baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2415614-A (GB)
Title: A device for protecting a crash helmet
Inventor: SCAPENS PAUL
IPC: A45C11/02
Filed: 2004-06-29
Abstract: A device 10 for protecting a crash helmet 14 when it is not in use comprises an outer, dome-shaped hard shell 11 made from a lightweight impact-resistant plastics material and an inner, deformable layer 12 into which the crash helmet may be inserted, the outer shell being provided with a deformable resilient retainer ring 13 to define an opening through which the crash helmet is inserted and which in use protects the lower rim of a helmet inserted into the storage device. The inner, deformable layer may be sufficiently deformable as to accommodate a range of different sizes and shapes of crash helmet.
Patent GB-2406765-A (GB)
Title: Wireless/ir headphones with integrated rear seat audio control for automotive entertainment system
Inventor: NASHIF PETER J
IPC: H04R27/00
Filed: 2004-07-26
Abstract: The present invention provides an automotive multimedia entertainment system having an audio system connected to multiple audio input sources and a headphone. The audio system includes front and rear channels that can be configured independently. The headphone is connected to the audio system over a two-way wireless communication link. A set of controls are integrated into the headphone for configuring the audio system across the two-way wireless communication link. The audio system also provides for two modes of operation. In the first mode, both the front and rear speakers generate an audio output according to the first channel. In the second mode the front speakers provide an audio output according to the first channel, the rear speakers are deactivated, and an audio signal is transmitted to the headphones from the second channel of the audio system. In another aspect of the invention, the wireless headphone includes controls mounted on the headphone and which generate control signals across the two-way communication link that adjust the configuration of the radio.
Patent GB-2406243-A (GB)
Title: A wireless transmit-only apparatus having plural mechanical resonant devices
Inventor: FITZGIBBON JAMES J
IPC: G08C17/00
Filed: 2004-08-13
Abstract: The transmit-only apparatus 20 comprises a controller 21 which selectively controls which of a plurality of mechanically resonant devices 24, 25 are used to provide the carrier frequency of a transmitter 26. The mechanically resonant devices are preferably surface acoustic wave SAW, crystal resonator or ceramic resonator devices. A memory contains a plurality of transmission messages corresponding to the resonant devices such that a particular message may be chosen for a particular resonant device in order to enable the frequency agile wireless transmit only device to be used to control devices made by different manufacturers, such as movable barriers.
Patent GB-2418929-A (GB)
Title: Producing paper product
Inventor: LANG IAN G
IPC: D21F5/18
Filed: 2004-10-05
Abstract: A method of producing a tissue or towel provides continuous support through a dryer section of a papermaking machine to a paper web 100 by a unitary supporting fabric 4 as the web and fabric pass over, in sequence, at least one through air dryer 5 and at least one dryer cylinder 29. A dryer section of a papermaking machine provides a paper web support means comprising a unitary supporting fabric 4 adapted to provide continuous support to a paper web 100 as it passes over, in sequence, at least one through air dryer 5 and at least one dryer cylinder 29.
Patent GB-2416855-A (GB)
Title: Humidity controlled system for thermogravimetric instrument
Inventor: SHDAIMAH AMICHAI
IPC: G05D22/02
Filed: 2004-12-31
Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for adding a humidity controlled system to a thermogravimetric instrument are described. The instrument comprises balance chamber 101 and reference and sample chambers 105 and 106. Dry gas 112 and dry gas 130 which is saturated with liquid at 109 are mixed at 114 to give the desired humidity and the mixture is fed, 115 and 117, to the reference and sample chambers, exiting from the chambers at 116 and 118. Dry gas 123 is fed through the balance chamber 101 and then to exits 116 and 118, preventing humidified gas from reaching the balance chamber. Humidity and temperature sensors and control units control the gaseous atmosphere. The instrument also comprises an arm, motorised linear actuators and an electronic control unit allowing the humidity controlled chamber to be automatically opened and closed and the reference and sample chambers automatically accessed.
Patent GB-2412482-A (GB)
Title: System and method for drive recovery following a drive failure
Inventor: MARKS KEVIN T
IPC: G06F11/07
Filed: 2005-03-21
Abstract: A System and method for rebuilding a drive in which the write cache of the drive is enabled 30 and a separate record or journal 34 is kept of the commands transmitted to the drive. On a periodic basis a synchronize command 44 is sent to the drive that flushes the data in its cache, and the history of commands is cleared 46. When the drive is successfully rebuilt, the cache of the drive is disabled. Enabling the cache during rebuild gives a shorter rebuild time. The method is suitable for rebuilding a disc in a disc array such as a RAID structure. The log of the command history can be stored in non-volatile memory and the write cache is cleared depending on a command count.
Patent GB-2424737-A (GB)
Title: Remotely controlled stopping system for a vehicle
Inventor: BENNETT KEVIN MARK
IPC: G08C17/02
Filed: 2005-04-02
Abstract: A remotely controlled stopping system for a vehicle comprises a handheld transmitter to transmit a signal to the vehicle and an actuator unit (7) mounted on the vehicle to actuate a control linkage (10) to cause the vehicle to stop. The invention is particularly applicable to bicycles for small children, providing parents or guardians with a means for stopping the bicycle should this be necessary.
Patent GB-2426292-A (GB)
Title: Suction lock powered turbine
Inventor: MILLEN DANIEL
IPC: F03B17/00
Filed: 2005-04-12
Abstract: The Suction Lock Powered Turbine is designed to harness the forces of water contained in a shaft by withholding the natural freefall motion to activate the rotory turbine. The rotory turbine is submerged at the top of the shaft and due to the centrifugal motion of twin rotors, converting power to a central crankshaft, accentuates the standard head pressure to a much greater power value. The withholding capabilities of the turbine means that the resources spent is in direct relation to power demand.
Patent GB-2425489-A (GB)
Title: Swimming training apparatus
Inventor: SWAINE IAN
IPC: A63B21/00
Filed: 2005-04-18
Abstract: A swimming training apparatus comprises water simulation means for simulating resistance to movements of a user, wherein an independent resistance device (5a-d) is provided for each of the arms and legs of the user. Each of the independent resistance devices is arranged to provide a resistance force dependent on a velocity of a respective limb of the user. The apparatus also comprises detection and processing means is for determining estimated work rates of each of the limbs of the user, which may be displayed on a display device. An interface means may be included for sharing data from the detection and processing means with users of other swimming training devices.
Patent GB-2428829-A (GB)
Title: Interactive multimedia system
Inventor: CHIU FU-SHENG
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2005-08-01
Abstract: An interactive multimedia system that provides a variety of multimedia content and services to a plurality of users utilizing various platforms. Users or a group of users can participate in interactive multimedia sessions and communicate by text messaging, audio, or video signals in real time. Numerous interactive tools such as application sharing, synchronized internet browsing allowing users to browse the network together, file distribution and sharing, voting and polling, session recording, shared whiteboard, and chat room are provided. An advertising and purchasing module allow products to be advertised and purchased.
Patent GB-2413714-A (GB)
Title: Connector
Inventor: MATSUURA NAOYA
IPC: H01R13/648
Filed: 2004-01-30
Abstract: A connector (1) is mounted onto electrical equipment (10) to supply/transmit electrical signals to the electrical equipment (10) and it includes an insulated housing (11), signal terminals for connecting to an opposing connector, a ground terminal (12) for connecting to a grounding terminal of the opposing connector, and a conductive pedestal portion (21) that is fastened together with the insulated housing (11) by conductive fasteners that also mount the connector to the apparatus. The ground terminal (12) and the pedestal portion (21) are electrically connected to each other by being formed integrally or separately with respect to each other.
Patent GB-2419317-A (GB)
Title: Moulded automotive arm rest with a soft feel
Inventor: COWELCHUK GLENN A
IPC: B60N2/75
Filed: 2005-10-17
Abstract: This relates to an improved armrest (12) with a soft feel for use in a trim assembly (10), and a continuous two-shot molding operation that may be continuously performed utilizing a single mold assembly (42). The trim assembly (10) includes an integrated armrest (12) formed by injecting a first material (26) into a first shot mold cavity (44) of a mould assembly 42, in a first shot of a molding operation. The armrest 12 is moved to a second shot mould cavity 46 by using at least a portion 50 (core) of assembly 42. A mould chamber 66 is formed about at least a portion of the armrest 12 within cavity 46. An armrest cover (28) is molded to at least a portion of the armrest (12) by injecting into a mold chamber (66) a second foamed material (30) in a second shot of the molding operation to provide the armrest (12) with a soft feel. The second foamed material (30) includes a foamed material that produces a soft, outer skin (34) and a light, cellular inner core (36) such that when a force is applied to the cover (28), the skin (34) will deform and compress the inner core (36), providing a soft-touch feel to the armrest (12).
Patent GB-2423573-A (GB)
Title: Airflow distribution or ventilation system for a data centre
Inventor: MALONE CHRISTOPHER G
IPC: G06F1/20
Filed: 2006-01-13
Abstract: An airflow distribution or ventilation system for a data centre 202 comprises at least one airflow sensor 208 coupled to a plurality of fans 210 of at least one server 21 located in the data centre 202, and a controller 216 coupled to the airflow sensor 208 and configured to monitor airflow for the fans 210 and control cooling of the data centre 202 as a function of the sensed airflow. Cooling of the data centre may be conducted by a computer room air conditioning system 220 supplying air to an under-floor plenum space 206 that may distribute air to individual servers 212 via adjustable perforated tiles (610, fig 6). Controller 216 may display via a graphical user interface 218 real time dynamic airflow mapping throughout the data centre in two (fig 4) or three (fig 5) dimensions as a function of the sensed airflow and fan 210 location. Airflow sensors 208 may include tachometers, pressure sensors or anemometers. Ambient temperature measured by thermometers 22 at various locations within the data centre 202, power consumption of the servers 212 and software execution load permit the airflow to be mapped as a function of the sensed airflow and fan location.
Patent GB-2423026-A (GB)
Title: Skin Cleansing And Moisturizing Device
Inventor: TRIMMER WILLIAM STUART
IPC: A61H1/02
Filed: 2004-08-20
Abstract: A skin cleansing and moisturizing device (10) including a hand-held control wand (12) that is detachably secured to a pad (16), one side of which is adapted to cleans the user's skin. A mechanical vibratory assembly (30) is provided within the housing (22) and imparts a vibratory motion to the pad (16). Additionally, a heat source is provided for heating the user's skin. The vibratory assembly (30) may also apply suction to the skin through the pad (16).
Patent GB-2423724-A (GB)
Title: Golf club set carrier
Inventor: COOPER TEDDY BARNEY
IPC: A63B53/16
Filed: 2006-04-11
Abstract: A lightweight golfing kit particularly suited to use on pitch-and-put courses comprises one or more golfing shafts 15, two or more clubheads demountably attachable thereto, and a carrier assembly including a holster 31 open at both ends for supporting the shaft or shafts. The carrier may include a case 33 for the clubheads supporting the holster 31 in an upright position, and loops 34 for supporting the assembly from a golfer's shoulders. Optionally a golfing shaft may be adjustable in length. The assembly may also include a detachable belt 36.
Patent GB-2443182-A (GB)
Title: Stair lift
Inventor: STRUPINSKY JULY
IPC: B66B9/08
Filed: 2006-04-18
Abstract: A stair lift comprises a smooth guide rail 12 engaged by a friction drive wheel 3. The combined weight of a person being carried and a seat 2 is applied to the drive wheel 3 through a lever 5 which supports the seat, this weight being multiplied by the lever arrangement to prevent slippage of the friction drive wheel. The seat 2 is mounted on the lever 5 through a pivot connection 23, 53 which allows the seat to remain upright.
Patent GB-2437742-A (GB)
Title: Free piston engine
Inventor: SCHOFIELD NIGEL PAUL
IPC: F16J1/02
Filed: 2006-05-02
Abstract: A free piston gas engine, eg a gas-fuelled two-stroke, comprises a piston 18 reciprocating in a combustion cylinder 16. The piston 18 has a piston head 20 connected to a piston rod 22 and an elongate skirt 24 connected to the head 20 and surrounding the rod 22. The length of the skirt 24 is preferably twice the diameter of the piston head 20. A sealing element 33, eg a dry seal element formed from PTFE, extends around the external periphery of the piston skirt 24 at a location at or towards the end of the skirt remote from the piston head 20. The piston may be urged toward TDC by a return spring 68 and may define a pre-compression chamber 34 connected to the combustion chamber 36 by a scavenging passage 38 controlled by an intake valve 40. The exhaust valve 44 may be located centrally. The movement of the valves 40 and 44 may be controlled electronically by control unit (50,fig.2) or by movement of the piston 18. Electrical energy from a linear generator 70,74 is conveyed to a battery (200,fig.2) via the control unit 50.
Patent GB-2423188-A (GB)
Title: Fault detection and control methodologies for ion implantation processes, and system for performing same
Inventor: COSS ELFIDO JR
IPC: H01J37/304
Filed: 2004-06-04
Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to fault detection and control methodologies for ion implant processes, and a system for performing same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises performing a tuning process for an ion implant tool 10, the tuning process resulting in at least one tool parameter for the ion implant tool 10, selecting or creating a fault detection model for an ion implant process to be performed in the ion implant tool 10 based upon the tool parameter resulting from the tuning process, and monitoring an ion implant process performed in the ion implant tool 10 using the selected or created fault detection model. In another illustrative embodiment, the method comprises performing a tuning process for an ion implant tool 10, the tuning process resulting in at least one tool parameter for the ion implant tool 10, and determining if the tool parameter resulting from the tuning process is acceptable based on historical metrology data for implant regions formed in at least one substrate subjected to an ion implant process performed in the ion implant tool 10.
Patent GB-2437992-A (GB)
Title: Remote control for a multimedia player
Inventor: LIN CHUNG-HUNG
IPC: G11B31/00
Filed: 2006-05-10
Abstract: A remote control includes a transmitting and receiving unit 2, and a remote control unit 3; the transmitting and receiving unit is connected to a portable multimedia player 1, and includes a control mechanism, and a wireless transmitting and receiving mechanism; the remote control unit includes a control mechanism, and a display 36; in use, data relating to the portable multimedia player are read with the control mechanism, transmitted with the wireless transmitting and receiving mechanism of the transmitting and receiving unit, received with the wireless transmitting and receiving mechanism of the remote control unit, and shown on the display 36, which data include information relating to operation and the multimedia contents stored in the portable multimedia player; thus, the user is allowed to control the multimedia player with the remote control unit at a greater distance from the multimedia player, not having to look at the display of the multimedia player.
Patent GB-2438195-A (GB)
Title: Coated ink jet nozzle plate
Inventor: COULSON STEPHEN
IPC: D06M14/18
Filed: 2006-05-20
Abstract: An ink jet print head comprising a nozzle plate having a non-wetting polymeric coating or surface modification formed on the surface thereof by plasma processing, for example by exposing at least the nozzle plate of the print head to plasma comprising a gas which causes modification of the surface to impart non-wetting properties thereto or to plasma comprising a monomeric compound which undergoes plasma polymerisation to form a non-wetting polymer, such as a compound of formula (I) <EMI ID=1.1 HE=19 WI=71 LX=772 LY=1013 TI=CF> <PC>where R<1>, R<2> and R<3> are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl or aryl optionally substituted by halo; andR<4> is a group X-R<5> where R<5> is an alkyl or haloalkyl group and X is a bond; a group of formula -C(O)O(CH2)nY- where n is an integer of from 1 to 10 and Y is a bond or a sulphonamide group; or a group -(O)pR<6>(O)q(CH2)t- where R<6> is aryl optionally substituted by halo, p is 0 or 1, q is 0 or 1 and t is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 10, provided that where q is 1, t is other than 0, for a sufficient period of time to allow a polymeric layer to form on the surface of the nozzle plate. An example of a compound of formula (I) is 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluorodecyl acrylate. Devices of this type are protected from accumulation of ink on the surface around the nozzles of the print head, thereby enhancing the free-flowing properties of the ink through the print head during use.
Patent GB-2428123-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle impact protection system
Inventor: UONO YUTAKA
IPC: G08B21/18
Filed: 2006-06-07
Abstract: A first control signal generating unit 11 outputs a first control signal when the magnitude of an impact corresponding to a first sensor exceeds a first threshold. Similarly, a second control signal generating unit 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 outputs a second control signal when the magnitude of an impact corresponding to a second sensor exceeds a second threshold. A third control signal generating unit 147, 148, 149 outputs a third control signal when detecting disruption of the second sensor signal. A fourth control signal generating unit 15 outputs a fourth control signal when detecting an abnormality other than disruption of the second sensor signal. The third control signal generating unit 147, 148, 149, restricts the output of the third control signal when the fourth control signal is output. An activating signal generating unit 16 activates a protecting device 17 when the first control signal, and one of the second or third control signals, is output.
Patent GB-2438872-A (GB)
Title: Movement detector apparatus and detecting method
Inventor: JOHANNESSEN OLE GUSTAV
IPC: G01P3/36
Filed: 2006-06-09
Abstract: An apparatus for detecting at least one of the motion and position of a moveable part of the apparatus., the device comprising a radiation source in combination with a radiation detector which are respectively arranged to direct radiation onto and receive radiation from the moveable part of the apparatus, the received radiation having a different wavelength from the directed radiation and the arrangement being such that the received radiation is radiation emitted from the moveable part in response to the directed radiation.
Patent GB-2429057-A (GB)
Title: A transparent camera calibration tool employing a colour filter
Inventor: KATAYAMA YASUHIRO
IPC: H04N13/239
Filed: 2005-02-09
Abstract: A transparent camera calibration tool in which a plurality of indicator points is spatially distributed and fixed by arranging distinguishable marks which employ a specified color filter 5. The indicator points are arranged on a surface of a transparent material 4 or are arranged in a transparent material 4. Further, a plurality of cameras arranged separately from one another are calibrated in the same coordinate system by using the transparent camera calibration tool, plate tools that are added thereto, and light beams. The camera tool is installed directly in front of the camera and is able to be projected at any time without interfering with an observed image. A calibration method comprises installing the transparent calibration tool in front of a camera and providing the camera with a switching filter that is able to transmit or cut a specified colour of marks.
Patent GB-2429554-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus to vectorize multiple input instructions
Inventor: ALMOG YOAV
IPC: G06F9/45
Filed: 2005-05-25
Abstract: Briefly, an optimization unit to search for two or more candidate instructions in an instruction trace and to merge the two or more candidate instructions into a single instruction with multiple data (SIMD) according to a depth of a trace dependency and a common operation code of the two or more candidate instructions.
Patent GB-2428065-A (GB)
Title: Desalination method
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER CHARLES ARLES
IPC: B01D61/10
Filed: 2005-05-19
Abstract: A method of recovering hydrocarbons from a porous subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation comprising the steps of: a) feeding to at least on reverse osmosis unit of a desalination assembly a high salinity water feed stream having a total dissolved solids content (total salinity) of at least 10,000 ppm; b) driving a portion of the high salinity water feed stream across a membrane in the reverse osmosis unit of the desalination assembly at a pressure above the osmotic pressure of the high salinity water feed stream while excluding at least a portion of the dissolved solids from crossing said membrane to produce a treated low salinity water product stream having a total salinity of less than 5,000 ppm and a concentrated waste brine stream wherein the hydrostatic head exerted by the high salinity water feed stream on the feed side of the membrane provides at least a major component of the pressure required to overcome the osmotic pressure; c) injecting the low salinity water product stream into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation from an injection well; d) displacing the hydrocarbons with the low salinity water product stream toward an associated production well; and e) recovering hydrocarbons from the formation via the production well.
Patent GB-2443436-A (GB)
Title: Method of determining properties of the earth using turning wave data
Inventor: THOMSON COLIN
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2006-11-04
Abstract: There is provided a method of direct waveform inversion of turning waves to determine parameters characterizing properties of the earth or sub-sections of the earth, particularly of parts of the earth which are capable of trapping hydrocarbons with the inversion yielding from the wavefield of turning waves information representing or being equivalent to velocities or slownesses and/or the gradient of velocities or slownesses, by evaluating wavefield data in the vicinity of turning points. The method can be applied sequentially as a survey sinking method.