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Patent GB-2417510-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle guiding system switch
Inventor: FOAN ANDREW RAYMOND
IPC: E01B7/06
Filed: 2004-08-31
Abstract: The switch 11 connects a primary grooved guide track to two secondary grooved guide tracks and comprises a number of mounting brackets 19, two guiding bars 33, 35, and two switchblades 41, 43. The mounting brackets include a flat base 21 and angled uprights 23, 25 defining mounting surfaces 29, 31. Guiding surfaces 37, 39 of the guiding bars are aligned at a first end of the switch with the opposing guiding surfaces of the primary grooved guide track. They are aligned at a second end of the switch with the outer guiding surfaces of the two secondary grooved guide tracks. The two switchblades are of unequal length and are positioned to slide across switching surface 27 of the mounting brackets between the guiding bars 33, 35. The switchblades have an inverted T-shaped section and provide a guiding surface 45, 47 for the guiding rollers of vehicles. The guiding bars may additionally be adjusted/aligned by mounting one or more shims 49 of differing widths.
Patent GB-2407742-A (GB)
Title: Asynchronously sending data using alternating control paths
Inventor: HO RONALD
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2004-10-13
Abstract: The present invention provides a system that asynchronously controls the sending of data items from a sender to a receiver. The system includes a data path (214) between the sender and the receiver, a first control path (210,212) between the sender and the receiver, and a second control path (228,230) between the sender and the receiver. The first control path and the second control path alternately control the asynchronous transmission of consecutive data items on the data path between the sender and the receiver. The control paths comprise request and acknowledge lines. A first data item is sent on the data path along with a request on the request path (212). After waiting for a time equal to the transmit time of the first data item, and instead of waiting for receipt of an acknowledge signal on path 210, a second data item is sent on the data path along with a request on line 230, i.e. control passes to the second sending stage 220. After receipt of an ACK signal on line 210 in response to the first data item, control passes back to the first sending stage (202) which sends another data item on the data path along with a request on line 212. In this way bandwidth is used more efficiently than if the sending side waited for an acknowledgment prior to sending the next data item. Applications include sending signals on integrated circuits.
Patent GB-2407203-A (GB)
Title: Tape cartridge end detection compatable with different tape widths
Inventor: AMANO KOSUKE
IPC: G11B25/06
Filed: 2004-10-15
Abstract: A compatible type tape cartridge capable of recording and reading out large and small tape cartridges C1 and (C2) with different widths in common with the same tape driver, which comprise a pair of right and left hubs 3 for winding a tape (2) which is wound off from one hub (3) and is wound around the other hub (3) via tape guides (4). A passage for light injection 15 and a passage for light ejecting 16 of the tape end detection light are opened respectively on a side wall 14 of a case of a main body 1 facing a tape traveling path between the tape guide (4) and the hub (3) and an optical path inverted body 17 facing a pair of passages 15 and 16 across the tape traveling path is arranged in the case of the main body 1. One of the passages for light injection 15 and the passages for light ejecting 16 in the large and small tape cartridges C1 and (C2) is formed at a prescribed distance F from the reference surface S, and the distance E1 between the passages for light injection 15 and the passages for light ejecting 16 in the large and small tape cartridges C1 and C2 are set at substantially the same measurement.
Patent GB-2410265-A (GB)
Title: Floatable drill cuttings bag
Inventor: HOLLIER GLYNN
IPC: B63B35/28
Filed: 2005-01-21
Abstract: A system for managing drill cuttings includes selectively buoyant containers 30 positioned adjacent an offshore rig 12, where the containers 30 are preferably in the form of flexible bags. A transfer unit 24 and a conduit 28 convey the cuttings to the containers 30 and a ballast control unit (48, fig 2) maintains neutral buoyancy as the containers 30 are being filled, by conveying buoyant material to buoyancy compartments 34 in the containers 30. The containers 30 may be towable (fig 3) and also used to store and transport oil, brines, drilling mud and potable water.
Patent GB-2423317-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible expansion cone
Inventor: WATSON BROCK WAYNE
IPC: E21B19/00
Filed: 2002-11-12
Abstract: An apparatus comprises a tubular support member 42 and collapsible expansion cone 44 coupled to the support member. The apparatus also includes means for collapsing the expansion cone, such as a mechanism using a drop ball (110, fig 12). The apparatus also includes means for pulling the collapsible cone through the interior of an expandable tubular member 66, wherein the expandable tubular is coupled to the expansion cone. The means for pulling the cone may be a fluid powered means.
Patent GB-2425453-A (GB)
Title: One piece upper for an article of footwear
Inventor: GALLINA RENATO
IPC: A43B9/12
Filed: 2005-04-27
Abstract: An article of footwear (10 fig.10) which comprises an assembly of an upper 11, an insole board (12), and an outsole (13), in which: ```the upper 11 is a one-piece upper having; <SL> <LI>(a) a metatarsal portion 14 to underly a region of the foot of the wearer intermediate the heel and toe region; <LI>(b) adjacent side portions 15a,15b foldable relative to the metatarsal portion 14 to overly the toe and instep region of the foot of the wearer; <LI>(c) a lace-up portion 16 provided in one of said side portions 15a; <LI>(d) a line of stitching A,A1 to join together adjacent edges 18a,18b of the side portions 15a,15b; <LI>(e) a line of stitching B,B1 to join together rear edges 18a,18b of the side portions 15a,15b to form a heel region of the article of footwear; and <LI>(f) openings defined in the lower surface of the one-piece upper 11; <LI>(g) an insole board (12) adhesively secured to the metatarsal portion 14 of the upper 11 and exposed through the openings formed in the lower surface of the upper (fig. 7); <LI>(h) an outsole (13a,13b) adhesively secured to the exposed surfaces of the underside of the upper 11 and of the insole board 12 to complete the assembly of the article of footwear. </SL>
Patent GB-2410135-A (GB)
Title: Microwave Antenna Coupler
Inventor: TRESISE PAUL JOHN
IPC: H01P5/18
Filed: 2003-11-26
Abstract: A radio frequency coupler includes a coupler body (10) formed by superimposed blocks (15, 16). The body has antenna mounting means (11) for mounting the coupler body on an antenna, an antenna port (22) and for connection with the antenna means, and a pair of radio ports (21) and (26) located in mutually inclined opposite faces (17) and (18) of the coupler body. An adapter plate (12, 13) is connected to each such opposite face to mount a respective radio (5, 6) thereon. Each plate contains a transmission line for connecting the respective radio port to the associated radio.
Patent GB-2411347-A (GB)
Title: Hand and fingernail cleaning apparatus
Inventor: FAIOLA NORMAN
IPC: A47K7/02
Filed: 2003-12-19
Abstract: An apparatus for washing hands and/or fingernails includes a brush assembly attached to a water faucet. The brush assembly includes a backplane with two opposed brushes attached to the backplane such that the bristles on each brush face outward from the backplane. A clamping mechanism removable attaches the brush assembly to the faucet. The clamping mechanism is pivotable on the faucet so the user can move the brush assembly into the water stream to use the brushes and out of the water stream for rinsing.
Patent GB-2430898-A (GB)
Title: Air barrel of air compressor
Inventor: CHEN TENG-FU
IPC: B01D5/00
Filed: 2005-10-06
Abstract: An air barrel of an air compressor comprises a barrier body 10; and a plurality of rising air chambers 103,104 and a plurality of descending air chambers 101,102 located within the barrier body; wherein the plurality of rising air chambers and the plurality of descending air chambers are connected alternatively; an air inlet 11 installed at a first descending air chamber 101; an air outlet 12 installed at a last rising air chamber. Air flows from an air compressor to the air inlet so as to flow through the plurality of descending air chambers and the plurality of rising air chambers to flow out from the air outlet. Thus water vapor in the air will condense at a bottom of the barrier body. A bottom of the barrier body has at least one water draining valve 13 for draining condensed water. The temperature of air is decreased as flowing from the air inlet to the outlet.
Patent GB-2420511-A (GB)
Title: Air filter
Inventor: LIANG LIEN-FENG
IPC: B01D46/42
Filed: 2005-12-17
Abstract: An air filter for a car includes a first end cap, a second end cap located opposite to the first end cap, a filter mounted on the second end cap, a metallic net mounted between the first end cap and the second end cap, and a transparent layer mounted between the first end cap and the second end cap. Thus, the user can directly observe the working condition of the filter through the meshes of the metallic net and through the transparent layer to see if the filter is contaminated or choked so as to determine if the filter needs to be replaced, thereby facilitating the user replacing the filter.
Patent GB-2422351-A (GB)
Title: A book protective cover and method
Inventor: FITZGERALD SEAN KEVIN
IPC: B42D3/00
Filed: 2006-01-18
Abstract: A book protective cover product 1 comprises a roll of transparent plastics web cover material 2 having an adhesive strip 3 along each side edge. There is also an internal, central, adhesive strip 4. Each adhesive strip 3 has a length of permanent adhesive and a peel-off liner. The central strip 4 has adhesive of the releasable, peel-off, type used widely for removable adhesive notes. There is a peel-off liner on the adhesive. This adhesive is clear, and it is UV-resistant. There is a measurement scale marked on the peel-off liners. The protective cover is easily applied because the internal adhesive 8 adheres to the outside surfaces of the book covers. By simply pressing the material 2 against the book outer surface the desired mutual positions and orientations of the book and the cover material 2 may be retained. This helps to prevent skewing of the book and therefore helps to speed up the covering task. The need for use of pegs or weights to ensure that the book remains square on the material is avoided. The user needs only to shape the cover after putting the book on the exposed central adhesive. This maintains the book and cover in position and square. The web is cut to length using scissors or cutting apparatus 30.
Patent GB-2422771-A (GB)
Title: Knife holder for use with dish rack
Inventor: YANG FRANK
IPC: A47L15/50
Filed: 2006-02-02
Abstract: A dish rack has a collector tray that has a compartment. A retaining block 10 is seated in the compartment for holding knives or other utensils having sharp edges. The block 10 has a shell 42 defining an interior space and having a top wall 56 with a plurality of elongate slots 58. An elongated holder 44 extends from each slot 58 into the interior space to receive a respective knife. The block 10 also has side walls 46, 48, 50, 52 of which two 46, 48 may have projections 40 for engagement in holes in side walls of the compartment to retain the block therein. The collector tray may have other compartments and may be attached to a side wall of the dish rack, which may comprise a wire frame.
Patent GB-2435126-A (GB)
Title: EMCCD device with multiplication register gain measurement allowing realtime calibration of a camera in use.
Inventor: HAZELWOOD MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: H04N5/335
Filed: 2006-02-14
Abstract: A C<CHE>C</CHE>D device of the type which provides gain by impact ionisation in a multiplication register includes an arrangement for production of a first output signal derived from a known input with multiplication applied and a second output signal derived from a different input with unit gain applied. Using the known ratios of the two signals, the gain of the multiplication register can be determined. The two signals can be derived from accumulating thermal charge in elements a CCD image device and by summing charge to produce a signal processed with unity gain and by averaging charge for use with the signal with gain applied. An alternative embodiment uses an extra light source for producing input signals of known ratio.
Patent GB-2427024-A (GB)
Title: Sigma/porosity formation logging tool with neutron monitor
Inventor: STOLLER CHRISTIAN
IPC: G01V5/10
Filed: 2006-02-23
Abstract: A tool 30 for formation logging includes a support configured for movement in a borehole; a neutron source 31 disposed on the support; a neutron monitor 32 disposed on the support and configured to monitor an output of the neutron source; a gamma-ray detector 34 disposed on the support and spaced apart from the neutron source; and a shielding material 33 disposed between the gamma-ray detector and the neutron source. The neutron monitor is arranged to give a measure of the output of the neutron source, enabling normalisation of the gamma-ray detector output. The tool may additionally include one or more epithermal or thermal neutron detectors (figure 5) and may be configured to determine the thermal neutron capture cross-section or the porosity of the formation.
Patent GB-2439083-A (GB)
Title: A mechanism for a vehicle door
Inventor: TAYLOR JEREMY
IPC: B60J5/06
Filed: 2006-06-16
Abstract: The invention resides in a mechanism for selectably operating a door (3) as a sliding door or as a hinged door with respect to a body (5) such as a vehicle fitted with such a door (3). The mechanism comprises an arm (17) having a door pivot (19) that is pivotally movable with respect to the arm (17) to cause pivotal movement of an attached door (3) with respect to the arm (17), and a body pivot (21) spaced from the door pivot (19) for pivotal attachment of the arm (17) to the body (5). The arm (17) is pivotable with respect to the body (5) upon opening or closing the door (3). The mechanism further comprises: a selector (14, Fig 2) for selecting between sliding and hinging modes of operation; and a door pivot drive (23, Fig 7) acting upon the door pivot (19) under the control of, yet separate from, the selector (14, Fig 2). In the sliding mode, the door pivot drive (23, Fig 7) drives relative pivotal movement between the door pivot (19) and the arm (17), this in turn causing relative pivotal movement of the door (3) with respect to the arm (17) when the door (3) is moved from a closed position (A) by the arm (17) upon opening to position the door for sliding movement with respect to the body. Conversely, upon closing, the door pivot drive (23, Fig 7) acts upon the door pivot (19) in response to the relative pivotal movement between the arm (17) and the body (3). In the hinging mode, upon opening, and upon closing, the door is caused to pivot relative to the body without sliding.
Patent GB-2431062-A (GB)
Title: Film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) comprising DSBARs includes shunt inductor
Inventor: JAMNEALA TIBERIU
IPC: H03H9/02
Filed: 2006-10-05
Abstract: A film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) has a first and a second stacked bulk acoustic resonator (121, 122). Each SBAR has a stacked pair of film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) and an acoustic decoupler between the FBARs. Each FBAR has opposed planar electrodes and a layer of piezoelectric material between the electrodes. A first electrical circuit connects one of the FBARs of the first SBAR 121 to one of the FBARs of SBAR 122 and a second electrical circuit connects the other of the FBARs of SBAR 121 to the other of the FBARs of SBAR 122. The first electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in parallel and second electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in series. A shunt inductor 14 is included from the input path to ground. The shunt inductor or inductors may be placed at various positions (figs 4-6). The shunt inductance 14 fulfils three distinct functions simultaneously; impedance matching, parasitic capacitance resonance and electrostatic protection.
Patent GB-2451103-A (GB)
Title: Window restraint comprising fixed plate and moving retainer connected by a pin
Inventor: WOODS KEVIN
IPC: E05C17/02
Filed: 2007-07-18
Abstract: A window restraint comprises a fixed plate and moving retainer, wherein a pin connects the fixed plate and moving retainer. It may be fixed in two places at the top corners of opening lights and windows can still be opened and closed as normal. The pin may be welded and may slide through a slot provided in the fixed plate and be restrained by means of a shoulder provided on the pin. The moving retainer may be a plate that clips around the glazed portion of the opening window which prevents it falling in the event that one or both hinges fail. Even after hinge failure, the window may be opened and closed with relative ease. The restraint may be used for W20 and W40 type steel windows and may overcome the danger of falling windows if old corroded hinges fail or shear off the window.
Patent GB-2440838-A (GB)
Title: A method of injecting liquid into a liquid container having a bypass flow passage
Inventor: MIYAJIMA CHIAKI
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2007-08-10
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid container 11 including a liquid containing chamber 36, an air communicating passage (60, fig.6) allowing the liquid containing chamber 36 to communicate with air, a liquid supply port 24, a liquid flow passage allowing the liquid container 36 and the liquid supply port 24 to communicate with each other, a differential pressure valve 37 which is disposed in the liquid flow passage, which is normally urged to a closed state, and which is changed to an opened state when a differential pressure between a side of the liquid supply port 24 and a side of the liquid containing chamber 36 is equal to or more than a predetermined value. Further, the liquid container 11 also includes a blocked portion 81 formed by closing a bypass flow passage 81 allowing a supply port side flow passage that is closer to the liquid supply port 24 than the differential pressure valve 37 to communicate with a containing chamber side flow passage that is closer to the liquid containing chamber 36 than the differential pressure valve 37, so as to bypass the differential pressure valve 37. There is also provided a method including opening at least a part of the blocked portion 81 so as to form the bypass flow passage 80; injecting the liquid into the liquid containing chamber 36 from the liquid supply port 24 via the supply port side flow passage, the bypass flow passage 80, and the containing chamber side flow passage; and finally blocking the bypass flow passage 80 after injecting of the liquid is complete.
Patent GB-2443995-A (GB)
Title: Automatic system for folding wings of automatic revolving door
Inventor: WANG BOK KWON
IPC: E05D15/02
Filed: 2006-05-24
Abstract: An automatic folding structure of a revolving wing for an automatic revolving door having a dispersion unfolding structure is provided, in which a thread shaft rotated by an operation motor is longitudinally formed at an upper side of a crossbar crossing an inner body, and a moving member which moves based on a rotation of the thread shaft is engaged at the thread shaft, and the moving member is connected with the moving rod of a slider formed at the revolving wing, and the revolving wing is automatically folded or unfolded based on the movements of the moving member and the slider by rotating the thread shaft with the driving operation of the operation motor, so that the opening and recovering states are variably performed with respect to the revolving wing.
Patent GB-2447579-A (GB)
Title: Beverage foaming apparatus
Inventor: CLARK STUART
IPC: B01F27/906
Filed: 2006-05-31
Abstract: Beverage foaming apparatus having a paddle rotatably mounted at an axle capable of being suspended from a coffee maker. The paddle and axle are shrouded by a housing 101 , the housing having windows covered by a gauze or mesh. The housing is suspended from the coffee maker over and about the rotatable paddle whereby the paddle is capable of rotation within the housing adjacent to the mesh covered windows. In use, as the paddle and housing are submerged within the liquid beverage, the paddle by rotation within the housing, forces liquid through the mesh covered windows creating very fine air bubbles so as to generate a fine beverage foam. The housing further comprises at least one exhaust port 107 in said housing above the liquid level in use and a port portion submerged in said liquid.
Patent GB-2462287-A (GB)
Title: Printed touch switch
Inventor: STONE KATE JESSIE
IPC: B42D1/00
Filed: 2008-07-31
Abstract: printed article (1) comprises a substrate (4) and first and second coplanar pads (5, 6) of conductive ink disposed on the substrate for providing terminals of a switch which are bridgeable by a finger of a user. The pads are separated by a gap (9) of wherein the area covered by the first or second pad is much larger than the area of the gap between the first and second pads.
Patent GB-2452134-A (GB)
Title: Method of producing fluoroapatite from hydroxyapatite
Inventor: ISHIKAWA TSUYOSHI
IPC: B01J20/04
Filed: 2008-08-04
Abstract: A method of producing a fluoroapatite is disclosed where a slurry containing a hydroxyapatite which has at least one hydroxyl group is prepared, a hydrogen fluoride-containing solution containing a hydrogen fluoride is prepared, and the hydrogen fluoride-containing solution is mixed with the slurry to obtain a mixture and to thereby adjust a pH of the mixture in the range of 2.5 to 5. The hydroxyapatite is reacted with the hydrogen fluoride in the mixture such that the pH of the mixture is controlled within the above range to thereby obtain the fluoroapatite by substituting the at least one hydroxyl group of the hydroxyapatite with fluorine atom of the hydrogen fluoride. The method can produce fluoroapatite having improved acid resistance by reducing impurities, such as ammonia, derived from a raw material to a low level. An adsorption apparatus using such a fluoroapatite is also provided.
Patent GB-2453637-A (GB)
Title: Heat Treatment Method For An Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Membrane
Inventor: THOTTUPURATHU GOPAKUMAR
IPC: C08J5/18
Filed: 2008-10-01
Abstract: A method of heat treating an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (eptfe) membrane to improve the hydrostatic strength of the membrane includes: <SL COMPACT=COMPACT> <LI>a. heating the eptfe membrane to a temperature of about 400{c for about 2 minutes ; and <LI>b. cooling the eptfe membrane at a temperature of 0-5{c or at about 22-25{c for about 5 minutes. </SL> The heat treated membrane may be laminated to a fabric and may be used to form filter elements, outerwear garments and apparel, footwear, tents, sleeping bags, protective garments, clean-room garments, surgical drapes and gowns or other types of barrier wear and allergen products. The process improves the Mullen strength and gives improved waterproof properties.