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Patent BR-PI0800978-A (BR)
Title: laminador modular
Inventor: SHORE T MICHAEL
IPC: B21B1/00
Filed: 2008-02-15
Abstract: LAMINADOR MODULAR. A presente invenção refere-se a um laminador modular que compreende uma pluralidade de unidades de laminação dotada de rolos de trabalho configurados e dispostos para progressivamente reduzir a área de seção transversal de um produto recebido ao longo da linha de passagem de laminação. Unidades de engrenagem são mecanicamente acopladas a cada unidade de laminação, com cada unidade de engrenagem por sua vez sendo mecanicamente acoplada ao eixo linear acionado pelo primeiro conjunto de engrenagem chanfrada. As proporções do referido primeiro conjunto de engrenagem chanfrada aumentam progressivamente a partir da primeira para a última das referidas unidades de engrenagem para deste modo acomodar uma velocidade progressivamente crescente do produto sendo laminado. Um segundo conjunto de engrenagem chanfrada associado com a última das referidas unidades de engrenagem. A proporção do referido segundo conjunto de engrenagem chanfrada é a mesma proporção que a do primeiro conjunto de engrenagem chanfrada da penúltima unidade de engrenagem. O eixo linear é seletivamente acoplado à última unidade de engrenagem por meio de um ou de outro de seus primeiro e segundo conjuntos de engrenagem chanfrada.
Patent GB-2480302-A (GB)
Title: Beater assembly
Inventor: SEIDLER MARK
IPC: A47J43/07
Filed: 2010-05-13
Abstract: A beater assembly 10 for a planetary drive stand mixer comprises first and second arm members 12 and 14 which depend into a bowl and configured to substantially follow the shape of the upright wall of the bowl and further configured to adjoin near the base of the bowl, a transverse member 16 linking the non adjoined ends of the aims and supporting a shaft 18 configured for temporary attachment to the planetary drive outlet, grooves along the length of the arm members and an elongate blade member 22 formed of a length wise resilient elastomer 32 mountable inside the groove and comprising fasteners 34, 36 at its ends whereby the blade member can be secured to the arm members by interlocking of the fasteners with anchoring devices 40 located on the arm members. A beater assembly comprising a supporting framework with at least a pair of arms intended in use to approach closely an internal generally upright surface of the bowl, at least one of the arms bearing a flexible blade like wiping member, at least a major portion of which has a thickness of 3.0 mm and a length of 10.0 mm or more is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2470811-A (GB)
Title: Sharing software applications between devices
Inventor: STEAKLEY EDWARD D
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2010-05-13
Abstract: A sharing device displays a list of one or more applications which are available to share with other devices, and receives a selection, at the sharing device, of an application to share with a receiving device from the list of applications. The sharing device determines the sharing preferences of the selected application, creates an application package at the sharing device, based on the sharing preferences, and establishes a network connection from the sharing device to the receiving device. The application package is then from the sharing device to the receiving device via the network connection. Also disclosed is a system for tracking the distribution of shared applications and an application distribution server for transmitting a copy of a requested application to a receiving device. An application seed may be transmitted before the application so that the receiving device may still download the application from a server.
Patent GB-2471014-A (GB)
Title: Coating apparatus with article inverter
Inventor: KING PETER
IPC: A23P20/12
Filed: 2010-06-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved apparatus 30 and method for delivering a coating substance such as a powder, liquid, or suspension coating. The article to be coated is preferably a snack food such as potato crisps or corn chips which are usually coated with flavouring. It is generally desirable to be able to achieve a uniform and controllable coating over the entire surface of a product. The apparatus comprises two enclosed coating stations 33, 34 connected by a conveyor 39 and a flipping or inverting device between the two enclosures. The flipping device may be a drop between conveyors, a cascade system (figure 3a) or a plough share like flipper or curvilinear plate (figure 3b). The inversion of the article between the two coating enclosures ensures even coating on both sides of the article.
Patent GB-2485162-A (GB)
Title: Modular heating system
Inventor: BANNISTER JOHN J
IPC: F24D18/00
Filed: 2010-11-02
Abstract: A boiler unit 10 comprises an enclosure including a first circuit 100 of a first fluid heat exchange medium, such as steam, and a second circuit 200 of a second heating system fluid heat exchange medium, preferably for central heating and/or domestic hot water. The first circuit has a heating device 16 to heat the first medium, a heat exchanger 33, a valve 36 and a first manifold. The second circuit has a flow and return port of the boiler unit, a second manifold and the heat exchanger for exchange of heat between the first and second heat exchanger media when the valve is open. A space in the enclosure receives an auxiliary unit 50, preferably comprising an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) incorporating an electrical generator 45, which is driven by the first fluid heat exchange medium. A boiler control unit is provided to control operation of the heating device according to its heat demand irrespective of the auxiliary unit, when connected. In use, the boiler and auxiliary unit together form a micro CHP system. In further aspects, an ORC module comprising a control unit and a frame, and a mounting in a frame for a vibrating unit, are disclosed.
Patent GB-2485564-A (GB)
Title: Luminescent surface coating for inspection
Inventor: PULISCIANO ADRIANO
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2010-11-18
Abstract: A method of inspecting an article, such as a turbine blade or article of complex shape, comprises applying an organic liquid substance over at least a portion of the article to be inspected so as to form a surface layer thereon 10, wherein said surface layer is luminescent. The article with the surface layer is irradiated and scanned 12 to determine its shape 14. The radiation may be UV or visible light or IR or heat may be applied to the article. A fluorescent 3D image is observed and the coating reduces glare from metal surfaces of the article.
Patent GB-2473372-A (GB)
Title: Frame structure supporting legacy wireless transmission protocols
Inventor: WANG FAN
IPC: H04L5/00
Filed: 2009-06-29
Abstract: A frame (200) and a method for allocating resources that is used in a wireless communication network is provided. The frame includes a first subframe (202) concatenated to a second subframe (204). A first portion (206) of the first subframe allocated for a control channel of a first protocol. A second portion (208) of the first subframe and the second subframe are allocated for a data channel for the first protocol. In an embodiment second portion of the first subframe and the second subframe are allocated for a data channel of the second protocol that are multiplexed with the data channel of the first protocol using frequency division multiplexing (FDM).
Patent GB-2486501-A (GB)
Title: A mat comprising an anti bacterial agent
Inventor: TURNER ALEXANDER EDWARD
IPC: A01N25/34
Filed: 2010-12-17
Abstract: A work surface mat comprising an antibacterial agent. The mat may be a mouse mat, a desk mat, a coaster mat, or a place mat. The mat is formed of a base material 2, a decoration layer 4 containing print detail 6, a layer of clear plastics 8 and a coating layer 10 which contains an antibacterial agent. The base material may be a foam, injection moulded polyvinyl chloride, laminate, chemical coating or a varnish coating. The antibacterial agent may be titanium dioxide or silver chloride. The antibacterial agent may be a coating which is applied to at least the upper surface and also may be applied to the lower surface of the mat. The coating may be a flexographic coating or a silk screen printed coating. The antibacterial agent may be provided in an existing material which forms an upper or the upper and lower surfaces of the mat. The antibacterial agent may be a coating which is resistant to damage when the mat is cleaned.
Patent GB-2487231-A (GB)
Title: Weight support apparatus
Inventor: ARIAN RAMIN
IPC: A63B21/06
Filed: 2011-01-17
Abstract: A weight support apparatus comprises a body 12, the body 12 having a through aperture 14 therein for receiving a hand and lower arm region of a user, a handle 20 extending across the aperture 14 for providing gripping means from either end of the body 12, and means (fig.2, 26) for attaching one or more weights to the body. Preferably the body is substantially cylindrical and the handle is proximate one end of the apparatus. Optionally the body includes a support frame comprising a plurality of spaced resilient support bands mounted to a rigid casing. The weight support means may be studs.
Patent GB-2479956-A (GB)
Title: Anonymising utility usage data
Inventor: KALOGRIDIS GEORGIOS
IPC: G01D1/18
Filed: 2010-04-28
Abstract: A device and method for obtaining energy consumption data for a metered energy consumer, such as a household or business, anonymising by means of scrambling the obtained energy consumption data in a manner acceptable by the utility provider and reporting the anonymised energy consumption data to the utility provider. The device may be or form part of a smart meter. Utility data is modified in one embodiment such that the modified consumption data starts to converge with the obtained consumption data if a deviation of the obtained consumption from the modified consumption data exceeds a pre-determined threshold. In a second embodiment the modified consumption data is based on the obtained data and a convergence factor stored in the device. In a third embodiment the processor calculates the modified data so that it over-represents the consumed amount at one time and under represents it at other times so that at pre-determined times or after pre-determined periods the modified data represent the consumption data. In a fourth embodiment, based on previously obtained consumption data points and previously calculated consumption data points, a change factor is calculated for use in generating modified consumption data points such that the modified data converges towards the consumption data.
Patent GB-2487958-A (GB)
Title: A multi-mode photodetector pixel
Inventor: RICHARDSON JUSTIN
IPC: H04N5/355
Filed: 2011-02-10
Abstract: A photodiode PD is operable in a first mode as an integrating sensor, with the bias voltage Vb below the photodiode breakdown voltage, the transistor M1 resetting the bias voltage Vb after integration, and readout through transistor M2, which operates as a source follower. The first mode may be a CMOS integrating sensor (CIS) mode or an avalanche photodiode (APD) mode. In a second mode the photodiode PD operates as a single photon avalanche detector (SPAD) with the bias voltage Vb above the photodiode breakdown voltage and the transistor M1 operable as a load to quench the avalanche. The capacitor C is precharged to VRT and then discharged linearly through M2 after a SPAD event (figure 5) to provide a time-to-analogue conversion (TAC) output at the source of M4. M2 operates as a current source. Alternatively the capacitor C may be discharged through M2 in steps to provide a Single Photon Counting (SPC) output (figure 6). Image sensor saturation may be avoided by reconfiguring the sensor to adapt its gain to the incoming light intensity.
Patent GB-2474413-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing a ß-SiA1ON phosphor
Inventor: LEE YOUNG-MOK
IPC: C09K11/77
Filed: 2009-08-12
Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for producing a β-SiA1ON phosphor, capable of adjusting the β-SiA1ON phosphor to have high luminance and desired particle size characteristics. According to the present invention, a method is provided for producing a β-SiA1ON phosphor having a chemical formula expressed as Si(6-x)AlxOyN(6-y):LnZ, where Ln is a rare earth element, 0<x≤4.2, 0<y≤4.2, and 0<z≤1.0, including mixing a base raw material comprising a silicon material containing metallic silicon, and an aluminum material containing at least one of either a metallic aluminum or an aluminum compound, and an activator raw material for activating a base to produce a raw material mixture, and heating the raw material mixture in the presence of nitrogen-containing atmospheric gas to produce a phosphor.
Patent GB-2483537-A (GB)
Title: Methods and Apparatus to Collect Process Control Data
Inventor: NIXON MARK
IPC: G05B19/042
Filed: 2011-08-11
Abstract: Method to collect process control data includes registering an electronic device description such as using Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) describing a parameter to be measured and a measurement sampling rate, measuring the parameter based on the measurement sampling rate, storing data, preferably using an any one of an array object, a matrix object, a class object or a struct object, representative of the measured parameter in a data structure, and transferring data in the data structure to a first process control device via a process control network in response to at least one of a request for the data, a condition associated with the data, or an event associated with the data.
Patent GB-2482073-A (GB)
Title: A System And Method To Reduce Refrigerated Air Leaving An Open Deck Display Cabinet.
Inventor: TURNER DAVID
IPC: A47F3/04
Filed: 2011-09-15
Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method to reduce refrigerated air leaving an open deck display cabinet, and includes a deflector (air catching unit) positioned at the bottom of the display cabinet. The display cabinet includes an air curtain refrigerated air flow, and the deflector redirects refrigerated air which might otherwise escape back into the cabinet. The use of the deflector reduces waste of refrigerated air and improves efficiency of the cabinet arrangement. The deflector is arranged to induce a vortex in the air curtain as it meets the deflector, and the vortex further improves catching efficiency of the deflector and reduces the amount of air leaving the open deck display.
Patent GB-2496385-A (GB)
Title: Communicating compressed data packets using dictionary compression
Inventor: BELLESSORT ROMAIN
IPC: H03M7/30
Filed: 2011-11-08
Abstract: Communicating data packets in a set of transmissions between a transmitter N1 and a receiver N2 of a communications network, comprising exchanging transmitter-provided packet information and receiver-provided packet information between the transmitter and the receiver prior to the exchange of the set of transmissions; generating an initial compression dictionary (ICD) before the first transmission of the set, based on the exchanged transmitter-provided packet information and the exchanged receiver-provided packet information. At the transmitter, the method further comprises compressing the data packets of the first and subsequent transmissions of the set using the ICD, and sending the compressed data packets to the receiver. At the receiver, the received compressed data packets in the first and subsequent transmissions of the set are decompressed using the ICD. The arrangement allows the first transmission of the set of transmissions to use a shared ICD. The method may comprise concatenating transmitter-provided and receiver-provided dictionaries such that the transmitter and receiver generate and maintain the same initial compression dictionaries. The initial compression dictionaries may further be dynamic in that they evolve as the set of transmissions takes place. The exchanged packet information, prior to the set of transmissions may comprise a private part and a shared part of a local dictionary to the transmitter/receiver. The initial compression dictionary may also be based on a static/predefined compression dictionary known by both the transmitter and receiver. The initial compression dictionary may further depend on a URL pattern included in a data packet transmitted in a transmission of the set. Version numbers of dictionaries may also be utilized. The exchanged packet information may be performed in an earlier connection prior to the connection in which the set of transmissions takes place and may be exchanged in periods of no data packet transmission in the earlier connection (i.e. out-of-band). HTTP headers may be compressed in a client-server communication scheme.
Patent GB-2482094-A (GB)
Title: Small pore molecular sieve supported copper catalysts durable against lean/rich aging for the reduction of nitrogen oxides
Inventor: ANDERSEN PAUL JOSEPH
IPC: B01D53/94
Filed: 2010-04-19
Abstract: A method of using a catalyst comprises exposing a catalyst to at least one reactant in a chemical process. The catalyst comprises copper and a small pore molecular sieve having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms. The chemical process undergoes at least one period of exposure to a reducing atmosphere. The catalyst has an initial activity and the catalyst has a final activity after the at least one period of exposure to the reducing atmosphere. The final activity is within 30% of the initial activity at a temperature between 200 and 500Â°C.
Patent GB-2499794-A (GB)
Title: Linking of portable water containers for a caravan
Inventor: MAJOR DUNCAN
IPC: E03B11/00
Filed: 2012-02-27
Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a system for the provision of linked caravan water tanks 7, wherein the tanks are linked by a flexible hose (1 figure 2) and valves. The tanks may be cylindrical and rolled into position for filling from a tap and into position for attachment of a pipe and pump. The tanks may have two screw caps (5 & 6 figure 2), wherein the hose may be connected to one of the respective caps of each tank, such that the hose may pass through the caps and into the tanks . The remaining cap 6 of each tank is used to fill the tanks, and may include a diaphragm vent valve to allow air into the tank as water is withdrawn.
Patent GB-2500417-A (GB)
Title: Wide-angle camera for producing distortion-corrected images
Inventor: RAGHOEBARDAYAL SHARWIN WINESH
IPC: G01B11/25
Filed: 2012-03-21
Abstract: A video camera 1000 for connection to a host entertainment device 10 comprises a wide-angle lens 1010, such as a fisheye lens, and an imaging sensor 1020 operable to capture a first image which is supplied to a graphics processor 1030. An interface 1040 may receive commands from the host entertainment device, in which the video camera is requested to capture at least one secondary image, the secondary image being at least a portion / sub-region of the first image. In response, the graphics processor generates the secondary image from the first image and sends it to the host entertainment device via the interface. The host entertainment device may be a gaming platform such as a Playstation. The processor may be configured to correct or remove distortion caused by the wide-angle lens. The processor may also be arranged to act upon a request for a secondary image by performing a 3D to 2D mapping function which transforms an identified section of the 1st image corresponding to an identified surface such that its normal vector is reorientated to point directly out of the generated 2nd image. Thus, any feature subject to perspective distortion upon image capture may be isolated and subject to perspective correction such that its principal surface lies in the plane of the secondary image. Structured light (e.g. a rectilinear grid pattern 1060 figure 5) may be projected upon the scene, the capture of which by camera 1010 enables a scene depth map to be calculated. Also described is a system using the video camera, a method of imaging and a computer program for implementing the steps of the method. The camera and method enable perspective-distorted scene objects, such as postures or fiduciary markers to be identified, corrected and accurately interpreted thereby enabling augmented reality (AR) / virtual feature insertion to be performed.
Patent GB-2492875-A (GB)
Title: Power supply apparatus and printing apparatus
Inventor: TAKAYANAGI YOSHIAKI
IPC: H02M3/335
Filed: 2012-06-25
Abstract: A switching power supply, e.g. for a printing apparatus, includes a transformer T9 for generating a first output voltage by a first secondary winding 12, and a superimposing voltage by a second secondary winding 12a, and a driver IC1, Q1. The first output voltage and the superimposing voltage are rectified and smoothed by respective circuits D2, C4 and D91, C91 and the rectified and smoothed superimposing voltage Î Vs is added to the rectified and smoothed first output voltage Vo1 to produce a second output voltage Vo2. The first and second output voltages are fed back respectively by DC coupling, and adjusted by first and second feedback factors, and the adjusted feedback components are applied to the driver for PWM control.
Patent GB-2492643-A (GB)
Title: Urological catheter with inflatable bladder located in catheter walls
Inventor: SHOOBRIDGE EDWARD
IPC: A61L29/08
Filed: 2012-07-02
Abstract: There is provided a catheter comprising a plastic tube having a distal end, for insertion into the urethra, and a proximal end, wherein an inflatable bladder 32 is defined within the walls 44 of the catheter. The internal bladder may be connected to a fluid pump via an internal conduit 42. The inflatable section inside the walls may be reinforced by braiding, and may have a ribbed external configuration. The urethral catheter may have a coating such as polyanhydride or polyorthoester which are subject to degradation. The catheter may be used in cases of urethral stricture.
Patent GB-2491313-A (GB)
Title: Method for separating minerals according to the luminescent properties thereof
Inventor: VLADIMIROV EVGENY NIKOLAEVICH
IPC: B03B13/06
Filed: 2011-11-08
Abstract: The method relates to the field of mineral enrichment. It involves establishing threshold values of the intensity of a luminescence signal arising during the action of a pulse of exciting radiation on a material being separated and after a specified time following the end of the exciting pulse, and, during the processing of the recorded signal, first of all determining the value of the intensity of the luminescence signal, comparing the value obtained with the specified threshold value and, in the event of the threshold value being exceeded, processing the signal in order to determine the value of the selected separation criterion, comparing the processing result with the specified threshold value and isolating the mineral to be enriched from the material being separated if the comparison result satisfies the specified criterion; in the event of the value of the intensity of the luminescence signal after a specified time following the end of the exciting pulse being less than the threshold value thereof, determining the value of the intensity of the luminescence signal arising during the pulse of exciting radiation, comparing said value with the threshold value specified therefor and isolating the mineral to be enriched from the material being separated if the threshold value is exceeded.