baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2532363-A (GB)
Title: Kits, assemblies and methods for no-tools toilet installation
Inventor: ROBERT M JENSEN
IPC: E03D11/16
Filed: 2011-01-19
Abstract: Methods for mounting a toilet bowl B on a mounting surface S. The methods work with existing flanges or may include a standard closet flange 112 configured to receive a flange bolt (30 figure 6). The method comprises a flange bolt having a bolt head (32 figure 6) and a bolt stem (36 figure 6) extending from the bolt head and having an end portion opposite the bolt head. The flange has an upper surface (14 figure 6) and the bolt head is configured so as to fit through an opening (18 figure 6) in the flange, so that the bolt head contacts a lower surface (16 figure 6) of the flange, and the end portion of the stern extends upwardly from the upper surface of the flange. Mounting blocks are then positioned on the mounting surface, placing the toilet bowl on the mounting blocks and aligning the bowl with the flange and flange bolts. The mounting blocks are then removed and the bowl is lowered into position. The mounting blocks may have pull tabs or straps 204 and may be manufactured from wood, strand board, fibreboard, metal, foam and or plastics. The mounting blocks enable installation while minimizing potential for injury due to suspending a toilet bowl or assembly while aligning the bowl so as to sit on the flange bolts.
Patent GB-2548549-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible solar oven
Inventor: GLYN EUGENE HOWARD
IPC: F24S20/30
Filed: 2016-02-24
Abstract: A collapsible solar heater or solar oven comprises a light reflective base (10, fig 1) which is at least partially concave and bordered by an upstanding side wall (14, fig 1). The side wall can be lengthened and shortened to vary the height of the solar heater. A lid 24 of translucent material for closing the solar oven when in use. The base and upstanding side wall are produced from a silicone polymer. Also disclosed is a solar heater or oven comprising a light reflective base at least partially concave, at least one open ended sidewall connected for telescopic sliding movement relative to the based member. A lid formed of translucent material mounted on the upermost side wall member. The side wall preferably comprises multiple open ended side wall sections 16, 18, 20.
Patent GB-2533509-A (GB)
Title: Improved structures of luminous umbrella
Inventor: TSUNG-HONG TSAI
IPC: F21L4/00
Filed: 2011-04-27
Abstract: A luminous umbrella comprises an LED illumination device (211, 212, fig. 20), a flexible canopy 10, a shaft 11, linkage members on a slip ring assembly 2 and rib members on fixed collar assembly 3. The plate spring 1121 which supports the slip ring 2 on the shaft 11 has two positions. An open position, shown in figure 21a, in which the spring 1121 is supported in an open position in slot 283 of the slip ring assembly 2, leaves a small gap between the electrical contacts on the slip ring 2 and the fixed ring 3. This means there is an open circuit and the LED device cannot light up. In the second position (shown in figure 21b) the plate spring 1121 is placed in a closed position in the closed slot 283, allowing the electrical contacts on the slip ring 2 and the fixed ring 3 to touch and close the circuit, lighting up the LED device.
Patent GB-2550958-A (GB)
Title: Waveguide structure
Inventor: IAN MARSHALL
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2016-06-03
Abstract: An optical waveguide device for use in a head up display provides pupil expansion in two dimensions. There is a primary waveguide 304 and a secondary waveguide 308 whose refractive index is higher. The secondary waveguide is positioned at an interface with the primary waveguide and has a main diffraction grating 319 opposite to the interface. The diffraction grating may diffract light into more than one diffraction order, the rays that are diffracted into a non-zero order being trapped in the secondary waveguide by total internal reflection. There may be an optical coating at the interface 309 between the primary and secondary waveguides. The lines of the main diffraction grating 319 may be parallel with an axis from the input to the output of the primary waveguide and may deviate at least some incident light orthogonally to this axis. There may be an input section on a face of the primary waveguide coupling light by total internal reflection and an output section which directs light out of the waveguide to an output pupil by one or more partially reflective mirrors. Alternatively there may be input and output diffraction gratings. The main diffraction grating may diffract light into two or more diffraction orders.
Patent GB-2551141-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for managed pressure drilling
Inventor: STEINAR ELGSAETER
IPC: E21B21/08
Filed: 2016-06-07
Abstract: A method of controlling a choke valve in a managed pressure drilling (MPD) system comprising: a) performing measurements to determine a dataset comprising, for each of a plurality of time steps: a value of fluid flow rate through the drill bit, a value of fluid flow rate through the control choke, a value of fluid flow rate from the back pressure pump and a value of fluid pressure at the control chokes S2; b) executing an inversion algorithm on the PLC to obtain a value for the bulk modulus of a fluid within the annulus, the inversion algorithm taking the dataset as an input, wherein the inversion algorithm accounts for a measurement bias in one or more of said measurements S3; c) updating one or more control parameters of the PLC based on the value for the bulk modulus S4; and d) manipulating the control choke using the PLC to attain a desired pressure in the system S5.
Patent GB-2536164-A (GB)
Title: Passive cooling system for wind tower
Inventor: BEN HUGHES
IPC: F24F13/30
Filed: 2014-07-24
Abstract: A passive cooling system for installation in a wind tower for a building, a wind tower for a building, a building comprising one or more wind towers and a method of retrofitting a wind tower with a passive cooling system are described. The passive cooling system includes a roof section configured to be placed over the top of the wind tower, the roof section having an upper surface and a lower surface. The system also includes a plurality of elongate heat pipes extending downwardly from the lower surface of the roof section for insertion into a duct of the wind tower.
Patent GB-2551794-A (GB)
Title: Authentication method & apparatus
Inventor: LOUIS-JAMES DAVIS
IPC: H04W12/06
Filed: 2016-06-30
Abstract: A method of authenticating a user to determine if they have permission to use a device comprises the steps of: storing at a server a unique code string identifying the device, and a user credential; generating a first data string by machine reading a code symbol on the device representing the unique code string; generating a second data string by machine reading biometric data credentials from the user; transmitting the first and second data strings to the server; establishing the identity of the device for which permission is sought from the first data string; establishing whether the user has permission to use the device from the second data string; generating an authorisation code at the server if the user is authenticated as having permission, and transmitting the authorisation code to the device to activate it for use by the user. The machine reader may be a mobile phone. The unique codes may be created by a random number generator and encoded by an encryption algorithm into a code symbol. The code symbol may be a light pattern, a sound sequence or a visual symbol. The device may be a vehicle, which is only operable after receipt of the authorisation code.
Patent GB-2542690-A (GB)
Title: Grinding error compensation
Inventor: STUART CLEWES
IPC: B24B49/00
Filed: 2016-08-10
Abstract: A machine tool having a metrology surface 60 rigidly fixed relative to one of a workpiece support 10 or tool support 22, with a position probe 34 carried by the other support; an infeed arrangement causes relative movement of a workpiece, such as a crankshaft, between the supports controlled by a processor configured to calculate a spacing height between the supports based on the probe measurements. The measurements may indicate variations in height due to thermal expansion caused by friction or changes in ambient temperature. Preferably, the metrology surface is fixed relative to the workpiece support and has a surface which is inclined to the horizontal between 3 to 8 degrees, preferably 5º, the surface may also form part of a datum block 50 incorporating other reference surfaces 54. Preferably, the position probe is touch sensitive and the machine tool is an orbital grinding machine which operates in accordance with the infeed equation P=(T*cosA)+√{(R=r)2((T*sinA)+H)2}. A method of operating the machine tool by calculating the height measurement at intervals and regulating the infeed arrangement based upon the calculated height is also claimed.
Patent GB-2554400-A (GB)
Title: Bulk acoustic wave resonator based sensor
Inventor: Marina Cole
IPC: H03H9/17
Filed: 2016-09-26
Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) comprising a silicon substrate 21, a sensor 6 comprising a solidly mounted bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAW, SMR BAW) 7 and an acoustic mirror (8 figure 1) disposed between the bulk acoustic wave resonator 7 and the substrate 21, and a CMOS circuit (16 figure 1) supported by / integrated within the substrate and operatively connected to the sensor. The IC may comprise CMOS process defined layers 27 which include the acoustic mirror. A heater comprising a loop of conductive material (31 fig 3) and a temperature sensor (10 fig 3) may be disposed between the acoustic mirror and substrate. A reference sensor of similar structure may also be included in the Integrated Circuit (IC) (11 figure 1), allowing accurate differential measurement. The integrated circuit may include a hole through the substrate such that the sensor is suspended over the hole. An embodiment also extends to a system and a controller connected to the integrated circuit IC and provide signals to the IC. A method of operating the IC is also included which includes driving the sensor and measuring the sensor signals.
Patent GB-2546577-A (GB)
Title: A method for allocating memory
Inventor: JAMES CROSBY
IPC: G06F12/02
Filed: 2016-01-19
Abstract: Discontinuous call stacks are allocated more efficiently in embedded systems without memory management units. An interrupt and a function stack pointer register store an interrupt location indicator (ISP) and a stack location indicator (FSP), respectively. A new memory block Q is reserved for interrupt allowances Z as indicated by the ISP. The FSP indicates the top of the discontinuous stack and is used to identify its current block P for stack frames Y. The current block P stores a previous location indicator (PREV) for a previous memory block of the discontinuous stack. New memory block Q also stores a PREV location indicator containing the address of the last byte of stack frame Y in current block P or the first free word after it. Stack frames are allocated based on the space available in the current block and that required for the frames. The FSP is updated accordingly.
Patent GB-2559583-A (GB)
Title: Hydrothermal liquefaction reactor
Inventor: MATTHEW PEARCE
IPC: C10G3/00
Filed: 2017-02-09
Abstract: The application provides a hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) reactor. The HTL reactor comprises at least one processing conduit configured to receive a feedstock comprising carbon, and to maintain the feedstock therein at an increased temperature and pressure during a hydrothermal liquefaction reaction, to thereby convert the feedstock into a product comprising a bio-oil; and a heat exchange conduit disposed at least substantially adjacent to the at least one processing conduit, and configured to receive a coolant therein to reduce the temperature of the product disposed in the at least one processing conduit.
Patent GB-2556464-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for distributing items by means of a delivery vehicle
Inventor: Fabienne Hansen
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2017-11-07
Abstract: Method for distributing items 16 by means of a delivery vehicle, each item 16 having an identification code 20, the method comprising: reading the identification code 20 of the respective item 16 by means of a reading device, loading a shelving system 10 with the items 16, determining of the location of each item 16 on the shelving system 10 by means of at least one binary mechanical switch (22, Fig 4), transporting the shelving system 10 to predetermined distribution points and signaling of the position of the respective item 16 to be unloaded. The switches (22) may be positioned under sensor pads located beneath rubber mats 14. The weight of a parcel placed on a rubber mat 14 can cause the compression of springs (30, Fig 4) and engagement of a tactile switch (22). The position of packages may be signaled by lights such as LEDs.
Patent GB-2560409-A (GB)
Title: Executing computational graphs on graphics processing units
Inventor: JINGYUE WU
IPC: G06N3/10
Filed: 2018-01-05
Abstract: Generating a data entity that causes a processing unit to process a computational graph, including the actions of receiving data identifying a computational graph, the computational graph including a plurality of nodes representing operations; obtaining compilation artifacts for processing the computational graph on a processing unit; and generating a data entity from the compilation artefacts, wherein the data entity, when invoked, causes the processing unit to process the computational graph by executing the operations represented by the plurality of nodes. A directed acyclic graph (DAG) representing a user defined neural network may be compiled for processing between multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs). A sequentially numbered list of operations representing the processes required to operate the neural network and a sequentially numbered list of data representing weights of nodes in the network may be used to assign data to the processors.
Patent GB-2556275-A (GB)
Title: Crawler device and traveling object
Inventor: Takuma Akazawa
IPC: B62D55/065
Filed: 2016-07-04
Abstract: A crawler device 2 is provided with a crawler unit 5. The crawler unit 5 has: a first support 10 extending along a first rotation axis L1; a pair of crawler units 20A, 20B provided to the first support 10; and a pair of grounding mechanisms 30A, 30B provided to the first support 10. The grounding mechanisms 30A, 30B are disposed on the outer side of the crawler units 20A, 20B in the direction facing the crawler units 20A, 20B. The crawler unit 5 is supported by second supports 41, 42 so as to be rotatable around the first rotation axis L1. The outer circumference forming the cylindrical shape of the crawler unit 5 has first zones Z1 occupied by the crawler units 20A, 20B, and second zones Z2 occupied by the grounding mechanisms 30A, 30B, said first zones Z1 and second zones Z2 alternating in the circumferential direction.
Patent GB-2561704-A (GB)
Title: Storage frame and method of use thereof
Inventor: JOHN WANKOWSKI
IPC: B66C1/16
Filed: 2015-12-24
Abstract: A lifting assembly suitable for lifting concrete mattresses comprises a loader frame 10 comprising side beams 11, 12 connected by a plurality of cross-beams 13, 14, 15 of different widths extending between the side beams 11, 12, a plurality of pad-eyes 16 connected to the side beams 11, 12. The assembly further comprises a spreader frame 60 including an outer frame of beams 61, each beam 61 being secured to the end region of adjacent beams 61, connecting means such as webbing strops or slings 100 linking the spreader frame 60 with the loader frame 10, and a linkage element enabling the lifting assembly to be connected to a lifting means such as a crane. In order to a release the connecting means 100, enabling the spreader frame 60 and the loader frame 10 to be decoupled, a release mechanism (67 fig. 7) is mounted to the spreader frame 60. The cross beams 13, 14, 15 may be of different heights enabling weight reduction of the loader frame 10 with the outermost beams 15 preferably being of the smallest width or height. The spreader beam 60 may include bracing beams 63.
Patent GB-2562579-A (GB)
Title: Swatch display
Inventor: RICHARD PARKINSON
IPC: G09F5/00
Filed: 2018-03-12
Abstract: A swatch display comprises a plurality of separate swatch elements 10, each element bearing a surface finish sample and a machine-readable identifier, e.g. RFID, barcode or QR code. A computer storing data defining the appearance of products bearing the surface finish is linked to a reader 7 for reading the machine-readable identifiers and configured to display 3 a virtual image of the product having regions to which the surface finish of that element has been applied when a particular swatch is identified by the reader. A storage area comprising slots is provided for the elements and subsets of the elements are illuminated to aid selection. The computer may be configured to simulate a display of a product which has the identified surface finish in some regions and not in other regions. The elements may be rigid cards and the surface finish may be a paint, wood textile, leather, metal or polymer sheet.
Patent GB-2560669-A (GB)
Title: Product storage racks and methods of storing products
Inventor: JOHN M REYNOLDS
IPC: B65D19/44
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: Some embodiments provide a product storage racking system, comprising: a frame comprising frame beams secured together with support surfaces aligned along a first plane; feet posts fixed to the frame beams; feet cooperated with the feet posts, wherein each of the feet is configured to stackably cooperate with a post of a set of posts that are cooperated with another product storage racking system enabling stacking; at least two rack support systems each secured with the frame and configured to support the weight of the product storage racking system and products stored on the product storage racking system independent of the three or more feet.
Patent GB-2559938-A (GB)
Title: Inkjet ink compositions
Inventor: TIANQI LIU
IPC: C09D11/324
Filed: 2016-11-17
Abstract: Disclosed herein inkjet ink compositions comprising: (a) a carbon black having the following properties: OAN ≥ 170 mL/100g; and STSA ranging from 160 to 220 m2/g; (b) at least one polymeric dispersant selected from polyoxyethylene / polyoxypropylene block copolymers, styrene-acrylic resins, styrene-methacrylic resins, styrene-maleic acid copolymers, and styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers; (c) at least one surfactant selected from ethoxylated siloxanes, succinic acid esters, and succinic acid salts; and (d) at least one polyurethane.
Patent GB-2575509-A (GB)
Title: Spatial audio capture, transmission and reproduction
Inventor: LASSE JUHANI LAAKSONEN
IPC: H04S7/00
Filed: 2018-07-13
Abstract: Obtaining a spatial audio signal 400 forming at least in part an immersive media content followed by obtaining an augmentation control parameter 402 associated with the spatial audio signal, said control parameter is configured to control at least in part a rendering of the audio scene. This is followed by transmitting/storing 404, 408 the spatial audio signal and the augmentation parameter so that they are received/retrieved at a renderer 411 so as to control the rendering of the audio scene 412, based on the augmentation parameter. Preferably the augmentation control parameter comprises information for identifying audio objects which can be muted or moved by the renderer in the rendering of the audio scene. Preferably the augmentation parameter comprises at least one, a location defining a position within the scene, a level defining a control behaviour, a time defining when the control is active and a trigger criteria.
Patent GB-2575789-A (GB)
Title: Energy storage device
Inventor: JOSEPH DANIEL HOWARD
IPC: H01M10/0585
Filed: 2018-07-20
Abstract: A method for manufacturing an energy storage device comprises providing a first stack 300 on a first side of a substrate and a second stack 300’ on a second side of the substrate. A first groove 152a and third groove 152b having different depths are formed in the first stack. A second groove 152a’ and a fourth groove 152b’ having different depths are formed in the second stack. In a further method a first groove (452a, fig 6) is formed in a first stack (400, fig 6) and a second groove (452a’, fig 6) is formed in a second stack (400’, fig 6). The first and second grooves are in substantial alignment with each other but have different depths. A multi-stack structures comprise electrical insulators (478a-c, fig 12) in contact with exposed portions of the electrode and electrolyte layers. An apparatus (1310, fig 13) comprises a plurality of rollers (1320a-c, fig 13) arranged to guide movement of a stack such that a first side is presented to a first inkjet material deposition component (1330’, fig 13) and a second side is presented to a second inkjet material deposition component (1330’’ fig 13).
Patent GB-2577281-A (GB)
Title: Dual unlocking mode padlock
Inventor: KARL LAI
IPC: E05B67/00
Filed: 2018-09-19
Abstract: A padlock having a locked, unlocked and reset mode, comprising a shackle 40, a combination lock comprising a spindle (50 Fig 1A) connected to the heel of the shackle for movement together, a stack of clutches 70 and a plurality of dials 60 engageable with the clutches to form a combination code, and a cylinder (80 Fig 12c) to receive a key, the cylinder having a wall which contacts the clutch stack when the padlock is locked, unlocked or in the reset mode. When the padlock is unlocked by the combination lock, the spindle is engaged with the clutch stack for movement together along with the shackle. When the padlock is unlocked by the key operation, the spindle is disengaged with the clutch stack, allowing the spindle and the shackle to move upward relative to the clutch stack. Preferably there is an indicator member 100 which is deployed when the padlock is unlocked by the key. The reset mode requires rotating the shackle 180 degrees and engaging a reset notch (43 Fig 17a) is aligned with reset slot (23/33 Fig 3) allowing the shackle to be pushed down disengaging the clutches from the dials.
Patent GB-2577289-A (GB)
Title: Spacers for pipe-in-pipe systems
Inventor: David James Irvin
IPC: F16L59/12
Filed: 2018-09-20
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spacer 36, or centraliser, for a pipe-in-pipe system 40 comprises mixing aerogel particles (20, fig 12) with a polymer (18, fig 12) to form a mixture in which the particles are dispersed in the polymer. The resulting mixture is moulded and the polymer is solidified to form the spacer or a component of the spacer, in which the dispersed particles are suspended in a matrix of the solidified polymer. The moulding may comprise injection moulding or pouring the mixture into a mould cavity; the spacer may be pre-formed and assembled on the pipe or formed in situ. Preferably, the aerogel particles comprise polyimide aerogel particles and the polymer may be selected from epoxy, nylon, polyester, vinyl ester, polypropylene, or dicyclopentadiene. A spacer for pipe-in-pipe structures, or a component of such a spacer, comprises dispersed particles of aerogel embedded in a matrix of a solidified polymer. A pipe-in-pipe structure comprising at least one spacer is further provided.
Patent GB-2565256-A (GB)
Title: Enhanced efficiency motor and drive circuit
Inventor: REGINALD GARCIA
IPC: H02P25/16
Filed: 2017-05-23
Abstract: Improved apparatuses and methods of returning magnetic energy of a motor to the motor system. Improved battery systems and configurations are disclosed to enhance recovery of magnetic energy of a motor, to enhance motor efficiency. A power source has a first pole and a second pole. A phase coil is configured to receive electrical energy from the power source to form a magnetic field for imparting motion to a rotor. A battery has a first pole and a second pole, the first pole of the battery configured to receive energy of the magnetic field of the phase coil, the second pole of the battery being coupled to the first pole of the power source and having a polarity that is opposite a polarity of the first pole of the power source.