baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2569736-A (GB)
Title: Smart bin
Inventor: JOSEPH MARTIN
IPC: G07F7/06
Filed: 2019-04-19
Abstract: A smart bin can scan and identify used recyclable packaging eg by scanning a bar code. It can also weigh the packaging and sort it into the right receptacle. It can then refund the user with funds in an escrow account. The smart bin could be connected to the internet via the internet of things and can use a blockchain application to communicate with the escrow account. The smart bin could be powered by an integrated lithium ion battery which could be recharged by an integral photo voltaic solar cell. The smart bin could be modular for ease of emptying and maintenance by low skilled workers.
Patent GB-2583497-A (GB)
Title: Patient specific electrode positioning
Inventor: HANS HENRIK ODLAND
IPC: A61N1/368
Filed: 2019-04-30
Abstract: A method for determining optimal electrode number and positions for therapy on a heart involves: generating a 3D mesh of at least part of the heart; aligning the mesh to images of the heart; placing additional nodes on the mesh corresponding to the locations of at least two electrodes on the heart; calculating a propagation velocity of electrical activation between the two additional nodes; extrapolating the propagation velocity to all the nodes of the 3D mesh; calculating the degree of parallel activation of the myocardium for each node of the 3D mesh; and determining the optimal electrode configuration based on those nodes having a calculated degree of parallel activation above a predetermined threshold. The model of the heart may be derived from CT or MRI scan data and characteristics may be attributed to enable calculation of the geodesic propagation velocity. Also claimed is a method for determining the degree of parallel activation of a heart undergoing pacing. Either method may include steps for identifying cardiac dyssynchrony by detecting a shortening of a delay to the onset of myocardial synergy.
Patent GB-2584143-A (GB)
Title: A sensor
Inventor: Antoine Barbot
IPC: G01N21/85
Filed: 2019-05-23
Abstract: Sensor comprising a fibre formed from a drawable material, the sensor comprising an inlet 4, outlet 6, and a sensing chamber 8, formed within a sensing channel (optionally a microfluidic flow channel) between the inlet and outlet, and a sensing element 10 connected to the sensing chamber. A syringe pump may be connected to the outlet and may be connected to a reservoir holding fluid. The sensing element may comprise one or more optical-fibre sensors connected to the first channel by means of the sensing chamber or may comprise an electrical sensor, or a light sensitive material. The sensor may include a second channel, connected to a second pump and to the first channel. There may be up to three channels 1404, 1406, and 1408 figure 13. The sensor may also comprise an optical fibre switch adapted to switch the sensor between sensing and cleaning configurations.
Patent GB-2586623-A (GB)
Title: Cyclonic separator
Inventor: Chandranath Banerjee
IPC: B04C5/13
Filed: 2019-08-29
Abstract: A cyclonic separator 10 comprises a separation chamber 14, a feed inlet 16 leading into the separation chamber, an underflow discharge 18 leading from the separation chamber, and a vortex finder 20. The vortex finder comprises an inlet end 36.1 positioned in the separation chamber, an outlet end 38.2 defining an overflow discharge, and a bleed opening 48 defined by the inlet and outlet ends of the vortex finder and through which a portion of an overflow stream can be bled from the vortex finder to remove oversized particles from the overflow stream. The vortex finder preferably includes an axially arranged upstream portion 36 and downstream portion 38 with the bleed opening being defined between the upstream and downstream portions. The upstream portion and the downstream portion may move relative to one another to vary the size of the bleed opening.
Patent GB-2582037-A (GB)
Title: Movement sensor and garment
Inventor: ADAM STUART MITCHELL
IPC: G01L1/14
Filed: 2019-08-30
Abstract: Measuring movement using a movement sensor 100 with first 101 and second 102 electrode arrays. A material 103 is sandwiched between first and second electrode arrays. A voltage is induced across the material in response to the movement or deformation of the material. The material is preferably a piezoelectric and/or a triboelectric material. The sensor may be used to measure foetal movements in the abdomen of a pregnant woman. Preferably the first and second electrode arrays are arranged in rows orthogonal to each other. Each electrode in the first array 101a may be positioned opposite an electrode 102a in the second array to form an array of electrode pairs. The voltage may be measured across the material separating the electrodes at a plurality of locations. A force may be determined at each of the plurality of locations based on the measured voltage. A single force intensity may be interpolated at a single location on the sensor based on the determined applied forces at each location. Preferably, a garment e.g. a flexible textile material comprises the movement sensor to detect the movement of the person wearing it.
Patent GB-2587804-A (GB)
Title: Multi-rate drug delivery device and method of controlling the device
Inventor: MICHAEL VATELMACHER
IPC: A61M5/315
Filed: 2019-09-27
Abstract: A drug delivery device comprising a housing 2 configured to receive a container 4 containing a volume of medicament, an actuator 8 and a drive system 10. The drive system comprising an axial drive component configured to drive advancement of a stopper sealing the container; a variable rate drive configured to drive advancement of the axial drive components and a controller configured to drive the variable rate drive to deliver a first predefined volume of medicament from the container at a first rate and a second predefined volume of medicament from the container at a second rate. The controller comprises a processor and is configured to drive the variable rate drive at a first speed during a first phase to deliver the first volume of medicament; identifying an end point for the first phase and drive the variable rate drive at a second speed during a second phase to deliver the second volume of medicament at the second rate. A method for controlling a drive system for a drug delivery device is also provided.
Patent GB-2577455-A (GB)
Title: Multiple hand angle cable attachment
Inventor: JERRY K LEIPHEIMER
IPC: A63B23/12
Filed: 2018-12-04
Abstract: A cable attachment handle for an exercise machine including a main mounting body defining a horizontal axis, a first stud extending from the main mounting body, a first handle mount rotatable about the first stud, a first handle extending from the first handle mount, a second stud extending from the main mounting body, a second handle mount rotatable about the second stud, a second handle extending from the second handle mount, and a cable attachment element affixed to the main mounting body between the first stud and the second stud.
Patent GB-2592241-A (GB)
Title: A System
Inventor: STEPHEN GREETHAM
IPC: H02P27/06
Filed: 2020-02-21
Abstract: A system, particularly for an electric vehicle, comprises a battery pack and an electric drive unit. The battery pack comprises a first voltage bus, a second voltage bus, a first sub-pack 210, a second sub-pack 220, a plurality of switches configurable to connect the first sub-pack to the first voltage bus and to connect the second sub-pack to the second voltage bus, and a battery controller for configuring the switches. The electric drive unit comprises a motor 310 and an inverter module, the inverter module comprising first and second inverters 360, 370 coupled to windings of the motor, and an inverter controller 380 for controlling switches of the inverters. The first sub-pack supplies a first voltage to the first inverter via the first voltage bus, and the second sub-pack supplies a second voltage to the second inverter via the second voltage bus. At least one of the sub-packs comprises a plurality of battery modules, and the battery controller configures the switches of the battery pack such that the battery modules are arranged in one of series and parallel during discharging of the battery pack and in the other of series and parallel during charging of the battery pack.
Patent GB-2581669-A (GB)
Title: Seakeeping unmanned boat provided with water-surface self-adaptive stabilizer
Inventor: PENGFEI XU
IPC: B63B39/00
Filed: 2019-07-15
Abstract: A seakeeping unmanned boat provided with a water-surface self-adaptive stabilizer. The unmanned boat is of a catamaran type and comprises an upper deck (1), floating bodies (7) separated from the upper deck (1) and the self-adaptive stabilizer; the floating bodies (7) provide buoyancy for the unmanned boat and are provided with propelling devices (8); the floating bodies (7) are two floating bodies that are completely bilaterally symmetric; a tilt angle sensor, an accelerometer and a gyroscope are provided on the upper deck (1) and are used to acquire the rotating angle of the upper deck (1) and an angular acceleration prediction and tendency and to transmit the same to a control system in real time; and the self-adaptive stabilizer comprises a suspension system and a balance control mechanism (6).
Patent GB-2583587-A (GB)
Title: Recombinant collagen and elastin molecules and uses thereof
Inventor: NIKOLAY OUZOUNOV
IPC: A61K38/39
Filed: 2018-09-28
Abstract: This disclosure provides non-naturally occurring collagen and elastin molecules. The non-naturally occurring collagens and elastins include truncated collagens, truncated elastins, as well as fusion proteins thereof. The non-naturally occurring collagen and elastin are useful in foods, cosmetics and many other products and uses.
Patent GB-2596817-A (GB)
Title: Temperature sensor for a TCXO
Inventor: TREVOR PETER BEATSON
IPC: H03B5/30
Filed: 2020-07-07
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) controlled in dependence on a low noise signal from a temperature sensor circuit. The temperature sensor comprises a plurality of transistor circuits, each circuit comprising a transistor and a bias circuit (Q1, RB1 & Rgm1 and Q2, RB2 and Rgm2). Each transistor circuit produces an output temperature signal as a collector-emitter voltage VCE1, VCE2 that is dependent on the temperature of the transistor. The use of the collector-emitter voltage VCE of the transistors rather than base-emitter voltage as in prior art (fig.1), combined with appropriately scaled resistors Rgm1 / Rgm2, can result in cancellation of power supply noise and flicker noise arising in the base-emitter junctions. The collector-base resistors may be replaced by buffers (fig.12B), which may be emitter followers. The transistor circuits are arranged so that the temperature sensor signal is dependent on each of the output temperature signals. The inventors have realised that, in TCXO applications, the absolute accuracy and linearity of the temperature sensor is not so important as the noise performance of the circuit. The circuit achieves good close-in phase noise.
Patent GB-2585993-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming a golf club head assembly
Inventor: Matthew W Simone
IPC: C22F1/18
Filed: 2015-02-17
Abstract: A method of forming a golf club head assembly including aligning a faceplate with a recess of a club head; welding the faceplate to the club head; heating the club head and faceplate above the solvus temperature of the faceplate; and allowing the assembly to cool in an inert gas, such as nitrogen or argon. The faceplate is formed from alpha-beta titanium alloy having between 2wt% and 10wt% aluminium and between 1.5wt% and 7wt% vanadium, and the assembly is heated to at least 580 degrees Celsius. The α-β titanium alloy may also contain oxygen, silicon, iron, carbon, nitrogen, molybdenum and tin. Pulse plasma welding may be used. Also disclosed is a heat treatment method of dispersing stresses in the weld metal heat affected zone of a welded α-β titanium alloy faceplate and golf club head, where the assembly is heated to a temperature greater than the solvus temperature of the faceplate and may then air cool. The method relieves around the weld between the faceplate and golf club head.
Patent GB-2596162-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic booth assembly
Inventor: DAVID WEST
IPC: E04H1/12
Filed: 2020-10-16
Abstract: A portable acoustic booth comprising a substantially cylindrical frame 2 having a partially cylindrical shell 4 raised above the ground by legs 6, the inner walls of the shell being lined with a sound absorbing material layer. The shell may comprise tubular framework 14 holding at least one curved panel 16. Each panel may include a plurality of elongate cut-outs or open slots 26. The shell may comprise at least two curved panels slidable with respect to each other to allow the shell to fold. The legs may be retractable into the shell. The frame may be aluminium, stainless steel or plastic. The sound absorbing material layer may comprise at least one layer of serge wool 30 and a layer of acoustic foam 32 formed from a plurality of aligned pyramidal structures 34. The frame may comprise a roof 12. A microphone 24 may extend downwardly from the roof. The frame may comprise a top support frame 10 and a lower horizontally orientated support frame 18. A secondary U-shaped tubular frame 20 may extend inwardly from the lower support frame for securing a musical stand 22. The booth may be a temporary vocal booth for singers, voice-over artists, broadcasters and podcasters.
Patent GB-2593798-A (GB)
Title: Printing Ink
Inventor: JEREMY WARD
IPC: C09D11/30
Filed: 2021-01-28
Abstract: An inkjet ink comprises (i) 5-40 wt.% one or more first multifunctional monomers having an alkoxylated backbone, (ii) 20-70 wt.% one or more second multifunctional monomers having a logPoctanol/water value of at least 4.0, and (iii) less than 5 wt.% monofunctional monomers, wherein the total amount of multifunctional monomers is at least 50 wt.%. Typically, the first multifunctional monomer is difunctional and has an ethoxylated backbone, e.g. triethylene glycol divinyl ether (DVE-3). The second multifunctional monomer may also be difunctional and may be 1,10-decanediol diacrylate (1,10-DDDA). The ink is normally free of monofunctional monomers and photoinitiators. A preferred ink comprises 10-30 wt.% first multifunctional monomers, 30-70 wt.% second multifunctional monomers, and 1-10 wt.% additional multifunctional monomers. Preferably, the ink components, monomers, and multifunctional monomers in the ink each have weighted mean logPoctanol/water values of at least 3.2. The inkjet ink may be used on food packaging.
Patent GB-2605629-A (GB)
Title: A heater
Inventor: KYLE JAMES CRAWFORD
IPC: H05B3/48
Filed: 2021-04-08
Abstract: A heater coupon comprises a ceramic block having a first surface and a second surface, at least one heater trace formed within the ceramic block and a connector 60 for electrically connecting the at least one heater trace to an external wire, wherein the connector comprises a first connecting arm 64 for connecting with respect to the first surface of the ceramic block and a second connecting arm 66 for connecting with respect to the second surface of the ceramic block. The connector may be located at an edge or end of the ceramic block. The ceramic block may be formed from a plurality of layers of ceramic material. The at least one heater trace may be screen printed onto one of the layers of ceramic sheet that form the ceramic block. The ceramic block may be provided with a first recess 82 for accommodating the first connecting arm and a second recess for accommodating the second connecting arm.
Patent GB-2592828-A (GB)
Title: Training apparatus
Inventor: RICHARD JAMES BEAVER
IPC: B60R9/08
Filed: 2016-01-26
Abstract: Training apparatus 1 comprising exercise equipment 3/4 with a support structure which is attachable to a surface 8a/19. The surface may be a vertically extending outside surface. The support structure is manoeuvrable while remaining attached between a stowed condition and an exercise condition. The support structure is attached to the surface so as to be manoeuvrable in more than one plane. The support structure may have at least one ground engaging leg 5 which engages the ground in a first orientation when the support structure is in the exercise condition. The support structure may be manoeuvrable by pivoting. The exercise equipment may include a cantilevered component that extends away from the surface when in the exercising condition. The exercise equipment may comprise first and second support structures one of which is attached to a wall 8a and the other to a roof 19. In another embodiment the outside surface may be a roof.
Patent GB-2607932-A (GB)
Title: SMA haptic assembly
Inventor: Nicolas Heijne
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2021-06-16
Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator assembly comprising first and second parts 101, 102 that are movable relative to each other and a length of SMA wire 103, at least one of the first and second parts comprising at least one contact portion 105 arranged in contact with the wire so as to provide a curved section 106 of the wire and intermediate sections 107 of the wire extending between the first and second parts such that they are driven in opposite directions on contraction of the length of SMA wire, wherein the at least one contact portion is shaped to provide the curved section of the wire with a radius of curvature that is equal or greater in a central region 106b of the curved section than in outer regions 106a of the curved section adjacent to the intermediate sections of the wire. The radius of curvature may be greater in a central region of the curved section than in outer regions of the curved section adjacent to the intermediate sections of the wire, or the ratio of the radius of curvature of the length of SMA wire to the diameter of the length of SMA wire in the outer regions of the curved section may be 50 or less. The actuator may be used to provide haptic feedback.
Patent GB-2614022-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle head of a rail-bound vehicle provided with a windscreen opening interfaced with an interior trim
Inventor: ANDREW GARDEN
IPC: B61D25/00
Filed: 2021-06-22
Abstract: A vehicle head 12 for a rail-bound vehicle, comprises a support structure 20, an external skin 10, a windscreen pane 29 and an interior trim 38, which covers an inner side of the support structure around a windscreen opening. The windscreen pane is fixed to a windscreen frame 30 which bears against an outward facing shoulder 24 of a windscreen region 22 of the external skin around the windscreen opening. A foremost edge 40 of the interior trim is farther away from a reference plane P in which an internal side 42 of the windscreen pane lies than the shoulder, and the windscreen region has an extension 44 which protrudes inwards away from the shoulder towards the interior trim and is interfaced with the foremost edge of the interior trim. The vehicle head may comprise a gasket 46 which interfaces the extension of the windscreen region with the foremost edge of the interior trim. The vehicle head ay comprise a peripheric windscreen pane obstruction (50 fig 5).
Patent GB-2609653-A (GB)
Title: A building block
Inventor: DANIEL MORNING
IPC: E04C1/39
Filed: 2021-08-12
Abstract: This invention relates to a building block comprising a substantially cuboid body. The cuboid body has a front face, a rear face, a top face, a bottom face, a left hand side face and a right hand side face. The building block further comprises a pre-formed channel in at least a front face thereof configured for reception of electrical or mechanical services. The pre-formed channel may comprise a free-standing mesa bounded by one or more cuts in the surface of the building block and the mesa may be removed by chasing in a channel between the cuts if and when needed once the desired locations of the electrical cabling or piping has been determined. A plurality of channels may be provided and the channels may be vertically and/or horizontally aligned when a plurality of such blocks are assembled into a wall. In this way, the building block allows for safer, cleaner, cheaper construction techniques.
Patent GB-2600543-A (GB)
Title: Compliance mechanisms in blockchain networks
Inventor: Petr Novotny
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2021-09-16
Abstract: The application concerns digital asset transfer smart contracts and compliance in blockchain networks. A blockchain node agrees on an authority, i.e. an entity capable of governing, regulating, taxing or otherwise placing conditions on an action or having responsibility for overseeing compliance of an action with conditions. The blockchain node receives and accepts from the authority a compliance module, i.e. definition of one or more rules with which a transaction must comply. The blockchain node stores the compliance module for execution of an operation, such as a transaction, transaction proposal, smart contract, or a process performed on or with the blockchain network. The blockchain node may also receive and accept from an auditor an auditing module. Compliance of the operation with the rules of the compliance module and the auditing module may be verified before the verified operation is added to the blockchain ledger. This may produce compliance information and auditing information which may also be recorded in the blockchain ledger. The method may be used to ensure and immutably record compliance with multiple authorities’ rules and due diligence processes, e.g. when trading dairy futures for cryptocurrency, or transferring cryptocurrency between different countries.
Patent GB-2612803-A (GB)
Title: Lateral flow test apparatus
Inventor: GRAEME MASSEY
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 2021-11-11
Abstract: A lateral flow device comprising a housing 11, a sliding member 14 at least partially within the housing, and first and second capillary conduits 17,18 within the housing. The sliding member has a bridge portion 19 comprising a porous material and being movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the bridge portion at least partially protrudes from the housing. In the second position the bridge portion fluidly connects the first capillary conduit to the second capillary conduit by bridging a gap between them. A ramp 21 may cooperate with a retaining member 22 and define a path between the first and second positions. The sliding member may be prevented from moving back to the first position by a shoulder portion (34, Fig. 8) and a biasing member (30, Fig. 6). The device may have a buffer liquid chamber (39, Fig. 11) which is punctured by a piercing member 37 on the sliding member when the sliding member is in the second position. The piercing member may have a channel (40, Fig. 11), through which the buffer can contact the second capillary conduit. The first capillary conduit may comprise test regions.
Patent GB-2613604-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for continuous production of a structured protein product
Inventor: MAJ HROVAT
IPC: B29C48/87
Filed: 2021-12-08
Abstract: A shear tube apparatus and a method for continuous production of a structured protein product. The method uses a shear tube apparatus 9 having a die 16 and a core 17 with an annular space between. Protein material is fed into the annular space at inlet 10 and the die and/or the core is rotated to generate shear stresses in the protein material that give it structure. The structured protein product leaves at an outlet 1. Preferably, the inlet is directly connected to the outlet of extruder 7 and there is a flow adaptor. Preferably, drive shaft 14 rotates the core and there is a bearing located at the inlet The core and/or the die may be heated and/or cooled by fluid in channels extending through the die/core. The die and/or core may comprise separable sections and some portions may be heated and some portions may be cooled. Preferably the structured protein is a meat analogue and there is a tray 12 to receive it. The shear tube apparatus is also claimed.