baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2478925-A (GB)
Title: External filter for a fan
Inventor: FITTON NICHOLAS GERALD
IPC: F04D25/08
Filed: 2010-03-23
Abstract: An external accessory for a portable fan, especially a bladeless fan, includes a high energy particle arrester (HEPA) filter 200 and attachment fixtures for detachably attaching the accessory to a portable fan. Preferably the accessory is an annular sleeve which is locatable over an air inlet of the fan and is formed from two annular discs 206, 208 between which the filter, preferably in the form of a radially pleated filter material, is located. The filter may be surrounded by a perforated cylindrical outer cover 204 which is preferably transparent. Also claimed is the combination of the accessory and a portable fan. The accessory may be located upstream of the air inlet of the fan which may be a desk fan, a tower fan or a pedestal fan.
Patent GB-2469575-A (GB)
Title: Method of Browsing Metadata
Inventor: KING TONY RICHARD
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2010-04-15
Abstract: Metadata from one or more datasets is browsed by a client device displaying a graphical map including metadata resources and links between those resources. The user can browse the map by selecting a resource to initiate a query, which generates a revised map including new metadata resources. The metadata is preferably in RDF format, with styling information for generating the map being sent together with the RDF data. The metadata is preferably obtained from an adapter, which comprises a computer program which converts data from other formats to a standard format. The datasets may originate from a relational database or mail server, a connection to a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) media network, XML, RSS, a music library, HTML code to implement websites or distributed databases. The display client preferably uses the data representation within a virtual three-dimensional space.
Patent GB-2471375-A (GB)
Title: Authentication using a combination of both user and device public key certificates and attribute information
Inventor: BRADLEY CHARLES B II
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2010-06-18
Abstract: A user wishing to access a secured online service106is redirected to a security server110for authentication. The authentication procedure involves the submission of public key certificates116/118for both of a user and a work-station terminal102. The certificates are verified120against and X-509 database132. The user and workstation certificates may be bound together for extra security. If verification is successful attributes/caveats for both the user and the workstation are retrieved122from X.500 database134. These are used to determine allowance/denial of access to service106. If allowable the user may be presented with a secure token by token server108, which can be presented to application106in order to secure access.
Patent GB-2471232-A (GB)
Title: Venturi and method of manufacturing
Inventor: MCMASTERS MARIE ANN
IPC: F23R3/14
Filed: 2009-03-16
Abstract: A venturi 500 is disclosed, the venturi comprising a mixing cavity 550 surrounded circumferentially by an amiular venturi wall 502, and a s wirier 510 having a plurality of vanes 508 arranged circumferentially around a swirler axis 11, wherein the swirler 510 and the amlular venturi wall 502 have a unitary construction. In another exemplary embodiment the venturi 500 comprises an annular venturi wall 502, a swirler 510 located at an axially forward portion 509 of the venturi 500, the swirler 510 having a plurality of vanes 508 arranged circumferentially around a swirler axis 11, and a heat shield 540 located axially aft from the swirler 510, wherein the annular venturi wall 502, the swirler 510 and the heat shield 540 have a unitary construction. A method 700 for fabricating a unitary venturi 500 is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of determining three-dimensional information of the unitary venturi 500 having an annular venturi wall 502 and a swirler 510 having a plurality of vanes 508 arranged circumferentially around a swirler axis 11, converting the three-dimensional information into a plurality of slices that each define a cross-sectional layer of the unitary venturi 500, and successively forming each layer of the unitary venturi 500 by Rising a metallic powder using laser energy. Exemplary embodiments are disclosed, showing a unitary venturi 500 made by using a rapid manufacturing process. In one aspect of the invention, the rapid manufacturing process is a laser sintering process.
Patent GB-2470887-A (GB)
Title: Liquid storing and offloading device and drilling and production installations on the sea based thereon
Inventor: WU ZHIRONG
IPC: B63B35/44
Filed: 2009-03-26
Abstract: A fixed or floating liquid storing and offloading device for loading, storing and offloading the storing liquid underwater or on the surface, and fixed or floating platforms or movable artificial islands structurally based on the combined tanks in water of the device all adopt "the airtight pressure connectedly pressing seawater and storing liquid equal mass flow rate automatic replacement flow system", the operational mass is invariable in the course of offloading the storing liquid and the center of gravity can change only along the vertical Z coordinate axis of the installation.
Patent GB-2477656-A (GB)
Title: Vehicular vibration damping control device and vehicle mounted with vibration damping control device
Inventor: OIKAWA YOSHITAKA
IPC: B60W10/06
Filed: 2009-09-10
Abstract: A vehicular vibration damping control device that performs vibration damping of pitch/bounce vibrations of a ve hicle (10) through drive output control includes a vibration damping control portion (52a, 52b) that controls a driving torque of an engine (22) to perform pitcb/bounce vibration damping, and a compensation component adjustment portion (52d) that reduces the magnitude of a compensation component for compensating for a wheel torque calculated by the vibration damping control portion (52a, 52b) on the basis of an amount of change in the throttle opening degree of the engine (22). The compensation component is reduced when the temperature of a conductor (78) for supplying a current to a throttle motor (74) for adjusting a throttle opening degree estimated on the basis of the amoruit of change in throttle opening degree becomes higher than a predetermined value.
Patent GB-2477665-A (GB)
Title: Downhole mud motor and method of improving durability thereof
Inventor: JOHN HENDRICK
IPC: E21B4/02
Filed: 2009-11-04
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a downhole mud motor. The mud motor includes, a stator, a rotor in operable communication with the stator, a polymer in operable communication with the stator and the rotor, and a plurality of carbon nanorubes embedded in the polymer.
Patent GB-2496573-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and Method for Controlling a Cryogenic Cooling System
Inventor: GARSIDE JOHN
IPC: F25B49/02
Filed: 2011-09-27
Abstract: Apparatus for controlling a cryogenic cooling system comprising a supply gas line and a return gas line 3A, 3B coupled to a compressor 1 and to a mechanical refrigerator 2 via a coupling element 4. The coupling element is in gaseous communication with the supply and return gas lines and supplies gas to the mechanical refrigerator. The pressure of the supplied gas is modulated by the coupling element in a cyclical manner. A pressure sensing apparatus 6 monitors the pressure in at least one of the supply and return gas lines. A control system 5 is used to modulate the frequency of the cyclical gas pressure supplied by the coupling element in accordance with the pressure monitored by the pressure sensing apparatus. Preferably the coupling element is a rotary valve driven by a motor and the motor is controlled by the controlling system. The system may also include a temperature sensor.
Patent GB-2484834-A (GB)
Title: Systems, computer implemented methods, and computer readable program products to compute approximate well drainage pressure for a reservoir simulator
Inventor: MIDDYA USUF
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2010-05-06
Abstract: Systems, computer implemented methods, and program products to determine approximate static well pressures for one or more arbitrary shaped wells (119) by estimating the drainage volume (111) of the one or more wells (119), are provided. The drainage volume (111) of the one or more wells (119), for example, can be estimated from the one or more computed fluid flow flux vectors (107), and the approximate static well pressures for the one or more wells (119) can be subsequently calculated by taking the pore volume average of the dynamic grid block pressures within the drainage volume (111) of the one or more wells (119). The one or more fluid flow flux vectors (107) can be calculated at each iteration in a numerical reservoir simulator as a part of standard simulator computations, negating a need for additional, extraneous computations to calculate effective drainage volume (111) of the one or more wells (119).
Patent GB-2497121-A (GB)
Title: A method of impregnating a fragile dressing
Inventor: RICH SIMON FRANK
IPC: A61F13/00
Filed: 2011-12-01
Abstract: A process and apparatus for preparing a medical dressing comprising an impregnated fragile material, the process comprising providing a body of liquid impregnating medium comprising an agent to impregnate the fragile material; feeding the fragile material in a continuous manner to an inlet end of the body of liquid; moving the fragile material in a continuous manner through the body of liquid impregnating medium; and removing the thus impregnated fragile material from an outlet end of the body of liquid; wherein the fragile material is held in a dimensionally stable manner while moving between the inlet end and the outlet end of the body of liquid. Further, a method and apparatus for treating a tacky material is also disclosed, comprising providing a contact region; feeding the material to the contact region; feeding particles of a solid tackiness reducing agent to the contact region; and causing the said particles to move in a curved path within the contact region, so as to impinge on the surface of the material. The impregnating medium may be honey.
Patent GB-2497313-A (GB)
Title: Determining likelihood of handover success in a wireless communication network
Inventor: GANAPATHY SURESH
IPC: H04W36/00
Filed: 2011-12-06
Abstract: A wireless communication network wherein a first (source) base station (NodeB) is able to obtain information from a second (target) base station (NodeB). The information obtained is then used to determine whether a handover of a mobile communication device from the first base station to the second base station is likely to be successful. If the hand off is likely to be unsuccessful then the transfer can be halted before further network processing is undertaken. The obtained information may relate to load information of the second base station (i.e. how much spare capacity is available) or access control information (whether the mobile communication device will be allowed access to the second base station). The above can be used during handover between one Radio Access Technology (RAT) or band of a multimode access point to another RAT or band of the same multimode access point.
Patent GB-2497986-A (GB)
Title: A clip
Inventor: PATTERSON COLIN
IPC: F16L3/04
Filed: 2011-12-23
Abstract: A clip for securing an elongate article to a support comprises: a substantially U-shaped securing portion having an end wall and two side walls and an opening for receiving the article; and a fixing portion for fixing the clip to the support. The fixing portion is a pin and the pin extends from one of the side walls of the securing portion at an angle of substantially 90 degrees to the side wall. A method of securing an elongate article to a support using the clip is also provided.
Patent GB-2487286-A (GB)
Title: A cloud of solid particles at an elevated location covering an area of at least 1,000 square kilometres
Inventor: DAVIDSON PETER
IPC: A01G15/00
Filed: 2010-03-12
Abstract: A cloud of solid particles at an elevated location wherein the cloud 100 comprises at least 1,000 tonnes of solid particles over a region of at least 1,000 square kilometres. The cloud may comprise at least 10,000 tonnes of particles and the area covered may be more than 300,000 square kilometres. Substantially all the particles may be titanium dioxide, sodium chloride silicon or mixtures thereof and the particles may be of sub-micron size. The particles may be coated with hydrophobic materials which comprise siloxanes
Patent GB-2484620-A (GB)
Title: Medical diagnosis support apparatus, method of controlling medical diagnosis support apparatus, and program
Inventor: IIZUKA YOSHIO
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2010-07-23
Abstract: A medical diagnosis support apparatus includes an item display unit which displays, on a display, a plurality of items for which a parameter for deriving diagnosis support information can be input, a temporary input unit which inputs a plurality of different values as temporary input values for the plurality of items displayed by the item display unit, a deriving unit which derives, by referring to medical information, a plurality of pieces of diagnosis support information each corresponding to one of combinations of the plurality of different temporary input values, and a presenting unit which presents, on the display, the plurality of pieces of diagnosis support information derived by the deriving unit, together with the display of the plurality of items, in a list format.
Patent GB-2498726-A (GB)
Title: Automatic welding filter with tunable spectral transmission
Inventor: MAGNUSSON KRISTINA MARIA
IPC: A61F9/06
Filed: 2012-01-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic welding filter that changes from a light transmission state to a dark transmission state in response to incident welding light and includes a colour-tunable filter whose spectral transmittance can be varied to optimise the visual appearance of a welding task. The colour-tunable filter comprises at least one low twist liquid crystal cell disposed between polarisation filters having substantially parallel polarisation directions. The user is able to adjust the colour of the automatic welding filter in the dark transmission state, independently of the shade, in response to a user-selected colour signal which alters the birefringence properties of the low twist liquid crystal cell.
Patent GB-2490215-A (GB)
Title: 3D reverse time migration in tilted orthorhombic media
Inventor: ZHANG YU
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2012-04-12
Abstract: A method for generating an image of a tilted orthorhombic medium includes receiving seismic data related to the tilted orthorhombic medium (ORT) 600; calculating a wave propagation with a processing device by applying a second-order equation for reverse time migration to the seismic data to generate a tilted orthorhombic wave propagation 602; and generating the image of the tilted orthorhombic medium based on the tilted orthorhombic wave propagation 604. The second order acoustic wave equation may include a tilted first order derivative, an anisotropy parameter, and partial time derivatives. The wave propagation is related to pressure wavefields.
Patent GB-2502293-A (GB)
Title: A method for manufacturing a back contacted back junction solar cell module
Inventor: NESE MARTIN
IPC: H01L31/068
Filed: 2012-05-22
Abstract: Silicon based back-contacted back junction (BC-BJ) solar modules use the crystalline silicon on glass (CGS) technology approach on epitaxially grown wafers with emitter doping, optionally including surface field doping, followed by plasma texturing and CVD Â­based deposition of surface passivation films to finish the front side of the solar cells. Three epitaxial silicon layers (epi-layers) are grown on a porous release layer (Fig. 1b; 2) which is formed on a silicon donor wafer (Fig. 1b; 1). The first epi-layer 3 is an emitter layer, 0.2 - 5 microns thick, doped to a concentration from 1.1016 1.1020 cm-3 of either an N-type or a P-type doping element; the second epi-layer 4 is a base layer, 10 65 microns thick, doped to a concentration from 1.1015 to 1.1017 cm-3 of a doping element of the opposite conductivity to the first epi-layer; and the third epi-layer 5 is a surface field layer, 0.2 5 micons thick, doped to a concentration from 1.1016 to 1.1020 cm-3 of either a P-type or an N-type doping element. The major surface of the third epi-layer is surface textured 6 and a surface passivation film7 is formed on the major surface of the third epi-layer. The semi-finished cells are separated from the donor wafer (Fig. 1b; 1) by attaching a temporal chuck (Fig. 1c; 9) and cleaving the porous release layer, and laminated onto the front glass substrate (Fig. 1e; 22) of the solar panel such that a smooth and planar back surface is obtained, and back-side surface passivation 11 and electric contacts 14, 15 and cell interconnects are formed.
Patent GB-2503282-A (GB)
Title: Floating gear for transmission having friction and dog clutches on opposing sides
Inventor: ZABALA PEDRO
IPC: F16H3/08
Filed: 2012-06-22
Abstract: A transmission system comprising at least one floating gear 16a, 18a rotationally mounted upon a first shaft 10. The system comprising a floating gear activation system for controlling torque transfer between the at least one floating gear 16a, 18a and the first shaft 10. The gear activation system comprising a first device having a friction interface 28 for frictional engagement with a friction interface 30 disposed on a first side of the at least one floating gear 16a, 18a and a second device having a locking interface 25 for an interpositional engagement with a locking interface 26 disposed on a second side, opposing the first side, of the at least one floating gear 16a, 18a. The floating gear is rotationally coupleable to the first shaft by the friction interface 28 and/or the locking interface 25. Preferably the activation system is located between a pair of floating gears 16a, 18a having a frictional engagement 28 associated with one of the gears 16a and a locking engagement associated with the second gear 18a (Figure 1). A method is disclosed where a database containing a control parameter is updated when a predefined amount of slip is produced by the transmission.
Patent GB-2495184-A (GB)
Title: Temperature Controlled Habitat
Inventor: PRIESTLY GORDON IAIN
IPC: B23K37/00
Filed: 2012-09-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a habitat assembly comprising a habitat structure for undertaking hot work. Air is supplied to the habitat by an air supply system through a conduit (10). The air supply system comprises a fan or blower (12). Means for altering the temperature or humidity of the air (14) supplied to habitat is positioned down stream of the fan or blower. The fan or blower both creates and maintain an overpressure within the habitat structure and pumps air through the means for altering the temperature or humidity.The means for altering temperature may comprise a heater and/or an air conditioning unit (14). Also disclosed is an air conditioning unit for a habitat assembly, adapted to facilitate emergency shut down.
Patent GB-2508205-A (GB)
Title: Shotgun Cartridge Dispenser
Inventor: COMMON TOM
IPC: F42B39/00
Filed: 2012-11-23
Abstract: A shotgun cartridge dispenser 1 comprises at least one substantially hollow elongate housing 2 for receiving a plurality of shotgun cartridges stacked longitudinally, end on end. The housing 2 has an upper end and a lower end, the upper end comprising an opening 4 for insertion of and dispensing of shotgun cartridges. Biasing means are located inside the housing 2 and are arranged to urge cartridges contained within the housing upwards, towards the opening 4. An end portion is connected to the upper end of the housing 2. The end portion comprises an end plate 7. In use, the end plate 7 is positioned such that it contacts the uppermost shotgun cartridge 11 and maintains tension in the biasing means.
Patent GB-2509064-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for distributing health data
Inventor: BEAME CARL
IPC: G16H10/60
Filed: 2012-12-18
Abstract: A method of distributing health data, a distributed health record system and program implementing same, are disclosed. The invention is concerned with securely accessing patient or health data of an individual when emergency healthcare is required. At least one portable computerreadable medium 20 has a unique identifier 22 and a respective encryption key, and stores encrypted health data of an individual and decryption means. A server 108 connected to a network stores the or each unique identifier and the or each respective encryption key. When the medium is read by a computing device 101 connected to the network for accessing the encrypted health data stored therein, an authorization token is obtained at the server from the decryption means, and the respective encryption key of the medium is obtained from the server with the decryption means based on the authorization token, whereby the encrypted health data can then be decrypted with the respective encryption key received.
Patent GB-2495456-A (GB)
Title: Accelerator for virtual machine migration
Inventor: HOU RUI
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2011-06-20
Abstract: The present invention discloses an accelerator and its method for realizing supporting virtual machine migration, the method comprising: acquiring a task request from a task queue; extracting the identification information of a related virtual machine from the task request; determining whether the identification information of the related virtual machine matches the identification information of a virtual machine to be migrated recorded in a virtual machine identification information table; and if they match, deleting the task request from the task queue. The method and accelerator according to embodiments of the present invention can support rapid and efficient migration of a virtual machine, so as to eliminate the migration delay caused by the factor of uncertain wait time introduced by the accelerator.
Patent GB-2511566-A (GB)
Title: Gas supply cartridge
Inventor: PAYNE SIMON
IPC: B01J7/00
Filed: 2013-03-08
Abstract: A fuel cartridge 1 for generating gas comprises: a cartridge housing 2; a reaction chamber 3 containing fuel; a fluid supply chamber 1 within the cartridge housing and containing a fluid reactant, the fluid supply chamber being coupled to the reaction chamber for supplying the fluid reactant to the reaction chamber; and wherein the cartridge includes a temperature sensitive element 9 adapted to control the supply of fluid reactant to the reaction chamber, the temperature sensitive element configured to reversibly restrict the supply when a threshold temperature is exceeded. The temperature sensitive element may include a thermo-mechanical actuator, wherein the movement of the actuator in response to temperature acts to control the supply of reaction fuel to the reaction chamber. The thermo-mechanical actuator may be a bimetallic strip. A method for use of the fuel cartridge is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2513118-A (GB)
Title: Gas inlet system for isotope ratio analyser
Inventor: WAPELHORST ERIC
IPC: H01J49/04
Filed: 2013-04-15
Abstract: A gas inlet system for introducing gas into an isotope ratio analyser, comprising: a supply of analyte gas; an analyte gas line for transporting a flow of analyte gas from the supply of analyte gas; a supply of carrier gas; and a carrier gas line for transporting a flow of carrier gas from the supply of carrier gas; wherein the analyte gas line joins the carrier gas line at an analyte-carrier junction to mix the analyte gas and the carrier gas, wherein the analyte-carrier junction is further connected to an exit gas line for transporting the mixed gas from the junction to the isotope ratio analyser, and wherein the analyte-carrier junction is positioned downstream of an opening on the carrier gas line. The isotope ratio analyser may be a mass spectrometer or an optical spectrometer may be for determination of a concentration dependence of an isotope ratio measurement.