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Patent GB-2528666-A (GB)
Title: Device to manage re-usable tissues
Inventor: LEZ DR ALFONSO PABLO RAMALLO GONZÃ
IPC: D06F95/00
Filed: 2014-07-25
Abstract: A device for managing reusable tissues or handkerchiefs allows them to be machine washed and dried in a microwave oven inside the device. . The tissues are taken from one of the sides and placed in the other after use. The device is may be tubular or circular (figure 4) and preferably comprises two lids E, F and two internal sections for clean and used tissues respectively. The sections are separated by a separator. The lid located on the used tissue section may comprise a component D for sealing the section, while the lid on the clean tissue section is designed to allow a user to pinch and remove a tissue without removing the lid. The lids may be exchanged to enable the device to be used after washing and drying of the tissues without transferring them into the other internal section. On introduction of used tissues, the separator moves and displaces the clean tissues in the opposite direction. The device preferably has a perforated or breathable body.
Patent GB-2513281-A (GB)
Title: Subsea heating assembly and method of heating a subsea component
Inventor: HEGGDAL OLE A
IPC: F16L53/37
Filed: 2013-02-15
Abstract: Subsea heating assembly, comprising a component interface cable (9) in association with a subsea component (7') to be heated. The component interface cable receives power from an electric power source. The power source comprises an induction coupler (100) with core rings which surround an alternating current carrying source cable (5), and a winding cable (107) wound around the core ring The winding cable connects to the component interface cable. The induction coupler comprises an upper section (100a) with first core parts (101a) and a lower section (100b) with second core parts (101b). The winding cable is arranged in the upper section. The first core parts are aligned with second core parts when the upper section is landed on the lower section. The upper section is removable from the lower section.
Patent GB-2518753-A (GB)
Title: Sheet binding processing apparatus, image forming system and binding method
Inventor: MINE RYUTA
IPC: B65H37/04
Filed: 2014-09-03
Abstract: A sheet binding apparatus 50 comprising a movable stapler 51 for binding a sheet bundle, a motor 164 for moving the stapler 51 between a first X0 position, wherein sheet conveyance from an image forming device 1 to the binding apparatus is not hampered, and a second, position M, wherein a sheet bundle manually provided is bind-able, and a CPU for controlling the stapler movement motor 164 to cause, when the image forming apparatus 1 is not forming an image, the stapler 51 to stand-by at the second position M. Preferably when a bundle, fed from the image forming device 1, is bound and leaves the sheet binding apparatus the CPU moves the stapler 51 to one of, the first position X0 or the second position M, whichever is closer to the binding position before the sheet is fed from the image forming apparatus 1. Further preferably, when the time required for the binding section to arrive at the required position is less than or equal to the time taken for the image forming apparatus 1 to feed the sheet to the binding apparatus 50 the image forming apparatus executes image formation. There is also provided a system and method claim.
Patent GB-2532483-A (GB)
Title: Electrode assembly, electrode assembly product, electrode assembly system and method for installing electrode assembly
Inventor: COLIN JOHN FRANCIS PHILIP JONES
IPC: E02D3/11
Filed: 2014-11-20
Abstract: An electrode assembly(10, 72), for installation in a substrate (71) for use in electrokinetic treatment of the substrate(71), is described, together with an electrode assembly product and system comprising an electrode assembly and a method of installation. The electrode assembly(10, 72) comprises: a tube(12) for collecting and draining fluid from the substrate(71), said tube(12) having a sidewall comprising openings(14) for allowing fluid to enter the tube (12) from the substrate (71); a filtration membrane (16) surrounding the tube (12), for preventing at least some particulate matter from entering the tube (12) through said openings (14); and a plurality of conducting members (18) surrounding or associated with said filtration membrane (16), the electrode assembly(10, 72) is flexible. A system of electrodes(70) for electro kinetic/osmatic drainage, and a method of installing the electrodes in a curved trench are also claimed.
Patent GB-2537803-A (GB)
Title: Non-Contiguous channel allocation over multi-channel wireless networks
Inventor: PASCAL VIGER
IPC: H04W74/08
Filed: 2015-02-19
Abstract: 802.11ac networks define an operating band made of an ordered series of 20MHz channels and authorize a restricted number of possible composite channel configurations to be used for data transmission. A method of transmitting data between a source and a receiver in such a wireless network may comprise, at the source: sending, to the receiver, RTS fames to request reservation of a composite channel, the RTS frames including a flag signalling the source supports transmission over un­authorized composite channels, for instance over sub-channels not contiguous within the operating band; receiving, from the receiver in response to the RTS frames, CTS frames acknowledging reservation of un-authorized composite channel configuration, for instance of non-contiguous sub-channels; and then transmitting, to the receiver, data frames on the reserved sub-channels of the un-authorized configuration, for instance on the reserved non-contiguous sub-channels within the operating band.
Patent GB-2536689-A (GB)
Title: Carrier and insert
Inventor: BARRY FRANCIS DUNNE
IPC: H01L23/373
Filed: 2015-03-26
Abstract: A carrier 102 bears at least one insert 104, the insert being retained by compression exerted by the carrier. The carrier may be a ceramic substrate bearing a diamond, sapphire or carbide insert, the insert being compressively retained by the ceramic substrate shrinking around the insert. The ceramic may comprise an oxide, a nitride, a silicate or feldspars. The carrier may be arranged to receive the insert when in a first state and to compressively retain the insert when in a second state. The substrate may shrink irreversibly on heating, firing or curing. For example, a ceramic substrate is fired to form a shrink fit around a diamond insert, thereby applying a compression force to retain the insert. The carrier may be used to connect a heat generating component such as a transistor, an integrated circuit, a switch, an optical element or an RF element to a heat sink. The optical element may be an optical modulator and the inserts may provide an optical and/or thermal path from the modulator.
Patent GB-2538327-A (GB)
Title: A Weighted Animal Feeding Bowl
Inventor: ROBERT PEACOCK
IPC: A01K7/00
Filed: 2015-05-15
Abstract: An animal feeder comprises an animal feeding bowl 1 in combination with a weight container 2. The feeding bowl is retained on the weight container sufficiently so as to be retained during feeding, but is also capable of easy removal. The weight container may have a closure 3 that can be removed to fill the weight container with a weighting material 9 such as sand or water. The feeding bowl may be retained on the weight container by gravity or a friction device such as protrusion 8 on the feeding bowl which react with the weight container. The animal feeding bowl may be retained by a mechanical latch that requires physical movement to release the feeding bowl from the weight container or it may be retained by magnetic means. The weight container may further include feet 4 for preventing the feeder from slipping.
Patent GB-2540950-A (GB)
Title: Drainable chamber with height adjustable aperture
Inventor: FINN MICHAEL MCCRORY
IPC: E03F5/14
Filed: 2015-07-31
Abstract: The drainage chamber 1 comprises a plurality of stackable sections and a barrier plate 4, the barrier plate comprising an aperture 5 and covering an aperture within the chamber. An adjustable connection is preferably provided between the barrier plate and the stackable sections of the chamber which enables slidable adjustment of the height of the barrier plate relative to the drainage chamber. The stackable sections may comprise O or C-shaped sections 2,3 that are preferably formed from inner and outer walls. Preferably, the aperture in the barrier frame 4 is offset relative to its centre, such that the relative position of the aperture with respect to the height of the chamber can be adjusted by inverting the barrier plate. The barrier plate preferably includes slits via which the plate is connected to the chamber section by bolts. Also claimed is a barrier plate capable of being fixed to a drainage chamber.
Patent GB-2531408-A (GB)
Title: Wheel for bicycles and method of adapting a bicycle wheel
Inventor: TOWNSEND LLOYD
IPC: F16D55/00
Filed: 2015-08-13
Abstract: A bicycle wheel comprises a flange-like bracket 14 with means 16 for releasably accepting a disk brake rotor; a disk brake rotor releasably secured to the flange-like bracket 14; and an interlocking spacer 18 positioned between the disk brake rotor and the flange-like bracket 14, the spacer 18 being formed with a plurality of projections 22 extending axially inwards towards the wheel hub which interdigitate or interlock with co-operating surfaces on the flange-like bracket 14, such that a force on the brake disk rotor created by operation of the bicycle brake is at least partially transmitted by the spacer 18 onto the flange-like bracket 14. The spacer 18 is sized to allow the hub to be converted from one over lock-nut (OLN) dimension (such as 130mm) to a greater OLN dimension (such as 135mm).
Patent GB-2527977-A (GB)
Title: Cutter having varied cavity draft angle
Inventor: CAPAR PAUL
IPC: B26F1/38
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: There is provided a cutter or mold having at least one sidewall defining a cavity, wherein the cavity draft angle varies. In some embodiments, the cutter may also include a base, i.e., the cutter can be a mold. The cutter or mold exhibits better release properties of food products molded or cut therewith than conventional cutters or molds having no cavity draft angle, or a uniform cavity draft angle. Rotary cutting wheels, that in some embodiments may be ultrasonically activated, as well as systems incorporating the cutters or molds are also provided, as are methods of forming food products using the cutters or molds.
Patent GB-2545464-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine facility
Inventor: YASUNORI IWAI
IPC: F02C7/12
Filed: 2015-12-17
Abstract: A gas turbine facility comprising a combustor 20 in a casing 70, a cylinder 80 dividing a space between the casing 70 and the combustor 20, a turbine 25, a heat exchanger 24, a high temperature combustion gas supply pipe 42 through which a part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 is reheated in the heat exchanger 24 and is guided to a space between the combustor 20 and the cylinder 80, a low temperature combustion gas supply pipe 44 which guides another part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 to a space between the casing 70 and the cylinder 80 and an exhaust pipe 45. The casing 70 may comprise upstream 71 and downstream 72 sides and the combustion gas supply pipes 42, 44 may be coupled to the upstream side 71. An embodiment is also described in which a passage (100 figure 4) is provided between the casing 70 and the combustor 20 guiding the combustion gas into the combustor 20. A downstream end portion of the passage (100 figure 4) may communicate with dilution holes 65. This enables some of the casing 70 to be made from cheaper metals.
Patent GB-2532373-A (GB)
Title: Automatic blocking of bad actors
Inventor: GLEN THOMAS UNDERNEHR
IPC: G06F21/55
Filed: 2014-08-11
Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a system for restricting access to a network, the system comprising a monitoring module configured to be coupled to a plurality of network access points and to monitor transmissions to the network via a plurality of network security appliances, and a blocking module, wherein the monitoring module is further configured to identify a potential bad actor based on a transmission from the potential bad actor to the network via a first one of the plurality of network access points and a first one of the plurality of network security appliances and provide information related to the potential bad actor to the blocking module, and wherein the blocking module is configured to confirm that the potential bad actor should be blocked and in response, to automatically configure each network security appliance to block the potential bad actor from accessing the network.
Patent GB-2538603-A (GB)
Title: Proportional pressure reducing valve for waterworks
Inventor: MASARU OCHIAI
IPC: F16K47/02
Filed: 2016-03-18
Abstract: A pressure reducing valve has a housing 2 with an inlet 4 and an outlet 5. A piston 3 slidable within the housing 2 is provided with a seal 10 that opens and closes the inlet 4. The piston 3 has a hollow portion 11 opening to the outlet 5 and a plurality of fluid flow ports 12 are in communication with the hollow portion 11. A flange 15 that slides on an inner wall of the housing 2 is provided around a base end of the piston 3. An airtight chamber 17 is in communication with a hollow expansion chamber 18 defined by a recessed portion of the housing 2. The hollow expansion chamber 18 is covered by a transparent cover 19. A plug 29 in the cover 19 is removable to drain any fluid that leaks from the valve housing 2.
Patent GB-2534509-A (GB)
Title: X-ray inspection system and method for rotating a test object by means of such an x-ray inspection system
Inventor: ANDREAS MECKE
IPC: G01N23/04
Filed: 2014-10-21
Abstract: The invention relates to an x-ray inspection system comprising an x-ray source (1), a detector (3) and a rotary table (4), which is arranged therebetween and at which a test object (2) can be secured, wherein the rotary table (4) is arranged on a positioning table (6), wherein the positioning table (6) is movable between the x-ray source (1) and the detector (3) parallel to the XY-plane, wherein the XY-plane is perpendicular to the surface of the detector (3) extending parallel to the XZ-plane and wherein the rotary table (4) is rotatable about the Z-axis. Moreover, the invention relates to methods for rotating a test object (2) in an x-ray inspection system according to one of the preceding patent claims, wherein the test object (2) is secured to the rotary table (4), wherein the rotary table (4) is rotated about the Z-axis and, simultaneously, the positioning table (6) is displaced in the XY-plane, wherein the rotational angle φ of the rotary table (4) has the following relationships to the X- and Y-positions of the positioning table (6): X = R x cos (φ - φ0) + X0 and Y = R x sin (φ - φ0) + Y0.
Patent GB-2545037-A (GB)
Title: Temperature controlled casting process
Inventor: ALUN RODGE
IPC: B22D19/00
Filed: 2016-04-27
Abstract: A method of casting by passing molten material through a mould 5 and once a desired mould temperature is achieved, the molten material is prevented from flowing out of the mould 5 whereby the mould 5 is at least partially filled by the molten material. Mould heating can be controlled by measuring the temperature of the mould 5 or by determining when a desired mass and/or volume of molten material has flowed out of the mould 5. If prevention of material flow is based on the volume of material which has flowed through the mould 5 then a sump for containing said material can be used. The material which flows through the mould 5 can be reheated and subsequently reintroduced into the mould 5. The method can be used for sand casting, gravity casting or pressure die casting. An interstitial material 23 such as tungsten carbide and/or molybdenum can be located in the mould 5 where it is held by a retainer 25 such as nails, staples, pins or mesh.
Patent GB-2536586-A (GB)
Title: Circuits, methods, and systems with optimized operation of double-base bipolar junction transistors
Inventor: WILLIAM C ALEXANDER
IPC: H03K17/66
Filed: 2015-11-06
Abstract: The present application teaches, inter alia, methods and circuits for operating B-TRANs (double-base bidirectional bipolar junction transistors). Exemplary base drive circuits provide high-impedance drive to the base contact region on the side device instantaneously operating as the collector. (The B-TRAN is controlled by applied voltage, not applied current.) Current signals operate preferred implementations of drive circuits to provide diode-mode turn-on and pre-turnoff operation, as well as a hard ON state with low voltage drop (the "transistor-ON" state). In some embodiments, self-synchronizing rectifier circuits provide adjustable low voltage for gate drive circuits. In some preferred embodiments, the base drive voltage used to drive the c-base region (on the collector side) is varied while base current at that terminal is monitored, so no more base current than necessary is applied. This solves the difficult challenge of optimizing base drive in B-TRANs.
Patent GB-2538663-A (GB)
Title: A coupling apparatus for connecting two drill pipe sections and a method of using same
Inventor: HAAKEN CHRISTOPHER HEIDE
IPC: E21B19/16
Filed: 2015-03-24
Abstract: A coupling apparatus (1) and a method for connecting two drill-pipe sections in a string (100) of drill-pipe sections joined together by tool joints, the coupling apparatus (1) comprising : - a first pipe (10) with a first end portion (12) and a second end portion (14), the first end portion (12) being provided with a tool joint (16) for connection to a drill-pipe section; - a second pipe (20) with a first end portion (22) and a second end portion (24), the first end portion (22) being provided with a tool joint (26) for connection to a drill-pipe section; each of the second end portions (14, 24) of the pipes (10, 20) further being provided with a flange (18, 28) provided with at least two spaced-apart bores (30) which are each arranged to receive a bolt (32) so that the flanges (18, 28) and the bolts (32) form a flange connection configured to hold the first pipe (10) and the second pipe (20) fixed against axial movement relative to each other, each of the first pipe (10) and the second pipe (20) being provided with a mutual engagement means (34) con¬ figured to resist relative rotation thereof; and the bolts (32) are configured to rupture on a predetermined axial load.
Patent GB-2554350-A (GB)
Title: Thermocouple probe for determining a temperature and method for producing the thermocouple probe
Inventor: Tomás Gajdarus
IPC: H01L35/34
Filed: 2016-09-21
Abstract: A thermocouple probe 10 for determining a temperature T at a hot-end side 15 of a mineral insulated cable 11, the cable 11 comprises an outer sheath 16 and thermocouple wires 17, the wires 17 being arranged inside the sheath 16 and being electrically connected together at the hot-end side 15. The invention is characterized in that the cable 11 is arranged inside a support tube 12, wherein the hot-end side 15 is protrud­ing out of an open end of the support tube 12. The thermocouple wires may protrude out of a cold end side of the cable and a cavity 28 provided in the support tube, the cavity filled with a sealing material 29. A method for producing the ther­mocouple probe 10 is also claimed, wherein: a mineral insulated cable of pre-defined constant diameter is cut to a pre-defined length resulting in a hot-end side and a cold-end side of the cable; wires that are arranged inside a sheath of the cable are electrically connected at the hot end side of the cable; the cable is arranged inside a support tube with a diameter of the cable unchanged; the wires are connected to a measuring circuit at the cold-end side of the cable.
Patent GB-2554660-A (GB)
Title: Interdental cleaning device
Inventor: PHILIP MICHAEL MORRIS
IPC: A61C15/04
Filed: 2016-09-30
Abstract: An interdental cleaning device with two arms 100, 200 with proximal 110, 210 and distal 120, 220 ends, where the distal ends 120, 220 are spaced apart and each comprises a clamp or floss clamp 600, 700 for retaining an interdental cleaning element 25, each clamp having a first portion (Figure 9, 610), a second portion (Figure 9, 620) and a living hinge (Figure 11, 630), with two configurations, a first open configuration (Figure 8) with the inner surfaces spaced apart and a second closed configuration (Figure 9) such that an interdental cleaning element 25 is retainable between the inner surfaces (Figure 8, 614, 624), the surfaces may have a cooperating protrusion (figure 12, 660) and recess or aperture (Figure 14, 690) to retain the cleaning element and/or complementing ridges and troughs (Figure 10, 614, 624) to facilitate gripping of the cleaning element 25 therebetween, the clamp 600, 700 further having a locking feature configured to retain the clamp in the closed configuration which may be a hook (Figure 11, 640) configured to extend over an end of the second portion (Figure 11, 650) opposite the hinge (Figure 11, 630) or removably received into a recess in the second portion.
Patent GB-2555817-A (GB)
Title: Biometric transaction system
Inventor: Chris hurst
IPC: G06Q20/40
Filed: 2016-11-10
Abstract: Enrolling a user for facilitation of transactions using biometric authentication, comprising receiving a user attribute, and creating an anonymous client reference (ACR) associated with the user attribute. A biometric template is received, wherein the biometric template has been determined from an input of a biometric, and an association between the biometric template and the anonymous client reference (ACR) is created. In another embodiment, a biometric template is received, wherein the biometric template has been determined from an input of a biometric, an anonymous client reference (ACR) is retrieved that is associated with the biometric template, and the biometric template and ACR are bound. A tokenised representation of a payment card may further be received, and may be associated with the biometric template. The biometric may be a finger vein pattern, or may be a fingerprint, iris pattern, retina, facial features, voice, gait, odour, hand or finger geometry, vascular pattern, ear shape, or DNA. The biometric template and the anonymous client reference (ACR) may be stored in separate databases.
Patent GB-2543200-A (GB)
Title: Junction-conveyed completion tooling and operations
Inventor: DAVID J STEELE
IPC: E21B23/01
Filed: 2014-07-28
Abstract: An assembly and method for completion of lateral wellbores is disclosed. The completion assembly includes a junction fitting with main and lateral legs, and a lateral completion string and anchoring device connected to the downhole end of the lateral leg and the uphole end of the junction fitting, respectively. A working string, positioned within the lateral leg, anchoring device, and lateral completion string, includes a setting tool that is removably connected to the anchoring device and a completion tool assembly located within the lateral completion string. The completion assembly is run by the working string into the wellbore. After setting the anchoring device, the working string conveys the completion tool assembly within the lateral completion string for gravel packing, fracturing, frac-packing, acidizing, cementing, perforating, and inflating packers, for example. After wellbore completion, the completion tool assembly is removed through the lateral leg of the junction fitting.