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Patent GB-2435475-A (GB)
Title: Selective culture medium
Inventor: FORD MICHAEL
IPC: C12N1/20
Filed: 2007-02-23
Abstract: A selective culture medium for detecting MRSA and selective drug or multidrug resistant microorganisms where the expression of said (multi)drug resistance is by virtue of the production by said microorganisms of 13- lactamase enzymes. The medium comprises a broad spectrum antibiotic capable of selectively inhibiting growth/replication of (a) organisms that do not produce   b  -lactamase enzymes, (b) organisms that while producing   b  -lactamase do not exhibit an ESBL or AmpC phenotype and (c) methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, and a compound capable of inducing production of   b  -lactamases in an organism, and which compound is included at a concentration that is subinhibitory for growth of said microorganism. Also provided are a method and kit for selectively isolating any MRSA and/or ESBL or AmpC   b  -lactamase producing microorganisms present in a sample using the selective culture medium.
Patent GB-2437397-A (GB)
Title: Machine Tool Wear Compensation
Inventor: STAMMEN OLIVER
IPC: B23Q15/28
Filed: 2007-04-17
Abstract: A method for compensating wear on a finishing tool during the finish-machining of workpieces, in which a surface of the workpieces is removed by an advancing movement of the finishing tool which is controlled by an NC program, wherein the NC program calculates the wear on the finishing tool as a function of an empirical wear trend and compensates it by adapting the advancing movement. The wear on the finishing tool is measured by approaching a reference surface, wherein the empirical wear trend is determined anew on the basis of the measured wear.
Patent GB-2439833-A (GB)
Title: Electronic document management system with integrated digital rights protection
Inventor: GILMORE ALAN
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2007-07-02
Abstract: The invention provides an Electronic Record Management System (ERMS) with digital rights management for stored documents. When a user request is received for a stored document 204, the system checks whether the user has the appropriate access rights for the document 206 and, if so, determines the digital rights management (DRM) settings to be applied to the document. The digital rights are then automatically applied to the document before it is sent to the user 212, 214. The digital rights applied to the document may be based on at least one characteristic of the document, or a folder with which the document is associated, or settings with which the document was previously associated or minimum digital rights settings associated with the system. The settings may control at least one of: accessing, viewing, editing, printing, forwarding, copying, expiration of access, time frame for access and an application that has access. The invention provides persistent controls for documents after they leave the system through the use of DRM.
Patent GB-2442121-A (GB)
Title: Liquid polymeric coating compositions and air bags coated therewith
Inventor: PARKER RICHARD H
IPC: B60R21/16
Filed: 2006-03-20
Abstract: A coating composition for air bag fabrics is disclosed, the composition being comprised of liquid silicone rubbers and liquid organic polymers that are chemically reacted to form cross-linked polymer networks with silicone and non-silicone components. By adding liquid organic polymers to liquid silicone rubber compounds as described herein, coatings for air bags that show increased retention of the inflating air have been discovered. Beneficially, the production of these coatings is achieved without the use of organic solvents. An air bag coated with the present formulation is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2450193-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for managing credits via a mobile device
Inventor: AALTONEN JANNE
IPC: H04W4/24
Filed: 2008-02-26
Abstract: System and method for delivering upon request credits having monetary value to a mobile device using a communications network. An account of available credit for the user of the mobile device is maintained and authorization to issue credit is generated when a request for credit for the mobile device is received and there is available credit in the account associated with the mobile device equal to or greater than the requested credit. Credit may be sponsored by one or more sponsors and issued to the user, upon authorization, to enable the user to use the mobile device to purchase items, e.g., at a point of sale terminal.
Patent GB-2447334-A (GB)
Title: Stackable bottle
Inventor: EITEN CARL T
IPC: B65D1/02
Filed: 2008-02-29
Abstract: A liquid container 10 includes a base member 12, an annular sidewall member 14, a neck member 16, a spout 18, and a handle 24. The annular sidewall member 14 is attached to and extends upwardly from the base member 12. The neck member 16 couples the annular sidewall member 14 to the spout 18. The base member 12 has a recessed portion 26 that extends upwardly into the container 10 such that the base member 12 may rest upon the neck member 16 of another container 10. The recessed portion 26 may have a contour that generally conforms to at least a portion of an upper contour formed by the neck member 16 and closure cap 20. The neck member 16 may additionally comprise at least one rib (28) that extends from the spout 18 to the annular sidewall member 14. Additionally the sidewall 14 may be provided with an indented portion and a protruding portion such that like containers 10 may mesh together (see fig 9).
Patent GB-2448044-A (GB)
Title: Communicating measurement data from a well
Inventor: LOVELL JOHN R
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2008-03-18
Abstract: A method of communicating data from a well 100, 102 includes applying a transformation, such as compression or encryption (at downhole control module DCM 116, 127 or converter 120, 126), to measurement data collected by sensors 104, 106 in the well and transferred to an intermediate communications device 124. The intermediate device in turn passes a subset of that data to a destination communications device 132 utlising a lossy compression algorithm. The lossy compression algorithm allows for more efficient use of bandwidth between the intermediate communications device and the destination device. The first and second transformations are configured such that meaningful data is recovered at the destination communication device even though only a subset of the original transformed data has been received.
Patent GB-2448994-A (GB)
Title: shRNA sequences
Inventor: BRANDT RALPH
IPC: C12N15/63
Filed: 2008-05-02
Abstract: Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) polynucleotides comprising an RNA sequence comprising a first stretch of 19 consecutive nucleotides and a second stretch of 19 consecutive nucleotides, which is the reverse-complement of the first stretch, wherein in said second stretch: a) in the 5'-3' direction, the last nucleotide is a C nucleotide, b) no stretches of four or more consecutive identical nucleotides are present, c) G+C is 30-70% and d) in the 5'-3' direction, consecutive nucleotides 1-19 are homologous to an RNA molecule. Also claimed are vectors comprising such molecules, and methods of preparing such vectors.
Patent GB-2459715-A (GB)
Title: Mobile Engine Testing Apparatus
Inventor: MITCHELL WAYNE
IPC: G01M15/02
Filed: 2008-05-02
Abstract: An engine testing apparatus 1 is connected to at least one of a plurality of engines distinct from one another, where the engines connected are to be tested. The engine testing apparatus includes: a plurality of the ECUs 10, 10A and 10B, corresponding to the models of a plurality of engines; a tank 50 in which petrol and light oil are stored; a drive control unit 20 for driving the engines connected through the ECUs l0A and 1OB; a battery 60 for storing and outputting electricity to the ECUs 10A and lOB, and the drive control unit 20; and a solar cell 70 for supplying electricity to the battery 60, the ECUs 10A and 10B, and the drive control unit 20.
Patent GB-2459886-A (GB)
Title: Shielded electrical connector having resiliently urging means making electrical connection between cable shield and connector
Inventor: GRAY IAN JAMES STAFFORD
IPC: H01R9/03
Filed: 2008-05-09
Abstract: A connector 1 for a shielded electrical cable 3. The connector comprises a dielectric spacing element 5 for receiving at least one central conductor of a cable and a conductive shielding arrangement 9 provided around the spacing element and having a first end which defines an annular surface 17 for contacting the shielding of the cable. The connector further comprises a spring arrangement coupled to the shielding arrangement for resiliently urging the shielding of the cable against the annular surface of the shielding arrangement to thereby provide a reliable electrical connection between the cable and the shielding arrangement. The shielding arrangement preferably comprises a frusto-conical surface against which the shield of the cable is clamped. The spring arrangement may comprise a wedged shaped collar 17 biased by a compression spring 25 to trap the shield of the cable. The spring may be supported by a snap on end cap 23. The cable may be a coaxial cable with a bayonet fitting.
Patent GB-2465971-A (GB)
Title: Material for filling gaps between paving blocks
Inventor: LIDDY JOHN THOMAS
IPC: C04B14/06
Filed: 2008-12-02
Abstract: An improved block paving sand comprises kiln dried sand mixed with a water-soluble polymer and hydraulic lime (a metal hydroxide in powdered or granulated form). The block paving sand is filled into gaps between blocks and then water is applied thereto. Upon contact with the water, the polymer coats the sand and then sets hard, thereby stabilising the block paving. The polymer is especially a vinyl acetate polymer or copolymer.
Patent GB-2461406-A (GB)
Title: Skateboard
Inventor: PITTS PATRICK
IPC: A63C17/01
Filed: 2009-07-06
Abstract: A skateboard comprises a board having an upper surface 'f' for supporting a user, and a lower surface 'c'. Front and rear wheel mounts 'c' are fixed to the lower surface of the board and spaced apart along the longitudinal axis of the board. Front and rear wheels 'a' are mounted to the board respectively by said at front and rear wheel mounts 'c'. Each of the front and rear wheel mounts 'c' defines a single fixed axis of rotation relative to the board about which each of the respective wheels is rotationally mounted. The wheels 'a' may be substantially spherical. The board may include at least one aperture 'd' for a portion of at least one wheel 'a' to be received within such the wheel/s may be engaged by a foot of the user in use to control the motion of the skateboard. Also disclosed is a skateboard which comprises a board having spherical wheels, wherein at least one of the wheels protrudes through the board along the central axis thereof.
Patent GB-2465468-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus for removing impurities from between textile fibres in a spinning room
Inventor: ENGELS GUIDO
IPC: D01G31/00
Filed: 2009-11-16
Abstract: An apparatus in a spinning room preparation, ginning or like installation for the detection and separation of foreign matter in or between fibre material, having a fibre transport duct 2 along which there are arranged a sensor system 7 for the detection of foreign matter and a separation device 13 having at least one compressed-air nozzle effective transversely with respect to the fibre transport duct, the fibre transport duct having opposite the compressed-air nozzle a first opening 17 which leads into a separation chamber 15 connected to .a waste-discharge device 18, the blast air from the at least one compressed-air nozzle is suppliable in a closed system from the separation chamber through a further opening 19 to the conveying air current again. In order to allow reliable segregation of the foreign matter from the fibre material stream, without adversely affecting the air balance, in a structurally simple way, the separation chamber 15 is integrally connected to the fibre transport duct 2 and the blast air, before being returned to the conveying air current, passes through a filter device 20.
Patent GB-184531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to the manufacture of stair rods
IPC: B27M3/12
Filed: 1921-04-06
Abstract: 184,531. Harrison, J. F. April 6, 1921. Turning.-Apparatus for turning stair-rods, particularly those of triangular section, is shown in Fig. 1. The rods d are held in grooves in a holder and' secured by bands or chains e, having their ends provided with adjustable screwed hooks and links. The holder may be made in two parts c, c', the part c<1> being longitudinally adjustable on a shaft b by a set-screw c<2>, and secured to accommodate rods of different lengths. Reference has been directed by the Comptrnller to Specifications 2507/90 and 16687/95.
Patent GB-590850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to vehicle bodies
IPC: B60P3/42
Filed: 1945-04-23
Abstract: 590,850. Dual-purpose vehicle bodies. RADFORD & CO., Ltd., H., and RADFORD, H. April 23, 1945, No. 10132. [Classes 103 (ii) and 108 (i)] A dual-purpose vehicle body for fitment to the chassis behind the driving cab 4 has its roof 1 set above that of the cab and a depending front wall 20 connected to the rear edge of the cab by a weathertight joint, such as welding, and is provided with rear doors 5, 6 a flat floor 9, and folding seats 10, 11 carried by box-like covers 12, 13 for the wheel arches, the seats having drop supports 16, 17 at their front edges which engage sockets 18 in the floor when in use, but leave it free of obstruction when the seats are folded back for the transport of goods or livestock. A removable partition 23 carrying halter rings 24 may be fitted between the driver's compartment and the interior of the body when carrying livestock.
Patent GB-676913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the production of adherent coatings on metallic bodies
Inventor: LITTMANN MARTIN
IPC: C04B35/14
Filed: 1950-04-25
Abstract: A metal or alloy of high melting point e.g. molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium, chromium, platinum, iridium, osmium or an alloy thereof, is first coated with an alloy containing at least 15 per cent of silicon and such layer is oxidized; a second layer of a material containing silicon is then applied and the whole heated to form a glaze.  The silicon alloy may be as described, and may be applied and oxidized as described in the parent Specification; alloys of silicon with hafnium, calcium, tantalum, niobrium and cerium are however also referred to, as is application by electrolysis, by heating with silicon tetrachloride and hydrogen at 1200-1800 DEG C, as successive layers of aluminium and silicon heat treated to cause diffusion and by dipping into a molten alloy bath covered with common salt or carnellite.  The second layer may also contain an oxide or oxides of titanium, aluminium, calcium, hafnium, thorium, beryllium, tantalum, niobium and cerium and may be applied as a powdered mixture, as a sintered powder or as a paste or suspension in an organic medium.
Patent GB-101689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Attachment of Pipe Connections or Fittings and the like to Tanks or Cylinders.
Inventor: COLEMAN ALBERT BERTRAM
IPC: F16L41/14
Filed: 1916-07-20
Abstract: 101,689. Coleman, A. B. July 20, 1916. Plates and walls, jointing pipes to. - In the jointing of pipes to tanks or cylinders, a fitting is employed consisting of a short screwed tube a, Fig. 3, formed at one end with a side lip or flange a<1> having on its upper surface a projection a<2>, and at the opposite side with a projection a<3> of the same size as the projection a<2> but flush with the flange a<1>. The wall e, Figs. 1 and 7, of the tank or cylinder is provided with a circular hole f having a notch f' of the same size as the projection a<2> or a<3>, and the tube a is connected to the wall e by first passing the flange a<1> through the hole f at the side opposite the notch f<1>, the tube being inclined for this purpose, then erecting the tube so that the projection a<3> passes through the notch f<1> as shown in Fig. 7, and finally rotating the tube through 180 degrees so as to bring the flange a<1> beneath the notch f<1> with the projection a<2> lying in the notch as shown in Fig. 1; the joint is then completed and made steam and water tight by means of a rubber or like washer b compressed by a nut d, preferably with an interposed conical metallic washer c. The projection a<2> may be of any suitable shape, for example crescent-shaped, as shown in Fig. 8, in which case the projection a<3> and the notch f<1> are varied accordingly. Or, in place of a single projection a<2>, two or more projections may be formed on the flange a', a similar number of projections a' and notches f<1> being also provided.
Patent GB-561101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to alternating electric current rectifiers of the selenium type
IPC: H01L21/12
Filed: 1942-10-30
Abstract: 561,101. Asymmetrically-conducting resistances. WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE& SIGNAL CO., Ltd., THOMPSON, L. E., and JENKINS, A. Oct. 30, 1942, No. 10229/43. Divided out of 556,152. [Class 37] ; A counter electrode is applied to a selenium rectifier by first coating the selenium with an insulating layer having an aperture or apertures, into each of which a piece of relatively soft metal is inserted and pressure applied to obtain a small and effectively limited rectifying area. Preferably the counter electrode contains a substantial amount of, or is composed of, thallium. Specification 503,335 is referred to.
Patent GB-648007-A (GB)
Title: Improved electrical burglar-alarm system
IPC: G08B29/00
Filed: 1947-04-17
Abstract: 648,007. Cable joints. WOOLDRIDGE, J. L., and BIEBER, R. April 17, 1947, No. 10251. Drawings to Specification. [Class 38 (i)] [Also in Groups XXXVII and XXXVIII] In a burglar alarm system (see Group XXXVIII), it is necessary to tee-in an auxiliary cable pair to the live leg of a main pair in order to insert a switch. According to the Provisional Specification, this may be done by means of a cylinder of rubber having a circular hole cut in the centre of the wall. The tube is doubled into a U-shape and both legs of the auxiliary cable are inserted through the hole at the foot of the U, one leg passing through and projecting from each limb. The rubber tube is then straightened out so that the cable pair forms aT. The existing main cable pair is cut and one leg of each side is pushed through the tube, each end being bared and soldered to the adjacent bared end of an auxiliary cable leg. The remaining leg of each half of the main cable is cut to 60 per cent, and passed outside the tube, the bared ends being joined at the middle of the tube.
Patent GB-867014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to t.r. devices
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM JOSEPH
IPC: H01J17/04
Filed: 1958-03-31
Abstract: 867,014. Waveguide seals. ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. March 18, 1959 [March 31, 1958], No. 10287/58. Class 40(8) [Also in Group XL(a)] A vitreous enclosure, not integral with the glass of the window, is provided adjacent a glass-sealed resonant slot forming a window in a T.R. device to prevent products produced by a discharge across the slot from interacting with metal in the vicinity of the slot and elsewhere within diffusing distance. In one arrangement, Fig. 1, the T.R. device comprises a section of wayeguide 1 terminated by flanges 2 and sealed by metal walls 3 each containing a resonant slot 4 sealed by a glass window 5. A block 10, preferably of fused silica, ground as shown in Fig. 3 to provide an enclosure 11 is held in position by projections 8 extending from the wide walls of the waveguide and forming an iris 6 with two transverse walls (not shown) extending inwardly from the narrow walls of the guide. A suggested filling consists of krypton at a pressure of 10 mm. and water-vapour at a pressure of 4À5 mm. of mercury. The block 10 is not sealed to the glass 5 so the filling is able to enter the enclosure 11. In a T.B. cell, Fig. 4, the block 10 is held in position by the inturned edges 21 of a tuning diaphragm 18 which is brazed to the walls of the waveguide section 14 or may alternatively be held in position by burrs provided on the inner surfaces of the waveguide walls. A tuning bar 19 has a screw-theaded bore 20 to enable the position of the diaphragm 18 to be adjusted by a screw-threaded rod introduced temporarily through the evacuation tubulation 17. Specification 866,200 is referred to.
Patent GB-1379492-A (GB)
Title: Electrically ontrolled brakes
IPC: F16D65/18
Filed: 1972-03-06
Abstract: 1379492 Electromagnetic control of brakes POTAIN 6 March 1972 [9 March 1971] 10299/72 Heading F2E [Also in Division H1] A spring-applied electromagnetically released brake has an armature 5 of mild steel carrying an annular friction pad 6 movable between a release position and a position where the pad engages a disc 11 in the shaft it is desired to brake, a spring 13 urging the member to the engaged position and an electromagnetic control arrangement including a central core 2 of material having a high magnetic remanence such that when the electric current is removed the remanent magnetism overcomes the spring bias to maintain the brake in release position. The device may have a single winding arranged around core 2, passage of current in one direction causing magnetization and current of opposite sense causing demagnetization or as shown two windings 3, 4 may be provided, passage of current through arc causing the brake to be released and passage through the other causing brake application. In one control circuit, Fig. 4, connected with the motor of a crane a contact K1 feeds the magnetization winding 3 to release the brake and contacts K3 charge a capacitor C, contacts K2 isolating the demagnetization winding 4. When the motor is switched off or the current fails contacts K1 open the circuit of winding 3 and contacts K2 connect capacitor C to winding 4, discharge of the condenser causing application of the brake. Signal lamps may indicate the brake condition.
Patent GB-454580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the treatment of artificial filaments, yarns, foils, films and the like containing organic derivatives of cellulose
IPC: D01F2/28
Filed: 1935-04-03
Abstract: Artificial filaments, yarns, films, and the like having a basis of an organic derivative of cellulose are softened by means of an acidic medium comprising a high proportion, e.g. 25--65 per cent of a neutral organic solvent or swelling agent and a low proportion, e.g. less than 10 per cent of an acidic solvent or swelling agent, and subjected to a stretching operation.  Suitable neutral solvents are diacetone alcohol, acetone, dioxane, mono- and di-ethers of olefine glycols and polyolefine glycols, esters and ether-esters of olefine and polyolefine glycols, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, mono-, di-, and tri-acetins, dichlorethylene, and methylene chloride.  Acidic agents specified are formic, acetic, and lactic acids.  In general a diluent, such as water, alcohol, benzene, toluene or other hydrocarbon, is present.  The stretching preferably takes place while the filaments, films, or the like are travelling from one place to another, and in a single or in a plurality of stages.  After stretching, the solvent or swelling agent may be removed by evaporation, or by washing with dilute alkali or with media containing the solvent or swelling agent in successively decreasing concentrations.  The stretched materials may be subjected to after-treatments, for example, to shrinkage operations or to saponification.  In an example, the stretching takes place in a medium consisting of 46 per cent dioxane, 4 per cent acetic acid, and 50 per cent water.  Specifications 277,089, 323,790, [Class 2 (ii)], 370,430, 371,461, 389,823, 400,589, 400,597, 402,104, 402,105, 402,106, 421,614, 428,224, 429,103, 430,349, and 432,028 are referred to.