baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2310407-A (GB)
Title: Floating caisson for offshore production and/or drilling
Inventor: HORTON EDWARD E III
IPC: B63B35/44
Filed: 1997-02-19
Abstract: A floating caisson 10 for offshore drilling and production includes means for increasing the natural period of the caisson 10 and reducing heave, pitch, and roll without increasing the overall length of the caisson, the means comprising one or more plates 30 extending radially from the caisson 10 below the water surface. The caisson 10 is self-buoyant by means of buoyancy tanks 12 and is held in position by mooring lines. The caisson 10 has a centre well 26 through which drilling and/or production risers 24 may pass. The plates 30 provide additional mass and resistance to environmentally induced motions and thus increase the natural period of the caisson 10 beyond the periods of maximum wave energy. This allows the caisson 10 to be designed with a shallower draft than a caisson (without the plates) that wouid normally be used in deep water.
Patent GB-2306192-A (GB)
Title: Lockable seal
Inventor: TAYLOR BERNARD EDWIN
IPC: G09F3/03
Filed: 1995-08-16
Abstract: The invention relates to a lockable seal which comprises a bolt (1) and a housing (2). An end portion of the bolt (1) is inserted by sliding into a passage (5, 6) in the housing (2). A resilient U-shaped locking member (9) is positioned in an inner portion (6) of the passage. The locking member (9) engages with the end portion of the bolt (1) to prevent the bolt from being withdrawn from the passage.
Patent GB-2318896-A (GB)
Title: Semiconductor memory device
Inventor: OH HYUNG SEOG
IPC: G11C16/06
Filed: 1997-04-15
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a cell array part for storing data; a sense amplifier M9-M12 having a voltage controlling part 51-62 for outputting a constant power voltage with respect to a variable power voltage, the amplifier sensing data of a specific cell; and an output buffer connected to the output terminal of the sense amplifier, and for outputting a value sensed by the sense amplifier. The voltage controlling part has a start circuit and a level shifting circuit.
Patent GB-2312256-A (GB)
Title: Pressure plate sub-assembly having a stop which prevents premature displacement of a wear adjuster
Inventor: WEISS MICHAEL
IPC: F16D13/58
Filed: 1997-04-18
Abstract: A friction clutch pressure plate sub-assembly 14 comprises a plate wear adjuster 22 having two relatively movable elements 24, 26 and a clearance indicating device 28. The indicating device 28 has an actuating lever portion 30 which co-operates with the adjuster 22 and an axial stop portion 32 biased by a spring 38. A sleeve element 44 surrounds the stop portion 32 and spring 38 and prevents a force from displacing the stop portion 32 of the indicating device 28 during, for example, handling and/or transportation of the pressure plate sub-assembly 14. The sleeve 44 also ensures that on assembly with flywheel 12 the indicating device 28 is still in its original installed position. Sleeve 44 is dimensioned so that it is deformed, on assembly, by a force exerted by diaphragm spring 20, this deformation offers no resistance in subsequent operation of the clutch. Various embodiments of stop 44 are disclosed, for example the stop 44 may be in the form of a locating shoe (72, fig 8) or a screw member (78, fig 9).
Patent GB-2325501-A (GB)
Title: Heat fusion fitting
Inventor: HARGET DAVID CHARLES
IPC: F16L47/02
Filed: 1997-05-22
Abstract: The heat fusion fitting, comprises a body comprising at least a first layer 4,5 of a first cross-linked polymeric material and a second layer 7 of polymeric material having at least partly embedded in it a ferromagnetic heating element to form an insert, the ferromagnetic heating element having a Curie temperature equal to or greater than the crystalline melting point or softening point of the second polymeric material.
Patent GB-2328224-A (GB)
Title: Air flush toilet
Inventor: WALI MOHAMMED ABDULLAH
IPC: E03D3/10
Filed: 1997-06-11
Abstract: An Air Flush Toilet, which uses a mixture of compressed air and water to facilitate the flushing action, comprises a water reservoir split into two sections and a small compressor unit which forces the water through a tube and into the toilet basin via a perforated opening in the airtight lid. To ensure that this lid is properly sealed it has a ridge running around its underside which fits into the toilet basin, and a secure catch/clip on the front of the lid which attaches the lid firmly to the toilet basin. This lid activates the flushing action when it is closed by means of a lever which is connected to the flushing arm thereby allowing the toilet to be flushed and cleaned using approximately one third of the water used in a normal flush.
Patent GB-2318256-A (GB)
Title: Soft handoff in a CDMA communication system
Inventor: WILLEY WILLIAM D
IPC: H04W36/18
Filed: 1997-09-22
Abstract: In a PCS or cellular CDMA communication system a mobile station monitors pilot signal strengths of neighbouring base stations for the purpose of soft handover. Four sets of pilots are maintained: the Active Set, Candidate Set, Neighbour Set and Remaining set. During call and idle states the mobile constantly monitors and transmits signal strengths to the base station. The base station determines the Active Set and notifies the mobile. According to the invention, in a System Access State (in which the mobile may receive control information, call originations and transmit paging responses etc.) the mobile continues to measure pilot signal strengths and provides the current measured signal strengths to the base station in each access probe in an access attempt (i.e each repeated transmission to the base station until an acknowledgement is received). The base station receives the current pilot signal strengths and the system specifies and transmits an up to date Active Set of base stations to the mobile station.
Patent GB-2329236-A (GB)
Title: Boiling point detector for hot water dispenser
Inventor: PHILLIPS PAUL GEOFFREY
IPC: G01K11/02
Filed: 1997-10-01
Abstract: A hot water dispenser heated by an electric heating element 3 controlled by a thermistor 4 and logic circuit 17 (Fig 2) is subjected to a boiling point calibration process, so that boiling water can then be supplied efficiently, regardless of the atmospheric pressure at which the dispenser is operating. The calibration process consists of switching on the element 3 to heat the water, measuring via the thermistor 4 the temperature as it increases, comparing subsequent values, noting when the increases cease, and storing the value in memory as representative of the boiling point. In subsequent operation of the water dispenser, the stored value is used to control the heating element 3. The calibration process does not take place if the float switch 8 is closed indicating water level is low.
Patent GB-2331630-A (GB)
Title: Retractable antenna for a mobile telephone
Inventor: TOLSON NIGEL JAMES
IPC: H01Q5/40
Filed: 1997-11-20
Abstract: A mobile telephone antenna comprises a strip of flexible insulating material (10) on which there are provided a plurality of lines e.g. four of conductive material. The strip is formed into a roll with one end at the outside of the roll and the other end inside the roll. The inner end can be drawn from the roll by means of a guide rod 17 to extend the strip into an elongated conical shape with the strips forming a tapering helical array suitable for use as a high gain ICO satellite antenna. Thread 17a on the rod 17 is used to ensure that the latter twists on extending, to provide the correct conical shape.
Patent GB-974501-A (GB)
IPC: F42D1/20
Abstract: 974,501. Stemming devices. COMMERCIAL PLASTICS Ltd. Nov. 15, 1960 [Nov. 17, 1959; July 28, 1960], Nos. 38981/59 and 26332/60. Heading F3A. [Also in Division B8] A shot-hole stemming bag comprises a flexible tube of water-resistant material, e.g. polyvinyl chloride, closed at one end by a valve 3 comprising a flexible tube which will admit water under pressure and seal against loss of water when a filler tube is withdrawn from the valve, the valve not extending for more than two-thirds the length of the tube. The stemming bags may be formed singly as in Fig. 1, from plastics sheeting which has been folded at 1 and severed from neighbouring bags by side cut-welds 2, or may be formed as a strip of bags as in Fig. 3 which may be filled while joined together,wherein semi-tear welds 15 replace the cut-welds 2. An inlet valve 3 is held by welds 4 at the mouth of the bag leaving a gap 5 for insertion of a filler tube, the valve being formed from two plastics sheets secured by welds 6 and 7 which leave an inlet 8 for the filler tube. The valve 3 may have a modified form as in Fig. 2 to which are shown shaped side welds 11 to facilitate the insertion of the filler tube through the central gap 5; a re-entrant pocket 10 for an explosive charge is also shown and is formed from a strip of plastics material folded at 12 and inserted into the tube such that the strip is caught in the side welds 2. The mouth of this pocket is welded to the bottom at 13 so defining the entry 14 for the explosive. The pocket 10 allows the explosive charge to be completely surrounded by water with the use of submersible charges. Specifications 265,518 and 714,224 are referred to.
Patent GB-2323217-A (GB)
Title: Cast holder for encapsualting magnets
Inventor: BUSE FREDERICK W
IPC: H02K49/10
Filed: 1998-01-21
Abstract: A magnet carrier (50) includes a single piece integrally cast cage (68) with a cast in place ferrous conducting ring (86) circumferentially extending about a carrier axis where the cast cage has a generally U-shape. The magnet carrier includes an annular axially extending base wall (72), an annular aft wall (76), or annular forward (74) and aft end walls (76) extending radially from the base wall, a conducting ring annular chamber (82) that is bound by the base wall and the end walls, and a plurality of circumferentially located compartments (84) that are bound by the annular chamber and the end walls. The ferrous conducting ring is disposed in the chamber within the cage was cast around the ring. Magnet means (90) are disposed in each of the compartments (84) and an annular sheathing (92) is positioned over the compartments and bonded to the carrier such that the chamber and the compartments are hermetically sealed. The method of making the annular magnet carrier is by forming a wax pattern (110) of the magnet carrier with an annular conducting ring annular chamber sections (120), placing the conducting ring over the wax pattern in the annular chamber section, and forming an investment casting shell mould around the wax pattern and conducting ring. The cast magnet carrier is then cast with the conductor ring in place by pouring molten casting material into the mould, solidifying the casting material, and then separating the cast magnet carrier with the cast in place conductor ring from the surrounding mould.
Patent GB-2334295-A (GB)
Title: Tumbler lock and key
Inventor: MCCAFFREY MARTIN SHAUN
IPC: E05B19/00
Filed: 1998-02-12
Abstract: A radial pin tumbler lock (6, Fig 3) and key (1) in which both have a non-cylindrical substantially rectangular polygonal eg octagon mating configuration extending parallel to the direction of insertion of the key into the lock. The key (1) has a hollow body with an octagonal internal configuration (2A); The mating configuration of the lock is then an octagonal upstanding post (7).
Patent GB-2328665-A (GB)
Title: Road and rail vehicle
Inventor: MADISON HARRY
IPC: B60F1/04
Filed: 1998-03-19
Abstract: A road/rail vehicle with drive means for propelling the vehicle comprises a first axle having a pair of road wheels 34 spaced thereon and mounted on the vehicle frame 12, 18 adjacent the front end thereof, a second axle having a pair of road wheels 38 spaced thereon and mounted on the vehicle frame rearwardly of the first axle, a third axle having a pair of road wheels 36 spaced thereon and pivotally mounted on the rear end of the vehicle frame so as to be selectively movable into and out of engagement with a road surface, a rail guide assembly having a pair of rail wheels 24 spaced on a rail axle adjacent the front end of the vehicle frame 18 so as to be selectively movable into and out of engagement with rails 26 of a railroad track, and a rail drive assembly having a pair of rail drive wheels 28, 30 spaced on an axle, coupled to the drive means and movable relative to the vehicle frame so as to be selectively movable into and out of engagement with rails 26 of the railroad track.
Patent GB-2335901-A (GB)
Title: Dual component coaxial flexible package
Inventor: ROLLS STANLEY JOHN
IPC: B65D35/22
Filed: 1998-04-01
Abstract: A Duel Component package comprises a two compartment tubular pack having an inner and outer tube one inside the other, filled with dissimilar materials that are to be kept separated until mixed for use. This is achieved by filling both tubes and sealing at one end 17, then capping and sealing at the other end. When the cap and seal are removed, the tube is squeezed by hand or by mechanical dispenser, causing the two components to be extruded through a nozzle 14,15 to a single outlet orifice, onto a pallet or through a tubular mixing attachment. The cap and seal can be replaced at any time there by resealing the tubes for further use; any hazard warnings or instruction can be printed on the outer face of the package.
Patent GB-2329739-A (GB)
Title: Fuzzy-neural face recognition
Inventor: YOON KANG-SIK
IPC: A61B5/117
Filed: 1998-04-09
Abstract: A face recognition method identifies each of M persons based on a plurality of feature vectors extracted from a face image of each person, wherein each of the feature vectors contains N feature elements, and calculates a minimum, a maximum and a medium feature element value for each of the N feature elements. Then, fuzzification functions for each of the N feature elements are generated 110 based on the minimum, the maximum and medium feature element values and each of the feature vectors is fuzzified 120. A neural network 130 is trained by using the fuzzified feature vectors to thereby make the neural network identify a person corresponding to a fuzzified feature vector.
Patent GB-2337521-A (GB)
Title: Film-forming skin protectant compositions
Inventor: HEMLING THOMAS C
IPC: A01N25/24
Filed: 1998-06-08
Abstract: Film-forming skin protectant compositions are provided which have particular utility as barrier teat dips, for protecting cows against mastitis, especially during their susceptible non-lactating periods. The compositions include a film-forming component (preferably a mixture of polyether polyurethane and benzoin gum) dispersed in a compatible carrier and further having a minor amount of nitrocellulose incorporated therein in order to increase the time of adherence of the composition to skin, as compared with an otherwise identical composition without nitrocellulose. The compositions may also include a germicide (e.g., chlorhexidine diacetate), and a coloring dye. The most preferred compositions include polyether polyurethane, benzoin gum, a solvent system made up of tetrahydrafuran and a lower alcohol, and chlorhexidine diacetate.
Patent GB-2326359-A (GB)
Title: Sheet coating machine
Inventor: SOUTHWORTH CHRISTOPHER JOHN MO
IPC: B05C15/00
Filed: 1998-06-18
Abstract: In a machine for coating sheets in a station 18 with substances including volatile solvents and curing in an oven 14 which evaporates and incinerates the solvents, a suction fan 67 extracts the vapours downwardly from the station 18 and an optional sheet reject station 20 into a duct 69 leading to an upper zone of the oven 14. The stations 18 and 20 have raisable covers 23 and 46 allowing access, and the covers have air inlet vents to allow extraction of the vapours. The arrangement enables the use of a hoist to change machine elements, and avoids the inefficiency of drawing the vapours, which are heavier than air, upwardly past the head of an operator.
Patent GB-2325370-A (GB)
Title: A system for distributing and controlling color reproduction at multiple sites
Inventor: HOLUB RICHARD A
IPC: G06F3/12
Filed: 1997-02-25
Abstract: The system provides for controlling color reproduction of input color image data representing one or more pages or page constituents in a network having nodes (or sites). Each one of the nodes comprises at least one rendering device. The system distributes the input color image data from one of the nodes to other nodes, and provides a data structure (virtual proof) in the network. This data structure has components shared by the nodes and other components present only at each node. Next, the system has means for providing color calibration data at each node characterizing output colors (colorants) of the rendering device of the node, and means for producing at each node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node. The information is then stored in the data structure in different ones of the shared and other components. Means are provided in the system for transforming at each node the input color image data into output color image data for the rendering device of the node responsive to the information in the data structure. The rendereing device of each node renders a color reproduction of the page constituents responsive to the output color image data, wherein colors displayed in the reproduction at the rendering device of each node appear substantially the same within the output colors attainable by the rendering devices. The system further has means for verifying at each node that the information for the rendering device of the node properly transformed the input color image data into the output color image data, and means for revising the information stored in the data structure at the node responsive to results of the verifying means. Shared components of the data structure may also store color preferences selected by a user. The information producing means of the system may further operate responsive to both the color calibration data and the color preferences. The rendering devices in the system can provide color reproductions having three or four colorants, and may provide more than four output colors (color inks).
Patent GB-2342254-A (GB)
Title: Statistically monitoring a communications system against a variable threshold
Inventor: HARRISON MARK
IPC: H04M3/22
Filed: 1998-10-01
Abstract: A communications system is monitored using statistics derived from operating parameters, conditions and event data within the communications system. The statistics are collected from the communications system and statistically analysed with reference to a threshold. The threshold is varied and in one embodiment this variation is represented as a function of the sample size. Different functions may be given to different ranges of sample sizes so that for example the threshold in a first range 410 may take the form of a linear equation, whilst in the second range 420 it may be constant. The communications system may be cellular and the cells may be grouped into respective groups having different thresholds. The statistical data may relate to the number of calls requested, setup, in progress and dropped etc.
Patent GB-2344280-A (GB)
Title: Connectable luggage cases
Inventor: CHI CHEN-LUNG
IPC: A45C13/30
Filed: 1998-12-02
Abstract: Connectable luggage cases include a primary case 10 provided with a plurality of male fasteners 30 each including a base 31 and a plug 32, said plug having the two hook ended positioning legs 3230 and central guide leg 3200, the base being riveted on the primary case and having a passage going through the base, and a secondary case 20 provided with a plurality of female fasteners 40 riveted on the secondary case, each of the female fasteners having a recess adapted to receive the plug, a neck portion having two holes 4113 at two opposite sides thereof, and two positioning arms 4114 at the two opposite sides thereof each having a protuberance engageable with the holes of the neck portion, whereby the secondary case can be easily engaged or disengaged from the primary case.
Patent GB-2344347-A (GB)
Title: Decorative plastics articles
Inventor: JEWKES EDWIN A
IPC: C08K7/00
Filed: 1998-12-04
Abstract: Decorative plastics articles simulating the appearance of terrazzo, granite or like stone material are formed by distributing 2-dimensional non-metallic, flexible flake material throughout a base polymer material. Articles can be cut with no loss of decorative effect at the cut edge. Articles with sharp bends can also be formed with a smooth finish without loss of decorative effect.
Patent GB-2345893-A (GB)
Title: Axle mounting assembly
Inventor: WARD ADRIAN ROGER
IPC: B62K25/02
Filed: 1999-01-25
Abstract: An axle mounting assembly (10) comprises an openable and closable two-part (15,16) hinged clamp which is intended for mounting on part of a vehicle, such as the rear wheel fork of a bicycle, and which in the closed state defines a bore. A bush (20) is removably located in the bore and has an internal passage (20b) for reception of part of an axle (12, 13) of a wheel unit, the bush being securable to the axle part. A quick-action securing device (23) is provided for securing the clamp in a closed state with the bush (20) clamped at its circumference in the bore. Flanges (20a) on the bush (20) provide a fixed axial location of the bush in the bore. The clamp can be opened, by release of the securing device (23), to define an opening permitting withdrawal of the bush together with the axle part in radial direction with respect to the axis of the bore.
Patent GB-2348044-A (GB)
Title: Scratch resistant tape leader
Inventor: KIM CHAN
IPC: G11B23/26
Filed: 1999-03-15
Abstract: A cartridge tape leader 11 is coated with a thin layer of scratch resistant material 13. During load/unload operation within a tape drive, the scratch resistant material protects the leader against scrapping tape path components e.g. leader guide, sensor guide and read/write head. The scratch resistant material is deposited onto the leader using methods known to those skilled in the art. The coating minimizes the amount of microscopic leader debris generated, thereby reducing failures due to spacing loss between the tape and head.
Patent GB-2338106-A (GB)
Title: A contact of a semiconductor device
Inventor: JEONG IN-KWON
IPC: H01L23/485
Filed: 1999-04-23
Abstract: A method for fabricating a contact of a semiconductor memory device, such as a DRAM cell capacitor, comprises the steps of forming a contact hole 103 in an interlayer insulation film 102 until a portion of a semiconductor substrate 100 is exposed; forming a contact plug 104 which is connected to the semiconductor substrate 100 at the bottom of the contact hole 103 and whose upper surface is lower than that of the interlayer insulation film 102; forming a first conductive layer 105 on the interlayer insulation film 102 and contact hole 103 so as to connect electrically to the contact plug 104; forming a second conductive layer 108 on the first conductive layer 105 after the contact hole 103 is filled up with a material layer 106 to form a plug 106a, or a contact spacer (206a, fig 7E) is formed on the first conductive layer of both side-walls of the contact hole; and sequentially etching the second and first conductive layers 105, 108 by using a contact electrode formation mask to form a contact electrode, thereby preventing severe necking (fig 3) of storage node despite misalignment thereof. Thus, collapse of the storage node is prevented.