baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2452103-A (GB)
Title: Electrosurgical system using conductive fluids having feedback control of aspiration
Inventor: WOLOSZKO JEAN
IPC: A61B18/12
Filed: 2008-01-04
Abstract: Electro-surgical system using a flow of electrically conductive fluid at the treatment site has a treatment probe 10 with a fluid transport lumen opening (see figs 2a,3,4) near the probe's electrodes 12. In response to at least one operating parameter, a controller send signals to fluid transport means 100 to adjust a flow rate of the electrically conductive fluid at the treatment site. Preferably a suction pump 100 is controlled to adjust the aspiration at the treatment site through the fluid lumen. A source of conductive fluid 50 may be provide by a second lumen of the probe or by a separate device. The control parameters may be measurements of the treatment electrode impedance or electric current or the plasma field condition at a treatment electrode. The control parameter may be pressure. The control parameter may also be an operation mode of the system, such as coagulation or ablation setting of the RF signal generator 28 feeding the electrodes. The fluid transport controller 104 may be a separate device or incorporated either with the RF signal generator or the fluid transport means.
Patent GB-2443350-A (GB)
Title: Provinding a universal media interface to control a universal media apparatus
Inventor: WOOD ANTHONY JOHN
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 2006-06-29
Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, system and computer readable medium for implementing a universal media interface and control protocol to control a universal media apparatus. The universal media interface and its control protocol facilitate communication, including issuance of generalized commands between a target device, such as an audio/video ("A/V") device and a universal music player, thereby enabling the target device to play music from different types of music servers and specialized server processes.
Patent GB-2441953-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for non contact scanning acoustic microscopy
Inventor: CLARK MATTHEW
IPC: G01N29/06
Filed: 2006-07-06
Abstract: A sample (10) is measured by generating ultrasound at (12), for example by using a laser (22) and spatial light modulator (26). The ultrasound is detected at (16), for example by optical beam deflection techniques. A characteristic of the generation at (12) is swept across a range of values to vary the efficiency of generation of ultrasound. The value of the characteristic, which corresponds with the peak amplitude detected at (16), is identified to provide a measure of the acoustic velocity at the region (12). The method is executed at a plurality of sites (12, 20) to provide a set of spatially resolved measurements of the sample (10). This allows an image of the sample to be created.
Patent GB-2457957-A (GB)
Title: Food product formed from strips of food material
Inventor: POLLARD DEREK
IPC: A23L1/00
Filed: 2008-02-29
Abstract: A method of forming a food product comprises taking a stainless steel mould (Fig 1) formed with a plurality of equally spaced strips and placing it on a sheet of edible material. Each of the strips is then filled with a food material so that adjacent strips contain different food materials, before the mould is lifted away from the edible sheet to leave the strips of food product thereon, held together by the sheet material (Fig 2). The food product strips are then cut into shapes, such as square, triangle, circle or star to produce the finished food product. The mould may have 15 to 20 strips, each about 1cm wide and 1 cm deep and up to 20 cm long. The edible sheet may be a thin pastry sheet or a sheet of rice paper. The food material placed in the strips may include vegetables, fruit, protein such as meat, rice and pasta. The method forms healthy food products in a colourful and attractive shape.
Patent GB-2446969-A (GB)
Title: Stackable Collapsible container
Inventor: APPS WILLIAM P
IPC: B65D6/18
Filed: 2008-04-02
Abstract: A collapsible container 10 includes a plurality of walls 14, 18 collapsible onto the base. At least one wall has a support 20 for supporting a second container thereon. The support is pivotably mounted to or integrally formed with an upper end portion of the wall. The pivotably mounted support includes a support structure that is pivotable between a support position where it is partially supported on an adjacent wall (as shown) and a retracted position. In the retracted position, the wall 18 can be pivoted downward onto the base. A portion of the support may pass through a channel 24 formed on the interior of the adjacent wall. The support includes an interlocking feature ref 40 on the supper surface thereof, for interlocking with the bottom of a stacked container 10. The integrally formed support includes a support structure that is at least partially received within a support channel 28, 34 formed in the base when the container is in the collapsed position. The support may be a flap as shown.
Patent GB-2448808-A (GB)
Title: Substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and their use as agonists at GABA-A receptors for treating or preventing neurological or psychiatric disorders
Inventor: NIEL MONIQUE B VAN
IPC: A61K31/437
Filed: 2008-04-21
Abstract: Substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and their use as agonists at GABAA receptors for treating or preventing neurological or psychiatric disorders <EMI ID=1.1 HE=53 WI=58 LX=728 LY=603 TI=CF> <PC>wherein a is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4; R<1> is selected from an optionally substituted C6-10 aryl group, an optionally substituted 5-membered unsaturated heterocycle; R<2> is H or C<WC 1>1-6 alkyl; R<3> is C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkenyl, C1-6 alkynyl, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkoxy, or a ring system; R<4> is H or a substituent; X is a direct bond, C=O or SO2. Preferred compounds include those where X is C=O and R<1> is thiophenyl. The compounds of formula (I) act as agonists at GABAA receptors and are thus useful for treating or preventing neurological or psychiatric disorders.
Patent GB-2460094-A (GB)
Title: Improved shopping basket
Inventor: MCLAUGHLAN THOMAS JAMES
IPC: A45C13/26
Filed: 2008-05-17
Abstract: A stackable shopping basket 14, where the carrying handles 1 are positioned at either side of the basket, in a recessed section 2 and are extended through the rim 7 to pivot towards the longitudinal axis of the basket to provide the grip for holding 6. The recess 2, provides clearance for the handles when the basket is stacked and this is further enhanced by the curve in the basket wall 10. The handles may be guided by a channel in the handle 4 and by a guide on the basket rim 5, which also allows the basket to pivot.
Patent GB-2452408-A (GB)
Title: Milking apparatus having membranes held under transverse tension in a support structure
Inventor: BOAST DAVID
IPC: A01J5/04
Filed: 2008-08-28
Abstract: An apparatus for milking animals such as cows, components of the apparatus and methods of milking animals employing the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a liner 16 having at least two resilient membranes (18a,18b, 18c, fig 1c) with a space therebetween into which the teat 26 of animal may be inserted in a first direction. The membranes are held by a support structure 12 under tension in a direction transverse to the direction of insertion of the teat, to protect the teat from excessive force when the membranes fall onto the teat. Tensioning elements 14a, 14b, 14c are used to hold the membranes under tension. The support structure is housed within an outer body 10 and tension is applied to the membranes independently of the outer body by pressure generating means.
Patent GB-2463704-A (GB)
Title: Solar-powered absorption refrigeration system with phase-change heat store
Inventor: EDWARDS ROBERT EATON
IPC: F24F5/00
Filed: 2008-09-23
Abstract: Cooling apparatus comprises solar collector 2 for converting radiant energy from sun into heat, absorption refrigeration system 1, and phase-change heat store 10, the refrigeration system connected to be driven by heat supplied from heat collector via heat store. System is arranged to cool air in air conditioning system or within enclosed refrigerator cabinet. System may have heat pipe 8 connected to transfer heat from solar collector to heat store. Method comprises converting radiant energy from sun into heat using solar collector, applying heat during the day to solid/liquid phase-change heat store causing phase change of medium, and applying heat from heat store to absorption refrigeration system so that during evening and night latent heat from heat store used to drive refrigeration system during phase change of medium from liquid to solid. The device is used to power cooling systems in remote parts of world without mains electricity.
Patent GB-2465766-A (GB)
Title: Insurance claim assessment
Inventor: STAINTON JULIAN
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2008-11-27
Abstract: Apparatus (10) for assessing an insurance claim, the apparatus (10) comprising: a claim receiving element (14) operative to receive details of a claim to be assessed; a claim interpretation element (18) operative to generate clinical findings information based on the details received; a condition information element (22) operative to generate condition information from the clinical findings information generated by the claim interpretation element (18); and a claim processing element (26) operative to process the claim in accordance with predefined rules relating to the claim details, clinical findings information and condition information to produce a decision to accept or refer the claim. The details of a claim may relate to symptoms, observational findings, medical disorders or other medical information. The claim interpretation element (18) preferably gives one or a number of possible diagnosis or diagnoses or conditions linked to the received details. The condition information element (22) preferably identifies body structures linked to the condition, so that fingers would be linked to the hand and the hand linked to the arm. The claim processing element (26) may use data from the body structure identification to decide whether previous or pre-existing conditions or illnesses suffered by the claimant that might affect the claim.
Patent GB-2467913-A (GB)
Title: Sex aid for men
Inventor: HOLCROFT STANLEY
IPC: A61H19/00
Filed: 2009-02-18
Abstract: The invention comprises a cushion type structureAhaving at least one chamberBwithin which the users will insert their penises in order that they can face each other during use, thus adding an intimacy to the act, whilst still having the sensation of penetration during use, and having the sensation of penile contact during use. There may be an additional chamberDwhich may hold a vibrator or other stimulation device. The structure may be held in place using straps. It may also be equipped with a hydraulic configuration such that fluid is displaced from a chamberJby a penis, in use, along a pipeFto push a projectileGthat provides anal stimulation.
Patent GB-2468276-A (GB)
Title: Assembly for mounting a sensor on a component of an automotive vehicle
Inventor: LOEBIG ARNOLD
IPC: F01N13/00
Filed: 2009-02-24
Abstract: An automotive sensor mounting assembly comprises (a) a sensor 21, eg a temperature sensor or a lambda oxygen sensor, comprising a housing 26, a cable 27 and a plug 28 and (b) a holder 29 for guiding the cable 27. The holder 29, eg a self-supporting metal strip, comprises an elongate member 31 having a first end portion 30 extending at an angle of less than 180° to the elongate member 31 and having a though-hole 32 adapted to accommodate the sensor housing 26. The holder 29 further comprises guiding means engaging the cable 27 and/or plug 28 of the sensor 21, eg a through-hole 33 for snap-fit engagement with a lug 34 protruding from the plug 28, so that the holder 29 guides the path of the cable 27. The first end portion 30 of the holder 29 is directly mounted on the component 22, eg a catalytic converter. The elongate member 31 may be bent or curved. The through-hole (33', fig.4) may support a clip (42) for holding the cable 27. The elongate member (31", fig.5) may be formed from wire with a semi-closed loop (48) for supporting the cable 27. The guiding means may be formed entirely from a thermally insulating material.
Patent GB-2458368-A (GB)
Title: Measurement of ion mobility spectra
Inventor: RENNER UWE
IPC: G01N27/64
Filed: 2009-03-11
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the mobility spectra of ions with ion mobility spectrometers (IMS). The invention provides an analogue modulation of the ion current of an IMS ion source 3 with a continuous modulation function, the instantaneous frequency of which temporally varies across a large frequency range and a generation of the mobility spectrum from the measured ion current by a correlation analysis with the modulation pattern. The modulation can, for example, be produced by the gating grid 4, which is usually present. The analogue modulation removes many of the difficulties which occur with square-wave modulation and leads to a surprisingly stable evaluation which is quite insensitive to noisy signals and produces a high mobility resolution at very low noise.
Patent GB-2470208-A (GB)
Title: Treatment of head lice
Inventor: COOPER NIGEL
IPC: A01N55/10
Filed: 2009-05-14
Abstract: An ectoparasiticidal composition comprises a mixture of a non-volatile low viscosity siloxane, a non-volatile high viscosity siloxane and an emulsifying agent. The low viscosity siloxane and the high viscosity siloxane both have a closed cup flash point of at least 200° C. Preferably, both the low viscosity siloxane and the high viscosity siloxane comprise a dimeticone or a dimeticonol or a mixture of same, the low viscosity siloxane having a viscosity in the range of 5 to 1000 centistokes inclusive and the high viscosity siloxane having a viscosity of at least 1000 centistokes. The emulsifying agent preferably comprises a silicone copolymer. The composition may also comprise essential oils comprising terpenes such as nerolidol, and/or a thixotrophic agent such as silicon dioxide nanoparticles. The composition is used in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of head lice infection.
Patent GB-2460743-A (GB)
Title: Control system for vehicle receiving power intermittently
Inventor: TOYOTA EIICHI
IPC: B60L5/04
Filed: 2009-06-01
Abstract: A means for controlling a vehicle (e.g. a railway locomotive) driven by energy received intermittently from a source such as a catenary or third rail comprises a power storage system 7, an inverter 4 and a semiconductor switch 6. A DC voltage detecting means 9 measures the DC-side voltage of the inverter to determine whether the intermittent source is connected or not, and the charging or discharging of the power storage system through the inverter is controlled accordingly using the semiconductor switch. In this way the input voltage of the inverter is maintained within a predetermined operable range. A secondary battery DC voltage detector 11 may be provided to determine the terminal voltage of the power storage system. A charge/discharge control unit 13, inverter control unit 14, power storage control unit 16 and information transmission 17 means may also be provided.
Patent GB-2458057-A (GB)
Title: Francisella strain for live vaccine
Inventor: MICHELL STEPHEN LLOYD
IPC: A61K39/02
Filed: 2007-12-21
Abstract: A strain of Francisella species in which gene FTT1564, or homologue thereof, has been inactivated, and which is able to produce a protective immune response in an animal, for use as live prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine against infection by said Francisella species. Other embodiments of the invention describe strains which comprise a further genetic mutation wherein additional genes are also inactivated. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said strains, together with methods of preventing and treating tularemia infection, which utilise such strains, are also described and claimed.
Patent GB-2467616-A (GB)
Title: Greetings cards with rocking base
Inventor: HOY JAMES
IPC: B42D15/04
Filed: 2009-07-07
Abstract: Greetings cards, or similar flat pack folding sheet self-supporting display articles which rock when in use comprise at least one sheet 8c that is flat in an initial state but when folded to its operational configuration defines a rocking base that has a platform supported by at least one rocker 8b and the article having an upstanding card portion or panel 9a,b serving as a display panel bearing text or graphic images that extends upright from the platform. Typically the display area carries a holographic image or a lenticular display carrying more than one image, which provides an image which appears to be moving when the card is rocking.
Patent GB-2466537-A (GB)
Title: Safety table knife with point
Inventor: CORNOCK JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B26B3/02
Filed: 2009-09-01
Abstract: The invention relates to the application of a small sharp point (A) at the leading edge of a standard round ended cutlery knife. When using a standard cutlery knife it can be difficult to cut through some of the food due to the relatively blunt cutting edge. The dull edge is intended to reduce the risk of injury but as a result limits the effectiveness of the knife. Therefore the design seeks to increase the effective cutting capabilities of a cutlery knife without the need for a sharper cutting edge and/or a steak knife type serrated cutting edge. The upper blunt section (B) prevents the small point (A) from causing harm and reduces risk of injury.
Patent GB-2475709-A (GB)
Title: Wheel spindle with longitudinal grooves
Inventor: LIN CHAI-CHEN
IPC: B62K25/02
Filed: 2009-11-27
Abstract: A wheel spindle 1 or skewer for a bicycle is formed from titanium alloy and has a plurality of grooves 11 provided around circumference and extending longitudinally. By providing the elastic recessed grooves 11, rigidity of the wheel spindle is reduced so as to increase its elasticity. This is said to allow the wheel to roll smoothly and improve the steering capability of the bicycle.
Patent GB-564301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to platen rolls for writing or imprinting apparatus
IPC: B41J11/27
Filed: 1943-06-21
Abstract: 564,301. Typewriters. WILLIAMS, W. P. (Standard Register Co.). June 21, 1943, No. 10002. [Class 100 (iv)] The platen roll 1 of a typewriter or like machine is constructed so that the feed pins 12 of either of two or more sets of pins can be rendered inoperative so as to permit the sheets to be fed by roller feed, and the arrangement permits sheets of different widths to be fed positively by permitting the required pair of pin wheels 12 to remain operative while the other wheel or wheels is controlled so that the pins are not projected for operation at the required position, as shown in Fig. 3, but are projected later in the period of rotation of the platen so that they fail to engage the feed perforations. The cams 14, Fig. 6 (not shown), which operate to project the feed pins in known manner, are secured to discs 16 which are each adjustably held in fixed position by means of a screw 25 engaging one of a series of holes 17 in each disc. A mask or bridging device 31 is detachably secured to a head 20 on the arm 19 of a collar 18 loosely mounted on the hub 15, and is brought into position for continuing the writing surface of the platen roll 1 across the position of each positive pin feed device when the latter is rendered inoperative. The cams can be operated to trip the pin feeds by mechanism similar to that described in Specification 408,125, comprising a bar 28 engaging a bifurcated arm 27 on a collar 26 fitted with a spring-pressed pawl 29 which can engage either of two notches 23, 23a in a collar 22 provided with an arcuate slot 24 through which the screw 25 passes. The bridging device 31 can be adjusted to a slight extent relatively to the associated cam so that different portions of its face may be brought into the actual writing-line to allow for wear.
Patent GB-268557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the starting and manoeuvring of internal combustion engines of the diesel type
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1926-04-16
Abstract: 268,557. Evans, A. F. April 16, 1926. Starting.-In a Diesel engine having a seavenging-air pump n provided with a mechanical valve 1 and driven by compressed air for starting the engine, air at a comparatively low pressure is employed and is heated in the receiver 5 by tubes 6 through which passes the exhaust from an auxiliary engine, such as that supplying the compressed air. The engine comprises two cylinders a, b, the pistons c, d of which are connected to the ends of a beam i connected at one end to the crankshaft k<1> and at the other end to the piston of the pump n ; or the piston of the pump n may be connected directly to the engine piston d as described in Specification 268,526, [Class 7 (ii), Internal-combustion engines, Arrangement &c. of]. The slide valve 1 of the pump is worked by an eccentric 3 on an engine-driven shaft 2. The valve chest is connected through a three-way cock 8 with the receiver 5 for starting-air and with a pipe 4 through which atmospheric air is drawn during normal working. At starting, heated air from the receiver 5 is admitted to the pump n and is exhausted to the scavenging-air chamber q of the engine, passing through the scavenging-air ports l, engine cylinders a, b, and exhaust ports p. Owing to the rise of pressure in the chamber q, the valve s described in Specification 268,526, [Class 7 (ii), Internal-combustion engines, Arrangement &c. of], supercharges the cylinder at the beginning of the compression stroke. The air in the receiver 5 may be utilized for driving deck machinery &c.
Patent GB-695907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electric blasting initiators
Inventor: BISHOP PHILLIP COOKE
IPC: F42B3/103
Filed: 1951-04-30
Abstract: 695,907. Blasting fuzes. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Jan. 21, 1952 [April 30, 1951], No. 10072/51. Class 9(i) An electric blasting detonator comprises a copper alloy tube 1 containing a base charge 2 and a primary initiating charge 3 containing lead azide, the tube being closed by a neoprene plug 4 through which extend the lead wires 5, 5<SP>1</SP> of an electric fuzehead. The plug 4 is made with a longitudinal slit 10, as in Fig. 4, in which the leg wires with attached fuzehead are placed prior to placing the plug in the tube 1. The resiliency. of the plug causes it to close round the wires and the tube is secured to the plug by a crimp 8. The plugs 4 are formed from thick-walled tubing by slitting the tubing longitudinally to the bore and cutting it transversely into the required lengths. Pole pieces 7, 7<SP>1</SP> and the matchhead 6 are attached to the bared ends of the lead wires prior to assembly of the plug and fuzehead. Specification 636,792 is referred to.
Patent GB-1132176-A (GB)
Title: A method of reading magnetically recorded data
IPC: G06F11/16
Filed: 1967-03-03
Abstract: 1,132,176. Magnetic records. SIEMAG FEINMECHANISCHE WERKE G.m.b.H. 3 March, 1967 [26 April, 1966], No. 10126/67. Headings G4C and G4M. Binary-coded characters having an even number of bits, e.g. 4, are recorded on magnetic tape or a magnetic strip on a ledger card in a manner which allows errors caused by incorrect positioning of the recorded bits to be detected. There are half as many information tracks I as there are bits in the characters, i.e. for 4 bits there are two tracks I 1 , I 2  on which bits are recorded in NRZ form, and there is the same number of complement tracks K 1 , K 2 . Each track is subdivided into alternating bit areas S 1 , S 2 , even-numbered bits being recorded in S 1  areas, and odd-numbered bits being recorded in S 2  areas. Each track I has the same polarity as its associated complement track K in areas S 2  and the opposite polarity to the complement track K in areas S 1 , and any displacement, either lateral or longitudinal, of a recorded 1 bit into an adjacent bit area causes this relationship to be reversed, so that such errors can be detected when the record is sensed, e.g. by heads moving relatively thereto.