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Patent GB-2378519-A (GB)
Title: Testing flexibility of woven wire cloth
Inventor: BRISTOW FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: G01N33/20
Filed: 2001-08-07
Abstract: A rectilinear sample 18 is supported against an inclined flat surface 12 having at least two adjoining orthogonal edges, one of which is horizontal and uppermost. One edge of the sample 18 is aligned with that edge so that an adjoining perpendicular edge of the sample 18 is generally parallel to the other orthogonal edge of the support surface. The sample 18 is clamped by a bar 20 to the supporting surface along or near its opposite edge which is parallel to the said adjoining edge and a cord or wire 36 is attached to the upper corner of the unclamped edge. The cord or wire is of sufficient length as to hang down below the lower edge of the support surface. A weight 40 is attached to the lower end of the cord or wire 36 and the distance, if any, through which the upper corner moves in a generally downward sense parallel to the support surface, under the force exerted by gravity on the weight when attached to the wire or cord, is noted and logged for the sample. The inclination of the support surface is in the range 10{ to 30{ to the vertical. A graduated scale 32 adjacent the said unclamped edge of the sample enables the position of the upper corner to be noted prior to loading the sample with the weight, and its new position relative to the scale, after the sample has been put under load.
Patent GB-2368595-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for coating substrates
Inventor: GIBSON DESMOND
IPC: C23C16/40
Filed: 2001-08-10
Abstract: Apparatus 10 for treating a substrate, comprising: a vacuum chamber 12; a substrate carrier 14 adapted to carry a substrate 16 to be treated; a source material holder (22, Fig 2) for holding a source material (34, Fig 6) with which the substrate 16 is to be treated; and vaporising or sputtering means 20 for vaporising/sputtering the source material (34); wherein the source material holder (22) includes a positioning means (24, Fig 2) for relatively moving the source material (34) towards the substrate carrier.
Patent GB-2382441-A (GB)
Title: Theft deterrent system
Inventor: SPRIGGS TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: B60R11/00
Filed: 2001-11-24
Abstract: A deterrent system for the protection of apparatus against theft, has an apparatus operation inhibitor and interrogator 3 in operative association with the apparatus to be protected 1, and a remotely located transponder 5. Upon attempted operation of the apparatus 1, the interrogator 3 transmits an interrogation signal to the transponder 5 which responds by transmitting back to the interrogator 3 an enabling reply signal in response to reception of which by the interrogator 3, the operation inhibitor 13 is activated so as to enable the apparatus 1 to be operated successfully.
Patent GB-2386126-A (GB)
Title: Impermeable sintered ceramic electrolyte layer for a solid oxide fuel cell
Inventor: STEELE BRIAN CHARLES HILTON
IPC: H01M4/88
Filed: 2002-03-06
Abstract: An impermeable sintered ceramic electrolyte layer of a solid oxide fuel cell is formed by depositing ceramic powder on a substrate using electrophoretic deposition, isostatically pressing that deposited ceramic layer and then heating the compressed ceramic powder layer. In preferred embodiments the ceramic layer produced is an electrolyte layer formed upon a stainless steel substrate. The sintered ceramic layer may be a mixed cerium gadolinium oxide. In addition there may be a porous intermediate ceramic electrode layer.
Patent GB-2387766-A (GB)
Title: Shelf positioning device
Inventor: CHEN HENRY
IPC: A47B57/26
Filed: 2002-04-23
Abstract: Shelving 50 supported by horizontally grooved uprights 10 has a sleeve 51 at each corner with a straight cylindrical inner surface into which is fitted a positioning member 40 having a corresponding straight outer cylindrical surface, a tapering inner surface and a flange 20 on which the sleeve rests. The tapered surface engages with the corresponding tapered outer surface of a connector member 20 having ribs which engage the grooves under the clamping action of the two engaged tapering surfaces. Members 20 and 40 are each formed as two mating half cylinders (Fig 3). Member 40 can be inserted in the sleeve from either end, thus allowing the shelf to be positioned either side up.
Patent GB-2390755-A (GB)
Title: Spring terminal
Inventor: TAYLOR KEN
IPC: H01R4/02
Filed: 2002-07-11
Abstract: A spring terminal 1 for mounting on a printed circuit board comprises a base strip 3 and a contact strip 5 extending from a fold region and defining a gap 43 between the strips 3,5. Blocking members 7,13,15 integrally formed from the same sheet as the sprung terminal impede access to the gap 43. In addition, the terminal has flaps 19,21 closing a gap at the end of the terminal, and fingers 23,25 restraining the contact strip so that the contact strip may be preloaded.
Patent GB-2387653-A (GB)
Title: Mass spectroscopy analysis of protein mixtures
Inventor: SUCKAU DETLEV
IPC: H01J49/04
Filed: 2002-11-27
Abstract: Protein mixtures are analysed by (a) enzyme digestion of the protein mixture to form digestion peptides then <SL> <LI>b) separating the mixture of digestion peptides into chromatographic fractions; <LI>c) collecting the individual chromatographic fractions; <LI>d) preparing samples on a sample support, where the samples contain the digestion peptides from the respective chromatographic fractions and a matrix substance; <LI>e) ionizing the digestion peptides from the samples by matrix assisted laser desorption in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer to form digestion peptide ions; <LI>f) determining the masses of the digestion peptide ions from the times of flight of the said ions; <LI>g) measuring daughter ion spectra for all or for selected digestion peptide ions from all or from selected samples by MALDI tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry; and <LI>h) identifying associated proteins by searching in protein sequence, cDNA, DNA or EST databases. </SL> Protein mixture is e.g. a proteome.
Patent GB-2387434-A (GB)
Title: Detecting and localising yarn defects in a moving yarn sheet
Inventor: HARMSTORF JENS
IPC: B65H63/06
Filed: 2002-11-28
Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and locating yarn defects comprises at least two light barriers 10,11 whose light beams extend in a V-shape relative to each other. Light barriers 10,11 comprise a light source 1,2 and a detector 3,4 and are disposed at right angles to the travelling direction and parallel above or below the plane of the yarn sheet 9 to be monitored. The light barriers 10,11 are orientated relative to each other such that a yarn defect 24 will travel different distances between the light barriers 10,11 depending on its position at right angles to the travelling direction of the yarn sheet 9. The yarns 23 in the yarn sheet 9 have the same transport speed / velocity v and the different distances covered by a defect at each end of the sheet 9 give rise to different times between the two light barriers 10,11. The position of a defect 24 at right angles to the yarn sheet 9 can be determined based on a difference between these times. The apparatus may detect detector pulses triggered by fuzzballs, broken filaments, protruding filaments, stripbacks and ringers. The apparatus may comprise three light barriers (10,11,12,Fig 6) having a common point of intersection. The apparatus may further comprise four light barriers (10,11,12,13,Fig 8). The light sources may be laser diodes or may be a single light source generating a number of light beams by prismatic splitting. The yarn sheet 9 may meet an air stream before passing through the light barriers 10,11.
Patent GB-2395654-A (GB)
Title: Convertible cot and table
Inventor: VON DIMMLICH NIKOLEI
IPC: A47D11/00
Filed: 2002-11-28
Abstract: A baby's cot comprises two end pieces 3 and two slatted sides 2. The cot can be converted into a table by removing the two slatted sides and combining them to form a table top 9 which is attached to the upturned frame of the cot that comprises 3 the two end pieces and two connecting cross rails 1.
Patent GB-2386273-A (GB)
Title: Frequency modulated transmission
Inventor: NANTZ JOHN S
IPC: H03B5/32
Filed: 2003-02-25
Abstract: For use in a tyre pressure monitoring system, a frequency modulation (FM) radio frequency (RF) oscillator (100) includes a modulator (102) and a generator (104). The modulator (102) generates a modulation signal (MOD) in response to a data input signal (DATA_IN) and the generator (104) generates an FM output signal (OUTPUT) having a carrier frequency modulated by the modulation signal (MOD), wherein the generator (104) includes a frequency determining device (X1).
Patent GB-2399782-A (GB)
Title: A wrench
Inventor: BUCHANAN NIGEL
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 2003-03-25
Abstract: The wrench has a head portion 2 with an aperture for engaging a drive socket to tighten or slacken a fastener such as a nut, bolt or screw. A handle 3 is pivotally mounted to the head portion. A resilient split ring 5 is sprung into the aperture so that when the handle 3 is rotated in a drive direction (D) the handle operates the split ring 5 to close the gap therein and thereby clamp onto the drive socket. Subsequent movement of the handle 3 in the opposite direction (R) releases the split ring 5 and allows free rotation of the head portion 2 relative to the drive socket. A compression spring 15 with detent balls 16 acts to force the split ring 5 closed when no manual force is applied. The biasing force of the spring 15 is greater than the spring force within the split ring 5.
Patent GB-2391361-A (GB)
Title: Library element management
Inventor: TROSSELL DAVID P
IPC: G11B27/00
Filed: 2003-05-23
Abstract: A library partitioning module (LPM) 13 is configured to connect multiple hosts 11, 12 to a tape library 14. The LPM comprises at least two host input/outputs, each for connection to a respective host; and a library input/output for connection to the library 14. The LPM is an interface between hosts 11, 12 and a tape library 14 such that it allow several hosts 11, 12 to access the library 14 as if they have sole use of the library's resources. The modification of requests includes intercepting SCSI messages between robot 23 and host 11, 12 and translating/transforming them. At least one tape slot for each host is allocated as a virtual import/export location. When a host sends a command to move a tape between a driver or a tape slot and an import/export location, the request is modified by the LPM 13 so that movement occurs instead between a virtual import/export slot allocated to that host. This avoids conflicts involving the import/export location resources of the library. A handler forming part of the LPM 13 arranges for tapes to be moved between the virtual import/export locations and the actual import/export locations. A library including partitioning and request modifying software is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2389985-A (GB)
Title: Image sensor array with concurrent input to and output from transfer register
Inventor: SPEARS KURT EUGENE
IPC: H04N3/15
Filed: 2003-06-09
Abstract: A photosensitive system comprises a photo detector array 41, transfer gate 44 and output, charge transfer register 47. Charge transfer register 47 receives charges from the sensor array 41 via the charge transfer gate 44, and shifts these charges to output. A controller 110 serves to keep the charge transfer gate or circuit 44 closed or enabled during a time period when the transfer register 47 is shifting a set of charges previously transferred from imaging array 41 via the gate 44. Thus, charges may be transferred from image sensor 41 to transfer register 47 simultaneously with previously stored signal charges being shifted or read out from the register 47.
Patent GB-2410719-A (GB)
Title: Sealing lenses
Inventor: CHOW DAVID T F
IPC: C09D123/22
Filed: 2004-02-03
Abstract: Lenses are sealed by grinding the edges of at least two lenses, cleansing the lenses, positioning the lenses next to one another, applying an adhesive to the ground edges of the lenses and placing the lenses in an oven to cure the adhesive to produce a laminated hermetically sealed lens. A polarising film may be applied between the lenses. The lenses may be ground to have bevelled edges. They may be cleansed by being placed in a basket and then subjected to ultra-sonic cleansing. The adhesive may comprise a principal ingredient comprising at least one of bisphenol A, epoxy resin, and butyl ether, a first solidifier including at least one of polyoxy propylene diamine and triethanolamine and a second solidifier including at least one of diethyl amine and propylamine.
Patent GB-2393678-A (GB)
Title: Method for envelopment casting
Inventor: NAKAO YASUHIRO
IPC: B22D19/08
Filed: 2002-06-26
Abstract: A method for envelopment casting which comprises a setting step of setting an article to be enveloped by a cast material comprising an aluminum alloy or an aluminum base composite material in a mold, a magnesium coating step of supplying a gasified magnesium into the mold to coat the article with magnesium, a magnesium nitride forming step of supplying a nitrogen gas into the mold to react the nitrogen gas with the above applied magnesium to form magnesium nitride, and then introducing a molten aluminum alloy into the mold, to envelop the article with the aluminum alloy.
Patent GB-2411856-A (GB)
Title: Scalpel with adjustable blade
Inventor: SULLMAN RUSSELL KHAN-SULLMAN
IPC: A61B17/32
Filed: 2004-03-11
Abstract: A scalpel adaptor comprising a first part 17 adapted for connection to the blade attachment means of a scalpel handle 3, a second part 16 providing blade attachment means 6 to which a scalpel blade 2 can be removably attached, and turn means 18,19 to provide for the first part and second part to be inclined to one another when they are interconnected via said adaptor.
Patent GB-2412382-A (GB)
Title: Method of processing a workpiece
Inventor: BURGESS STEPHEN ROBERT
IPC: C23C16/02
Filed: 2004-03-26
Abstract: A method of processing a workpiece in a chamber 10 is described. The method of processing includes: (a) treating a surface of the workpiece, including supplying a reactive gas to the chamber 10 though a first gas supply 14; and (b) further treating the treated surface using a second gas supplied to the chamber 10 though a second gas supply 15. The method is characterised in that a negative pressure gradient is created between the chamber 10 and the first gas supply 14 during part of said (b) step. Consequently, a portion of the second gas flows into the first gas supply 14 from the chamber 10 to mitigate against reactive gas entering the chamber 10 during step (b). Part of the method of processing may include chemical vapour deposition or etching, using TDEAT vapour 16. The negative pressure may be created by reverse pumping 20 part of the first gas supply14 in or adjacent to the chamber 10.
Patent GB-2402731-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for snow slope maintenance
Inventor: BENFORD TERENCE ARTHUR
IPC: E01C13/12
Filed: 2004-04-27
Abstract: The system can maintain the whole of a snow slope within a suitable temperature range and can "top-up" the slope with fresh snow as required. The slope supports a layer (2) of snow and a first air chiller (4) directs chilled air to flow downwardly from the upper end of the support (1) and immediately above said snow layer (2). A second air chiller (11) at the lower end of the support (1) directs rechilled air to a channel (12) extending beneath the support (1) and constraining chilled air from this second air chiller (11) to flow upwardly beneath the support (1) from adjacent its lower to its upper end. A snow generator (6) may entrain snow into air from the first air chiller (4). Lateral air outlets can also direct chilled air from the first air chiller across and immediately above the snow layer. Fig 2 (not shown).
Patent GB-2401515-A (GB)
Title: Multiplexing low and high priority data streams wherein insertion of low priority messages is dependent upon their length and the high priority queue state
Inventor: CHONG HUAI-TER VICTOR
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2004-04-27
Abstract: Combining a slow data stream (34) with one or more fast data streams (32) into a single fast data stream (36). The data streams comprise transactions which consist of a header packet and zero or more data packets [see fig.2]. Processing queued transactions of the fast data streams (32) into the single fast data stream (36) until it is determined that there are no queued transactions of the fast data streams (32). Then determining the existence of a transaction (40) from the slow data stream. If the transaction (40) has data packets (44), inserting (152) the transaction (40) into the single fast data stream (36) when the current transactions have been completed; and if the transaction (40) has no data packets (44), inserting the transaction (40) into the single fast data stream (36) before the current transactions have been completed.
Patent GB-2402687-A (GB)
Title: Subsea separation apparatus for treating crude oil comprising a separator module with a separator tank
Inventor: STERGAARD INGE
IPC: E21B43/36
Filed: 2003-02-27
Abstract: The invention concerns a subsea separation apparatus for processing crude oil comprising a separator module (3) with a separator tank 3a). The separator tank (3a) surrounds an opening (42) going there through, placed substantially in the geometrical centre of the separator tank (3a). The opening (42) is accessible for other processing equipment for the crude oil. Furthermore the separator tank (3a) may be substantially symmetrically placed on a well head (4b) and the separator module (3) may be substantially concentrically placed on the well head (4b).
Patent GB-2418794-A (GB)
Title: Mobile phone with piezoelectric vibrator
Inventor: LAU JAMES CHING SIK
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2004-10-02
Abstract: A mobile telephone comprises a housing <B>10</B> and a vibrator <B>11</B> in the housing characterised in that the vibrator is an elongate piezoelectric vibrator connected at one end to the housing for causing the housing to vibrate. The piezoelectric vibrator may comprise an elongate deformable metal bar <B>12</B>, which may be plate-like and an elongate ceramic element <B>13</B> bonded to one or both sides of the bar, which may be polarised normal to the elements. A driving circuit and batteries may drive the vibrator, and may excite first order bending wave resonance in the vibrator. The ceramic element may be a multilayer piezoceramic element.
Patent GB-2418992-A (GB)
Title: Rechargeable Powering System For Electricity Meter
Inventor: ROWE PAUL
IPC: G01R/
Filed: 2004-10-06
Abstract: An electricity meter 1 is described which comprises a metering system 2 which is powered by a rechargeable powering system 7. The rechargeable powering system is charged by at least one phase of the electricity network. In the case of a polyphase electricity meter the charging system is able to adapt to power failure in one, or two, of the three phases and continue charging. The energy in the rechargeable powering system is stored in either a rechargeable battery 9 or a 'super capacitor'. If all three phases fail the meter is powered by the energy stored in the battery or capacitor. Associated systems of the meter, such as a clock 10, may also be powered by the battery or capacitor. The system can also be used in single phase electricity meters.
Patent GB-2407417-A (GB)
Title: Index tree structure and key existence determination for a database
Inventor: PAULY DUNCAN G
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2000-11-30
Abstract: A database is provided in which an index for the database is provided as a hierarchical structure of nodes that are navigated during a search until a conclusion set is reached, and the structure is organised such that key information relating to a node is inferred from the position of the node in the structure. The present invention provides a method of organising data in a database wherein keys of an index are stored in a compressed manner, and checking the existence of a key prior to interrogating the decision index using the key.
Patent GB-2410881-A (GB)
Title: Plant cultivation device and method
Inventor: RICHARDS MARTIN
IPC: A01G13/04
Filed: 2005-02-09
Abstract: The device (1) comprises a tube (2) having a rim/annular plate (3) at a first open end and which extends laterally from the top end of the tube (2). Anchorage means in the form of spikes are provided at the other end of the tube for anchoring the device (1) into the ground in use. A method of cultivating plants is also described where the device is filled with a growing medium into which a seed is planted, germinated and subsequently the device is planted into the ground. The device may also comprise a flange (5) which controls the depth the device is located in the ground. The device may also comprise means to repel pests including providing a lip, a mutiplicity of spikes, a metal band or an abrasive surface on the device. Pesticide coatings or grease may also be applied. The device may also comprise a cover (20).
Patent GB-2423205-A (GB)
Title: Multi-channel tuner
Inventor: COWLEY NICHOLAS PAUL
IPC: H04B1/00
Filed: 2005-02-10
Abstract: A tuner is provided for permitting independent reception of a plurality of channels from a multiple channel radio frequency input signal. A first converter (11), for example of the upconverter type, block-converts the radio frequency band to an intermediate frequency band. Several second frequency converters (12, 13), such as quadrature ZIF downconverters, are independently controllable for independently selecting respective channels for reception from the intermediate frequency band at the output of the first converter (11). Each of the second converters (12, 13) converts the respective selected channel to the desired intermediate frequency.
Patent GB-2411477-A (GB)
Title: Magnet system with both high- and low-temperature superconducting coils
Inventor: KASTEN ARNE
IPC: G01R33/3815
Filed: 2005-02-11
Abstract: The invention concerns a superconducting high-field magnet system (1) for a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrometer, comprising a magnet coil (4) which is superconductingly short-circuited during operation, and generates a homogeneous temporally stable magnetic field during operation that meets the requirements for taking a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrum. The magnet coil (4) comprises an LTS partial coil (4b, 4c) and an HTS partial coil (4a, 4d). The LTS partial coil (4b, 4c) can be separately short-circuited in a pure LTS circuit (14b) via an LTS switch (15b), and the HTS partial coil (4a, 4d) can be separately short-circuited in a pure HTS circuit (14) via an HTS switch (15a) and both partial coils (4a, 4d; 4b, 4c) are connected via an LTS-HTS joint (20) and are charged by the same power supply.
Patent GB-2424610-A (GB)
Title: Forming method
Inventor: AL-DAWERY IHSAN ALI HUSSEIN
IPC: B29C41/06
Filed: 2005-03-30
Abstract: A method of forming a hollow ceramic body comprises supplying a pourable suspension of ceramic material into a hollow mould, and rotating the mould as the ceramic material solidifies. The rate of solidification of the ceramic material in the mould may be accelerated using coagulation casting or gel casting. The suspension of ceramic material may have a high solids content and heat may also be applied to increase the rate of solidification of the ceramic material in the mould. The article may be formed with a plurality of layers by introducing subsequent ceramic materials into the mould and allowing each layer to dry.