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Patent GB-2502031-A (GB)
Title: Method for cyclically preparing titanium sponge and simultaneously producing potassium cryolite using potassium fluorotitanate as an intermediate material
Inventor: YE QINGDONG
IPC: C01F7/54
Filed: 2012-04-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cyclically preparing titanium sponge and simultaneously producing potassium cryolite using potassium fluorotitanate as an intermediate material, comprising the steps: A) adding hydrofluoric acid to ilmenite concentrate to obtain by reaction fluorotitanic acid; B) adding potassium sulfate to the fluorotitanic acid to obtain by reaction potassium fluorotitanate; C) introducing the potassium fluorotitanate into a reactor and then adding aluminum to obtain by reaction titanium sponge and potassium cryolite; alternatively; introducing the aluminum into the reactor and then adding potassium fluorotitanate to obtain by reaction titanium sponge and potassium cryolite; D) extracting the potassium cryolite and feeding same, along with concentrated sulfuric acid, into a rotary reaction kettle to obtain by reaction hydrogen fluoride gas, potassium sulfate, and potassium aluminum sulfate, collecting the hydrogen fluoride gas and dissolving same in water to obtain a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution; E) recycling the obtained hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution to step A to be used to leach ilmenite concentrate. The present invention recycles the by-product potassium cryolite, shortening the titanium sponge preparation process, lowering the overall costs of production, raising production efficiency, and reducing environmental pollution.
Patent GB-2520718-A (GB)
Title: Roller bearing
Inventor: BACHER CHRISTIAN
IPC: F16C33/66
Filed: 2013-11-29
Abstract: A roller bearing 1 comprises at least one inner bearing ring 2 and at least one outer bearing ring 3. Roller elements 4 are arranged between the bearing rings 2, 3. To improve lubrication of the roller bearing 1 at least one of the bearing rings 2, 3 comprises a cavity 5 for receiving a lubricant, the cavity 5 facing one of the face sides 6 of the roller elements 4. The roller bearing 1 may be a taper roller bearing.
Patent GB-2521418-A (GB)
Title: Thermal Management for metal framed windows
Inventor: DANIEL PETER
IPC: E06B3/68
Filed: 2013-12-18
Abstract: A window assembly includes a casement (20, fig 4) having a glazing unit 25 mounted in a casement frame (22, fig 4). The glazing unit comprises a sealed unit with an outer pane extending on one side beyond the inner pane to form a projecting outer pane edge 28. The casement has a window bar (40, fig 4) arranged on the outer pane and integrated with the outside of the casement frame to demarcate adjacent panels of the glazing unit. Each window bar includes an inverted T-shaped member 42 on the external surface of the outer pane and terminating in abutment with a window bar end piece 44. The end piece has a T-shaped section to align with the inverted T-shaped member and a U-shaped section arranged to hook over the projecting outer pane edge. In a second aspect a window includes a thermal insulation wall.
Patent GB-2509841-A (GB)
Title: Universal Arm System
Inventor: AGBODOE VICTOR
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 2012-10-19
Abstract: A universal arm has a proximal end, a distal end and a middle portion therebetween. The middle portion has a plurality of interconnected ball and socket pieces. A plurality of clamps are selectively fixedly connected to the distal end of the universal arm by a connection that permits the selective rotation of each one of the plurality of clamps by 360 with respect to the distal end of the universal arm.
Patent GB-2526095-A (GB)
Title: Friction enhancement of a paved surface
Inventor: STURMAN ANDREW NICHOLAS
IPC: E01C23/08
Filed: 2014-05-13
Abstract: A method of improving the friction level of a paved surface, such as a road or runway. The method comprises brushing the surface with one or more brushes rotating at a speed of between 400 and 900 revolutions per minute (rpm), and travelling over the surface at a speed of between 4 and 12 kilometres per hour (km/h). Preferably the brush(es) rotate(s) at 520-700rpm, and travel at 8km/h. The brush may have metal bristles of diameter 0.3-0.6mm, and preferably 0.45mm, which may be arranged in groups of tufts. The paved surface may be treated with an asphalt preservative before brushing.
Patent GB-2518506-A (GB)
Title: Liquid jet head and liquid jet apparatus
Inventor: DOMAE YOSHINORI
IPC: B41J2/14
Filed: 2014-07-28
Abstract: A liquid jet head 1 is provided with a piezoelectric body substrate 2 and a cover plate 8. The piezoelectric body substrate 2 includes a groove row 5 in which ejection grooves 3 penetrating the piezoelectric body substrate 2 from an upper surface US through a lower surface LS and non-ejection grooves 4 open on the upper surface US are alternately arranged in a reference direction K. Common drive electrodes 13a are formed on both side surfaces of each of the ejection grooves 3, and individual drive electrodes 13b are formed on both side surfaces of each of the non-ejection grooves 4. The cover plate 8 is bonded to the upper surface US of the piezoelectric body substrate 2 and includes a liquid chamber 9 communicating with the ejection grooves 3. The cover plate 8 is also provided with first through electrodes 20 which penetrate the cover plate 8 in a thickness direction and are electrically connected to the individual drive electrodes 13b. The cover plate has individual terminals 17 which are placed on a front surface opposite to the piezoelectric body substrate 2 and electrically connected to the first through electrodes 20.
Patent GB-2528947-A (GB)
Title: Cylindrical superconducting magnet coil structure
Inventor: LONGFIELD MATTHEW JOHN
IPC: H01F41/04
Filed: 2014-08-07
Abstract: A superconducting coil unit 36 or an assembly of such coils or a method of making a superconducting coil or a method of making an assembly of such coils, comprise: a resin-impregnated annular superconducting coil 100 bonded at its axial extremities to respective rings 30 of non-ferromagnetic material. A coil assembly may have a plurality of coil units 36 separated by respective rings 30 of non-ferromagnetic material which include complementary recesses 38 and projections formed in the axial end faces 31 of the coil units 36 or merely recesses 38 into which dowels 40 may be fitted. The length of a dowel 40 may be less than the sum of the depths of the related recesses 38. The dowels 40 and recesses 38 may have circular cross-sections and dimensions which provide a tight fit. Also disclosed is a method of adjusting an assembly of superconducting coils comprising: passing a current through cladding material provided around superconducting cores within the superconducting coils of the assembly; measuring the homogeneity of the resulting magnetic field; dismantling the superconducting assembly and introducing shim pieces between adjacent coil units to increase the separation between adjacent coils or alternatively, replacing one or more coil unit(s) 36.
Patent GB-2529906-A (GB)
Title: Stock Monitoring
Inventor: HENRY DEAN CHARLES
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2014-09-08
Abstract: A stock monitoring system, includes a portable device (e.g. PDA), the portable device 124 including a first processor and, coupled thereto, a first wireless transceiver for short-range communication, the portable device receiving user inputs from a first user. A second wireless transceiver is coupled to the first processor, the second wireless transceiver being for long-range wireless communications (e.g. 3G) with a remote system 108. The first processor receives a user ID of a second user and one or more further inputs, at least a first input being received via the first wireless transceiver and including item data corresponding to an item. The first processor transmits to the remote system via the second wireless transceiver, at least the item data, associated with the user ID. The system may further comprising an intermediate unit 118, the intermediate unit including a second processor and, coupled thereto, a reader and a wireless transmitter, the reader and/or wireless transmitter being for short-range communication. The second processor may, upon reading the user ID from an ID card of the second user by the reader, transmit the user ID user via the wireless transmitter. The reader, wireless transmitter and/or the first wireless transceiver may comprise a near field communication (NFC) device.
Patent GB-2520138-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle control system and method
Inventor: OWEN Simon
IPC: B60W10/20
Filed: 2014-09-09
Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle (100 see fig 1) comprises means for detecting a driver requested steering angle and means for inducing a turning moment on a vehicle andmeans for receiving a driving condition signal indicative of a driving condition. A net turning moment is adjusted in response to the requested steering angle in dependence at least in part on the driving condition signal. Preferable features include brake torque vectoring and powertrain torque vectoring. The system may operate in a plurality of control modes and may include a selector module 20, a subsystem controller 14. Respective levels of turning moment may be associated with different driving conditions. The invention preferably provides steering control where there is automatic or manual mode control via a switching unit 170 and in situations such as oversteer, understeer, towing, off-road operation and at different ride heights.
Patent GB-2520820-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for providing differential line drivers
Inventor: CHAN EDWARD K
IPC: H04L25/02
Filed: 2014-10-09
Abstract: The two arms of a differential line driver are asymmetric. The high signal voltages provided on the two outputs are offset (figure 2), and the low signal voltages are similarly offset, so that a failure of the pull-down circuit in the left arm to pull down the output node VoutP, or a failure of the pull-up circuit in the right arm to pull up the output node VoutN, results in a predetermined positive fail-safe differential output voltage. A receiver to which the driver is connected may detect a driver fault when an offset is not apparent in the received signal.
Patent GB-2520822-A (GB)
Title: Image rendering of laser scan data
Inventor: DALTON GRAHAM
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2014-10-10
Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method of rendering an image of three-dimensional laser scan data, 6. A range cube map, 25, and a corresponding image cube map (which may comprise an intensity texture, 26, and/or a colour texture, 27) are prepared from the three-dimensional laser scan data. A tessellation pattern is generated using the range cube map and an image rendered based on the tessellation pattern by sampling the image cube map. A pre-rendering system, 20, may be used to prepare the range and image cube maps and a rendering system, 31, used to generate the tessellation patterns using the range cube map and render the images using the image cube maps. In embodiments of the invention the range cube map is generated from a spherical panorama range texture and the image cube map is generated from a spherical panorama image texture. The image cube map may be generated by providing a set of vertices arranged in tiles for a face of a cube and then, for each face, tessellating each tile and projecting tessellated points onto the face of the cube using corresponding range texels in the spherical panorama range texture.
Patent GB-2525694-A (GB)
Title: Storage device and assembly
Inventor: RAMSEY PETER
IPC: B65D21/04
Filed: 2014-10-15
Abstract: An endoscope support tray 901 comprises a base plate 902 having side walls and hollow guide walls 904 projecting from a first side and support posts 910 projecting from the first or second side and arranged such that trays may be stacked on top of each other in a first orientation, in which adjacent trays are nested close together in a space-saving manner, or in a second rotated orientation in which adjacent trays are stacked a greater distance apart. Guide walls 904 may be castellated to accommodate endoscope parts in different orientations. A separate receptacle may be provided for receiving part of an endoscope and a liquid, such as detergent. Outwardly extending retaining hooks 935 may be used to retain a liner barrier sheet and cover on the tray the liner barrier sheet disposed between the endoscope and tray in use, and covered by identifying cover portions, or a bag, or a moulded shell covering lid, or a flexible sheet with absorbent pad. The liner and cover may alternatively be integrally formed as a sleeve sheath around the endoscope.
Patent GB-2516596-A (GB)
Title: Customized friction for brakes
Inventor: EL-WARDANY TAHANY IBRAHIM
IPC: B66B5/16
Filed: 2012-04-30
Abstract: A brake element is provided including a friction material. The friction material includes a polymer-based ceramic matrix composite material having a plurality of fibers. The plurality of fibers is arranged at an angle to a braking direction.
Patent GB-2533370-A (GB)
Title: Orthographic error correction using phonetic transcription
Inventor: Seamus Ronan Mac An Tsaoir
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 2014-12-18
Abstract: A system, potentially for use in a multi language speech-to-text system, for correcting a phonetically sourced spelling mistake comprising: receiving a language text string comprising at least one spelling mistake word; transcribe said spelling mistake word into a phonetic form of the spelling mistake word using a phonetic dictionary, preferably a multilingual dictionary; locating a correctly spelled phonetic form from a phonetic form dictionary having shortest edit distance between characters of the correctly spelled phonetic form word and the phonetic transcription whereby the phonetic form dictionary comprises correctly spelled words and associated phonetic forms of the correctly spelled words; and substituting said correctly spelled word for said spelling mistake word in the text string.
Patent GB-2533650-A (GB)
Title: Debugging data processing transactions
Inventor: STEPHAN DIESTELHORST
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2015-01-07
Abstract: A data processing system supporting execution of transactions comprising one or more program instructions that execute to generate speculative updates is provided. The speculative updates are committed in normal operation if the transaction completes without a conflict. Start of execution of a transaction may be detected and execution diverted to be performed by software emulation rather than direct execution by the processing hardware. The software emulation may store data representing one or more versions of the speculative updates generated during the emulation. The software emulation may also detect conflicts with the transaction being emulated. In order to facilitate modifying the behaviour of other parts of the system interacting with a transaction under investigation, a non-standard response signal may be returned in response to a detected memory access request to a transaction being emulated. The non-standard response signal may be used to initiate the request source to follow a subsequent path of processing different from that which it would otherwise follow. Support is also provided for detecting a trigger condition which results in the halting (freezing) of a partially completed transaction and the saving the speculative updates associated with that partially completed transaction to the architectural state of the system.
Patent GB-2523468-A (GB)
Title: Detecting device, fish finder and detecting method
Inventor: YAMAGUCHI TAKEHARU
IPC: G01S15/96
Filed: 2015-01-30
Abstract: A detecting device comprising a transmitter (6, fig.1) which may be ultrasonic or electromagnetic, receiver 7 and echo detection and signal processing module 12 to detect target echo signals among the reception signals. A size calculating module 13 determines the size of each target object and a frequency index value distribution calculating module 14 determines the number of targets in a particular size range. The frequency index value distribution calculating module 14 has a first updating submodule 17 configured to update the frequency index value for each size range at predetermined intervals.
Patent GB-2524384-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous control in a dense vehicle environment
Inventor: RUPP MATTHEW Y
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2015-02-11
Abstract: Method for operating vehicle in autonomous / semi-autonomous mode, receives a first data set from a sensor (e.g. radar / lidar / image data) located on the vehicle, and a second data set from at least one sensor on at least one second vehicle (i.e. inter vehicle communication, V2V), and uses both data sets to identify a road feature (e.g. lanes of travel, road curvature / slope / condition, highway entrance ramp, obstacles, weather condition, a third vehicle). An autonomous vehicle action may also be determined (e.g. braking, acceleration, lane change, change in lead vehicle distance). A virtual map may be constructed of the surrounding environment, including the identified feature(s). Data may be sent as a dedicated short range communications (DSRC) message. A system having a processor and memory is also claimed.
Patent GB-2526930-A (GB)
Title: Attachment of a discharge conduit of a turbine engine
Inventor: LACROIX FLORIAN BENJAMIN KEVIN
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 2015-04-23
Abstract: A discharge conduit 156 for a turbine engine, eg for discharging bleed air from a variable bleed valve, comprises an air intake end 160 and an air outlet end 162 and a tubular sleeve 158, eg at the intake end, the air intake end 160 having resilient snap-in type means for attachment to an intermediate casing 126 of the turbine engine. A tubular sleeve 170 for snap-in attachment may be attached to the intake end 160 of the conduit 156. The conduit 156 and the tubular sleeve 158 may have a rectangular or square cross-section, of which the corners are rounded; the tubular sleeve 170 may have a resilient snap-in tab 180 on each side. Each tab 180 may have a rounded lip or bead (184, fig.5) at its free upstream end.
Patent GB-2539930-A (GB)
Title: Kettle
Inventor: ALEX GORT-BARTEN
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 2015-07-01
Abstract: A kettle comprising a spout 8 in fluid connection with the interior of the main body 1 to allow liquids to be poured from the kettle, wherein a fluid path is located between the middle of the kettle body and the heating element and wherein a second fluid path is located between the middle of the kettle and the lid 4. The kettle further comprises a baffle 12 that regulates flow of water from the first and second fluid paths. The baffle may comprise a tongue to regulate flow from the first fluid path and an upstand to regulate flow from the second fluid path. The first fluid path may be located at the height corresponding to 250 ml of liquid in the kettle body. The second fluid path may comprise a passage adjacent to the lid of the kettle and a holder into which the baffle is mounted. The kettle has a reduced pour angle compared to known kettles to enable arthritis sufferers to pour with less strain on the wrist. The invention enables water to drain when pour to the maximum extend when the kettle is at 90 degrees to the horizontal.
Patent GB-2540428-A (GB)
Title: Process
Inventor: EMMA JAYNE HODGSON
IPC: C07C21/18
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing 3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1243zf), the process comprising: (a) fluorinating CCI3CH2CH2Cl (250fb) to produce a reaction product comprising CF3CH2CH2Cl (253fb) in the liquid phase in a first reactor, using HF as the fluorinating agent; and (b)(i) dehydrohalogenating 253fb to produce 1243y1 in the vapour phase in the present of a catalyst in a second reactor; or (b)(ii) dehydrohalogenating 253fb to produce 1243zf in a second reactor, wherein the reaction product comprising 253fb produced in step (a) has subjected to one or more purification steps before step (b). Step (a) may be conducted in the presence of a polymerisation inhibitor and/or retarder, preferably a cyclic ketone such as cyclobutanone or cyclohexanone. Preferred catalysts for step (b) comprise activated carbon, alumina, chromia, zinc/chromia, Pd/carbon, Pt/carbon, Au/carbon, Pd/alumina, Ni/alumina, Pt/alumina, Cr/alumina or Zn/chromia. The present invention also provides an azeotropic or near-azeotropic composition comprising HF and 253fb.
Patent GB-2542115-A (GB)
Title: Rail track asset survey system
Inventor: SAMEER SINGH
IPC: G06T7/00
Filed: 2015-09-03
Abstract: A railroad track asset surveying system comprises image capture sensors, comprising a variety of sensor types of different dimensionality, mounted on a railroad vehicle, a location determination system and an image processor. The image processor comprises an asset classifier which detects and classifies an asset in captured images according to a predetermined list of asset types and an asset status analyser which identifies and compares an asset status characteristic to a predetermined asset characteristic to evaluate deviation therefrom. The image processor automatically cross references images captured by the sensors according to a time stamp and/or location determination between the images. The predetermined asset status characteristic may comprise a nominal characteristic and/or a previously detected characteristic. The sensor may be a light, areascan 11, linescan 14, three dimensional surface profile and/or asset distance sensor. There may be a thermal imaging sensor 11a, 11b, 11c. Each sensor may be mounted in a different angular alignment. A confidence score may be determined according to a degree of match. The system may output an indication of an anomaly if the degree of similarity is below a threshold. The rate of capture may be controlled automatically according to speed.
Patent GB-2526039-A (GB)
Title: Gas sensors and methods of calibrating same
Inventor: MAKRIDES ALKIS C
IPC: G01N33/22
Filed: 2013-03-13
Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating a thermal conductivity sensor in a first medium A from measurements in a second medium B. The method includes maintaining the sensor at a substantially fixed temperature T1, and measuring a heat flux I B (T 1 ) from the thermal element in the second medium B. A corresponding heat flux I B (T 1 ) in the first medium A is calculated using known thermal conductivities of the first medium A and the second medium B.
Patent GB-2543066-A (GB)
Title: Object delivery system
Inventor: Peter Lawrence Watt
IPC: B65G47/84
Filed: 2015-10-06
Abstract: A discrete item conveyor system 1 features the receipt of discrete items, usually powder scoops, on individual carriages 9, on a curved portion of an endless conveyor 3, fed in from a feed chute 7. The next conveying step is normally provided by a robot arm 14, which removes one or more of the discrete items from a top, horizontal, portion of the endless conveyor 3, and places them into top portions of packages of pre-sealed powdered material.
Patent GB-2529092-A (GB)
Title: Electro-optical apparatus and methods for upstream alignment of cable communication systems
Inventor: TOTTEN RONALD
IPC: H04B10/2575
Filed: 2014-03-17
Abstract: An HFC cable communications system includes an optical node having an upstream optical transmitter, coupled to an RF hardline cable plant via an upstream RF port and one or more RF attenuators. Upstream RF signals constituting an upstream channel plan for the hardline plant serve as input signals to the upstream optical transmitter, which outputs a modulated optical carrier. The upstream optical transmitter's dynamic range and operating point (e.g., input composite power or power spectral density) are based on an information transfer characteristic (e.g., noise power ratio) and a representative value for a target criterion (e.g., carrier-to-noise ratio) for the upstream channel plan to facilitate sufficiently error-free transmission of upstream information from subscribers. A value of the RF attenuator(s) is particularly selected to adjust the RF power applied to the upstream optical transmitter and thereby prevent the transmitter's output from causing excessive distortion and possible corruption of the upstream information.