Bray, GB
Alison Bray, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne GB
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20140296746 | URINE FLOW MEASURING APPARATUS - A urine flow measuring apparatus that includes a container for receiving urine, measuring means for measuring the weight and/or volume of urine received by the container, and memory means for recording the weight and/or volume measured by the measuring means. Through a controller the measuring means: continually measures the weight and/or volume of the container at regular sampling intervals; and at each sampling interval, identifies if a positive change in the weight and/or volume of the container has occurred and then compares results within a data set, the data set including a result from the current sampling interval and results from all the sampling intervals during a given period. If a number of sampling intervals indicating a positive change in the weight and/or volume is above a certain threshold, the memory means is instructed to begin recording data, else the memory means is instructed to cease recording data. | 10-02-2014 |
Andrew Bray, London GB
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20150272205 | Cutting Apparatus for Use in the Tobacco Industry - A rotary shear cutting apparatus to cut discrete non-rectangular portions from a web of smoking article sheet material, comprises a first rotary carrier provided with a first cutting edge and a second rotary carrier provided with a second cutting edge, wherein said first and second cutting edges are configured to cooperate during rotation of said first and second rotary carriers to cut a non-rectangular portion from the web. | 10-01-2015 |
Andrew Bray, Southampton GB
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20090241473 | Apparatus and Method For Packing Smoking Articles - A packaging apparatus comprises one or more packing machines (MC | 10-01-2009 |
Andrew Jonathan Bray, London, Ln GB
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20150327592 | Improvements Relating to Smoking Article Assembly - A modular apparatus for smoking article assembly comprises a plurality of modules and a plurality of respective interface units, and a controller to control said plurality of modules via said interface units. The modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokable material, which is smoked in use. | 11-19-2015 |
Andrew Jonathan Bray, London GB
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20100288292 | Method and Apparatus for Forming Tobacco Rods - A method of forming tobacco rods comprises providing an endless bead of tobacco, creating regularly spaced apart gaps ( | 11-18-2010 |
Andrew Jonathan Bray, Southampton GB
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20090230004 | Packages - A package comprises first and second packs (P | 09-17-2009 |
20100269839 | Smoking article with closed end and methods and apparatus for manufacture thereof - A method of making a smoking article comprises providing a folly or partially fabricated smoking article comprising at least a tobacco rod of tobacco wrapped in cigarette paper; adhering a foldable paper to the cigarette paper such that the foldable paper encircles the tobacco rod and overhangs the cigarette paper at an end of the tobacco rod that is intended to be lit; and folding the overhanging foldable paper to substantially cover the tobacco at the end of the tobacco rod. Various techniques can be employed to apply different lengths of foldable paper to the tobacco rod and to achieve different folding patterns. The folded paper may be inverted by pressing inwardly with a pin or rod after folding to produce a more permanent fold. | 10-28-2010 |
20110226639 | Packages - A package comprises first and second packs (P | 09-22-2011 |
20110303567 | Package for Tobacco Products - A package for tobacco products comprises a container ( | 12-15-2011 |
20130248393 | Packages - A package comprises first and second packs each capable of containing items. The packs are connected in a Jacob's ladder arrangement by straps which are initially joined together by a line of weakness, and which separate along the line of weakness upon first movement of the first and second packs relative to each other. | 09-26-2013 |
20140246344 | Packages - A package comprises first and second pack-containing sections. The pack-containing sections are connected by straps. A pack can be received in each pack-containing section. | 09-04-2014 |
Anthony Bray, London GB
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20100170202 | Packaging Machine and Method - A method and machine for packaging smoking articles or other tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging may be transported from selected product supply systems ( | 07-08-2010 |
Christopher Bray, Merseyside GB
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20110185623 | Clathrates for Gas Storage - This invention relates to a gas hydrate (often referred to as a clathrate) comprising a water-in-gas emulsion (egdry-water (DW)) and an enclathrated exogenous gas such as for example methane, natural gas, hydrogen or carbon dioxide. | 08-04-2011 |
David Bray, Berkshire GB
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20110049865 | Security Document Comprising a Security Feature Having a Layer with Particles - A security document comprising a printed security feature having a tactile feel, said security feature comprising a printed layer with particles protruding at least 10 μm therefrom in an amount of at least 3 particles per mm | 03-03-2011 |
Dorothy Bray, London GB
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20090017484 | MARKERS FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS - A method for the diagnosis, prognosis or identification of a predisposition towards atherosclerosis and the susceptibility to the development of atherosclerotic plaques and/or vascular obstruction is described, the method comprising analysing a sample to determine the percentage frequency of multiple sub-populations of T-lymphocytes and comparing the data obtained against comparative and/or control data. | 01-15-2009 |
20090062375 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL DISEASES - The invention provides a method of treating viral haemorrhagic fevers, such as that caused by Dengue virus, which comprises administering a composition comprising a pharmaceutically active amount of a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor. | 03-05-2009 |
Dorothy Bray, Buckinghamshire GB
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20090078024 | PARTICLE DETECTOR - A particle detector ( | 03-26-2009 |
20100303858 | Chimeric HIV-1 Glycoproteins and Their Biological Applications - The invention relates to chimeric HIV-1 gp120 glycoproteins, wherein at least a part of gp120 variable region V1 and/or V2 is replaced by a CD4-derived sequence to obtain the exposition of CD4 induced epitopes or CD4i capable of inducing a specific humoral immune response. Application for the preparation of vaccinal and pharmaceutical composition. | 12-02-2010 |
20110150826 | AGENT FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PROPHYLAXIS OF AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND FOR THE FORMATION OF REGULATORY T CELLS - The present invention relates to an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease, an agent for the formation of regulatory T cells (T | 06-23-2011 |
20150374788 | AGENT FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PROPHYLAXIS OF AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND FOR THE FORMATION OF REGULATORY T CELLS - The present invention relates to an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease, an agent for the formation of regulatory T cells (T | 12-31-2015 |
Dorothy Helen Bray, Buckinghamshire GB
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20160129060 | Composition for the treatment of neurobehavioral disorders - The invention relates to a composition for use in the treatment of neurobehavioral disorders, a Cannabis plant extract comprising Cannabinol preferably with other constituents of this plant for such use and a method for the extraction of plants. The plants or plant parts may for instance be derived from | 05-12-2016 |
Ellen Bray, York GB
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20110293572 | INCREASING THE PLASTICITY OF STEM CELLS - The invention relates to methods of culturing non-embryonic cells to increase their plasticity and their potential to differentiate into multi-lineage cell types. | 12-01-2011 |
Harjit Sing Bray, Worcestershire GB
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20160138309 | Paddle latch - A paddle latch comprising a housing, a latch member and a bolt; wherein the bolt is mounted for sliding axial movement between a first, deployed, position and a second, retracted, position. The latch member is configured to move the bolt between said first and second positions upon actuation by a user. The paddle latch further comprises an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is configured to provide selective adjustment of the deployed position of the bolt with respect to the housing. | 05-19-2016 |
Jeremy Bray, St. Albans GB
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20120108256 | METHOD FOR HANDLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A USER EQUIPMENT AND A RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER - A method for handling communication between a user equipment and a radio network controller of an UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) radio access network includes: providing a transmission instruction by the radio network controller for redirecting the user equipment to a target carrier frequency, the target carrier frequency being an allowed frequency of a local access radio network; evaluating if the target carrier frequency is interfered by the local access radio network near the user equipment; and preventing a redirection of the user equipment to the target carrier frequency by the radio network controller for a certain time period, if the target carrier frequency is interfered by the local access network near the user equipment. | 05-03-2012 |
Jeremy Bray, Herts GB
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20120315888 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A DEVICE BY MEANS OF A FIXED TRANSCEIVER STATION, DEVICE, USE OF A FIXED TRANSCEIVER STATION AND PROGRAM - A method for remotely controlling a device by a fixed transceiver station in a radio cell of a cellular mobile telecommunications network, the cellular mobile telecommunications network being at least one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), includes: transmitting to the device on a control channel, by the fixed transceiver station, control information specific to the radio cell; wherein the control channel is a channel or a portion of a channel used to broadcast location information; wherein the control information comprises an identification part for specifying the device; and wherein the device is not required to have a registration with the network. | 12-13-2012 |
John Frederick Bray, Worcestershire GB
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20160138309 | Paddle latch - A paddle latch comprising a housing, a latch member and a bolt; wherein the bolt is mounted for sliding axial movement between a first, deployed, position and a second, retracted, position. The latch member is configured to move the bolt between said first and second positions upon actuation by a user. The paddle latch further comprises an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is configured to provide selective adjustment of the deployed position of the bolt with respect to the housing. | 05-19-2016 |
Mark Edgar Bray, Basildon GB
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20130010299 | TARGET DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A target detection apparatus is described that is capable of improved detection of targets in urban environments or hidden in cluttered environments. The apparatus emits radiation in a modulated fashion, of a known wavelength, wavelengths or range of wavelengths and detects radiation returned by the targets in the environment. | 01-10-2013 |
Mark Edgar Bray, Basildon Essex GB
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20150309391 | PROTECTIVE HOUSING - A protective housing for a camera system mounted on a platform is described. The housing is formed in a domed shape and covers sensitive optical systems. The housing is mounted on or forms part of the external housing of the seeker system. The housing is optically transparent whilst also being conductive. In this way, the housing allows transmission of multiple wavelengths of radiation through the housing whilst also acting so as to reduce radar cross section of the platform and preventing transmission of electromagnetic rf pulse in to the sensitive optical systems of the seeker system. | 10-29-2015 |
Matthew Bray, Ulverston GB
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20140234551 | Deposition of Coatings on Substrates - A process and apparatus are disclosed for the deposition of a layer of a first material onto a substrate of a second material. Powder particles of the first material are entrained into a carrier gas flow to form a powder beam directed to impinge on the substrate. This defines a powder beam footprint region at the substrate. The powder beam and the substrate are moved relative to each other to move the powder beam footprint relative to the substrate, thereby to deposit the layer of the first material. A laser is operated to cause direct, local heating of at least one of a forward substrate region and a powder beam footprint region. The laser beam direction is defined with reference to a plane coincident with or tangential to a surface of the substrate at the centre of the laser beam footprint in terms of an elevation angle from the plane to the laser beam direction and in terms of an acute azimuthal angle from the movement direction to the laser beam direction. The elevation angle is 80° or less and the azimuthal angle is ±60° or less. In the apparatus, there are provided at least three laser sources arrayed around the powder beam footprint, the angular spacing between the laser sources being 120° or less. | 08-21-2014 |
20140295103 | Deposition of Coatings on Substrates - A process and apparatus are disclosed for the deposition of a layer of a first material onto a substrate of a second material. Powder particles of the first material are entrained into a carrier gas flow to form a powder beam directed to impinge on the substrate. This defines a powder beam footprint region at the substrate. The powder beam and the substrate are moved relative to each other to move the powder beam footprint relative to the substrate, thereby to deposit the layer of the first material. A laser is operated to cause direct, local heating of at least one of a forward substrate region and a powder beam footprint region. The laser is controlled to provide a spatial temperature distribution at the powder footprint region of the substrate in which the local temperature of the substrate is in the range 0.5Ts to less than Ts in a volume from the surface of the substrate at least up to a depth of 0.2 mm from the surface of the substrate and not more than 0.25Ts at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the substrate, wherein Ts is the solidus temperature (in K) of the second material. | 10-02-2014 |
Oliver Mark Tristan Bray, London GB
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20150087449 | BALL COLLECTION SYSTEM AND PLAYING AREA - A ball collection system for a tennis court ( | 03-26-2015 |
Patrick Simon Bray, Truro GB
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20120312682 | SOLID ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a solid diamond electrode, a reactor, in particular a reactor comprising an anode, a cathode and at least one bipolar electrode having first and second major working surfaces positioned therebetween wherein the at least one bipolar electrode consists essentially of diamond, and methods in which the reactors are used. | 12-13-2012 |
Patrick Simon Bray, Cornwall GB
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20100126879 | Solid Electrode - The present invention provides a solid diamond electrode, a reactor, in particular a reactor comprising an anode, a cathode and at least one bipolar electrode having first and second major working surfaces positioned therebetween wherein the at least one bipolar electrode consists essentially of diamond, and methods in which the reactors are used. | 05-27-2010 |
Paul Bray, Leeds GB
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20080241410 | Method of recycling electroless nickel waste - An electroless nickel plating bath is provided that utilizes hypophosphite ions as a reducing agent and is substantially free of sulphate and sodium ions. Spent nickel in the plating bath is removed using an ion exchange resin and the remaining effluent solution is usable for manufacturing fertilizer compositions. The nickel is processed for inclusion back into the plating bath. Thus, the process of the invention allows for the indefinite use of the solutions without discharging hazardous waste. | 10-02-2008 |
Roger Bray, Nuneaton GB
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20090012440 | WOUND DRESSINGS - A wound dressing comprises a wound-contacting layer composed of a mixture of honey and a moisture-absorbing agent; a water-permeable fabric backing layer; and an intermediate layer comprising water-permeable fabric impregnated with a mixture of honey and a moisture-absorbing agent. | 01-08-2009 |
20140356454 | ANTIBACTERIAL WOUND DRESSING - An antibacterial wound dressing is based on or derived from gel-forming fibres such as carboxymethyl cellulose or alginate fibres having silver ions linked thereto at some but not all of the exchangeable sites such that the distribution of silver ions over the exchangeable sites is substantially uniform. The silvered fibres for the wound dressing can be prepared by contacting an assembly of precursor gel-forming fibres having exchangeable sites under conditions which do not cause irreversible gelling of the fibres with an amount of a solution containing silver ions so as to link silver ions at some but not all of the exchangeable sites, the whole of the assembly of precursor gel-forming fibres being contacted essentially simultaneously with the entire solution containing silver ions. | 12-04-2014 |
Roger Bray, Whitestone GB
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20130152309 | ANTIBACTERIAL WOUND DRESSING - An antibacterial wound dressing is based on or derived from gel-forming fibres such as carboxymethyl cellulose or alginate fibres having silver ions linked thereto at some but not all of the exchangeable sites such that the distribution of silver ions over the exchangeable sites is substantially uniform. The silvered fibres for the wound dressing can be prepared by contacting an assembly of precursor gel-forming fibres having exchangeable sites under conditions which do not cause irreversible gelling of the fibres with an amount of a solution containing silver ions so as to link silver ions at some but not all of the exchangeable sites, the whole of the assembly of precursor gel-forming fibres being contacted essentially simultaneously with the entire solution containing silver ions. | 06-20-2013 |
Simon E. Bray, Derby GB
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20090173769 | Welding of Single Crystal Alloys - A blade member is oscillated in the direction of arrow A-A relative to a rim of a disc; a forge force is applied radially and a weld is formed along line; the blade member is formed from a face centred cubic (FCC) nickel based single crystal alloy, such as CMSX-4 of Cannon-Muskegon Corporation; the orientation of the single crystal blade member is controlled to maximize the stress on the slip plane; by maximizing the stress on the slip plane the in-plane friction forces and the forge force are minimized; minimizing the in-plane forces enables the single crystal blade member to be successfully welded to the rim of the disc. | 07-09-2009 |
20090314823 | Method of friction welding - A method of friction welding comprises providing a first workpiece ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100102106 | WELDING ENCLOSURE - A weld enclosure ( | 04-29-2010 |
20110031299 | METHOD OF FRICTION WELDING - A method of friction welding comprising providing a first workpiece ( | 02-10-2011 |
20120012643 | PROCESS CONTROL METHOD - A method is disclosed for controlling a process in which a component | 01-19-2012 |
20120012644 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF A FRICTION WELD - A method of determining the quality of a friction weld between two components, the method comprising joining two components together using a friction welding process, measuring the loss of length of the components as a function of time during the friction welding process, determining the double differential with respect to time of the loss in length of the components as a function of time, determining the quality of the friction weld by calculating the R | 01-19-2012 |
20120022678 | LINEAR FRICTION WELDING OF AN AEROFOIL BLISK - A method of making an aerofoil blink comprising a plurality of aerofoil blades joined to a disc to extend radially outwardly therefrom is provided, The method includes the step of: (a) modelling a linear friction welding process in which a blade member is joined to the disc, the blade member having a stub for joining to the disc, wherein the modelling provides results which are indicative of the welding power at positions along the stub during the welding process; (b) identifying adaptations to the stub using the modelling results to compensate for differences in welding power along the stub during the welding process; (c) providing a blade member having a stub with the identified adaptations; and (d) joining the provided blade member to the disc by the linear friction welding process. | 01-26-2012 |
20130011681 | METHOD OF LINEAR FRICTION WELDING - A method of linear friction welding, the method comprising: a friction phase comprising oscillating a first workpiece ( | 01-10-2013 |
Simon Edward Bray, Derby GB
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20160039043 | ROTARY FRICTION WELDING - A method providing a first tubular workpiece having a first weld surface at an end thereof, and a second tubular workpiece having a second weld surface at an end thereof; aligning the workpieces on a common axis with the weld surfaces facing each other, rotating one workpiece about the axis relative to the other workpiece, and engaging the first and second weld surfaces such that the rotation raises the temperature at the weld surfaces to create a weld interface; and ceasing the rotation and allowing the weld interface to cool to weld the workpieces together at the interface. The first weld surface is an apex region of an annular projection at the end of the first workpiece, on a longitudinal section through the aligned workpieces the annular projection having a profile in which radially inner and outer side surfaces of the annular projection taper towards the apex region. | 02-11-2016 |