baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2512575-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and system for non-invasive incontinence detection, analysis and transmission
Inventor: KELLY JOHN PAUL
IPC: A61B5/20
Filed: 2013-02-08
Abstract: The present invention comprises a system for detecting and monitoring incontinence in a mammal, the system comprising means for detecting a gas associated with incontinence, for example a gas sensor 140; means for transmitting the detected gas level to a central controller; means for comparison of the detected gas level with a pre-determined reference level; means for transmitting a signal to a receiving device if the detected gas level is equal to or exceeds the reference level. The system can also distinguish between flatulence and incontinence through comparison of emissions profile, for example of ammonia detected. It may also include a housing 101, 102, vents 170 and a means, such as a fan 105, for drawing air close to the sensor. In other aspects embodiments include the use of analytical spectroscopy to analyse and profile the output of gases associated with human incontinence and flatulence, the use of a gas sensing device combined with wireless transmission capability to present a user with incontinence information and the use of a gas sensor for detecting levels of a diffused gas arising from a flatulence or an incontinence event.
Patent GB-2500996-A (GB)
Title: Stress relieving layers in additive layer manufacturing
Inventor: WESCOTT ANDREW DAVID
IPC: B22F3/105
Filed: 2013-03-18
Abstract: A method of forming a metallic component by additive layer manufacturing by applying the following steps: i) using a heat source 4 to melt the surface of a work piece 1, ii) adding metallic material 5 to the melt and moving the heat source 4 relative to the work piece 1 thereby progressively forming a layer of metallic material on the work piece 1, iii) solidifying the formed layer by forced cooling, iv) stress relieving the solidified layer and repeating steps i)-iv). The component can be made using a laser 4 to heat powder either deposited as a bed or blown onto the laser or using an arc to heat wire. Stress relief can be by peening using a pulsed laser or ultra-sonic impact. Apparatus comprises a treatment station 3 and means to move this station relative to a work piece 1. The station comprises a heat source 4, a source of metallic material, cooling means and stress relieving means.
Patent GB-2499339-A (GB)
Title: Flexible bags for chromatographic media
Inventor: GEBAUER KLAUS
IPC: B01D15/10
Filed: 2010-12-21
Abstract: A flexible bag 10 for chromatographic media comprising an exterior wall 12, first and second liquid distribution elements 13, 14, and a medium filling port 16. Elements 13, 14 are opposed to each other, and are moulded or welded to wall 12. Bag 10 preferably comprises a first and a second end piece attached to wall 12 and adjacent to fluid distribution elements 13 and 14, respectively, both end pieces comprising an opening 25, 26 for flowing carrier fluid. Bag 10 may have tubular or cylindrical configuration and be used in radial or axial chromatography. Elements 13, 14 may be a filter, mesh, net or sinter. A method of packing a chromatography column comprising the steps of inserting bag 10 into the chamber of a chromatography column 20, closing column 20, and compressing a bed of chromatography medium, preferably using a hydraulic chamber 17 located within column 20 so as to form a consolidated or fluidised bed onto which a chemical or cell may be loaded for further processing, separation or purification, or for storage and/or transport.
Patent GB-2515072-A (GB)
Title: Flooring system
Inventor: GLANVILLE DAVID
IPC: E04F19/04
Filed: 2013-06-13
Abstract: A method of installing a flooring system at the entrance/exit of a controlled environment comprising; providing a secondary floor covering 5 over the existing floor covering, the secondary floor covering extending across the floor and up the walls, sealing the secondary floor covering to the walls, removing a section of the secondary floor covering from the floor, inlaying a contamination control floor covering 7 into the secondary floor covering, sealing the edges of the control floor covering, providing an edging strip (Fig 5) along the edge of the secondary floor covering that extends across the floor and up the walls and sealing the edging strip to the secondary floor covering. Preferably the floor is for a hospital or other clean room, hygienic environment. The edging strip preferably has no phthalates in it and has a silver nitrate antimicrobial agent.
Patent GB-2500543-A (GB)
Title: Helmet Adjustment Mechanism
Inventor: GRIM MICHAEL
IPC: A42B3/14
Filed: 2010-03-17
Abstract: A helmet (10, fig.1) comprising a shell, first and second retention members 26,28 movable with respect to each other and an adjustment mechanism (38, fig.1) the mechanism comprising an actuating member 50 movable in two directions to move at least one of the retention members; a clutch member (65, fig.3) having clutch teeth 62, a first locking member 64 and a second locking member 64, each locking member being engageable with the clutch teeth and movable between a locked and unlocked position, and a release mechanism 90 adapted to unlock the first locking member while leaving the second locking member in the locked position. The retention members preferably comprise straps. The retention members may comprise teeth 32,34, and the actuating member may comprise a rotatable pinion which engages the teeth. The second locking member preferably is a flexible arm and provides a ratcheting detent when the actuating member is being moved in the first direction.
Patent GB-2503120-A (GB)
Title: Coiled tubing triple-sealed penetrator and method
Inventor: EMERSON TOD D
IPC: E21B17/02
Filed: 2011-12-12
Abstract: A triple-sealed ESP connection provides a first seal at the upper end of a coiled tubing to limit the migration of vapors from the interior of the coiled tubing into the annulus at a wellhead and a second seal to prevent migration of the vapors from the annulus of the wellhead to the exterior surface of the wellhead. This triple-sealed arrangement can be accomplished by providing a threaded connection on an upper end of the coiled tubing to which is attached the sealable shroud for the electrical conductor splice which sealably connects with the wellhead thereby providing a sealed upper end to the coiled tubing and a second seal on the shroud and a seal at the wellhead. The second seal in both cases is the seal that can be either a metal-to-metal or other type of compressive seal arrangement or a sealed tubing arrangement.
Patent GB-2516489-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic Panel
Inventor: JONES CRAIG
IPC: E04B9/00
Filed: 2013-07-24
Abstract: A sound absorbing panel for indoor use comprises moulded synthetic foam and has a normal incidence sound absorption coefficient of greater than 0.5 at frequencies between 500Hz and 5kHz. The panel may be supported by a framework and may be covered by a layer of fabric. The moulded foam may be polyurethane or a melamine resin. The panel may have a curved surface. A method of manufacturing a panel by cold pouring the foam into a preformed mould is also claimed. The panel may also have sound absorption coefficients greater than 0.7 and 0.75 at frequencies of 3kHz and 2500Hz respectively.
Patent GB-2507171-A (GB)
Title: Function control in apparatus for processing tissue samples
Inventor: BERBERICH MARKUS
IPC: G01N1/28
Filed: 2013-08-30
Abstract: A processing apparatus 100 for processing tissue samples comprises a control unit 140 for controlling apparatus functions of the apparatus and a communication device 130, 135 set up to read out at least one item of information from a user identification unit 151, 152, 153 and to convey it to the control unit. The control unit is set up to control at least one of the apparatus functions of the apparatus in dependence on the at least one item of information that has been conveyed. Preferably, the communication device comprises an RFID transceiver, and the user identification unit comprises an RFID transponder. The control unit may comprise a log book function which can store information such as user identification, and also items regarding processed tissue samples and apparatus settings. The control device may also authorize and block functions of the apparatus, and/or establish user-specific settings, dependent on the information item read out.
Patent GB-2521822-A (GB)
Title: Valve Mechanism
Inventor: FIEDOROWICZ RICHARD JOHN
IPC: F16K31/40
Filed: 2013-11-26
Abstract: A control valve 1 for fluids such as anaesthetic gases, the control valve comprising an inflow duct 18, an outflow duct 19, and a diaphragm 13 displaceable between a closed position, blocking fluid flow between the inflow 18 and outflow 19 passages, and an open position, permitting fluid flow therebetween. The displacement of the diaphragm 13 being achieved by means of a drive mechanism comprising a permanent magnet 2 connected to the diaphragm 13 by means of a shaft 10, and an electromagnet 4 encircling the permanent magnet 2, such that energising the electromagnet 4 displaces the permanent magnet 2 and thus the diaphragm 13. The action of the drive means preferably moving the diaphragm 13 into and out of contact with a valve seat 20 around a mouth of the outflow duct 19 to open or close the valve 1. The electromagnet 4 further preferably taking the form of a coil 4 of wire wound around a hollow cylindrical support 5 arranged to surround the permanent magnet 2.
Patent GB-2506817-A (GB)
Title: Underwater working system and method for operating an underwater working system
Inventor: HESSE SVEN-CHRISTIAN
IPC: B63G8/00
Filed: 2013-02-13
Abstract: The invention relates to an underwater working system (1) having at least one autonomous unmanned submarine vehicle (2) and an unmanned relay vehicle (4) floating on the surface (3) of the water, said relay vehicle (4) having a radio antenna (5) for external communication and a drive (16). The submarine vehicle (2) is connected to the relay vehicle (4) via an internal communications device. The invention also relates to a method for operating an underwater working system. In order to create an underwater working system having an autonomous submarine vehicle and an unmanned relay vehicle floating on the surface of the water, and also a method for operating such an underwater working system, which provides an increased level of performance of the autonomous submarine vehicle (2) with short mission times, provision is made according to the invention for the relay vehicle (4) to be controllable by means of a control unit (16) taking into account navigation information (17) via the at least one autonomous submarine vehicle (2).
Patent GB-2524048-A (GB)
Title: Larder gem
Inventor: CLARKE TRACY JAYNE
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2014-03-09
Abstract: A device for monitoring household food stock comprises means for scanning product barcodes, a digital display, wireless communication means such as Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth (RTM), an input keypad, and power supply means. The device records food stock and usage, and can reorder food directly from supermarkets according to usage or desired minimum stock levels. Items are scanned in and scanned out of stock using the barcode scanner. The display allows stock levels to be viewed. The power supply preferably comprises mains electricity with backup battery. The device may be fixed to the inside of a cupboard, such as a larder.
Patent GB-2514466-A (GB)
Title: Display
Inventor: BICKERSTAFF IAN HENRY
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2014-03-17
Abstract: A display method using a head mountable display operable to display an image to a viewer comprises detecting an initial position and/or orientation of the viewer's head and generating an image for display according to the detected position and/or orientation. Then it detects a current position and/or orientation of the viewer's head at a time at which the image is to be displayed. The generated image is re-projected according to any differences between the initial position and/or orientation and the current position and/or orientation of the viewer's head and displayed using the display. Also provided is a method of image capture in which metadata indicating the position or orientation of the viewers head is associated with the captured image.
Patent GB-2524543-A (GB)
Title: A tool for assisting with pole driving
Inventor: SHARP DARYL
IPC: E02D13/10
Filed: 2014-03-26
Abstract: A tool 1for assisting with pole driving comprising a tubular sleeve 2 with an open end 3 and a closed end 4 comprising an inner part and an outer part. The sleeve 2 is arranged in use to pass over the end of a pole so that the inner part of the closed end 4 is adjacent to the end of the pole. The outer part of the closed end 4 is arranged in use to receive multiple strikes from a striking tool. The tool 1 further comprises a gripping means associated with the tubular sleeve 2 and configured to be grasped in one hand. A hand guard may be provided and the sleeve may be internally tapered so as to narrow towards the closed end. The closed end may be differently coloured and/or textured.
Patent GB-2526265-A (GB)
Title: Medical device having magnetically expandable frame
Inventor: HANSEN PALLE MUNK
IPC: A61F2/82
Filed: 2014-05-13
Abstract: A stent 10, for example, is provided with a plurality of frame elements 16 which may have an undulating form. The stent 10 is provided with a plurality of magnetic elements 30 between adjacent stent elements 16. The magnetic elements 30 have the same polarities so as to produce repulsive forces 40 biasing the stent structure into a radially expanded configuration. The magnetic elements 30 provide an alternative opening force on the stent 10, enabling the stent 10 to be made of struts 16 of thinner and weaker material or of a non-sprung material. The magnetic elements 30 also provide a constant opening force in order to retain the stent reliably in position within a vessel. The stent 10 could be made of a biodegradable material.
Patent GB-2521237-A (GB)
Title: Fuel tank valve assembly
Inventor: RICHARDSON BENJAMIN
IPC: F16K24/00
Filed: 2014-06-09
Abstract: A valve assembly 24 comprises a discharge valve 30 which in normal operation is closed, and which can be opened to discharge fluid from the fuel tank, and a water passageway 56 across which extends a membrane 60 which is permeable to water but impermeable to fuel. The valve assembly may be used in an aircraft fuel tank, a domestic fuel tank or a water drain.
Patent GB-2525942-A (GB)
Title: Hot spot burner and reversing lance for end port regenerative furnace
Inventor: SIMPSON NEIL
IPC: C03B5/235
Filed: 2014-06-12
Abstract: An end-port regenerative furnace 10 Includes a housing; a combustion chamber 14 within the housing; first and second regenerators 24, 26 each disposed to be in communication with the combustion chamber; and first and second lance assemblies 20,22. The first and second lance assemblies are located in the half of the combustion chamber closest to the discharging end, and are adapted to inject either fuel gas or oxygen, such that when the first lance injects fuel the second injects oxygen and vice versa. The first and second regenerators are each constructed and arranged to alternate between a combustion mode and an exhaust mode for the combustion products circulating in the combustion chamber. First and second burners 40, 42 or 41, 43 for operation in the combustion chamber are each respectively disposed between the first lance and first regenerator, and between the second lance and second regenerator. The first and second burners may each fire or combust a fuel and an oxidant to provide extra combustion. The furnace may be a glass melting regenerative furnace for reducing the formation of NOx .
Patent GB-2520097-A (GB)
Title: Flexible magnetic field coil for measuring ionic quantity
Inventor: LEDBETTER FINLEY LEE
IPC: H01F27/28
Filed: 2012-12-12
Abstract: A flexible magnetic coil for determining Ion migration rates inside a vacuum device can include a plurality of insulated copper wires held together as a bundle. A positive pole can be connected to a first end of the bundle tor receiving a positive DC voltage. A negative pole can be connected to a second end of the bundle for completing a circuit with the positive pole. A DC voltage ranging from ten volts to four thousand volts from a power supply can be connected to the positive pole, the negative pole, or combinations thereof. The bundle can be a loop and can form a circuit when the DC voltage is applied to the loop. The bundle can create a flexible electromagnetic field of at least one Gauss around the vacuum device using a calculation of a number of turns of insulated copper wire multiplied by applied DC current.
Patent GB-2523607-A (GB)
Title: Priority based intelligent platform passive thermal management
Inventor: SRINIVASAN VASUDEVAN
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2013-06-19
Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to priority based intelligent platform passive thermal management are described. In one embodiment, the power consumption limit of one or more components of a platform is modified based on one or more thermal relationships between one or more power consuming components of the platform and one or more heat generating components of the platform. Furthermore, a first relationship of the one or more thermal relationships indicates an influence priority of a source component of the platform on a target component of the platform. Other embodiments are also claimed and disclosed.
Patent GB-2528492-A (GB)
Title: Direct skin radiation dose measurement system with quantitative optical read-out
Inventor: HERMANS JEROEN
IPC: G01T1/06
Filed: 2014-07-24
Abstract: Colour changing materials sensitive to UV or ionizing radiation (i.e. radiochromic) are used oin a flexible adhesive patch attached to the skin. Calibration regions are included in addition to at least one functional cell. A camera is used to capture images of the function in addition to any calibration reference regions. An algorithm converts a digital picture obtained into a dose map of the functional colour changing region of the patch, providing in-vivo real time dosimetry.
Patent GB-2522744-A (GB)
Title: Servo actuators
Inventor: COLLINS ANDREW JOHN
IPC: F15B13/043
Filed: 2014-11-14
Abstract: A servo actuator 1 is provided. The servo actuator 1 comprises: an actuator housing 4; an actuator member 2 located within the actuator housing 4; and at least one spool 8 located in a cavity 6 formed within the actuator housing 4. The housing 4 also comprises a first set of internal ports including an inlet port P, an outlet port T and a pair of control ports S1, S2, the inlet port P is connected to a first pressurised supply; and a second set of internal ports comprising an inlet port P, an outlet port T; and a pair of control ports S1, S2, the inlet port P is connected to a second pressurised supply. In use, movement of the spool 8 alters the flow path of fluid through the first and second set of internal ports to control the movement of the actuator member 2.
Patent GB-2537856-A (GB)
Title: Communication between intergrated circuits
Inventor: VEGARD ENDRESEN
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2015-04-28
Abstract: The end of an I2C transmission is detected by connecting the serial data line to the clock of a first D-type flip-flop and connecting the serial clock line to the data input of the flip-flop. The start of the transmission is detected by connecting the serial data line to the inverting input of a second D-type flip-flop and connecting the serial clock line to the data input of the flip flop. The output of the second flip-flop is connected to the data input of a third D-type flip-flop, which is clocked from the inverted serial clock line. The output of this flip-flop is connected to the reset of the first flip-flop. It is also connected to a fourth D-type flip-flop, which is clocked from the serial clock line. The output of the fourth flip flop is connected to the reset of the first flip-flop.
Patent GB-2530952-A (GB)
Title: Determining reserve estimates for a reservoir
Inventor: EWING MICHAEL DAVID
IPC: G06T17/10
Filed: 2014-08-15
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining reserve estimates for a reservoir using a thickness grid multiplied by one or more grids of laterally-varying attributes to produce a unified grid from which the reserve estimates are determined.
Patent GB-2547653-A (GB)
Title: Clamping device
Inventor: GERGO GRÁF
IPC: F16L37/12
Filed: 2016-02-23
Abstract: A clamping device 10 for securing a pair of flanges together, consists of a unitary strip of a polymeric material, such as a polyimide, with a multiplicity of clamping segments 14, 15 linked by flexible strip portions 16. The ends of the unitary strip define latching elements 22, 24 shaped to interconnect when the ends are brought together, such as in the form of ratchet teeth 28. Along one face of the unitary strip the clamping segments 14, 15 define teeth 18, 20 that project at opposite sides of the unitary strip, and these teeth define faces that are adapted in use to contact outer faces of the pair of flanges. Each clamping segment 14, 15 may define two opposing teeth 18, 20, and the clamping segments 20 adjacent the ends of the unitary strip may have a length between two and three times the length of the other clamping segments 18. The clamping device 10 can also be provided with outward projecting wings 25, 32 that can be squeezed together to bring the latching elements into engagement.
Patent GB-2538865-A (GB)
Title: Remote tool position and tool status indication
Inventor: Joshua Max Hornsby
IPC: E21B47/16
Filed: 2014-01-22
Abstract: A system is described that is positionable downhole in wellbore for determining a parameter of a downhole tool. The system includes a tubing subassembly and a signal generator positioned in the tubing subassembly for outputting, in response to being covered or uncovered by a detectable portion of a downhole tool, a detectable signal for determining a parameter of the downhole tool.
Patent GB-2535414-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary tissue products with superior machine direction elongation and foreshortening properties and methods for making same
Inventor: RYAN DOMINIC MALADEN
IPC: D21H27/00
Filed: 2014-12-18
Abstract: Fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products comprising fibrous structure, and more particularly to fibrous structures comprising pulp fibers, wherein the fibrous structures exhibit unique elongation (stretch) and total foreshortening properties, and methods for making such fibrous structures.
Patent GB-2551774-A (GB)
Title: Pile Hammer
Inventor: Stephen Desborough
IPC: E02D7/10
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A double-acting hydraulic impact hammer for pile driving, comprising a drop weight 36 and an inner hydraulic piston 44, the drop weight being mechanically coupled to the inner piston. The inner piston has a voided internal area 46 defining an inner piston volume which is arranged to receive a hollow piston rod 48. The inner piston volume is in sealed hydraulic communication with the hollow rod volume to form a composite first hydraulic volume which changes size as the inner piston moves along the piston rod. The application of hydraulic pressure to the first volume biases the piston towards its fully extended position. The hammer further includes an outer bore 52 surrounding the inner piston and a collar 58 fixed around the outside of the inner piston which fits sealingly in the space defined between the outer bore and the outside of the inner piston, the collar forming an outer piston 58 having a working surface 60 which is generally downward facing and which when exposed to hydraulic fluid at the same pressure as the first volume, has sufficient surface area relative to the working surface area of the inner piston to provide an upward force on the inner piston sufficient to overcome the said extension biasing force and provide sufficient excess force to lift the inner piston and drop weight.