baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2368410-A (GB)
Title: A user interface for assisting navigation through a network
Inventor: LEVENE MARK
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2000-10-23
Abstract: A user interface to assist users to understand where they are on a network by displaying a history of recent sites visited and consecutive pages to the current site is disclosed. The user interface executes on top of a conventional browser to provide the URLs in answer to a query in both a tool bar 15 and a tree 17 window. A search engine scores the results of the query and ranks the results 6 according to their score in the tree window, displays the page of the highest scoring result in a browser window 13, and shows the URLs of consecutive pages as branches 25 of the tree. The tool bar displays, in a line 15b, the URLs of the last two sites visited, the current URL and consecutive page URLs. The tool bar, tree and browser windows are all synchronised to the current URL, and clicking on a URL in any window will update all the windows accordingly. The user interface will generally be used on a network, but can be embodied into a website to complement or replace a website search engine.
Patent GB-2371749-A (GB)
Title: Use of a super-absorbent polymer as a reservoir for an air freshening, insecticidal or insect repelling agent, and apparatus for dispersing such agents
Inventor: SMITH NIGEL PETER
IPC: A61L9/014
Filed: 2000-10-24
Abstract: There is disclosed a composition which comprises an air modifying agent (such as an air freshener, an insecticide or an insect repellent) and a super-absorbent polymer (and optionally water). The super-absorbent polymer may act as a reservoir for the air modifying agent, from which polymer the agent can be dispersed into the surrounding air. An apparatus for dispersing an air modifying agent into the surrounding air, which comprises such a reservoir (4; see figures 2 and 3) or composition, is also claimed. Super-absorbent polymers are water-absorbing resins which are characterised by an ability to absorb and retain amounts of aqueous fluids equivalent to many times their own dry weight, and generally include hydrophilic natural or synthetic polymers such as acrylic-based polymers having ionic portions grafted on, hydrolysis products of starch acrylonitrile graft polymers, carboxymethyl cellulose, crosslinked polyacrylates, sulfonated polystyrenes, hydrolysed polyacrylamides, polyvinyl alcohols, polyethylene oxides, poJyvinylpyrrolidones and polyacrylonitriles. In absorbing water, they can swell (normally attributed to the presence of ionisable functional groups, such as carboxyl groups, in the polymer structure) without loss of structural integrity, in many cases in a readily reversible and repeatable manner without loss of properties, over repeated hydration and dehydration cycles.
Patent GB-2358673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to door checks
Inventor: CRESSWELL PETER JOHN
IPC: B60J5/04
Filed: 2000-12-07
Abstract: A door check for a vehicle door in which a restraining force is applied to a link arm by a restraining mechanism 3 located in a cavity 9 of a housing 1 to control movement of the door relative to a door frame. At least part of the loads generated by the restraining mechanism 3 are transmitted by bolts 22,23 employed to secure the housing 1 to the door or door frame to protect the housing 1 from high loads. The housing 1 is formed in two parts 2,4 connected together for assembly of the housing 1 by engagement of co-operating locating formations either with a snap action (Figure 1) or by employing the bolts 22,23 to create an interference fit (Figures 2 and 3).
Patent GB-2369961-A (GB)
Title: Transmission control in a radio access network
Inventor: WIGELL TOOMAS
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2000-12-09
Abstract: In a UMTS communication system, packets of data are routed from a core network 2 to user equipment 6 (and vice versa) through a radio network controller 4 and associated base station 5. To reduce delay, the ARQ (Automatic Repetition reQuest) mechanism may take place in the base station and UE rather than the RNC and UE. This may lead to problems when UE is in soft handover between two base stations as one of the base stations may receive ACK or NACK signals from the UE for packets which have not yet been transmitted. To mitigate this, there needs to be some sort of synchronisation between the transmission buffers of the two base stations. This is achieved by shifting the transmission window of the base stations so that its lower region covers the packet having the lowest sequence number for which an ARQ has not yet been received. For a UE transmitting to plural base stations and receiving conflicting ARQ messages, the UE may respond to ARQ messages from the BS until a Secure Data Unit has been acknowledged by the BS. In response to ARQ messages from a BS the UE may retransmit packets to all base stations simultaneously until at least one BS has acknowledged a complete Secure Data Unit. A soft handover method is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2371429-A (GB)
Title: A constant current OLED array driver with an auto-clamped precharge circuit
Inventor: JUANG DAR-CHANG
IPC: G09G3/32
Filed: 2001-01-19
Abstract: A constant current organic LED driver with an auto-clamped precharge circuit includes a reference bias generator 12 and a plurality of column driver cells 11, each being connected to the reference bias generator to form a respective current mirror. Each cell 11 has a PMOS switch transistor MPS, a PMOS current source transistor MPO, and an NMOS precharge transistor MNST. When the driver is turned on, the precharge transistor MNST provides an additional large current to rapidly precharge the OLED. The precharge transistor MNST turns itself off as the voltage on the output node rises. The precharge transistor may be replaced by a diode stack (figure 4). No precharge control signal is required.
Patent GB-2361903-A (GB)
Title: Connector intended for use with tension leg platform
Inventor: PAULSHUS BJORN
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 1999-08-10
Abstract: A connector in particular intended for use with a tension leg platform is disclosed. The connector comprises a male part (1) and a female part (2), which male part (1) is designed to engage in the female part (2) and the parts are able to engage with one another without any of the parts having to rotate in respect of the other. The female part (2) comprises an abutment ring having an internal continuous downward facing abutment shoulder (4) and the male part (1) has a discontinuous segmented ring (5). Each individual ring segment (8) is limitary independantly movable, both axially and radially, which segmented ring (5) lies slidably against a mandrel abutment (9).
Patent GB-2373620-A (GB)
Title: Light source arrangements for displays
Inventor: MAVADDAT RAFIE
IPC: G02F1/13357
Filed: 2001-03-21
Abstract: A display comprises a light source 18 for producing activation light at a predetermined narrow range of wavelengths; a light modulator 30 such as an LC cell formed from an array of pixels and adapted to modulate the excitation light; and a screen, preferably a photoluminescent screen 16, arranged to emit a visible output when struck by the narrow-band excitation light passing through the cell. The light source contains a set of light-emitting point sources such as LEDs 24, and an optical arrangement 26 is included between the sources and the LC cell to form the excitation light into a slightly divergent beam. In this way a seamless composite image can be produced on the screen.
Patent GB-2360019-A (GB)
Title: Spring arbor for use in a cassette for a vehicle safety restraint retractor
Inventor: MCCULLOCH JIM
IPC: B60R22/34
Filed: 1999-03-31
Abstract: A spring arbor (4) for use in a cassette for a vehicle safety restraint retractor has a generally cylindrical shape and an axially extending slot for receiving an end of a spring. A step is provided in the profile of the arbor (4) in the region of the slot to compensate for the thickness of the spring when wound on the arbor (4).
Patent GB-2366973-A (GB)
Title: Receiver for variable data rate CDMA signals
Inventor: YOSHIMURA SHINJIRO
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 2001-05-25
Abstract: The disclosed invention is suitable for use with Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor (OVSF) CDMA signals. In the present device each rake finger 102 despreads a received signal to produce a sequence of received correlations. Each correlation (presumably between signal and PN code) is calculated over a time interval, Tmin, equal to the shortest possible symbol length, so that if the actual received symbol length, Trec, is equal to N.Tmin then N symbol correlations are produced for every received symbol, where N is a positive integer. If it is determined at the rate comparator 105 that Trec equals Tmin then the correlation data is passed straight to the decoding processor 109 without undergoing any processing in addition processor 108. Otherwise the comparator 106 examines the quality of the signal and outputs a correlation value from addition processor 108 every received symbol period. If signal quality is insufficient then each output correlation value is based on all N of the received correlation values but if the signal quality is sufficient then it is based on a selected number (e.g. 1) of the N correlation values. SIR or BER may be used as measures of signal quality.
Patent GB-2363751-A (GB)
Title: Multi-purpose razor blade device
Inventor: WONDERLEY JEFF
IPC: B26B5/00
Filed: 2001-06-04
Abstract: A razor blade tool which overcomes the single use shortcomings of current utility knives and allows a user to select multiple razor blade positions. Each razor blade position allows a razor blade tool to be utilised for a different purpose, such as scraping, case cutting, twine cutting, and as a knife. Additional razor blades are stored in a razor blade tool in a manner that prevents the sharpened edges of razor blades from contacting side-walls of the storage area so that stored razor blades remain sharp and undamaged. The tool comprises a handle and razor blade housing within which a rotatable razor blade carrier 40 is located.
Patent GB-2377978-A (GB)
Title: Corner connector for a collapsible travel cot
Inventor: WOOD IAN
IPC: A47D7/00
Filed: 2001-07-27
Abstract: A corner connector for a collapsible travel cot includes a body member 5 shaped to accommodate end portions of bars of the cot in an anchoring portion. A cap portion (15) fits over the body member (5) to cover the anchoring portion.
Patent GB-2379131-A (GB)
Title: Solar powered mobile phone
Inventor: BECKETT MAREK DANIEL
IPC: H02J7/35
Filed: 2001-08-22
Abstract: A mobile phone with a solar panel that can be left in the sun so that the batteries can be recharged. If the batteries fail during the night, normal disposable batteries can be inserted and the mobile phone will work in the night. Both the batteries and the solar panel may be replaced.
Patent GB-2385156-A (GB)
Title: Automatic storage and retrieval system and method
Inventor: TU JUNH-HSIEN
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2002-02-06
Abstract: An automatic storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) 1 is used to connect a user's computer device 2 through a communication network 3 to an AS/RS programmable logic controller (PLC) 4, wherein a user is provided with an identification number for loginning the AS/RS, and a daily required material report is displayed in the user's computer device for allowing the user to select a material from the material report, so as to control the AS/RS PLC to store or retrieve the selected material in the case of the user matching a corresponding storage bin for the selected material in identification number, or else, the material storage or retrieval is inhibited by the AS/RS. Storage bin data is stored in a first database 10. Activities performed by the user are logged in a second database 11.
Patent GB-2373833-A (GB)
Title: Silent chain
Inventor: SUZUKI TADASU
IPC: F16G13/04
Filed: 2002-03-07
Abstract: A silent chain comprises a link assembly 3 including at least two inner link plates 4 each having a pair of teeth (4a, fig 2) and bushing holes (4b, fig 2) and fixably connected to each other by a pair of bushings 5 press fit into said respective bushing holes, an intermediate link plate 6 including a pair of teeth (6a, fig 3) and bushing holes (6b, fig3), and a guide plate 2 including a pair of pin holes 2a. The members are articulably connected to each other with connecting pins 7. A row of the link assemblies 3 is disposed in the centre and extends along the longitudinal direction of the chain. The intermediate link plates 6 and guide plates 2 are disposed on both sides of the link assembly 3, with the guide plates 2 being disposed outside the intermediate link plates 6. Each bushing 5 in the link assembly 3 has a length substantially equal to the space between the intermediate link plates 6.
Patent GB-2374631-A (GB)
Title: Clip with elastic pieces for positioning the clip
Inventor: ICHIMARU TAKAHIDE
IPC: F16B5/06
Filed: 2002-03-25
Abstract: A clip 21, for attaching a cover 41 to a concave section 11 formed in a vehicle roof, comprises a base plate 22, bonded to an fixed to the bottom of the concave section 11, a holding section 23 for holding a holder 31 for attaching the cover 41 and plural pairs of elastic pieces 24A, 24B, which abut against side surfaces 12, 13 of the concave section 11 and allow clip 21 to be positioned centrally of a width direction of the concave section 11. Preferably the elastic force provided by elastic piece 24A is different from the elastic force provided by elastic piece 24B.
Patent GB-2386571-A (GB)
Title: Pipette with finger pressure application means proximate the tip of the device, and method of usage
Inventor: ABED FARHANG
IPC: C12M1/26
Filed: 2002-03-23
Abstract: A pipette comprises an elongate hollow body 10 and deformable finger pressure application means, such as a thinning in a wall of the body 10, or circumferential groove 22, proximate a material entry and exit aperture 18 at one end of the pipette. Also disclosed is a method of using the pipette by applying controlled finger pressure to the deformable means to encourage the imbibing of material into, or ejection of material from, the pipette using variation in air pressure in the standard manner of pipettes. When the deformable means is in form of a circumferential groove 22, the groove 22 may be covered by an elastic tube 26. The pipette may further feature a distal end cap 14, and variety of detachable tips 20 (20a, fig.4, 20b, fig.5).
Patent GB-2384117-A (GB)
Title: Thermal control
Inventor: SHAO ZHICHENG
IPC: H01H37/00
Filed: 2002-06-24
Abstract: A protective thermal control for an electric kettle includes terminals 7 carrying fixed contacts, movable contacts 4, 6 and a fusible element 17 to protect the appliance in case of an overheat situation. Bimetallic element 10 operates as a dry-boil control via dry heating lift pin 11 to switch off the appliance should a normal overheat situation arise, e.g. no water in the kettle. If this dry-boil control should fail, fusible element 17 melts, allowing flat spring 19 to move pin 16 down and push movable contact 6 away from terminal 7, thus switching the appliance off.
Patent GB-2388199-A (GB)
Title: Multiple scan chains with pin sharing
Inventor: SIM GYOO-CHAN
IPC: H01L21/822
Filed: 2002-07-17
Abstract: A circuit comprises several parallel scan chains each made up from a plurality of scan cells N0, N1, N2. Each scan chain is connected to a common scan input terminal 30, for receiving a scan input SI. The outputs from the scan chains may be provided to a common output terminal 34, via a multiplexer 32. Each scan chain has its own clock input SCK1 to SCKN, but these clock signals may be generated from a single clock input (see figure 3). Test vectors can be applied sequentially through the scan input, but only the bits for a selected scan chain are clocked into that chain by the corresponding scan clock. Fewer input and output terminals are used and this makes testing cheaper and quicker. The invention is particularly applicable to LSSD test systems for integrated circuits.
Patent GB-2375361-A (GB)
Title: Pre-stressed modular retaining wall system and method
Inventor: LEWIS CYRRUS GREGORY
IPC: E02D17/20
Filed: 2000-12-15
Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for constructing a pre-stressed modular construction for supporting or retaining an applied load. In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for pre-stressed modular retaining walls. The system comprises a plurality of header stacks (101) constructed from a variety of header units (110). The header stacks are coupled by structural members (130). Active reinforcement elements (115) are used to induce a pre-stressing force into the header stacks to support or retain the applied load. A method for constructing the modular construction is provided.
Patent GB-2381140-A (GB)
Title: Power supply arrangement to reduce in-rush current
Inventor: HASEGAWA TETSUYA
IPC: H02M1/36
Filed: 2002-07-29
Abstract: A load driving apparatus comprises a high voltage power source 2, a low voltage power source 3, a first switching element SW1, a second switching element SW2, a load 6, a current detecting section 24, and a control section 22. The first switching element is connected to the high voltage power source which supplies a high voltage to the load (6). The second switching element is connected to the low voltage power source which supplies a low voltage to the load. The current detecting section detects a value of current flowing in the load. The control section is connected the first switching element, the second switching element, and the current detecting section to control a voltage to be supplied to the load. The control section turns the second switching element ON at first, while the value of the current detected is more than a predetermined value. Once the value of current detected falls below the predetermined value, the control section turns the second switching element OFF and drives the first switching element supply the load. The control section may use PWM control. The load may be a lamp.
Patent GB-2392554-A (GB)
Title: Intermeshed guard bands for multiple voltage supply structures on an integrated circuit
Inventor: WARD JOSEPH A
IPC: H01L23/528
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: A CMOS integrated circuit (IC) 11 is provided that comprises a plurality of voltage supply structures formed above a substrate, the voltage supply structures 19A- 19E are at different voltages levels V  Ü  -V  Å  . Also provided are one or more guard bands 25 composed of at least one doped region formed in the substrate under each of the voltage supply regions, each guard band having fingers (29, Figure 3) extending from each end of the guard bands. Where there are two or more guard bands, the fingers on one end of the first guard band may be interposed between the fingers of the second, adjacent guard band.
Patent GB-2376072-A (GB)
Title: Route based ultrasonic monitoring system
Inventor: JOHNSON WILLIAM S
IPC: G01H1/00
Filed: 1999-04-30
Abstract: The route based ultrasonic monitoring method uses a central processing location to store test information concerning which machines to test and how to configure a portable ultrasonic sensing device 24 to test them. At the appropriate time, the test information is loaded from the central processing location into the portable processing and storage unit 32. The operator 20 is then prompted by the portable processing and storage unit 32 to proceed to a test location. Once at the test location, the portable processing and storage unit 32 provides the test information to the portable ultrasonic sensing device 24. The test is then performed by the operator 20 with the portable ultrasonic sensing device 24 and the test results are downloaded from the portable sensing device 24 to the portable processing and storage unit 32. Once all the tests along a particular route of testing locations have been performed, the test results are downloaded from the portable processing and storage unit 32 to the central processing location. The results of the most current set of tests are then compared to the results of previous tests to determine the presence of any machinery defects.
Patent GB-2377339-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for reciprocal awareness of intent to initiate and end interaction among remote users
Inventor: TANG JOHN C
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2001-03-09
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for providing distributed parties reciprocal information regarding each other's activities. For example, the method of the invention provides selected information regarding the availability of an intended recipient to engage in a communication session with an initiator, and reciprocally informs the intended recipient of the initiator's access to such information. Further, the method of the invention can provide a signal to an intended recipient to indicate an initiator's intention to establish a communication session. Further, the method of the invention provides a signal to each party to indicate whether a communication session has been established. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for informing the participants in a communication session of a party's intention to terminate its participation in the session.
Patent GB-2379768-A (GB)
Title: Memory device
Inventor: KWON HYUNG-JOON
IPC: G06F5/06
Filed: 2001-07-03
Abstract: In a memory device used with a block pipeline Reed-Solomon decoder for correcting errors by decoding data received from the outside, the memory device to which the received data is written and from which data is read comprises a plurality of memories 310, 320 and 330 each having dual banks, the memories being activated by a write/read command and an enable signal, and a buffer controller 300 for applying the write/read command and the enable signal for selecting a corresponding memory, and setting a write bank pointer and a read bank pointer such that banks for writing and reading of each frame of the data are selected from different memories with a predetermined offset.
Patent GB-2391823-A (GB)
Title: A storage box for toys
Inventor: MCCANN BRENDA
IPC: A63H33/00
Filed: 2002-11-18
Abstract: A storage box for toys comprises a base 3 and a lid 1. A pivot 2 joins the base to the lid. The underside of the lid forms a ramp, which may be used to drive or sort wheeled toys. A handle 8 and wheels 7 enable the user to move the box easily; the lid being fastened by a clip. Compartments within the base hold the cars in place and may be coloured to match the cars. Paths marked on the lid may also be coloured to match the cars.
Patent GB-2395925-A (GB)
Title: Ratchet mechanism covered by flexible ring
Inventor: HSIEN CHIH-CHING
IPC: B25B13/06
Filed: 2002-12-06
Abstract: A socket includes a socket body 20 having a connection portion for being connected with a tool, and an engaging ring 30 which is received in the body so as to be mounted to a but or a bolt head. A pawl 40 is movably inserted in a wall of the body and has a toothed surface 42 which is operatively engaged with a toothed outside 32 of the engaging ring in the body. A flexible ring 45 is mounted to an outside of the body and the pawl is covered by the flexible ring. The pawl includes an inclined surface 44 at one end. The periphery defining the hole 25 includes an inclined face 27 along which surface 44 of the pawl is slid. The periphery further includes a stop face which stops the movement of the pawl. The flexible ring may include two protrusion portions which define cavities for alternatively receiving the two heads of the pawl 130.