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Patent GB-2519509-A (GB)
Title: Insulator pads
Inventor: WILSON TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: D04H1/60
Filed: 2013-09-20
Abstract: An insulator pad for use in spring based upholstery comprises an embossed thermoplastic bound fibre based nonwoven material having regions of a first density isolated by interconnected regions of a second density. The second density may be higher or lower than the first density. The pad preferably comprises less than 18% by weight thermoplastic binding fibres which provide the thermoplastic bonding. The pad may be produced by subjecting a batt comprising thermoplastic binding fibres to a temperature sufficient to melt the thermoplastic fibres and then subjecting the batt to variable compression to form an embossed pad with the regions of relatively high and low density. The batt may be compressed using an embossing roller with projecting elements 20. The pad is preferably made from recycled fibres and the bonding fibres may be polyolefin (such as recycled polypropylene) and/or polyester. The pad material preferably has a mean weight of 300 to 2500 g/m2, a mean thickness of 3 to 20mm and/or mean density of 50 to 300 kg/m3.
Patent GB-2509376-A (GB)
Title: Generation and distribution of a synchronised time source
Inventor: ENGLER EBERHARD
IPC: G06F1/12
Filed: 2013-11-08
Abstract: Apparatus for managing a synchronised time source comprises a first oscillator 104, a time source controller 110 coupled with the first oscillator and corrected time interval counters 122, 132 coupled with the time source controller. The first oscillator is configured to transmit a raw time interval pulse at regular or near regular intervals. The time source controller is configured to receive an indication the current day or the current time, such as via a NTP interface 102, and to determine that the raw interval pulse should be adjusted based on the indication of time. The time source controller is also configured to generate a steered time interval pulse based, at least partly, on the raw time interval pulse and the indication of time, and distribute the steered time interval pulse to a plurality of hardware components. The time interval counters are configured to host a time value based on the output from the time source controller. The apparatus may further comprise: a second oscillator generating grid oscillator pulses, a steering counter which counts grid oscillator pulses and a steering control register which stores indications relating to the steering of the raw time interval pulse, and a comparison circuit.
Patent GB-2522649-A (GB)
Title: Bag emptying system
Inventor: NORRIS DAVID
IPC: B65B69/00
Filed: 2014-01-31
Abstract: A conveying device is adjacent a rubber or plastic block 54 including a slot to receive a blade 56. The conveyor can draw a bag across the block so that the blade splits the bag. There can be multiple blocks 55 with blades 56 mounted on a shank 51 attached to a door 52 of the conveyor casing. A subsequent station 6 on the conveyor can apply pressure to the bag to discharge its contents through the slits. Ideally the blocks are nylon. A conveying device (8, fig 2) passes through a casing. The casing has many openings to provide access for tools to work on the bag. Ideally each opening can be closed by a rectangular door 5, 6 provided with the tool. The tool on one of the doors 5 could to slit the bag while the tool on another 6 could apply pressure to the slit bag. Wipers or scrapers 71 are attachable to a downwardly extending shaft 7.
Patent GB-2507687-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing fatty alcohols from fatty acids
Inventor: APPLETON PAUL
IPC: C07C29/149
Filed: 2012-11-01
Abstract: A process for the production of fatty alcohol or alcohols comprising: subjecting a fatty acid or fatty acid mixture to esterification with a lower alkanol in an esterification reactor maintained under esterification conditions to form a stream comprising the corresponding lower alkyl ester or esters; vaporising the stream from step (a); subjecting the vaporised stream of step (b) to hydrogenation in a first hydrogenation zone operated under hydrogenation conditions to form a stream comprising fatty alcohol or alcohols and an amount of unconverted lower alkyl ester or esters; subjecting the stream from step (c) to transesterification in a wax ester reactor maintained under transesterification conditions in the presence of a solid transesterification catalyst thereby to convert at least a portion of the lower alkyl fatty acid ester by ester interchange with a corresponding amount of fatty alcohol or alcohols to lower alkanol and to a wax ester or esters derived from a fatty alcohol and a fatty acid; separating fatty alcohol or fatty alcohols and wax ester or wax esters of step (d) by distillation to yield a fatty alcohol or alcohols product and a stream comprising wax ester or esters; passing said stream comprising wax ester or esters to a second hydrogenation zone operating under conditions to effect hydrogenation in the liquid phase to revert the wax ester or esters to fatty alcohol or alcohols; and returning the fatty alcohol or alcohols to the separation step (e).
Patent GB-2523321-A (GB)
Title: Control system and method
Inventor: WOODLEY JONATHAN
IPC: F16H59/66
Filed: 2014-02-19
Abstract: System comprising controller with predetermined states having a torque request signal to operate a vehicle according to a target speed, i.e. cruise control system, configured to generate a gear shift limit signal, dependent on indicated surface traction / friction / mu, to change the engine speed at which a transmission controller causes a gear downshift. Gear downshift signal may suspend downshift if estimated traction is below a threshold, may reduce an engine speed at which downshift occurs, and may prevent downshift by reducing engine speed threshold to zero. Indicated surface friction may be an allowable torque before wheel slip occurs, a normal force between wheel and driving surface, or a surface coefficient of friction. Mu checking may involve causing a transmission downshift and subsequently monitoring wheel speed, perhaps at predetermined time intervals or following a torque intervention. Cruise control may utilise both brake and powertrain torque. A method of use is also provided. May include processor and programmable computer code.
Patent GB-2521019-A (GB)
Title: Decoding instructions that are modified by one or more other instructions
Inventor: WHITTAKER JAMES ROBERT
IPC: G06F9/30
Filed: 2014-05-27
Abstract: A first instruction is received at a decoder (106,Fig1), step 502. The decoder determines whether the first instruction was arrived at by a non-incremental change to the program counter i.e. a jump in the program, step 506. If the first instruction was arrived at by a non-incremental change to the program counter, a second instruction is fetched, being an instruction immediately preceding the first instruction. The decoder decodes the second instruction to determine if the first instruction is a base instruction, step 522. If the preceding instruction indicates that the first instruction is a base instruction an error has occurred and exception handling code is invoked, step 526. An alternative method disclosed (Fig3) where; the first instruction comprises at least one modifier bit which indicates whether it is a base instruction and upon determining it is a base instruction, determining at the decode unit if there are a predetermined number of stored prefix instructions for that base instruction. Another alternative method disclosed (Fig8/10) where; an additional instruction is requested after the first and determining if the additional instruction is a postfix instruction, one that modifies a preceding instruction.
Patent GB-2514307-A (GB)
Title: Endless Belt Energy Converter
Inventor: SIEBER JOSEPH D
IPC: F03D5/02
Filed: 2013-02-15
Abstract: The present invention relates to a way to convert energy from a fluid flow, using a fluid-flow transducer, having a frame anchorable against the flow, an elongated conveyor supported by the frame, and a plurality of vanes distributed along the conveyor, adapted to engage the fluid flow and to drive the conveyor in response to urging of the fluid flow, in combination with a power take-off coupled to be driven by the conveyor and adapted to drive a load.
Patent GB-2517857-A (GB)
Title: Methods for detecting allosteric modulators of proteins
Inventor: SALAFSKY JOSHUA S
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2013-04-25
Abstract: The present invention discloses, inter alia, methods for labeling a target protein with an SHG-active probe for detection by second harmonic or sum-frequency generation in order to identify agents which bind to an allosteric site on the target protein thereby altering its structural conformation
Patent GB-2534207-A (GB)
Title: Radiator valve pipe support
Inventor: CRAIG ALLFORD
IPC: F24D19/00
Filed: 2015-01-18
Abstract: A radiator valve pipe support 1.1 comprises a nut having an internally threaded section (1.1a, figure 2) and a corresponding hexagonal outer section (1.1b) and a shaft section (1.1c) extending from the nut. In use, the shaft section extends over a pipe 2 and is sized to allow a pipe of a standard size to fit through it. The shaft may provide support to joint between the pipe 2 and the valve 4. The shaft is preferably tapered to improve the aesthetic appearance of the radiator valve pipe support.
Patent GB-2537820-A (GB)
Title: A power train for an amphibian
Inventor: ALAN TIMOTHY GIBBS
IPC: B60F3/00
Filed: 2015-04-21
Abstract: A power train 10 for an amphibian operable in land and marine modes. The power train comprises a prime mover 12, a first land propulsion device 26 and 32, a first marine propulsion device 18 and 20 and a speed change transmission 14. The prime mover is arranged to drive the first land propulsion device through/via the speed change transmission in land mode. The prime mover, or at least a portion thereof, is located between the speed change transmission and a rearward most part of the amphibian, with the speed change transmission located spaced ahead of, in front of, the prime mover. An amphibian with such a power train is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2529922-A (GB)
Title: Medical plug
Inventor: ROBBINS PAUL JOHN
IPC: A61F5/445
Filed: 2015-04-22
Abstract: A medical plug for stomas comprises a cap 1 and an elongate flexible line 3. The line comprises a number of pre-formed discrete severance points 4 spaced apart along the length of the line. The line 3 may have a circular cross-section and the severance points 3 may be indentations which may extend around the entire circumference providing a reduced diameter. The severance points 4 may be at regular intervals. The cap 1 may comprise a tab 2 and a cut-out 9, 10 may be either side of the tab 2. The thickness of the cap 1 may be less than the width of the line 3. The plug may incorporate annular recesses providing longitudinal elasticity. The severance points 4 may have rounded upper edges 7, 8. The severance points 4 cause the line 3 to have a variable length.
Patent GB-2528743-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle including frame with inflatable segments
Inventor: HUENNEKENS JOHANNES
IPC: B62K3/02
Filed: 2015-05-05
Abstract: A bicycle 10 with a front 76 and back 78 wheel and a frame 12 which has one or more segments 22, 24, 26, 28 connected by hoses 36, which can be inflated and deflated through the use of valves 16, 54 in addition to rigid portions 30, 32, 34 of the frame. The segments may be elastic and may be in the form of elastic tubes 48 connected by manifolds and adhered by Velcro and may be restrained, possibly by a sleeve 44 that can be made of Kevlar and directionally weaved or wire (fig. 2, 42). Valves connecting inflatable segments may be closed during inflation to tune the bicycles suspension properties. The bicycle may have a motor and may include a pressure monitoring system and battery which can be connected to a vehicle. The bicycle is collapsible as the segments may be deflated and folded for storage, for example in a compartment (20, fig. 7) of a vehicle (18, fig. 7). The bicycle may include an air cartridge or pump for inflation and may include a controller incorporating ant-theft provisions such as immobilisation for measuring operating and environmental data or providing route planning.
Patent GB-2539006-A (GB)
Title: Functional feed
Inventor: Suwan Nalin Jayasinghe
IPC: A61K47/36
Filed: 2015-06-03
Abstract: A functional feed and an oral delivery system for the delivery of bioactive macromolecules is disclosed. The oral delivery system comprises ethylenediammonium alginate which is a vehicle for the delivery of macromolecular drugs. The oral delivery system is particularly suitable for use in combination with functional feeds for fish. The delivery system is preferably particulate, i.e., spherical beads that are no more than 2000µm. Also disclosed is a method for the preparation of such particulate materials and also a method for the preparation of a functional feed comprising such particulate materials.
Patent GB-2539663-A (GB)
Title: Builders' trestles
Inventor: LIAM CLEAR
IPC: E04G5/14
Filed: 2015-06-22
Abstract: A builders' trestle 10 comprises a pair of upright supports 12, 14 connected by a crossbar 20 for supporting planks or boards to make a platform. At least one of the upright supports has an upward extension 26 above the crossbar to which rails can be attached to form a safety barrier. At least part 26a of the upward extension is hingedly attached to the remainder of the trestle so that it is movable between an upright, rail-supporting position and a downwardly folded position. The trestle may include a latch mechanism 30, such as a bolt and keeper or a stabiliser sleeve, to hold the upward extension in the upright position. The upward extension may be attached to the trestle by a recessed hinge comprising curved ends having interengaging gear teeth or knurling.
Patent GB-2541214-A (GB)
Title: Plasma generator
Inventor: DANIEL MASSE
IPC: H05H1/26
Filed: 2015-08-12
Abstract: A plasma generator 10 for generating a plasma stream from a gas stream comprises a housing 50 configured to receive the gas stream and a coil 20 located within the housing and operable to generate the plasma stream from the gas stream. Locating the coil within the housing both improves the generation of the plasma stream (which improves the operation of the plasma generator in the treatment of any effluent stream since both capacitively-induced and inductively-induced plasmas are generated) and increases the range of materials from which the housing may be made since the coil is no longer placed outside of the housing, such as materials which are less damaged by reactive gas etching, which results in increased operating life for the chamber. Containment shrouds may be included to guide the gas around the housing both through the coil and around the coil. The shrouds may comprise a plurality of shroud sections.
Patent GB-2541647-A (GB)
Title: Friction-reducing apparel pad and method of use
Inventor: ALAN YOUNG
IPC: A61F15/00
Filed: 2015-08-19
Abstract: A friction-reducing apparel pad 100 includes a mounting layer 104 and a moveable layer 106 which may move relative to each other with very little or reduced friction due to the presence of a low-friction element, such as a lubricant 116, positioned between the two layers. The mounting layer 104 includes attachment means 108 for affixing the mounting layer 104 to a material layer 102, preferably forming part of the item of apparel. A blister plaster, an item of clothing and/or an item of footwear having such a pad is also provided, along with a method of use. The pad 100 is suitable for the reduction of friction between two surfaces, such as a body part of a user and an item of apparel, such as clothing, headwear and/or footwear.
Patent GB-2530658-A (GB)
Title: Computerised method and system for placing reinsurance
Inventor: JENKINS VICTORIA LOUISE
IPC: G06Q40/08
Filed: 2015-08-27
Abstract: A computerised auction system and method of auctioning reinsurance capacity comprises a processor 209, memory 212, auctions database 202, received bids database 204, adjusted bids database 206 and administration database 213. The system communicates on line, or via a private network, with a cedant computer 207 and a plurality of reinsurer computers 210. The method comprises receiving bids from bidder computers, validating received bids and storing them in the received bids and adjusted bids databases, comparing the sum of quantities with a reserved quantity and, if it is greater than the reserve, signing down the quantity of bids according to a price priority and time of receipt priority so that the sum of the quantities matches the reserve quantity. Once the comparison is completed the quantity of signed down bids in the adjusted bid database is overwritten and at the end of the auction resinsurance contracts are concluded with bids remaining in the readjusted bids database. The auction runs in real time and bids are ranked in ascending order of price and, within price, in ascending order of time of receipt. A bidder can enter new bids in an attempt to maintain participation in response to competitive bids from other bidders or in an attempt to increase participation.
Patent GB-2534442-A (GB)
Title: System for physically securing an electronic device
Inventor: JOHN TAN
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2015-10-28
Abstract: A system includes an electronic device, e.g. portable device such as a docking station, chip-and-pin machine, laptop, having a housing with an opening 34 through which a security member 26, attached to an immovable object, can be inserted. Within the device housing is a motor 42 coupled to a processor. The motor is operable to move a latch 46 to a position releasing the security member. The security member, such as security tether, includes a head 96 with recess or notch 102 into which the latch engages in the locked position. Also claimed is a system wherein a portable device is operable to send a wireless signal to the processor of the electronic device to release the latch and the device from the security member. Preferably the latch pivots between locked and unlocked position through pinion 66 driving toothed sector gear 78 of latch, a torsion spring 82 biasing the latch into the locked position and the security member having a tapered or ramped surface for displacing the latch.
Patent GB-2535318-A (GB)
Title: Fishing lure
Inventor: ANDREW JOHN NEAL
IPC: A01K85/00
Filed: 2014-07-18
Abstract: A fishing lure (10) comprising a flexible frame (12) formed from first and second side walls (18, 20) defining a tubular member (14). One or more hook connections (32) are provided on the frame for receiving fishing hooks (34). The first and second side walls (18, 20) may be flexed apart to receive a bait fish (11) and will flex back to secure the bait fish (11) within the tubular member (14).
Patent GB-2536783-A (GB)
Title: Pipe cutter for thermoplastic pipes
Inventor: PAUL NICHOLAS MYERS
IPC: B26D3/16
Filed: 2016-02-01
Abstract: The pipe cutter comprises a static ring component to fit around an outer circumference of a thermoplastic pipe. A first frame component attaches rigidly to the static ring and a second frame component 4 is rotatably mounted to the first frame component. The first and second frame components comprise a plurality of segments which can be assembled together around the pipe without the need to access the end of the pipe. The static ring component may be a collar type re-rounder 2 which helps to prevent deformation of the thermoplastic pipe when cut.
Patent GB-2536565-A (GB)
Title: Computer implemented platform for the creation of a virtual product
Inventor: BRYAN RODGER THOMPSON
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2016-02-25
Abstract: A computer platform 2 for the creation and display of a virtual product 42 (e.g. eyewear) that is intended to be realized as a physical product by an associated manufacturing process, comprises: a database 6 wherein are stored a plurality of variations of individual components 8 which, once joined together, define different variants of said virtual product, said database comprising data 9 relating to the mechanical coupling between all the variations of individual components 8, a software module of artificial intelligence 10 that, using acquired information 12 (e.g. image of the face acquired using a camera, smart sensing fabric) about the user and considering said data 9, is configured to select, suggest and present to the user, within a visual display 82, only certain optimal variations among said plurality of variations stored in database 6, a software module 60 for creating customized variable virtual product, is configured so that, starting from an initial version of said virtual product, the user can interactively and cyclically choose, using an input pointing device 84 connected with display 82, at least one of said variations that has been selected and suggested by software module 10 until reaching a final version of said virtual product that is ideal for the user.
Patent GB-2554845-A (GB)
Title: Fuel pump
Inventor: JAMES T D MCHATTIE
IPC: F02M39/02
Filed: 2016-05-17
Abstract: High pressure diesel fuel pump 10 has a bearing cooling arrangement that comprises a pumping head 22 arranged on a cambox 12 having walls defining an inner space filled with diesel fuel. A camshaft 14 is arranged between two aligned bearings 24, 26 adapted to rotate about a camshaft axis Y, a piston 20 slidably arranged in a bore is adapted to perform a pumping cycle perpendicular to the camshaft axis, the piston being provided at an end with a cam follower 18 following an outer face of a cam 16 of the camshaft. A first bearing may be fitted within a bore of a first wall 34 of the cambox and a second within a recess 30 of the camshaft. A fuel return conduit 62 preferably extends through a cylindrical member 54 and fuel may leak from the pumping head in to the cambox and flow out via annular clearance C2 and the conduit. The flow of fuel along this path directly cools cylindrical member 54.
Patent GB-2550906-A (GB)
Title: Locking device for locking a switching cabinet
Inventor: JOHN APPLETON
IPC: H02B1/44
Filed: 2016-05-27
Abstract: A locking device 10 for locking a switching cabinet such as a domestic consumer unit comprises a first part 20 to be linked to a first wall portion of the switching cabinet (120, figure 14) and a second part 40 to be linked to a door of the switching cabinet (140, figure 11). The first part comprises a first projection 21 to be received in a first channel (121, figure 14) of the first wall portion when the first part is linked to the first wall portion, and a first locking portion 22. The second part comprises a second projection 41 to be received in a second channel (141, figure 11) of the door when the second part is linked to the door, and a second locking portion 42. The locking portions are configured to be linked to each other when the first part is linked to the first wall portion, the second part is linked to the door and the door is in a closed position in order to hold the door in its closed position. The locking device can be removed without modifying the switching cabinet.
Patent GB-2550946-A (GB)
Title: De-icing system
Inventor: COLIN DAVID SILLENCE
IPC: B64D15/16
Filed: 2016-05-26
Abstract: At least part of a vehicle 2 comprises at least part of a vehicle substructure 8, at least part of a vehicle external skin 6 coupled to the at least part of the vehicle substructure 8 to define a volume there between. A rod 12 resides within the volume and has a first end 16 and an opposite second end 18. A rod driver 14 is coupled to the first end 16 of the rod 12 and is configured to cause movement of the rod 12 in a manner to generate a mechanical shock impulse in the rod. The rod 12 is coupled at its second end 18 to the at least part of the vehicle external skin 18a, 18b. Movement or vibration of the rod causes the skin to vibrate and shed any ice that may have accumulated on the skin. The system is intended to be used on an aircraft wing.