Houghton, GB
Bryan Gary Houghton, Sidcup Kent GB
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20110041381 | Bait dispenser - A bait dispenser | 02-24-2011 |
Bryan Gary Houghton, Sidcup GB
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20120317867 | BAIT DISPENSER - A bait dispenser for use by an angler and comprising a container into which bait can be loaded, the container attachable to a line and arranged to open upon impact with the water, the container comprising two container parts ( | 12-20-2012 |
Chris Houghton, London GB
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20120024882 | Smoking Article Dispenser - A dispenser comprises a housing defining a chamber to receive a charge of smoking articles coupled by a belt and such that the longitudinal axis of each smoking article extends between first and second ends of die housing. The dispenser includes a mechanism to advance the belt in a lateral direction so as to move a smoking article of the belt into alignment with an aperture in said first end of the housing. The mechanism is also operable to push said aligned smoking article from the belt and eject it in a longitudinal direction from the housing through said aperture. A belt for use in such a dispense!, and a method of filling such a dispenser. | 02-02-2012 |
Christopher Mark Houghton, London GB
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20110006027 | STACKABLE COSMETIC JAR | 01-13-2011 |
Dan Houghton, London GB
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20150055513 | Group Communication System and Method - A method is described for providing voice conferencing between a plurality of users over a communications network. A host user initiates a voice conference using a host user terminal, where pluralities of user terminals join the voice conference. On joining the voice conference, each participant user terminal displays a participant user interface, and the host user terminal displays a host user interface. At least one participant user activates a request control on the participant user interface which, in turn, transmits a request to the host user to speak in the voice conference. The host user can then activate a selection control to select from among participant users who transmitted the request, the speech of the at least one selected user being transmitted to all of the plurality of users. | 02-26-2015 |
Franchesca D. Houghton, Hampshire GB
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20090239207 | METHOD OF ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF THAWED CELLS - The invention relates to a method of assessing the viability of a thawed cell wherein the cell is a gamete, an embryo, a karyoplast, a putative stem cell population, a stem cell precursor population or a stem cell population. The method includes incubating the thawed cell in a culture medium including a plurality of amino acids and determining the change in concentration in the medium of at least one amino acid. | 09-24-2009 |
John Houghton, Stevenage GB
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20150122454 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING HEAT PIPES TO PANELS - A structural panel for a satellite comprising an elongate pipe mounted thereto. The heat pipe is bonded to the panel intermediate its remote ends with a thermally conductive adhesive. The adhesive is omitted proximate at least one distal end of the heat pipe. The at least one distal end of the heat pipe without adhesive is mechanically secured to the panel by at least one bolt received in a cooperating threaded receiving element. A method of manufacturing such a panel is also provided. | 05-07-2015 |
John Ansdell Houghton, Holmfirth GB
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20140116107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING FALSE FLOW MEASUREMENTS IN A VIBRATING METER - A meter electronics ( | 05-01-2014 |
Liam James Houghton, Warwickshire GB
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20150310405 | VELOCITY ACCELERATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A velocity accelerator system increases a velocity of capital when developing, marketing and selling products. The system includes a user acceptance module for receiving parameters describing a system user, and for analyzing the parameters to determine whether or not the system user is acceptable to the system; a sales monitoring module for monitoring and/or facilitating sales of products from the system user, accepted by the system, to customers of the system; and a sales buffering module for receiving payment associated with the sales of the products, and for providing to the system user, accepted by the system, payments which are at least one of: temporally in advance of receipt of payment by the system of documented sale of the products to the customers, at temporal intervals which are more frequent than receipt of payment by the system of documented sale of the products to the customers. | 10-29-2015 |
Liam James Houghton, Warwick GB
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20160034952 | Control apparatus and accelerating method - A control apparatus increases a velocity of capital and/or resources when developing, marketing and selling products. The control apparatus includes a user acceptance module for receiving parameters describing a system user, and for analyzing the parameters to determine whether or not the system user is acceptable to the control apparatus; a logic of operation module for collecting commercial activity of the at least one system user, and for analyzing, treating and modeling data and parameters associated with the commercial transaction activities of at least one system user, and for feeding commercial transaction monitoring and buffering modules and advertising module information and recommendations optimum advertising time and host; the commercial transaction monitoring module for monitoring and/or facilitating the commercial transactions of the system user, accepted by the control apparatus, with customers of the system user; and the commercial transaction buffering module for receiving payment associated with the commercial transactions of the system user, and for providing to the system user, payments or rewards, including in the form of credit, which are at least one of: temporally in advance of receipt of payment associated with the documented sales of the products of the system user to the system user customers, at temporal intervals which are more frequent than receipt of payment by the control system of documented sale of the products to the customers; and the advertising module arranged for communicating with devices connected to a network of computer servers for directly placing or ceasing an advertisement of a product of the at least one system user, on at least on device or website. | 02-04-2016 |
Mark Phillip Houghton, Buxton Derbyshire GB
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20150014356 | DISPENSER PACKAGING FOR VISCOUS LIQUID COMPRISING LARGE PARTICLES - The invention provides a dispensing system for viscous liquids comprising suspended large particulate material, the system comprising a deformable container having an outlet nozzle, the container holding the viscous liquid. It has been found that this combination of features enables a viscous liquid which may otherwise give rise to frequent blockages and difficult dispensing of a liquid through a constriction, such as in the nozzle, to be evenly, reproducibly and continuously dispensed as a manual operation. | 01-15-2015 |
Neil Houghton, Norfolk GB
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20150260303 | Electromagnetic Flexure - An electromagnetic valve comprises a yoke, a magnet having pole pieces defining a gap, a flexure assembly having one end attached to the yoke such that part of the flexure assembly extends into the gap, and a mechanism configured to polarize the magnetizable portion so that the extending part of the flexure assembly is attracted towards a pole piece by a magnetic force, thereby defining a valve state. The flexure assembly has at least one resilient portion and at least one magnetizable portion, wherein the extending part of the flexure assembly is movable between the pole pieces through an intermediate position towards which it is resiliently biased such that a resilient mechanical force is generated by deflecting the resilient portion from an undeflected position. The magnetizable portion and the resilient portion are configured such that the magnetic force defining the valve state is greater than the resilient mechanical force. | 09-17-2015 |
Neil E. Houghton, Cambridge GB
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20120199428 | Force-Controlling Hydraulic Device - A device for use in the control of mechanical forces is provided. The device includes first and second terminals for connection to components in a system for controlling mechanical forces and independently moveable. The device further comprises a hydraulic device connected between the terminals and containing a liquid. The hydraulic device is configured to produce upon relative movement of the terminals, a liquid flow to generate an inertial force due to the mass of the liquid to control the mechanical forces at the terminals such that they are substantially proportional to the relative acceleration between the terminals. | 08-09-2012 |
Phil Houghton, Essex GB
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20080252235 | Electronic Control Gear and Method of its Use - An electronic control gear for a lamp is disclosed. The electronic control gear has a memory device and a microprocessor configured to acquire data relating to at least one parameter of operation of the lamp and configured to store acquired data in the memory device. The at least one parameter of operation is an electrical power consumption of the lamp during a period of operation, a duration of operation of the lamp during a period, a duration of operation the lamp at each of a plurality of power consumption levels or bands, or an operating temperature of a component of a circuit in which the lamp is connected. | 10-16-2008 |
Phill Houghton, Cambridgeshire GB
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20090216451 | Gravity survey data processing - This invention relates to improved techniques for processing potential field measurement data from airborne surveys such as gravity surveys, and to improved techniques for data acquisition which are enabled by the improved data processing techniques. We describe a method of processing measured potential field data from a potential field survey of the earth to determine map data for mapping said field, the method comprising: inputting said measured potential field data, said measured potential field data comprising data defining a plurality of potential field measurements and associated positions, each said position defining a position of a said potential field measurement in three dimensions; determining a plurality relationships between said potential field measurements and said positions, each said relationship relating a said potential field measurement to a function of a said associated position in three dimensions multiplied by a field mapping parameter; and determining a substantially self-consistent set of said field mapping parameters for said plurality of relationships to thereby determine said map data. | 08-27-2009 |
Phillip Houghton, Cambridge GB
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20110010095 | POTENTIAL FIELD DATA SURVEY - Conducting a potential field survey of a survey surface includes a method, a system, and/or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes determining a set of paths along an observation surface at an observation height above the surface survey, and measuring potential field data at points on said paths, wherein said set of paths comprises at least one reference path and a plurality of survey paths associated with said at least one reference path wherein the distance between each of the plurality of survey paths and the reference path is a function of the observation height. Said set of paths may define a generally fan-shaped pattern diverging from a common region. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 01-13-2011 |
20140081595 | GRAVITY GRADIOMETER SURVEY TECHNIQUES - We describe improved techniques for airborne gravity gradiometer surveys. In particular we describe a method and system for performing a gravity gradiometer survey of a surveyed region of terrain, the method comprising: providing an aircraft with a gravity gradiometer; flying said aircraft over said terrain at a speed of at least 100 m/s and at an average height above said terrain of above said terrain of at least 300 m; and collecting gravity gradient data for said surveyed region of terrain from said gravity gradiometer, said gravity gradient data comprising data for at least one component of the gravity gradient tensor. | 03-20-2014 |
Rod Houghton, Stanford-In-The-Vale GB
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20140290793 | FILLING SYSTEM FOR A BOTTLE WITH A ROTARY SPORTS VALVE - A filling mechanism for use with a nozzle, the nozzle comprising a nozzle body and an end cap, which are axially aligned with one another, the end cap comprising a fluid opening and the nozzle body comprising a closing member, wherein in a first, closed, position the closing member is arranged to seal the opening, and in a second, open, position the opening is spaced from the closing member, so as to allow the flow of fluid through the opening, and the end cap and nozzle body are interconnected such that axial movement of the end cap relative to the nozzle body, between the first and second positions, is achieved by rotation of the nozzle body and the end cap relative to one another about the axis; the filling mechanism comprising rotation means, adapted to effect rotation of the nozzle body and the end cap relative to one another, and a filling tube; the filling mechanism being arranged such that the filling tube and the fluid opening in the end cap of the nozzle are brought into fluid communication with one another by rotation of the nozzle body and end cap relative to one another. | 10-02-2014 |
Roy Houghton, Bristol GB
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20110017409 | VERTICAL BLIND TIDY - A device for securing the louvres of a vertical blind is provided. The device comprises a base plate that is adapted for fixing to a surface adjacent the blind and an integral retaining member which is adjustable to releasably secure a variable number of louvres against the base plate. | 01-27-2011 |
Stephen Houghton, Newcastle Upon Tyne GB
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20090271941 | Upright Vacuum Cleaners - The present invention provides an upright vacuum cleaner ( | 11-05-2009 |
20110058361 | LANTERN APPARATUS - A lantern apparatus including a main housing including a lamp and a reflector, and a plurality of flashlights that are removably engageable with the main housing. The apparatus is arranged such that when the flashlights are engaged with the main housing they are spaced apart from the reflector and oriented so that light emitted from the flashlights is reflected by the reflector. Both the reflected light from the flashlights, and light emitted by the lamp, is emitted from the main housing. | 03-10-2011 |
20120222706 | STEAM CLEANING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a steam cleaning apparatus ( | 09-06-2012 |
20140331443 | STEAM CLEANING DEVICES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREWITH - In a first aspect, the present invention provides a steam cleaning device, the device comprising a supply of water for generating steam, and a steam cleaning head for ejecting steam generated from said supply of water in proximity to a surface to be cleaned, wherein the steam cleaning head comprises a portion for receiving a composition adapted to be used in conjunction with such a steam cleaning device, the portion being perfused by steam during ejection by said steam cleaning head of steam generated from said supply of water. This has the advantage that the composition may be changed by a user dependent only on the user's requirements and the rate of consumption of the composition, and independently of both the rate of consumption of water by the steam cleaning device and any need to remove, clean or replace a cleaning cloth mounted on the steam cleaning head. In a second aspect, the present invention also provides an encapsulated composition adapted to be used in conjunction with a steam cleaning device comprising a supply of water for generating steam, wherein the encapsulated composition has a shape adapted to fit a portion of a steam cleaning head of the steam cleaning device, which portion is perfused by steam during ejection by said steam cleaning head of steam generated from said supply of water. Such a “must-fit” adaptation of the encapsulated composition provides the possibility that only encapsulated compositions suitable for use in a particular steam cleaning device can be charged into that device, in order to ensure correct dosage by the composition of the steam generated by the device. | 11-13-2014 |
20150230683 | STEAM CLEANING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a steam cleaning apparatus ( | 08-20-2015 |