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Patent GB-2379943-A (GB)
Title: Vibration damping strip for steel decking
Inventor: SHEPHERD ADRIAN
IPC: E04C3/294
Filed: 2001-09-24
Abstract: A floor structure comprises beams, vibration reducing means 20 and at least one section of profiled decking 25 capable of having concrete 30 poured upon it. The vibration damping means is disposed between the beams and the profiled decking, and may be laminate in structure comprising strips of material having a similar shape to the surface of the beams upon which they are disposed. The vibration damping means may comprise two sheets of rigid material, preferably steel, between which is disposed a sheet of elastic, viscous or otherwise vibration absorbent material, preferably the material is bitumastic.
Patent GB-2382782-A (GB)
Title: Changing centre of gravity of object, eg sports racket, bat or club
Inventor: LIN CHIA-CHING
IPC: A63B53/00
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: The centre of gravity of eg a racket, a table tennis bat, a baseball bat or a golf club, is altered automatically during the swing to provide greater impact force on a ball. The object being swung incorporates a hollow tube 40, a base seat 30 at the handle end of the tube, an elastic element 20 and a weight 10, the act of swinging providing centrifugal force to overcome the elastic restraint and allow the weight and thus the centre of gravity to move further along the tube (Fig 3, not shown); the elastic force restores the weight to the starting position on completion of the swing. Preferably the weight takes the form of a plurality of spheres 11 wound together with wire 12; two separate hollow tubes with weights can be incorporated into a tennis racket frame (Figs 5 and 6, not shown).
Patent GB-2373232-A (GB)
Title: Rotor blade with flap and flap drive
Inventor: BAUER MARKUS
IPC: B64C27/473
Filed: 2001-12-10
Abstract: A rotor blade 1 accommodates a flap drive and flap, and includes a chamber 10 having an opening 100 directed towards the leading or trailing edge region, into which one or more flap modules 16 are inserted, each module comprising a flap drive 180, 181 and flap 17, the flap protruding from the chamber. The flap module 16 may include one or more flaps and flap drives 180,181, the flap taking the place of the corresponding edge of the rotor blade. The flap drive may include a piezoelectric actuator 182,183, transmission means 186,187 and biasing means. The module may have a nose spar 165 at the edge opposite the flap, a space within the module filled with rigid foam (50 fig 5), seals (114 fig 4a), and be fastened to the blade. The rotor blade may be deformed for insertion of the module, and contain means for power and communication.
Patent GB-2374757-A (GB)
Title: Remote audio-video instructional database
Inventor: STUBBS MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2002-01-04
Abstract: A remote database (28) providing instructions to a user (14) relating to a specific task. The instructions may be in video format, accompanied by audio or text. The instructions may be selected from an index or using a search engine, and the required data may be selected by means of a bar code associated with a product. Voice recognition may be used to allow selection to be made orally. The instructions may be paused at any point. The whole, or a portion relating to a particular sub-task, may be replayed. The communication between the user (14) and the remote database (28) may be over the Internet (18) or by means of another computer network, a cellular network (22), a land line (20), a radio link or microwave link. The main application of this invention is to 'do it yourself' web sites on the Internet.
Patent GB-2387882-A (GB)
Title: A compact hydraulic actuator for an epicyclic gearbox
Inventor: PAYNE TIMOTHY
IPC: F16D25/08
Filed: 2002-02-08
Abstract: A compact hydraulic actuator for an epicyclic gearbox comprises a conical clutch 60 operated by the hydraulic actuator having a piston 45 that is accommodated substantially within a volume defined by the clutch 60 thereby reducing the axial bulk of the hydraulic actuator. The clutch 60 in one position locks for rotation components of the epicyclic, for example, a sun gear (31, fig 2) to a ring gear (27) and in a second position the ring gear (27) or a planet carrier (20) is braked to a housing (10) or otherwise fixed against rotation relative to the housing (10). A reciprocating plunger pump is operated by an eccentric fixed to an input/output shaft and feeds pressurized hydraulic oil to the clutch 60. The gearbox may be retro-fitted in a transfer box for a four wheel drive vehicle and controlled by a control system having a hall effect sensor that enables a push button circuit to be engaged when a preset speed is reached.
Patent GB-2376370-A (GB)
Title: Image scanner having unaligned rod lenses arranged non perpendicularly to the scan plane.
Inventor: SPEARS KURT E
IPC: G02B26/10
Filed: 2002-04-10
Abstract: An optical image scanner comprises one or more reflectors 108 (300, Figure 3) to direct light through a lens array 110, where the lens array is non perpendicular to, for example parallel with, the surface of the image being scanned. Thus, the depth of the scanner is reduced compared with conventional systems that have the lens array arranged to be perpendicular to the scan area. A video display, lamp or light emitting diode (LED) may be used as a scan illumination source. Lens array 110 comprises plural rod lenses having non coincident, unaligned optical axes (see Figure 2). As shown in Figures 5 and 6, the arrangement may comprise a further, separate light path from lamp to lens array and (see Figure 6) dual, separate sets of lenses.
Patent GB-2379811-A (GB)
Title: Electrical supply, conversion and overvoltage protection system
Inventor: TAMAI YASUHIRO
IPC: H02G3/16
Filed: 2002-07-24
Abstract: An electrical connection system includes a power source for supplying a first voltage, along a trunk line 12, to first loads, along power supply lines 35 which may contain fuses 36. The first voltage is also delivered to a converter 31 for conversion into a second lower voltage. The second voltage is supplied, along power source lines 32 which may contain fuses 34, to second loads, which may be electrical control units 24 for controlling the first loads. The system includes an overvoltage protection circuit 33 for shunting the second voltage to ground 51 by turning on a switch 42 when an overvoltage, due to a shortcircuit S between the first and second voltages, is detected. The switch 42 may be a transistor and the shunting of current F to ground 51 protects other second loads from overvoltage and may blow the relevant fuse 34. The system is particularly suited to a vehicle electrical supply system.
Patent GB-2382659-A (GB)
Title: Directional electromagnetic measurements insensitive to dip and anisotropy
Inventor: ROSTHAL RICHARD A
IPC: G01V3/28
Filed: 2002-08-23
Abstract: A logging tool and method of use for directional electromagnetic induction propagation type logging comprises a tool with first and second transmitter/receiver antenna pairs thereon, the antenna pairs being arranged with oppositely tilted magnetic dipoles for performing "up-down" measurements. Estimates of the distance of the tool to a bed boundary are obtained which are insensitive to anisotropy and dip. The measured signals may be a voltage signal, a logarithm of a voltage amplitude, or a phase shift. Different antenna configurations are disclosed using more or less transmitter/receivers.
Patent GB-2392666-A (GB)
Title: Closure for a histological specimen container
Inventor: MORREN DUNCAN DOUGLAS
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 2002-09-05
Abstract: A histological specimen jar and lid combination in which a seal is created and maintained by a force and stress put into the top 7 during closing. The sealing ring 2 is in the form of a frustrum of a cone having inclined inner and outer faces 5. The rim of the container 4 cooperates with the inclined outer face 5 of the sealing ring 2, causing deformation or doming of the top 7 as the lid is screwed down onto the container. This deformation results in the application of long-term outward radial pressure on the seal 6. Sealing pressure is enhanced and maintained by the doming effect. Any collapsing of the container rim 4 or the frustrum 5 from sustained contact pressure would be compensated for by the relaxing of the dome or crown in the top 7.
Patent GB-2394928-A (GB)
Title: Stand for holding a motorcycle in an upright position
Inventor: CAMPBELL PAUL
IPC: B62H3/08
Filed: 2002-09-10
Abstract: A stand for a motorcycle which acts on the front wheel of the vehicle to support it in an upright position. The stand comprises a floor-standing frame 2L, 2R with an inclined ramp 1 at one end and a pair of uprights 3L, 3R attached to the frame. The motorcycle is pushed or driven up the ramp, raising the front of the vehicle and guiding the front suspension forks of the vehicle over the uprights of the stand. As the wheel crosses the end of the ramp, the front of the vehicle drops and the ends of the front forks engage brackets 4L, 4R attached to the uprights. Locating rods 6A, 6B limit movement of the motorcycle forward or backward when the vehicle is on the stand. The ramp may be pivotally attached (13, fig 2) to the frame and the uprights may be adjustable longitudinally 9 with respect to the frame and vertically 8. The stand may be fixed to the ground and may act as an attachment point for anti-theft devices and a lightweight covered frame to protect the motorcycle from the elements. The stand can operate on the rear wheel of some motorcycles.
Patent GB-2397678-A (GB)
Title: A secure terminal for use with a smart card based loyalty scheme
Inventor: KOISTINEN MARTIN
IPC: G07F7/10
Filed: 2003-01-23
Abstract: When a card is presented to a terminal device (card reader), the card is read and a challenge is sent to the terminal from card, if the terminal has the correct certificates it will be able to decrypt the challenge and for example display corresponding information a screen. The cardholder will then now that the terminal has the correct certificate and is thus verified.
Patent GB-2381640-A (GB)
Title: Wireless handwriting scheme
Inventor: XU JAINPING
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 2001-09-20
Abstract: A system for tracking motion of a writing device in accordance with the invention includes a substantially omni-directional transmitter attached to the writing device adn a plurality of semi-cylindrical receivers capable of receiving, over a substantially planar area, one or more pulses generated by the substantially omni-directional transmitter.
Patent GB-2393286-A (GB)
Title: Method for finding a local extreme of a set of values associated with a processing element by separating the set into an odd and an even position pair of sets
Inventor: BEAUMONT MARK
IPC: G06F7/02
Filed: 2003-04-23
Abstract: A method for finding the local extrema of a set of values associated with a processing element is disclosed. The set of values is separated into an odd numbered set and an even numbered set, the extrema of each set is then determined and the local extrema of the whole set is finally found. The values can be loaded from the first odd position into a first register, and from a first even position into a second register. The value in the first register is then loaded in to a third register, and the value in the second register is loaded into a fourth register. Then the value in the next odd/even position is loaded into the first/second register. The odd/even extrema can then be determined by comparing the values in the first/second registers with the values in the third/fourth registers. The selected extrema from the two pairs of registers is then stored in the third and fourth registers and the next odd and even values are loaded into the first and second registers to be compared with the stored values. Also disclosed is the use of eight registers for working with short values given by a least and most significant byte.
Patent GB-2384266-A (GB)
Title: Roller cone drill bit with canted bearing seal
Inventor: PETERSON STEVEN WILFORD
IPC: E21B10/25
Filed: 2000-02-02
Abstract: A roller cone drill bit 10 has cutting cones 20 mounted on journal segments 12 at the end of its legs. A seal 40 is positioned at the interface between the backface 26 of the cone and the surface 18 of the leg shirttail 14, the axis 41 of the seal being canted at an angle   b   to the axis 21 of the journal segment. A second seal member may also be used and may also be canted, but could be a wiper seal rather than a positive elastomeric one. The seal may have a fabric inlay (66, figure 5) on its wear face and may be received in a groove in one or both of the shirttail and the cone (figure 5). A wear resistant insert (97, figure 5) protects the shirttail. In the preferred embodiments, the angle of cant   b   is 15-45{ or 70-85{.
Patent GB-2391776-A (GB)
Title: A multi-carrier receiver comprising soft decision quantising means, a Viterbi decoder and a Reed Solomon decoder
Inventor: ROBINSON ADRIAN PAUL
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 2002-05-01
Abstract: A receiver for many-carrier signals, preferably DVB-T signals, is disclosed. The receiver includes a metric assignment and demapping circuit 112, a Viterbi decoder 123 and an outer decoder such as a Reed-Solomon decoder 128. The metric assignment and demapping circuit 112 includes a soft-decision quantizing arrangement 224, 226 which provides confidence values for the Viterbi decoder. Erasures information is provided from the Viterbi decoder 124 to an erasures input of the Reed-Solomon decoder 128. An erasure is a byte which is known to contain at least one bit error, and is flagged as such. The quantising arrangement may receive a control input from a channel state indication (CSI) measurement circuitry 240, 260, 280.
Patent GB-2407046-A (GB)
Title: Twisting exercise device
Inventor: HSU CHENG-HSIUNG
IPC: A63B22/14
Filed: 2003-10-17
Abstract: A twisting exercising device with an electronic counter is disclosed. It comprises a lower disk portion 10, an upper disk portion 20, a supporting assembly 30, and an electronic counter 50. This electronic counter 50 is mounted on the upper disk portion 20. It has a display 51, a setting knob 52, a first sensor 53 and a second sensor 54. When the rotating direction changes, the electronic counter 50 receives a first or a second electronic signal so that the electronic counter 50 accumulates its count and shows on the display 51. It can solve the traditional mechanical counter non-working problem. The twisting resistance can be easily adjusted.
Patent GB-2390528-A (GB)
Title: Edible fungi ingredient
Inventor: FINNIGAN TIMOTHY JOHN ANDREW
IPC: A23L27/60
Filed: 2002-05-07
Abstract: A solid food ingredient comprising edible fungal particles especially consisting substantially of fungal mycelia is described. The ingredient may be combined with other ingredients to produce a wide range of foodstuffs or food ingredients including desserts (e.g. yoghurt), reconstitutable drinks or soup and extruded foodstuffs, (e.g. savoury snack foods). Foodstuffs prepared may have medical applications (e.g. for treatment of joint mobility disorders, reducing fat uptake, lowering cholesterol, immune function stimulators, use as a pre-biotic and/or for affecting satiety).
Patent GB-2408619-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle registration plate cover
Inventor: GRAY RICHARD JOHN
IPC: B60R13/00
Filed: 2003-11-27
Abstract: A vehicle information plate (10) which in use covers an existing vehicle registration plate (50), the information plate having a planar body (11) with a front face (12) and a rear face (13), a peripheral lip (14) around the body extending rearwardly, and adhesive means (16) on the rear face (13) for attachment of the information plate (10) to the vehicle registration plate (50) which is accommodated within a recess (15) formed by the peripheral lip (14). The information plate (10) may be temporarily attached on vehicles in a vehicle showroom, or on a vehicle forecourt. The information plate (10) may display the price, model, etc, of the vehicle to be sold.
Patent GB-2415123-A (GB)
Title: Anti-roll device for bottle or cylinder
Inventor: DOUGLAS-EVANS NOOL
IPC: A47G23/02
Filed: 2004-06-15
Abstract: A device to prevent a cylindrical container 5 lying on its side from rolling across a surface on which it is placed comprises a support member 10 releasably attachable to the cylindrical container. Member 10 may form a frame around at least part of the circumference of the container, and may be polygonal in shape. Inner parts of the frame which contact the container may be resiliently deformable so as to be held on by friction. The frame may be collapsible. Its underside may have means to prevent movement relative to the surface beneath the device, such as hook and loop fastenings, magnets, a rubber layer, suction pads, protrusions or a sticky coating.
Patent GB-2399348-A (GB)
Title: Chondrocyte precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells
Inventor: THIES R SCOTT
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 2002-12-06
Abstract: This invention provides a system for obtaining cells of the chondrocyte lineage by differentiating primate pluripotent stem cells. The process involves culturing the cells as a micromass or other aggregate form in a cocktail of differentiation agents that facilitates outgrowth of the desired cell type. Progeny are capable of synthesizing Type II collagen or aggrecan, or other products that are characteristic of the chondrocyte lineage. Chondrocytes and chondrocyte precursor cells obtained according to this disclosure are suitable for use in both research and clinical therapy.
Patent GB-2418586-A (GB)
Title: Post mounted plant container
Inventor: BUTCHER IAN CLIVE
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 2004-09-29
Abstract: A plant container incorporating a post so that the plant container can be set at varying heights above ground level. The device has a fixing means to secure the container to the post. The post may have a shaped end to allow for it to be driven into the ground or fitted with a base plate or weighted base unit. It may be constructed as a single element, or made up of a number of pieces which are then joined together. The post may be telescopic. The post may be surmounted by more than one container, or a number of containers may be mounted at different intervals along the post. The containers may incorporate drainage holes which may or may not connect to a hollow post. The post may also be the vehicle for delivery of water through an irrigation system. The post and container may be of varying sizes, varying shapes, and made of various materials.
Patent GB-2422381-A (GB)
Title: Faeces-collecting device for attachment to a toilet bowl
Inventor: SLOUGH STEVEN WILLIAM
IPC: A47K17/00
Filed: 2005-01-22
Abstract: A faeces-collecting device for attachment to a toilet bowl, the device comprising a biodegradable sleeve which may be suitably attached to the toilet bowl by means of one or more hooks. Preferably, the hook(s) are connected to an elastic strip that fits around the upper edge of the toilet bowl with a draw string incorporated onto the elastic strip to close the sleeve.
Patent GB-2419181-A (GB)
Title: Gas burner and speed control of air supply fan
Inventor: KIM YOUNG SOO
IPC: F23N3/08
Filed: 2005-04-25
Abstract: A gas fuelled burner has a burner body (100 fig 3) and is supplied with air from a speed controlled air supply fan 30. The burner may include at least a temperature sensor 210 or a pressure sensor, the temperature sensor measuring a glass 70 provided on the burner body, and the pressure sensor (220 fig 6) measuring the gas burner pressure. The temperature sensor may be provided at the bottom of the glass, and the fan speed may be controlled depending on the measured glass temperature. The burner may also include a burner chamber 110 in which a combustible gas mixture is burnt, and a burner mat 130 which is heated by the burning mixture. The gas fuelled burner includes a gas valve 20, or alternatively the burner includes at least a temperature or pressure sensor, which is used to provide measured data for comparison with a predefined set-point, for fan speed control. The fan speed may be increased if the measured temperature is higher than the set-point, or if the measured pressure is lower than the set-point. The fan speed may be maintained if the measured temperature is lower than the set-point, or alternatively the fan speed may be reduced if the measured pressure is higher than set-point.
Patent GB-2420223-A (GB)
Title: A bendable heat spreader with wire mesh microstructure
Inventor: LEE KUO-YING
IPC: H01L23/427
Filed: 2005-06-07
Abstract: A bendable heat spreader comprises a hollow metallic housing including an upper cover 12 and a lower cover 14, the upper and lower covers 12, 14 being bonded together along their perimeters 12a, 14b defining a cavity; a capillary structure in a form of metallic meshes 18 bonded to the inner surfaces of the upper and lower covers 12, 14; a plurality of reinforcing members 20 disposed in the cavity and bonded between the inner surfaces of the upper and lower covers 12, 14; and a working fluid received in the cavity. The bonded surfaces between the metallic meshes 18 and the inner surfaces of the metallic housing, the upper cover 12 and the lower cover 14, and the reinforcing members 20 and the inner surfaces of the metallic housing are all diffusion-bonded interfaces. A method of fabricating the heat spreader is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2427438-A (GB)
Title: Automatically stopping and starting the i.c. engine of a vehicle having a manual transmission
Inventor: PETRIDIS THEMI
IPC: F02N11/08
Filed: 2005-06-20
Abstract: A method for stopping and starting an engine 10 driveably connected to a manual transmission 11 is disclosed in which the engine 10 is operable in a first mode 200 in which the engine 10 is automatically shut down and started and in a second mode 100 in which the engine 10 is run continuously. When the engine 10 is being operated in the first mode 200 the method includes automatically shutting down the engine 10 when a predetermined engine stop condition 500, 503 is determined to exist. The method involves determining whether the clutch pedal is being pressed and the transmission is in the neutral state and, if so, switching the engine to the stopped state.
Patent GB-2417913-A (GB)
Title: Microfluidic separator
Inventor: ANGELESCU DAN EUGEN
IPC: B01L99/00
Filed: 2005-09-07
Abstract: A microfluidic separator 110 comprises a porous membrane 108 supported by a microsieve. The membrane and sieve are arranged in parallel with the flow 106 of the multiphase mixture and the porous membrane is "wetted" by a portion of the mixture which is transmitted though the pores of the membrane for analysis. The membrane may be oleophobic and be arranged to transmit water based solutions or hydrophobic and arranged to transmit oil based solutions or both oleophobic and hydrophobic and arranged to transmit gases. Pressure across the membrane is maintained below capillary breakthrough values for the non-wetting phase and the flow rate though is significantly less than that passing over the membrane thus reducing problems related to cake build up and fouling. The separator may be integral to or connected to a microfluidic sample manipulation/analysis chip and one or several valves, possibly in conjunction with a micropump, which may be used to maintain the pressure drop below the non-wetting phase breakthrough pressure. Collection channels may also comprise an H-fractal configuration. The main application described relates to the use of the separator in logging while drilling (LWD) or measurement while drilling (MWD) to provide continuous real-time data concerning fluid in a subterranean formation.