baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2535255-A (GB)
Title: A portable traffic signal or pedestrian signal
Inventor: PHILLIP JOHN STEELE
IPC: G08G1/0955
Filed: 2015-08-20
Abstract: Portable traffic or pedestrian signal with base unit 2 comprising a housing that supports signal head 3, an electrical circuit (20, Fig.4) that controls the signal head and a first connector for connecting said electrical circuit to a removable self-contained battery assembly (11, Fig.2). The battery assembly comprises a housing (16, Fig.3) that releasably engages the base unit (e.g. via cooperating guide rail and groove) and includes a power source (6, Fig.3) and a second connector for engaging with the first connector to connect the power source to the electrical circuit. The battery assembly and base unit can be separated for recharging or replacing the power supply without it being lifted out of the housing. The base unit may include support means 17 for supporting it on the ground. The signal may communicate with another signal via two-way radio communication.
Patent GB-2541931-A (GB)
Title: Fluid transfer coupler
Inventor: COLIN ASHTON
IPC: F16L37/244
Filed: 2015-09-04
Abstract: A fluid transfer coupler comprises engagement means, such as a frusto-conical flange 16, for releasable engagement with a complementarily shaped fitting and retaining means 18 configured to releasably retain the complementarily shaped fitting. It also has a valve seat 24, valve closure means 22 releasably engagable with the valve seat and a crank member (32, Fig.2b). It also has means such as a handle (36, Fig.2b) for rotatably displacing the crank member around its rotational axis and a connecting member 26 pivotally connected to the crank member and connected to the valve closure means 22. The crank member is mounted on separate first end second coaxial spindle members 34, 60 which define the rotational axis of the crank member. The coupler may be a refueling coupler for transferring fuel from a storage tank to a road tanker.
Patent GB-2528815-A (GB)
Title: A device for dividing meat into portions
Inventor: SEAMUS MCGARVEY
IPC: A22C17/00
Filed: 2014-04-29
Abstract: A device for dividing meat into portions comprising a box-like receptacle for receiving pieces of meat, and a support member having an array of parallel spikes extending therefrom arranged in a plurality of parallel rows, wherein the spikes are arranged to be inserted into the receptacle to pass through pieces of meat located therein such that the meat is retained on the spikes once the array of spikes has been removed from the receptacle, wherein one or more cutting devices can be subsequently passed between selected rows of said spikes to cut the meat retained thereon into a plurality of portions.
Patent GB-2550837-A (GB)
Title: System and method for electronic digital video display
Inventor: KRISHNA SREERAM
IPC: H04N21/442
Filed: 2016-03-28
Abstract: An electronic digital video display system for the control of displaying a pay-per-viewer film within a viewing room is claimed. The system comprises a video display device to display a digitally transmitted film; a person sensing device to determine and indicate that a viewing room is initially empty; at least one person counting device to count and periodically communicate the number of people entering and leaving the viewing room through one or more doors; and an electronic payment device that allows a payment to be made to the digital rights holder or distributor of the film, where the payment is determined by the fee per viewer and the number of people present in the room. The display device displays the film when the payment corresponds to a number of people equal to or greater than the number counted to be in the room until the film ends or the number of people counted to be in the room exceeds the number paid for. If this occurs, the screening of the film is halted and is only resumed when the correct payment for the additional people has been made.
Patent GB-2549332-A (GB)
Title: Barrier System
Inventor: SIMON DECLAN PRICE
IPC: E04B1/82
Filed: 2016-04-15
Abstract: The barrier comprises a series of repeating units U, each unit having two vertical panels connected along a vertical side edge 5 and with front faces 1 angled towards each other, the panels standing in a zig zag arrangement. Each panel may have a front board, a back board, a top plate, a base kicker plate, a panel to panel connection portion, and internal stiffeners 50 oriented vertically. The panel to panel connection portion may be a column which connects the panels to a foundation 70, 72, 74. The panels may comprise a composite material including a magnesium oxide binder and a fibre net. The barrier may have photovoltaic panels or solar chimney sections. Also claimed is a composite material board comprising a magnesium oxide cement and a glass or nylon net. The board may have an inner core of MgO and perlite cement, a fiberglass layer, and an MgO outer cover.
Patent GB-2533755-A (GB)
Title: Metal separation plate for fuel cell stack and fuel cell stack having same
Inventor: JI-YOUNG PARK
IPC: H01M8/0267
Filed: 2014-07-24
Abstract: Disclosed are a metal separation plate for a fuel cell stack and a fuel cell stack having the same, wherein a protrusion pattern comprising an air path open in one side direction is designed or a protrusion pattern comprising an air path of which one side is open and the other side is closed, such that cooling performance and stack performance can be improved without providing any additional cooling plates. In addition, the moisture leaked from the inside of the closed air path is blocked, thereby improving the humidification performance of a membrane-electrode assembly.
Patent GB-2552135-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for adjusting event timestamp relating to clinical trial
Inventor: Arttu Heikkila
IPC: G16H40/67
Filed: 2016-06-29
Abstract: A computer implemented method comprises receiving an event log 515 corresponding to event entries of an electronic diary 510 of a participant of a clinical trial, wherein the event log 515 is generated in a client device (e.g. mobile device, smartphone), and the event log 515 comprising an event identifier and an event timestamp for at least two event entries; determining a block of event entries within the event log, the block comprising a first event entry and a second event entry at least one of whose event timestamps are verified being correct in view of corresponding service timestamps of a server apparatus, wherein the first and the second event entry are arranged chronologically: and adjusting the event timestamp of the second event entry based on the first timestamp. The method may include transmitting a synchronisation message for the client for synchronising a local clock of the client device based on a time correction value.
Patent GB-2541521-A (GB)
Title: Pitch control assembly and propeller assembly and method of adjusting pitch
Inventor: DAVID RAJU YAMARTHI
IPC: B64C11/38
Filed: 2016-07-06
Abstract: Propeller blade pitch altering assembly10 having a spider hub 12 comprising a hub 14 and a set of arms 16 circumferentially about the hub and projecting radially from the hub 14, wherein the set of arms 16 receive a set of blades 20 such that a blade root 22 is rotationally mountable into an arm 16 included in the set of arms 16. A crosshead 42, located within the hub is axially moveable relative to the hub and attaches to a torque tube 44 via a motion converter 46. The torque tube connects at a first end to the blade root 22. When the crosshead is moved axially, the motion converter, preferably comprising a needle bearing located in a channel, converts the axial motion to a rotational one, rotating the torque tube and altering the pitch of the propeller
Patent GB-2539812-A (GB)
Title: Pipe fitting
Inventor: SERGIO PATRIARCA
IPC: F16L37/113
Filed: 2015-01-07
Abstract: A pipe fitting for the connection of an end of a first pipeline section to an end of a further pipeline section, a pipeline component or a side pipe fitting is provided. The pipe fitting includes a first connector part located with the end of the first pipeline section and a second connector part located with the end of the second pipeline section or the pipeline component. The first and second connector parts are provided with respective sets of engagement means, which are moved into an engaged position to form the pipe fitting by relative rotation between the first and second connector parts.
Patent GB-2544604-A (GB)
Title: Efficient telematics data upload
Inventor: MEDVILLE JAY THROOP
IPC: G07C5/00
Filed: 2016-09-23
Abstract: A system includes a processor, at a vehicle information server 114, configured to, in response to receiving a VIN from a remote vehicle 102, transmit to the vehicle a parameter definition 116 to configure an ECU of the vehicle to enter a logging mode to capture, aggregate, and send operational data of the vehicle, and a bandwidth configuration file for a modem of the vehicle based on historical throughput requirements associated with operational data. The parameter definition may include a reporting application configured to be executed by a processor of the ECU to generate a processed parameter from a raw parameter associated with vehicle operation, eg telemetry data. Also, the parameter definition may include updated firmware for the ECU. The parameter definition includes messages directed at a plurality of other ECUs in the vehicle over a first vehicle network, and a protocol that the ECU is configured to send the processed parameters to the TCU over a second vehicle network and to modify the parameter definition to selectively limit data to be sent from the vehicle based on the connection bandwidth.
Patent GB-2540302-A (GB)
Title: Self orientating hanging windmill
Inventor: STEPHEN COWAP
IPC: F03D9/00
Filed: 2015-03-26
Abstract: A hanging windmill has a wind turbine and a generator mounted on an airframe supported by a hanger at the center of gravity of the assembly. A stop is provided for preventing the tipping of the airframe on the hanger beyond a point where the blades of the wind turbine strike the hanger.
Patent GB-2544196-A (GB)
Title: Portable real-time biological aerosol-detecting device
Inventor: Ki-Bong Choi
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2016-11-04
Abstract: A portable real-time biological aerosol-detecting device including a particle collecting unit (200, fig. 1) into which particles dispersed in air are introduced, a particle concentrating unit (350, fig. 1) installed in a main body case, and a particle-optical measurement unit (300, fig. 1). The particle-optical measurement unit includes: an optical chamber having a measurement space S therein; a beam forming optical system 320 that irradiates a particle introduced into the measurement space with a UV-LED beam L; a beam dump 330 that extinguishes the UV-LED beam emitted from the beam-forming optical system; two reflectors (370, fig. 3) arranged in the measurement space; a particle discharging unit 240 that discharges the particle from the measurement space after the particle interacts with the UV-LED beam; a beam-splitting optical system (340, fig. 5) that detects scattered light and fluorescent light that are generated due to interaction between the UV-LED beam and the particle in the measurement space; and a battery power supply. The beam dump comprises an opening (334, fig. 5) into which light reflected from a detector surface is extinguished.
Patent GB-2545088-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for determining the state of a drilling operation
Inventor: BØRRE THARAIDSEN
IPC: E21B45/00
Filed: 2016-11-16
Abstract: A method for determining a state of a drilling operation, comprising providing a first set of operational data, providing a set of operational event dividers that delimit a plurality of time intervals; for at least one of the time intervals, providing a second set of operational data of the drilling operation through the time interval, deriving characteristic values of the second set of operational data through the time interval; and determining the state of the drilling operation in the second time interval based on the characteristic values. The operational event dividers may represent a change in state of one variable (e.g. in slips, weight-on-bit), determined by a threshold value. The characteristic values may represent an average or change value of the second set of operational data through the time interval. The method may be carried out on a computer.
Patent GB-2541336-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for forming a wire structure
Inventor: RONALD PETER BINSTEAD
IPC: H05K3/10
Filed: 2014-06-03
Abstract: A method for forming a structure with wire elements (16) using a wire depositing device with a tube (26) for laying a wire (16), the method comprising: providing a substrate (22) with an adhesive surface (24); feeding a free end of the wire (16) through the tube (26) of the wire depositing device; and drawing the tube (26) laterally across the adhesive surface (34) in a pattern such that the free end of the wire (16) adheres to the adhesive surface (34) and the lateral movement causes the wire (16) to be drawn through the tube (26) and deposited as a trail in accordance with the pattern drawn by the tube (26) crossing the substrate (22).
Patent GB-2557640-A (GB)
Title: Floor gratings and methods for their assembly
Inventor: MARK HARRIS
IPC: E04C2/42
Filed: 2016-12-14
Abstract: The first component is a floor grating bar including an undulating gripping surface 13 of peaks and troughs where the peaks have a radius of curvature so that they dont form a sharp edge. Also claimed is a grating bar with an opening 25 with an elongate dimension 27 passing through its body. Also claimed is a grating linking plate 5 including a blade portion 39 and at least one neck portion 41 with a relatively reduced width compared to the blade portion. The bar and linking portions may be coupled together as the aperture in the bar is dimensioned so that when the neck in the linking plate is aligned with the aperture the plate can be rotated such that the plate is perpendicular to the elongate dimension of the aperture. Also claimed is a kit including a bar and the linking plate. Also claimed is a method of assembly of a floor grating using the bar with the aperture and the linking plate.
Patent GB-2554960-A (GB)
Title: Encoding for multi-device synchronization of devices
Inventor: GRAEME GORDON MACKAY
IPC: H04L12/407
Filed: 2017-02-16
Abstract: A distributed network system may include a shared communication bus 44 that operates in accordance with a communication protocol and a plurality of devices 42 coupled to the bus 44. In accordance with the communication protocol, when one or more of the plurality of devices is actively transmitting data on the bus, each of the plurality of devices receives data via the bus such that bidirectional communication is established among the plurality of devices via the bus, each of the plurality of devices monitors a bus state of the shared communication bus to avoid data contention and to synchronize receipt of encoded symbols and encoded messages comprising encoded symbols via the bus, and each actively transmitting device of the plurality of devices compares the bus state to a desired state of such actively transmitting device to determine a priority among actively transmitting devices of the plurality of devices with respect to the bus. The network system may be used to control response and state machine synchronization of distributed networks of audio devices.
Patent GB-2561541-A (GB)
Title: Side access switch safety cover
Inventor: CARMEN JACKSON
IPC: H01H9/28
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: A switch safety cover comprising three side walls and an open wall with a cavity, made of a rigid material such as metal or plastic, to cover a switch/switches on a socket or extension socket gang. Of the three straight side walls two will be wider to accept the adhesive, and they will have cavities within them. The side walls will prevent access to the switch, while an open or discontinuous side wall allows access in case there is a need to manually switch the appliance off. The switch cover may be used to cover individual or multiple switches, and it can have a smooth profile to enable easy cleaning and be visually unobtrusive. The switch cover can be fixed to the switch mount or socket cover by means of strong contact adhesive, tape or similar adherent.
Patent GB-2562114-A (GB)
Title: Hygienic bathroom partition
Inventor: Stephen David Middleton
IPC: B32B17/10
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: A method 100 for manufacturing a hygienic partition for a bathroom, which comprises the steps of: forming an opaque rigid sheet 210 into a predetermined design (step S110), the predetermined design includes a plurality of openings through sheet 210; applying a first surface of double sided adhesive tape 230 to a first surface of the opaque rigid 210 sheet to fix the first surface of the double sided adhesive tape to the first surface of the opaque sheet 210 (step S120); applying a second surface of the double sided adhesive tape 230 to a first surface of a non-opaque sheet 220 to fix the second surface of the double sided adhesive tape 230 to the first surface of the non-opaque sheet 220 (step S140). Also defined is a hygienic partition for a bathroom which comprises a laminate structure including the following layers: an opaque rigid sheet with a plurality of openings therethrough; a double sided adhesive tape layer affixed at one side to the opaque rigid sheet; and a non-opaque sheet fixed to the other side of the adhesive tape layer.
Patent GB-2553415-A (GB)
Title: Sliding Key
Inventor: GERARDO BRIGIDO DELGADO
IPC: E05B19/04
Filed: 2017-06-23
Abstract: A key assembly includes a key blade 7 slideably received in a key rail, and having a key pin 103 received in a void/slot 505 of a slider 5. The slider 5 has protrusions 503, e.g. pins slideably guided in a curved slot (7) which may be formed by recesses 7a, 7b in two halves of a housing. The slider is configured to both pivot and translate with respect to the key pin 103. The housing may include a spring biased ball retainer which may locate in either of a first and second retaining recesses 101 (102, fig.2) in the key to retain the key in a stowed or extended position. A spring (6, fig.1) may bias the key into an extended position. The housing may include a pivotal door flap to close an aperture through which the key retracts.
Patent GB-2564487-A (GB)
Title: Fire barriers
Inventor: DEREK ALFRED WARD
IPC: A62C2/06
Filed: 2017-07-14
Abstract: A fire barrier for a building comprises one or more sheets of cloth material impregnated on one side with a coating of a material which intumesces in the event of fire. When the intumescent material is activated, the cloth provides a barrier through which fire is unable to pass for a period in excess of 90 minutes. A means, such as an adhesive, for securing the impregnated sheet or sheets to the outer surface of each external wall of the building is also disclosed. The sheet is preferably formed from a reinforced glass fibre cloth and may be coated on a second side with a waterproofed material. An array of sponge blocks coated in an intumescent material may be used in combination with the cloth. A method of protecting a multi-storey building is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2554528-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus to facilitate efficient scheduling of digital tasks in a system
Inventor: HONGWEI LIAO
IPC: G06F9/48
Filed: 2017-08-02
Abstract: A method to schedule tasks comprises: identifying a periodic task 116 and an aperiodic task 118; determining an initial minimum required duration based on these tasks; determining a finish-to-­activate duration 128 of the aperiodic task; determining a final minimum required duration based on the initial minimum required duration and the finish-to-activate duration; adjusting a time budget 112 to be the final minimum required duration; and scheduling the aperiodic task within the time budget and with respect to the periodic task and the finish to activate duration. The method may further comprise pseudo-periodic analysis (Figure 17) or sequential minimisation (Figure 18), which consider aperiodic tasks by priority, or a frontier map (Figure 19). The method may provide fairness to lower-priority aperiodic tasks 120 by preventing domination of processing resources by higher-priority aperiodic tasks 118.
Patent GB-2564721-A (GB)
Title: Reducing audio artifacts in an amplifier with configurable final output stage
Inventor: KU HE
IPC: H03F1/02
Filed: 2017-08-22
Abstract: An amplifier 16 includes a first stage 22 that receives an input signal Vin and generates an intermediate signal Vint as a function of the input signal, an output stage 24 that generates an output signal Vout from the intermediate signal, and a signal feedback network 26 coupled between the amplifier output and input. The input stage 22 may include an integrator 30, 32. The output stage 24 may be switchable between at least a first mode in which the output stage generates a modulated output signal as a function of the intermediate signal, e.g. a class D amplifier mode, and a second mode in which the output stage generates an unmodulated output signal, e.g. a class AB amplifier mode. Control circuit 28 may switch between amplification modes based on a characteristic of a signal indicative of the output signal, e.g. when a magnitude of the signal crossed a threshold, or based on tracking signal peaks. Switching may also take account of the spectral content of the signal, which may be filtered (fig.11). Switching between modes may take place at zero crossings in the signal, to reduce audio artefacts.
Patent GB-2561630-A (GB)
Title: Compositions and methods
Inventor: NICHOLAS JOHN DIXON
IPC: D06P5/04
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: A concentrate composition comprising: (a) at least 0.1 wt% of a surfactant compound; and (b) at least 10 wt% one or more ingredients selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, chelating agents and amine salts of carboxylic acids. Most preferably, the aldehyde is 2-hydroxyoctanal; most preferably the chelating agent is either glutamic acid N,N-diacetic acid (GLDA) or diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). Most preferably the amine salt of a carboxylic acid is the triethanolamine salt of octanoic acid. Most preferably, the surfactant is either sodium laureth sulfate (SLES, SLS), or cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB), or mixtures thereof. Preferably (a) and (b) together amount for, at least, 20 wt.% of the composition. Preferably, the composition is a stable emulsion. Most preferably the composition comprises all of: a surfactant, an aldehyde, a chelate and the amine salt of a carboxylic acid. Composition is claimed as being able to combat colour loss of dyed material (e.g. hair).
Patent GB-2567439-A (GB)
Title: Stereo microscope with single objective
Inventor: GRAHAM PETER FRANCIS MERCER
IPC: G02B27/22
Filed: 2017-10-10
Abstract: An assembly suitable for producing a 3-dimensional stereoscopic image from a microscope comprises an objective assembly 501 with an aperture 502. The assembly comprises an additional lens 504 and a beamsplitter 505 which form a respective aperture image on each of two optical paths 521a, 521b. Each optical path comprises a stop structure 507a, 507b located on a plane of the respective aperture image 512a, 512b, so as to block a portion of the respective aperture image. This provides an exit pupil 531a, 531b, such that a stereoscopic image of an object 530 viewed through the microscope is produced by the combination of the images of the object visible through each exit pupil. The stop structures may comprise curtains configured to block one side of the aperture image, and these may be moveable to provide a transition between stereo and mono images. A stereo microscope, and method of retrofitting a microscope to produce a stereo microscope are also claimed. A method of using a microscope, requiring switching between stereo and mono viewing modes is also claimed.