baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2267567-A (GB)
Title: Display apparatus
Inventor: ISHIHARA SHINJI
IPC: G08G3/02
Filed: 1992-10-05
Abstract: An apparatus for displaying the track and present position of a ship and an estimated path of a voyage to be made in the future thereof. The apparatus consists of a means (5) for detecting a speed of a ship, a means (7) for detecting an azimuth of a ship with respect to a reference azimuth, a turning angular velocity measuring means (6) for detecting a turning speed of a ship, a storage means (3) for sequentially storing a speed of a ship outputted from the speed detecting means and an azimuth of the ship outputted from the azimuth detecting means, a means (1) for preparing coordinates data of a pattern so as to display in the form of a desired pattern the track of the ship and an estimated path of a voyage to be made in the future thereof on the basis of speeds and azimuths of the ship read out from the storage means and turning speeds of the ship outputted from the turning angular velocity measuring means, a coordinates data storage means (10), and a display (13) for displaying signals read out from the coordinates data storage means.
Patent GB-2271461-A (GB)
Title: Information reproducing system
Inventor: NAKAMURA AKIHIRO
IPC: G11B27/10
Filed: 1993-09-20
Abstract: A reproducing system such as a karaoke system uses two reproducing units, e.g. a compact disc player (3) storing music tracks, and a laser disc player (14) storing background images. A user chooses a song via a commander (21). A system controller (22) instructs the CD player (3) to output the desired music track and any image data, such as words, to the speaker (12) and display (20) respectively. The system controller (22) also instructs the LD player (14) to output a background moving image to display (20). The controller (22) receives information from the CD player (3) as to the type of music chosen, and selects a moving image from the LD suitable for the music, based on correlation information in a memory (23). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271965-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle air bag with inner thermal protection layer.
Inventor: TAGAWA MASATO
IPC: B60R21/231
Filed: 1993-10-18
Abstract: An air bag 1 comprises: an opening 4 formed in the rear face for receiving an inflator; vent holes 5 formed in the rear face; and reinforcing cloth patches 10 and 11 (fig.4) sewn by threads to the peripheral edges of the opening 4 and the vent holes 5. A refractory coating layer 16 is formed continuously on the inner face of the air bag around the opening and the vent holes for covering and thermally protecting the threads. The coating layer may be made of silicone or chloroprene rubber, and/or nylon or polyester resin, and may comprise a separate sheet sewn to the airbag. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272984-A (GB)
Title: Computer program for correcting postal addresses.
Inventor: MOORE WAYNE D
IPC: G06F17/00
Filed: 1993-11-30
Abstract: A computer programmed for correcting a list of postal addresses comprising, a database of postal addresses, a list of shipping addresses and a program for determining whether each address stored in the shipping list compares to any address stored in the postal address database and determining whether each postal address to which any shipping list address compares is a post office box postal address. The program also stores in the shipping list each postal address which is not a post office box postal address. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290099-A (GB)
Title: Line marking apparatus
Inventor: PALMER MICHAEL
IPC: E01C23/20
Filed: 1994-06-07
Abstract: Line marking apparatus comprises a mobile reservoir (2) of line marking liquid (3); a transfer wheel mounted (7) in the reservoir in contact with the liquid when the liquid is contained therein; an applicator wheel (8) mounted on the reservoir in contact with the transfer wheel and with a substrate on which a line is to be marked characterised by means for adjusting the amount of liquid transferred from the transfer wheel to the applicator wheel. Preferably the transfer wheel is arranged to rotate towards the applicator wheel and thus transfer liquid thereto and the adjusting means e.g. a brush, is arranged to return liquid in excess of a predetermined amount to the reservoir, thereby limiting the amount of liquid transferred to the applicator wheel. Means may be present to adjust the weight of the transfer wheel and the liquid carrying surface of the transfer wheel may include a replaceable outer portion. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280537-A (GB)
Title: Battery mounting structure for power source section of electronic apparatus
Inventor: YAMADA HIROSHI
IPC: H05K5/02
Filed: 1994-07-29
Abstract: In a miniature electronic apparatus, a battery mounting structure includes a flat battery chamber 11 formed in the casing 1 of the apparatus and having an opening in the upper portion thereof, a lid 2 rotatable about pins 21 to selectively open or close the opening of the battery chamber, a pair of rails 22 provided on the inner periphery of the lid in order to support a disk-like battery B, and to limit the rotatable range of the lid, stops 23 are provided on the lid and respectively received in stop grooves 16 formed in the walls of the battery chamber. Lock pawls 24 extended out from the lid and mate with lock grooves 17a, 17b formed in the walls of the battery chamber. Terminal 25 is provided on the lid 2 for contacting the edge of the battery, whilst resilient terminals 13 of printed circuit 1 contact the bottom of battery B. When the lid is in an open position, the battery can be loaded in the apparatus. When the lid is in a closed position, it closes the battery chamber. Such a structure facilitates the loading and unloading of the battery while preventing the constituent parts of the apparatus from being lost or damaged by accident. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294745-A (GB)
Title: Shut-off valve
Inventor: CLARE MANAMOHAN
IPC: F16K43/00
Filed: 1994-11-02
Abstract: A quick-acting shut-off valve 22 is for hydraulic installations, particularly for pressure balanced mixing valves such as might be used in a shower/tub installation. The shut-off valve includes a casing 24 mounted to the installation housing 12 adjacent an inlet port 14, 16 thereof, there being a reciprocable actuator 34 sealingly retained within the casing for direct movement between first and second positions. The actuator carries a valve member 36 at a distal end thereof for sealingly blocking the inlet port when the actuator is in its second position. When the actuator is in its first position the inlet port is open to normal water flow therethrough. The actuator utilizes a simple push-on, push-off ratchet mechanism to effect movement between the two operating positions thereof. The shut-off valve is readily accessible for quick operation and, when the installation needs repair, it is not necessary to locate a master control valve to terminate water flow to the installation, thereby maintaining water flow to other installations in the same hydraulic circuit. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2284236-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine fuel injector
Inventor: RAAB ALOIS
IPC: F02M47/02
Filed: 1994-11-15
Abstract: A valve member 2 is biased onto its seat 32 until a valve 6, surrounding the member, is lifted by high pressure in the chamber 10 when the pressure in the chamber 15 is relieved by opening the control valve 19. The pressure on the piston 22 biasing the member 2 onto its seat 32 may also be relieved when the valve 19 is opened and the rate of lift of the member determined by a throttle 30. The lift of the member 2 may be determined by an electrically or mechanically positioned sliding stop (35, Fig. 2) which co-operates a surface (34) at the end of the member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2295953-A (GB)
Title: Remotely controlled mechanical bird movement simulator
Inventor: DICKASON PETER
IPC: A01M31/06
Filed: 1994-12-14
Abstract: An electrically powered mechanism operates two reciprocating wing support arms 8 to which are attached the wings of the required dead or artificial bird (16 in Fig. 1). The assembly is counted on an extendable support 13 which can be stuck into the ground. The wing support arms are activated or stopped remotely by a signal from a transmitter (12) to the receiver 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300538-A (GB)
Title: Motion compensated filtering or interpolation of interlaced television signals
Inventor: BORER TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 1995-05-02
Abstract: A video processing method and system for motion compensated filtering of interlaced television signals comprising a motion estimation device for producing motion vectors corresponding to each output sampling site, a vector processor generating a set of input coordinates for each output sampling site depending on its corresponding motion vector, a data store in memory for storing input pixel values and providing a variable delay, a plurality of multipliers and corresponding coefficient stores, and an adder to sum the partial result from each multiplier, the multipliers multiply an input pixel value, selected from the data store depending on a part of the input coordinate, by a coefficient selected from the coefficient store depending on another part of the input coordinate, the filter aperture (set of filter coefficients) is selected depending on the vertical velocity component of the motion vector supplied by the motion estimation device.
Patent GB-2289369-A (GB)
Title: Producing blue and green laser radiation
Inventor: KIM SEONG-JOON
IPC: H01S3/16
Filed: 1995-05-11
Abstract: Blue and green laser radiation is generated by pumping an electron of a first element (Yb<3+>) to a first energy level by employing a first pumping energy (980 nm), and pumping an electron of a second element (Tb<3+>) to a second energy level, higher than the first energy level, by employing optoacoustic energy from the energised electron of the first element as a pumping source. Blue and green lasers are produced by electrons returning from the second energy level. The laser may be in the form of a fibre having a core having a predetermined refractive index and which is doped by at least two elements, and a cladding layer provided around the core and which has a refractive index different from the core. Other rare earth elements may be used as the doping elements. The energy level in the second element is preferably an integral multiple of that in the the first. The core may comprise two cores, the inner of which is not concentric with the cladding. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296641-A (GB)
Title: Window display processing method and apparatus
Inventor: NAKAGAWA YUKIHIRO
IPC: G09G5/14
Filed: 1995-09-15
Abstract: Two window ID plane stores corresponding to two frame buffers store window ID planes (11, 12) consisting of window ID's as window ID information for individual pixels to identify a window of each frame buffer pixel by pixel. An overlap table store stores an overlap table (13) which describes the overlapping relation among individual windows over those frame buffers. A switching section selects a window to be displayed and switches between the frame buffers pixel by pixel in accordance with the two window ID planes (11, 12) and the contents of the overlap table (13). The switching section (14) then supplies the content of the selected frame buffer to a monitor (15). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2306020-A (GB)
Title: Time display control apparatus
Inventor: NISHIYAMA TOSHIRO
IPC: G04G21/00
Filed: 1996-10-04
Abstract: A time display control apparatus for a portable radio device includes a display unit and a display mode control unit. The display unit adjacently and simultaneously displays a plurality of time information. The display mode control unit selects one of display modes each constituted by a character font and a display format for each time information eg Japanese/English, and controls, in different display modes, the time information displayed on the display unit.
Patent GB-2318096-A (GB)
Title: Colouring sheet or book for children
Inventor: JONES-FENLEIGH LEIGH MELANIE
IPC: B43L1/00
Filed: 1996-10-08
Abstract: A transparent plastics wipable sheet 10 (optionally in book form) which can be coloured by a wipable water soluble crayon, wherein the surface finish of the sheet is smooth and impermeable to the crayon. The sheet may be acetate, polyester, PVC or polystyrene. The sheet bears a printed image 14 and has vinyl figures 18 removably adhered thereto.
Patent GB-2306530-A (GB)
Title: Dual-bore, anti-rotating pump assembly
Inventor: SMITH JR SIDNEY KENNETH
IPC: E21B33/10
Filed: 1996-10-18
Abstract: An assembly for a mounting a production string with a downhole pump in a wellbore is disclosed which makes use of the polished bore 50 and slots 52 in the top of the liner 46 already installed in the wellbore. Torque fingers 56 on the assembly align themselves with the slots 52 in the top of the liner assembly as an anti-rotation feature for when the downhole pump is operated. A signalling assembly, involving a collet (not shown) which can be ultimately released, gives the surface personnel the feedback they need to know that the assembly has been set in the proper place in the top of the liner string, as opposed to another location in the wellbore. Seals, preferably stacks of opposed chevron seals 86,88, can be used to bridge the gap between the assembly and the seal bore 50 at the top of the liner.
Patent GB-2314597-A (GB)
Title: Electrofusion fitting for a plastics pipe with gripping means
Inventor: DICKINSON ALAN JOHN
IPC: F16L47/02
Filed: 1996-11-20
Abstract: An electrofusion fitting 1 for a plastics pipe 9,10 comprises a hollow, tubular enclosure with a body 2 to which an end 14 of the plastics pipe 9, 10 can be connected. The body 2 comprises at least one circumferential inner wall 4 and as least one circumferential outer wall 3 concentric therewith, the walls 3, 4 forming an annular space 5 for receiving the end of pipe 9, 10 and comprise thermoplastic material at least in their regions adjacent the annular space 5. At least one heating element 7, 8 for heating the thermoplastic material of the inner and outer walls 3, 4 located adjacent to, or embedded in, each of walls 3, 4 in their regions adjacent the annular space 5, and either:  (i) the heating elements 7,8 are off-set with respect to each other in an axial direction (figure 9), or (ii) means are provided for gripping and/or for applying lateral pressure on the end 14 of the plastics pipe 9, 10 received in the annular space 5 during fusion, or (iii) both.
Patent GB-2321111-A (GB)
Title: Member for mass flow measurement
Inventor: STRUBBE GILBERT JULIEN IRENEE
IPC: A01D41/127
Filed: 1997-01-11
Abstract: A member for measuring mass flow of grain in a combine harvester, is subjected to a force (or moment or torque) by the flow of grain along the surface of the member, the member being in the form of a pivoted curved deflector 51 (or the blade of a propeller or Coriolis meter), the length of the surface 53, or the angle of inclination of the mass flow inlet, being chosen to minimise the effect of changes in the coefficient of friction between the mass flow and the surface 53 on the detected force. The surface 53 may be curved as shown, or curved with a straight outlet. The displacement of the deflector 51 is sensed by sensor 52.
Patent GB-2319392-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for controlling audio recording bias
Inventor: LEE HAI-WOOK
IPC: G11B5/03
Filed: 1997-01-31
Abstract: The apparatus produces a recording bias signal inversely proportional to the level of high frequency components present in an audio signal. Upper and lower peak levels of filtered high frequency audio signals are detected by a detector 120 whose output is combined with a sinusoidal oscillating signal of higher frequency by means of a multiplier 140. The oscillator and multiplier outputs are connected to the inverting and non-inverting inputs respectively of a differential amplifier 150 so that its output varies inversely with the high frequency content of the audio signal. The amplifier output is connected to a level controller 160 comprising of a transistor Q1 and a transformer T1. The recording bias voltages induced in the secondary coil of the transformer are added to a frequency compensated audio input signal from an equalizer 180 and applied to a recording head 190.
Patent GB-2310031-A (GB)
Title: Igniter unit for a propellant charge
Inventor: PFERSMANN AXEL
IPC: F42C19/08
Filed: 1997-02-04
Abstract: An igniter unit 10 for a propellant charge (12) has a central perforated flame-guiding tube 14 on whose outer surface 18 propellant-charge rods 20 are arranged so as to be axially aligned. On the inner surface 26 of the flame-guiding tube 14 and on the outer surface 22 of the propellant-charge rods 20, an ignition coating 32,38 is in each case provided. The ends 40,42 of the propellant-charge rods 20 do not have an ignition coating. For evening out the ignition, the ignition coating 32 provided on the inner surface 26 of the flame-guiding tube 14 is reinforced by an ignition powder strip 30 which is oriented in axial direction of the flame-guiding tube 14.
Patent GB-2324414-A (GB)
Title: Keypad arrangement
Inventor: SCHMIDT HANS-JUERGEN
IPC: H01H13/70
Filed: 1997-04-15
Abstract: A keypad arrangement (30) includes a printed circuit (40) and a keypad for electrically coupling to the printed circuit (40). The keypad includes at least first (36) and second electrical contacts (37). The keypad is deployable from a stowed position to a deployed position and the first contact (36) is electrically coupled to a first portion of the printed circuit (40) in the stowed position. In a deployed position the first electrical contact (36) is electrically uncoupled from the first portion of the printed circuit (40) and the second electrical contact (37) is electrically coupled to a second portion of the printed circuit (40). Thus the keypad arrangement (30), when depressed, breaks a first electrical contact and momentarily forms a second electrical contact.
Patent GB-2318875-A (GB)
Title: Fluid flow rate analysis for wireline formation testing tools
Inventor: KASAP EKREM
IPC: E21B49/00
Filed: 1997-09-22
Abstract: A method of fluid flowrate analysis includes determining the permeability of an earth formation using a wireline formation testing instrument. The method includes measuring pressure with respect to time at a probe in hydraulic communication with the earth formation, calculating time derivatives of the measured pressure, withdrawing fluid from the earth formation by increasing a volume of a chamber in hydraulic communication with the probe, measuring the volume of the chamber with respect to time, and calculating time derivatives of the measured volume. The permeability is calculated when the measured pressure substantially stops increasing, by determining a slope of a linear relationship of the measured pressure with respect to a fluid flow rate calculated from the time derivative of the volume and the time derivative of the pressure. Another method includes generating an initial estimate of compressibility of a fluid obtained by extrapolating a known compressibility of a fluid in a wellbore to a wellbore pressure and temperature extent of the instrument, and using the estimate in a calculation of instantaneous permeability. Permeability is calculated by generating a weighted running average of the instantaneous permeabilities. Also a method of determining a static pressure of the earth formation is disclosed, by determining an intercept of a linear relationship of the measured pressure with respect to a fluid flow rate.
Patent GB-2322021-A (GB)
Title: Portable electronic device and battery pack
Inventor: NISHIHARA TOSHIYUKI
IPC: H04W88/02
Filed: 1998-02-10
Abstract: A battery power supply for a portable radio telephone 1, or a portable data communication device (21, Fig.5), has two (or more) battery cells 2a, 2b and switches 14a, 14b, 14c for selectively connecting the cells 2a, 2b in series or parallel. The switches 14a-c may be MOSFETs and may be provided in a battery pack 2 or in the portable device. The cells 2a, 2b are connected in series when the device is in a communication mode and in parallel for standby mode, thus saving battery power. In a TDMA system, the switching of the connection status of the cells 2a, 2b is executed during time slots which are not sent to the portable device. The battery pack 2 may have two positive output terminals 3a, 3b so that when the cells are in series, a transmitter 5a is fed with the voltage of the series connected cells via a further switch 14f and terminal 3a, and a receiver 5b and other circuits are supplied from cell 2b only. The cells may be non-rechargeable or rechargeable, a battery pack for rechargeable cells having charging terminals 15, 16 and the cells 2a, 2b being connected in series in response to the presence of a charging voltage at the terminals 15, 16. Additional switches (14d, 14e, Fig.5) may be provided between the cells and a grounded supply terminal 4 and the negative charging terminal 16 for overcharge and overdischarge protection of the cells. During switching between the series and parallel states, all three switches 14a-c are temporarily simultaneously open to avoid short circuiting of the cells, and a large capacitor 11 supplies the device during such periods.
Patent GB-2335626-A (GB)
Title: Board
Inventor: AYESTARAN ALZUALDE JAVIER
IPC: B32B21/08
Filed: 1998-03-24
Abstract: A board comprises in consecutive layers from the center to the outside, a core (1) of cellulose impregnated in phenolic resin: a thin sheet (2) of cellulose impregnated in melamine; a thin sheet (3) of laminated wood treated with a phenolic resin; a pack (4) of shades comprised of one to three thin, translucent and/or transparent sheets of cellulose, each impregnated in a resin which may be either melamine, melamine-acrylic, phenolic or melamine-phenolic; and a thin, transparent, acrylic sheet (5) with a surface finish achieved by means of a thin peel-off sheet (6) applied during the board-pressing process.
Patent GB-2322203-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit device tester
Inventor: OKAYASU TOSHIYUKI
IPC: G01R31/26
Filed: 1997-11-13
Abstract: At least part of the signals transmitted between a tester main frame and a test head are replaced with optical signals, and a signal transmission line is constituted of optical fibers. An integrated circuit device is tested by bringing the test head into contact with the integrated circuit device. Therefore, the cable group connecting the tester main frame to the test head can be reduced in diameter and can be extended.
Patent GB-2338866-A (GB)
Title: Method of identifying a nearest base station
Inventor: LEICKEL TORSTEN
IPC: H04B17/00
Filed: 1998-06-26
Abstract: A mobile unit monitors a signal from the base station onto which it is currently locked and only scans for an alternative local base station when the quality of the signal falls below a predetermined level. In this way the power used in scanning is reduced.
Patent GB-2340888-A (GB)
Title: Twin fan with induced airflow
Inventor: GLOVER WAYNE
IPC: F04D25/16
Filed: 1998-07-07
Abstract: A fan assembly comprises two fan units 10,12 having respective outlets 15,17 coupled to a common outlet duct 18. One fan is intended to lie dormant until a fault develops in the other unit. The interior volumes of the two fan units are in communication via their outlets such that when either fan unit is running, it induces a flow of air in the other fan unit towards the common duct. Dispenses with return prevention shutter on dormant fan.