baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2357941-A (GB)
Title: Transmitting Data
Inventor: KAWAI NOBUYUKI
IPC: H04W8/12
Filed: 1996-07-31
Abstract: Data relating to the status of users 12 in a mobile communications system is broadcast via satellite 8 from a network register 4 to local registers 10 in an HDLC format. Each of the local registers 10 requests retransmission of any HDLC frames which are incorrectly received. The network register 4 records the earliest transmitted frame not yet acknowledged by all of the local registers and inhibits transmission of new frames if they fall outside a transmission window relative to the earliest transmitted frame. The network register 4 polls the local registers 10 for retransmission requests and the local registers 10 also send unsolicited requests to the network register 4. The network register 4 only retransmits a frame once if multiple requests for that frame are transmitted within a predetermined period.
Patent GB-2363076-A (GB)
Title: Arm support
Inventor: PALING ROBERT
IPC: A61M5/52
Filed: 2001-03-28
Abstract: A support for aiding the positioning of a patient's arm during extraction of a blood sample comprises a peripheral concave channel having at least three straight sections interconnected by curved sections. The channel is adapted to engage the forearm and the straight sections are of different lengths to enable the apparent height of the support to be varied. A web may extend across the space between the sections of the channel and may include holes or brackets to support associated equipment.
Patent GB-2361200-A (GB)
Title: Showerhead for delivering an aerated water stream by use of the venturi effect
Inventor: KNAPP ALFONS
IPC: B05B1/18
Filed: 1999-11-15
Abstract: The showerhead (10) includes a main housing (12) that forms the central supply inlet (16), a supply passage section (20) for the central inlet and a peripheral deflector (22). A disc (26) is applied to the main housing (12). The Venturi passages (40) are made up between housing (14) and the disc (26). A showerhead (10) is intended to deliver an aerated stream of water that has passed through and has been aerated by Venturi passages (40). The Venturi passages (40) radially extend from the supply inlet (16) toward the periphery (22) of the head (14). An air intake passage (44) communicates with the ambient exterior and also communicates with the Venturi passage between its nozzle (50) and diffuser (52). The deflector (22) is arranged to divert the aerated stream of water coming out of the individual Venturi passages in order to deliver them in substantially axial direction perpendicular to the plane (29) of the showerhead.
Patent GB-2381727-A (GB)
Title: Hedge cutter
Inventor: PARTRIDGE SIDNEY BARRY
IPC: A01G3/053
Filed: 2001-10-05
Abstract: A hedge cutter comprising a shroud 100 enclosing a rotary cutting blade, a means for rotating the blade, and two handles 103 which are attached to the shroud. At least one of the handles may be provided with a safety switch so that if the handle is released the power supply to the motor is interrupted. The cutter may be powered by an electric motor or an internal combustion engine which is situated within the housing 101. An extended handle 107 may be attached to the device allowing the cutter to be used as a lawn mower.
Patent GB-2382162-A (GB)
Title: A data processing method for an online auction
Inventor: GLASSPOOL ANDREW
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2001-10-31
Abstract: A data processing system for processing a large number of bids during an online auction comprising pre-processing during a live phase of the auction to enable live feedback to be generated in real time and subsequently processing stored data to determine the winner(s) of the auction.
Patent GB-2382870-A (GB)
Title: Domestic heating device
Inventor: WORSHIP CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: H05B3/00
Filed: 2001-12-05
Abstract: A domestic heating device comprises a housing 7 having a heat source 1 in the form of a copper box enclosing a tungsten halogen bulb, a copper pipe 2 passing through the copper box and communicates a fluid via a pump 3 to a radiator 4 in a closed circuit so that the fluid is heated by the tungsten halogen bulb. A fan 6 draws air into the housing 7 and directs the air over the radiator 4 to heat the air which is blown out. A thermal switch may mounted on the heat source 1 to control the temperature and hence power to the tungsten halogen bulb, and a further thermal switch may be provided on a pipe 5 to control the power to the entire system. The fan 6 may be slowed down to increase the temperature of the air blow out. A further fan 10 may be provided to help prevent the heat source 1 from overheating. An embodiment of the heating device may be employed in a central heating system so that the heated fluid passing through the copper pipe may be used to heat a radiator (fig 2).
Patent GB-2383750-A (GB)
Title: Umbrella with lamps
Inventor: LEE CHORNG-CHENG
IPC: A45B3/04
Filed: 2002-01-04
Abstract: The ribs and stretchers 2 of an umbrella have channels 4 which support a set of lamps 5 inserted into the channels. The wires 51 pass along the channels and into the umbrella cap via optional holes 14 and thence into a chamber 11 of the shaft. Alternatively (Fig 10) the wires may sit on top of the ribs/stretchers and each lamp, with its associated wire, is passed into the channel via a communicating hole (21). A further embodiment (Fig 13) has both the channels and wires on top of the ribs/stretchers and the lamps hang below from wires passed through holes (21). When the wire is on top, the ribs/stretchers may have a gap (22) at their end for receiving the wire of the terminal bulb.
Patent GB-2373451-A (GB)
Title: A golf club and ball launch monitor system
Inventor: GOBUSH WILLIAM
IPC: A63B43/00
Filed: 2002-02-13
Abstract: A launch monitor system 10 for measuring the data for a golf club (71 figure 9) and ball (72 figure 9) moving in a predetermined field of view, comprises a club monitor 14 in a first plane and a ball monitor 16 in a plane spaced vertically from the first plane and where each monitor obtains at least two images and a computer 20 to determine the data from the images. The monitors include two or more cameras CC1, CC2, BC1, BC2 and may all be positioned on the same side as the club and ball to provide both two and three dimensional data which may include club motion data such as speed, loft angle, face angle and ball motion data such as velocity and launch angle. The club and ball may have light reflecting areas (128a-c figure 5a), (162a-o figure 5b) which will be highlighted by a strobe light (90 figure 5a) to help monitor the club and ball during the swing. The method of use involves the golfer swinging a club to impact the golf ball where the club and ball cameras take at least two difference images during the downswing or backswing and where the computer is able to analyse the image to provide data for individuals or groups for club design and fitting.
Patent GB-2369647-A (GB)
Title: A motor vehicle door assembly and a method of assembling same
Inventor: FAWDREY DAVID CHARLES
IPC: B60J5/04
Filed: 2000-10-04
Abstract: A motor vehicle door assembly (3) is disclosed. The door assembly having inner and outer door panels (31, 32) joined together to define a cavity (34) in which is mounted a window lift assembly (11). The window lift assembly (11) is longer than it is wide so as to allow it to be inserted through an irregularly shaped aperture (33) formed in the inner door panel (31) before being rotated to close off the aperture (33). A seal (19) is provided to produce a water impermeable seal between the window lift assembly (11) and the inner door panel (31) when the window lift assembly (11) is secured in position for use.
Patent GB-2382323-A (GB)
Title: Bonding a flanged tube to a laminate base
Inventor: BREU DIPL-ING CHRISTOPH
IPC: B29C70/22
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: A fibre reinforced structure comprises a laminar base with at least one upstanding element 6 by means of which, further elements can be attached to the base. The base comprises an upper 4,5 and a lower 2,3 layer, the upstanding element 6 being a tube having a flange 8 sandwiched between, the upper and 4,5 and lower 2,3 layers. Also disclosed is a method in which the above described item is made by resin bonding the various parts to each other. The fibre reinforcement may be provided by carbon fibre. Each layer 2,3 and 4,5 may itself be formed of multiple layers, 2,3,4,5.
Patent GB-2393759-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine air intake cooling system with flow-restricted cooler bypass
Inventor: HENDERSON NOEL
IPC: F02B29/04
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: The air intake cooling system for a turbocharged or supercharged i.c. engine, eg a diesel engine, comprises a cooler 6 disposed in an intake passage 3 downstream of a turbocharger or supercharger 5 and a cooler bypass passage 7 with a bypass control valve 8, eg thermostatically actuated. A flow restriction means, eg orifice 9, is provided in the bypass passage 7 to limit the flow rate in the bypass passage in the event that the bypass control valve fails in the open position, risking damaging overheating of the engine. The orifice 9 may be dimensioned so that, only above a critical flow rate, the total bypass flow rate is restricted to 50% of the maximum design flow rate.
Patent GB-2395399-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of signals for decoding
Inventor: WASILEWSKI BARTOSZ KRZYSZTOF
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 2002-11-07
Abstract: A wireless-communications unit has a receiver chain including a codec 22 decoding the output of a rake receiver 18. Soft decisions passing from the rake receiver 18 to the codec 22 are scaled, by a scaling unit 20. The scaling factor can be tuned by monitoring a function based on the cumulative probability distribution function of the amplitudes of the scaled values. A complementary cumulative probability density function for a signal value magnitude may also be calculated as part of the monitoring. Also the monitoring step may include determining the fraction of a group of signal values that exceed a certain magnitude. The decoder may be a 3G telecommunications bit-rate signal decoder.
Patent GB-2385890-A (GB)
Title: A multi-stage vacuum pump with one end of a shaft able to move to allow for expansion
Inventor: NAITO YOSHIHIRO
IPC: F04C28/02
Filed: 2002-12-03
Abstract: A multi-stage vacuum pump 1 has a housing 2 with pumping chambers 5-8 arranged in series, the housing having an inlet port 3 to an initial stage pumping chamber 5 and an outlet port 4 from a final stage pumping chamber 8. Each pumping chamber has a pair of intermeshed Roots-type profile rotors 9A-12B contra-rotating on shafts 13A, 13B. The rotors 9A-12B are secured to the shafts 13A, 13B, and one end of each shaft is immovable in its axial or lengthwise direction, the other end of each shaft can move to allow expansion in its lengthwise direction. Bearings 21,22 may allow/constrain lengthwise movement. Axial clearances t1-t4 between the rotors and walls of the housing can be controlled, the clearance for each successive stage is larger than the clearance of the stage before. Thus the heat insulation of vacuum in the pumping stages is accommodated, thermal expansion controlled for pump efficiency, and stresses reduced to give longer component life.
Patent GB-2397842-A (GB)
Title: Vibration and hammer piling
Inventor: COLEY DAVID
IPC: E02D7/26
Filed: 2003-01-31
Abstract: A piling actuator has a reciprocating drive arrangement 12 and an intermediate member 20 which bears on a workpiece (not shown). The drive 12 carries and extension piece 54 having a shoulder at 74 which impacts on the upper extremity of the member 20, as the shoulder 74 reciprocates. This provides impact drive to member 20. Alternatively, the shaft 58 can be turned to engage teeth 64 in slots 66 (when the shoulder 74 is against the member 20) so that movement of the extension piece 54 relative to the member 20 is prevented. The member 20 is thus subjected to vibratory drive.
Patent GB-2386815-A (GB)
Title: Animal Bail Apparatus
Inventor: HARTY SENIOR EDMOND PATRICK
IPC: A01K1/12
Filed: 2003-03-26
Abstract: Bail apparatus 2 for separating animals comprising an elongated support spine 9, a plurality of bails 17 carried on the support spine, each bail comprising a partition 25 which extends transversely from the support spine and each partition carrying a pivotal gate 35 having animal engagement means, where at least some of the partitions are adjustably attached to the support spine and at least some of the gates are adjustably attached to the partitions. The partitions may comprise first and second elements 26 and 27, which extend on respective opposite sides of the support spine. The first partition element may comprise upper and lower elongated members (30,31, fig. 4), the gates being carried at an end of the members. The second partition element may also comprise upper and lower elongate members (56,57, fig. 4)which terminate in a single bend 55 to form an area for animal feed. The support spine may be raised from a lower position to an upper inoperable position by drive means.
Patent GB-2400662-A (GB)
Title: Positioning system for seismic array
Inventor: HOWLID MARTIN
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2003-04-15
Abstract: A positioning determining system 16 (GPS, acoustic network, laser device) informs a controller of the position of the seismic sources 14 in a towed array 11. The controller controls an actuator on a steerable deflector 15 to adjust a moveable wing 18 which allows the lateral position of the array to be changed to a desired position. The array may comprise a plurality of sub-arrays being coupled to each other by distance ropes. A winch may vary the length of some of the distance ropes to adjust the positions of the sub-arrays. The array may also include an obstacle avoidance system comprising an acoustic transmitter and receiver (eg sonar) which can inform the controller of obstacles and the deflector can be steered accordingly.
Patent GB-2386428-A (GB)
Title: A tyre condition monitoring system
Inventor: KENNETT GRAHAM JOHN
IPC: B60C23/04
Filed: 1998-10-16
Abstract: A tyre condition monitoring system comprises a wheel transmitter unit for each wheel of a vehicle. The transmitter unit is mountable in the wheel and has sensors 15, 16 for sensing pressure and temperature in the wheel. Signals from the sensors are processed by a processor to produce data which is transmitted via a radio frequency transmitter. Transmitted data is received by a receiver unit 41 where it is analysed to determine the condition of the tyre. The wheel transmitter unit is operable in a normal operating mode in which data representing the sensed parameters is transmitted, and in a store mode in which the unit is responsive to a change in a sensed parameter to enter the normal mode. The wheel transmitter unit is also operable to transmit from time to time data representing parameters pertaining to the wheel and an identity code pertaining to the transmitter unit. The transmitter is arranged to respond to a change in said one or more parameters by transmitting data more often, and the receiver unit is operable in a learning mode in which it responds to reception of data from a single transmitter unit more often by assigning to that transmitter unit a designated wheel position on a vehicle. The receiver unit 41 is also operable in hand-held and in-vehicle modes.
Patent GB-2389127-A (GB)
Title: A wall stud with curved portion in web
Inventor: WALKER CHRISTOPHER
IPC: E04B2/74
Filed: 2003-05-29
Abstract: A wall stud 2 has two sidewalls 4, 6 interconnected by a spanning web that comprises first and second portions 14, 16 connected to respective sidewalls and being connected themselves by a curved member 18. The curved member 18 also has at least one row of longitudinal slots formed along its length. Sound insulating material may be packed within the stud.
Patent GB-2402804-A (GB)
Title: Copying copy protected optical discs
Inventor: DOYLE WILLIAM HENRY CHRISTOPHE
IPC: G11B20/00
Filed: 2003-06-13
Abstract: To copy a copy protected DVD (32), and thereby subvert the copy protection technique, a DVD drive (50) is controlled by a disc copying program (54) to access data at a level other than that at the user data level. For example, if it is the data frame (44) which is read, the DVD drive (50) is controlled to write a data frame (12 to a copy disc (52). During the copying process, the program (54) may be arranged to remove sector IDs and error detection codes from the read data frames (44) and to generate new sector IDs and appropriate ID error detection codes for the data frames (12) to be written to the copy disc (52). This circumvents any copy protection which has been incorporated in the identification data in a data frame of the original disc (52).
Patent GB-2388272-A (GB)
Title: Loudspeaker
Inventor: BANK ANDREW DOUGLAS
IPC: H04R7/04
Filed: 2002-04-04
Abstract: A loudspeaker (104) comprising a box-form structure made from stiff lightweight sheet material to define a plurality of faces (34), at least one face (34) of the structure forming a panel-form bending wave acoustic radiator and having an electroacoustic vibration transducer (106) coupled thereto to apply bending wave energy to the radiator to cause it to radiate an acoustic output when an input signal is applied to the traducer, the box-form structure being collapsible, so that the box-form structure can be stored and transported in a flat form and erected as a box when required as a loudspeaker.
Patent GB-2393602-A (GB)
Title: Hinged-type piezoelectric loudspeaker
Inventor: TOPLISS RICHARD
IPC: H04R17/00
Filed: 2003-09-02
Abstract: The loudspeaker has a flat sound emitting panel 25 mounted onto a support structure and at least one electroactive actuator 26 adapted to rotate said membrane around a hinge 212. The actuator 26 is effectively decoupled from excessive motion or resistance to motion of the panel by coupling element 261. The panel 25 may be transparent to form an outer protective cover for the display of a radiotelephone (Fig 3).
Patent GB-2390280-A (GB)
Title: A method of modifying low frequency components of a digital audio signal
Inventor: LITTLE MAX ANDREW
IPC: H04S1/00
Filed: 2002-03-06
Abstract: A method of enhancing low frequency components of a digital audio signal (10) having left (12) and right (14) channel signals, comprises:a) filtering the left (12) and right (14) channels signals using respective left (16) and right (20) high-pass filters to form left (54) and fight (56) high-pass filtered signals;b) filtering the left (12) and right (14) channels signals using respective left (18) and right (22) band-pass filters to form left (46) and right (48) low frequency signals;c) modifying the amplitude of the left (46)and right (48) low frequency signals to give modified left (50) and right (52) low frequency signals, whereby signals (46,48) with amplitude   a  where 0<  a&a  1 are amplified by a first constant value C1, signals (46,48) with amplitude a1   &a  <a2 are amplified proportional to 1/  a  , signals (46,48) with amplitude   a  =  a  2 are unchanged, signals (46,48) with amplitude   a  2?  a  ?  a  3 are attenuated proportional to 1/  a  , and signals (46,48) with amplitude   a  =  a  3 are attenuated by a second constant value C2; and b) combining the modified band-pass filtered left (50) and right (52) signals with the respective left (54) and right (56) high-pass filtered signals to form respective modified left (58) and right (60) channel audio signals. The method has the advantage that the maximum signal level (i.e., unity) of the audio signal is never exceeded, thus avoiding extreme audible artefacts.
Patent GB-2390009-A (GB)
Title: Prefastened diaper/pant for infants with improved fit range
Inventor: DATTA PAUL JOSEPH
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2002-02-05
Abstract: A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having elastic and/or extensible components to provide a Percent Fit Range of at least about 33 %, more desirably about 80 % to about 150 %. The disposable absorbent article has prefastened fasteners to allow for easy donning of the article. After initial donning of the article, a waist size adjustment feature allows the waist perimeter dimension to be adjusted to conform the waist opening to the waist of the wearer.
Patent GB-2407216-A (GB)
Title: Generator mounted in a bicycle wheel hub
Inventor: CHEN TING-HSING
IPC: F16H1/28
Filed: 2003-10-14
Abstract: A bicycle wheel having a generator device includes a shaft 1, bearings 2, a generator unit including a coil 314 fixed relative to the shaft and a rotary magnet 32, a planetary gear set 41,42,43 and a hub. The driven gear 43 is carried by a tube 431 which rotates about the shaft, the tube 431 and the magnet sleeve 321 being shaped for non-rotational engagement when the tube is inserted into the sleeve. Lead wire 315 connects the coil to the load. An external magnet arrangement is disclosed (fig 4).
Patent GB-2391184-A (GB)
Title: Filtering medium of oil filter for automatic transmission
Inventor: KOBAYASHI MASAKI
IPC: F16H57/04
Filed: 2002-04-25
Abstract: A filter element (30) which has a filtering medium (31) formed by ruffling a fiber sheet and a resin frame (32) surrounding the perimeter of the filtering medium (31); and a filtering medium (31) which comprises a fiber sheet comprising a heat-resistant fiber having a melting temperature or a carbonization temperature of 300{C or higher. As the heat-resistant fiber, use can be made of a meta-type or para-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber, a wholly aromatic polyester fiber, a polyphenylene sulfide fiber, or a polyamideimide fiber. As a fiber constituting the fiber sheet except the heat-resistant fiber, use can be made of a fiber having a softening point of 150{C or higher such as a polyamide based fiber, a polyester based fiber, an acrylic fiber, or a vinylon fiber. Preferably, the heat-resistant fiber accounts for 3 mass % or more of the fiber sheet The filtering medium is suppressed in the reduction of bursting strength during use and causes no substantial problems in practical use.
Patent GB-2394966-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus at a spinning preparation machine for measuring spacings of card clothings
Inventor: SCHMITZ THOMAS
IPC: D01G15/28
Filed: 2003-11-04
Abstract: A carding machine has a sensor 24 such as a laser device for measuring the spacing b between the tips of clothing 4a and a reference surface 20. The sensor shown is mounted on a measuring card top bar 26 substituted for one of the normal clothed top bars and is use to measure the spacing between the cylinder clothing tips and the surface of a slideway 20a. A further sensor or sensors (24, Figs 3-5) face the card top bars in their return path and measure the spacing (c) between the tips of their clothing and their sliding pins. The difference between the spacings b and c gives the spacing between the tips of the cylinder and top bar clothings.
Patent GB-2408399-A (GB)
Title: Forming a dielectric on a thin metal film using an ion beam
Inventor: DAVIS MERVYN HOWARD
IPC: G11C11/15
Filed: 2003-11-24
Abstract: A process for forming a dielectric on a thin metal film comprises placing a metal wafer 17 on a substrate support table 19 in an ion beam apparatus, exciting the ion source 18, introducing to the ion source a mixture of one or both of oxygen and nitrogen and a noble gas, and extracting the ions and projecting them towards the metal wafer thereby forming the oxide, nitride or oxynitride of the metal. The support table could be rotatable and the ion beam could be multi-zonal 21, could be created using a two, three or four grid 22 extraction means and could have a continuously radially varied profile. The process could be used to form a dielectric tunnel barrier layer in a magnetic tunnel junction.