WRTI Members' Inventions

3DPOD - 3D Visual Display Screen
3DPod is a uniquely designed 3D projection screen to be used with a digital projector. Producing natural 3D effect of projected images without the need of glasses, used with any DVD, digital TV, computer, Xbox, PS2 etc. This is achieved by an innovative patented design formed by convexed and concaved grid shape to enhance space, depth, movement and colour of the images. SDPod is economically viable due to the low cost production, easy set up and long life span compared to costly plasma and LCD TV screens. Seeking financial investment for manufacturing, marketing and distribution worldwide.
Contact: Kyle Faupel, e-mail: .

Accelerskates
Accelerskates are a completely new concept in the in-line skate market. The unique design features of Accelerskates include two transverse in-line wheels fixed beneath the heel, providing a means of instantaneous acceleration compared to existing in-line skates, rollerblades etc. The cutaway boot design provides a novel 'instant-grip' feature, where the front foot can be placed flat on the ground - providing perfect grip for acceleration, braking, running and jumping, and of obvious benefit for safety, stability, maneuverability and speed, while also enhancing the end-users' ability to perform athletic moves and stunts. Patent pending. Prototypes have been developed and tested. Featured on BBC 'South Today'.
Contact: Leigh Heard, e-mail: .

Beer-mag
This magnetic scale inhibitor prevents the build-up of dead yeasts, sugars and debris inside beer lines. The powerful magnetic field keeps these substances in suspension, enabling the interval between line cleans to be extended.
Contact: Brian Pascall www.magnetic-innovations.co.uk.

Cozypocket - Pushchair Accessory
When pushing a pushchair in bad weather, hands get chapped and painfully cold, however gloves are too much hassle when constantly tending to the needs of a small child. The 'Cozypocket' consists of a weather proof outer-fabric with a snug fleecy lining and comes in a bag for neat storage. It attaches to the handle(s) of a pushchair and provides easy access to comfort, warmth and protection for your hands. It is quick to attach and remove with Velcro fastenings and remains on the pushchair when folded. Seeking marketing finance and distribution channels.
Contact: Abi Bowman, e-mail: , www.diddi.co.uk.

Desktop Mobile
The Desktop Mobile cuts the cost of calls from landline phones to mobiles by more than 50%. In locations without landlines it provides telephony, SMS text, Internet access, email, PC fax and remote monitoring and control of attached equipment. The Desktop Mobile is in production and is in use in many countries around the world. For case studies and further information on the Desktop Mobile, see web site www.burnsidetelecom.com.
Contact: David Robson, e-mail: .

Direct Automatic Rail Transport (DART)
A futuristic city wide rail network of overhead and underground automated computer controlled cabs. DART cabs will go from any cab stop directly to any other cab stop. Small cabs max load of 8 passengers or 4 cyclists with their bikes or 2 or 3 wheelchairs. DART cab stops will have lifts to take passengers up or down to the waiting cab. These cab stops to be within a short walk of all housing and city destinations. Powered by linear electric motors, the cabs must be cheaper, faster and safer than cars and taxis, have no CO2 emissions, compliment other transport systems and not interfere with them. The objective is to bring cities into the 21st century and to bring cities back to life and life back into cities, before they are strangled by 20th century transport technology on its 19th century foundations. By stopping cars from entering the city or vastly reducing their numbers, traffic jams can be eliminated and pollution reduced.
Contact: Peter Bartholomew, e-mail: .

Double Action Keyless Clutch
A keyless chuck for gripping tools such as drill bits in rotating machinery. The chuck operates in two stages, the first providing rapid opening and closing, the second providing a powerful tightening action with little effort. This double action chuck overcomes two drawbacks of conventional keyless chucks, which require many turns to adjust them and which do not grip very tightly. Patent pending. Working concept model produced. Seeking investors, industrial partners or licensees to exploit the product commercially.
Contact: John Gibbs, e-mail: .

Esi-Fit Duvet Cover
The Esi-Fit resolves the problem of efficiently inserting a duvet into its cover - of particular benefit to the elderly or physically-impaired, people suffering from back problems or simply those in a hurry. The patented opening device of the Esi-Fit allows for simple access to all four corners of a duvet cover. Prototypes developed and tested. Currently in discussion with manufacturers.
Contact: Marie Linnane, e-mail: .

Folding Dinghy
This innovation provides the user with a foldable rigid dinghy that can be stored easily in the locker of a sailing cruiser and transported in the boot of a car. It is simple to unfold and creates a 2.2 metre long pram dinghy. The dinghy consists of three fiberglass bottom sections connected by open hinges. Each section has plywood topside sections connected with fabric hinged joints. The structure is held in place by springing the hinged thwarts into place. Prizewinner at 'Innovention 2006'. Seeking finance towards production and marketing costs.
Contact: John Dowling, e-mail: .

Grass Snake Cable Grip
The Grass Snake Cable Grip acts as a safe and simple hands-free cable tidy for corded electric lawn mowers, grass trimmers, hedge trimmers, lawn vacuums and chainsaws. When clipped onto a machine's power cable and attached to end-users' gardening slacks, it retains and isolates the cable away from cutting edges and entanglements, leaving both hands free to operate the equipment safely and conveniently. Injection-moulded in polypropylene, it is the first of a range of Grass Snake branded products. A 3.5 million annual unit sales after-market exists for this ready-to-manufacture product. Prizewinner at 'Innovention 2006'. Patent pending, seeking trade, retail and export enquiries.
Contact: Frank Landamore, e-mail: , www.grasssnake.co.uk.

Gravity Pump
The Gravity Pump is a maintenance-free water pump, powered by the flow of the stream or river into which it is submerged. It can lift water to a height of 25 metres, has a pumping capacity of 5,000 litres per day and is 66% cheaper to produce than existing aid-agency (hand) pumps. Patents granted. Working model produced. Successful field trials completed at Southampton Solent University. Prototype, CAD drawings, photographs and CD available. The company is seeking investors and industrial partners to exploit the product commercially on the world market.
Contact: Shamal Barzanji, X-Stream Pumps Limited, Maritime House, Southwell Business Park, Portland, Dorset DT5 2NB. Tel: (01305) 824 000, e-mail: .

Keyscape
The Keyscape is a unique device, which eliminates the need to search for misplaced keys during an emergency such as a house fire at night. With a Keyscape installed adjacent to exit doors or windows, householders can locate their keys immediately: one swift, fail-safe operation releases the key and automatically illuminates both the keyhole and exit route using micro-switch technology. Nothing like the Keyscape currently exists in the marketplace. Patent pending. Early-stage design, seeking investors, industrial partners or licensees to exploit the product commercially.
Contact: Malcolm Meeze, 21 Wallisdean Avenue, Fareham, Hampshire. PO14 1HR. Tel: (07736) 745 979.

Letterbox Funnel
The Letterbox Funnel facilitates the speedier and more efficient posting of mail through letter-boxes. The 'easy-insertion' device bypasses existing flaps and brushes, allowing an entire delivery to be pushed completely through in a single action. This eliminates creasing or weather damage (when mail is jammed into a letter-box or left protruding from it) and also eliminates damage to fingers, which are often trapped by stiff or spring-loaded letter-box flaps. Patent pending. Prototypes have been developed and tested. Seeking partners to develop and commercially exploit the product.
Contact: Peter Van Peborgh, e-mail: .

LifeLock - room security anywhere anytime
Personal portable door lock enhancing personal security in situations, either where you are in a room where the door has no lock or the integrity of the lock is poor or unknown. Allows almost any door to be simply locked from the inside to deter intruders, while allowing quick exit in the event of an emergency. LifeLock is a premium high quality product of robust construction and unique easy to use design. Key features - brings security and peace of mind, simple and quick to use, no keys or codes necessary, personal, portable and pocketable, unique economical concept. Overall winner of the 'Innovention 2005' exhibition/competition and awarded a Silver Medal at the 'British Invention Show 2005'. Featured on BBC 'South Today'. Seeking agents, distributors and liscensees.
Contact: Joe Silver, Lifelock Ltd, PO Box 12, Alton, Hants. e-mail: , www.lifelock.co.uk.

Microwave Powered UV Lamps
A series of patents have been filed in relation to the technique of using microwaves to power light bulbs that emit germicidal UV light. Normal bulbs use filaments or electrodes and this limits their lifetimes and operating parameters. Microwave powered bulbs are electrodeless and do not degrade with age. They can be started, stopped and restarted instantly and even pulsed. Applications include disinfection of packaging, drinking water, laboratory items and air in air ducts. Five granted patents relate to feedback control systems for the microwave power units, methods of coupling microwave energy to the bulbs and ways of placing microwave cavities in airflows minimising resistance to the airflow.
Contact: Richard Little, www.jenact.co.uk.

Microwave Powered UV Sanitisation
UV at certain wavelengths kills viruses and bacteria (influenza, MRSA, TB etc). Energising UV sources with microwaves offers efficiency, simplicity and economy, and is both chemical and residue free. JenAct Limited are specialists in microwave-powered UV sanitisation technology, from wall mounted sanitisers to patented UV systems for HVAC. It can be used for applications in water, air and for surfaces and can significantly reduce airborne pathogens in food outlets, hospitals, offices, surgeries etc. Patents granted, technology available for licence.
Contact: Richard Little, www.jenact.co.uk.

Nouvelle-T Shower Head
Designed to store soap and shampoo for quick and easy dispensing, the Nouvelle-T shower head enables users to shampoo their hair, soap themselves down or enjoy a normal shower at the flick of a switch. Universal fittings and non-return valves prevent cross-contamination of gels and water. Created specifically with the elderly and infirm in mind, the Nouvelle-T shower head allows anyone to enjoy a complete shower experience without bending, stretching or risking falls. Invented by Wendy Gines, British Female Inventor of the Year finalist 2001, 2004. Patent pending. Early prototypes produced. Seeking partners to develop the product.
Contact: Wendy Gines, 103 Serpentine Road, Fareham PO16 7EE. Tel: 01329 288 281

Paddle Belt Marine Propulsion System
The Paddle Belt marine propulsion system produces a linear thrust in-line with the direction of travel, producing an order of magnitude higher level of water engagement than achieved by conventional screw propulsion. Craft controllability and surface water disturbance are greatly improved. Fitting to a Czerniak Ducted Craft improves the wake free characteristics further and allows the creation of specialised craft capable of extracting and off-loading floating oil spill contaminants. Suitably adapted and scaled, the paddle belt mechanism may also be used as a tidal energy extraction device, allowing higher levels of energy extraction than possible with conventional screw propeller designs of similar cross section. The Paddle Belt propulsion system has been tested with a Czerniak Ducted Craft model hull. Driven by a single motor it progressed at similar speed to the same hull with two propellers and two motors. An oil-spill recovery model has also been successfully tested. Construction of a tidal energy extraction model is underway. Patent Pending. Seeking investors, industrial partners or licensees to commercially exploit the product in all applications.
Inventor Eddie Czerniak, winner of a gold medal in the industrial category at the 2004 British Invention Show.
Contact: David Clements, Flat 3, St. Christopher's, 23 Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. TN39 3QR.

Pill Press
PillPress is designed to help remove pills and tablets from foil blister packaging.
Contact: Brian Stickley, Rexcom Europe Ltd, Unit 4 Seward Rise, Romsey, Hants. SO51 8PE. Tel: (01794) 516 677, e-mail: , www.PillPress.co.uk.

SafeTcone
The SafeTcone system provides a fast, efficient and safer method for the placing and retrieval of road cones. Labour, insurance/claims and related costs reduced. Cone handling time reduced. Operatives' exposure to fast moving traffic when placing/collecting cones eliminated. Successful prototype completed. Targeted at corporations involved in the maintenance and/or construction of main trunk roads and motorways.
Overall Winner of the 2004 British Invention Show.
Contact: Brian Flynn www.safetcone.com.

Shotgun Holster
Shotguns are carried either broken on the forearm or in the gun slip. The forearm leaves only one hand free, and the slip is not ready for immediate use. The holster is generally 'U' shaped allowing the broken gun to sit in the holster. Straps then carry the holster from the shoulder like a handbag would be carried. This allows the gun to be carried broken and ready for use with both hands free for controlling a dog or child, scoring, beating or just drinking tea. Prizewinner at 'Innovention 2006'. Seeking finance to continue with the patent application and filing for foreign applications.
Contact: Kim Weiler, e-mail: , www.shotgunholster.net.

Solar Reflector
This invention is for a cost effective method of reversing the effects of global warming, by the use of many reflective panels sited in deserts. Calculations on effectiveness and land required complete but need independent verification. Three designs of panels produced. The invention appears unique - although alternative methods of solar reflection have already been proposed, such as orbiting sunshades and artificial clouds. Intending to approach governmental bodies with the solar reflector concept. For further information on the Solar Reflector concept, see web site www.wwn-oneworld.co.uk.
Contact: Dave Walker-Nix, e-mail: .

Snorcom
In what can be a hazardous environment, communication between sports snorkellers is limited: visual contact can be difficult and vocal communication almost impossible. Snorcom is a two-way communication device for sport snorkellers. It uses a series of audible beeps to attract attention, indicate intentions or items of interest, or sound an alarm. No other system of this type appears to be commercially available. IP protection pending. Working model produced.
Contact: Mike Wright, e-mail: .

Tack-Tech Teaching Blocks
Conventional building blocks can be used to teach compression (how old churches were built). Tach-Tech Velcro covered blocks/bars can be used to learn about tension, torsion, shear and friction (vital in understanding modern structures) Venture partner/licensee sought with links to education/training market.
Contact: Richard Little, e-mail: .

Talking Labels
The Talking Label range has been designed to help the visually-impaired identify similarly-shaped household items (tinned foods, bottles, medicines etc), via a re-recordable voice message. One product in the range comprises a magnetic cap which sits on top of any steel can. The cap allows the user to record a short voice message identifying the can's contents. This can then be played back at any time at the touch of a button. Registered design; patents pending. Sales are being made to markets within Europe, the UK and the USA.
Contact: Brian Stickley, Talking Products Ltd, Unit 4, Seward Rise, Romsey, Hants. SO51 8PE. Tel: (01794) 516 677, e-mail: , www.talkingproducts.com.

The Thomson Engine
Conventional diesel engines have the advantage of being very efficient, with the ability to operate on almost any oil, but the disadvantages of being heavy, expensive to manufacture, noisy in operation and unsuited for small applications (such as chainsaws) because of the problems of high pressures and unbalanced forces. This invention is not for a new engine, but comprises the enhancement of an old concept - the 'free piston engine' invented by Pescara in 1934. The free piston engine is a simple, perfectly balanced device, which has no crankshaft or flywheel and incorporates only a single cylinder with two opposed pistons. This offers several advantages: higher efficiency, lighter weight, cheaper manufacturing and quieter operation. However, its big drawback is that it is a reciprocating engine which does not produce rotary motion (its output power normally being in the form of a gas or fluid). This new invention is for a mechanism that enables the free piston engine to be started and synchronised so as to produce rotational power. The Thomson Engine is a 'hybrid' that operates in conjunction with a motor-generator and as such, should be particularly suited to constant speed applications like electrical generators and light aircraft.
Contact: Geoff Thomson, e-mail: .

Tyre Blow-Out Preventor
It is currently almost impossible for LGV or PSV drivers to detect a puncture from the cabs of their commercial multi-hubbed trucks, resulting in high-speed blow-outs and subsequent tyre delamination (which in turn destroys mudguards etc and scatters hazardous debris across roads and motorways). By alerting truck-drivers to the onset of a puncture and enabling them to park their vehicle safely for repair, this blow-out preventor cuts downtime and repair costs whilst also reducing the possibility of motorway accidents and subsequent congestion. Patent pending. Seeking partners for prototype development. Technology available for licence.
Contact: Garry Sallows, e-mail: .

Uni-Lok Pipe Connectors
The Uni-Lok system is a novel 'hermaphroditic' fluid coupling, ie having identical mating fittings. Demonstration prototypes with 10mm bores have been produced using the same interlocking main feature, but with different hand operated locking actions. One is a straight push-pull make and break action and the other is a ¼ twist push-pull make and break. Both use lockrings to complete the connection. The simple design consists of only three different parts. The benefits are user friendly, elimination of hose end confusion, reduced inventories, cost effective, robust and lightweight. Potential applications include medical equipment for body fluids and respiratory hose connections, beverage conveyance hose connections (milk, beer, etc.), fire and environmental water hoses, vehicle water hoses, land, marine, aeronautical; industrial hydraulic/pneumatic hose connections, domestic vacuum/dust extraction hose systems, etc. Patent pending, seeking partners for manufacture and marketing the couplings.
Contact: Geoff Baker, e-mail: or Tel: 01420 549429.

Unpowered RFID Industrial Sensing Technology
Jenton International has developed an RFID sensor technology which will revolutionise the way in which permanently fixed sensors such as temperature probes can be measured. The user simply passes the special reader close to a sensor at which point the sensor is inductively powered using radio frequency (RF), so no batteries or power supply are required. The sensor identity (ID) and reading is transmitted back to the reader. This allows other data such as location to be logged along with reading. Prizewinner at 'Innovention 2006'. Seeking potential licensees for this unique technology.
Contact: Richard Little, e-mail: , www.jenton.co.uk.

Water Vortex Lamp
The Water Vortex Lamp is a unique lighting feature that enhances any room, and can also be used as an educational aid. A whirlpool of coloured water is formed into a vortex inside the lamp. Six coloured LEDs in the base illuminate the water vortex and the control button, alternating between red, blue and green or remaining fixed on one colour. Swirling patterns of light are reflected onto ceilings. This product is primarily aimed at the novelty lighting/gift market, and can also be used as an educational aid for schools, museums etc. Patent pending, registered design and trademark. Seeking trade and retail sales, and enquiries from suppliers of educational equipment.
Contact: Andrew Dack, e-mail: .

X-stream Pump
The X-Stream Pump range includes a series of 'edge-driven' devices. The basic unit comprises an annular ring, which supports inward-facing impeller blades with no central boss, which has particular advantages when pumping fluids containing suspended material (brewing solutions, slurries, foodstuffs etc). Recreational applications include a surfboard propulsion system and a bow-thrust unit for yachts. Patents granted. Concept demonstration unit produced. Prototype, CAD drawings, photographs and CD available. The company is seeking investors and industrial partners to exploit the product commercially.
Contact: Shamal Barzanji, X-Stream Pumps Limited, Maritime House, Southwell Business Park, Portland, Dorset DT5 2NB. Tel: (01305) 824 000, e-mail: .

Zebaid
Zebaid is designed to assist in the erection of small temporary garden gazebos, which tend to fall apart during assembly. Zebaid consists of simple tensioning devices affixed to the corners of square gazebos or corners and centres of rectangular versions, before the attachment of the apex sections. The system is so effective that just one person can easily construct a gazebo. During tests, it has been found that the whole structure, before the addition of the canopy, can be carefully moved to a new location without disintegration. Zebaid is available direct from the inventor.
Contact: Mike Wright, e-mail: .

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