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Patent GB-2570700-A (GB)
Title: Continuous processing of spent nuclear fuel
Inventor: IAN RICHARD SCOTT
IPC: G21C19/50
Filed: 2018-02-03
Abstract: A process for the conversion of spent uranium oxide nuclear fuel into an alloy of uranium containing greater than half the concentration of the plutonium in the spent fuel. The process comprises: introducing the spent fuel, which contains at least 0.2% of plutonium with higher actinides and/or lanthanides, into an electrochemical cell. The cell contains a molten salt electrolyte where said electrolyte comprises chlorides and/or fluorides of groups 1 and 2 metals; it is also at a temperature above the melting point of the metal alloy produced by reduction of the spent uranium oxide fuel. An electric current is then passed between an anode immersed in the electrolyte and a cathode. Said cathode comprises a layer of molten uranium alloy and is at a current density sufficiently high so as to cause reduction of at least half of the concentration of plutonium in the spent fuel simultaneously with the uranium oxide. The process occurs on a continuous or semi-continuous basis where the molten uranium alloy is extracted from the electrochemical cell. The anode may comprises platinum or iridium. A metal or metal oxide may be added alongside the spent fuel; this may be iron or steel.
Patent GB-2562609-A (GB)
Title: NOx Adsorber catalyst
Inventor: GUY RICHARD CHANDLER
IPC: F01N3/08
Filed: 2018-03-28
Abstract: Lean NOx trap catalyst comprising (i) first layer with one or more platinum group metals, a first ceria-containing material and a first inorganic oxide, (ii) second layer with one or more noble metals, a second ceria-containing material and a second inorganic oxide, and (iii) third layer with one or more reducing noble metals and a third inorganic oxide. The total loading of platinum group metals in the first layer may be lower than the total loading of noble metals in the second layer, preferably less than half by weight. Conversely, the loading of the ceria-containing material may be higher in the first layer compared to the second layer, preferably more than double. Preferred platinum group metals are palladium, platinum and rhodium, whereas preferred noble metals additionally comprise silver and gold. The ceria-containing material may be cerium oxide, ceria-zirconia or alumina-ceria-zirconia mixed oxide. The inorganic oxides may be selected from alumina, ceria, magnesia, silica, titania, zirconia, niobia, tantalum oxides, molybdenum oxides, tungsten oxides and mixed or composite oxides thereof. Preferred inorganic oxides in the first layer are alumina, ceria or magnesia-alumina. The first layer is preferably substantially free of alkalis or alkaline earths (other than magnesium, e.g. barium) and of neodymium.
Patent GB-2561097-A (GB)
Title: Cooling warehouse
Inventor: YUMEI OKABE
IPC: F25D29/00
Filed: 2015-12-25
Abstract: This cooling warehouse is equipped with: a warehouse body that comprises a heat insulation panel , and is formed with an introduction port through which outside air is introduced into the warehouse and a discharge port through which inside air is discharged to the outside of the warehouse; an introduction cover that is provided to the introduction port so as to open/close the introduction port; a discharge cover that is provided to the discharge port so as to open/close the discharge port; a leakage detection unit that is provided to the interior of the warehouse body so as to detect the leakage of a refrigerant; and a control unit that controls the introduction cover and the discharge cover so as to open the introduction port and the discharge port if the leakage of the refrigerant is detected by the leakage detection unit.
Patent GB-2564955-A (GB)
Title: Mobile device initiation of vehicle remote-parking
Inventor: ERICK MICHAEL LAVOIE
IPC: B60W30/06
Filed: 2018-06-15
Abstract: A method for initiating vehicle remote parking includes the steps of presenting, via a touchscreen of a mobile device, a first motion track 1018 that is predefined by a user and continuous, detecting a travel point 1020 of the user on the touchscreen and initiating forward motion 1032 during remote parking of a vehicle in response to determining that the travel point is moving in a clockwise direction within the first motion track 1022. The motion track could be based on the detection of a plurality of motion paths received via the touch screen. Preferably, a backward motion is initiated if the travel point is determined to be moving anticlockwise. A warning may be presented 1024 if the travel point is outside the motion track, and the remote parking may be stopped 1028 if the travel point is outside the motion track for a predetermined time threshold 1026. The speed of motion along the travel path could correspond to vehicle travel speed. Further motion tracks may be presented, which could be different shapes to the first and presented in different screen locations. The further tracks could initiate backward motion.
Patent GB-2574871-A (GB)
Title: Shape memory alloy actuation apparatus
Inventor: ANDREW BENJAMIN SIMPSON BROWN
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 2018-06-21
Abstract: An SMA actuation apparatus comprises a support structure 2 and a movable element 3 supported thereon by a suspension system that guides movement of the movable element 3 along a movement axis z. Two closely spaced lengths of SMA wire 4 that are close to parallel and inclined at the same acute angle with respect to a plane x-y normal to the movement axis z are connected to the support structure 2 and to the movable element 3 so as to apply respective forces to the movable element with respective components parallel to the movement axis z that are in opposite directions. The suspension system may include a pair of flexures that resist the resultant couple applied to the movable element 3 by the lengths of SMA wire 4.
Patent GB-2574905-A (GB)
Title: Pipeline template configuration in a data processing system
Inventor: JOHN RONALD FRY
IPC: G06F16/27
Filed: 2018-07-31
Abstract: A pipeline in a data digest system is configured by: receiving a pipeline description (206) comprising pipeline parameters; compiling the pipeline description (212) using a template compiler to generate a compiled template; mapping the compiled template (218) into one digest system configuration block; and supplying the configuration block (224) to the data digest system to configure the pipeline (226). The pipeline description, compiled template, and configuration block are stored (208, 214, 220) for modification and reuse. The parameters comprise (204) data source device descriptors, communication channel descriptors, and/or flow dependency and consuming application constraints. Receiving a description comprises extracting parameters represented in a graphical modelling canvas from a constrained language paradigm. The configuration block can be for ingest, store, integrate, prepare, discover, share stages. Flexibility in tuning the pipeline is allowed by templates being stored at different developmental stages. Difficulties in the Internet‑of‑Things (IoT) with multiple data sources are addressed.
Patent GB-2568352-A (GB)
Title: Hair treatment agent with a polyvalent metal cation l
Inventor: RENÉ KROHN
IPC: A61Q5/12
Filed: 2018-09-04
Abstract: Disclosed is a hair treatment agent for reducing and/or avoiding bleeding out and/or fading of artificially produced hair colours and/or for strengthening the internal hair structure, containing, relative to the total quantity of hair treatment agent, from about 1 to about 15 wt.% of a salt-containing component comprising at least one polyvalent salt of a fatty acid and/or at least one fatty acid (A1) and at least one polyvalent salt (A2); and at least one cationic compound selected from cationic surfactants (tensides) of the group formed from quaternary ammonium compounds, esterquats and/or amidoamines and/or cationic polymers. Most preferably, the polyvalent salt of a fatty acid is strontium stearate. Preferably, the at least one fatty acid is octadecanoic acid (stearic acid) combined with lanthanum chloride or strontium lactate. Also disclosed is a method for reducing bleeding out of colour (reducing colour fade) of coloured or dyed hair comprising adding the agent described to hair for at least five seconds.
Patent GB-2564048-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner
Inventor: JUNGKYU SON
IPC: A47L9/00
Filed: 2017-02-27
Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, which comprises: a cleaner body having a center of gravity disposed more rear than the center of rotation; a pair of moving wheels provided on both sides of the cleaner body, the moving wheels rotatably supporting the cleaner body and rotating for traveling; and a rear wheel unit provided on a bottom surface of the cleaner body and elastically supporting the cleaner body at the rear of the pair of moving wheels, wherein the rear wheel unit comprises: a supporting part rotatably mounted on a bottom surface of the cleaner body and rotated in a rotation direction of the cleaner body; an elastic part extending from one side of the supporting part and, when the supporting part rotates, coming into contact with a bottom surface of the cleaner body and becoming elastically deformed; a rotating member axially coupled to the supporting part and rotatably mounted in a direction intersecting the rotation direction of the supporting part; and a rear wheel mounted on the rotating member and rolling on the ground.
Patent GB-2565727-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for visualizing crime deterrent effects
Inventor: Walamitien H Oyenan
IPC: G06Q50/26
Filed: 2017-06-29
Abstract: A process for displaying crime deterrent effects includes first receiving patrol route information indicating a patrol route taken by a law enforcement patrol and determining a type of the law enforcement patrol. Subsequently, a deterrent effect parameter associated with the law enforcement patrol is determined as a function of the determined type of the law enforcement patrol. Finally, an electronic display is caused to display a cartographic map of a geographic area at least partially including the patrol route taken by the law enforcement patrol and, along the patrol route taken, to display a deterrent effect indicator having a radius, width, size, and/or fade time that varies as a function of the type of the determined deterrent effect parameter.
Patent GB-2582737-A (GB)
Title: Device registration mechanism
Inventor: MIKKO SAARNIVALA
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2019-02-01
Abstract: A device (e.g. Lightweight Machine to Machine, LwM2M or Internet of Things, IoT) may have one or more instance of an object or resource e.g. two temperature sensors. The objects, object instances, resources and resource instances may be represented by resource data in an object hierarchy (e.g. a resource template). The invention relates to registering the device with a server by applying a data-reducing function to generate resource data comprising compressed data representative of the at least one object, object instance, resource and/or resource instance; then transmitting a registration message comprising said resource data to register the device with the server. The server receives the registration message, determines, based on or in response to the compressed data, the at least one object, object instance, resource and/or resource instance of the device and registers the device. The client device may apply the data reducing function to items not defined within the resource template, or alternatively apply the function to all objects and resources and the compressed data may be used as the resource template identifier. The device could use any suitable protocol such as IPv6 over Low Power Wireless (6LoWPAN), Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) or Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT).
Patent GB-2570056-A (GB)
Title: Method for manufacturing organic electroluminescence device and organic electroluminescence device manufactured with same
Inventor: BAIXIANG HAN
IPC: H01L51/56
Filed: 2013-11-26
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bottom gate organic electroluminescence device comprises forming a gate insulation layer on a first electrode on a substrate. A transparent conductive layer and a metal layer are formed in sequence on the gate insulation layer, and are patternized to form a dual layer second electrode. An oxide semiconductor layer is formed on the dual layer electrode and the gate insulation layer, and is patternized. An organic planarization layer is formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and the dual layer electrode, and is patternized. The organic planarization layer is used as a mask while etching the metal layer of the dual layer electrode, exposing the transparent conductive layer so as to form a transparent electrode. An organic function layer and a cathode are formed by vapour deposition on the transparent electrode. A spacer is provided on the organic planarization layer and packaging is carried out.
Patent GB-2573212-A (GB)
Title: Solid particle separation in oil and/or gas production
Inventor: ANDERS AREFJORD
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2016-08-19
Abstract: An apparatus 100 for separating solid particles from a hydrocarbon-containing fluid 101 produced from an oil and/or gas production facility, the apparatus being supported on a wellhead or a riser connected to a wellhead, the apparatus comprising: a conduit 102 for conveying a hydrocarbon containing fluid from a wellhead, the conduit being connected to the wellhead or a riser connected to the wellhead; a modular system for separating solid particles from the hydrocarbon-containing fluid, the modular system comprising at least two modules 118. each module of the modular system comprising: a solids separator 108 in fluid communication with the conduit, the solids separator being adapted to separate solid particles from the hydrocarbon containing fluid, the solids separator having an inlet 107, coupled to the conduit, for the hydrocarbon-containing fluid, a solids outlet 109 for outputting solid particles separated by the solids separator from the hydrocarbon-containing fluid, and a fluid outlet 111 for outputting hydrocarbon-containing fluid separated by the solids separator from the solid particles; and an output conduit 113-115, coupled to the fluid outlets, for conveying the hydrocarbon-containing fluid from the fluid outlets of the modular system into a production line attached to the wellhead.
Patent GB-2575707-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method
Inventor: DOUGLAS BATHGATE
IPC: F16B2/10
Filed: 2019-05-13
Abstract: Apparatus 100 for operatively connecting a galvanic anode 108 to a metal structure 120 for corrosion protection is described. The apparatus has a first coupling portion 101for coupling the apparatus 100 to a metal structure 120. The apparatus 100has a second coupling portion to couple the apparatus to the galvanic anode. The first coupling portion comprises a resilient biaser 102 to be actuated by the metal structure 120 to thereby couple the first coupling portion 101 to the metal structure 120and electrically connect the second coupling portion 107 to an electrically connecting portion of the metal structure 120. The resilient biaser 102 comprises at least one resiliently deformable member 104 to be deformed by the metal structure to thereby couple the first coupling portion to the metal structure 120. The resilient biaser 102 may comprise a compression helical spring or a coil spring. The apparatus 100 can be deployed using an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) and the UUV may be a remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
Patent GB-2588165-A (GB)
Title: A continuous flow of synthesis method for the manufacture of isoniazid
Inventor: Ruvimbo Mangwiro
IPC: C07D213/81
Filed: 2019-10-10
Abstract: A multistep continuous flow synthesis method, suitable for producing a yield greater than 90 %, for the manufacture of isonicotinyl-hydrazide (Isoniazid) comprising reacting 4-cyano pyridine with sodium hydroxide in a molar ratio of 1:0.1 to 1:0.7 and at a temperature of 90 °C to 105 °C to form an intermediate isonicotinamide and then reacting the pyridine-4-carboxamide with hydrazine hydrate in a molar ratio of 1:1.75 – 1:2.50 at a temp. of 100 °C – 120 °C. The reaction of 4-cyano pyridine with NaOH has a residence time of 9 to 32 minutes and the reaction of isonicotinamide with hydrazine hydrate has a residence time of 10 to 25 minutes. Preferably, the first step is performed in aqueous methanol and at 95 degC. Most preferably, the second step is carried out at 105 degC with a residence time of 10 minutes. The yield of isoniazid from 4-cyanopyridine may be up to 96 %.
Patent GB-2578528-A (GB)
Title: Mixed-phase fluids for nucleic acid sequencing and other analytical assays
Inventor: ARNOLD OLIPHANT
IPC: G01N15/14
Filed: 2019-12-02
Abstract: A method for sequencing a nucleic acid, comprising (a) providing a sequencing system comprising (i) a flow cell comprising a nucleic acid immobilized therein, (ii) a bubble generator component that delivers gas bubbles to a liquid at a predefined rate; (b) delivering a series of fluids to the inside of the flow cell to perform a cycle of a sequencing process, wherein at least one of the fluids is a fluid foam produced by the bubble generator component, comprising gas bubbles in the liquid; and (c) repeating step (b), thereby determining the sequence for the nucleic acid.  A sequencing system, comprising a stage, a liquid delivery component, a gas delivery component and a bubble generator component. The stage is configured to accept a flow cell, the liquid delivery component is configured to deliver liquid from one or more reservoirs to the inside of the flow cell and the gas delivery component is configured to deliver gas from one or more sources to the bubble generator component. The bubble generator component is configured to introduce bubbles from the gas delivery component into liquid from the liquid delivery component to deliver a fluid foam to the inside of the flow cell.
Patent GB-2581564-A (GB)
Title: Two-component hair care product for preparing an emulsion for grooming human hair
Inventor: RENÉ KROHN
IPC: A61Q5/00
Filed: 2019-12-16
Abstract: A two-component hair care product comprises an anhydrous carrier as a first component and an aqueous carrier as a second component separately from each other. The anhydrous carrier contains a) a branched or unbranched alkane, b) a branched or unbranched fatty alcohol, and c) a monovalent branched or monovalent unbranched C2 to C8 alcohol. Preferably, the branched or unbranched alkane is dodecane or isodecane, and the branched or unbranched fatty alcohol is selected from coconut alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, and decyl alcohol. The monovalent branched or unbranched alcohol may be ethanol. The two components may be separated by a barrier until use. When mixed, the resulting emulsion may be applied to the hair. Preferably, the aqueous carrier or anhydrous carrier comprises one or more of: (d) an alkyl trimonium compound having chain length from C8 to C2, such as cetrimonium chloride; (e) a fatty alcohol propxylate comprising from 1 to 15 propoxylate groups, and (f) a fatty alcohol sulfate with an alkyl chain length from C8 to C22.
Patent GB-2578260-A (GB)
Title: Light-emitting detection device
Inventor: TAKASHI ANAZAWA
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2016-02-22
Abstract: M point emitters 1 in an array emit M light beams, where M is at least 2. Each light beam is condensed into a parallel beam 21 by one of M condensing lenses 2 in an array. The parallel beams are incident on detector 25. An average of effective diameters of the emitters is d. An average of focal lengths of the condensing lenses is f. An average of intervals of the condensing lenses is p. An average of maximum optical path lengths between the lenses and the sensor is g. Parameters d, f, p and g satisfy a predetermined relationship that allows the M light beams to be detected with low crosstalk and high sensitivity.
Patent GB-2594923-A (GB)
Title: Cabin comprising fogger
Inventor: SIMON FLETCHER
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 2020-04-30
Abstract: A self-contained cabin comprises a fogger and a control system for automatically controlling operation of the fogger. The control system may be arranged to monitor occupancy of the cabin using infrared sensors and may prevent operation of the fogger when the cabin is occupied. The control system my control access to the cabin by controlling a door lock and may lock the door prior to operating the fogger and maintain the door locked for a predetermined delay period after the fogger has shut off, the delay period may be an hour. There may be an external indication to show the lock status of the door. The cabin may comprise a door closer. The cabin may comprise a smoke detector and a power circuit for electrical devices, both of which may be disabled by the control system during operating the fogger. The fogger may comprise a tank for a fluid comprising a chemical agent to be dispersed, a plurality of nozzles and supply pipes. The nozzles may be provided in each of a plurality of rooms of the cabin and may be mounted to a ceiling of the cabin. The fogger may be arranged to disperse a virucide in mist, fog, aerosol or vapour form to kill virus particles in the air or on surfaces in the cabin. The control system may log, store and transmit data relating to the operation of the fogger.
Patent GB-2586318-A (GB)
Title: Obtaining patterns for surfaces of objects
Inventor: GERAINT JOHNSON
IPC: G06T15/04
Filed: 2020-05-18
Abstract: Method of determining a surface pattern for a target object, comprising: providing a digital 3D model of the target object; providing a parameterised texture model that outputs a texture based on a parameter set; for an initial generation of a genetic algorithm - providing a plurality of parameter sets and determining a composite fitness score for each parameter set; for each further generation of the genetic algorithm - generating new parameter sets based on the parameter sets and fitness scores of the preceding generation and determining composite fitness scores for each new parameter set; wherein determining a composite fitness score for a particular parameter set comprises: texturing the 3D model using the parameterised texture model and the particular parameter set; rendering the textured 3D model from multiple viewpoints; processing the image using an object recognition model configured to determine an output indicating confidence that the current image contains an object matching a classification to determine a fitness score based on the degree to which the object recognition model failed to correctly classify the image as containing the target object; determining a composite fitness score for the particular parameter set based on the fitness scores for each image.
Patent GB-2591311-A (GB)
Title: Method to authenticate a user in an electronic device comprising a fingerprint sensor
Inventor: HENRICUS DERCKX
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2020-07-23
Abstract: Method of authenticating a user by a plurality of fingerprints of a hand (6, Fig. 2). Fingerprints of a hand are enrolled to the system by storing features of fingerprints and an indication of a displacement between the fingerprints (103, 105, Fig. 4). A displacement variation model (104, Fig. 4) is created that defines a plausible displacement between the fingerprints. Fingerprints of a hand are subsequently authenticated by comparing the features of the stored fingerprints to the features of the presented fingerprints (204, Fig. 6) and further comparing the plausible displacement between the stored fingerprints to the displacement of the presented fingerprints (207, 208, Fig. 6). The displacement variation model may be defined by a bivariate Gaussian function. Fingerprints may be rotated and/or translated before displacement and fingerprint matching. The displacement of fingerprints may be measured from a barycentre of the fingerprint’s minutiae to the barycentre of other fingerprints’ minutiae. Stored fingerprints and displacement models may be updated after a positive authentication.