baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2472131-A (GB)
Title: Roofing glazing bar
Inventor: MCDOWALL DAVID
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 2010-06-24
Abstract: The glazing bar assembly, includes a glazing bar profile element which has a stalk2element, and laterally extending respective base elements3for supporting a surface of a panel edge, the panels being retained by overlying wing elements12,13configured to cooperate with the stalk2and base3elements in holding the edge of a panel. The base elements may have upper and lower base webs connected by side walls forming a quadrilateral box-section or tubular form base of twin walled or double skinned form with improved structural strength. The wing elements may have an upstanding component14comprising a side wall portion15of a closed section and an upwardly extending web25. Fasteners may extend through the upwardly extending web to fix the wings to the stalk. A cladding system for covering the roof or walls of a building using panels, of glass, plastics or other fabrication material includes the glazing bar assembly which holds the panels in an edge to edge abutting relationship and exhibits improved properties with regard to blast mitigation.
Patent GB-2477826-A (GB)
Title: Silicone sealant removal tool
Inventor: PARRY DARREN
IPC: E04F21/00
Filed: 2010-09-23
Abstract: The silicone sealant removal tool has a cutter and a handle attached to each other by means of a nut passing through holes and a bolt (108) The cutter has two elements (110, 112) arranged in a generally perpendicular alignment with respect to each other, forming an inner surface having the perpendicular angle, and an outer surface. Each element has a generally trapezoidal shape and has cutting blades (114, 116) along non-parallel edges. This means that the cutter can be moved in either direction along a bead of sealant to be removed. The cutter typically has blades made of hardened steel. One of the elements has a fixing tab offset inwardly from the outer surface by a step (122). The fixing tab has lugs which engage with corresponding depressions on the handle to allow the handle to be aligned correctly, either for right-handed or left-handed use. The depressions on the handle are offset with respect to the midline of the handle, which means that the handle is arranged at an angle to the junction between the two trapezoid elements. This means that when the handle is grasped by a user, the user may exert pressure against one of the surfaces having silicone sealant to be removed. The handle also has a bend in it, which means that when the handle is fixed to the cutter, it extends at an angle away from the plane of the fixing tab. This means that when the handle is grasped by a user, the users hand does not rub against the surface having the silicone sealant to be removed.
Patent GB-2478857-A (GB)
Title: A baby carrier with a belt adjusted inclinable back plate
Inventor: LIU TSAN MING
IPC: A47D9/00
Filed: 2011-03-18
Abstract: A baby carrier with an adjustable back plate 3 for supporting a baby at selected inclinations comprises a main body 2, a back plate 3 pivoted on a bottom wall of the carrier, a belt 4 extending across the carrier and passing underneath the back plate 3, and a belt adjustment mechanism 5 mounted to one side of the carrier to allow the length of the belt to be adjusted by a care-giver. By changing the length of the belt 4, the inclination of the back plate 3 of the carrier can be adjusted. Preferably, the back support plate 3 comprises at least one loop [31, Fig. 4] for retaining the belt 4. The belt adjustment mechanism 5 preferably comprises a mount [51, Fig. 5] attached to one side of the carrier's main body, a release actuator [52, Fig. 5] pivoted to the mount and forming a gap through which the belt 4 can pass, and a resilient biasing element [53, Fig. 5], e.g. a torsion spring, which urges the actuator to press against the belt. Preferably the release actuator has a pressing portion [55, Fig. 5] formed with teeth that press against and grip the belt.
Patent GB-2489520-A (GB)
Title: Pressure-measuring glow plug with seal
Inventor: HERRMANN HARTMUT
IPC: F02P19/00
Filed: 2011-03-31
Abstract: A pressure-measuring glow plug 1 for operating in a combustion engine, comprising at least a glow element 2, a plug shell 3, a bellow chamber 4, a bellow element 5 situated in said chamber and fixed on the glow element, an integrated pressure sensor and sealing means 6 to avoid soot contamination of the bellow chamber. The sealing means 6 is placed at the entrance of said chamber 4. The sealing means 6 may be a resilient washer 6a with a flexible flange 6b.
Patent GB-2492350-A (GB)
Title: A touch switch with a backlight that is programmable in colour and intensity
Inventor: WANG DAVID
IPC: H03K17/18
Filed: 2011-06-28
Abstract: A touch switch for a lamp comprises a touch portion or portions for operating a lamp and further touch portions R,B,G for controlling the colour and intensity of the switch backlight. The user may thus choose a backlight colour to match interior decoration. The backlight may enable location of the switch at night, and the backlight brightness may be altered automatically when the switch is touched. The backlight may be provided by LEDs illuminating a transparent or translucent light guide plate (30, figure 4). The touch switch portions may be provided with apertures to allow light from LED switch status indicators to be seen. The touch switch is easy to clean and may be of capacitive, resistive or infra-red type.
Patent GB-2484782-A (GB)
Title: Cooling system for a motor vehicle combustion engine with a pressure sensor behind a diaphragm
Inventor: REISS MATTHIAS
IPC: B60H1/00
Filed: 2011-09-26
Abstract: A cooling system (figs 2 & 3) for a motor vehicle combustion engine has a pressure sensor 3 with an impermeable diaphragm 4 in contact with the coolant on a first side 5 and a sensor 6 separated from the coolant on a second side 7. The pressure sensor 3 can be in an expansion tank (10, fig 2) or at the outlet of a coolant pump (12, fig 3), and can have a silicon-based sensor chip. The diaphragm 4 can be tantalum or HNBR, and adhered to a housing with fluid (e.g. air) correcting pressure damping effects.
Patent GB-2496690-A (GB)
Title: Measurement apparatus and method with variable path lengths and variable reflective surfaces
Inventor: THENNADIL SURESH N
IPC: G01N21/03
Filed: 2011-11-21
Abstract: A measurement system and associated method and sensor probe comprising a radiation source 10 and a detection system15. Radiation from the source is incident on a sample 25 and the detection system receives at least part of the radiation via the sample. The system is reconfigurable to vary a path length of the radiation through the sample and/or a reflectance of at least one surface upon which the radiation is incident after passing through the sample. This can be achieved via interchangeable dividers 35a-b, or a plunger arrangement (35c, Fig 2), or an arrangement of optical fibres (205, 210 Fig 5). A property of the sample may be determined based on first and second measurements using different path lengths and/or different reflective surfaces. Alternative claimed embodiments relate to a guide for moving the detection system between positions, a sensor probe comprising spaced apart and angled optical fibres and a sample holder with a movable divider for varying the dimensions of a sample chamber.
Patent GB-2498555-A (GB)
Title: Truncated conical shaped pool or bath
Inventor: WROBEL MALGORZATA
IPC: A47K3/06
Filed: 2012-01-19
Abstract: The pool 10 comprises a chamber formed into a truncated conical internal cavity with a wider top than bottom, such that a person can stand in the chamber with the upper torso extending out of the top end and exercise the lower body in the water. The pool is preferably made from compactable inflatable rings 13a-e formed of circular tubes with a base 4 secured to the bottom ring. The rings may have the same diameter but the tubes may have a decreasing diameter going upwards to create a wider space at the top. Alternatively the tubes 3a-e may have a constant diameter and the rings have an increasing diameter to increase the space at the top. The pool/bath may incorporate a drain. A plate may be located at the bottom of the pool to distribute the weight of the pool. Preferably the pool may be formed from welded or glued polyvinyl chloride (PVC) , Polyurethane (PU) or other plastics sheet material.
Patent GB-2485939-A (GB)
Title: A casualty bag
Inventor: OEI SU KAI
IPC: A61G17/06
Filed: 2010-02-11
Abstract: The present invention relates to a casualty bag. In a preferred embodiment, the casualty bag comprises a flexible hull, and a closure (32) connected to the hull. The hull has an outer surface, an inner surface and peripheral side edges. The hull comprises an elongated central member (34) and a pair of foldable wing members (36). The elongated central member (34) has two lengths and two widths, with a wing member (36) connected to each length of the central member (34). The hull is symmetrical in shape about an imaginary longitudinal midline axis, with a left half and a right half. The closure (32) is connected to the peripheral side edges of the hull, and is operable to connect the peripheral edges of the two halves of the hull together to form the casualty bag enclosure.
Patent GB-2491933-A (GB)
Title: Support device for suspending insulation mounted between joists
Inventor: BURNS DAVID JOHNSTON
IPC: E04B1/76
Filed: 2012-04-27
Abstract: The device is secured in use between two joists and leaves an air gap between the bottom of the device and the plane level with the bottom of the joists to allow space for recessed lighting. There is also space above the device and the plane level with the top of the joists to suspend, hang or support insulation. The device may be secured to the joists using screws or ends that cut into the joists using a push fit. The device may include upper and lower portions that are affixed together, the lower portion acting as a support for electrical cables or other services conduits such as pipes. In use a number of the devices are used in a row hold the insulation. The device may be used to stiffen, strengthen or reinforce the floor it is located in and eliminates the need for dwangs or noggins/noggins between joists and struts.
Patent GB-2491036-A (GB)
Title: Tubing Hanger Setting Confirmation System
Inventor: FENWICK RODNEY MARK
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2012-05-18
Abstract: A subsea wellhead arrangement providing an indication of an action by a wellhead member 11, located on a running tool (fig 1, 15), on a wellhead 13. The subsea wellhead assembly includes at least one positive indicator assembly 37 disposed within a wellhead member 11 and a communication line 27, 29 attached to the indicator and extending from the wellhead member 11 to a platform (fig 1, 19) to transmit a signal. The indicator comprises an indicator stem 67and the movement of the stem provides the signal to be communicated along the communication line 27, 29. Preferably the signal is based on the movement of the indicator releasing pressure in the communication line, the pressure drop being detected at the platform. The indicator may be arranged to provide positive indication of landing the wellhead member on the wellhead (fig 3) or an indication of movement of an activation sleeve relative to the wellhead member (fig 5).
Patent GB-2490852-A (GB)
Title: Variable-pitch mechanism for the blades of a system of contrarotary fans and system of contrarotary fans comprising at least one such mechanism
Inventor: BALK WOUTER
IPC: B64C11/30
Filed: 2011-03-15
Abstract: Variable pitch mechanism for the blades of a fan (16) of a system of contrarotary fans for a turbomachine, each blade (16a) being able to move about a radial axis (Y), said mechanism comprising a linear actuator, means (56) for converting the movement delivered by the linear actuator into a rotation of each of said blades (16a) in a way that is synchronized about their radial axis (Y), said means comprising a fitting (48) of longitudinal axis (X) formed of a central annulus (50), of an outer annulus (52), and of a plurality of radial arms (54) rigidly connected to the central annulus (50) and to the outer annulus (52), said central annulus (50) being intended to receive the actuation of the linear actuator, said central annulus (50) and said outer annulus (52) being arranged in two distinct planes both orthogonal to the longitudinal axis (X) such that the fitting (48) has the shape of a cone frustum.
Patent GB-2494844-A (GB)
Title: Device, kit and method for colouring hair
Inventor: MERCIER MICHEL
IPC: A45D19/00
Filed: 2011-06-23
Abstract: A hair-penetrating shield 220 comprises a tooth array having top 280 and bottom 290 surfaces. In some embodiments, for a majority of the teeth, a cross section of each tooth (for example, triangular in shape) has an asymmetric width profile such that the tooth cross section, on average, is narrower near the top of the tooth and wider near the bottom of the tooth. In some embodiments, a ratio between: i) a first average tooth width describing the average tooth width below the top-bottom midpoint; and ii) a second average tooth width describing the average tooth width above the top-bottom midpoint is at least 1.2, or at least 1.6. In some embodiments, a non- viscous hair-coloring agent is dispensed as a mist over the top of the surface of the shield so as to color roots of hair passing through the spaces between the teeth of the user's hair. In some embodiments, closely-spaced teeth of the hair penetrating shield protect the user's scalp from the non-viscous hair-coloring agent. Related methods and kits are disclosed herein.
Patent GB-2498292-A (GB)
Title: Low temperture sulfur tolerant tar and sulfur removal with contomitant synthesis gas conditioning
Inventor: PANSARE SOURABH S
IPC: B01J23/80
Filed: 2011-09-13
Abstract: A catalyst comprising of NiO; Al2O3; and ZnO. The catalyst is capable of greater than 5% sulfur removal from a synthesis gas at a temperature range from 300Â°C to 600Â°C.
Patent GB-2502197-A (GB)
Title: Communication in laser tracking system
Inventor: STEFFENSEN NILS P
IPC: G01S17/86
Filed: 2011-04-21
Abstract: A user provides commands to a laser tracking system so as to control its operation by means of interrupting the light between the tracker and a retroreflective target using the users hand, so as to provide amplitude modulated light at the tracker sensor. The sensor is an array such as a digital camera. The target may be a SMR (surface mounted reflector). Different patterns of interruption convey different instructions, one of which is to track (lock on to) the target. The tracker also determines the target range; shaft encoders in the tracker provide angular position. The retroreflector may also have an associated light source (e.g. LED), also controlled by the user.
Patent GB-2513362-A (GB)
Title: Water-Saving Cistern for a toilet
Inventor: SPUY DAVID GRANT VAN DER
IPC: E03D1/18
Filed: 2013-04-24
Abstract: An actuator mechanism 10 is provided for a cistern 12 that is normally kept empty. When required, a fill button 42 is pressed, which opens a pilot valve 30 and an inlet valve 28 and the fill button is held in place by a latch 54 until rising water in the cistern lifts a float 50, which releases the latch and allows the inlet valve to close. The toilet is flushed by pushing a flush button 56 that opens a conventional flush valve 20. A later embodiment relates to a method of providing water to a toilet using said mechanism.
Patent GB-2503601-A (GB)
Title: Blood Separation system and method for a dry test strip
Inventor: HUGHES GARY
IPC: C12M1/34
Filed: 2012-04-23
Abstract: A dry test strip layer for filtering red blood cells includes a Borosilicate Glass Fiber layer and lectin, impregnated in the borosilicate layer, such that the dry test strip is configured to filter red blood cells from a blood sample and perform bodily fluid analysis with particular application to on-site testing of particular analytes in blood.
Patent GB-2512968-A (GB)
Title: Holography 3D display
Inventor: CHOE WOOYOUNG
IPC: G02B30/33
Filed: 2013-12-16
Abstract: A holographic three dimensional display is provided in which no 3D cross-talk problem arises. The display comprises a display panel 10 representing a hologram image with a back light unit on the rear side of the display panel 10. First and second light path deflecting cells 30a, 30b are positioned in front of the display panel 10 for forming a first prism pattern along a first direction and which rotating by a predetermined angle from a perpendicular axes of the display 10 respectively. The cells may be formed from liquid crystal prisms.
Patent GB-2521623-A (GB)
Title: Coaxial borehole heat exchangers and installation thereof
Inventor: STEWART JAMES JONATHAN
IPC: F24J3/08
Filed: 2013-12-23
Abstract: A coaxial borehole heat exchanger 58 comprising an outer tubular metal casing 54 located in a borehole 66, the outer tubular metal casing comprising a series of tubular sections 50, 52 which have opposed ends interconnected by an annular weld 56. The method of installation involves the lower section 50 being placed into the borehole 66 and the upper section 52 being welded to the upper end of the lower section, this process is repeated with multiple sections to reach the required casing length. The casing is surrounded in the borehole by a grout layer (10, fig 5), the grout is corrosion resistant preferably by the inclusion of zinc oxide in the grout.
Patent GB-2513719-A (GB)
Title: Polysilazanes as anti-strip agents for asphalt
Inventor: SELCUK SIBEL
IPC: E01C7/26
Filed: 2014-03-13
Abstract: Asphalt binders are prepared by reacting chlorosilanes with ammonia to produce polysilazanes and combining the polysilazanes with asphalt binder. The asphalt binder composition may be combined with aggregate and used as pavement material. Sources for the chlorosilanes include waste chlorosilanes such as direct process residue. The polysilazanes function as anti-stripping agents.
Patent GB-2509264-A (GB)
Title: Create rhythmic password and authenticate based on rhythmic password
Inventor: WANG YIMIN
IPC: G06F21/31
Filed: 2012-06-25
Abstract: This solution utilizes the biometric factors reflected in the typing as a kind of physiological password, to create a rhythmic password specific to the user, and to authenticate based on the rhythmic password. This solution provides a method for creating a rhythmic password, a system for creating a rhythmic password, as well as a method and system for authenticating based on a rhythmic password. This solution utilizing the rhythm of a user inputting text can bring multiple advantages, including enhanced security of the password, and saving the user's cost of memorizing the password.
Patent GB-2524105-A (GB)
Title: An applicator
Inventor: FLETCHER JANE
IPC: A45D19/02
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: A hair colourant applicator 10 comprises a colourant receptacle 15 and a top 20. Hair strands are positioned between the receptacle, which contains the colourant, and the top 20. The hair is pressed into the colourant held in receptacle 15 by the pressing the top 20. The hair strands are drawn through the applicator in use to apply colourant to the length of the strands. The colorant receptacle 15 and the top 20 are preferably connected together by a hinge. The top 20 may comprise a depression which extends into the receptacle 15 in use. The applicator is preferably formed from a plastic material. The applicator is particularly useful for solid hair colourant in brick form.
Patent GB-2511437-A (GB)
Title: Game show with specialized voting procedure
Inventor: HU WILLIAM
IPC: A63F9/24
Filed: 2012-08-24
Abstract: A method of providing a game show that includes broadcasting performances from a plurality of contestants to audience members and receiving lists from the audience members. Each list received contains the identifiers of at least two contestants. These lists are tabulated and a vote is recorded for a contestant each time the identifier for that contestant appears on a list. The contestants are then ranked in order of the number of votes each received, with the contestant who received the least votes ranked first. The contestant with the most votes and/or the contestant with the least votes are named the winner. The group of audience members who submitted lists that rank the contestants in order of who received the fewest votes to who received the most votes also win.
Patent GB-2514891-A (GB)
Title: Improved syringe assembly
Inventor: ANDERSON IAN
IPC: A61M5/315
Filed: 2014-03-26
Abstract: A syringe assembly 10 has a first, axially movable stopper 14 which is disposed in a barrel 12 and functions as a separating piston to provide a sealing configuration between two chambers 16,18 and which comprises a two-way valve 14a movable from the sealing configuration to an open configuration by an increase in pressure in either of the first and second chambers caused by reciprocation of a first plunger rod 22 connected to the first stopper to put the two chambers in communication with each other and enable mixing of medicaments. Mixed medicament is delivered by advancing a second stopper 20, through which first plunger rod 22 extends, by means of a second plunger rod 24 either using a flange 24a or by selective engagement to the first plunger rod 22. The two-way valve 14a may comprise a resilient seal of deformable flexible flaps extending fully or partially around the side of the first stopper 14, or may be a two-way valve through the stopper 14.
Patent GB-2529441-A (GB)
Title: System for use in steering apparatus
Inventor: TALBOT KEVIN
IPC: H03M1/78
Filed: 2014-08-20
Abstract: User inputs from controls (16, Figure 1), preferably part of a Human Machine Interface (HMI)) on a steering apparatus (10, Figure 1), particularly a steering wheel or steering column, can be classified using a system comprising a resistor ladder circuit 56 configured to measure an output across a resistor ladder from the controls, a data memory storing pre-determined output data relating to each control, and a processor 60 configured to receive the output from resistor ladder circuit 56, compare the measured output with pre-determined outputs stored in a data memory, and classify the measured output to a corresponding pre-determined output indicating a control selection. Processor 60 also monitors and corrects for a difference between the measured output and the corresponding pre-determined output. Typically the output data comprise a voltage band for each control, with an offset adjusted according to the difference between a measured voltage and an initial voltage. Resistor ladder 56 may optionally comprise means to debounce the signal from the controls.
Patent GB-2531789-A (GB)
Title: Pierce device
Inventor: PHILIP CANNER
IPC: F17C7/00
Filed: 2014-10-31
Abstract: A piercing needle 80 for piercing a gas fed device such as an atomiser (10 figure 1). The needle has a chamfered profile. The needle interior passage is shaped to be broader at its base 86 than at its point 84 to facilitate its removal from the gas fed device. A side channel (95 figure 5) may be provided to provide a side gas flow path for gas moving from the inside of the needle to the inside of the gas fed device. The needle tip (102 figure 6) may alternatively be closed and gas flow solely via a side passage (105 figure 6).