baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2411107-A (GB)
Title: Automatic cleaning device using continuous roll of material
Inventor: HAMMOND GEOFFREY ROBERT
IPC: A47L11/40
Filed: 2004-02-18
Abstract: A cleaning device (10) incorporates a cleaning section (18) and a drive section (14), wherein the drive section (14) is operable to drive the cleaning device (10) over a surface to be cleaned, and wherein the cleaning section (18) is operable to drive a cleaning element (20) of the cleaning section (18) relative to a body (12) of the cleaning device (10) and to drive the cleaning element (20) to a surface engaging position for a cleaning operation.
Patent GB-2411593-A (GB)
Title: Implement for assisting with birth
Inventor: LISTER MARTIN
IPC: A61B17/42
Filed: 2004-03-05
Abstract: A device for assisting with a baby's orientation during birth includes two looped flexible cords with exposed loops 1 and 5 at one end and balls 3 and 7 at the other. A hand grip 4 encompasses two flexible tubes 2 and 6 through which the cord travels. The loops 1 and 5 are located around the baby's feet in order to adjust orientation for birth.
Patent GB-2402028-A (GB)
Title: Creating and analyzing an identifier indicating whether data is in an expected form
Inventor: HADLEY MARC J
IPC: G06F15/16
Filed: 2004-04-26
Abstract: Communicating a data element in a way that does not identify the format of the element comprises creating an identifier specifying the format of the data element, inserting the identifier as part of the data element, and transmitting the data element and identifier. In addition communicating a data element in a way that does not identify the format of the element may include receiving the data element, extracting a separate identifier that specifies the format of the data element, and processing the data using the identifier. Applications include Abstract Syntax Notation One Packed Encoding Rules (ASN.1 PER). The identifier may be a canonical representation which is hashed, and may indicate a recursion.
Patent GB-2404656-A (GB)
Title: Waste treatment unit including filter and settling tank
Inventor: NORTON MICHAEL
IPC: C02F3/06
Filed: 2004-07-29
Abstract: Then waste treatment unit for the tertiary treatment of waste comprising a housing 2 having a base and side walls 23-26 extending upwardly from the base 22, a waste inlet 10, and a waste outlet 13. The housing comprises first and second internal dividers 11,12 extending across the housing and connected to the side walls, the first divider 11 together with the side walls defining a filtering section 3, the second divider 12 together with the first divider 11 and the side walls defining a settlement section 4, and the second divider 12 together with the side walls defining a discharge section 5. The inlet is located at the filtering section and the outlet is located at the discharge section, The housing further comprises a waste distribution trough 6 for receiving waste entering the housing via the inlet and distributing the waste into the filtering section across a dispersed area.
Patent GB-2402246-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to control memory accesses
Inventor: SPRANGLE ERIC
IPC: G06F12/00
Filed: 2003-01-23
Abstract: A method and apparatus for accessing memory comprising monitoring memory accesses from a hardware prefetcher; determining whether the memory accesses from the hardware prefetcher are used by an out-of-order core; and switching memory accesses from a first mode to a second mode if a percentage of the memory access generated by the hardware prefetcher are used by the out-of-order core.
Patent GB-2420469-A (GB)
Title: Network usage voice response system
Inventor: ALEXANDER STEPHEN M
IPC: H04M15/00
Filed: 2004-11-23
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are concerned with providing an improved enquiry system for retrieving information relating to the usage status of network usage schemes that have been taken up by users. As is known, communications networks are configured so as to enable users to select several so-called optional usage schemes, each such scheme typically being associated with usage of a particular communications service. The network stores details of those optional usage schemes to which individual users have taken up access, together with associated usage criteria, which define characteristics of a communications service to which a respective usage scheme may be applied. In one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method of identifying an available amount of network resources, said network resources being accessible via a plurality of the afore-mentioned optional usage schemes taken up by a user. The method involves retrieving first and second data, from the network, indicative of actual usage of a first and second communications service for which the user has taken up a first and second usage scheme respectively. These retrieved data are then processed by a usage algorithm on the basis of respective usage criteria so as to evaluate an amount of usage remaining for the corresponding taken up usage scheme. Examples of amounts of usage that can be evaluated include quantity of resources and/or duration of resources available; the evaluated amounts can be output in the form of audio segments via a Voice Response System.
Patent GB-2420690-A (GB)
Title: Bucket with handle in base
Inventor: SUMMONS MARTIN
IPC: E04G21/02
Filed: 2004-12-02
Abstract: A plastics bucket has a conventional bail handle at its top and an additional handle moulded into its base flush with its bottom surface. A recess in the base of the bucket allows a hand to grip the latter handle, which facilitates inversion of the bucket for emptying of contents such as mortar.
Patent GB-2421620-A (GB)
Title: Fire alarm sounder
Inventor: CHAPMAN KIERON T N
IPC: G08B17/00
Filed: 2004-12-23
Abstract: A fire alarm has an acoustic cavity 7 located immediately behind the surface which is most remote from the mounting surface 2. The former surface is provided with apertures 8 which allow the sound from sounder 6 to be emitted. The sounder 6 is preferably a piezo disc.
Patent GB-2407836-A (GB)
Title: A gas-liquid separator positionable down hole in a well bore
Inventor: HALL JARED C
IPC: E21B43/38
Filed: 2003-08-15
Abstract: A gas-liquid separator positionable down hole in a well bore includes an external tube having an external tube interior and an internal tube having an internal tube interior. The internal tube is positioned in the external tube interior to form an internal annulus defining a gas flowpath and the internal tube interior defines a reduced-gas fluid flowpath. A plate at least partially encircles the external tube to form a curved flow channel, which defines a produced fluid mixture flow-path. A first internal annulus opening is provided in the external tube, which defines a gas inlet port. An internal tube interior opening is provided in the internal tube, which defines a reduced-gas fluid inlet port. A produced fluid mixture is conveyed through the flow channel, which spins the produced fluid mixture about the external tube. At least a portion of a gas in the produced fluid mixture is separated from the liquid in response to spinning, thereby producing a separated free gas which enters the gas flowpath via the gas inlet port and a reduced-gas fluid which enters the reduced-gas fluid flowpath via the reduced gas-fluid inlet port.
Patent GB-2426789-A (GB)
Title: Laser ignition system for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: SCARISBRICK ANDY DAVID
IPC: F02P23/04
Filed: 2005-04-08
Abstract: A laser ignition system for an internal combustion engine comprises a laser head incorporating a laser medium 10, a first fully reflective mirror 12 and a Q-switch 16. A second partially reflective mirror 14 is mounted in a wall of a combustion chamber of the engine to emit laser light directly into the combustion chamber. An optic fibre 30 serves to guide light in both directions between the Q-switch 16 laser head and the second mirror 14 so as to form a part of the laser cavity and prolong the duration of the laser pulses used to ignite the charge in the combustion chamber. The laser ignition system is in three parts which can be mounted in different locations in a motor vehicle.
Patent GB-2413525-A (GB)
Title: Chainsaw with coasting and kickback brakes
Inventor: KOEGLER HANSWERNER
IPC: B27B17/08
Filed: 2005-04-25
Abstract: A power-driven chainsaw is specified, comprising a chain brake device 20 consisting of a brake drum 21 and a brake band 22 looped around same, and two actuating devices for triggering the chain brake device 20, one of which is configured as a kickback brake 23 and the other as a coasting brake 24. To produce a chain braking system that is simple to manufacture and includes actuating devices for the chain brake device 20 independent of one another and acting with different braking forces, the kickback brake 23 engages the end of the brake band 22 with a brake lever 26 loaded by a strong kickback brake spring 29 and the coasting brake 24 engages the brake band 22 between the point of engagement of the brake lever 26 and the brake drum 21 with a tensioning dog 32 loaded by a weaker coasting brake spring 34 via a force transmission linkage 33. Each brake acts directly and separately from one another on a free section 222 of the brake band 22, where the free section 222 can be loaded with a traction force for moving the brake band from a slack position to a braking position which brakes the drum 21.
Patent GB-2425959-A (GB)
Title: Non-round root canal plugger
Inventor: PATEL SHANON
IPC: A61C5/50
Filed: 2005-05-11
Abstract: A root canal plugger 5 which has a non-round cross-sectional shape to obturate non-round root canals 2. Preferably the plugger 5 is available in varying sizes and shapes to match the root canal 2 into which filling material 6 is being packed. The plugger 5 may have a blunt tip for compaction and a narrower shaft for improved access, flexibility and visibility. The root canal obturation system may include non-round pluggers, matched root canal filling points and matched paper points.
Patent GB-2416446-A (GB)
Title: Laser scanning microscope
Inventor: WOLLESCHENSKY RALF
IPC: G02B21/00
Filed: 2005-06-17
Abstract: A laser microscope with linear scanning illuminates a sample by a first and a second illumination light, LQ1, LQ2, preferably pulsed laser beams, the first effecting excitation of the sample, the second being diffracted on a periodic structure. Preferably first and second lights LQ1, LQ2, move together over the sample and are spatially superimposed in the sample, a return being made to the excited state in the sample in the regions of the second illumination light pattern. Preferably the second illumination light, which could be structured as an interferogram, comprises a periodic structure in a lateral beam direction and in an axial beam direction, the diffraction orders may be generated on a grid G and a Talbot grid effect is preferably produced. Preferably excitation and depopulation are alternately generated in the sample, achieved where both pulsed lasers are synchronised. Preferably optical resolution can be adjusted by varying the frequency of the periodic structure.
Patent GB-2429034-A (GB)
Title: Combined clamp and clip
Inventor: BABINGTON ALAN
IPC: A45F5/02
Filed: 2005-08-11
Abstract: A combined clamp 8, clip 9 and safety lock mechanism 12 comprising a base member 1 to which an object is clamped leaving the clip free to clip another object. Preferably a rotatable mount (4, 10 figure 5) is provided on the base and clamp/clip member. There may be radial mating teeth 7 situated on the base member. Other preferred features include a spring mount 9 and guide 15 and stop 16 means for the safety lock mechanism. The clip is suitable for use to prevent pens, spectacle cases and wallets falling out of pockets.
Patent GB-2414223-A (GB)
Title: Multi-layer arrangement of a tubular net on a support tube, and device and method for obtaining same
Inventor: ARIAS LOPEZ JUAN LUIS
IPC: A23B4/00
Filed: 2003-02-25
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and means which are used to obtain a multi-layer arrangement of a tubular net (6) which is first positioned on a transfer tube (3). According to the invention, a toothed loader (5) is used to slide the net (6) along the outside of the transfer tube (3) to the end thereof, said end comprising a slightly-conical end zone (4). When the net (6') reaches said end zone (4), it falls on to the support tube (1) owing to the elastic tension thereof, such that the net is loaded onto the support tube (1) in an arrangement of concentric layers (6'). In this way, the outer layers of the loaded net (6'') have a maximum diameter equal to that of the transfer tube (3) while the inner diameter of the loaded net (6''), which corresponds to the outer diameter of the support tube (1), is less than the maximum diameter of the stretched net.
Patent GB-2420588-A (GB)
Title: Gimbaled mounting bracket
Inventor: ANDERSON CARL JOHN II
IPC: D21F7/00
Filed: 2005-09-29
Abstract: A gimbaled mounting bracket apparatus for aligning an actuator with a receptacle is disclosed, having a mounting ring 12 rotatable around a pair of gudgeons 30,32. A concentric rotation ring 42 is attached to the pair of gudgeons. The concentric rotation ring 42 is mounted to mounts 56, 58 along a rotational axis orthogonal to the gudgeons. The mounting ring 12 may retain a shower actuator that is to be aligned with a piping apparatus of a papermaking machine. The shower actuator can be angularly adjusted relative to the piping apparatus to produce a collinear relationship, but is free of any translational movement relative to the receptacle, so as to minimize stresses exerted on said actuator.
Patent GB-2433998-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle spare tyre pressure monitor
Inventor: SAWYER CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: B60C29/06
Filed: 2006-01-05
Abstract: A display/pressure adjusting unit 21 for a vehicle spare tyre 16 which can be mounted remotely from the normal position of the spare tyre 16. The connection to the tyre valve 20 of the vehicle spare tyre 16 is of a compact design such that the vehicle spare tyre 16 can be mounted in its normal position without the connection 20 interfering with this location. The connection 20 and the display/pressure adjusting unit 21 are connected by a small diameter, flexible pipe 5 which is disconnectable at either end to assist installation. The flexible pipe 5 and the display/pressure adjusting unit 21 can each be in a colour to match or contrast with the vehicle.
Patent GB-2440170-A (GB)
Title: Digital rights management system for supporting multiple service protection protocols
Inventor: PRIESTLEY MARK
IPC: G06F21/00
Filed: 2006-07-14
Abstract: The invention relates to digital rights management (DRM) in respect of broadcast, multicast and/or unicast (downloaded) data, relevant in particular to managing access to a broadcast video data stream complying with a mobile digital broadcast scheme. A service protection platform is implemented on mobile terminals having a normal execution environment (i.e. the operating system) and a secure execution environment. Service protection is provided by separating the operation of the service protection application components into those that operate in the normal environment and those that are adapted to execute only in the secure execution environment. The secure execution environment application component is interchangeable allowing the system to be adapted to any number of service protection protocols or "profiles" by downloading only the secure execution environment application component. The application components that are common to all service protection protocols are implemented in the main operating system. In this way the system is able to support different protocols or standards for digital rights management without the need for downloading whole applications.
Patent GB-2442734-A (GB)
Title: Pick resistant pin tumbler lock
Inventor: SMITH PETER
IPC: E05B27/00
Filed: 2006-10-10
Abstract: A pin tumbler lock that in addition to the usual lock 6 and driver 3 pins, has an additional sacrificial pin 11 that is positioned to the spring 2 side of the lock's sheer point 4, such that it can absorb any sudden hit to the lock pin 6 by moving back against the spring. This ensures that the driver pin 3 remains across the lock's sheer line 4 to keep the mechanism in a locked state if an attempt is made to pick the lock by applying such a hit. The sacrificial pins 11 may be of denser material than the other pins and need not be pin-shaped.
Patent GB-2434487-A (GB)
Title: Input device
Inventor: INOUE TAKEFUMI
IPC: H01H13/70
Filed: 2007-01-17
Abstract: An input device comprising; an input section 9 allowing a coordinate input by using a change in electrostatic capacity in response to a finger movement and a push input onto a display section 30 on which a mark is shown; a substrate 5 disposed under the input section 9 with a space and having a conductive unit; a push-switch section 32 disposed on the substrate 5 at a place corresponding to the display section 30, and an insulating resin layer 14 containing air and disposed between the substrate 5 and the input section 9. The insulating resin layer 14 may be formed of a spongy member such as foam or a foamed layer. The foamed layer may be made by baking resin paste mixed with a foaming agent. The input device may further comprise an EL (electroluminescent) sheet between the substrate and the insulating resin layer for illuminating the input device.
Patent GB-2447642-A (GB)
Title: Punching apparatus and method
Inventor: OSTINI GIORGIO
IPC: B21D28/00
Filed: 2007-03-15
Abstract: The fluid distributor apparatus (124 comprises a body (30) having distribution ports (35,37, 39, 62, 63); a spool (41) adapted for controlling said distribution ports (35,37, 39, 62, 63) and mounted sliding in a :first sliding seat (31) obtained in said body (30) and communicating with said distribution ports (35,37, 39, 62, 63); a copying-member (45) mounted sliding and sealed in a second seat (44) obtained in said spool (41); supply means (46, 47, 43) for a controlled supplying of said fluid to said second seat (44) so that said copying-member (45) slides in a controlled way, said supply means comprising also chamber means (46) containing said fluid and communicating with said second seat (44); pushing means (47, 49, 51, 52, 53) of said fluid mounted sliding and sealed in said chamber means (46).
Patent GB-2434075-A (GB)
Title: Ice cream containing encapsulated liquor or antifreeze type liquid
Inventor: HARDING EDWARD JAMES
IPC: A23G9/50
Filed: 2005-11-03
Abstract: A frozen confectionary or desert product comprising a body of frozen edible product (5) having one or more cavities (1) containing a liquid, viscous or semi viscous non frozen edible product (3) wherein the non frozen product includes a liquor or antifreeze liquid and is encapsulated in an edible membrane or cavity wall which is substantially impervious to the non frozen product.
Patent GB-2438710-A (GB)
Title: Visual Communication Server (VCS) allowing computer data to be handled in addition to sound signals
Inventor: SHIMA KOJI
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2007-05-14
Abstract: A server apparatus includes a memory which stores a control table respectively showing correspondence relations between user ID of the first data terminal and listener information indicating that the first data terminal is in operation in a pseudo manner, when the first data terminal contained in the call information event is out of operation, and a controller which refers the control table based on the user ID of the first data terminal, when the first data terminal which is out of operation is started, and establishes a communication connection between the first data terminal and the second data terminal based on a reference result. Thus, when a data terminal shifts from a log-off status to the logon status, the VCS server references the table to determine whether or not the data terminal is in the "already registered as a listener" status (i.e. call between the extension terminals connected) if so, the VCS server establishes a session between the data terminals. Thus, listener registration is dynamically performed eliminating the need to register all the data terminals as listeners. Embodiments include conferencing between more than two data terminals.
Patent GB-2437460-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for chromosome profiling
Inventor: VALLABHANENI RAMESH
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an Interphase chromosome profile. The method comprises obtaining a sample containing cells having chromosomes for profiling; obtaining species specific DNA probes, wherein the DNA probes are capable of marking at least one chromosome at substantially equidistant locations on said chromosomes; hybridizing the sample with the DNA probes; using a plurality of enzymes to produce differential color bands on the chromosome for colorimetric analysis of the sample; and using visual analysis for determining the profile of the chromosome.
Patent GB-2453590-A (GB)
Title: Packaging tray with lid having apertures
Inventor: TOLLMAN MARK
IPC: B65B25/04
Filed: 2007-10-12
Abstract: The present invention is concerned with improved packaging, particularly for fruits and vegetables and other plant products which undergo a ripening process and are liable to rot or otherwise go off, with packaging containing same, and with methods of packaging. A method of packaging fruit or vegetables comprises a tray having a base and at least one wall, and a lid defining at least one opening. The at least openings may be provided in the base of the tray and may be covered by seal means to restrict the flow of gasses.
Patent GB-2443073-A (GB)
Title: An adjustable support shoe for a reciprocating saw
Inventor: CHEN YASHENG
IPC: B23D49/16
Filed: 2007-10-12
Abstract: A reciprocating saw includes a housing 14, and a support shoe 1 mounted on the front end of the housing which is adjacent to a saw blade 4. The support shoe includes a guide plate 1a which is partly mounted in the housing and is movable thereabout, and a base plate 2 pivotally connected to the guide plate. The guide plate has a series of recesses or apertures 9. The reciprocating saw also includes a locking member 7 which is movable in the housing along a first direction, and at least a portion of which could be engaged with any one of the recesses or apertures, and an adjusting member 4 which is movable along a direction perpendicular to the first direction from a first position to a second position. The adjusting member has a first part and a second part with different heights (4a, 4b, fig 2) that alternately engage with the locking member about its engaged and disengaged positions. Actuation of the adjusting means allows the position of the support shoe to be adjusted relative to the housing.
Patent GB-2454650-A (GB)
Title: Resource Allocation for persistently allocated resources
Inventor: AHLUWALIA JAGDEEP SINGH
IPC: H04W36/00
Filed: 2007-10-29
Abstract: A system is proposed to provide handover in a mobile telecommunications environment, particularly applicable to 3GPP networks, in which a target communications device such as a target node B sends a handover request acknowledgement, including allocation data identifying resources to be persistently allocated for a user equipment (UE), to a source communications device such as a source node B. The source node B includes the data in a handover command to the UE. Alternatively allocated resources can be signaled in a RRC connection change command in response to a handover confirm message from the UE to the target node B. Persistently allocated resources are resources known in advance and provided on a regular basis without additional signaling for applications such as VOIP or streaming.