURNER
IPC: F16M1/02
Filed: 2019-01-04
Abstract: An engine housing assembly 10 comprising an engine housing component 12 at least partially defining a first bore 14 for receiving a first shaft (22, Fig. 3) and at least partially defining a second bore 16 for receiving a second shaft (32, Fig. 3), and a reinforcement member 100 cast into the housing component 12, the reinforcement member 100 having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the housing component 12, wherein the reinforcement member 100 at least partially surrounds the first and second bores. A method of manufacturing the engine housing assembly is also provided. The invention allows for improved thermal performance of the engine components, particularly the first and second shafts which may be coupled.
Patent GB-2583474-A (GB)
Title: Drive system tensioner testing methods and apparatus
Inventor: Allan A Kaminski
IPC: G01M13/023
Filed: 2019-04-29
Abstract: A method of testing a belt tensioner 1is provided. The method comprises: arranging the tensioner 1 to tension a belt 16 of a belt drive system 10; driving the belt drive system 10 such that a length of the belt drive system 10 varies at a first frequency as the system is driven; and measuring a load applied by the tensioner 1 to maintain tension in the belt 16 as the length of the belt drive system is varied, in order to determine a performance characteristic of the tensioner 1. A test apparatus 2 for testing the performance of a drive system tensioner 1 is also provided.