baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2421468-A (GB)
Title: Bonding moulded foamable material to a moulded carrier
Inventor: VALENTIN JEAN-YVES
IPC: B29C69/00
Filed: 2004-12-21
Abstract: Laminar mouldings consisting of a foamable material 2 supported on a moulded carrier 1 are obtained by simultaneously moulding the carrier 1 at a first temperature and the foamable material 2 at a lower temperature, and bringing the moulded foamable material 2 into contact with the moulded carrier 1 at a temperature at which it adheres to the carrier 1 to produce the laminar moulding. The carrier may be produced by injection moulding in a first cavity. The foamable material may be simultaneously injection moulded in a second cavity in order to produce a pattern of the foam it is desired to apply to the carrier. The foamable material can foam at temperatures between 115{C and 140{C and bond at temperatures below 120{C. Before bonding, the temperature of the carrier and material 2 is controlled by heaters 3, 4.
Patent GB-2409562-A (GB)
Title: Transaction systems
Inventor: LAWMAN MATTHEW
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2003-10-08
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electronic POS (EPOS) system, comprising an EPOS terminal (100), with the addition of a remote display device (105) that is adapted to be carried, worn, for example on a T-shirt (115), or which adorns a user of the (EPOS) system. The system is arranged so that information associated with a customer order or sale is communicated to and displayed by the remote display device (105), in a manner by which a customer is able to view on the remote display device (105) details of the transaction they are participating in, during their interactions with the user of the (EPOS) system, even when they are unable to see information displayed by the (EPOS) terminal (100). Embodiments of the invention find application in addressing the fraud of under-ringing, whereby an unscrupulous member of sales staff steals money from his or her employer by receiving a customer order, registering (or 'ringing') a cheaper order into the (EPOS) terminal, charging the customer the full amount of money for the order and supplying the correct order to the customer (so that the customer is unaware of any wrong-doing), placing into a cash drawer of the (EPOS) system only the sum of money that was previously registered and stealing the difference in cash between the lower amount that was registered and the full amount that was paid by the customer.
Patent GB-2413343-A (GB)
Title: Computerised optimisation of subsea multiple well production fluids
Inventor: KILLIE RUNE
IPC: E21B43/00
Filed: 2005-04-25
Abstract: A system, method, and software for optimizing the commingling of well fluids from a plurality of producing subsea wells. The mixing temperature and water content in each header of a collection manifold are calculated for each subsea well and header combinations, responsive to data from sensors at the collection manifold. Combinations with conditions outside operational limits are then discarded. Remaining combinations are ranked based on predetermined optimization criteria. The ranked combinations are provided for the operator for optimizing flow properties and well fluid production. The calculations can restart with new, real-time sensed values from the subsea collection manifold.
Patent GB-2425704-A (GB)
Title: A hay feeder with a mesh type hinged lid
Inventor: MAYES JOHN
IPC: A01K5/00
Filed: 2005-05-07
Abstract: A hay feeder comprises a holding vessel 2 with a mesh lid 3 attached by a hinge 4. The lid fits inside the rim of the holding vessel and is fitted with a ratchet mechanism 5. The lid presses down onto the hay which is placed in the feeder allowing a horse to draw hay through the mesh. The ratchet allows movement of the lid in one direction only. The lid prevents the animal from rooting about in the food and reduces wastage. To refill the feeder, the ratchet is released using ratchet arm 6 and the lid opened. The feeder may be mounted centrally on a wall 1 or in a corner. The feeder may also be mounted on a hinge which allows for it to be swung to the outside of the stable when not required.
Patent GB-2418059-A (GB)
Title: Battery Pack
Inventor: REJMAN MARCIN
IPC: H01M50/50
Filed: 2005-09-07
Abstract: The invention relates to a battery pack (2) for the power supply of an electrical appliance, in particular of an electric tool, with a casing (4) consisting of plastic, which receives at least one battery cell (6) and exhibits at least one wall section (8, 22, 28, 40, 46, 48) which is situated opposite an outer peripheral face (10) of the battery cell (6) inserted into the casing (4) . It is stipulated that the wall section (8, 22, 28, 40, 46, 48) of the casing (4) and the peripheral face (10) of the battery cell (6) are of complementary shape along at least a quarter of the periphery of the battery cell (6) and bear positively against one another.
Patent GB-2430292-A (GB)
Title: Printing digital documents
Inventor: GONZALEZ MANUEL
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 2005-09-16
Abstract: A printed digital document provided with a pattern of printed features which provides positional information for a reader 20 incorporates printing information which relates to at least one characteristic of the printing of the document.
Patent GB-2419937-A (GB)
Title: Engine coolant junction to reduce the amount of air entrained in a heater flow
Inventor: HUTCHINS WILLIAM RICHARD
IPC: F01P11/02
Filed: 2005-10-18
Abstract: An engine cooling system with a radiator (12, fig 1) for cooling a liquid coolant for the engine comprising: a bypass (17, fig 1) arranged in parallel with the radiator; a pump to circulate the coolant through the engine, the radiator and the bypass; a thermostatic flow control valve to control the flow between the radiator and the bypass; and a connector piece 35 provided in a top hose 16 for delivering coolant from the engine to the bypass and to the radiator. The connector piece also has a connection 41 to a heater supply line 23. Coolant from the engine can flow to the radiator in a substantially straight line along a through bore 40 in the direction of arrow A while coolant flowing from the engine into the bypass is deviated downwards around a bend (arrow B). An opening 42 for the heater supply line is located on the inside of the bend and is immediately downstream of the intersection of the bypass bore 44 with the through bore. Flow from the engine (13, fig 1) into the heater bore 43 is thus relatively free of entrained air which rises to the top of the through bore and is carried along to the radiator, or through the bypass. Connector piece 35 may be a one-piece K-shaped plastics housing.
Patent GB-2420757-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat side airbag with deployment guide
Inventor: TRACHT MICHAEL L
IPC: B60R21/20
Filed: 2005-12-01
Abstract: A vehicle seat component (18) includes a side air bag module (18) mounted on a frame (24) within a trim cover (34) that also covers a seat pad (30). An air bag guide (44) includes flexible inner and outer panels (46,48) that extend between a release seam (36) of the trim cover (34) and the air bag module (18) to provide a guiding function to an air bag (42) thereof as it is inflated upon deployment so as to project outwardly through the release seam (36) for use. Inner extremities (52,56) of the flexible inner and outer panels (46,48) of the air bag guide (44) are respectively secured by a first connector (64) that mounts the air bag module (18) and a second frame connector (82) in a spaced relationship from each other. The inner extremity of the inner guide panel may include a bead (70), or a folded back seam (figure 6), which provides a visual indication of the installation of the flexible inner panel.
Patent GB-2421303-A (GB)
Title: Detecting, measuring and controlling particles and electromagnetic radiation
Inventor: SOWERBY STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: G02B27/09
Filed: 2005-12-12
Abstract: A method is provided for detecting, measuring or controlling particles and/or electromagnetic radiation, comprising providing a deformable material containing a deformable aperture defining a path for particles or radiation, adjusting the deformable aperture to a prescribed geometry and/or size by deforming the deformable material to change at least one of the parameters of the path defined by the deformable aperture, and causing the particle or radiation to be detected, measured or controlled to enter the deformable aperture. The method includes the step of monitoring the geometry and/or size of the deformable aperture and controlling the adjustment of the size of the deformable aperture in response to such monitoring. The required apparatus is easily fabricated from inexpensive materials. Furthermore the deformable aperture can be tuned to the appropriate geometry post fabrication, and the ability to adjust the aperture geometry renders it capable of discriminating a plurality of differently sized particles.
Patent GB-2425345-A (GB)
Title: Cryogen pressure vessel
Inventor: PENN THOMAS
IPC: G01R33/3815
Filed: 2002-11-21
Abstract: A cryogen pressure vessel comprises a superconducting magnetic coil (44, fig 3) disposed on a coil former, a pressure face 158 formed on the coil former, a radial slot 156 disposed on the pressure face 158 and adapted to receive wires 200, 201, 202 entering and exiting and form the coil (44), a plurality of wire clamps 206 disposed in the radial slot 156 having a front face 214 coplanar with the pressure face 158, a rear face (216, figs 5 - 7) in contact with a back surface 230 of the radial slot 156, and a u-shaped recess (220) formed in the rear face (216) that defines a channel for the passage of the wires 200, 201, 202. Coil former comprises pockets formed from a cylindrical shell (108) and walls (150). Clamps 236 may comprise of first and second arcuate slots (226) to accept a single wire 228, a chamfer (222), and apertures (219) receiving alignment pins 204 that secure and align the clamps 206 in the radial slot 156. Arcuate slots (226) are dimensioned so that insulation of the wire 228 can be compressed and captured between adjacent clamps 206, thereby holding the wire 228 tight and maintain tension in the winding of the coil (44). Clamps 206 also carry loads from the pressure face 158 to the back surface 230 of the radial slot 156 and prevent wire movement that quenches the magnets.
Patent GB-2425839-A (GB)
Title: Deghosting marine seismic data from sensors at two water depths
Inventor: BERG PETER M VAN DEN
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2006-04-04
Abstract: Seismic data from two sensors measuring the same parameter at two water depths is separated into upward and downward components. A substantially multiple free component is then determined. The data may be decomposed by transforming the data in the spatial Fourier domain. The source wave may be determined from the transformed data and used to determine the upward and downward components. The data may be obtained using a sensor streamer at each of the two depths. The sensors may be below the seismic energy source. The sensors may detect pressure or vertical particle velocity or acceleration.
Patent GB-2437516-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for purifying glycerine using filter membranes and a deionisation means
Inventor: LENG BAI
IPC: B01D61/18
Filed: 2006-04-26
Abstract: A method for substantially purifying glycerine from liquids comprises passing the liquid through one or more filter membranes and a deionisation means. The filter membranes may be two or more membranes of different pore sizes and may be capable of micro-, ultra-, nano-or hyper-filtration. The deionisation means may use ion exchange, captive deionisation, electrodeionisation or decolourisation techniques. The method may further comprise steps of desalinising the liquid or adjusting parameters such as temperature, pressure, pH, hardness, softness and concentration and the liquid may be concentrated after purification by drying and/or reverse osmosis. An apparatus for substantially purifying glycerine from liquids comprises a first filter membrane located upstream of a deionisation means. The apparatus may further comprise a second membrane filter, a desalination device, conditioning means to adjust temperature, pressure, pH, hardness, softness, concentration, washing means to supply washing fluid to the filters and/or other components of the apparatus or heating or cooling means which may be coupled to a heat exchanger.
Patent GB-2425629-A (GB)
Title: Designing measurement/control systems
Inventor: EIDSON JOHN C
IPC: G06F1/14
Filed: 2006-04-28
Abstract: A method for designing a measurement/control system 100, which enable a system designer to explicitly specify the portions of a measurement/control system that are subject to a set of time constraints and the portions of the measurement/control system that are not directly subject to the set of time constraints, includes determining an HRT/SRT boundary 26 between a hard real-time (HRT) portion 40 of a measurement/control system and a soft real-time (SRT) portion 42 of the measurement/control system and determining a buffer for the HRT/SRT boundary in response to a set of time constraints associated with the HRT portion.
Patent GB-2437923-A (GB)
Title: Needle tip storage and removal device
Inventor: CROSSMAN DAVID DANVERS
IPC: A61M5/162
Filed: 2006-05-11
Abstract: A needle tip storage and removal device comprises a storage compartment <B>20</B> for receiving a needle tip <B>10</B> of a given driven configuration, the storage compartment <B>20</B> having a drive socket <B>22</B> for non-rotatably engaging a drive surface <B>12</B> on the needle tip <B>10,</B> the device further including a removal compartment <B>26</B> with further drive socket adapted to be fitted onto the needle tip of a given drive configuration. The removal compartment <B>26</B> may be provided alongside the storage compartment <B>20.</B> The compartments may be open at one end and closed at the other. The compartments may be arranged side by side with the open ends facing in opposite directions. The storage compartment <B>20</B> may be sealed by a removable foil seal <B>24.</B>
Patent GB-2423293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to belts
Inventor: SHARKEY HUGH
IPC: F16G3/02
Filed: 2004-11-15
Abstract: An open web conveyor comprising a pair of endless belts formed from belt pieces (20) having at least one aperture (36) for securing the belt to a connector, each belt piece having a tensile reinforcement cord (38) extending substantially longitudinally therethrough, continuously between the ends of the belt piece and around the one or more apertures therein, the position of the one or more apertures within the ends of the belt piece and the location of the cord within the belt piece being such that the resultant force acting on the or each aperture due to tension applied to the reinforcing means during use of the belt piece acts in a substantially radial direction with respect to the axis of said the or each aperture, whereby there is substantially no resultant turning moment about the or each aperture.
Patent GB-2445733-A (GB)
Title: Medical syringe
Inventor: HALFPENNY DAVID ALAN
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 2006-08-15
Abstract: A medical syringe (10) has a barrel (12) with a separable end portion (70) and a connecting arrangement (28, 60) which, after use as a syringe, is operable to connect the syringe's plunger (14) to the end portion, so that the end portion and a used hypodermic needle fitted to it can be drawn into the barrel to guard the needle against causing a needlestick injury. Before operation of the connecting arrangement, the plunger can be moved to its full extent to empty the syringe of substantially all of its contents without interference from the connecting arrangement. Syringe's plunger is connected to the barrel's end portion by rotation of plunger. Further rotation in same direction releases the separable end portion from the barrel by unscrewing, or the axial withdrawal of plunger detaches the separable end portion by tearing a frangible connection between the end portion and barrel.
Patent GB-2437579-A (GB)
Title: Hierarchical coding involving partitioning child level coefficients based on the partitioning of the parent level
Inventor: DAVIES THOMAS
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2003-05-07
Abstract: Systems and methods for coding data, particularly image data such as video data, are described. The invention relates to a method of hierarchical coding in which data is coded into at least parent and child coding levels and the parent and child levels are both quantized. The method comprises partitioning the coefficients of the parent coding level, partitioning the child level based on the parent level, and independently assigning coding parameters to each portion of the child level. The coding parameters may be quantization parameters and the partitioning of the parent level may be based on the quantized coefficients of the parent level. The parent level may be communicated to a decoder prior to the child level. The partitioning of the child level can therefore be deduced at the decoder based on the partitioning of the parent level.
Patent GB-2442260-A (GB)
Title: Loudspeaker diaphragm conforms to surrounding acoustic surface
Inventor: THOMPSON AMBROSE
IPC: H04R1/26
Filed: 2006-09-29
Abstract: A driver 3a, 3b for a loudspeaker is mounted in an opening in an acoustic surface 1, for example a horn. The diaphragm or piston 14a, 14b is shaped to conform to the shape of the acoustic surface. This ensures that the presence of the driver does not disrupt the acoustic properties of the desired shape of the acoustic surface. It is particularly useful in arrangements having multiple drivers attached to a single horn. Preferably the piston is made of closed cell foam, honeycomb material or composite material.
Patent GB-2429497-A (GB)
Title: Absorber silencer for compressors
Inventor: FELD HEINZ-JUERGEN
IPC: F04D29/66
Filed: 2005-05-20
Abstract: The absorber silencer of the compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger is mounted in the area of the flow duct downstream from the compressor wheel. The absorption silencer can be mounted in front of or after the guiding device or as an integral component thereof at the height of this guiding device. The inventive realization of the secondary measures directly lead, at the source, to the existence of only a few undamped areas that dominate the entire emission.
Patent GB-2444786-A (GB)
Title: Band combining filter
Inventor: RHODES JOHN DAVID
IPC: G10L19/00
Filed: 2006-12-15
Abstract: A band combining filter comprising a plurality of cascaded directional filters, each directional filter having at least two inputs and at least two outputs, the nth directional filter being arranged such that the output signals from the first and second outputs are related to the input signals to the first and second inputs characterized in that the directional filters are connected in a cascade with the first and second inputs of the nth directional filter being connected to the first and second outputs of the (n-1)th directional filter respectively in the cascade.
Patent GB-2433627-A (GB)
Title: Comparison of current read address with previous write address in a memory with a high burst rate write data path
Inventor: LEE YUN-SANG
IPC: G11C11/409
Filed: 2004-06-03
Abstract: A write data path (400, fig 6) for an array of memory cells receives a serial burst of data bits from an external terminal (426, fig 6) and stores these bits in a corresponding number of buffers (422, fig 6). The data in the buffers is then transferred to memory cell array (410, fig 6) using two sequential parallel transfers from half of the buffers and then the other half by connecting the buffers to the common data lines (412, fig 6) through switches (424, fig. 6). In alternative arrangements the buffers can be provided as a first and a second buffer (432a, 432b fig 7) with corresponding serial to parallel converters (430a, 430b fig 7) or the first and second buffers (442a, 442b fig 8) which can be connected by the first switching circuit (446a fig 8) with the second switching circuit (446b fig 8) connecting the second buffer to the memory cell array. An additional circuit is provided to compare an address associated with a read command with an address of a preceding write operation; if the two addresses match the read operation is fulfilled using data latched in an additional data latch 2016. If the two addresses do not match then the read command is fulfilled by accessing the data in the memory cell array. The additional circuit comprises an address latch 2012, address comparison circuit 2014 and data latch 2016.
Patent GB-2445190-A (GB)
Title: Subtractive Prototyping Machine
Inventor: REID JOSHUA NICHOLAS GEORGE
IPC: B23B5/00
Filed: 2006-12-30
Abstract: A computer controlled subtractive prototyping machine comprising: a rotary Cutting Tool (1) which has a horizontal axis of rotation and is movable on a vertical linear axis and a horizontal linear axis that is parallel to its axis of rotation, further comprising a Rotary table (3) which is movable on one horizontal linear axis that is perpendicular to the other two axes and is rotatable on one vertical rotary axis, to which Rotary Table (3) Work (8) may be secured.
Patent GB-2445950-A (GB)
Title: Elongate fastener having first and second extrusions and a lever
Inventor: ROBSON PETER MAXWELL
IPC: A44B99/00
Filed: 2007-01-27
Abstract: An elongate fastener 11 comprising first and second flexible extrusions 12, 13 having mating formations 21, 22 and of which the first part 12 has a lengthwise locking recess or channel 14 and the second part 13 has a protruding nib 15 that engages the locking recess 14 and is deployable between engaged and disengaged positions by a lever section 16. The mating formations 21, 22 may consist of a complementary elongate projection and slot such as tongue and groove. The lever may be formed with an integral or living hinge 24 to enable the lever to pivot.
Patent GB-2446121-A (GB)
Title: Foldable and collapsible deck chair
Inventor: OSBORNE CRISPIN
IPC: A47C1/14
Filed: 2007-02-01
Abstract: A deck chair has separate head and foot frame portions which may be folded to lie adjacent a middle frame portion and which may also be collapsed to reduce the overall width of each portion. The deck chair comprises: first and second head pivots 2,3; first and second head frame parts 6,8, each connected to a respective one of the first and second head pivots 2,3 and being pivotally connected to one another; first and second foot pivots 4,5 connected to the first and second head pivots respectively by first and second middle frame parts; first and second foot frame parts 15, 16 each pivotally connected to a respective one of the first and second foot pivots 4,5 and pivotally connected to each other; leg parts 23, 25, 27, 28 for supporting the first and second head pivots 2,3; and first and second foot pivots 4,5 above ground, wherein the first and second head frame parts 6,8 and first and second foot frame parts are movable from a folded position to an open position, wherein, in the folded position, first and second head frame parts 6,8 each lie adjacent to one another and adjacent to the middle frame parts and the first and second foot frame parts 15,16 lie adjacent to one another and adjacent to the middle frame parts.