baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2281420-A (GB)
Title: Timepiece
Inventor: TAM MARTIN TIN-FONG
IPC: G04G9/02
Filed: 1993-08-17
Abstract: A timepiece (1) is arranged so that time is indicated by colour, rather than by the conventional numerical system. In a preferred embodiment the timepiece is mounted upon a building and includes four neon bands (2a to 2d) the colour of each of which is independently varied at set time intervals such that each colour combination represents a time by means of the variation in intensity of emitter light from a number of different adjacent tubes as in fig. 2. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-935883-A (GB)
IPC: F04B47/08
Abstract: 935,883. Deep well pumps. KOBE Inc. Dec. 4, 1961, No. 43239/61. Class 102(1). A fluid actuated well pump has an engine valve unit which is installable and removable from the well independently of the pump unit. The valve unit 32 seats on the pump unit at 34 and is installed by being forced down the valve tubing 22 and may be blown up the tube by applying pressure via the tube 20 and the discharge passage 66. The pump unit 38 is secured to the valve tubing 22 and supported on the surface 26 of a housing 24 formed on pump tubing 20. The pump and motor pistons 40, 42 are actuated in one direction by pressure fluid from the tubing 22 passing through passage 68 to the underside of piston 40 and in the other by the same pressure fluid supplied under control of the valve member 74 via passage 70 to the slightly larger upper area of the piston 42. The valve member 74 is controlled by pressure supplied via passage 88 either from the passage 80 leading to the pump tubing or from the lower side to the piston 40, through passages 86, 90 in the piston rod 48. Specification 906,732 is referred to.
Patent GB-2286331-A (GB)
Title: An insulated kettle
Inventor: MAYLAN HAROLD RAYMOND
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 1994-01-15
Abstract: A kettle comprises a container (10) having an opening in its top closed by a removable lid (11). The container (10) comprises inner and outer walls (17, 18) separated by a gap (19). Air inside the gap (19) is evacuated to form a vacuum. The vacuum layer insulates water inside the kettle from the surrounding air, so that the kettle boils more quickly, and once boiled looses less heat. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2274466-A (GB)
Title: Impressed current cathodic protection system
Inventor: SOLOMON ISAAC
IPC: C23F13/06
Filed: 1992-08-13
Abstract: A system for impressed current cathodic protection of a structure having a corrodible metal reinforcing member comprising: a) an electron source having a positive terminal and a negative terminal connected to said corrodible metal reinforcing member such that electrons can flow from said negative terminal to said reinforcing member; b) an anode proximate said structure connected to said positive terminal of said electron source; and c) a pliable conductive substrate substantially enveloping said an ode and in intimate contact with at least a portion of said structure. The pliable conductive substrate used comprises a suspension of a conductive compound in a viscous liquid impregnated in a flexible support medium. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287251-A (GB)
Title: Automated electroplating apparatus for electroplating integrated circuits
Inventor: NG SHEUNG KWONG
IPC: C25D17/28
Filed: 1994-03-08
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a plurality of adjacent processing cells, at least one of which is elongated, gripping means for gripping articles to be plated and at least one transporting means comprising a plurality of transporters for transporting the gripping means from cell to cell, the direction of movement of the gripping means from cell to cell being transverse to the longitudinal axis of the elongated processing cell. The apparatus further includes a support means to support the gripping means at each cell. The gripping means comprises a number of pivotable gripping members, which may be arranged in a row, attached to a flight bar.
Patent GB-2281881-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle body side structure
Inventor: HIRAHARA SHINICHI
IPC: B60J5/00
Filed: 1994-06-23
Abstract: A door beam 3 housed in a vehicle door 1 has a rear end which is positioned in overlapping relationship to a central pillar 12 in the lateral direction of a vehicle body. A bracket 14 which is of a channel-shaped horizontal cross section is fixed to the rear of the door beam 3 so as to be positioned closely to the central pillar 12 when the door 1 is closed. The bracket 14 is effective in increasing the lateral rigidity of the vehicle body to efficiently absorb and distribute shocks applied during a lateral collision from an initial phase thereof. In other embodiments the gap between the central pillar and the overlapping portion of the door can be filled by a protrusion (16) on the pillar (figures 4, 5), or a bracket (21) mounted indirectly to the door beam (figures 6, 7). For a rear door arrangement (figure 8) a member (24) on the door beam engages a latch (23) on the wheel arch (22) on collision to absorb shocks. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281268-A (GB)
Title: Circulation control aerofoils.
Inventor: HUMPHERSON DAVID VINCENT
IPC: B64C3/14
Filed: 1994-08-12
Abstract: A circulation control aerofoil 11 having an internal chamber 15 for receiving pressurised air for exhaust through a circulation control air exhaust slot 16 defined by spaced-apart slot lips 17 and 18 is provided with a plurality of actuators 19 which may be of electrically deformable material adapted during operation to cause local bending of the aerofoil structure to which they are attached to selectively adjust the width of the air exhaust slot. The actuators may be piezo-electric actuators connected electrically at 21 to a control circuit 22 operated by a central computer. The actuators may be provided on one or both sides of one or both slot lips (figs. 4 and 5). The aerofoil may be used on a helicopter rotor. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282589-A (GB)
Title: Container loading
Inventor: CROISET CHRISTIAN
IPC: B60P1/64
Filed: 1994-10-07
Abstract: The invention concerns an improved device for handling loads from a vehicle (1) designed to be fitted on the loading platform (2) of the vehicle, consisting of:   - one front section (4) hinged on a rear section (5) by a first pin (A1), the rear section being hinged by a second pin (A2) on a sub-frame (3);   - one upper arm (6) having a means of gripping loads (9), - at least one jack (10) tilting in particular the front section around the first pin, the said jack being linked in rotation by its rear end to the front section and by its front end to the sub-frame, the said device being characterised in that it has temporary means of support (17, 19) on the sub-frame, in particular at the rear end of the jack, to establish at least a temporary force of reaction of the sub-frame on the rear end of the jack, at least during part of the movement of the rear section and in that the means of support consist of a sliding or rolling (19) surface which defines part of the trajectory in particular of the rear end of the jack when the said means of support are in action. The jack is linked to the front section (4) by a third pin (A3) and to the sub frame (3) by a fourth pin (A4). Alternatively, the front section or third pin can have the sliding or rolling support. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295775-A (GB)
Title: Arcade betting machine
Inventor: SU YUNG-FA
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1994-12-08
Abstract: A betting machine comprises a card selection and display means which selects an individual card at random from a set of cards and displays the card to the players, betting panels 4 at which players can wager on the outcome of the card selection, jackpot selection means 7 such as fruit-machine type reels on which cumulative winnings can be wagered, a count-down clock 5, and means 3 to list the results of previous card outcomes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296473-A (GB)
Title: An open sided document folder with elasticated contents retainer
Inventor: SKIDMORE HARRY
IPC: B42F7/04
Filed: 1994-12-23
Abstract: A document folder comprising walls 11, 12 hinged (15, Fig 2) for movement between closed and open positions, includes a retainer for sheets 21 comprising an extensible elongate member 42, 43 attached at opposite ends 30 to opposed sides of wall 11, the member being threaded through apertures 48 in the other wall 12 such that when the folder is closed the elastic mid-portion 43 of the member can be anchored on the arms (52, Fig 4) of a cleat 50. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283605-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic neural networks
Inventor: SMITH LESLIE SAMUEL
IPC: G06N3/04
Filed: 1993-07-15
Abstract: A neural network, specifically for analyzing time-dependent sequences such as spoken utterances, comprises an input layer (I) and an output layer (H). On each of the connections between the input and output layer there is a filter (P). As the sequence to be analyzed is received by the input layer, activation signals are sent via the connections to the output layer. Each filter (P) has a dual role: it will only allow a maximum amount of activation to pass at any one given time, this maximum amount decreasing as the sequence proceeds, and it also determines the maximum cumulative activation that may be passed along the respective connection throughout the entire presentation of the input sequence. Several such networks may be used in parallel, each feeding their outputs to a common top layer (T) which adjudicates between the differing outputs and provides a composite answer. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2292005-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor ridge laser
Inventor: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAI
IPC: H01S5/16
Filed: 1995-03-13
Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor laser includes forming a mask (2) having a stripe opening in a <011> direction on a 100 surface of a first conductivity type substrate (1), and growing a double-heterojunction structure including a first conductivity type cladding layer (4), an active layer (5), and a second conductivity type cladding layer (6) to produce a stripe-shaped ridge. The ridge has an ordinary mesa-shaped section in a direction perpendicular to the stripe direction and a symmetric hexagonal section in the stripe direction. Since the conventional selective etching for forming the ridge is dispensed with, the processing precision of the ridge is improved. Further, the second conductivity type cladding layer and the active layer grown on the side surfaces cladding layer (4) are very thin and have low dopant incorporating efficiencies, so that portions of the first conductivity type cladding layer at the side surfaces of the ridge have high resistivity, and reactive current is blocked by these high-resistance portions. Lasers having stripes arranged in the <011>, <001>, and <010> directions are also disclosed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2291120-A (GB)
Title: Engine camcase breather construction
Inventor: MING LAM HIN
IPC: F02B61/04
Filed: 1995-04-20
Abstract: The camcase cover includes communicating chambers on one side of a plate 101. A passage (83, Fig. 4) passes an air/oil mist from the camcase 37 to the chamber 73. An oil drainage passage (95, Fig. 10) passes oil from the chamber containing wire mesh 97 to the camcase 37. A reed value 111 is fixed to the plate 101 and controls the plate aperture 103. A cover 141 engaging the plate 101 defines a chamber 151 which includes a series of serially connected sub-chambers communicating through the aperture 103 with the chamber 73 and with the engine charge intake through an outlet nipple (155, Fig. 5). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2288231-A (GB)
Title: Combined LED and photodiode assembly
Inventor: PYE JOHN ALBERT
IPC: G01N21/27
Filed: 1991-10-22
Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) 20 is mounted on the surface of a header 42 and a photodiode 41 is mounted on an orthogonal extension 43 of the header such that some of the light emitted by the LED 20 falls directly on the photodiode without having undergone reflection from other surfaces. The photodiode is used to sense the output intensity of the LED. The direct optical path between LED and sensor means that the photodiode output is insensitive to movement between the assembly and its surroundings, which movement can give rise to errors in prior art arrangements involving reflection from a further surface. The assembly may be used in an exhaust gas sensor in conjunction with a further photodiode. Figure 4 shows arrangement in which the assembly is used to compensate for variations in LED output. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290343-A (GB)
Title: Clamping device
Inventor: COME MICHEL
IPC: E01F9/669
Filed: 1995-06-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for fixing supports for road sign panels on a safety dividing wall. The device comprises a clamp (7) having two jaws (8a, 8b) that are hinged to each other, locking/unlocking means (18, 20) for the two jaws (8a, 8b), and clamping means for clamping the jaws (8a, 8b) against the wall. The clamping means comprise a plurality of rows of lugs (29) hinged to the jaws (8a, 8b) pointing obliquely upwards and into the space (31) defined between the jaws. Downwards pivoting of each lug (29) is limited by a rod (32). The lugs (29) are biased by springs (33). The locking/unlocking means include at least one cam (18) actuated by a tilting handle (20). The ends of the lugs (29) co-operate by friction with the side faces of the wall and they ensure that the device is permanently clamped on the wall. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2310075-A (GB)
Title: Audio turntable
Inventor: MAHMUD UTHER
IPC: G11B19/26
Filed: 1996-02-10
Abstract: An audio turntable is designed to allow both clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation of its platter via a manually operated switching device.
Patent GB-2307796-A (GB)
Title: Flexible coil structure
Inventor: MOON MYOUNG-LIB
IPC: H01F38/42
Filed: 1996-11-27
Abstract: A flexible coil structure or a method of manufacturing the same comprises a magnetic core 410 and a pair of flexible insulating sheets 110 each with a plurality of parallel conductive lines 210, 220 formed there on. The insulating sheets 110 and the conductive lines 210, 220 are arranged and interconnected to form a coil patterned laminate member into which the magnetic core 410 may be inserted. An insulating sheet 230 may be arranged over the central region of the conductive lines whilst the ends of said lines are exposed for making interconnections 420. These interconnections may involve solder coating, dipping, printing and hot-pressing or the use of conductive adhesives. Alternatively the interconnections may be formed by the conductors being clamped together by welding the insulating sheets 110 together at points between the conductors 210, 220. The insulating sheets 110 may include alignment markers 240 and the conductive lines may have integrally formed terminal pads 210c.
Patent GB-2310672-A (GB)
Title: Pulsator for a washing machine
Inventor: LEE JAE-YOLL
IPC: D06F17/10
Filed: 1997-02-28
Abstract: A driven rotatable plate 110 having a plurality of vanes 120 is provided with a rotatably mounted part 130 for generating an irregular water flow. The part 130 comprises a vane 136 mounted on a shaft 134 and retained to the plate by a retainer 139; spring 138 causes the vane 136 to oscillate between the extremes of the butterfly groove 116 as the rotation of the plate 110 in different directions causes the vanes 120 to induce water flow.
Patent GB-2307968-A (GB)
Title: A valve
Inventor: HORTON PAUL RICHARD
IPC: F16K5/04
Filed: 1996-08-08
Abstract: A valve (10) comprises a tubular insert (14) defining an inlet duct of given cross-sectional shape. A valve member (40, 42) is arranged to rotate about an axis. The valve member (40, 42) is formed with a recess (44, 46) extending from a position adjacent its access of rotation, which recess (44, 46) in a first rotational position of the valve member (40, 42) is spaced from a surface to define a passage through which fluid can pass from the inlet duct (15). The valve member (40, 42) is rotatable from the first rotational position towards a second rotational position whereby an edge (44a, 46a) of the recess reduces the cross-sectional area of the passage. The inlet duct (15) has a wall section (36, 38) which terminates at a position adjacent the recess (44, 46) and the axis of rotation of the valve member.
Patent GB-2328928-A (GB)
Title: Parking aid
Inventor: WEATHERILL DONALD
IPC: B60D1/60
Filed: 1997-09-09
Abstract: A parking aid 1 has a vertical spindle 4 rotating a crank 5 to move a towbar 7 e.g. of a trailer (2, Figs 1 and 2) laterally to assist in parking it - through a series of elliptical movements - in confined spaces. Preferably the crank has a ball 6 to fit with the usual tow bar end. The spindle can be turned by hand or motor.
Patent GB-2318163-A (GB)
Title: Preventing loosening of vehicle wheel nuts
Inventor: HARRIS PAUL ANTHONY REGINALD
IPC: F16B39/10
Filed: 1997-10-10
Abstract: A strip of material (8) engages at least one side (10) of each wheel nut (4), and is stiff but flexible so that it stays in position during use by friction and exerts sufficient pressure on the sides (10) of the wheel nuts (4) that it prevents the wheel nuts (4) from becoming undone. The strip (8) is made from metal or plastics, eg spring steel or nylon.
Patent GB-2331534-A (GB)
Title: Centralizer
Inventor: REINHOLDT BERND
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 1998-02-23
Abstract: A centralizer which comprises a pair of annular bands (2, 3) which are spaced apart by a plurality of hollow members (4 to 9) characterised in that said hollow members (4 to 9) are each provided with at least one window (24, 25, 26) having a roller (12, 13, 14) freely rotatably mounted therein.
Patent GB-2323250-A (GB)
Title: Key telephone system
Inventor: HAYASHI HIROAKI
IPC: H04M3/533
Filed: 1998-02-25
Abstract: A key telephone system comprising a key telephone set having an extension number and a pseudo extension number. A busy tone can be sent to a third party when a call from the third party is received on the extension number and the telephone key set is using the pseudo extension number. Instead of a busy tone a voice message can be sent to the third party or a recorder can record a message from the third party.
Patent GB-2337565-A (GB)
Title: Sealing member
Inventor: ROBINSON GERARD FRANCIS
IPC: A47K3/00
Filed: 1998-05-20
Abstract: Sealing member 100 has a first upward limb 1 and a second limb 2. Extending upward from the inside face 12 of the limb 2 is a third limb 3 which is divided into a fourth limb 4 and fifth limb 5. The fourth limb 4 forms cavity 6 with the first limb 1. The fifth limb 5 is flexible and forms a sealant material reservoir 7 with the adjacent wall A. The inside face 14 of limb 5 is ribbed to grip a sealant material 16 and the outside faces 8 and 9 of the limbs 1 and 2 are ribbed to grip wall A and sealant material 17. The continuous passage of sealing materials is accommodated across the joint of two sealing members 100 butt jointed in a straight line or at an angle and onto the boundary of the adjacent wall.
Patent GB-2326273-A (GB)
Title: Grids for electron beam tubes
Inventor: CARR DAVID WARD
IPC: H01J3/02
Filed: 1998-06-11
Abstract: A grid for use in a linear electron beam tube such as an IOT or TWT includes a mesh grid section 6,7 and an annular ring 4 between which is included an accommodation portion 5. During use, the grid section 6,7 becomes hot and consequently expands but the annular ring 4 which acts as a mounting flange remains relatively cool being connected to a relatively massive structure. Thin flexible strips 8 of the accommodation portion 5 permit relative movement between the annular ring 4 and the grid section 6,7 due to differential thermal expansion, thus minimising distortion to the grid section which might otherwise occur if it were connected directly to the annular ring 4 and hence fixed in its outer diameter length.
Patent GB-2342470-A (GB)
Title: A memory management system and method for a data processing system
Inventor: COCKBURN GORDON JOHN
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 1998-10-09
Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for managing memory for a data processing system. The memory user components and processes have means to reserve, allocate, free and unreserve memory, wherein the order of freeing and unreserving is not fixed, and memory may be unreserved without having been freed. The memory management component or process has means to reclaim such memory as has been unreserved but not yet freed in order to satisfy further memory requests from memory user processes.
Patent GB-2340401-A (GB)
Title: A tracheostomy tube
Inventor: FIELD STEPHEN JAMES
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 1999-07-26
Abstract: The tube has a fenestration (20) in the wall of the tube (1) that can be closed by a closure member (24). The closure member (24) has a handle (25) at its machine end to enable slidable movement along a channel (21) within the wall to open or close the fenestration (20) and allow the patient to be weened off ventilation, and markers to indicate the extent of opening.
Patent GB-2353628-A (GB)
Title: Vibration proof external hard disk box
Inventor: LIN LIKEN
IPC: G11B33/08
Filed: 1999-08-25
Abstract: An external hard disk box for a hard disk drive (B) which is vibration-proof and dust-proof and suitable for use with a personal computer or a notebook computer. The box comprises a hard disk drive (B) sandwiched between upper and lower protection pads (21,23) made of a soft material, a base (C) and an upper cover (A). The hard drive (B) is fixed to a bracket (1) and secured by a frame (22) around the bracket (1).
Patent GB-2356217-A (GB)
Title: Assembly for fixing two glazing panels end to end
Inventor: ALLPORT PHILLIP BRIAN
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1999-11-15
Abstract: The assembly comprises upper and lower members 10, 12 for clamping panels 32. Both the upper and lower members 10, 12 have central portions 14, 20 and a pair of wings 18, 24 extending laterally from respective opposite longitudinal sides of the central portion. At least one of the members may have stops means 38 on each side of the central portion for limiting the degree of insertion of the panels 34. The upper member 10 may have a pair of dependant legs 16 and the lower member 12 may have a pair of lateral upstanding legs 22, one of the pairs of legs being received between the other pair. Fixing means 46 can pass from the upper member 10, though the gap between the legs 16 and 22 and through the lower member 12 into the transom 26, thereby clamping the ends 34 of the glazing panels between the wings 18, 24.
Patent GB-2344104-A (GB)
Title: Cross-linker for photoresist and photoresist composition comprising the same
Inventor: JUNG JAE CHANG
IPC: G03F7/004
Filed: 1999-11-24
Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linker for photoresist compositions which is suitable for a photolithography process using KrF (248 nm), ArF (193 nm), E-beam, ion beam or EUV light sources. Preferred cross-linkers, according to the present invention, comprise a copolymer of (i) a compound represented by following Chemical Formula 1 and/or (ii) one or more compound(s) selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and maleic anhydride. <EMI ID=1.1 HE=40 WI=58 LX=444 LY=1016 TI=CF> <PC>wherein, R<SB>1</SB> and R<SB>2</SB> individually represent straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> alkyl, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> ester, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> ketone, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> carboxylic acid, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> acetal, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> alkyl including at least one hydroxyl group, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> ester including at least one hydroxyl group, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> ketone including at least one hydroxyl group, straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> carboxylic acid including at least one hydroxyl group, and straight or branched C<SB>1-10</SB> acetal including at least one hydroxyl group; and R<SB>3</SB> represents hydrogen or methyl.
Patent GB-190019901-A (GB)
IPC: B27G1/00
Granted: 1900-01-01
Abstract: 19,901. Ratcliffe, J. Nov. 6. Drawings to Specification. Woodwork, ornamental.-Knots are removed from planks by boring out the knots and screwing wooden plugs into the holes. Two plugs may be screwed in from opposite sides to meet in the centre. The screwing may be dispensed with, the hole being left plain. Designs or figures may by this means be inlaid.