baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2545369-A (GB)
Title: Storage
Inventor: TIMOTHY JAMES HILL-BALDWIN
IPC: B62H3/08
Filed: 2013-07-19
Abstract: A storage apparatus for a bicycle comprising a rigid panel 5 and a flexible buffer 6 attached to the rigid panel, the flexible buffer extending about an opening suitable for accommodating a wheel of a bicycle. The storage apparatus further comprises a retractable locking handle 9. The wheel of a bicycle can be held by the flexible buffer 6 and a lock can be used to secure the bicycle to the securing bracket 2. The buffer may comprise a flexible silicone rubber sheet. The stand may include a vertical rod 4, with the support member 5 attached to it an angle of 20 to 45 degrees. A plurality of support members 5 may be located opposite or adjacent one another to support multiple bicycles, or pairs of supports may be used to support front and rear wheels. A monitoring and protection device may detect the presence, damage, or theft of a bicycle, and provide a visual, audible, or telephone alert if tampering is detected.
Patent GB-2545615-A (GB)
Title: Cationic surfactants for scale inhibitor squeeze applications
Inventor: ZHIWEI YUE
IPC: E21B37/06
Filed: 2014-12-22
Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for scale inhibitor squeeze treatments using certain cationic surfactants are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a pre-flush fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation, the pre-flush fluid comprising a cationic surfactant comprising two or more hydrophilic heads, at least one lipophilic tail, and one or more linking groups to which the hydrophilic heads and the lipophilic tail are bonded; and introducing a treatment fluid comprising anionic scale inhibitor into the portion of the subterranean formation after at least a portion of the pre-flush fluid has been introduced into the portion of the subterranean formation.
Patent GB-2562732-A (GB)
Title: Metering valve apparatus and method of metering a fluid
Inventor: THOMAS BICKFORD HOLBECHE
IPC: B65D83/54
Filed: 2017-05-22
Abstract: A metering valve apparatus comprises an enclosed shuttle member 112 defining a dosing chamber 172 between first and second ends of the shuttle member 112. Fluid communication between the dosing chamber 172 and each end of the shuttle member 112 may be selectively established or prevented by reciprocating the shuttle member between first and second positions. The shuttle member 112 preferably has a reduced diameter middle portion, with the transfer chamber 172 defined by an internal surface of an enclosure 114 and the reduced diameter external surface of the shuttle member 112. The enclosure preferably defines sealing surfaces 138, 140 which create a seal with the larger diameter surfaces of the shuttle member. Fluid bypass means, preferably longitudinal channels (160, 162, fig. 4) may be provided for bypassing the seals to allow filling of the transport chamber from fluid provided at the first end (116, fig. 2) of the shuttle member when in the first position, and to allow dispensing of fluid from the transport chamber at the second end (118, fig. 2) of the shuttle member when in the second position. Biasing means (166, fig. 4) may be provided for biasing the shuttle member towards the first position.
Patent GB-2554129-A (GB)
Title: Additive manufacturing processing with oxidation
Inventor: SERGEY MIRONETS
IPC: B33Y40/00
Filed: 2017-06-27
Abstract: A method of smoothing the surface of an article made by additive layer manufacturing in an inert environment, placing the article in a reactive environment where a compound forms a layer on a surface of the article and then removing this layer. The reactive environment can be oxidising, nitriding, carburising, sulfurising, boriding, chloriding or fluoriding. The reaction of the articles surface can be performed while heat treating, e.g. for stress relief, solution heat treatment or ageing. Reaction of parts of the articles surface can be prevented by masking. The layer can be removed by electro-polishing using the ionic liquid choline chloride. After smoothing the article its surface can be passiviated. The method can be used on articles such as fin heat exchangers, fuel nozzles and parts with complex internal channels and the articles can be made of nickel, iron, titanium or cobalt alloys.
Patent GB-2552276-A (GB)
Title: Optical element testing methods and systems employing a broadband angle-selective filter
Inventor: David l perkins
IPC: G01N21/31
Filed: 2015-08-12
Abstract: An optical element testing system includes a broadband angle-selective filter arranged along an optical path with an optical element to be tested. The system also includes a electromagnetic radiation transducer that outputs a signal in response to electromagnetic radiation that passes through the broadband angle-selective filter. The system also includes a storage device that stores data corresponding to the signal output from the electromagnetic radiation transducer, wherein the data indicates a property of the optical element in response to a test
Patent GB-2566509-A (GB)
Title: Driving assistance system and method
Inventor: Albert lam
IPC: B60W50/08
Filed: 2017-09-15
Abstract: Disclosed is a driving assistance system for a user of a vehicle, and a method of assisting the user of the vehicle. The system determines the identity of the user 202 and selects a pre-defined driver profile among a plurality of pre-defined driver profiles, based upon the received identity of the user 204. The system then associates the selected pre-defined driver profile with the user 206, and control operation of one or more components of the vehicle, based upon the pre-defined driver profile associated with the user 208. The driver profiles may contain parameters e.g. operation thresholds, for controlling vehicle components. The system may also adjust the parameters in a driver profile or select a different driver profile based on operational data. The system may also use artificial intelligence algorithms to determine a driving expertise or ability of the user and select a driver profile accordingly.
Patent GB-2568485-A (GB)
Title: A password generating system
Inventor: SIMON JOHN ADCOCK
IPC: H04W12/06
Filed: 2017-11-16
Abstract: A password generating system 1 comprising a password generator 2 comprising: a user interface 4 to obtain data personal to the user and a service name associated with a service or device for which the user desires a password; and an algorithm stored therein, wherein the password generator 2 is arranged to use the algorithm to generate a password at least in part derived from each of the service name and data personal to the user, with the data personal to the user comprising one of a personal identification number (PIN) or biometric data. The password generator 2 may provide passwords that are compliant with specified password requirements of the respective services and seemingly random, without the need to store any user specific data in the password generator, minimizing risk if the generator is lost or stolen and allowing one user to use another’s password generator as groups of password generators may be provided with identical algorithms stored therein. The password generator may also firstly authorize the user using a biometric verification. The password algorithm may further also take date information and/or a user identifier as input. The user identifier may be supplied by a token 3 (contact/contactless card).
Patent GB-2568698-A (GB)
Title: Formulation
Inventor: NICHOLAS JOHN LARKINS
IPC: A61P29/00
Filed: 2017-11-23
Abstract: A liquid formulation comprising active compounds 2-hydroxy-4-methoxyacetophenone (paeonol) or isomer thereof and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyacetophenone (apocynin) or isomer thereof wherein the ratio by weight of paeonol to apocynin is from 3:2 to 9:1, the formulation further comprising at least one excipient wherein the ratio by weight of total active compounds to excipient is from 2:3 to 9:1 is provided. A liquid formulation made from a eutectic mixture comprising active compounds paeonol or isomer thereof and apocynin or isomer thereof, the liquid formulation further comprising at least one excipient is outlined. The said formulation is of use in the treatment of inflammatory and/or neurodegenerative diseases. A method of production of a liquid formulation comprising active compounds paeonol or isomer thereof and apocynin or isomer thereof comprising (a) forming a eutectic mixture of active compounds paeonol or isomer thereof and apocynin or isomer thereof; and (b) adding an excipient is provided. The excipient may be a glycol, a polyhydric alcohol, or an ester and/or ether thereof. The excipient is preferably polyethylene glycol 400.
Patent GB-2569144-A (GB)
Title: Method for screening the activity of expressed polypeptides
Inventor: Nikolai Schwabe
IPC: C40B30/04
Filed: 2017-12-06
Abstract: A method for screening the activity of a polypeptide, and/or producing a polypeptide with a desired activity by said screening, comprising (i) expressing a polypeptide by cell-free in vitro translation and (ii) determining the activity of the expressed polypeptide by solution titration with an interaction member Preferably the method uses solution equilibrium titration (SET). The screening of a wild-type polypeptide and a mutant library derived there from can be used for identifying a activity of these polypeptides to an interaction member as a consequence of one or more point mutations. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for identifying polypeptides with therapeutically relevant properties as a consequence of the identified desired activity of a polypeptide from a mutant library.
Patent GB-2556709-A (GB)
Title: Product delivery control systems and methods
Inventor: BRUCE W WILKINSON
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus are provided in controlling product deliveries to customers. Some embodiments provide a system, comprising: a delivery control system comprising: a delivery control circuit; and a memory coupled to the delivery control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the delivery control circuit cause the delivery control circuit to: identify that a first customer has traveled beyond a first geo-location boundary associated with the first customer; trigger, in response to identifying that the first customer has traveled beyond the first geo-location boundary, a change in monitoring activity of movements of the first customer; identify that the first customer has traveled beyond a second geo-location boundary associated with the first customer; and automatically suspend the scheduled delivery of the one or more products to the delivery site in response to identifying that the first customer has traveled beyond the second geo-location boundary.
Patent GB-2563706-A (GB)
Title: Spherical bearing
Inventor: THOMAS LARS JOHANSSON
IPC: F16C23/08
Filed: 2018-02-27
Abstract: A spherical bearing has an inner spherical bearing member 306, an outer spherical bearing member 301, and two intermediate spherical bearing members 302-305 radially stacked in between the said inner and outer spherical bearing members, with each intermediate spherical bearing member being relatively rotatable to every other spherical bearing member. The bearing can have balls (fig 1-2), rollers (fig 4) or plain sliding surfaces. Each pair of bearing members can have a substantially common frictional moment so that the circumferential speeds of each pair is substantially the same. The frictional moment increases from the inner to the outer pairs so that the circumferential speed decreases from the inner to the outer. The bearings may have cages or seals.
Patent GB-2570011-A (GB)
Title: A phantom for multi-parametric calibration
Inventor: XAVIER GOLAY
IPC: G01R33/58
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: The invention provides a phantom for use in an MRI scanner comprising: an outer housing 2; a plurality of vessels 4a-k located within the outer housing, each of the vessels containing a material, wherein the value of a property of the material at a particular temperature is different for each of the vessels; and a phase change material between the outer housing and the vessels. The material within the vessels may be a liquid and the liquid may comprise a polymer dissolved, such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone, or a metallic salt dissolved in water in water. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing a phantom, a method for obtaining calibrated measurements from non‑ calibrated images using a phantom, a system for obtaining calibrated measurements from non-calibrated images, and a coil assembly for use in an MRI scanner.
Patent GB-2558452-A (GB)
Title: Gateway multi-view video stream processing for second-screen content overlay
Inventor: JOSEPH F WODKA
IPC: H04N21/845
Filed: 2016-10-05
Abstract: Particular embodiments use a multi-view coding (MVC) extension to provide second-screen content along with the first-screen content. In one embodiment, a head-end multiplexes the first-screen content with the second-screen content into a single content stream. The second-screen content is added to the video stream according to the MVC extension requirements. At the user end, such as at a gateway, instead of sending the first-screen content and second-screen content to the first-screen device, the gateway de-multiplexes the first-screen content and the second-screen content. The gateway can then send the first-screen content to the first-screen device while caching the second-screen content. When the gateway determines that the second-screen content should be displayed on the second-screen device, the gateway can send the second-screen content to the second-screen device for display on the second-screen of the second-screen device.
Patent GB-2575773-A (GB)
Title: Roof aperture surrounds
Inventor: Paul Boyt
IPC: E04D13/03
Filed: 2018-06-06
Abstract: A plurality of kerb section wall units 3 assembled together to form a boundary kerb or wall structure, each unit having means to attach the unit to the upper surface of a flat roof and to attach each unit to adjacent units, each unit consisting of a box-like structure formed of a metallic outer skin and being filled with thermally insulating material. The metallic outer skin may be formed of a C-section member whose edges are attached to a flat plate via a non-heat transmissible material or thermal break formed of a strip of thermally insulating plastics 16. Each unit may have a flange 11 extending from one edge to enable fixation to a flat roof. Also claimed is a roof aperture surround formed of a plurality of the kerb section wall units connected to one another by straps fixed as bridges between the inner walls of adjacent units. the external and top faces of the surround may be covered by a water impermeable or waterproof membrane 6. The metallic outer skin may be aluminium.
Patent GB-2578768-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for raising and lowering a utility pole
Inventor: PAUL ANDREW WESTON
IPC: F21V21/36
Filed: 2018-11-07
Abstract: The tool moves a first section of a utility pole, such as a traffic light or street lamp. The tool comprises a first part 202 for removable attachment to an upper section 102 of a pole and a second part 204 for attachment to a lower section 102 of a pole. In use the first and second parts are attached together may be connected together using a first pivot 206. An actuator is connected to the first part and the second part and the actuator is changed in length to cause the first section to rotate about the first pivot. In use the first and second parts move linearly and a key 224 is inserted to restrict movement of the first and second parts before a pivot member, forming the first pivot, is inserted. Also claimed is a system comprising the utility pole and the tool. A method is also claimed where the pivoting occurs as a result of a reduction in the length of the actuator.
Patent GB-2566623-A (GB)
Title: Rolling element assembly with bearings elements
Inventor: XIANWU LING
IPC: E21B10/62
Filed: 2016-07-22
Abstract: A drill bit includes a bit body including one or more blades extending therefrom and a plurality of cutters secured to the one or more blades. A rolling element assembly is positioned within a cavity defined on the bit body and includes a housing, a rolling element rotatable within the housing about a rotational axis, and one or more bearing elements extendable into a corresponding one or more arcuate grooves defined in the cavity to secure the housing within the cavity. The housing encircles more than 180 but less than 360 of a circumference of the rolling element while leaving a full axial width of the rolling element exposed.
Patent GB-2579845-A (GB)
Title: A device for marking a tubular member
Inventor: PAUL MICHAEL WARMISHAM
IPC: B43L13/20
Filed: 2018-12-18
Abstract: A device 1 for marking an external surface of a tubular member 20 having a body member 2 having an internal surface 4 adapted to at least partially encircle a portion of the tubular member , a side wall and a plurality of slots 5 formed in the side wall, each slot extending along the body member between a first end 6 of the body member and a second end 7 of the body member. The slots are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction around the body member. Each slot also extends at least partially around the body member in the circumferential direction. A method comprises using a marker pen to mark a tubular member by inserting the marker through the slots of the device in a first orientation and possibly again in a second orientation, the device being rotated by 180 degrees (Figs 4-7). This achieves accurate and reliable removal of oxidized polyethylene (PE) material from the end of a tube which is to be joined to another tube to form a pipeline via butt fusion jointing or electrofusion jointing.
Patent GB-2580918-A (GB)
Title: Axial flux electrical machine
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER ROGER LINES
IPC: H02K21/24
Filed: 2019-01-29
Abstract: A conductive coil 12 for a yokeless axial flux electrical machine stator (fig 1, 1) with distributed windings, the conductive coil comprising a first active section 121a and a second active section 121b, each active section extending in a radial direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the electrical machine (fig 1, 100) and comprising a plurality of winding turn portions 131a, 131b stacked parallel to the axis of rotation such that the second active section is pitched apart in a circumferential direction and axially offset from the first active section. The current may flow in opposite radial directions along the first and second radially extending active sections, wherein each active section further comprises a plurality of circumferentially stacked winding turn portions. The proximal ends of the winding turn portions may be connected by inner loop sections and the distal ends may be connected by outer loop sections, where the outer loop sections are parallel to the axis of rotation and comprise a semi-circular or rectangular section such that the outer part forms a half-disk or rectangular surface. The outer loop sections may form an involute part of the coil. Flux guides may be introduced in the spaces between the coils.
Patent GB-2583905-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for generating optical spectra
Inventor: HUI WANG
IPC: G01J3/28
Filed: 2019-04-24
Abstract: A target object, e.g. a food item, is illuminated with different colours of light in sequence by device display 164, e.g. a smartphone or tablet. Digital video of the corresponding received light sequence, reflected from the target object to video camera 152, is created. Frame images are obtained from the video, with spectral values derived from pixels, preferably in the same location, in each frame. The optical spectrum thus obtained may be classified, e.g. at server 12A, into categories using known spectra possibly stored on database 16. The method may allow food authentication by consumers using a mobile application, avoiding food frauds, using a non-specialised device without providing additional equipment e.g. a prism. At least 50 different colours may be used and may be rendered over a time of between 3 and 15 seconds. Properties of the optical spectrum may be represented as a feature vector and compared.
Patent GB-2572502-A (GB)
Title: Sampling frequency offset calculation
Inventor: NITZAN TZIFRONI
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 2015-06-03
Abstract: A non-data-aided method of estimating sampling frequency offset (SFO) in a wireless receiver, e.g. a DVB-T2 OFDM receiver, involves performing a plurality of correlations 505 between two identical sized groups of samples within a received signal. In one embodiment an approximate value of the sampling offset from within a range of candidate values (i= -7 to + 7) is determined by performing a plurality of correlations between a group of Ng samples of the guard interval with a group of Ng samples spaced from the guard interval by the useful period Nu and the current candidate value, and then repeating for all candidate values (three iterations are shown in fig. 3). An estimate of the SFO is based on the candidate value corresponding to the largest correlation result. In one embodiment the length of the guard interval Ng is not known, and so the correlations are repeated for a range of candidate guard interval lengths (510, 512, fig. 5). The correlation results are then normalized by dividing each result by the value of Ng used for the correlation. In another embodiment, correlations are performed over entire symbols (fig. 6) rather than just between guard intervals.
Patent GB-2585665-A (GB)
Title: Hydrogen fuelled internal combustion engine
Inventor: PAUL TURNER
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 2019-07-10
Abstract: A hydrogen fuelled reciprocating-piston i.c. engine has an air intake port 10; an exhaust port 24; intake and exhaust valves 14, 22; fuel injection into the combustion chamber or into the intake; at least one ignition device; and a forced induction system, eg comprising a turbocharger. The air intake does not have a throttle, the fuel injection system being configured to control engine power by variation of injected fuel quantity. The engine may operate very lean, eg with the air/fuel ratio λ in the range 2.2 - 40 to reduce NOx. The air intake may not promote tumble, swirl or turbulence. The piston 18 may have a flat or concave bowl, radiused lips, a single sealing ring and a single oil scraper ring. The engine may run without exhaust gas recirculation at low power but with EGR at high power. There may be little or no valve overlap. The engine may operate according to the Miller cycle.
Patent GB-2573702-A (GB)
Title: An elongate profile member
Inventor: BRIAN ANTHONY LAVERY
IPC: E06B3/22
Filed: 2014-09-23
Abstract: An elongate profile member of a frame or sash of a door or window has a protruding locating and retaining means 2. The locating and retaining means comprises a projection that is trapezoidal in cross-section, having a base located on an aperture-facing surface of the profile member. An upper side of the projection is distal from the base and two side portions taper from the upper side to the base. A packing means 20 has a planar support surface and a receiving means and is operably engaged with the locating and retaining means. The receiving means comprises two opposing prongs that are forcible over the upper side of the projection and are resiliently biased towards the side portions of the projection, such as by snap-fit. The retaining and locating means is suitable for retaining two or more different functional elements. The packing means is preferably used for a glazing panel.