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Andrew Dodds, Sheffield GB
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20120274026 | Playing Cards - A deck of playing cards wherein at least one card comprises a base layer that bears a front surface and a back surface and a substantially planar holographic optical element that is operatively configured to form a holographic image, the holographic optical element disposed at or towards a surface that is selected from the front and back surfaces the at least one card characterised in that the holographic optical element is of a type that is substantially transparent and manufactured to substantially prevent said holographic image from being viewed in a first range of directions with respect to the selected surface and to substantially enable said holographic image to be viewed from a second range of directions that are outside of the first range. | 11-01-2012 |
Anna Louise Dodds, Billingham GB
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20160076051 | Expression Process - A process for the production of a target polypeptide is provided. The process comprises expression of an expression vector for expressing a target polypeptide in a host cell, preferably a mammalian cell, the expression vector comprising an expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide encoding a recombinant polypeptide operably linked to a fibronectin secretion leader sequence; and recovering the target polypeptide. | 03-17-2016 |
Anthony Dodds, Lambton AU
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20100310323 | ROCK BOLT ASSEMBLY - A rock bolt assembly comprising a rock bolt having an elongate shaft extending between opposite distal and proximal ends of the rock bolt, and a sheath disposed on the shaft at or adjacent the distal end of the bolt, the sheath having a body that extends about the shaft, the body having a longitudinal axis, opposite leading end and trailing end spaced apart along the axis, the body incorporating a cavity in which the shaft is disposed, the cavity extending from the trailing end of the body. | 12-09-2010 |
Chris Dodds, Nottingham GB
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20140332366 | Treatment of Hydrocarbon Containing Materials - An apparatus for separating a hydrocarbon content from a material matrix composes the hydrocarbon content and a water content, the apparatus comprising: a material feeder arranged to feed material through a treatment chamber, the treatment chamber comprising a window which is substantially transparent to microwaves; a microwave emitter arranged in use to expose feed material in the treatment chamber to microwaves via the window in order to cause rapid heating of at least part of the water content of the matrix to form steam, so as to remove at least part of the hydrocarbon content from the matrix; wherein the material feeder and treatment chamber are arranged so that in use, the treatment chamber is substantially tilted with material/matrix. | 11-13-2014 |
Christopher Dodds, Nottingham GB
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20120088950 | MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF FEEDSTOCK, SUCH AS EXFOLIATING VERMICULITE AND OTHER MINERALS, AND TREATING CONTAMINATED MATERIALS - Ways of applying microwaves to feedstock to be processed are disclosed. One embodiment relates to heating inter-layer water in vermiculite to expand the vermiculite. Another embodiment relates to heating water in oil-contaminated materials and waste products, such as drilling cuttings, contaminated soils and certain types of animal by-products, to drive out oil. In some embodiments a microwave tunnel applicator has the microwaves applied from beneath the feedstock. | 04-12-2012 |
20130062264 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - A method of sorting mined material, such as mined ore, is disclosed. The method comprises exposing particles of mined material to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation and heating particles depending on the minerals present in the particles and then thermally analysing particles exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation to detect temperature differences between particles which indicate differences in the minerals in the particles. The method also comprises sorting the particles on the basis of the results of the thermal analysis. | 03-14-2013 |
20130186992 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - An apparatus for sorting mined material, such as mined ore, includes an applicator for exposing fragments of a material to electromagnetic radiation and an assembly for distributing fragments from the applicator so that the fragments move downwardly and outwardly from an upper inlet of the assembly and are discharged from a lower outlet of the assembly as individual, separate fragments that are not in contact with each other. The apparatus also includes a detection and assessment system for detecting and assessing one or more than one characteristic of the fragments and a sorting means in the form of a separator for separating the fragments into multiple streams in response to the assessment. | 07-25-2013 |
20140291212 | MICROWAVE APPLICATOR - A microwave radiation applicator for exposing mined material to microwave radiation is disclosed. The applicator includes side walls | 10-02-2014 |
20140322106 | METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORE MATERIAL - A method for treating an ore material with electro-magnetic energy, the method comprising at least the steps of: agglomerating the ore material; irradiating the ore material with electromagnetic energy; thereby heating the liquid in the ore material; vapourising at least a portion of the liquid in the ore material; forming micro-channels in the ore material, and acid leaching the ore material. | 10-30-2014 |
20150292056 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF MINED MATERIAL WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for treatment of mined material. The apparatus comprises a source for generating electromagnetic radiation and a microwave inlet region for exposing fragments of the mined material to the electromagnetic radiation. Further, the apparatus comprises a reflective structure adjacent the microwave inlet region and providing, or surrounding, a passage for guiding the fragments of the mined material to the microwave inlet region. The reflective structure is arranged to attenuate penetration of the electromagnetic radiation from the microwave inlet region into the passage during throughput of the fragments of the mined material. | 10-15-2015 |
20150314332 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - A method of sorting fragments of mined material that includes valuable and non-valuable materials is disclosed. The method comprising heating the fragments by heating selected materials within the fragments and thermally analysing fragments of the mined material to determine the temperature of each fragment. The method further comprises sorting fragments on the basis of the thermal analysis to separate fragments having a temperature within a temperature band defined by a range between an upper temperature limit and a lower temperature limit from fragments having a temperature outside the temperature band. The upper and lower temperature limits are selected to identify fragments as containing an amount of valuable material that is economically viable to extract based on the fragment temperature. Also disclosed are an apparatus for sorting mined material and a method of recovering valuable material by sorting in according with the sorting method. | 11-05-2015 |
20150337410 | HEAP LEACHING - A heap of a material to be leached to recover a valuable metal from the material includes an electromagnetic heating system to generate heat in situ in the heap. | 11-26-2015 |
Christopher Dodds, West Bridgford GB
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20140260802 | PROCESSING MINED MATERIAL - An apparatus for processing mined material, such as mined ore, is disclosed. The apparatus includes an applicator ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140346091 | PROCESSING MINED MATERIAL - An apparatus for processing mined material that includes an applicator assembly ( | 11-27-2014 |
Christopher John Dodds, New South Wales AU
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20100008512 | Paging System - The present invention relates to a distributed paging system. The distributed paging system includes a combined data and digital audio network and a plurality of paging system consoles. Each paging system console includes an operator interface to select one or more paging destinations and is arranged to transmit data packets including paging destination data across the network. A number of addressable amplifier modules are provided in communication with the network and are responsive to the data packets. Each of the amplifier modules has an associated address and is arranged to operate according to whether paging destination data contained within the data packets relates to the associated address. | 01-14-2010 |
Christopher W.d. Dodds, New South Wales AU
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20140046417 | NEURAL ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The invention relates to a neural electrode. It relates in particular to such an electrode which is able to withstand high mechanical forces, and to a method of fabrication of the same. The invention discloses an elastic neural electrode, having at least one planar metal layer which comprises conductive material and which is bi-laterally covered by an protective elastomer layer, wherein, for reinforcement of the electrode, an additional reinforcement layer comprising reinforcement material is present between the outermost protective elastomer layers. | 02-13-2014 |
Christopher William Douglas Dodds, New South Wales AU
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20160059353 | SURFACE STRUCTURING OF METALS - A method of treating a metallic surface comprising exposing the surface to laser pulses at an energy density below the threshold for ablation of bulk material from the metallic surface; maintaining the exposure until a multiplicity of pores form in the surface. | 03-03-2016 |
Gavin Dodds, Wakefield GB
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20130259404 | METHOD OF PROCESSING AN IMAGE - A method of processing an image comprising the steps of | 10-03-2013 |
Gordon Dodds, Feldkirchen DE
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20080243125 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CUTTING BONE DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE - A bone saw tool includes a bone saw and a bone saw blade assembly. The bone saw blade assembly includes a bone saw blade and a bone saw blade guard. The bone saw blade guard is movable to an extended position to reduce the cutting effectiveness of the bone saw blade and/or the maximum cutting depth of the bone saw blade. The bone saw may be configured to activate the bone saw blade guard in response to a signal received from a computer system when the bone saw is moved outside a predetermined cutting region. | 10-02-2008 |
20110112541 | CUTTING GUIDE COMPRISING A MOVEMENT INDICATOR - An orthopaedic cutting guide assembly and method of cutting a bone are described. A component has a guide for guiding a cutting instrument and at least a first mechanism for securing the component to a bone. A movement indicator has a mechanism for securing the movement indicator to the bone independently of the component. The component includes at least one indicium by which movement of the component relative to the bone can be indicated by relative movement of the movement indicator and the indicium. | 05-12-2011 |
20110245835 | Surgical Instrument - Patient specific surgical instruments, and in particular cutting guides, and methods of use and manufacture are described. The surgical instrument can be used in an orthopaedic arthroplasty procedure to be carried out on a joint of a patient and can allowing soft tissue balancing for the joint. The instrument comprises a body having an attachment area configured using data specific to a bone of the joint of the patient so as to attach to the bone in a unique position. The instrument includes at least a first cutting guide and an adjustment mechanism operable to change the position of the cutting guide relative to the bone. | 10-06-2011 |
20120078254 | CUSTOMIZED PATIENT-SPECIFIC COMPUTER CONTROLLED CUTTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical system including a first surgical block, a second surgical block, and a computer-controlled milling machine. The first surgical block includes a first bone-facing surface having a first customized patient-specific negative contour to receive a first corresponding contour of a bone of a patient and a first mounting surface. The second surgical block includes a second bone-facing surface having a second customized patient-specific negative contour to receive a second corresponding contour of the bone of the patient and a second mounting surface to be separately mated with the first mounting surface. The computer-controlled milling machine includes a third mounting surface to be separately mated with the first mounting surface of the first surgical block. | 03-29-2012 |
20140100577 | METHOD FOR CUTTING BONE DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE - A method for cutting a bone of a patient using a bone saw tool that includes determining a cutting region that corresponds to a region of the bone to be cut and determining the position of the bone saw tool in the coordinate system. The method includes activating a bone saw blade guard of the bone saw tool if the bone saw tool is outside the cutting region. | 04-10-2014 |
Gordon Ivan Dodds, Banbridge GB
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20090177426 | Light Measurement Method and Apparatus - A light measurement method is provided comprising: determining one or more correction factors for at least one image capture device, using the image capture device to receive light output from at least one source of illumination, obtaining an output from the image capture device which corresponds to the light output of the source of illumination, and applying the or each correction factor to the output of the image capture device to obtain one or more substantially absolute measure of the light output of the source of illumination. A light measurement apparatus is also provided to carry out the light measurement method. | 07-09-2009 |
Jack Dodds, Aurora CA
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20100237870 | Geophysical Prospecting Using Electric And Magnetic Components Of Natural Electromagnetic Fields - A geophysical survey system comprising: a first sensor system towed by an aircraft, having at least one airborne sensor for measuring electric components of a low frequency natural electromagnetic field in a survey area; a second sensor system for positioning at a fixed position on the ground during a survey, having at least two ground based induction coil sensors for measuring magnetic components of a low frequency natural electromagnetic field in or near the survey area, the ground based sensors each being oriented to sense the magnetic components in different directions; and a processing system for calculating a set of first vector values over time in dependence on the electric components measured through the first sensor system and calculating a set of second vector values over time in dependence on the magnetic components measured through the second sensor system and comparing one or more characteristics of the first vector values and the second vector values to identify geophysical information about the survey area. | 09-23-2010 |
20100244843 | Geophysical prospecting using rotationally invariant parameters of natural electromagnetic fields - A geophysical survey method and system that comprises: measuring along multiple axes at multiple locations within a survey area magnetic field components of a low frequency magnetic field resulting from naturally occurring electromagnetic sources using a first sensor system; measuring along multiple axes magnetic field components of a low frequency magnetic field resulting from naturally occurring electromagnetic sources using a second sensor system; and receiving information about the magnetic field components measured by the first sensor system and the second sensor system and in dependence thereon computing parameters from the received information that are independent of rotation of the first sensor system or the second sensor system about any axis thereof. | 09-30-2010 |
20110181290 | RECEIVER COIL ASSEMBLY FOR AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING WITH NOISE MITIGATION - An airborne geophysical surveying system comprising a receiver coil assembly for towing by an aircraft, the receiver assembly including a receiver coil for sensing changes in a magnetic field component of a magnetic field, and a receiver coil orientation sensing system for sensing orientation changes of the receiver coil. A controller receives signals representing the sensed changes in the magnetic field component from the receiver coil and the sensed orientation changes from the receiver coil orientation sensing system and corrects the sensed changes in the magnetic field component to provide a signal that is corrected for noise caused by changing orientation of the receiver coil in a static geomagnetic field. | 07-28-2011 |
20120293177 | RECEIVER COIL ASSEMBLY WITH AIR AND FERROMAGNETIC CORED SENSORS FOR GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING - A receiver coil assembly for performing geophysical surveys, including a hollow outer shell defining a continuous internal passage that forms a loop; a multiturn receiver air coil extending around the continuous internal passage; and a first cored coil comprising multiturn solenoid windings about a ferromagnetic core, the first cored coil having a sensing axis in a different direction than a sensing axis of the air coil. | 11-22-2012 |
20140084930 | MONITORING THE DIPOLE MOMENT VECTOR OF AN AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY SYSTEM - An airborne electromagnetic survey system that monitors the dipole moment. A TDEM system includes a flexible transmitter loop and a receiver having three sensors with mutually perpendicular sensitive axes. In flight, mechanical and aerodynamic forces cause the transmitter loop to tilt and flex, which affects the direction and magnitude of the primary field dipole moment. The processing system measures the sign and amplitude of the primary field sensed by the receiver in each of its sensitive axes and calculates a vector which represents the orientation of the primary field in the receiver frame of reference at the receiver location. Using this vector, the processing system determines the orientation of the primary field dipole moment. | 03-27-2014 |
20150268369 | CALIBRATED ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY SYSTEM - An airborne electromagnetic survey system that determines a calibration factor for its receiver system by combining low frequency sensitivity for its magnetic induction sensors, with measurements of high frequency response obtained using calibration loops | 09-24-2015 |
John Dodds, Derby GB
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20130052022 | ROTOR FOR A COMPRESSOR OF A GAS TURBINE - A rotor, for a compressor of a gas turbine, comprising a rotatable support for rotation about an axis of rotation and a plurality of blades. Each blade comprising a hub, a leading edge and a trailing edge and a chord is defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge. Each of the blades extends from its hub away from the rotatable support and at least one of the blades has a hub-thickness to chord ratio greater than 10 percent. The leading edge of the at least one of the blades at its hub is positioned at a leading-edge-hub-radius from a position of the axis of rotation and the trailing edge of the at least one of the blades is positioned at its hub at a trailing-edge-hub-radius from the position of the axis of rotation. The trailing-edge-hub-radius is greater than the leading-edge-hub-radius. | 02-28-2013 |
Kenneth Grant Dodds, East Taieri NZ
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20110033849 | OVINE IDENTIFICATION METHOD - The invention relates to method for identifying an ovine with a genotype indicative of one or more altered performance traits, the method including the step of detecting, in a sample derived from the ovine, the presence of at least one allele of the CP34 simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker, or at least one allele of a marker in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with CP34, wherein the presence of the allele is indicative of the altered performance traits in the ovine. | 02-10-2011 |
Kenneth Grant Dodds, Dunedin NZ
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20090148835 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE ORIGIN OF A COMPOUND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT - The present invention relates to an identification method. In particular, a method for identifying the origin of a compound biological product, including the batch of origin, but also in some cases the actual biological sources of a compound biological product. | 06-11-2009 |
Leanne Dodds, Berkshire GB
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20110287062 | Chewable Formulation Comprising Alginate, Bicarbonate And Carbonate - The present invention relates to a solid, ingestible composition comprising a) an alginate; b) a bicarbonate; and c) a carbonate wherein the composition is in the form of a chewable core, a process for preparing said composition, and its use in the treatment of reflux oesophagitis, gastritis, dyspepsia or peptic ulceration or for use as a sustained releasing or targeted delivery composition. | 11-24-2011 |
Leanne Dodds, Reading, Berkshire GB
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20120121655 | Chewable Formulation Comprising Alginate, Bicarbonate And Carbonate - The present invention relates to a solid, ingestible composition comprising: a) an alginate; b) a bicarbonate; and c) a carbonate wherein the composition is in the form of a chewable core, a process for preparing said composition, and its use in the treatment of reflux oesophagitis, gastritis, dyspepsia or peptic ulceration or for use as a sustained releasing or targeted delivery composition. | 05-17-2012 |
Malcolm Graham Dodds, Edinburgh GB
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20100100616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC BETWEEN DIFFERENT ENTITIES ON A NETWORK - A method for controlling traffic between different entities on a network in which packets of received data are inspected, and if encapsulated, are decapsulated layer by layer and, after each layer is decapsulated, the packet is inspected to determine if the packet is to be acted upon or discarded. | 04-22-2010 |
Matthew Dodds, Toronto CA
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20100250485 | System for Aggregating Data and a Method for Providing the Same - A system for aggregating data from a plurality of operational databases, and a method for providing the same, are provided. The system includes a data store storing a collection of pre-defined extraction scripts. The extraction scripts identify data available for extraction from a plurality of operational database products, and including parameters for specifying which of the data to extract. A data warehouse server executes the extraction scripts to extract, merge, transform and load the specified data from the plurality of operational databases into a multidimensional database. | 09-30-2010 |
20110161380 | System and Method for Storing Performance Data in a Transit Organization - The present invention relates to systems and methods for storing performance data in a transit organization. Sets of performance data for runs over a plurality of routes are stored. The routes are divided into links. Associations between the sets of performance data and the links are also stored. | 06-30-2011 |
Matthew William Dodds, Utterson CA
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20120126192 | Safety barrier for balconies and like structures - A safety barrier assembly for a balcony has posts for mounting at spaced positions on the balcony, each post having a foot member supported by the balcony floor and a head member biased against the balcony ceiling. The posts each have an adjustment mechanism enabling height adjustment, and a series of formations along the length of the post at which to mount a mesh screen so that the screen stretches from floor to ceiling and stretches around the posts. The mesh screen thereby defines a confined usable balcony space but presents a barrier to a balcony occupant other than through an access door. | 05-24-2012 |
Neville Dodds, Gateshead GB
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20150136264 | FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY AND METHOD - A flexible pipe body and method of manufacturing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The flexible pipe body includes a fluid retaining layer for preventing ingress of fluid into the flexible pipe body from an environment outside of the flexible pipe body; and a fibre element arranged generally along a longitudinal axis of the fluid retaining layer. | 05-21-2015 |
Neville Dodds, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne GB
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20130192707 | FLEXIBLE PIPE AND END FITTING WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR - Apparatus and method of manufacturing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The method may include providing a fluid retaining layer; wrapping a plurality of tensile armour elements around the fluid retaining layer; and wrapping a crush resistant elongate body that houses at least one fibre element around the fluid retaining layer and radially between two of the plurality of tensile armour elements. Matrix material provided in the elongate body may be cured subsequent to fitting the pipe body to an end fitting. | 08-01-2013 |
20130276930 | FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The method includes providing a tubular layer; and directing a chemical reagent towards a surface portion of the tubular layer, wherein the tubular layer comprises an extruded polymer, and wherein the chemical reagent is suitable for changing one or more physical or mechanical property of a proportion of the extruded tubular layer thickness. | 10-24-2013 |
20130276931 | FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A flexible pipe body and methods of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The method may include providing a tubular length of polymeric material for forming a polymeric layer of flexible pipe body; providing a strength layer radially outwards of the polymeric layer; and treating the polymeric layer with a non-ambient temperature and pressure. | 10-24-2013 |
20140116563 | FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY LAYER AND MEHTOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A flexible pipe body layer and method of producing a flexible pipe body layer are disclosed. The method includes coextruding an inner sub-layer and an outer sub-layer, wherein the inner sub-layer and outer sub-layer comprise a polymer, and wherein the inner sub-layer has a lower modulus of elasticity than the outer sub-layer. | 05-01-2014 |
20160047499 | FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The method includes providing one or more composite filament ( | 02-18-2016 |
20160069484 | A FLEXIBLE PIPE BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The method includes providing two or more non-bonded composite filaments ( | 03-10-2016 |
Neville Dodds, Tyne And Wear GB
Paul Dodds, Longford GB
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20150235549 | ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED AND PORTABLE POINT-OF-CARE HAND HYGIENE DISPENSER HAVING SECURITY FEATURES - Various embodiments of a point-of-care hygiene dispenser and an electronic hand hygiene event monitoring system are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispenser and a corresponding electronic monitoring system, wherein the point-of-care dispenser is movable between predetermined zones of interest. Another embodiment is directed to a secure point-of-care dispenser having corresponding dispenser cover and main body interlocks. A still further embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispensing system comprising a point-of-care dispenser having a dispenser cover and a main body, a locking mechanism configured to secure the dispenser covers with the main body in a closed condition, and a docking unit configured for mounting with the point-of-care dispenser. | 08-20-2015 |
Paul Samuel Dodds, Wrexham GB
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20090082988 | NON-ORTHOGONAL MONITORING OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS - Apparatus for non-orthogonal monitoring of a variable measurand in a system or process, comprising: means defining at least three sources having limited spectral widths and non-orthogonal spectral outputs; a modulator means which is adapted to modulate the outputs of said sources in response to said variable measurand; at least three detectors which have non-orthogonal responsivities in the measurement domain and which receive the modulated outputs of said sources; and a processor which converts the detector outputs algorithmically into primary chromatic parameters. | 03-26-2009 |
Peter Dodds, Baronia Par AU
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20120244961 | Backstop and Portable Training System for a Bat-and-Ball Games - A backstop for training of a bat-and-ball game has a body with a central portion flanked by a side portion on either side. Each side portion is adjustable at an angle less than 180 degrees relative to the central portion so that the backstop is capable of standing upright on a supporting surface. There are target areas on the body, each configured to act as one portion of a hook and loop fastener for attaching to a corresponding portion of the hook and loop fastener on an item of sporting equipment such that when contact is made between a target area within the backstop and said sporting equipment, the target area fastens to said sporting equipment thereby interfering with movement of said sporting equipment. | 09-27-2012 |
Peter A. Dodds, Gladesville Nsw AU
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20150273311 | Backstop and Portable Training System for Bat-and-Ball Game - A universal backstop for various a bat-and-ball games such as cricket, baseball and basketball, including a body made of smart textile such that the backstop acts as a contact indicator, and target areas on the backstop for improving player skills. The backstop is portable and adjustable for use in different locations, and can be adjusted to adjust the level of difficulty of game play. The backstop is thus useful as a training aid, whether at home or in a school or club environment (e.g., used as a sporting or physical education activity). | 10-01-2015 |
Royce Dodds, Soest DE
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20150064342 | Method and Device for Producing a Structured Varnish Surface - The invention relates to a method for producing a structured, at least partly optically transparent varnish surface on a surface of a substrate board, preferably of a wood material board, having a decoration. The steps of the method include applying a transparent or at least partly transparent varnish to an applicator roll thereby producing a structured varnish surface and transferring the structured varnish surface to a substrate board having a decoration. The varnish is applied to the applicator roll by a plurality of digitally controlled nozzles in a distribution defining a structure and/or is transformed on the applicator roll into a distribution defining a structure. Furthermore, a device for carrying out the method is described. | 03-05-2015 |