baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2348688-A (GB)
Title: A panel assembly for a storage box
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE HUGH HENRY
IPC: F16B5/00
Filed: 2000-04-04
Abstract: A panel assembly, for instance for the construction of storage or transport boxes, comprises at least two panels (24) and a linkage (2). Each panel (24) has a straight edge and a slot (28) extending parallel, but spaced from the straight edge. The linkage (2) defines at least one socket into which one of the edges of at least one of the panels (24) can be inserted, there being a projection (14) in the socket which engages with the slot (28) of the inserted panel (24).
Patent GB-2348629-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus for adjusting a steering tie rod on a motor vehicle
Inventor: SHIBAYAMA TAKAO
IPC: B25B21/00
Filed: 2000-04-07
Abstract: In a tie rod adjusting apparatus which adjusts a tie rod (C) of a steering mechanism for steering a front wheel (W) of a motor vehicle, an open end wrench (5) is supported by a supporting mechanism (4) which has a freedom of four axes so as to be movable in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle longitudinal direction, tiltable in the vehicle width direction, and tiltable about an axial line (U-axis) which extends longitudinally along the length of the open end wrench (5). A tilting member (40) of the supporting mechanism (4) for tilting in the vehicle width direction is supported by a guide rail (400) which is arcuate with the top end portion of the open end wrench (5) serving as a centre of arc. By the arcuate movement of the tilting member (40) along the guide rail (400), the open end wrench (5) is tiltable in the vehicle width direction without deviating the top end portion thereof in the vehicle width direction.
Patent GB-2346871-A (GB)
Title: Container system
Inventor: CRAGIE DAVID JOHN
IPC: B65D21/02
Filed: 1998-12-02
Abstract: A container system comprises first and second containers (1a, 1b) connected to each other by a linking member (2). The linking member (2) is independently pivotally mounted to each of the containers (1a, 1b) so that relative movement of the containers (1a, 1b) is possible between a first position in which the second container (1b) is vertically stacked on the first container (1a), and a second position in which the two containers (1a, 1b) are side by side.
Patent GB-2364709-A (GB)
Title: Lavatory freshening and/or cleaning system
Inventor: MOODYCLIFFE TIMOTHY I
IPC: C11D1/66
Filed: 2000-07-12
Abstract: A lavatory freshening and/or cleaning system comprises a dispenser for dispensing liquid composition from under the rim of a lavatory bowl, wherein the composition comprises one or more surfactants having a total concentration less than 8 wt.%. The dispenser is in the form of a reservoir arranged for suspension from the rim of a lavatory bowl, and the reservoir contains the liquid composition. A preferred composition comprises a combination of anionic and non-ionic surfactants having a total concentration equal to substantially 7.6 wt.%, a thickening agent having a concentration of 0.40 wt.% and a perfume having a concentration of 6.00 wt.%.
Patent GB-2365497-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine aerofoil cooling with pressure attenuation chambers
Inventor: DAILEY GEOFFREY MATHEW
IPC: F01D5/18
Filed: 2000-08-08
Abstract: A gas turbine engine aerofoil 24 has a plurality of attenuation chambers 34 positioned between a cooling air passageway 26 and its leading edge 28. Cooling air passing from the passageway 26 to the exterior surface of the leading edge is attenuated in pressure by impingement on the opposing walls of the respective chambers 34, prior to leaving the chambers 34 via exit passageways 38 which straddle the leading edge. A plurality of input passageways 36 are provided for flow from passageway 26 into the chambers 34, and each chamber may have numerically less input passageways 36 than exit passageways 38. In alternative embodiments, passageways (36, fig 5) connect to upper and/or lower ends of each chamber 36 for pressure attenuation resulting from expansion therein. Hot spots due to blockage and effects due to pressure fluctuation are reduced.
Patent GB-2354314-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle headlamp levelling device
Inventor: TODA ATSUSHI
IPC: B60Q1/115
Filed: 2000-08-18
Abstract: A vehicle headlamp levelling device for automatically tilting the headlamps (1) of a vehicle is provided. The light axes (L) of the headlamps (1) based on pitch angles of the vehicle are tilted to level the headlamps relative to a road surface. However, the light axes are only tilted when the vehicle is stationary or moving stably at above a particular speed and below a predetermined acceleration.
Patent GB-2354287-A (GB)
Title: Roll-resistant rocker arm for overhead-cam i.c. engine
Inventor: DIGGS MATTHEW BYME
IPC: F01L1/18
Filed: 2000-08-30
Abstract: A rocker arm assembly of the "roller finger follower" type for use in a valve train includes a rocker arm 46 having a socket 60 defined in a first end 48 by which the assembly is pivotably supported by the rounded end of a lash adjuster 44, and a recess 62 defined in a second end 50 with which to engage a valve stem 28. The socket 60 in the first end 48 of the rocker arm 46 is defined, in part, by a pair of diametrically-opposed flats 68. Each flat 68 is generally parallel to a respective reference plane (70, fig.2) that includes the geometric centres 72,74 of the socket 60 and recess 62 and, preferably, the flats are parallel with one another. Each flat 68 overlays a preferably cylindrical section of the lash adjuster 44 proximate to its rounded end 64. In the event of a cold engine start or other circumstance characterised by a tendency for the rocker arm 46 to roll about a longitudinal axis roughly defined by its first and second ends 48,50, the flats 68 engage the cylindrical section of the lash adjuster 44 to thereby limit the extent of such rolling.
Patent GB-2358559-A (GB)
Title: Process control configuration system for use with a Profibus system
Inventor: KRIVOSHEIN KENNETH D
IPC: G06F13/00
Filed: 2000-09-27
Abstract: A process control configuration system integrates the configuration and documentation of devices connected to a control network using local I/O protocols (4-20ma, HART, Fieldbus), with the configuration and documentation of devices connected to the control network using a remote I/O protocol (Profibus, AS-Interface). This enables the control system to communicate with and control different types of field devices using different protocols using a common configuration database. A data access routine automatically requests configuration information pertaining to a Profibus device network and configuration information pertaining to a local I/O device network. A configurator stores Profibus device network information and local I/O network device information in the configuration database. A documentation routine accesses the database to display a process control documentation schematic illustrating the configuration of the local I/O network and the Profibus network.
Patent GB-2357750-A (GB)
Title: A boom extension and boom angle controller for a machine
Inventor: BRANDT EVERETT G
IPC: B66C13/18
Filed: 2000-12-01
Abstract: A boom control apparatus (60) and method are disclosed which include a boom angle sensor (48), a boom length sensor (50), a chassis pitch angle sensor (52), a chassis roll angle sensor (54), and a control lever. All of the sensors generate signals associated with the values of their measured parameters. Movement of the control lever (56) along a first axis (68) generates a first pivot velocity signal for a desired pivot velocity of the boom (22). Movement of the control lever (56) along a second axis (70) generates a first telescoping velocity signal for a desired telescoping velocity of the boom. An electrohydraulic control module (64) detects the signals from the sensors (48, 50, 52, 54) and the control lever (56) and generates a second pivot velocity signal or a second telescoping velocity signal which are directly proportional to the first signals and inversely proportional to the signals generated by the sensors (48, 50, 52, 54). The electrohydraulic control module (64) sends the second signals to an electrohydraulic valve (66) associated either with a boom lift cylinder (38) or a boom telescoping cylinder (72) to effect the desired pivot or telescoping velocity. Thus, the present invention allows for more precise control of the end of a boom (22) when the boom (22) is either extended or elevated.
Patent GB-2373882-A (GB)
Title: Managing data update frequency across a distributed computer-generated environment
Inventor: LAVOIE MARTIN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2001-03-27
Abstract: A computer network is configured to define and update data structures within a shared computer-generated environment, wherein a local instantiation <B>1001</B> of one of said data structures is known as a duplicate master <B>805</B> and updates remote instantiations <B>1004</B> of said data structure known as duplicas <B>804</B> according to distance-based Position History-Based Dead Reckoning <B>906</B>. Said updating operation <B>906</B> according to distance-based PHBDR minimises the amount of data <B>1402</B> transmitted for the purpose thereof and the quality factor <B>1601</B> implemented according to an improved embodiment of the present invention dynamically maximises (<B>1501</B>, <B>1502</B>, <B>1503</B>) the usage made of the network bandwidth <B>702</B> available at any time.
Patent GB-2362271-A (GB)
Title: Electric wire protective casing and lead-in clamp
Inventor: SHAK MAN HUANG
IPC: H01B17/58
Filed: 2001-04-27
Abstract: The electric wire protective casing 1 is a long plastic roll tube 15, whose longitudinal free edges 11 are not sealed, but rather can be expanded out and drawn back, on the roll tube there being formed a series of uniformly spaced transverse recesses 13. The lead-in clamp 2 comprises left and right clamp stems 26, 27 left and right clamp bodies 21, 22 and a clamping spring 24. When the left and right clamp bodies are fitted together, a wire passing cylinder 28 and a casing guiding head 29 are formed. When in use, the wires 3 are put into the wire passing cylinder, then the casing guiding head is inserted into one end of the wire protective casing tube. After the wire protective casing tube is held stationary by hand, the lead-in clamp is pushed toward the other end of the wire protective casing, thereby to encase all of the wires into the wire protection casing. The free edges 11 of casing 1 may have notches 14.
Patent GB-2362668-A (GB)
Title: Rotating drilling head system with static seals
Inventor: CALDER IAN DOUGLAS
IPC: E21B33/08
Filed: 2001-05-09
Abstract: A rotatable head assembly has an outer housing 14 that carries a cartridge assembly 12 that permits rotational movement. The cartridge assembly made up of a cartridge housing 48 and cartridge body 46 that is rotatable within the cartridge housing. Static seals 142, 144 are used to provide fluid seals between the radially outer surface of the cartridge housing and the outer housing. Fluid passages within the cartridge housing carry lubricating fluid from the static seals to dynamic seals 94, 96 that allow the cartridge body to rotate easily within the cartridge housing. Fluid passages are also provided within the cartridge housing for carrying spent fluid out through the cartridge housing. There may be multiple fluid inlets and outlets within the cartridge housing without requiring a multiplicity of stepped increases in the diameter of the cartridge housing and the outer housing. Instead, the inlets and outlets are angularly spaced about the circumference of the cartridge, and each of the fluid passages extends axially through the cartridge housing to a different axial position, or elevation, along the body of the cartridge housing. The static seals also provide resilient and lasting fluid sealing.
Patent GB-2364530-A (GB)
Title: A two step process for finish treating a steel blade for use in turbomachinery
Inventor: ROBERTS BRUCE WYNN
IPC: C23C8/38
Filed: 2001-06-21
Abstract: A steel blade for turbo machinery, eg. A vane or blade of stainless steel for a steam turbine, has its working surface smoothed by tumble polishing, to a smoothness of 0.25 microns Ra or less, prior to being plasma nitrided. The plasma nitriding hardens the surface to a value of about 1000 on the Vickers hardness scale. The hardened nitride layer is 25 to 100 microns thick. The plasma nitriding process does not effect the smoothness of the targeted area, the resultant surface hardness preserves smoothness of the surface while the blade is in use.
Patent GB-2370870-A (GB)
Title: Insulated double-walled pipe structures
Inventor: CODLING RUSSELL
IPC: F16L7/02
Filed: 2001-06-29
Abstract: An insulation material 3 for a double-walled pipe structure 1,2 comprises a composite of a resin and an insulating particulate material. The particulate material can be glass, alumino-silicate microspheres or a suitable polymer such as polyethylene. It is preferably provided with a particle size of less than 1mm, more preferably less than 0.1mm. A suitable resin is epoxy or a phenolic resin such as a syntactic foam. It preferably fills between 25% and 100% of the interstices between the particulate material. The insulation material can be used as a bulkhead 3 between the inner and outer pipes 1,2, with further insulating material 4 being provided between adjacent bulkheads 3. Alternatively, the insulation material can be produced as half-annular solid components (see figure 4).
Patent GB-2365434-A (GB)
Title: Method for processing ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer solution
Inventor: YANAGIDA NOBORU
IPC: C08F6/10
Filed: 2001-08-07
Abstract: A method for processing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer solution, which comprises continuously substituting a part of the solvent in the solution with water to produce a high-concentration ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer solution without gelling. For this, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer solution is fed into a column vessel selected from a plate column and a packed column, and a part of the solvent in the solution is substituted with water in the column vessel. Preferably, a solvent-water mixed vapor is fed into a plate column or a packed column through its lower part, and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer solution is fed thereinto through a part higher than the part through which the mixed vapor is fed into the column, whereby the copolymer solution is kept in contact with the mixed vapor in countercurrent flow so that a part of the solvent in the copolymer solution is substituted with water.
Patent GB-2363077-A (GB)
Title: Radiation applicator
Inventor: CRONIN NIGEL
IPC: H01Q9/30
Filed: 2000-02-25
Abstract: Radiation applicators comprise an elongate device having an antenna (240, 340) at their tip for coupling radiation into biological tissue and a dielectric body (250, 350) surrounding the antenna so as to encompass substantially the whole of the near-field region of the antenna and/or to enhance transmission of radiation in the forward direction. The body (250, 350) may be cylindrical with the antenna (240, 340) along its axis. The antenna may be   g  /2 in length and   g  /2 in radius. The tip (270) of the antenna (240) may be rounded hemispherical with radius   g  /2 to enhance forward transmission of radiation. The dielectric constant (  e  ) of the body (250, 350) is as high as possible to reduce its diameter at a desired operating frequency but may be matched to the surrounding tissue by another layer of dielectric material (380) with a value (  e  ) intermediate that of the core (360) of the body (350) and the tissue.
Patent GB-2365780-A (GB)
Title: Artificial respiration apparatus
Inventor: SUGIURA YASUHITO
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 2000-10-27
Abstract: A high frequency oscillation artificial respiration apparatus comprising an inhale-gas introduction block, a patient side path for guiding the inhale-gas to the patient, an oscillating air pressure urging block which can regulate the amount of ventilation per oscillation cycle and also the frequency of the air pressure, an exhaust path and a controller for controlling the operation of the oscillator. The controller includes an entry block and an operation control block for controlling oscillator frequency. The operation conrol block also has a ventilation state maintaining function for modifying the oscillation frequency such that the ventilation amount and oscillation frequency are modified whilst maintaining a value of <F>V<SB>t</SB><SP>2</SP> x f = constant</F>, where V<SB>t</SB> represents the amount of ventilation per oscillation and f represents frequency.
Patent GB-2381818-A (GB)
Title: Drill assisted penetration of sheet piles
Inventor: MCINTYRE IAN
IPC: E02D7/28
Filed: 2001-11-06
Abstract: A sheet pile includes conduits (2) at intervals along the pile which allow drills (3) to drill out earth below the sheet pile. When the piles are driven further, earth beneath the piles is sheared and falls into holes (5) produced by the drills (3), thus reducing the resistence to driving. The sheet piles may also be provided with strengthened toes (4) to assist penetration.
Patent GB-2373837-A (GB)
Title: Character input, menu selection or value setting with an optical fingertip tracker
Inventor: GORDON GARY B
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 2002-02-11
Abstract: An optical fingertip tracker, 1 which may be called a pseudo trackball, responds to the motion of the texture on one of the user's digits 3 pressed against an image input aperture 8 to produce motion signals 22 processed within an appliance to be controlled. The appliance may have a minimal GUI, such as an LCD display (30, Fig 2) having only a modest number of low resolution pixel locations and/or preestablished characters or icons. An appliance control parameter is set or adjusted in response to translation of the fingertip along a particular axis. E.g., to enter a parameter value (volume) a changing bar graph (34, Fig 4) can be displayed. The display might even be omitted; to set the tone control of an audio appliance it can be sufficient to simply adjust the tone until the result is as desired. A numeric display of control parameter digits may be desirable, as when moving the fingertip tunes a receiver. There can be several particular axes (37,38, Fig 5) along which fingertip movement changes an associated appliance control parameter. Other appliances can include character recognition of input characters traced by the fingertip. A pressure sensitive switch 16 (26, Fig 2) coupled to the fingertip tracker can serve as a delimiting mechanism useful in ratification of interpreted results and in editing strings that have been input. Excursions is a loss-of-correlation signal 40 can be detected and interpreted as tapping the image input aperture with the fingertip. Such "taps" and "double taps" can be defined, and have selected meanings associated therewith that may be used in conjunction with, or in place of, the pressure sensitive switch.
Patent GB-2373970-A (GB)
Title: Diversity for digital data transmission
Inventor: ZUBRZYCKI JOHN THOMAS
IPC: H04B7/06
Filed: 2002-02-27
Abstract: A mobile transmitter for transmitting error protected digital data divided into blocks which are interleaved in time. Data is transmitted sequentially to a plurality of antennas 60 by switching transmission to each antenna for a period shorter than the duration of an interleaved block. At least one receiving antenna 50 is coupled to a receiver which incorporates an error protection decoder to extract the original digital data from the received signal. A summation means may be coupled with different delays to the receivers for combining received signals, includes means for simulating apparent antenna movement to reduce interference effects between receivers. The separation between antennas should be sufficient to allow error protection coding to extract the original data. The signal amplitudes at different antennae may be continuously altered to adjust relative phase and to maintain signal transmission in the absence of mulitpath. Switching between antennas may take place using a cross fade.
Patent GB-2386028-A (GB)
Title: Audio speaker for telephone handset
Inventor: SCHULTZ TONY
IPC: H04M1/03
Filed: 2002-03-02
Abstract: A loudspeaker for a telephone handset, especially a mobile phone (1), includes a piezoelectric disc resonator 13 (eg PZT) which is fitted to a vibratable membrane 9. The membrane 9 serves both as pad of the loudspeaker and as a rain resistant cover for the region occupied by the loudspeaker. The membrane may be moulded integrally with the phone casing or may be a separate sheet fitted to the casing (3). The thickness of membrane is selected to suit the required frequency range of the loudspeaker. The membrane may include a mesa shaped portion 11, and also resilient protrusions 19 which allow the resonator 13 to be snap fitted into position against the membrane. A plastic grill 27 provides mechanical protection for the membrane.
Patent GB-2383154-A (GB)
Title: Electronic data interchange platform fault warning system and a file reception/sending record data structure
Inventor: CHAN YUAN-CHAU
IPC: G06F11/07
Filed: 2002-05-23
Abstract: An electronic data interchange platform fault warning system and method with a file reception/sending record data structure therefor is proposed, which is devised for use with an electronic data interchange (EDI) platform for the purpose of automatically detecting whether the EDI platform operates normally, and in the event of an EDI fault condition, generating a warning signal to inform EDI system administrators or related personnel to carry out necessary maintenance work. The proposed system and method functions in such a manner that if the EDI platform sends or receives no EDI files for an exceedingly long time duration, then a warning message is promptly generated and transferred to a prespecified group of EDI-related workstations and/or portable communication devices. Any one who sees the warning message first can then immediately notify the maintenance personnel to perform maintenance work on the faulted EDI platform. The file structure is a record of each file reception or transmission which logs the time and date of each file movement.
Patent GB-2379548-A (GB)
Title: Chip carrier reader
Inventor: SABATIER PIERRE
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 2002-06-14
Abstract: A reader for a chip card (4) and SIM card (5) in a mobile telephone has two insertion slots and only one set (9-12) of contact strips. The SIM card (5) and chip card (4) are inserted into different slots (3,2). When a chip card (4) is in the intermediate position in its slot, access to the SIM circuit (5) is neutralised. When the chip card (4) especially a bank card, is removed, the normal operation of the telephone can be resumed, if it has stopped.
Patent GB-2381430-A (GB)
Title: Visual feedback for optical gun
Inventor: CHENG CHIU-HAO
IPC: A63F13/426
Filed: 2002-06-20
Abstract: A visual feedback system installed between a game host system and an optical gun. It is used to extract a bullet falling point signal or bullet coordinate signal sent from the optical gun to the game host. If the extracted signal is a bullet falling point signal, a control circuit then uses the horizontal synchronous signal H_sync and the vertical synchronous signal V_sync of the video frequency signal to compute the coordinates of the bullet. The coordinate data are sent to an image synthesis circuit, which combines an aiming point cursor on the corresponding coordinate data with the video signal transmitted from the game host and outputs the synthesized image on the display screen. Different types of cursor, including a numerical display of their coordinates, may be synthesised and displayed.