baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2571994-A (GB)
Title: A greeting card
Inventor: WENDY MOORE
IPC: B42D15/04
Filed: 2018-03-16
Abstract: A greeting card 1 comprises a sheet of material including front and rear covers 5, 7 hingedly connected together along a fold line 8. The front cover 5 has a cut-out portion 13 and the back cover 7 has on its front, inwardly facing face 19 first indicia 21 coincident with the window 13 in the front cover 5. There is further provided a removable insert frame for placement over the aperture 13 using securing means 15. The removable insert frame has a second indicia surface and a stand on opposite sides. The strut can be moved between an inclined, deployed position in which it can support the frame in an upright position when the frame is removed from the card 1 and a stowed position allowing the card 1 to be closed.
Patent GB-2572771-A (GB)
Title: Methods for performing microstructure evaluation
Inventor: Olga Karabelchtchikova Rowan
IPC: G01N27/72
Filed: 2018-04-10
Abstract: A method for performing microstructure evaluation on a metallic specimen includes subjecting 102, 106 first and second test specimens having pre-defined amounts of austenite and martensite to microstructure evaluation using the non-destructive electromagnetic thickness gauge, obtaining 104, 108 first and second values from the thickness gauge, the first and second values indicative of the amounts of magnetic induction responses by the first and second test specimen during the microstructure evaluation, and determining 110 first and second correlations between the first and second values and the pre-defined amounts of retained austenite and martensite in the corresponding ones of the first and second test specimens. The method then includes subjecting the metallic specimen to a microstructure evaluation using the non-destructive electromagnetic thickness gauge and determining amounts of austenite and martensite in the metallic specimen based on the determined correlations from evaluation of the first and second test specimens. Another aspect relates to a method of subjecting the specimen to a microstructure evaluation using one of another non-destructive testing method and a destructive testing method (fig.2).
Patent GB-2573308-A (GB)
Title: Near-zero leakage switching circuit
Inventor: FAISAL AWQATI
IPC: H03K19/00
Filed: 2018-05-02
Abstract: An electronic switching circuit 100’, e.g. a differential switch, suitable for controlling the flow of a very small current, such as leakage or tunnelling current, comprises first 110’, second 120’ and third 130’ terminals with the second and third terminals at substantially the same potential. A first switching element 140’, connected between the first and second terminals, enables current flow in a first mode and impedes current flow in a second mode. A second switching element 150’, connected between the first and third terminals, impedes current flow in a first mode and enables current flow in a second mode. The first and second modes are controlled by application of a control potential to the first and second switching elements, which may be CMOS transistors, or NMOS or PMOS transistor pairs. A third switching element 175 may be connected between the first terminal and the first and second switching devices to enable current flow between the first and second terminals in the first mode, and impede current flow in the second mode. A device comprising the switching circuit includes an electronic component (Fig.1B, 180), e.g. a capacitor or transistor, connected to the first terminal where, in use, a tunnelling current flows through a quantum tunnelling barrier of the electronic component. A method of operating the device and measuring the current flow is also provided.
Patent GB-2573319-A (GB)
Title: A modular fire extinguisher stand
Inventor: DANIEL JAMES KELSEY
IPC: A62C13/78
Filed: 2018-05-03
Abstract: A modular fire extinguisher stand 1 for a fire extinguisher comprises a base 2, a backing member 3, connection means 4 arranged to connect the base and the backing member, and attachment means (5, figure 12) arranged to facilitate attachment of the modular fire extinguisher stand 1 to another modular fire extinguisher stand 1. In preferred embodiment, the backing member and/or the base may be attached to the same of another stand by means of a clip. Preferably, each individual stand will accommodate only one fire extinguisher. A method of assembling and disassembling the modular stands is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2558149-A (GB)
Title: Metal-to-metal sealing for diffusers of an electrical submersible well pump
Inventor: Nicholas Daniel Johnson
IPC: F04D29/62
Filed: 2016-10-11
Abstract: A well pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump (19) having a housing (33) with a cylindrical internal side wall (35). Upper and lower diffusers (39, 41) are located in the housing. A metal-to-metal seal (65 or 91, 99) seals an upper end portion of the lower diffuser to the lower end portion of the upper diffuser. The seal also has an outer surface (81 or 94) that frictionally engages the internal side wall of the housing. The seal is energized in response to an axial force exerted between the upper and lower diffusers. One version has a metal seal ring (65) located in mating recesses (73, 77) on the outer walls of the diffusers. Another version includes an inner lip (99) on one of the end portions of the diffusers that extends within and deflects an outer lip (91) on the other of the end portions of the diffusers.
Patent GB-2565911-A (GB)
Title: Multiple diaphragm pump
Inventor: ROBERT E GLEDHILL III
IPC: F04B43/02
Filed: 2018-07-10
Abstract: A diaphragm pump assembly 10 comprising an inlet 12 and an outlet 14; a pump drive chamber 44; a first pump diaphragm chamber 18 in a first fluid path between the inlet and the outlet; and a second pump diaphragm chamber 20 in a second fluid path between the inlet and the outlet, a pump motor having a motor shaft, the motor shaft extending into the pump drive chamber and driving a cam 64; a drive yoke 68 having a yoke frame surrounding a yoke pocket 72, first 56 and second 58 pistons connected to the drive yoke and extending into their respective diaphragm chambers; first 100 and second 102 diaphragms connected to their respective pistons and positioned within their respective diaphragm chambers; wherein the diameter of the cam is less than and within 5% the width of yoke pocket; and the yoke is configured to move the pistons in unison along a straight line.
Patent GB-2576315-A (GB)
Title: A case for a mobile electronic device
Inventor: BENJAMIN THORPE
IPC: A45C11/00
Filed: 2018-08-13
Abstract: A case for a mobile electronic device with a screen on one face and at least one camera on an opposite face. The case comprises a main body having a back wall and upstanding sidewalls to define a cavity for the device. The back wall has an aperture 10 which is aligned with the camera in the device. A recess 11 is formed in the side of the back wall opposite to the side forming the cavity. The recess 11 extending laterally to the aperture 10 and extending only partially through the depth or the back wall. A shutter 14 is snap fitted into the recess 11 and is slidably mounted with respect to the aperture 10. The shutter 14 is slidable between an open position in which the aperture 10 is uncovered and a closed position in which the aperture 10 is covered. The surface of the shutter 14 facing the cavity is configured to wipe the or each camera as the shutter moves between the open and closed positions.
Patent GB-2568825-A (GB)
Title: A laser
Inventor: ROBERT LAMB
IPC: H01S3/063
Filed: 2018-11-02
Abstract: Laser 10 comprises a gain medium 12, resonator mirrors 13, 14, pump mechanism 15 to energise the gain medium 12 and a hollow waveguide. The hollow waveguide is arranged between the gain medium 12 and at least one of the resonator mirrors 13, 14 to guide light between the gain medium 12 and at least one of the resonator mirrors 13, 14. The cross-sectional dimensions of the hollow waveguide selects a beam with the lowest order mode. The laser 10 comprises a single integral body piece 24 that defines a conduit that further defines the waveguide, and a cavity in which one or more of the gain medium 12 and resonator mirrors 13, 14 or further optical components 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 are seated. The cavity may be shaped and sized to retain optical components 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 in optical alignment. A method of manufacturing the same.
Patent GB-2565470-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for monitoring a facility
Inventor: NICHOLAUS A JONES
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for monitoring a facility, such as the safety, security, and status of individuals and items within the facility. In one illustrative approach, a retail facility maintains information regarding product location, in part, from correlating a shopper's cart path and their purchased items with those of other shoppers. In some approaches, a cart path may be determined, in part, by depositing compounds on a floor surface, provide shopping carts configured to pick up the compounds deposited on the floor of the retail facility, and capture, via a compound detector, the compounds deposited on the cart wheels of a particular shopping cart during a customer checkout at a point of sale terminal, and generate an estimated cart path for the particular one of the plurality of shopping carts.
Patent GB-2565718-A (GB)
Title: Alarm sound detector for fire door holder
Inventor: ALEXANDER DREWNICKI
IPC: G08B1/08
Filed: 2017-05-03
Abstract: The invention relates to an alarm siren detector and a method of actuating a locking mechanism on detecting the alarm siren. The alarm detector (10) comprises a locking mechanism (22, 24, 26) comprising a locking arm (26) which is moveable between a locking position and an unlocking position and movement of the locking arm between an unlocking position and a locking position is user operated. The method comprises detecting and sampling environmental sounds with a microphone; comparing the sampled sound with a reference pattern using fuzzy logic to determine whether an alarm is sounding; and if it is determined that an alarm is sounding, releasing the locking mechanism so that the locking arm automatically moves from its locking position to its unlocking position. An application of the invention to a fire door enables it to be held open legally, since the door will close automatically as soon as a fire alarm is triggered.
Patent GB-2568413-A (GB)
Title: Beverage cooling systems
Inventor: SIMON ANTHONY FELTON
IPC: F25D31/00
Filed: 2016-10-31
Abstract: A beverage cooling system 10 includes a cooling tank 40 for receiving a cooling media and a first cooling coil 50 positioned in the cooling tank such that the cooling media contacts the first cooling coil. A refrigeration module 60A, 60W is removably coupled by a pair of couplers (71, 72, Fig.6) to the first cooling coil for circulating a first coolant through the first cooling coil. The couplers isolate the first coolant in the first cooling coil when the refrigeration module is uncoupled. The beverage cooling system further comprises a frame 20 that defines an interior space 22 that slidably and removably receives the refrigeration module. The frame may support the cooling tank vertically above the interior space. The frame may comprise a bottom surface 32 that defines a lower extent of the interior space, the refrigeration module comprising a platform 62 that slides along the bottom surface when the refrigeration module is moved into and out of the interior space. The platform may comprise wheels (63, Fig.7).
Patent GB-2581358-A (GB)
Title: Pipe consolidation device and method
Inventor: ANDREW PHILIP GLANVILLE
IPC: B65H81/08
Filed: 2019-02-13
Abstract: A device 1 for consolidating a pipe 20 wrapped with reinforcing tape. The device has first and second ends and comprises: first and second support members 2, 3 at the first end of the device, a gap 4 therebetween, a peripheral band 6 that extends around the support members, and is substantially unsupported in the gap between the support members. The unsupported portion of the peripheral band at the gap bears against an outer surface of a wrapped pipe in order to provide an even pressure on a contacting portion of the outer surface of the pipe. A third support member 5 may be arranged at the second end of the device. An apparatus may comprise a mounting plate 11 having a central aperture 12; and a device 1 mounted on the mounting plate such that the first end of the device is arranged such that it can bear against a pipe extending through the central aperture. A method of manufacturing reinforced pipe may comprise the steps of wrapping a pipe in reinforcing tape and then applying an external compressive force to the reinforcing tape using the device or apparatus.
Patent GB-2581388-A (GB)
Title: Riser cover support system
Inventor: THOMAS JAMES BOWMAN
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 2019-02-15
Abstract: A frame member 200 for a riser cover support system 100 comprises a first panel for fixing to a vertical surface 108 of a riser void and having first and second rows of fixing openings. A second panel is attached and orthogonal to the first member. Also claimed is a bracket 300 which comprises first and second bracket panels orthogonal to one another and each having one or more fixing openings. A third panel is attached to the first and is orthogonal to the first and second panels, extending between the two. A forth panel attached to the third overlays at least a portion of the second panel and has one or more fixing openings aligned with the openings in the second panel. Further claimed is a cross member 400 which comprises a first cross member panel having a first row of fixing openings. Parallel second and third panels are attached and orthogonal to the first. Packers 500 may be provided below the frame member and between the bracket and the vertical surface. The frame member, bracket and cross member may form a support system on which a riser cover 116 may be placed.
Patent GB-2569255-A (GB)
Title: Flow control system for use in a subterranean well
Inventor: MICHAEL LINLEY FRIPP
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2017-10-17
Abstract: A flow control system for use in a subterranean well includes a flow chamber comprising an inlet and an outlet that is configured to receive a fluid, and a flow restriction member positioned and movable within the flow chamber. The flow restriction member is configured to restrict fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet of the flow chamber based upon a density of the fluid.
Patent GB-2577968-A (GB)
Title: Light-emitting marker particles
Inventor: JONATHAN BEHRENDT
IPC: C09K11/06
Filed: 2019-08-08
Abstract: A light-emitting marker particle having a light-emitting particle core containing a light• emitting material and first and second surface groups bound to the light-emitting particle core. The first surface group contains a polar group and is an inert group which does not bind to a biomolecule. The second surface group contains a biomolecule binding group,
Patent GB-2586840-A (GB)
Title: A breath monitoring apparatus for producing a capnogram
Inventor: KEITH SIMPSON
IPC: A61B5/087
Filed: 2019-09-05
Abstract: A breath monitoring apparatus 10 for producing a capnogram, comprising airflow means 30, a CO2 monitor 50 and an airflow direction sensor 40. The airflow direction sensor distinguishes between periods when air is exhaled, inhaled and stationary. A processor 70 produces a graph on a display 90 of CO2 levels versus time, wherein the display includes different graphical qualities to distinguish between the level of CO2 during the different periods of airflow. One graphical quality may include different colours to distinguish between the different periods of airflow. The airflow direction sensor may include one or more of a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a micro-flow sensor, and an acoustic sensor. The processor may be configured to display the CO2 level data at a first sampling time with airflow direction data from a second sampling time.
Patent GB-2574981-A (GB)
Title: Scalable data center network topology on distributed switch
Inventor: MARTIN LEO SCHMATZ
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2018-04-09
Abstract: A method is provided for networking nodes in a data center network structure, including connecting at least ten base units each including connected nodes with southbound connections of a multi-host NIC controller having northbound a higher total bandwidth than southbound, the controllers configured as dragonfly switches; connecting the ten base units with their respective controllers in a modified Peterson graph form as an intragroup network to build a super unit including three groups, where each controller uses three northbound connections for a direct connection to three other base units of the super unit, and in which two base units of each group are connected via a respective one of a fourth northbound connection to one of the other groups, and a remaining base unit not being part of one of the groups is adapted for using three northbound connections for direct connection to one base unit in each group.
Patent GB-2588173-A (GB)
Title: Eye gesture detection
Inventor: RAID AL-BARADIE
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 2019-10-11
Abstract: A method for controlling a device is described. The method includes obtaining a plurality of frames of image data. Landmark point data of one or more landmark points corresponding to a facial landmark relating to an eye, is determined from the frames of image data. One or more eye gestures are determined from the extracted landmark point data. An action is performed at the device based on the determined one or more eye gestures.
Patent GB-2588799-A (GB)
Title: Power loss detection in a network
Inventor: LYNDON ARTHUR HARFOOT
IPC: G01R22/06
Filed: 2019-11-07
Abstract: Non-technical power loss or theft of electricity at a point 16 in an electrical network 18 is detected by: measurement of current through the live 24 and neutral 26 lines; analysing the overall harmonic activity in each live phase; calculating the total harmonic content of the current in each live phase and the neutral; calculating the theoretical neutral current taking account of the calculated total harmonic content; and analysing the difference between the theoretical neutral current and the measured neutral current to provide a power theft indicator. The current measurements may be made in a meter test set 12 located in situ on-site. Measurements are transmitted from the test set 12 to a smart device 14 for analysis. The smart device has a display 22 for indicating parameters of the measured phases and indicating theft. Smart device 14 may also communicate with a remote or cloud server 34 for further data analysis.
Patent GB-2588251-A (GB)
Title: Partial perceptual image hashing for invoice deconstruction
Inventor: MITCHELL RANSOM
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2019-12-11
Abstract: An image of an invoice (e.g. rasterised document, PNG image etc, may contain logo in the header) is split into regions (302, see top, middle and bottom parts 102, 103 and 104 of the invoice, fig 1). A perceptual image hash is calculated from each region of the invoice image (303). Each hash is then matched against an entry in a database where the vendor name is known (look up match 304) by calculating a hamming distance between an image hash and each entry in the database of known vendors and taking the smallest hamming distance. In this way, the database is searched for a match and the vendor associated with the invoice is identified. The perceptual image hash may be calculated using: an average or difference or a pHash algorithm. The invoice image may be reduced to greyscale and to an 8x8 grid of pixels. If the sum of the best two hamming distances of the hashes of two of the invoice regions is greater than a threshold, then the invoice 101 is not considered to match the database of known vendors and the vendor on the invoice needs to be added to the database.
Patent GB-2577836-A (GB)
Title: A work bench and fixing
Inventor: JAMES GERARD MCCOY
IPC: F16B12/30
Filed: 2015-10-08
Abstract: A fixing has: a main body 52, a back plate 53, and a protruding front portion 56 with a securement hole 57 extending from an upper surface to a lower surface, wherein at least a portion of the inner surface of the hole is arranged to secure an attachment. The back plate has an upper bracing surface separate to and offset from the upper surface of the main body, the fixing also has at least two secondary holes 58 arranged perpendicular to the securement hole for removably attaching the fixing to another object. A joint formed using the fixing may comprise first and second elements to be joined, wherein the second element (20, fig. 21) has a recess (51) into which the back plate of the fixing fits. A work bench comprising attachment points secured with the fixing is also claimed.
Patent GB-2582848-A (GB)
Title: Protective casing for a drink dispenser
Inventor: Russell Comber
IPC: B67D99/00
Filed: 2020-01-09
Abstract: A protective casing for a drink dispenser comprises a sidewall 10 having an opening 16a for providing access to a dispensing outlet of the dispenser. A roof (30, Fig. 4) is secured on the sidewall 10 using tamper resistant connections. The roof and sidewall define a chamber for enclosing the drink dispenser. Tamper-resistant connection means are used to securing the casing to i) a fixed surface disposed adjacent to and below the sidewall 10, and/or ii) a fixed surface disposed adjacent to and behind the sidewall 10. Ligature resistant ventilation apertures 14a may be provided. The roof is sloped. A U-shaped or L-shaped cover may cover an edge of the opening in the sidewall. The casing may be metal e.g. steel or plastic e.g. polycarbonate. The casing may be useful in mental health institutions.
Patent GB-2579521-A (GB)
Title: Unitary actuator valve for downhole operations
Inventor: CONRAD KAO
IPC: F16K31/122
Filed: 2018-07-09
Abstract: A member includes a unitary body defining a first portion integrally joined with a second portion through one or more shear tabs. The first portion defines a piston portion having a first end section including an activation member, a second end section, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. The second portion defines a piston ring member disposed adjacent the first end section and includes a first section having a first diameter and a second section having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter.
Patent GB-2592983-A (GB)
Title: Tensioned printing screen frame assembly and method
Inventor: JAMES S HALL
IPC: H05K3/12
Filed: 2020-03-13
Abstract: A printing screen assembly has a frame (10, Fig.1) with an elongate first frame member 20 and an elongate second frame member 30 parallel to the first frame member and in fixed relation thereto; and a corresponding cantilevered first and second tensioning arrangement 26 extending from each frame member along a length thereof. A predictable pre-tensioning force may be applied by resiliently deflecting the tensioning arrangements into contact with an abutment arrangement 28 and securing a printing screen (60, Fig.6) to an attachment portion 26b of the first tensioning arrangement, while the first tensioning arrangement is in contact with the first abutment arrangement. The frame may be formed by preselecting the resilience of the tensioning arrangement so as to preselect the tension applied when tensioning a printing screen in use, by removing material (113, Fig.16) from the resilient sheet material by machining and/or etching the resilient sheet material from which the tensioning arrangement is formed.