Giles, GB
Alan Mark Giles, Plympton GB
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20100098615 | Carbonising and/or Activating Carbonaceous Material - A method is provided for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material, which comprises supplying the material to an externally fired rotary kiln maintained at carbonizing and activating temperatures, the kiln having a downward slope to progress the material as it rotates, the kiln having an atmosphere substantially free of oxygen provided by a counter-current of steam or carbon dioxide, and annular weirs being provided at intervals along the kiln to control progress of the material. There may further be provided an externally fired rotary kiln for carbonizing and activating carbonaceous material having a hollow rotary body that has a downward slope towards a discharge end thereof, and which is provided at intervals along its length with annular weirs for controlling progress of the carbonaceous material. In embodiments, there is also provided a process is for producing discrete solid beads of polymeric material e.g. phenolic resin beads having a mesoporous structure, which may be useful as feedstock for the above mentioned carbonization/activation process or which may have other utility e.g. as ion exchange resins. The process may produce resin beads on an industrial scale without aggregates of resin building up speedily and interrupting production. The process comprises the steps of: (a) combining a stream of a polymerizable liquid precursor e.g. a novolac and hexamine as cross-linking agent dissolved in a first polar organic liquid e.g. ethylene glycol with a stream of a liquid suspension medium which is a second non-polar organic liquid with which the liquid precursor is substantially or completely immiscible e.g. transformer oil containing a drying oil; (b) mixing the combined stream to disperse the polymerizable liquid precursor as droplets in the suspension medium e.g. using an in-line static mixer; (c) allowing the droplets to polymerise in a laminar flow of the suspension medium so as to form discrete solid beads that cannot agglomerate; and (d) recovering the beads from the suspension medium. There is also provided apparatus for forming discrete solid beads of polymeric material, said apparatus comprising: a first line for conveying s stream of a polymerizable liquid precursor; a second line for conveying a stream of a dispersion medium with which the polymerizable liquid precursor is substantially or completely immiscible; an in-line mixer configured to receive a combined flow from the first and second lines and to disperse the polymerizable liquid precursor as droplets in the dispersion medium; a vertical polymerization column configured to receive the dispersion medium with the droplets dispersed therein and to permit the polymerizable liquid precursor polymerize while descending the column in a descending flow of polymerization medium; and a vessel at the base of the column for receiving the descending flow of dispersion medium and collecting polymerized solid beads. | 04-22-2010 |
Anthony M.p. Giles, Gwent GB
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20090198225 | Electrosurgical system - An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator including at least one source of radio frequency (RF) power, and a plurality of output connections, only one of the output connections at any one time being active in that it is able to receive radio frequency power from the source. The generator includes selection means adapted to change the active output connection, and a controller adapted to control the supply of radio frequency power from the source to the active output connection. The system also includes a plurality of electrosurgical assemblies, each including an electrosurgical instrument and a cable connecting the electrosurgical instrument to one of the output connections. The electrosurgical assemblies each include a handswitch adapted to send a signal to the selection means to change the active output connection. The selection means is such that a signal sent from the handswitch of the active instrument can cause the selection means to change the active output connection to a different output connection, but a signal sent from the handswitch of an instrument other than the active instrument does not immediately cause the selection means to change the active output connection to a different output connection. | 08-06-2009 |
Calvin Giles, Southampton GB
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20130146775 | RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector for neutrons and gamma-rays is described. The detector includes a conversion screen ( | 06-13-2013 |
20140151566 | NEUTRON SPECTROMETER - A neutron spectrometer is described. The spectrometer includes a first conversion screen ( | 06-05-2014 |
Calvin Giles, Cambridge GB
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20140347249 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA FOR A CYLINDRICAL BODY - An antenna for a cylindrical body may include a flexible substrate with the antenna on it with a first terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to an integrated circuit, the flexible substrate coupled to the cylindrical body. | 11-27-2014 |
Calvin Christopher Giles, London GB
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20150349391 | INDICATOR CIRCUIT DECOUPLED FROM A GROUND PLANE - The invention is directed towards an indicator circuit. The indicator circuit includes a ground plane; an antenna; a decoupler component; and an integrated circuit. The antenna includes at least one antenna trace; a first antenna terminal; and a second antenna terminal. The decoupler component includes a first decoupler component terminal and a second decoupler component terminal. The integrated circuit is electrically coupled to the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal. The integrated circuit is electrically coupled to the first decoupler component terminal. The second decoupler component terminal is electrically connected to the ground plane. | 12-03-2015 |
Darren Giles, Surrey GB
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20110174896 | FOUNTAIN FOR FLUID - A fountain for liquid chocolate, comprising: a heated bowl, at least two parallel adjacent open cylinders extending normally of the bowl from a fluid intake position near the bottom of the bowl to a fluid outlet position remote from the bowl, each cylinder containing a coextensive auger whose spiral flight has a rim engaging an inner cylindrical surface of the cylinder and the auger being mounted for rotation about the axis of the cylinder, means for rotating the augers to cause fluid entering the cylinders from the bowl to be conveyed axially to the fluid outlets, and a partition extending across the bowl to prevent mixture of fluid in different portions of the bowl, the arrangement being such that, when the fountain is orientated in use with the cylinders vertical, fluid falling from the top of each cylinder reaches only the respective portion of the bowl from which it was taken. | 07-21-2011 |
David Ernest Giles, Waterloo London GB
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20120316288 | PROCESS OIL COMPOSITION - A process oil composition comprising: (i) from 50% to 99.9% by weight of de-asphalted cylinder oil (DACO); (ii) from 0.1% to 20% by weight of a Fischer-Tropsch derived base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of not more than 4.0 mm | 12-13-2012 |
Geoffrey Alan Giles, Oxfordshire GB
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20110065561 | Leaflet Production - A leaflet is produced from a pre-printed sheet of material by folding the sheet with at least one crease-line along the line of advancement of the sheet but preferably with two or more such crease-lines so that the sheet is fan-folded. The crease-lines are squeezed by a roller nip and then the sheet is fed into a diametral slot in a mandrel of elliptical cross-section. The leading edge of the sheet is gripped within the slot and then the mandrel is rotated to wind the sheet around the outer surface thereof. The wound sheet is then removed from the mandrel and is squeezed through a roller nip so as to form a substantially flat folded leaflet. The leaflet may be converted to a booklet by joining together the overlying sheets along one folded edge of the compressed leaflet and slitting open the other folded edge of the compressed leaflet. | 03-17-2011 |
John Giles, Aberdeenshire GB
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20150110564 | OFFSHORE STRUCTURES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - The invention relates to structures, such as offshore structures, associated apparatus and methods. For example, the invention can relate to wind turbine structures, such as piles for offshore wind turbines, and associated apparatus and methods. In some examples, the invention relates to guide apparatus for offshore piles having a guide portion configured to provide an acoustic barrier between a pile and a surrounding body of water during deployment of a pile at a body of water. The apparatus may comprise a dampening structure, such as inflatable bladders, or the like, configured to provide the acoustic barrier. In some example, the guide apparatus comprises a piling template, configured to be positioned on a water floor, so that the guide portion can locate, and be positioned with, the template to allow for guiding of a pile to a water floor. | 04-23-2015 |
John Giles, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire GB
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20150158704 | OFFSHORE CRANE - The invention relates to a crane, such as a hoisting crane ( | 06-11-2015 |
John Giles, Inverurie GB
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20130051924 | OFFSHORE STRUCTURES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - Described are structures, such as wind turbine structures for offshore sites, comprising transport elements configured for complementary mating with engagement elements of a clamp, which allow for transporting of the structures using that clamp. Generally, the transport element is provided at an attachment region of a tower, or the like, where the tower would attach to a support, such as a jacket. There is also described apparatus for allowing for transport of a wind turbine structure, comprising a clamp. In some cases, the apparatus is also configured so as to modify the effective centre of gravity of an associated structure, and/or the effective centre of inertia of an associated structure. | 02-28-2013 |
20130094910 | PIPELINE LAYING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided a marine pipeline laying aligner ( | 04-18-2013 |
John J. Giles, Aberdeenshire GB
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20090058076 | REMOTE BOLTED FLANGE CONNECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF - A single-module deployable bolted flange connection apparatus ( | 03-05-2009 |
John S. Giles, Aberdeenshire GB
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20090108579 | COUPLING FOR CONNECTING TUBES WITH A NUT-RUNNER - A coupling for connecting pipes, having a seal, flanges, a threaded portion and a nut, where the end portion of the pipe is equipped with a concentric press surface located immediately proximal to the periphery of the pipe and designed to be able to take an axial pressure from a preloading tool, which pressure is distributed evenly or point-by-point about the periphery of the pipe. The preloading tool has two end sections connected to two or more rods, each rod being equipped with a hydraulic cylinder. | 04-30-2009 |
Kathrine Giles, Wotton-Under-Edge GB
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20110318502 | METHODS OF DEPOSITING SIO2 FILMS - This invention relates to a method of depositing an inorganic SiO | 12-29-2011 |
Kevil Giles, Stockport GB
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20140191123 | Ion Guide Coupled to MALDI Ion Source - A pulsed ion source is disclosed wherein the ion source is energised one or more times to generate a first group of ions and a second group of ions. The first and second groups of ions are simultaneously transmitted through an ion guide whilst keeping the first and second groups of ions isolated from each other. | 07-10-2014 |
Kevin Giles, Stockport, Cheshire GB
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20140299761 | Ion Trap With Spatially Extended Ion Trapping Region - A mass or mass to charge ratio selective ion trap is disclosed having an increased charge storage capacity. A RF voltage acts to confine ions in a first (y) direction within the ion trap. A DC voltage and/or an RF voltage acts to confine ions in a second (x) direction within the ion trap. A quadratic DC potential well acts to confine ions in a third (z) direction within the ion trap. Ions are excited in the third (z) direction and are caused to be mass or mass to charge ratio selectively ejected in the third (z) direction. | 10-09-2014 |
20150294850 | Ion Trap With Spatially Extended Ion Trapping Region - A mass or mass to charge ratio selective ion trap is disclosed which directs ions into a small ejection region. A RF voltage acts to confine ions in a first (y) direction within the ion trap. A DC or RF voltage acts to confine ions in a second (x) direction. A quadratic DC potential well acts to confine ions in a third (z) direction within the ion trap. The profile of the quadratic DC potential well progressively varies along the second (x) direction. | 10-15-2015 |
20160003773 | Optimised Ion Mobility Separation Timescales for Targeted Ions - An analytical device for analysing ions is provided comprising a separator for separating ions according to a physico-chemical property and an interface comprising one or more ion guides. A quadrupole rod set mass filter is arranged downstream of the interface. A control system is arranged and adapted: (i) to transmit a first group of ions which emerges from the separator through the interface with a first transit time t | 01-07-2016 |
Kevin Giles, Stockport GB
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20100108879 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion mobility spectrometer ( | 05-06-2010 |
20120199734 | Mass Spectrometer - An ion guide or ion trap is disclosed having an entrance electrode and an exit electrode. The potential of the exit electrode is periodically dropped for a relatively short period of time allowing some ions to escape from the ion guide or ion trap via an aperture in the exit electrode. The period of time that the potential of the exit electrode is dropped for is progressively increased and ions emerge from the ion guide or ion trap in a mass to charge ratio dependent manner. The ion guide or ion trap may be operated as a mass separator or low resolution mass analyser. | 08-09-2012 |
20130214149 | Ion Guiding Device - An ion guiding device is disclosed comprising a first ion guide which is conjoined with a second ion guide. Ions are urged across a radial pseudo-potential barrier which separates the two guiding regions by a DC potential gradient. Ions may be transferred from an ion guide which has a relatively large cross-sectional profile to an ion guide which has a relatively small cross-sectional profile in order to improve the subsequent ion confinement of the ions. | 08-22-2013 |
20130234016 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a device which is operable in a first mode of operation to separate ions temporally according to their ion mobility by applying a continuous axial electric field. The device is also operable in a second mode of operation wherein ions are separated temporally according to the their mass to charge ratio by pulsing an applied axial electric field ON and OFF. | 09-12-2013 |
20130306858 | Asymmetric Field Ion Mobility in a Linear Geometry Ion Trap - A linear ion trap is disclosed wherein an asymmetric voltage waveform is applied to electrodes forming the ion trap which causes ions to become radially separated according to their differential ion mobility. An axial potential barrier is arranged at the exit of the ion trap such that ions having a first differential ion mobility and a first radial displacement are retained axially within the ion trap but ions having a second differential ion mobility and a second radial displacement are ejected axially from the ion trap. | 11-21-2013 |
20140048695 | Curved Ion Guide With Non Mass To Charge Ratio Dependent Confinement - A non-linear ion guide is disclosed comprising a plurality of electrodes. An ion guiding region is arranged between the electrodes, and the ion guiding region curves at least in a first direction. A DC voltage is applied to at least some of the electrodes in order to form a DC potential well which acts to confine ions within the ion guiding region in the first direction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140048696 | DC Ion Guide for Analytical Filtering/Separation - An ion guide is disclosed comprising a plurality of electrodes. A first device is arranged and adapted to apply a RF voltage to at least some of the electrodes in order to form, in use, a pseudo-potential well which acts to confine ions in a first direction within the ion guide. A second device is arranged and adapted to apply a DC voltage to at least some of the electrodes in order to form, in use, a DC potential well which acts to confine ions in a second direction within the ion guide. A third device is arranged and adapted to cause ions having desired or undesired mass to charge ratios to be mass to charge ratio selectively ejected from the ion guide in the second direction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140131565 | Ion Guiding Device - An ion guiding device is disclosed comprising a first ion guide which is conjoined with a second ion guide. Ions are urged across a radial pseudo-potential barrier which separates the two guiding regions by a DC potential gradient. Ions may be transferred from an ion guide which has a relatively large cross-sectional profile to an ion guide which has a relatively small cross-sectional profile in order to improve the subsequent ion confinement of the ions. | 05-15-2014 |
20140145074 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a device which is operable in a first mode of operation to separate ions temporally according to their ion mobility by applying a continuous axial electric field. The device is also operable in a second mode of operation wherein ions are separated temporally according to their mass to charge ratio by pulsing an applied axial electric field ON and OFF. | 05-29-2014 |
20140291501 | Photo-Dissociation of Proteins and Peptides in a Mass Spectrometer - A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising directing first photons from a laser onto ions located within a 2D or linear ion guide or ion trap. The frequency of the first photons is scanned and first photons and/or second photons emitted by the ions are detected. The ions are then mass analysed using a Time of Flight mass analyser. | 10-02-2014 |
20140312222 | Ion Mobility Separation Device With Moving Exit Aperture - A method and device for separating ions according to their ion mobility are disclosed. An ion guide is provided having a plurality of electrodes arranged to form an ion guiding path that extends in a closed loop. RF voltages are supplied to at least some of the electrodes in order to confine ions within said ion guiding path. A DC voltage gradient is maintained along at least a portion of a longitudinal axis of said ion guide, wherein the voltage gradient urges ions along the ion guide such that the ions separate according to their ion mobility as the ions pass along the ion guide. As time progresses the portion of the ion guide along which the DC voltage gradient is maintained is moved along the ion guide. An ion exit region is provided which moves around said ion guide such that ions exit said ion guide at different locations at different times. The present invention allows ions to exit the ion guide after the ions have been separated and without having to wait until the ions reach a fixed exit point, by which time the ions may re-merge with other ions | 10-23-2014 |
20140346341 | Encoding of Precursor Ion Beam to Aid Product Ion Assignment - A method of encoding a parent or precursor ion beam to aid product ion assignment is disclosed. According to an embodiment the energy of parent ions entering a collision cell is progressively increased. Different species of parent ions fragment at different collision energies. Fragment ion intensity profiles are matched with parent ion intensity profiles to correlate fragment ions with corresponding parent ions. | 11-27-2014 |
20140353487 | Ion Mobility Separation Device - An ion mobility separator | 12-04-2014 |
20150041636 | Multi-Dimensional Survey Scans For Improved Data Dependent Acquisitions - A method of analysing ions is disclosed comprising performing an initial multi-dimensional survey scan comprising separating parent ions according to a first physico-chemical property (e.g. ion mobility) and then separating the parent ions according to a second physico-chemical property (e.g. mass to charge ratio). A plurality of parent ions of interest are then determined from the initial multi-dimensional survey scan. Once parent ions of interest have been determined, the plurality of parent ions of interest are sequentially selected based upon the first and second physico-chemical properties during a single cycle of separation. The parent ions of interest may then be fragmented and corresponding fragment ions may then be mass analysed. | 02-12-2015 |
20150090873 | Method of Single Point Internal Lock-Mobility Correction - A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising passing ions through an ion mobility spectrometer and acquiring first ion mobility drift time data. A calibration function is applied to the first ion mobility drift time data to determine a physico-chemical property (e.g. CCS) of the ions. Second ion mobility drift time data is then acquired and the calibration function is applied to the second ion mobility drift time data to determine the physico-chemical property of one or more known or reference ions. | 04-02-2015 |
20150235832 | Ion Guiding Device - An ion guiding device is disclosed comprising a first ion guide which is conjoined with a second ion guide. Ions are urged across a radial pseudo-potential barrier which separates the two guiding regions by a DC potential gradient. Ions may be transferred from an ion guide which has a relatively large cross-sectional profile to an ion guide which has a relatively small cross-sectional profile in order to improve the subsequent ion confinement of the ions. | 08-20-2015 |
20150260683 | Mass Spectrometer - A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion mobility spectrometer or separator and an ion guide arranged downstream of the ion mobility spectrometer or separator. A plurality of axial potential wells are created in the ion guide so that ions received from the ion mobility spectrometer or separator become confined in separate axial potential wells. The potential wells maintain the fidelity and/or composition of ions received from the ion mobility spectrometer or separator. The potential wells are translated along the length of the ion guide. | 09-17-2015 |
20150371838 | Curved Ion Guide with Non Mass to Charge Ratio Dependent Confinement - A non-linear ion guide is disclosed comprising a plurality of electrodes. An ion guiding region is arranged between the electrodes, and the ion guiding region curves at least in a first direction. A DC voltage is applied to at least some of the electrodes in order to form a DC potential well which acts to confine ions within the ion guiding region in the first direction. | 12-24-2015 |
Mark Giles, Cambridge GB
Mark Giles, Southampton GB
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20090023887 | PROCESS OF PREPARING REGIOREGULAR POLYMERS - The invention relates to a process of preparing regioregular polymers, in particular head-to-tail (HT) poly-(3-substituted) thiophenes with high regioregularity, to novel polymers prepared by this process, and to the use of the novel polymers as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel polymers. | 01-22-2009 |
Matthew Robert Giles, Chester GB
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20120068113 | CHELATING AGENTS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO - A salt of an acidic chelating agent including an amine functionality, the salt comprising at least 0.25 mole of an alkaline earth metal per mole of acidic protons provided by the chelating agent; wherein the acidic chelating agent is not ethylene diamine disuccinic acid. | 03-22-2012 |
Matthew Robert Giles, Chester Cheshire GB
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20100175315 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS - The invention teaches that hydrocarbon compositions may be improved in terms of their stability reserve and in terms of their combustion efficiency, by co-use of a conductivity improver. There is optionally present a combustion improver selected from an iron compound, a manganese compound, a calcium compound and a cerium compound; and/or an organic compound selected from a bicyclic monoterpene, a substituted bicyclic monoterpene, adamantane, a substituted or unsubstituted bicyclic tetraterpene, and propylene carbonate. | 07-15-2010 |
20100183533 | DETERGENT COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a salt of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid comprising at least 1.6 mole of alkaline earth metal per mole of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid. Salts of the invention have been found to be useful in providing compositions comprising hydrogen peroxide having improved stability. | 07-22-2010 |
20100191012 | SOLID DETERGENT COMPOSITION - A salt of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid comprising at least 0.7 mole equivalents of magnesium per mole of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid which salt is in the form of a water-soluble, non-hygroscopic solid is disclosed. Also described is a method of preparing such salts and uses thereof. | 07-29-2010 |
20100197961 | ADDUCT OF 1-HYDROXYETHYLIDENE-1, 1-DIPHOSPHONIC ACID AND ETHYLENEDIAMINE DISUCCINIC ACID OR A SALT THEREOF, A METHOD FOR ITS PREPARATION, AND THE USE OF SAID ADDUCT - An adduct of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid and from 0.5 to 10 moles of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid or a salt thereof per mole of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-5 diphosphonic acid, wherein said adduct is in the form of a solid. | 08-05-2010 |
20100236734 | PROCESS FOR BLEACHING PULP - A process for the bleaching of wood pulp using one or more peroxide oxidising agents wherein the process includes treatment of the pulp with a mixture of chelating agents comprising: (a) a first chelating agent selected from the group consisting of: ethylenediamine N,N-disuccinic acid, methylglycinediacetic acid, glutamic acid N,N-diacetic acid, imino disuccinic acid and anions and mixtures thereof; and (b) a second chelating agent selected from the group consisting of: diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, diethylenetriamine penta methylene phosphonic acid and anions and mixtures thereof. | 09-23-2010 |
Matthew Robert Giles, Hoole GB
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20130206181 | AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING COMPOSITION - An automatic dishwashing composition offering good performance especially in the removal of stubborn stains, such as tea stains, comprises a chelating agent selected from hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, glucoheptonic acid, hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, poly(acrylic acid-co-hypophosphite), and salts, complexes and mixtures thereof; wherein the composition is substantially free of phosphate containing builders and substantially free of bleaching compounds. | 08-15-2013 |
20130288944 | LIQUID COMPOSITION COMPRISING ETHYLENEDIAMINE DISUCCINIC ACID SALT - A liquid composition comprising 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid and a salt of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid which salt includes a counterion selected from 5 potassium, rubidium, caesium a substituted ammonium ion or mixtures thereof. | 10-31-2013 |
Melvyn Edward Giles, Leicestershire GB
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20080200694 | Process for Making Phenoxy Benzamide Compounds - A process for making a compound of formula (I), said process comprising a) reacting a compound of formula (II) with: i) a compound of formula (III) by nucleophilic aromatic substitution of X | 08-21-2008 |
Nick Giles, London GB
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20100191699 | DATA PROCESSING IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A computerized system configured to provide a data cell graph for a distributed data set comprised of different data formats. The system comprises a plurality of data repositories, each data repository configured to retain a portion of the distributed data set translated into a uniform semantic language and a plurality of processing cells, each processing cell configured to translate a portion of the distributed data set into the uniform semantic language, wherein the processing cells are further configured to perform at least one of applying rules to classify data against semantic knowledge models and/or adding inferred facts to and/or transforming the structure of the data found in the translated data in the data repository. The processing cells are configured in a computerized data cell graph so as to progressively create a unified semantic knowledge model for the distributed data set. | 07-29-2010 |
Nick Giles, York GB
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20090012949 | User Specific Database Querying Method and Apparatus - The present invention relates to the field of database technology, and to the automatic generation of search queries. The present invention provides a method of generating a database query, the method comprising: receiving a user selection of one of a number of predetermined generic database queries from a user; automatically identifying user specific data from user profile data corresponding to the user by applying the user profile data to a number of predetermined query statements associated with the selected generic query; automatically applying the user specific data to a number of user specific generator query statements in order to generate one or more user specific queries. | 01-08-2009 |
Paul Giles, Liskeard Cornwall GB
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20160000832 | STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM BONE MARROW FOR TISSUE REGENERATION - The invention relates to stems cells derived from bone marrow, and uses thereof in tissue regeneration. | 01-07-2016 |
Robert Giles, Warwick GB
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20140147191 | Dispenser Cap - A cap for a depilatory composition product container which comprises a product application surface to dispense the composition onto the skin of the user, and a product removal edge for scraping the cream from the skin of the user, such that the cap can function both as product applicator and product residue collector. | 05-29-2014 |
Roger Giles, West Yorkshire GB
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20080283742 | Mass Spectrometer - The present invention provides a mass spectrometer having an ion lens capable of transporting an ion having a large mass to charge ratio with a high level of ion-passing efficiency even under a low-vacuum atmosphere. In conventional atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometers or similar mass spectrometers, applying an excessively high voltage to the ion lens undesirably causes an electric discharge. Therefore, the passing efficiency for an ion having a large mass to charge ratio cannot be adequately improved, which leads to a poor detection sensitivity. To solve this problem, the mass spectrometer according to the present invention includes a voltage controller | 11-20-2008 |
20120056085 | ION ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention is concerned with an ion analysis apparatus for conducting differential ion mobility analysis and mass analysis. In embodiments, the apparatus comprises a differential ion mobility device in a vacuum enclosure of a mass spectrometer, located prior to the mass analyser, wherein the pumping system of the apparatus is configure to provide an operating pressure of 0.005 kPa to 40 kPa for the differential ion mobility device, and wherein the apparatus includes a digital asymmetric waveform generator that provides a waveform of frequency of 50 kHz to 25 MHz. Examples demonstrate excellent resolving power and ion transmission. The ion mobility device can be a multipole, for example a 12-pole and radial ion focusing can be achieved by applying a quadrupole field to the device in addition to a dipole field. | 03-08-2012 |
Roger Giles, Manchester GB
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20130099111 | TOF Mass Analyser With Improved Resolving Power - A time of flight analyser that comprises a pulsed ion source; a non-linear ion mirror having a turn-around point; and a detector. The pulsed ion source is configured to produce an ion pulse travelling along an ion flight axis, the ion pulse comprising an ion group consisting of ions of a single m/z value, the ion group having a lateral spread. The non-linear ion mirror is configured to reflect the ion group, at the turn-around point, along the ion flight axis towards the detector, the passage of the ion group through the non-linear ion mirror causing a spatial spread of the ion group. The time of flight mass analyser has at least one lens positioned between the ion source and the ion mirror, wherein the or each lens is configured to reduce said lateral spread so as to provide a local minimum of lateral spread within the ion mirror. | 04-25-2013 |
20140084154 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GASEOUS SAMPLE IONS/MOLECULES AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD - An apparatus for providing gaseous sample ions/molecules from liquid droplets containing sample ions/molecules. The apparatus has a chamber having one or more walls which define an interior of the chamber, the chamber being configured to receive liquid droplets containing sample ions/molecules. The apparatus also has a gas flow producing means configured to produce a flow of gas within the chamber for promoting evaporation of liquid droplets in the chamber to provide gaseous sample ions/molecules. The apparatus is configured such that the flow of gas produced within the chamber inhibits liquid droplets in the chamber from coming into contact with the one or more walls of the chamber. | 03-27-2014 |
20140291503 | MASS ANALYSER, MASS SPECTROMETER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A mass analyser for use in a mass spectrometer. The mass analyser has a set of electrodes including electrodes arranged to form at least one electrostatic sector, the set of electrodes being spatially arranged to be capable of providing an electrostatic field in a reference plane suitable for guiding ions along a closed orbit in the reference plane, wherein the set of electrodes extend along a drift path that is locally orthogonal to the reference plane and that curves around a reference axis so that, in use, the set of electrodes provide a 3D electrostatic field region. The mass analyser is configured so that, in use, the 3D electrostatic field region provided by the set of electrodes guides ions having different initial coordinates and velocities along a single predetermined 3D reference trajectory that curves around the reference axis. | 10-02-2014 |
Roger Giles, Holmfirth GB
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20100072362 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER AND A METHOD OF ANALYSING IONS IN A TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER - A time-of-flight mass spectrometer ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100072363 | CO-AXIAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER - A co-axial time-of-flight mass spectrometer having a longitudinal axis and first and second ion mirrors at opposite ends of the longitudinal axis. Ions enter the spectrometer along an input trajectory offset from the longitudinal axis and after one or more passes between the mirrors ions leave along an output trajectory offset from the longitudinal axis for detection by an ion detector. The input and output trajectories are offset from the longitudinal axis by an angle no greater than formula (I): where D | 03-25-2010 |
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20120198593 | Impact sensors and systems including impact sensors - An impact sensor system includes at least one impact sensor including at least a first conductive layer, at least a second conductive layer, and at least one insulating layer between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The insulating layer maintains the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer in spaced, non-contacting relation. The first conducting layer and the insulating layer are deformable upon an impact to the first conducting layer such that separation between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer decreases upon an impact of a predefined nature. The impact sensor system also includes circuitry in connection with the impact sensor to measure a change in at least one electrical property of the impact sensor resulting from the decrease in the separation between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer. A body armor system to be worn by a person includes at least one section of body armor and at least one impact sensor associated with at least a section of the body armor. | 08-09-2012 |