baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2556189-A (GB)
Title: Module and system for, and method of, directing an aiming pattern on, and illuminating, a target to be electro-optically read by image capture
Inventor: Christopher w brock
IPC: G03B15/02
Filed: 2017-09-26
Abstract: A hybrid aiming/illuminating light assembly in an imaging reader 30 directs a visible aiming pattern (74) and an illumination light pattern (72) onto a target (e.g. a barcode) to be read by image capture. The assembly could include a light source 10 for emitting visible light rays, a collimating lens (50) for collimating the light rays, and a component (60) having an array of lenslets configured to optically modify the collimated light rays to generate and project both the visible aiming pattern and the illumination light pattern onto the target. The collimating lens could have a planar surface (52) and a convex surface. The lenslets could have aspherical surfaces (62, 64) and could be arranged in rows and columns (see Fig. 4) wherein the lenslets at the ends of the rows/columns have different optical properties. The invention aims to reduce the size and cost of manufacture of barcode readers by combining the illuminating light and aiming light assemblies.
Patent GB-2558377-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for a firearm conversion kit with slaved ejector
Inventor: SYLVAIN DIONNE
IPC: F41A33/00
Filed: 2017-10-26
Abstract: A slide 100 for a weapon conversion kit of the type used in conjunction with a firearm having a stock ejector 202 and configured to fire ammunition is provided. The slide includes a slide body and a slaved ejector member 110 rotatably coupled to the slide body. The slaved ejector member 110 has a first portion 111 and a second portion 112, the second portion 112 including a contact region. The slaved ejector member 110 is configured to contact the stock ejector 202 when the slide body slides rearward in response to firing of the firearm and thereby causes the contact region of the second portion 112 of the slaved ejector member 110 to eject a cartridge case 201 of the ammunition.
Patent GB-2570632-A (GB)
Title: Cooled display cabinet
Inventor: ANTHONY ANDREW PERRY
IPC: F25D21/04
Filed: 2017-12-06
Abstract: A cooled cabinet 10 which has an enclosure 16 for display of produce. A cooling system and temperature control arrangement are provided for cooling the housing 16. The temperature control arrangement controls the cooling system in response to a sensed interior temperature. The chilled cabinet 10 is provided with an ambient humidity sensor, and the temperature control arrangement is configured to permit temperature in the enclosure to rise in response to excess sensed ambient humidity. A method of controlling temperature in the cooled cabinet 10 is also disclosed, as is a cooled display cabinet in which a control system including at least one temperature-responsive sensor regulates the temperature in the cabinet. Here, a digital processing system receives and stores sensor data, and outputs this data to a remote resource through an interface to a cellular telecommunications network.
Patent GB-2572967-A (GB)
Title: Microneedle-based stabilisation system for medical devices
Inventor: SEAMUS MORRIS
IPC: A61M25/02
Filed: 2018-04-17
Abstract: The present invention provides a stabilisation system 10 for securing a medical device such as a catheter C to tissue, in particular skin. The stabilisation system 10 comprising a main body 12 having a first section 14 and a second section 16 displaceable relative to one another to translate the system between an un-deployed state and a deployed state. Each section 14,16 includes at least one projection 26, preferably an array of microneedles, extending from a tissue contacting surface of the body and which penetrate the skin in response to the above displacement. The stabilisation system further comprising a closure member 20 displaceable between an open position exposing a retention zone on the body and a closed position at least partially occluding the retention zone, within which retention zone the catheter C or other medical device may be captured. The device may also include one or more feet 32 which contact the tissue when deployed
Patent GB-2576292-A (GB)
Title: Safety harness with ascender
Inventor: KEITH JONES
IPC: F16G11/00
Filed: 2018-05-18
Abstract: A full body harness comprising adjustable upper straps 3, waist straps 2, waist padding 4, and thigh straps 1, forming the harness section, which is joined at the upper shoulder or chest section to the lower waist and thigh sections via an upper d-ring attachment point 6 and a lower D-ring attachment point 5, fitted to a webbing loop which secures the thigh and waist sections int a sitting position when connected to a rope descender, and is joined via a connector 16 to attachment point 6 by an ascender with a body 7, a channel 10 for receiving rope, a cam 11, which is pivotally mounted on a pivot 12 for enaging rope . A thicker section of webbing 15 may assist in limiting the movement of the ascender body, and alternative fixings in the form of buckles, extra webbing or the linking member strap being formed into a figure of 8 may provide additional strength and fixing means.
Patent GB-2574601-A (GB)
Title: Beverage dispenser
Inventor: NICHOLAS HILL
IPC: B67D1/02
Filed: 2018-06-11
Abstract: A beverage dispenser 10, for dispensing a beverage from a bulk supply container 2, comprises a pivotable handle 12, a cylinder arrangement 14 and a valve 20. The cylinder arrangement is in fluid communication with the container in use and comprises a cylinder chamber 16 and a piston 18 within that chamber. Pivoting operation of the handle is arranged to cause movement between the piston and the cylinder chamber and thereby cause valve 20 to open and beverage to be drawn into the chamber 16; wherein the valve is otherwise closed. Valve 20 is integrated with the cylinder chamber 16. Embodiments show valve 20 as a diaphragm and plunger valve, which is normally spring-biased shut, but wherein drawing piston 18 through chamber 16 creates a pressure drop over the diaphragm, drawing up the plunger and causing the valve to open. Also disclosed is an end cap comprising a valve.
Patent GB-2562392-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods of fabrication and use of wear-resistant materials
Inventor: Biju Pillai Kumar
IPC: E21B10/567
Filed: 2017-01-27
Abstract: Discussed herein are systems and methods of forming hardfacing coatings and films containing Q-carbon diamond particles for use in downhole drilling tooling and other tools where wear-resistant coating is desirable. The Q-carbon diamond-containing layers may be coated with matrix material and/or disposed in a matrix to form the coating, or the Q-carbon diamond layer may be formed directly from a diamond-like-carbon on a substrate.
Patent GB-2578786-A (GB)
Title: Integrally formed insulating block
Inventor: JOHN THORNBERRY
IPC: E04B5/26
Filed: 2018-11-09
Abstract: The insulating block comprises a first portion 40 which, in use, bridges a gap between beams and a second portion 50 which, in use, extends over at least one of the beams. The first and second portions are formed from different materials which differ in at least one material property, with the first and second portions being integrally formed. The interface 60 between the first and second portions may intersect the angle of the surface plane of the block at an acute angle, preferably between 10 and 60 degrees. The compressive strength of the second portion is preferably greater than that of the first portion. The block may be extruded or formed from polymer beads, which may differ in size in the first and second portions. A comb or mesh may be located between the first and second portions. The second portion is preferably channel-shaped. Also claimed is a suspended floor and a kit of parts.
Patent GB-2580118-A (GB)
Title: A fan housing assembly
Inventor: PAUL BROPHY
IPC: F04D29/64
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: A fan housing assembly is provided for mounting to a building structure. The housing assembly includes a housing 114 in the form of a duct defining an air flow path from the inlet to the outlet. The assembly also includes a fan mounting arrangement 128 for supporting a fan 116 within the housing along the air flow path. The fan mounting arrangement is provided with a first part 130 for mounting the fan within the housing, and a second part 132 at least partially positioned outside of the housing for mounting the fan housing assembly to a building structure. Preferably the first and second parts of the fan mounting arrangement are removably connected together by at least one support member extending through the housing side wall.
Patent GB-2569470-A (GB)
Title: Flow detection device
Inventor: SAMUEL BAILEY
IPC: G01P13/00
Filed: 2015-01-07
Abstract: A flow detector 10 for detecting flow rates of fluid in pipes by measuring, using temperature sensor 16, the temperature of the pipe 12 and the ambient temperature and using a processor to determine whether fluid is flowing in the pipe by monitoring temperature difference between the pipe temperature and the ambient temperature over time to detect convergence of the pipe temperature to the ambient temperature.
Patent GB-2581851-A (GB)
Title: Mount assembly
Inventor: ROBERT GRANT
IPC: F16M11/20
Filed: 2019-03-11
Abstract: A mount assembly for mounting a device (e.g. a dash cam) to a surface, comprising: a socket assembly 12; a mounting element 14 comprising a unitary mounting ball receivable by the socket assembly 12 to pivotally couple the mounting element 14 to the socket assembly 12 to position the mounting element 14 relative to the socket assembly 12, the socket assembly 12 comprising resilient members 15 defining a socket to receive and engage the unitary mounting ball, the resilient members permitting the unitary mounting ball to be urged into the socket against a resilient bias; and the socket having a formation (channels 28, fig 4) and the unitary mounting ball having a complementary formation (vanes 54, fig 7), the formations interacting to inhibit rotational movement about a roll axis x of the mounting element 14 relative to the socket assembly 12. Apertures provides space for an electrical connection (fig 9).
Patent GB-2577147-A (GB)
Title: Waste collection and isolating device and method of collecting and isolating waste thereof
Inventor: Richard Kyle Dixon
IPC: E01H1/12
Filed: 2019-04-15
Abstract: A waste collection device comprises a system for ensnaring solid waste in a bag, an activating mechanism and a system for removing the bag. The device comprises an external housing 13 having an open bottom containing a rotatable inner ring 62. A plurality of cords 35 have one end attached to the housing and the other end attached to the ring to form an intertwining network with an open space at its centre. Turning the ring from a first to a second position causes the open space to increase from a minimum to a maximum level, and vice versa. The mechanism for activating the system comprises a torsion spring disposed over a cross pin engaged with the inner ring. A clutch disk having a plurality of tabs is engaged with the cross pin and moves in a direction perpendicular to the rotation movement. A method of picking up waste comprises rotating a collar 12 from a first to a second position where there is a maximum open space between cords and installing a bag over the bottom of the housing. Pressing down onto a handle 11 triggers the mechanism, entangling the cords around the bag opening and under the waste.
Patent GB-2570085-A (GB)
Title: Fastening means for fastening of a cable to a tubular body
Inventor: KARLUF HAGEN
IPC: F16L3/06
Filed: 2017-11-15
Abstract: A fastening means (1) for attaching a cable (2) to a tubular body (4) is described, the tubular body (4) comprising a sleeve (6) with a first end face (61) and a second end face (62), and the fastening means (1) including : - a first attachment part (16) arranged with a first abutment surface (161) for resting against the first end face (61); - a second attachment part (18) arranged with a second abutment surface (181) for resting against the second end face (62); both the first attachment part (16) and the second attachment part (18) including a through cable recess (26); and - a tightening device (41) for pulling the first attachment part (16) and the second attachment part (18) towards each other; the fastening means (1) being characterized by the first attachment part (16) and the second attachment part (18) being adjustably connected in a spaced-apart manner by means of the tightening device (41).
Patent GB-2573462-A (GB)
Title: Symbol sequence estimation in speech
Inventor: MASAYUKI SUZUKI
IPC: G10L15/26
Filed: 2017-12-04
Abstract: Symbol sequences are estimated using a computer-implemented method including detecting one or more candidates of target symbol sequence from a speech-to-text data, extracting a related portion of each candidate from the speech-to-text data (S140), detecting repetition of at least a partial sequence of each candidate within the related portion of the corresponding candidate (S150), labeling the detected repetition with a repetition indication (S160), and estimating whether each candidate is the target symbol sequence (S170), using the corresponding related portion including the repetition indication of each of the candidates.
Patent GB-2588091-A (GB)
Title: Washer for tufting of upholstery
Inventor: JONATHON NICHOLAS WHALEY
IPC: B68G7/12
Filed: 2019-10-01
Abstract: A tuft washer for upholstery, comprising a disc 21a and yarn 24. The disc has a central aperture 22a and retaining means 23a, wherein loops or lengths of the yam are retained by the retaining means and extend radially from the disc. The central aperture may be a hole or cruciform cut (fig 13) and the retaining means may be circular or elongate holes (fig 14) or cruciform cuts. Multiple washers can be linked in series as a chain.
Patent GB-2588906-A (GB)
Title: Gas purged valve
Inventor: ANDREW JAMES SEELEY
IPC: F16K51/02
Filed: 2019-11-13
Abstract: A valve 1 00 comprises a housing 102 with an inlet 104a and an outlet 104b. A valve member 108 is located within the housing 102 and is moveable between different positions to control the flow of a fluid from the inlet 104a to the outlet 104b. Two spaced valve seats 110a,110b in which the valve member 108 is seated form a cavity 112 bounded by the valve seats, an exterior surface of the valve member 108 and an interior surface of the housing 102. A first conduit 118 extends between the exterior of the housing 102 and the cavity 112, and a second conduit 125 extends between the cavity 112 and a bore 114 of the valve member 108. A purge gas can be introduced through the conduits 112, 125 into the cavity 112 and bore 114. The purge gas may be pressurized and heated using a cartridge heater 126 to inhibit escape of process gas and condensation respectively.
Patent GB-2594909-A (GB)
Title: An agricultural adjuvant
Inventor: SARA ALEXANDRA VALADAS SILVA MONTEIRO
IPC: A01P21/00
Filed: 2019-11-26
Abstract: An agricultural adjuvant comprising at least one polyphenol containing natural or synthetic oil composition, at least one anionic surfactant, at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one pH adjuster. In the preferred adjuvant, the oil composition includes black currant (Ribes nigrum) seed oil, the anionic surfactant includes dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid and/or sodium laurel ether sulphate (SLES), the non-ionic surfactant includes a secondary alcohol (C11-C15) ethoxylate and the pH adjuster includes sodium hydroxide and/or citric acid monohydrate. The adjuvant is combined with water and a agrochemical compound such as, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, desiccants, defoliants, acaricides, nutrients, miticides, bactericides, biocides, ovicides, nematicides, insect growth regulators, plant growth regulators, or mixtures thereof. This mixture is applied to plants, weeds, soil, seeds, urban places and forests via apparatus such as, sprayers, foggers, pivots, misters, sprinklers and chemigation systems.
Patent GB-2591474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to MicroServices for MEC networks
Inventor: NICHOLAS HERRIOT
IPC: H04W36/00
Filed: 2020-01-29
Abstract: A method to provide a service in a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) network. A pod is provided in an edge cloud node, the pod comprising a software container for providing an application that offers a service to subscribers. The pod has an associated status related to an active subscriber, A, or to a previously active registered subscriber, R. Whilst the pod has one registered subscriber the pod is maintained in the cloud edge node. If the pod has no active or registered subscribers, it may be deleted after a configurable time period elapses. A user context associated with an active subscriber may be made available to other pods on the basis of a prediction of the subscriber’s behaviour, such as their speed or direction of travel. Use of an ambassador pattern to replicate data between edge clusters means that a subscriber’s user context is continually updated to all Persistent Volume Claims (PVC). This results in a seamless service migration since when a user equipment is switched from one edge cloud node to another no user context update is required and access to the service can continue uninterrupted. A pod may be defined as a service provider in Kubernetes terminology.
Patent GB-2583018-A (GB)
Title: Integrated locking mechanism for watch or similar style strap
Inventor: DAVID M J FINCH
IPC: E05B73/00
Filed: 2020-02-17
Abstract: A locking device for a wrist/leg worn device comprising a receiver unit 1 defining a cavity which has a locking edge 6. The locking edge is preferably bevelled. A lock unit 15 comprises a lock bar 17 which is received in the cavity via a slot (5, fig. 1). Once the lock bar is received within the cavity it engages the locking edge 6 to lock the receiver unit and the lock unit together. The lock bar 17 may be biased into engagement with the locking edge 6 by a spring. A key may be required to unlock the receiver unit and the lock unit. Preferably a cylinder type lock (18, fig.26) is located in a lock holder, and is key-operable to disengage the lock bar 17 from the locking edge 6. An extension (25, fig 14) of the lock bar may be moved by the lock to disengage the locking bar from the locking edge. The device may have steel cables (31, fig.26) running through the straps to make it difficult to cut. It may comprise GPS a tracking module located in a watch.
Patent GB-2579937-A (GB)
Title: Hermetic compressor and refrigeration cycle device
Inventor: TAKUYA HIRAYAMA
IPC: F04C29/04
Filed: 2017-09-06
Abstract: [Problem] To provide a low-cost, high-quality compressor for which the degree of design freedom with respect to a connection position between an introduction path and an injection path of an injection flow path can be increased, manufacturing can be optimized, and the opening/closing of a check valve in the injection flow path can be carried out with good precision. [Solution] An injection flow path configured from: an injection path that is provided in a closure member and one end of which opens into a cylinder chamber, the other end opening at a side away from the cylinder chamber; a communication path that is formed between the closure member and an end plate stacked on the closure member in the axial direction of a rotary shaft, and that communicates with the injection path; an introduction path that is provided either on the closure member or the end plate and one end of which opens into the communication path from the axial direction, an injection introduction pipe communicating with the exterior of a sealed case being connected to the other end; and a check valve for opening/closing the opening of the introduction path on the communication-path side, and preventing a flow of refrigerant from the cylinder chamber to the introduction path.
Patent GB-2596863-A (GB)
Title: Diagnostic valve island
Inventor: Francesca Ayree-Dematties
IPC: F16K37/00
Filed: 2020-07-10
Abstract: A modular valve island 100 comprises a plurality of valve slices1, 2, a supply exhaust module 6, a data communication module 7 and a diagnostic module 8. At least one of the plurality of valve slices 1, 2 has a pair of integrated sensors. The pair of integrated sensors are configured to detect a fault condition of the valve slice 1, 2. The pair of integrated sensors are electrically connected to the diagnostic module 8 to send sensor signals thereto. The diagnostic module 8 is configured to receive and process the sensor signals using a machine intelligence unit to identify the fault condition. The modular valve island 100 is configured to provide data relating to the fault condition of the modular valve island via at least one of a user interface provided in the diagnostic module 8, or an industrial Ethernet link, or a wireless cloud communication link.
Patent GB-2606023-A (GB)
Title: Hydrocarbon absorbent structures
Inventor: ROSS ATKIN
IPC: B32B38/00
Filed: 2021-04-23
Abstract: A hydrocarbon absorbent polymer mixture 4 is dispensed onto lower sheet 2. An upper sheet 6 is then laminated onto the preheated 13 and partially melted polymeric mixture. Preferably the upper and lower sheets are stitch bonded fabrics that are permeable to hydrocarbons. Preferably the polymeric mixture comprising elastomeric adhesive, hot melt adhesive and/or polyethylene vinyl acetate (EVAc) adhesives is dispensed under gravity and preheated to at least 50°C. Preferably, lamination pressure of at least 120 kPa is used. The preferred apparatus includes controlled, heated and pressurising conveyors 16, 17, and cutters. The absorbent (8, figure 2) is preferably combined with a needle-punched, wicking layer (22, figure 2) and outer protective layers (24, 26, figure 2). It is used for absorbing oil.
Patent GB-2595059-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust gas turbine and method of operating the same
Inventor: ANDREAS DÖRING
IPC: F02B39/00
Filed: 2021-05-14
Abstract: An exhaust gas turbine having a turbine rotor 34 rotatable about an axis R, a metering means 42 for a reducing agent which is introduced into expanded exhaust gas via the metering device 42, and a swirl atomizer 43, rotating together with the turbine rotor 34, for the reducing agent. The reducing agent being atomizable in the expanded exhaust gas via the swirl atomiser 43 which engages the turbine rotor 34 at a downstream, hub-side portion of the turbine rotor. Downstream of the turbine 34 along the axis of rotation of the turbine rotor R, an impingement body 44 is arranged for the reducing agent, wherein a distance of the impingement body 44 from the atomizer 43 corresponds to at most 7 times a diameter of the turbine rotor 34. Also claimed is a swirl atomiser with the openings being parallel to the axis of rotation or extending at an acute angle to the axis of rotation.
Patent GB-2607083-A (GB)
Title: Flow control feedback in an integrated access and backhaul network
Inventor: PIERRE VISA
IPC: H04W40/24
Filed: 2021-05-27
Abstract: A method for processing a flow control feedback in an Integrated Access and Backhaul, IAB, network comprising a plurality of IAB nodes is disclosed. Each IAB node is configured to deliver data received over an ingress link to an egress link for transmission. The method, at the IAB node, comprises receiving, from another IAB node over an egress backhaul link between the IAB node and the another IAB node, a flow control feedback comprising link identification information, determining at least one ingress backhaul link for use in forwarding the flow control feedback, updating information included in the flow control feedback for the ingress backhaul link to provide an updated flow control feedback and transmitting the updated flow control feedback over the ingress backhaul link. The link identification information may include a backhaul RLC channel identifier for identifying a backhaul RLC channel of the egress backhaul link or a routing identifier for identifying a routing path for routing data in the IAB network to a destination IAB node.