Ballard, GB
Brian, Lee Ballard, Colwall GB
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20110155756 | MEDICATION DISPENSER - A dispenser for the delivery of medication includes: | 06-30-2011 |
Colin Ballard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GB
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20100078446 | Cartridge And Method For The Preparation Of Beverages - A cartridge for use in a beverage preparation machine, the cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge and an outlet for discharge of a beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, wherein the one or more beverage ingredients is a liquid chocolate ingredient. | 04-01-2010 |
Colin Ballard, Cheltenham GB
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20120148721 | Cartridge And Method For The Preparation Of Beverages - A cartridge for use in a beverage preparation machine, the cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge and an outlet for discharge of a beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, wherein the one or more beverage ingredients is a liquid chocolate ingredient. | 06-14-2012 |
20130164416 | Cartridge And Method For The Preparation Of Beverages - A cartridge for use in a beverage preparation machine, the cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge and an outlet for discharge of a beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, wherein the one or more beverage ingredients is a liquid chocolate ingredient. | 06-27-2013 |
20140141133 | Cartridge And Method For The Preparation Of Beverages - A cartridge for use in a beverage preparation machine, the cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge and an outlet for discharge of a beverage produced from the one or more beverage ingredients, wherein the one or more beverage ingredients is a liquid chocolate ingredient. | 05-22-2014 |
David Ballard, Aberdeenshire GB
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20120247768 | CROSSLINKING AGENTS FOR PRODUCING GELS AND POLYMER BEADS FOR OILFIELD APPLICATIONS - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to gels for use in downhole applications containing the reaction product of at least one polymer, or polymer precursor, and at least one oxazoline crosslinking agent, wherein the at least one polymer, or polymer precursor, and the oxazoline crosslinking agent are normally combined in a solution, and methods including the use thereof. Also disclosed is a method to activate the gel formation under acidic conditions thus improving gel control; oxazoline, aziridine and carbodiimide crosslinking agents | 10-04-2012 |
20130133888 | AQUEOUS GELS FOR WELL BORE STRENGTHENING - A process for treating an earth formation is provided, the process may include: injecting a gelling agent into the earthen formation; injecting a crosslinking agent into the earthen formation; and reacting the gelling agent and the crosslinking agent to form a gel. The gelling agent may include at least one of a lignin, a lignosulfonate, a tannin, a tannic acid, a modified lignin, a modified lignosulfonate, a modified tannin, a modified tannic acid, biopolymers, polyacrylates, polyacrylamides, polyether amines, poly vinyl amines, and combinations thereof The crosslinking agent may include at least one of ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, propylene glycol diglycidyl ether, butylene glycol diglycidyl ether, sorbitol polyglycidyl ether, trimethylolpropane triglycidyl ether, sorbitol polyglycidyl ether, diglycidyl ether of neopentyl glycol, epoxidized 1,6-hexanediol, aziridine derivatives, epoxy functionalized polyalkalene glycols, an oxidized starch, and combinations thereof. | 05-30-2013 |
David Ballard, Kincardineshire GB
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20080269079 | Polymer Coated Bridging Solids and Weighting Agents for Use in Drilling Fluids - A wellbore fluid having at least two phases, including a fluid phase and a solid phase. The solid phase is a powdered solid material coated with a polymer that is the reaction product of a polyether amine and a dialdehyde crosslinking agent. Preferably the polyether amine is a diamine and more preferably the compound acts as a shale hydration inhibitor. The dialdehyde crosslinking agent reacts with the polyether amine compound and forms the polymeric material coating the solid. The polymer is substantially solubilized when the pH of the fluid has a value of less than about 7. | 10-30-2008 |
David Ballard, Stonehaven ,scotland GB
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20100065269 | METHOD OF STABILIZING A WELL BORE OF A WELL PENETRATING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - A method of controlling the loss of a drilling fluid from a well bore into a subterranean formation in which one illustrative embodiment includes: drilling the well bore with an aqueous based drilling fluid that includes an aqueous phase and a shale hydration inhibitor that is a polyether amine compound, and circulating into the well bore a fluid pill including a dialdehyde crosslinking agent. The dialdehyde crosslinking agent reacts with the polyether amine compound and forms a polymeric material. | 03-18-2010 |
David Ballard, Stonehaven GB
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20090294179 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FLUID LOSS AND MATERIALS USEFUL THEREIN - A method of controlling the loss of a drilling fluid from a well bore into a subterranean formation in which one illustrative embodiment includes: drilling the well bore with an aqueous based drilling fluid that includes an aqueous phase and a shale hydration inhibitor that is a polyether amine compound, and circulating into the well bore a fluid pill including a dialdehyde crosslinking agent. The dialdehyde crosslinking agent reacts with the polyether amine compound and forms a polymeric material. | 12-03-2009 |
David Anthony Ballard, Aberdeenshire GB
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20130210684 | METHOD OF REMOVING WATER-BASED FILTER CAKE - A method of removing a water-based filter cake from a wellbore, the method comprising: contacting the filter cake with a mixture comprising: a non-aqueous, polar solvent; an agent selected to breakdown the filter cake; said mixture comprising <5 wt % water and preferably being essentially anhydrous. The low water content of the mixture actually slows the degradation of the filter cake which has surprisingly been found to be more effective as it allows a more even removal of the filter cake and a more efficient use of the mixture; without the tendency to create local holes in the filter cake where the mixture could escape. Embodiments of the present invention use a polar solvent with a dielectric constant of more than (15), preferably more than (30) such as (15) monoethylene glycol (MEG). In preferred embodiments the agent comprises a salt based on potassium EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid). | 08-15-2013 |
Iam M. Ballard, Essex GB
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20080251118 | Photovoltaic device - A method of forming a photovoltaic device includes a plurality of quantum wells and a plurality of barriers. The quantum wells and barriers are disposed on an underlying layer. The barriers alternate with the quantum wells. One of the plurality of quantum wells and the plurality of barriers is comprised of tensile strained layers and the other of the plurality of quantum wells and the plurality of barriers is comprised of compressively strained layers. The tensile and compressively strained layers have elastic properties. The method includes selecting compositions and thicknesses of the barriers and quantum wells taking into account the elastic properties such that each period of one tensile strained layer and one compressively strained layer exerts substantially no shear force on a neighboring structure; providing the underlying layer; and forming the quantum sells and barriers on the underlying layer according to the derived compositions and thicknesses. | 10-16-2008 |
Ian M. Ballard, Essex GB
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20080230112 | Photovoltaic cells - A photovoltaic system includes a photovoltaic device that includes a lower photovoltaic cell fabricated from semiconductor material having a first bandgap, and having first electrical contacts for extraction of current from the lower cell; an electrically insulating layer monolithically fabricated on the lower photovoltaic cell; and an upper photovoltaic cell monolithically fabricated on the electrically insulating layer from semiconductor material having a second bandgap larger than the first bandgap, and having second electrical contacts for extraction of current from the upper cell. The photovoltaic system also includes one or more first photon sources operable to supply photons to the photovoltaic device, the photons having wavelengths in a first wavelength range associated primarily with the first bandgap. The photovoltaic system further includes one or more second photon sources operable to supply photons to the photovoltaic device, the photons having wavelengths in a second wavelength range primarily associated with the second bandgap. | 09-25-2008 |
James Phillip Ballard, C/o Malvern GB
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20140106066 | Line marking apparatus, system and method - A line marking apparatus, for use in a system that includes a source of a narrow beam of radiation which extends substantially horizontally along or parallel to a line to be marked, includes a wheeled chassis and a line marking head for dispensing line marking material. The marking head is supported on the chassis for lateral movement relative thereto, which movement is controlled by a controller that includes a detector which is movable with the marking head and is positioned and directed to detect such a beam of radiation, the marking head being movable together with the detector in response to a detected beam. Lateral movement of the marking head is thereby controlled such that the head and the detector substantially follow the line to be marked irrespective of whether the chassis deviates from the line direction. | 04-17-2014 |
James Phillip Ballard, Malvern GB
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20090205566 | Line marking apparatus - A line marking apparatus includes a chassis ( | 08-20-2009 |