Patents by Inventor Keith Nixon

Keith Nixon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250046592
    Abstract: A method of correcting mass spectral data comprises making calibration measurements at one or more calibration times using calibrants which have known mass to charge ratio (m/z) values or previously mass measured mass to charge ratio (m/z) values, making a list of intrinsic components which are present during more than one acquisition periods, wherein the components have mass to charge ratio (m/z) values that were not present or observed during or close to the one or more calibration times, and utilising the list to calculate a mass or mass to charge ratio (m/z) correction factor for one or more acquisition periods which are not close or adjacent in time to an acquisition period containing a directly calibrated mass to charge ratio (m/z) value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Keith George Richardson, Martin Raymond Green, John Brian Hoyes, Richard Denny, Peter Nixon, Richard Chapman
  • Patent number: 8615825
    Abstract: A liquid drainage system for a sanitary installation has a liquid level sensor for detecting the level of liquid in a drainage receptacle. The sensor employs non-contact sensing, for example an electric field, to detect the liquid level and controls the operating of a drainage pump depending on the detected liquid level. The drainage receptacle may for example be the gulley of a shower tray, or a manifold connected to two or more sinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Munster Simms Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Richard Bovill, Keith Nixon
  • Publication number: 20120102639
    Abstract: A liquid drainage system for a sanitary installation has a liquid level sensor for detecting the level of liquid in a drainage receptacle. The sensor employs non-contact sensing means, for example an electric field, to detect the liquid level and controls the operating of a drainage pump depending on the detected liquid level. The drainage receptacle may for example be the gulley of a shower tray, or a manifold connected to two or more sinks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Munster Simms Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Richard Bovill, Keith Nixon
  • Patent number: 5845668
    Abstract: A method is provided for replacing an existing service pipe carrying fluid to an outlet within a property with a replacement service pipe. In the method the outlet is disconnected within the property from the existing service pipe in such a way that both during and after disconnection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. A desired length of replacement service pipe is then fed into the existing service pipe in such a way that during and after the feeding step fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. The outlet is then connected to the outlet end of the replacement pipe 2 in such a way that during the connection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property and after the connection step fluid is allowed to pass to the outlet solely by way of the replacement pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: British Gas plc
    Inventors: John Taylor, Michael Hicks, Richard Lamb, Robert Neal Bennett, Keith Nixon, Ian Ashcroft, Adrian Sydney Parkes, John Philip Smith
  • Patent number: 5738357
    Abstract: A method is provided for replacing an existing service pipe carrying fluid to an outlet within a property with a replacement service pipe. In the method the outlet is disconnected within the property from the existing service pipe in such a way that both during and after disconnection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. A desired length of replacement service pipe is then fed into the existing service pipe in such a way that during and after the feeding step fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. The outlet is then connected to the outlet end of the replacement pipe in such a way that during the connection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property and after the connection step fluid is allowed to pass to the outlet solely by way of the replacement pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: British Gas plc
    Inventors: John Taylor, Michael Hicks, Richard Lamb, Robert Neal Bennett, Keith Nixon, Ian Ashcroft, Adrian Sydney Parkes, John Philip Smith
  • Patent number: 5551704
    Abstract: A method is provided for replacing an existing service pipe carrying fluid to an outlet within a property with a replacement service pipe. In the method the outlet is disconnected within the property from the existing service pipe in such a way that both during and after disconnection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. A desired length of replacement service pipe is then fed into the existing service pipe in such a way that during and after the feeding step fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. The outlet is then connected to the outlet end of the replacement pipe in such a way that during the connection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property and after the connection step fluid is allowed to pass to the outlet solely by way of the replacement pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: British Gas plc
    Inventors: John Taylor, Michael Hicks, Richard Lamb, Robert N. Bennett, Keith Nixon, Ian Ashcroft, Adrian S. Parkes, John P. Smith
  • Patent number: 5482076
    Abstract: A method is provided for replacing an existing service pipe carrying fluid to an outlet within a property with a replacement service pipe. In the method the outlet is disconnected within the property from the existing service pipe in such a way that both during and after disconnection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. A desired length of replacement service pipe is then fed into the existing service pipe in such a way that during and after the feeding step fluid is prevented from escaping into the property. The outlet is then connected to the outlet end of the replacement pipe in such a way that during the connection fluid is prevented from escaping into the property and after the connection step fluid is allowed to pass to the outlet solely by way of the replacement pipe 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: British Gas plc
    Inventors: John Taylor, Michael Hicks, Richard Lamb, Robert N. Bennett, Keith Nixon, Ian Ashcroft, Adrian S. Parkes, John P. Smith