Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v.

Intercontinental Great Brands LLC

Crane Electronics, Inc.

Cadbury UK Limited

Cintilight, LLC

42 Technology Limited

Simon Jelley

Stuart Banister

Andrew Michael Halliday

Esak Shabudin

Andrew Chapman

Roderick Andrew Haines

Finbarr Charles Ronald Williamson

Andrew Christopher Bufton

Gavin Bown

Ronald Grazioso

Philipp Braeuninger-Weimer

Peter William Everitt

Adrian James Duffin

Neil Andrew McDonald

Chad E Seaver

Himang Virendra Sharma

Daniel Thomas Ahearn

Stuart Mark Banister

Finbarr Charles Williamson

Neil Andrew Mcdonald

A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner includes a plurality of gamma radiation detector modules arranged to form a detector ring. Each detector module includes an array of scintillator detectors. Each scintillator detector comprises a monolithic scintillation crystal and a plurality of photodetector arrays, such as silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). A photodetector array is positioned on at least two nonparallel faces of each scintillation crystal. In some examples, a photodetector array is positioned on each of three orthogonal faces of each scintillation crystal.

Scintillator detectors and methods for positron emission tomography

A beverage producing system is provided comprising a capsule containing beverage ingredients and a beverage preparation machine. The capsule comprises a cup-shaped body and a lid; the cup-shaped body having a base and a side wall and the lid being sealed to the cup-shaped body. Prior to insertion, the side wall comprises: A cup-shaped body, a capsule and a method are also disclosed.

Beverage preparation system, a capsule and a method for forming a beverage

A method of forming a cup-shaped body for a beverage capsule comprising the steps of: a) in a first stage drawing a sheet of material into a cup-shaped body preform; and b) in a second stage transforming the cup-shaped body preform into the cup-shaped body; wherein after the first stage the cup-shaped body preform comprises a base and a preformed side wall which extends from the base to a rim; wherein the preformed side wall comprises: an outwardly-extending step proximate the rim; a primary side wall section extending between the base and the outwardly-extending step; and a secondary side wall section extending between the outwardly-extending step and the rim; wherein in the second stage the preformed side wall is deformed such that the cup-shaped body comprises the base and a side wall which extends from the base to the rim; wherein the side wall comprises: an annular trough; a first side wall section extending between the base and the annular trough; and a second side wall section extending between the annular trough and the rim.

Method of forming a cup-shaped body for a beverage capsule

A beverage producing system is provided comprising a capsule containing beverage ingredients and a beverage preparation machine. The capsule comprises a cup-shaped body and a lid; the cup-shaped body having a base and a side wall and the lid being sealed to the cup-shaped body. The side wall is dimensioned to be contacted by an enclosing member of the beverage preparation machine on closure of the enclosing member to buckle the side wall to form a valley zone bridging the enclosing member. The side wall is adapted such that said valley zone forms at least one sealing interface between the enclosing member and the side wall. A capsule and a method are also disclosed.

A beverage producing system is provided comprising a capsule containing beverage ingredients and a beverage preparation machine. The capsule comprises a cup-shaped body and a lid; the cup-shaped body having a base and a side wall and the lid being sealed to the cup-shaped body. Prior to insertion, the side wall comprises: &#x2014; an annular trough being dimensioned to receive an enclosing member of the beverage preparation machine on movement of the enclosing member, into a closed position; &#x2014; a first side wall section extending between the base and the annular trough; and &#x2014; a second side wall section extending between the annular trough and a rim of the capsule. A capsule and a method are also disclosed.

Apparatus for generating, at a target ice/liquid ratio with a corresponding target temperature, a slush comprising frozen and non-frozen liquid comprises a flow path for recirculation of liquid therethrough, the flow path comprising a heat exchanger having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, the heat exchanger being configured for flow therethrough of coolant at a temperature below the target temperature, the apparatus being configured to vary the rate of coolant flow through the heat exchanger between a first rate and a second rate that is lower than the first rate.

Slush generation

An electronic click wrench comprises a handle for applying torque through a shaft to a working head. The shaft includes torque sensing means for calculating the torque applied to a workpiece by the working head, and a trigger mechanism for sending a haptic feedback to a user by triggering a small movement of the handle relative to the working head when a set point torque is reached. The trigger mechanism comprises a permanent magnet that is normally anchored by magnetic attraction to a pole piece so as to resist separation when a force is applied through the handle, and an electromagnetic means actuable to reduce or cancel that magnetic attraction so as to permit separation of the pole piece and permanent magnet, thus generating the haptic feedback. Operation of the electromagnet may oppose the flux of the permanent magnet through the pole piece. Alternatively operation of the electromagnet may divert the flux of the permanent magnet away from the pole piece.

Electronic click wrench

A method of extruding products comprises varying the rate of flow of at least one material () through an extrusion aperture in a die (). The method may be used to produce an extrudate body () whose cross-sectional area varies along its length or to produce an extrudate body comprising two or more different materials in which the proportions of the materials varies along its length. Apparatus () for carrying out the method comprises an extrusion die () defining an extrusion aperture and a material delivery system for delivering the material(s) to the die in a suitable condition for extrusion. A control system is operative to vary the rate of flow of the material. The control system may comprise a flow control mechanism () in a supply path for the first material upstream from the die (). The flow control mechanism () may be operative to vary the volume of the supply path and may comprise a fluid actuated resiliently deformable flexible element. The method and apparatus are particularly suited for manufacturing food products, especially confectionery products such as chocolate bars.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing products

A method of manufacturing products comprising an outer casing of a first material () and containing at least one chamber () filled with a second material () comprises extruding the first material through a die () to form an extrudate body () and delivering the second material through at least one fluid outlet () in the die to form the least one filled chamber. The extrusion process is varied periodically and momentarily to produce sections () of extrudate body having no filled chamber. In one embodiment, the flow of the second material () is periodically reduced to form the unfilled sections. The flow of the second material () may be reduced by increasing the volume of a supply path for the second material upstream from the die (). Apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed. The method and apparatus are particularly adapted for producing food, and especially confectionery, products.

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Simon Jelley