baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2522123-A (GB)
Title: Receipt images apparatus and method
Inventor: ARGUE STUART
IPC: G07G5/00
Filed: 2013-06-12
Abstract: A method for printing an image on a receipt is disclosed. The method may begin with the initiation of a transaction such as a purchase or return at a point-of-sale system. Next, an image unique to the transaction may be obtained or generate. The image may comprise non-textual graphics. While the transaction is being performed, the image may be passed to a receipt printer and stored with memory thereof. Accordingly, the images may be stored in memory of the receipt printer before the other tasks associated with the transaction have all been performed. Finally, to complete and document the transaction, the receipt printer may print a receipt. The receipt may have the image printed thereon.
Patent GB-2534352-A (GB)
Title: Fitness and rehabilitation equipment for conditioning muscles maintaining stability of a vertebral column
Inventor: DAVID SAMUEL MAYER
IPC: A63B23/02
Filed: 2014-12-31
Abstract: Fitness and rehabilitation equipment having a frame 1 and base 2, the frame having a platform 10 for supporting a user. The frame is pivotally attached at one end to the base using a hinging mechanism. A seat 4, knee pad 7 and lifting handle 11 are situated on the platform, and there are shock absorbers 16 covering two edges of the frame. A bar with an arm pad 14 is attached to the base. In use, a user sits or stands on the platform, braces themselves on the arm rest, and lifts the platform upwards using the handle. The exercise equipment is intended to condition and strengthen the stabilising muscles of the vertebral column or spine.
Patent GB-2538088-A (GB)
Title: Clinical sampling device
Inventor: URI FRIEDLANDER
IPC: A61B10/02
Filed: 2015-05-06
Abstract: A device 100 for the collection of a clinical sample from the body cavity of a patient. The device comprises a deformable sampling section 110. In use, the deformable sampling section 110 has a plurality of sampling fins 115, which expand radially to contact the walls of the cavity and collect the sample. The sampling section 110 is wider radially and shorter longitudinally when deployed than it is in the undeployed configuration. The sampling fins 115 have sampling edges 113, 114, which abut one another in the undeployed configuration. The sampling section 110 may be detachable from the device 100, such that after a sample is collected the sampling section 110 may be inserted into a collection vessel with a transport buffer and detached from the device 100.
Patent GB-2528372-A (GB)
Title: Providing oscillatory feedback through a vehicle steering system
Inventor: LICKFOLD DAVID
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2015-05-29
Abstract: Oscillatory, particularly haptic but also audible, feedback provided through a vehicle steering system 2, typically an electric power assisted steering (EPAS) system, may be controlled using a method comprising receiving a request for oscillatory feedback, for example when the vehicle is departing from its lane or when the driver is drowsy, determining a characteristic, for example surface roughness, of a road surface being traversed by the vehicle, and imparting to a component of steering system 2, preferably to rack bar 12 via motor 18, an oscillating force having oscillation properties (such as amplitude or frequency) dependent upon the road surface characteristic; for example the duration may be 1.6 seconds, the frequency 26 Hertz, the handled torque 2 Newton metres and the oscillation of rack bar 12 about 0.09 millimetres. The system may vary the amount of feedback by the vehicle speed and may use a look-up table to select a scaling factor dependent on the speed and on the roughness.
Patent GB-2541367-A (GB)
Title: Electrical plug and socket assembly
Inventor: Tom Mennell
IPC: H02B1/16
Filed: 2015-07-16
Abstract: An electrical plug and socket assembly for a low-voltage distribution network can be used to temporarily ground a section to be worked on. The plug 1 includes a conducting rod having an outer surface. The socket 2 includes an outer shroud 8 and an inner conductor 9 within it, the inner conductor having a plurality of flexible contact portions 13 for engaging the outer surface of the conducting rod. This ensures that any magnetic attraction due to the current will tend to increase the grip on the plug.
Patent GB-2528589-A (GB)
Title: Telephony system
Inventor: IRVING ROLAND
IPC: H04M3/51
Filed: 2015-01-23
Abstract: A telephony system comprising: an update controller 60 for managing updates of an organisation's telephone system; an event bus 50 arranged to transfer updates within the telephony system; a telephone network apparatus 40 arranged to receive updates of user details of users of the organisation's telephone system 12, the telephone network apparatus 40 comprises a database 44 to store the user details, and the database is arranged to be accessible by a party which is external of the organisation; and a communications controller 70, the communications controller comprising a communications distributer 74 arranged to receive user details criteria, to compare the received user details criteria to stored user details, and to send communications to a user having user details which match the user details criteria. This can allow targeted communications to be sent to the user.
Patent GB-2526972-A (GB)
Title: Wireless power-feeding device
Inventor: HOSOTANI TATSUYA
IPC: H02J17/00
Filed: 2014-03-24
Abstract: A power transmitter (Txp) and a power receiver (Rxp) are arranged so as to be separated by a space. A power-transmitting element (np) extracts electrical energy from a DC power supply (Vi) and generates a resonant current via the operation of a power-transmitting switching circuit, and via said resonant current, directly creates, in the aforementioned space, an electromagnetic field that varies periodically at a switching frequency, forming an electromagnetic resonance field whereby the space itself oscillates with energy. A power-receiving element (ns) obtains electrical energy from the resonance field, generating a resonant current, and via said resonant current, forms a new electromagnetic resonance field. Either the power-transmitting element (np) or the power-receiving element (ns) is a fractal element comprising a linear conductor pattern wherein, if seen as a geometric figure, parts thereof are self-similar to the whole, increasing the electromagnetic-field energy of the space around said fractal element.
Patent GB-2532841-A (GB)
Title: Carrier system
Inventor: HOLGER VOGEL
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2015-09-08
Abstract: A carrier system 1, with a position-stabilized component 2; an imaging sensor 2a, which is designed to continuously detect image signals of a region surrounding the carrier system 1, a position sensor 3; stabilization means 5 for continuously stabilizing the position and/or the alignment of the component 2 and the imaging sensor 2a or at least the line of sight LOS thereof depending on measurement signals m_s of the position sensor 3. Image processing means 6 are designed to automatically determine a present drift of the position sensor 3 from the image signals v_s detected by the imaging sensor 2a. The carrier system 1 is designed to automatically at least approximately correct and/or compensate for the present drift of the position sensor 3 determined by the image processing means 6, in particular by means of the stabilization means 5. The carrier system is suitable for use on a moving carrier such as vehicles, ships, aircraft, buoys, masts etc. The drift may be determined by a global movement of the scene recorded by the imaging sensor.
Patent GB-2543809-A (GB)
Title: Modular robot
Inventor: MATHEW HOLLOWAY
IPC: B25J15/00
Filed: 2015-10-29
Abstract: A modular robot, for carrying an elongate payload in co-operation with at least one further robot, comprises: i) a drive unit 20, 40 comprising at least two independently driven wheels 22 - each having its own motor - ii) a payload unit 25, 45 pivotally mounted to the drive unit 20, 40 and arranged to mount the elongate payload to the robot, and iii) a locking mechanism to selectively lock the drive unit 20, 40 to the payload unit 25, 45 in a fixed orientation. The drive unit 20, 40 may further comprise tracks (Fig 7, 54). The payload unit 25, 45 may also comprise a gripping mechanism (Fig 7, 57) and/or a feed mechanism (Fig 7, 61) to feed a hose or similar elongate member through the payload unit 25, 45. A plurality of said robots may be used in conjunction to move a hose (Fig 8, 77) within a restricted space and around obstacles (Fig 8, 78 & 79), such that a further robot carrying a spray gun (Fig 10, 86) is free to apply paint, insulation etc. within the restricted space. A further claim is also provided for a system comprising at least two robots in combination with a payload.
Patent GB-2545479-A (GB)
Title: Pre-combustion chamber
Inventor: THOMAS MAIER
IPC: H01T13/54
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: Prechamber tip for an internal combustion engine featuring a dome-like shaped wall structure with a centre axis. A first 190 and a second group 290 of orifices extend through the wall and comprises inlets 192, 292 arranged at the inside of the wall and outlets 191, 291 arranged at the outside of the wall. The first group of ports 191 are rotated at an angle α with respect to a line normal to the centre axis 198 such that the inlets 192 and outlets 191 are not circumferentially aligned. The second group of ports 290 are rotated at an angle β with respect to a line normal to the centre axis 198 such that the inlets 292 and outlets 291 are not circumferentially aligned, the rotation being in an opposite direction to that of the first orifices. Each group of orifices may be arranged on a respective plane and may be inclined towards the prechamber tip.
Patent GB-2530213-A (GB)
Title: In-ground trampoline pad system
Inventor: NELSON R KYLE
IPC: A63B21/02
Filed: 2014-03-27
Abstract: An in-ground trampoline including a frame, trampoline mat, a plurality of springs and a protective pad. The protective pad incorporates a permeable material to allow for the passage of air through the protective pad. The in-ground trampoline system may also include a retaining wall which may comprise self-locking panels. In some embodiments, the self-locking panels may be attached to the frame of the in-ground trampoline.
Patent GB-2546496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to filling methods for fluid actuation systems
Inventor: IAN BUTTON
IPC: F15B21/04
Filed: 2016-01-19
Abstract: A method of filling or refilling a line 3 of a hydraulic fluid system with an actuator 2 comprises introducing fluid into the line 3 at an input port 2 remote from a reservoir 4 until a determination that the line 3 is full and closing the system. A vacuum pump can be connected to reservoir 4 by a pipe 12 and/or fluid supplied under pressure. Fluid may be delivered to multiple actuators simultaneously or sequentially. The system can be a vehicle braking system, with an intermediate reservoir (18, fig 4), and actuator 2 a brake caliper or drum. The input port 2 can be a bleed valve with two bores, one with a non-return valve (86, fig 9).
Patent GB-2536353-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for slurry coating
Inventor: Joseph e mcdermott
IPC: C23C16/24
Filed: 2016-02-10
Abstract: A slurry comprises a solvent, an alloying agent, a halide activator and an inert species having a particle size of less than or equal to 200 mesh. The alloying agent may comprise carbon, a transition metal, silicon or chromium and is preferably ferrosilicon, ferrochrome or chromium. The halide activator is preferably iron chloride tetrahydrate, iron chloride hexahydrate or magnesium chloride hexahydrate. A further slurry has a molar ratio of a halide of a halide activator to an elemental metal of less than 10:1. Also disclosed are methods for forming a metal layers adjacent to a substrate comprising the step of subjecting a slurry coated substrate to annealing to form a metal layer coupled to the substrate and a diffusion layer in which an amount of an alloying agent changes with depth at a rate of between -0.01 and -5.0% per µm, a metal layer having a thickness of less than 500 µm and a concentration of an alloying agent being at a maximum in said substrate and decreasing by no more than 20 wt. % over a depth of 50 µm or less and a metal layer in which an alloying agent has a concentration of at least 10 wt. % at a depth of less than or equal to 30 µm and of at most 6 wt. % at a depth of greater than 150 µm.
Patent GB-2538845-A (GB)
Title: Auxiliary battery charging apparatus and method
Inventor: MARK TUCKER
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2016-03-24
Abstract: An auxiliary battery charging apparatus 1 is used for charging an auxiliary battery 3 from a main battery 4. The main battery has at least a first module 5-1 including a plurality of first cells 6-1. The charging apparatus has an intermediate storage device 13 (e.g. a transformer or capacitor) for connection to the auxiliary battery. A first switch unit 10 selectively connects one or more of the first cells to the intermediate storage device. A charging control unit 9 receives control signal (BAL1) to identify one or more of the first cells having a relatively low depth-of-discharge. The control unit outputs a control signal (SW1) to control the first switch unit so as to connect the identified cells to the intermediate storage device and thus charge the auxiliary battery. The auxiliary battery charging apparatus is used in an electric vehicle (e.g. EV, HEV, PHEV, BEV).
Patent GB-2533533-A (GB)
Title: Pressure compensation for a backup well pump
Inventor: THOMAS N HENDRYX
IPC: F04D13/10
Filed: 2014-10-15
Abstract: Primary and secondary pump assemblies are mounted to and supported by a supporting device in a well. The supporting device has a valve that has a first position allowing flow from the primary pump assembly while the secondary pump assembly is in a storage mode, and a second position allowing flow from the secondary pump assembly. A barrier in the intake of the secondary pump assembly blocks entry of well fluid into the secondary pump assembly while the valve is in the first position. The secondary pump is filled with a buffer fluid. A pressure compensator mounted to the secondary pump assembly has a movable element that moves in response to a difference between well fluid pressure on an exterior of the secondary pump assembly and the pressure of the buffer fluid contained in the secondary pump to reduce a pressure differential.
Patent GB-2537281-A (GB)
Title: Energy transmission system and cooking vessel
Inventor: SAI FAI CHAN
IPC: F25B30/06
Filed: 2014-12-03
Abstract: An energy transmission system for exchanging thermal energy of a medium in a sealed loop, the energy transmission system comprises a compressor (22) having a first end and a second end, a control valve (24) having a first end and a second end for controlling the flow of the medium in the sealed loop of the energy transmission system, a first passageway extending from the first end of the compressor (22) to the first end of the control valve (24), at least one portion of the first passageway configured to form a first heat exchanger such that a medium flowing therein absorbs thermal energy, and a second passageway extending from the second end of the compressor (22) to the second end of the control valve (24), at least one portion of the second passageway configured to form a second heat exchanger for releasing thermal energy of the medium flowing therein, wherein the compressor (22) is configured for changing the pressure of at least one portion of the medium in the first and second passageway such that the pressure in at least one portion of the first passageway is different from the pressure in at least one portion of the second passageway, and the physical state of the medium is different between regions of the sealed loop.
Patent GB-2545289-A (GB)
Title: Stretcher arrangement
Inventor: JAMES THOMAS MASON
IPC: A61G1/056
Filed: 2016-08-17
Abstract: A stretcher comprising an upper frame and a lower frame with the upper frame moveable between raised and lowered positions wherein movement is controlled by a pair of cross members 22 each pivotally connected 40 to the upper and lower frames wherein one of the cross members is able to slide 38 on the upper frame and one on the lower frame wherein one mounting is provided by two parallel guide rails 42 spaced across the stretcher and the other by parallel guide rails spaced in an upwards direction. The rails 42 are arranged to provide different levels of restriction to twisting about axes extending across the stretcher and upwardly and comprise linear bearing guide rails. A power unit may also be provided. Also disclosed is a body support with pivoting panels, a body support with male and female members and a solenoid activated lockable wheel.
Patent GB-2539142-A (GB)
Title: Automatic interview question recommendation and analysis
Inventor: BENJAMIN TAYLOR
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2015-03-16
Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for interview question or prompt recommendation and analysis to improve the quality and efficacy of subsequent evaluation campaigns by combining data sets are described herein. In one method, processing logic selects a first prompt from a first data set of a first candidate evaluation campaign and a second prompt from a second data set of a second candidate evaluation campaign. The processing logic determines whether a degree of similarity between the first prompt and the second prompt exceeds a threshold and combines data from the first data set with data from the second data set to create a combined data set associated with the first prompt and with the second prompt based on the determination.
Patent GB-2539154-A (GB)
Title: Grounding for electrical connectors
Inventor: CHARLES PITMAN FISCHER
IPC: H01R13/6599
Filed: 2015-04-02
Abstract: A connector can include a first shell having at least one first wall made of an electrically conductive material, where the at least one first wall forms a first cavity. The connector can also include an insert disposed within the first cavity. The connector can further include at least one connector pin disposed in and traversing the first shell. The connector can also include an electrically conductive face seal that abuts against a distal end of the insert within the first cavity, where the at least one connector pin traverses at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal. The connector can further include at least one electrically insulating bushing disposed within the at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal, where the at least one electrically insulating bushing is further disposed between the face seal and the at least one connector pin.
Patent GB-2558632-A (GB)
Title: Wristwatch
Inventor: Jack Munro
IPC: G04B19/20
Filed: 2017-01-12
Abstract: A watch (10) comprises: a wristwatch casing (12) having a front surface (24) with pivot 5 (26); a mechanism enclosed within the casing (12) including a magnetic handpositioned to rotate in the casing (12) proximal to the front surface (24); a face (28) including at least one marker (34, 36) for visually indicating the time and a magnetic element (38); and a bezel (40) disposed above the face (28) and extending towards the front surface (24) to cover the side walls of the face (28) and part of the side walls of 10 the casing (12), in which the face (28) is supported by the upper surface of the casing(12), being rotationally mounted to the pivot (26) and retained by the bezel (40), the front surface (24) is between the magnetic hand of the mechanism and the face (28), and the magnetic hand of the mechanism guides the face (28) via the magnetic element (38) of the face (28).
Patent GB-2548208-A (GB)
Title: Audio watermarking for people monitoring
Inventor: ALEXANDER TOPCHY
IPC: G10L19/018
Filed: 2014-12-02
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to utilize audio watermarking for people monitoring are disclosed. Example people monitoring methods disclosed herein include determining, at a user device, whether a first trigger condition for emitting an audio watermark identifying at least one of the user device or a user of the user device is satisfied. Such example methods also include, in response to determining that the first trigger condition is satisfied, providing a first audio signal including the audio watermark to an audio circuit that is to output an acoustic signal from the user device.
Patent GB-2559556-A (GB)
Title: Cellular telecommunications network
Inventor: FARHAD MEHRAN
IPC: H04W48/20
Filed: 2017-02-08
Abstract: A first base station 10 and a User Equipment, UE 30, for implementing a method comprising the steps of: receiving data from an external sensor, such as a door sensor 50 or window sensor (70, fig. 6), indicating a first change in a propagation environment between the UE and the base station; and, in response, reconfiguring a connectivity property for the UE. Reconfiguring the connectivity property may include instruction a handover of the UE to a second base station 20, or adjusting a base stations steering angle of a steerable antenna (12, figure 8). The base station may further comprise a database including an association between data from the external sensor indicating the first change in propagation environment and possible reconfigurations responsive to the first change in propagation environment. The base station may receive success data indicating whether a first reconfiguration was successful and receive further data from the external sensor indicating the first change in propagation environment. Invention aims to address technical issues in which coverage areas of relatively high-frequency base stations (above 6GHz) have propagation distances which attenuate rapidly compared to conventional base stations, and therefore the high-frequency base stations have very little time to coordinate a handover.
Patent GB-2561401-A (GB)
Title: Mixlock safety interlock mechanism
Inventor: MIKE MEEHAN
IPC: B01F35/60
Filed: 2017-04-13
Abstract: A safety interlock mechanism for asphalt mixers which comprise two contra-rotating paddle shafts 1, the mechanism comprising a locking bar 2 with handles and receiving slots 4, hasp lock mechanism and padlock. In use, the locking bar is transversally fitted over the ends 5 of the paddle shafts by pushing the locking bar over the shaft until stopped on the shaft shoulder 6. A pin 7, with apertures in the base 8, is then pushed through into an aperture in the end of the shaft such that the locking bar is secured against the shoulder on the shaft end (fig 1). The hasp lock mechanism is connected and closed through each of the apertures in the base of the pin, and a padlock is applied to secure the hasp lock mechanism. The mechanism secures the shafts to prevent rotation during maintenance of the mixer and thus allows an operative to safely enter the mixer receptacle to perform maintenance without the risk of inquiry or death.