The Technology Partnership, Plc.

Accenture Global Services Gmbh

The Toro Company

Daniel Crichton

Robert Gordon Maurice Selby

David Martin Pooley

Neil Pollock

Paul Frederick Koltz

LaVern L Ackerman

Douglas Robert Saunders Bradshaw

Richard Wilhelm Janse Van Rensberg

A unit dose container for holding a single dose of a given liquid, the container comprising: a chamber () in which, in use, the given liquid is stored, the chamber having a wall through which, in use, the liquid is to be supplied; a release mechanism (), at least part of which is internal to, or forms part of the wall of the chamber, the release mechanism being movable relative to the chamber between first and second positions; and means for allowing the release mechanism () to move from the first to the second positions, thereby opening a passage through the wall so that the liquid can exit the chamber (), the means including at least one flexible wall portion.

Dose container

A droplet generation device comprising a reservoir split into at least two regions by a substantially liquid impermeable barrier, a perforate membrane connecting one of said regions, containing, in use, the liquid to be dispensed, to the atmosphere, such that vibration of the membrane causes the liquid to be ejected through the perforate membrane into the atmosphere, and a pressure control system consisting of one or more valves in which at least one valve vents gas into the reservoir in response to a pressure difference, &#x394;P, across it that is less than zero, and at least one valve is connected to a non-liquid-containing region of the reservoir and vents gas out of the reservoir in response to a pressure difference, &#x394;P, across it that is greater than &#x394;P, where &#x394;Pand &#x394;Pare the absolute pressure of the gas in the reservoir minus the absolute atmospheric pressure outside of the reservoir.

Fluid management for vibrating perforate membrane spray systems

A hand-held debris blower including a blower tube and an associated ejector. The blower includes an airflow generator adapted to generate a primary airflow that is directed into a blower tube. A flow ejector is operable to selectively increase a working airflow provided by the blower by selectively entraining a secondary airflow within the primary airflow.

Debris blower incorporating flow ejector

A liquid droplet production apparatus includes a perforate membrane, with liquid being supplied to one side of the membrane. An actuator for vibrating the membrane is provided. The vibration causes liquid droplets to be ejected from the other side of the membrane. Magnetic force is used to connect the actuator to the membrane so that the vibration can be transmitted.

Separable membrane improvements

An electronic spray device comprising a spray generator and a spray controller for providing a drive signal to the spray generator, wherein the spray generator includes a perforate membrane which vibrates ultrasonically in response to the drive signal, said vibration causing liquid droplets to be ejected from one side of the perforate membrane, wherein the spray controller is adapted to modulate the drive signal sent to the spray generator, wherein such modulation of the drive signal is arranged to set the mean power level supplied to the spray generator to a target level.

Electronic spray device improvements

A fluid spray dispenser () having a fluid reservoir () for holding a fluid to be dispensed, a spray head () for dispensing the fluid and a porous medium () through which the fluid passes from the reservoir () to the spray head (). The porous medium () has an effective pore size and/or permeability that decreases towards the spray head (). Means and methods of creating the pore size and/or permeability gradients are discussed.

Fluid feed system improvements

A fluid spray dispenser () having a fluid reservoir () for holding a fluid to be dispensed, a spray head () for dispensing the fluid and a porous medium () through which the fluid passes from the reservoir () to the spray head (). The porous medium () has a pathway () or pathways located substantially adjacent the spray head () for the removal of air ingested into the porous medium () during spraying.

A media transmission system and method for the transmission of a desired one of a plurality of broadcast media channels to a remote client over a data connection is disclosed. The system includes means for routing data for a first one of the broadcast media channels over the data connection to the remote client and means for routing data for an alternate one of the channels over the data connection following receipt of a channel change request from a user. This allows efficient use of a limited bandwidth data connection.

Media transmission system and method

A media transmission system and method for the transmission of a desired one of a plurality of broadcast media channels to a remote client over a data connection is disclosed. The system includes means for routing data for a first one of the broadcast media channels over the data connection to the remote client and means for routing data for an alternate one of the channels over the data connection following receipt of a channel change request from a user; this allows efficient use of a limited bandwidth data connection.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

Daniel Crichton