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Patent GB-2450901-A (GB)
Title: Tile measuring device
Inventor: FLUDE DAVID
IPC: G01B1/00
Filed: 2007-07-11
Abstract: A tile measuring device comprises a flat plate <B>A</B> for supporting a tile, a vertical member <B>B</B>, a clasping member <B>E</B> and at least two supporting legs <B>D</B>. The at least two supporting legs <B>D</B> will allow the device to be kept above the adhesive. The device may have a grout spacer <B>C</B>, which allows for a grout line when cutting the tile. The device may be formed from a PVC extrusion with a channel <B>L</B> into which two bolts are slid to form the legs <B>D</B>.
Patent GB-2452563-A (GB)
Title: A sled with a plurality of overlapping wheels
Inventor: TAKEL STEPHEN RALPH
IPC: A63C17/01
Filed: 2007-09-08
Abstract: A sled for use on dry land, having a plurality of wheels 8 mounted on runners 5 fixed under a load bearing platform 1. The wheels are located on alternate sides of the runners, such that their axle spacing is less than one wheel diameter apart (figure 3), allowing the sled to ride over uneven surfaces. Additionally, a combined steering and braking mechanism 2-4 operated via a control handle 2 or bar allows the runners to both flexibly deform left or right enabling the rider to steer (figure 4) and to deform inwardly to effect a braking action (figure 5) to slow the sled.
Patent GB-2439256-A (GB)
Title: Liquid flow assays utilising a combined detection and control zone
Inventor: LAMOTTE RICHARD
IPC: G01N33/558
Filed: 2006-05-04
Abstract: The invention relates to liquid flow assays widely applicable to target analytes, including haptens, which employ a detection zone which is a single combined analyte detection and control zone in a test strip or sheet and two labelled reagents with detectably distinguishable labels, preferably with visually contrasting coloured particle labels, whereby both negative and positive samples are distinguishable by detection of different captured label signals in the detection zone.
Patent GB-2457102-A (GB)
Title: Wireless intruder alarm with pressure sensor within double glazing unit
Inventor: SCHAAR GEORGE
IPC: G08B13/04
Filed: 2008-02-04
Abstract: An intruder alarm comprises one or more alarm sensors 10 able to send a wireless signal at a first frequency to a central alarm control 10. The wireless alarm sensors comprise a pressure sensor and transmitter (22,23 fig 2) preferably arranged within the sealed volume formed by two glazing panes (21 fig 2) of a double glazing unit. Preferably the sealed volume is at a higher or lower pressure than the external atmospheric pressure so that a broken pane causes a significant pressure change. The alarm may be triggered by a pressure change over a fixed time that is greater than a threshold. A temperature sensor and an anti tamper switch may additionally be included with the alarm sensor. A wireless repeater 14 may be provided that can rebroadcast the alarm signals at a different radio frequency from that of the alarm sensors 10. The repeater 14 may detect jamming and then transmit a jamming alert at a frequency other than the jamming frequency. Preferably the wireless alarm sensors have a unique ID and the controller can display 17 the status of all protected double glazing units.
Patent GB-2448985-A (GB)
Title: Connector having an insulated conductive pin and a protective member
Inventor: MARKLOVE MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H01R13/52
Filed: 2008-04-30
Abstract: A connector for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment, comprising first and second connector parts adapted to be interengaged to establish an electrical connection, the first connector part 1 having at least one pin 4 comprising an axially extending electrically conductive portion 20 and an axially extending electrically insulating sleeve 22 around said conductive portion, and the pin being supported by and projecting axially forwardly from a support 6, which may be a insert, whereby its insulating sleeve is exposed along a longitudinally extending portion thereof to ambient conditions when the connector parts are disengaged. A protective member is formed around at least a portion of the insulating layer. In a first aspect the protective member is a metal or metalised coating (105, fig.9) deposited on the insulating sleeve 22 and reduces electrical stresses proximal the coating prolonging the life of the insulating layer; the coating also prevents the ingress of water. In a further aspect the protective member is a rigid metal sleeve (36, fig.5A which may extend into and abut the support 6 and offers mechanical support preventing bending and cracking at the interface between the insulating sleeve 22 and the support 6. The insulating sleeve of the pin preferably has a first portion with a first diameter in front of a second portion with a second diameter wider than the first diameter, and the connector part having a protective rigid metal sleeve member is arranged to extend at least partly along the first portion of the insulating sleeve and at least partly along the second portion thereof; o-rings may be provided. In a further aspect of the invention the protective member is an elastomeric seal 26 which may have a tapered end extending along the insulated conductive pin.
Patent GB-2460124-A (GB)
Title: Printed circuit board with co-planar plate
Inventor: SHARPLES RICHARD
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2008-05-21
Abstract: There is disclosed a method of forming a printed circuit board including a plate for providing thermal conductivity from an upper surface of the printed circuit board to a lower surface of the printed circuit board, the method comprising the steps of : providing an opening in the printed circuit board extending from the upper surface to the lower surface; providing a raised portion on the plate having dimensions corresponding to the opening in the printed circuit board, the height of said raised portion being greater than the thickness of the printed circuit board; laminating the printed circuit board and the metal plate to form the raised portion of the plate in the opening of the printed circuit board; and compressing the laminated structure to form a structure in which the upper surface of the printed circuit board is coplanar with the surface of the raised portion of the metal plate.
Patent GB-2449561-A (GB)
Title: Partial blade connection at the centre of a fixed cutter bit
Inventor: SHEN YUELIN
IPC: E21B10/42
Filed: 2008-05-22
Abstract: A fixed cutter drill bit 500 includes a bit body having a plurality of primary blades 501 extending radially from a bit centre area, wherein the bit centre area has a partial connection 505 between at least two of the plurality of primary blades 501. The partial connection can be a continuous curve, concave (fig 8) or flat (fig 9). The fixed cutter drill bit 500 further includes at least one cutter 502 disposed on at least one of the blades 501. Also claimed is a method of designing a fixed cutter drill bit of the type described above and a method of manufacturing said bit.
Patent GB-2450610-A (GB)
Title: Using stubs to link independently generated code images
Inventor: FITZGERALD RICHARD
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2008-06-19
Abstract: A computing device contains a body of embedded software constructed from a plurality of independently constructed images in which functions provided in a first image are directly accessible from functions provided in a second image. Stubs associated with the functions in the first image may be placed in the second. There may be one stub for all the functions or a separate stub for each function. The stub functions include a jump to the function in the first image. The address for the jump may be patched with the correct address when the image is created, when the image is embedded in the device or when the device is used.
Patent GB-2462635-A (GB)
Title: Turbo-machine axial thrust balancing
Inventor: HANCOCK WILLIAM PAUL
IPC: F04D29/041
Filed: 2008-08-14
Abstract: A turbo-machine which can automatically balance its axial thrust. Counter thrust produced by a balance piston 5 may be regulated by back pressure in a balance chamber 7 adjacent the balance piston 5. A balance flow control line 8 may extend between the balance chamber 7 and an inlet 1 of the turbo-machine, a control valve 25 being used to control flow through the line 8 and as such the back pressure in the balance chamber 7. The control valve 25 may be regulated by a temperature controller 26 which receives signals from temperature sensors 21, 22 located in thrust bearing pads. The turbo-machine may be a single or two stage centrifugal pump or compressor, or may be a multi-stage centrifugal pump or compressor with in-line or back-to-back stages.
Patent GB-2462645-A (GB)
Title: Modification of plant threonine production by aspartate kinase
Inventor: LEACH GWENDOLINE
IPC: A01H5/12
Filed: 2008-08-15
Abstract: This invention provides a genetic construct comprising a senescence specific promoter operably linked to a coding sequence encoding a polypeptide having threonine insensitive aspartate kinase activity. The construct is intended to produce transgenic plants, specifically tobacco plants, which accumulate threonine in their leaves during senescence. The promoter may be SAG12 and the aspartate kinase may be the bifunctional aspartate kinase-homoserine dehydrogenase enzyme, and may be mutated for example at Gln443 and Gln524. The enzyme and senescence associate promoter may be derived from Arabidopsis plants. The leaves may be used for smoking. A method of producing a plant containing such a construct is also included.
Patent GB-2453825-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible support stand for barbeque stove
Inventor: CHEN JAN NAN
IPC: A47J37/07
Filed: 2008-09-09
Abstract: A support stand for barbecue stove includes two table members 20, a plurality of support feet 10 and at least one leg brace means 40 pivotally connecting the table members to the support feet. Each leg brace means has a hinge (21,22), an actuating (44) device and a driving device (45) and connects the table members to the support feet. A user can operate the leg brace means to detach the driving device from the actuating device and hold handles (24) of the table members to upright the table members so that the driving device can move downward quickly and the support stand will be collapsible quickly. The table members further include a plurality of receptacles (25) formed thereon and adapted for receiving the feet of barbecue stove 1 so that the barbecue stove can be disposed on the table members stably.
Patent GB-2450830-A (GB)
Title: Well servicing combination unit
Inventor: CRAWFORD JAMES B
IPC: E21B19/22
Filed: 2008-10-20
Abstract: A single well servicing combination unit comprising : a hydraulic manifold removably connectable to the power-take-off of an external power source to drive a plurality of hydraulic pumps and motors that control a plurality of well servicing units mounted on said combination unit, said well servicing units being interconnectable by plumbing.
Patent GB-2468321-A (GB)
Title: Tower fan
Inventor: GAMMACK PETER DAVID
IPC: F04D25/08
Filed: 2009-03-04
Abstract: A portable tower fan 10 comprises an impeller located within an impeller housing, a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow which is exhausted from the impeller housing in a substantially vertical direction, and a vertically oriented, elongate casing 14 comprising an interior passage for receiving the air flow and a mouth 26 shaped to emit the air flow. The mouth 26 may emit the airflow in a substantially horizontal direction. The casing 14 may be annular and comprise an opening 24 through which air from outside the fan 10 is drawn by the airflow emitted from the mouth 26. A Coanda surface 28 may be located adjacent to the mouth 26, and over which the mouth 26 directs the airflow. A diffuser 30 may be located downstream of the Coanda surface 28. The impeller may be located in a substantially cylindrical base 12 of the fan 10.
Patent GB-2469858-A (GB)
Title: Pipe coupling
Inventor: SMITH RAYMOND ERNEST
IPC: F16L21/02
Filed: 2009-04-30
Abstract: An annular pipe coupling 1 comprising an inner cylindrical pipe-receiving surface 3a wherein the pipe-receiving surface comprises at least one sealing band 5 having multifaceted protrusions 9 and 13. A first set of protrusions may run parallel to the length of the coupling and may be intersected by a second series of parallel protrusions running annularly around the inner surface of the coupling. The layer of protrusions could be s-shaped or x-shaped and there may be two or more layers of protrusions. The protrusions are preferably deformable and a second layer of protrusions may be more deformable than the first. The invention sets out to provide an improved coupling with less leakage.
Patent GB-2456719-A (GB)
Title: Autmatic configuration of network elements based on service contract definitions
Inventor: SANDSTROM MARK HENRIK
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2007-11-07
Abstract: An integrated telecom network service management system (SMS) enables automatic configuration of network elements (NEs) of a given network service contact based on commercial contract parameters entered via a GUI by the SMS user. The GUI of the SMS allows contract entry based on discrete contract parameter selector menus, causing the electronic contract definition files to be of predefined format of parameters within predefined range of discrete values. Moreover, the NEs are configured via binary control files formed of a predefined array of NE control register values, which are automatically computed by the SMS software based on the associated contract definition file. The NEs automatically copy from the SMS to their local memories their respective binary control files, based on which the NEs are configured to operate according to their network service contract applications.
Patent GB-2468731-A (GB)
Title: Users gaze direction controlled antenna
Inventor: PARSSINEN AARNO
IPC: A61B3/113
Filed: 2009-06-26
Abstract: A controller for a directional antenna, the controller configured to receive an input signal derived from the user's gaze direction, then generate an output signal for controlling the directionality of the directional antenna. An apparatus, user interface or portable electronic device comprising the controller, are also disclosed. Preferably the user's gaze is measured using an eye tracking module and the directional antenna may be in the form of a steerable phased array antenna. Preferably the device is used in conjunction with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags 604 and a head-set or similar 608 to display information 610 received from the RFID tag 604, via the directional antenna, to the user. The head-set comprises a display which may also be semi-transparent to allow the scene from which data is received 602 to be visible with the RFID information 610 displayed on top.
Patent GB-2472265-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for repairing pipes
Inventor: HEFFERNAN JOHN FRANCIS STEEPLE
IPC: F16K43/00
Filed: 2009-07-31
Abstract: Apparatus 10 for controlling flow of fluid through a pipe comprises a housing 40 configured to enclose a portion of a pipe through which fluid flow is to be controlled. The housing 40 comprises a first part 42 defining a chamber 48 configured to receive the portion of the pipe, and a second part 70 extending from the first part 42, the second part 70 defining a stowage space 72 adjacent the chamber 48. A flow control device 100 is moveable from a stowed position in the stowage space 72 to an installed position in the chamber 48 for selectively controlling flow through the housing 40. The flow control device 100 comprises a body 102 having a leading end 104 defining a cutting surface 110 for removing a section of the pipe enclosed by the housing 40 as the flow control device 100 moves from the stowed position to the installed position in order to form an opening in the pipe for receiving the flow control device 100 when in the installed position. A rotary drive mechanism 150 moves the flow control device 100 from the stowed position to the installed position in response to a rotary input.
Patent GB-2472580-A (GB)
Title: A system to ensure that the input parameter to security and integrity keys is different for successive LTE to UMTS handovers
Inventor: JACTAT CAROLINE
IPC: H04W12/04
Filed: 2009-08-10
Abstract: The invention provides for a method of providing network security within a mobile radio communications network and including creating a security context for communications between a mobile radio communications device (20) and the network, the said security context being created responsive to an input parameter, preferably the downlink NAS count, and the method further comprising, as part of each initial handover attempt (36), controlling the parameter, preferably during periods of non NAS-signalling (38) which may include when idle mode signalling reduction is activated, so as to apply a version of the parameter different from a previous version. Preferably the control of the input parameter remains independent of network signalling for at least one handover attempt. Where the initial handover attempt fails, which may be determined from a NAS non delivery indication (46), it may be repeated with the same parameter.
Patent GB-2472464-A (GB)
Title: Method of creating a modular building and building foundation.
Inventor: MICHAU REX EDWARD
IPC: B65D88/12
Filed: 2009-08-07
Abstract: The modular building comprises at least two modules 2, 3, 4 each having side walls, the two modules being separate from each other, external wall members 8 extend between and connect the modules. The side walls and external wall members form the external walls of the building. The building also has a roof over the area enclosed by said external walls of the building. The modules may be made from shipping containers which are pre-installed with services and appliances before deployment to the desired building site. Also claimed is a foundation which comprises a number of foundation members, onto which a building is placed, the foundation members being spaced apart. Each foundation member is coupled to another foundation member using spacing members to arrange the foundation members at predetermined distances from each other. Additionally claimed is the said building built on said foundation.
Patent GB-2462759-A (GB)
Title: Headphones
Inventor: WALSH DUNCAN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H04R1/10
Filed: 2008-05-06
Abstract: A headphones arrangement comprising an ear piece arranged to accommodate at least a part of an audio player and storage device therein along with a loud speaker, the housing incorporating a peripheral seal as an effective moisture barrier to ingress of moisture within the housing.
Patent GB-223255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to duplicating
IPC: B41N1/24
Filed: 1923-04-12
Abstract: 223,255. Waele, A. de. April 12, 1923. Stencils.-In stencil sheets for duplicating, of the kind comprising a coated sheet adapted to be formed into a stencil bv impact in a typewriter or by means of a style, the coating-composition comprises a gelatinizing organic colloid dispersable in an aqueous medium and an oily or waxy constituent constituting wholly or mainly the tempering-agent, together with, if necessary, an agent adapted to secure the dispersion of the tempering-agent to the degree which is regarded as characteristic of the colloid state. Sperm oil is preferred as tempering-agent, although mineral oils are also mentioned as suitable. As emulsifying-agents, sulphonated fats or waxes may be employed, particularly those containing liquid waxes derived from whales. An opaque pigment may be added to the composition as described in Specification 215,026. A specific formula consists of 150 parts by weight of a 10 per cent aqueous solution of Cox's gelatine, 25 parts of sulphonated sperm oil, and 20 parts of white titanium oxide pigment. The composition is introduced into the tank of a coating-machine and is maintained at a temperature above its gelating temperature, e.g. 100 F. to 140 F. The coated sheets may be formalized by passing them through an atmosphere containing formaldehyde. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 205,461.
Patent GB-1270121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in cementitious compositions
Inventor: BABCOCK HENRY NASH
IPC: C04B28/02
Filed: 1969-02-25
Abstract: 1,270,121. Cementitious compositions. H. N. BABCOCK. 25 Feb., 1969, No. 10045/69. Heading C1H. The shrinkage of hydraulic cement composidons during setting and early hardening is inhibited by incorporating in the cement mixture a particulate material containing entrapped gas and which releases at least a portion of the gas while adsorbing water. Suitable particulate materials are up to 10%, based on the weight of cement, of silica gel, activated alumina, activated bauxite, activated carbon, delayed coke and bone char and up to 15% of fluid coke. The compositions can also contain sand, gravel, rock, and/or expanded shale 5-100%, based on the cement, of pressure-calcined gypsum and sodium citrate retarder. The cements specified include Portland cement and quick setting hydraulic cements containing less than 2 wt. per cent SO 3 . A highway patch is coated with linseed oil to prevent rapid expansion of water.
Patent GB-899180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bodies for vehicles
Inventor: SQUIER BENJAMIN TINSLEY
IPC: B65D88/12
Filed: 1959-03-24
Abstract: 899,180. Laminates. MICKLEOVER TRANSPORT Ltd. Feb. 24, 1960 [March 24, 1959], No. 10104/59. Drawings to Specification. Class 140. [Also in Groups XXX and XXXII] The side walls, the roof and the floor of a tubular railway vehicle body (see Group XXXII) are all formed of a sandwich of inner and outer layers of synthetic resin-bonded glass fibres secured to an intermediate layer of light density material, e.g. cork, balsa wood, foamed plastics including foamed polyvinyl chloride, foamed polystyrene or foamed polyurethane, expanded ebonite or expanded rubber or cotton, or glass-fibre or metal foil in the form of a honeycomb or other open structure. If the body is used to carry food, the internal surfaces of the body may have textile fabric rolled and set thereinto. Specification 849,982 is referred to.
Patent GB-630004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for submarine signaling
IPC: G10K11/35
Filed: 1944-05-24
Abstract: 630,004. Heeling indicators. STEVENS, A. H. (Submarine Signal Co.). May 24, 1944, No. 10107. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, May 6, 1946.] [Class 113 (i)] [Also in Group XXXVIII] An indicator for enabling a submarine signal oscillator (see Group XXXVIII) to be stabilized when the ship is rolling comprises a weighted pivoted dial 34, the pointer 33 (connected to the oscillator) being manually maintained at the appropriate sca e point on the dial.