baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2526634-A (GB)
Title: Cryogenic treatment apparatus and method for campylobacter
Inventor: KING BRIAN
IPC: A23B4/09
Filed: 2014-08-14
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for destroying an organism on a surface of a carcass includes a delivery pipe 32 for a cryogenic substance, the delivery pipe constructed and arranged to discharge the cryogenic substance. A transport mechanism is disposed proximate to the delivery pipe and comprises a retaining member 50 for retaining the carcass during transport. The retained carcass is exposed to the cryogenic substance as it moves past the pipe. The apparatus can be used to destroy bacteria, such Campylobacter, on the surface of the carcass without freezing the body of the carcass. Also disclosed is method of destroying an organism on a surface of a carcass comprising transporting a carcass for exposure to a cryogenic substance for a select amount of time; and thermally shocking the organism for destruction without freezing the carcass.
Patent GB-2520809-A (GB)
Title: Fan controller
Inventor: RIDDOCH HENRY JAMIESON
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2014-09-26
Abstract: This is for a fan controller that has two temperature sensor inputs 116, 118 and four fan interfaces 106, 108, 110, 112. These are controlled by a microprocessor 102. The invention is designed to help maintain the temperature of electronic devices such as mobile telephone base stations, while also minimizing noise for the people living and working nearby. The settings for the four fans can be changed via separate plugs or sockets, and there are three alarms 122, 124 and 126 that indicated if the equipment is not functioning properly. There is also an auxiliary output 120. Normally, if the fans were running too fast all the time, an engineer would have to be sent out to fix it, but this can be repaired remotely and thus reduce noise for the people living and working nearby. The speed of the fans is controlled using a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal. The invention uses a first and second PWM signal, and there is a first and second duty cycle for their respective PWM signals.
Patent GB-2521930-A (GB)
Title: Electronically binding to a lost mobile device
Inventor: FRENCH PAUL BASIL
IPC: H04W8/00
Filed: 2014-11-21
Abstract: A first mobile device 50 detects a second mobile device 40 in the vicinity of the first mobile device and determines that the second mobile device 40 is lost (320, figure 3). The first mobile device electronically binds (330) to the second mobile device and obtains information relating to the second mobile device (340). The first mobile device sends the information relating to the second mobile device to a designated party (350). The first mobile device receives an indication that the second device is no longer lost (360). The first mobile device, in response to receiving the indication that the second device is no longer lost, unbinds from the second mobile device (370). The step of the first mobile device electronically binding to the second mobile device comprises sending a request to the second mobile device to create a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection over wireless network technologies such as Bluetooth. Location 70 is an area where lost device 40 and guardian device 50 may communicate over personal area network (PAN) 30. PAN 30 may be a computer network with a small geographic scope and range from Near Field Communication(NFC) to Local Area Networks (LANs).
Patent GB-2521286-A (GB)
Title: Predictive forwarding of notification data
Inventor: FAABORG ALEXANDER
IPC: H04W68/00
Filed: 2014-07-10
Abstract: A computing system is described that, while a user is interacting with a first computing device 100 at a first particular time, receives, by the first computing device, notification data associated with the user; and outputs, by the first computing device, for display, a graphical indication of the notification data; determines, by the first computing device, that the user is not interacting with the first computing device at a second particular time; and responsive to determining that the second particular time is less than a threshold amount of time after the first particular time, such that the notification may have been missed by the user, outputs, by the first computing device and for transmission to a second computing/display device, the notification data. The arrangement determines that a first notification may have been missed and outputs the notification at an alternative device, that the first computing device determines, such as to chase the user to ensure that the notification is seen/heard or otherwise alerted. The notification may be communicated to the second computing device if it is a time sensitive notification or e.g. of a particular priority level or e.g. from a contact on a contact list. The output devices may be presence-sensitive display devices with which the first computing device can determine interaction/presence.
Patent GB-2536629-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable scaffold
Inventor: JOHN ALEXANDER BLACK
IPC: E04G1/22
Filed: 2015-03-20
Abstract: An extensible scaffold 1 comprises a support frame which includes a first spaced member (24, Fig 14) and a second spaced member (24, Fig 14) and at least one extensible member 20 connecting the first spaced member to the second spaced member. A first platform member 54 is mounted to the extensible member. A hatch cover 56 is hingedly mounted to the first spaced member to provide a further portion of platform on the support frame. The hatch cover 56 is arranged to be openable to provide access through the support frame. Also defined is an extensible scaffold featuring a pair of spaced members connected by at least one extensible member characterised in that the extensible member 20 comprises a central member 22, and first and second extensions 21. A further invention relates to a scaffold comprising a support frame with first and second ends, with first and second legs hingedly mounted to the first and second ends respectively (Fig 14) .
Patent GB-2520885-A (GB)
Title: Methods for discovering therapeutic targets
Inventor: JOHNSTON STEPHEN ALBERT
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2013-09-05
Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices to provide efficient methods and systems for discovering therapeutic targets, novel antigens, and for deciphering an immunosignature. The invention discloses methods for the identification of unique peptides which form an immunosignature. The invention can be applied to target identifying screening in drug discovery.
Patent GB-2537143-A (GB)
Title: A stabilising device
Inventor: MUBASHIR AKHTAR
IPC: E06C7/42
Filed: 2015-04-09
Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilising device for ladders. The device 10 is designed for a stepladder 18 with two side rails 14, 16 and hollow tubular rungs 20. The mechanism includes a clamp body designed to be placed adjoining a side rail of the ladder with two clamp faces 28, 30. The fastener features a mechanism 32 which moves the two clamp surfaces, so they hold onto a section of the side rail. A rung grip device 34 extends from the clamp and is received within the interior of a tubular rung. A leg 40 mounted at one end 42 on the clamp body so that the opposite end rotates about an axis 44 perpendicular to its second surface 24. The mechanism may feature a lock 46 for securing the leg at a fixed angle and a stop (48, Figure 4) limiting the movement of the leg.
Patent GB-2538060-A (GB)
Title: Improving fire retardant properties of wood
Inventor: SIMON ARBACHE
IPC: C09K21/00
Filed: 2015-04-29
Abstract: A method for improving fire retardant properties of an item of wood including the steps of: a) providing an item of wood to be treated; b) if the wood has a moisture content of greater than 20%, drying the wood so that it has a moisture content no greater than 20%; c) coating a first major surface of the item of wood with a first coating formulation including an aqueous solution containing boric acid or a salt thereof, an amine or ammonium salt, and a phosphate; d) repeating steps b) and c) and b); e) coating the first major surface with a second coating formulation including a film-forming polymer material in an aqueous carrier. The first coating may include an adjuvant such as a glycol. The film-forming polymer may be a styrene butadiene copolymer. The second coat may include a UV-protecting agent, a material such as silicon dioxide for increasing surface hydrophobicity and a crosslinking agent such as a zinc salt.
Patent GB-2528568-A (GB)
Title: Methods, systems and apparatus for controlling movement of transporting devices
Inventor: STADIE ROBERT ROLF
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2015-06-03
Abstract: The system and method disclose determine and reserving routes for moving transporting devices, moving transporting devices when transporting one or more of a plurality of containers, and control the transporting devices to retrieve one or more of the plurality of containers from within one or more of a plurality of stacks. Prior to retrieving the desired container from within the stack, other (undesired or non-targeted) containers require moving. The undesired containers are moved by placing each of these undesired containers in an optimised position, excluding the original stack from which it was removed. This allows for the position of the undesired container to be optimised based on factors such as frequency of access. The movement and actions of the transportation devices can also be optimised to limit the number of movements the devices has to take. These sorts of system are used with in warehouses and storage facilities.
Patent GB-2531853-A (GB)
Title: Device for water inlet-and-outlet for automatically soaking machine
Inventor: GONG ZHU
IPC: A23L11/00
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: A water inlet and outlet device for an automatic soaking device preferably for soaking soya beans. There is a straight inlet pipe 1 connected at one end to a three-way inlet pipe 5. The three-way inlet pipe is also connected to an electromagnetic inlet valve 6 and electromagnetic drainage outlet valve 7. There is a 3-way outlet pipe 8 connected at one end to the electromagnetic outlet valve 7, and at another end to a straight outlet pipe 3. The valves are removably attached to a retainer plate 4 via snap fit attachment means 9.
Patent GB-2527943-A (GB)
Title: Image heating apparatus
Inventor: CHIYODA YASUHARU
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 2014-03-03
Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes first and second rotatable members 21, 22 for forming a nip N for heating a toner image T on a recording material P; a rotatable rubbing member 51 for rubbing the outer surface of the first rotatable member so that a surface roughness Rz of the first rotatable member is 0.5 to 2.0Âµm; a driving mechanism for diving the rotatable rubbing member so that a difference between a peripheral speed of the first rotatable member and a peripheral speed of the rotatable rubbing member is generated; and an air blowing mechanism 50 for blowing air onto the rotatable rubbing member to clean the rotatable rubbing member. The apparatus may include a cleaning member (80, Fig.17) for cleaning the rubbing member and a further cleaning mechanism (60, Fig.16) having a cleaning web (61, Fig.16). There is also a method including the step of blowing air onto the rotatable rubbing member. A controller (101, Fig.3) may operate the rubbing member and the air blowing mechanism to execute rubbing and cleaning simultaneously when no recording material is present at the nip. Air may be blown intermittently onto the rubbing member.
Patent GB-2542640-A (GB)
Title: Bougie introducer
Inventor: Michael Anthony Oliver
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 2015-09-28
Abstract: A bougie introducer for introducing a bougie into a patient's trachea is provided. The bougie introducer comprises a tube 102 having: a proximal section 114 configured to be held, in use, by a user; and a distal section 108 comprising a curved portion and being configured to be inserted, in use, at least partially into the patient's oropharynx. The sections of the tube are proportioned so that, in use, the proximal section can be held by the user whilst the curved portion curves around the bend from the patient's oral cavity to the oropharynx. The proximal section has an aperture 112 along its length so that in use the user can manipulate, through the aperture, a bougie (202, fig 2) inserted into the tube and thereby advance the bougie distally through the bougie introducer and into the patient's trachea.
Patent GB-2544347-A (GB)
Title: Low cost underwater turbine
Inventor: RODNEY SMITH
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 2015-11-14
Abstract: An underwater turbine 1 for generating electrical power from water with an augmenter 2, 4, consisting of two nozzles interconnected by a cylinder duct 3, a rotor hub 10 having a plurality of twisted blades 11 attached by the tip to a magnet support ring 46 that rotates about a stationary coil support ring 47 with coils 49, surrounded by a two part ducting 43. A power cable 22 connects the apparatus to an onshore power distribution system. There are support vanes 12 between the outer ducting cylinder and the two part ducting around the generator. Bearings 45 allow bi-directional rotation of the rotatable hub, the hub shaft, the plurality of blades and the magnet support ring. The open faces of the augmenter cones are fitted with releasable mesh cones 13, 41 that minimise foreign object ingestion into the rotating blades. The apparatus floats on the water surface using pontoons 31, 32 secured using anchors 36, anchors cables 35 and anchor cable tensioners 38, 39, 40. There are actuators 15, 16, 17 to lift the turbine above the water surface. The apparatus is preferably for river and estuary deployment and is driven by river and tidal currents.
Patent GB-2549149-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle mileage verification system and method
Inventor: Emanuel Melman
IPC: G07C5/00
Filed: 2016-04-08
Abstract: A mileage verification system, 10, for a vehicle odometer (i.e. mileometer/ milometer) comprising a primary unit to collect mileage data from a vehicles odometer, 14, a secondary unit to independently collect mileage/distance information from a second source, 16, data and storage means to store the data and a communication means to enable communication between the primary and secondary units and the data storage and a verification means to compare the distance whereby alerts are issued if the verification unit finds the mileage data to be inconsistent. If the readings taken by each of the units vary, it could be an indication of tampering or falsifying odometer readings in order to commit odometer fraud. The secondary unit could be a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for receiving positional and movement information about of the vehicle. The system can also include an authentication system to authenticate the identity of the vehicle (e.g. via its Vehicle identification number / VIN).
Patent GB-2552026-A (GB)
Title: Shutter assembly for an automated teller machine
Inventor: DAVID BLOWER
IPC: G07F19/00
Filed: 2016-07-08
Abstract: The invention provides a dispenser shutter assembly 400 for an automated teller machine. The dispenser shutter assembly includes a shutter closure including a shutter plate 410 that moves between a shutter open position and a shutter closed position. Cam followers 440, 445 are attached to the shutter plate. A motor operated cam 420 acts on the cam followers to move the shutter plate to the closed and open positions. A cam rotation restrictor 470 is positioned to prevent rotation of the cam beyond an over centre position on its axis 430 during moving of the shutter plate to the closed position of the shutter. Subsequent manual, fraudulent, forced opening of the shutter plate forces rotation of the cam in the reverse direction, preventing damage to the cam mechanism since the motor is designed to be overridden when force is applied. The shutter assembly 400 does not prevent fraudulent accessing of the cash dispensing aperture. The cam rotation restrictor takes the form of a stop block, located between the cam followers 440, 450 and inserted over the shutter guide rod 450b, against which the cam abuts in both the shutter open and shutter closed positions.
Patent GB-2552347-A (GB)
Title: Horse jump device
Inventor: ROSS MCGEEVER
IPC: A63K3/04
Filed: 2016-07-20
Abstract: The automated jump device comprises two uprights 3, each comprising a cup assembly (5, figure 9) and a base unit 4. A horizontal jump pole 2 is supported between the uprights 3, wherein a flexible rope 7 extends from either end of the pole 2 through the cup assembly (5, figure 9), down the uprights 3 to the base unit 4. The arrangement is such that a knocked down pole 2 may be detected and automatically replaced in the cups 9 following activation of the motor (12, figure 5) to wind in the rope 7 on spool (11 figure 5) and activation of motor (8a, figure 2) to rotate the cup 9 into a position to receive the pole 2. The jump bar 2 may be remote controllable via an app. Also disclosed is a method to replace the fallen bar 2.
Patent GB-2552348-A (GB)
Title: Multiple 5 temperature level rotary valve
Inventor: MICHAEL H BRINKER
IPC: F16K11/085
Filed: 2016-07-19
Abstract: A rotary valve 2 comprises a rotatable shaft 8 extending into a first chamber 10 and a second chamber 12. The first chamber 10 has a fluid outlet port 20, a first inlet port 42 and a second inlet port 46. The second chamber 12 has a fluid outlet port 22 and an inlet port 52. The first chamber 10 has a first rotatable shutter 16 provided with fluid conduits 58, 60. The second chamber 12 has a second rotatable shutter 18 provided with at least a fluid conduit 62. The first rotatable shutter 16 and the second rotatable shutter 18 are both coupled to the rotatable shaft 8. The fluid conduits 58, 60, 62 of the first and second rotatable shutters 16, 18 provide a first A, a second C, D and a third B, E angular intervals of rotation A of the shaft 8 to selectively control the flow of fluid through the first and/or second chambers depending on the rotation of the shaft.
Patent GB-2552480-A (GB)
Title: Baby bottle
Inventor: REBECCA MANTIN HEALD
IPC: B65D81/32
Filed: 2016-07-25
Abstract: A baby feeding bottle comprising at least two compartments and a disc shaped sealing member. The sealing disc is placed between the compartments to allow the contents of the compartments to be kept separate. By twisting the compartments, holes in the sealing disc are brought into alignment allowing the contents of the compartments to mix. At least one of the compartments may have means for maintaining a warmer temperature, such as double walls enclosing a vacuum. The bottle may have means for determining the temperature of the contents such as temperature sensitive stickers.
Patent GB-2543631-A (GB)
Title: Torque transfer apparatus
Inventor: MICHAEL FINNEGAN
IPC: F16F15/131
Filed: 2016-09-02
Abstract: The present invention provides a torque transfer apparatus 10 comprising a dual mass flywheel 14, a multi-plate dry friction clutch 18 rotatably coupled to the dual mass flywheel, and a centrifugal pendulum absorber 16 coupled to one or both of the dual mass flywheel and the clutch. The clutch is engageable to selectively rotationally couple an input 13a of the torque transfer apparatus to an output 13b of the torque transfer apparatus to selectively transfer torque through the torque transfer apparatus. The centrifugal pendulum absorber 16 may be disposed radially outward and circumferentially around the clutch. The clutch may be engageable so that the travel distance between an engaged position and a disengaged position is less than 6mm, or optionally about 2mm. The dual mass flywheel may be a planetary flywheel and the apparatus may be used in a vehicle drivetrain that comprises a second torque path in which a second prime mover such as an electric machine (22 fig. 4) may provide torque to the drivetrain.
Patent GB-2553861-A (GB)
Title: Electrical contact
Inventor: MARK PLESTED
IPC: H01R13/11
Filed: 2016-09-20
Abstract: A female electrical contact comprises a body portion 112 and a contact portion 114. The contact portion comprises a plurality of fingers 124 which taper towards the longitudinal axis of the contact but bend outward at their tips 128. A through hole 120 allows the contact to be plated. Protrusion 119a and recess 119 allow the contact to be fixed in a housing (920, Fig 9).
Patent GB-2540902-A (GB)
Title: Network Orchestration
Inventor: MATTHEW WILLIAMS
IPC: G06F11/00
Filed: 2016-11-10
Abstract: A hierarchical model of the dependencies between physical resources 302326 and a hierarchical model of the dependencies between virtual resources 328362 in a network are used to assign the virtual resources to physical resources. The models may be reliability block diagrams or Markov models. The models may be combined to produce a single model showing all the dependencies in the network. Performance metrics of the network may be modelled for the assignment. Genetic algorithms or simulated annealing may be used to optimise the metric. The metric may be compared with a reference value, which the network needs to achieve. The metric may be availability, capacity, power consumption, operating cost, capital cost, cooling requirement, mean time between failures or mean time to recover.
Patent GB-2556880-A (GB)
Title: Security device components and methods of manufacture thereof
Inventor: BRIAN WILLIAM HOLMES
IPC: B42D25/40
Filed: 2016-11-22
Abstract: A method of forming a security device component that comprises applying a layer of curable material 10 to a surface 1, casting a surface relief structure in the curable material and then curing the curable material. The surface relief structure comprising a first region 25 that has a first relief structure and a second ancillary region 24 abutting the first region. The second region that has a second relief structure that decreases in thickness from the first region of the surface relief structure towards at least one lateral edge of the layer of curable material. Also disclosed is a security device comprising a layer of curable material.
Patent GB-2542530-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display device and driving method therefor
Inventor: LIXUAN CHEN
IPC: G09G5/02
Filed: 2014-07-25
Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a four-colour converter (4), configured to convert original RGB data into grey values of the various colours, perform white balance processing on the grey values of the various colours, determine a maximum value and a minimum value within the grey values of the various colours having undergone white balance processing, generate two standard white chrominance values when the maximum value is not greater than a preset grey value, calculate secondary grey values of the various colours according to the two chrominance values, convert the minimum value into a white output grey value within RGBW data, and calculate a red output grey value, a green output grey value and a blue output grey value within the RGBW data according to the secondary grey values of the various colours and the white output grey value; a data driver (3), configured to process the RGBW data, so as to produce an analogue-type data signal; a scanning driver (2), configured to sequentially produce scanning signals; a display panel (1), configured to display the colours using the analogue-type data signal and the scanning signals. Also provided is a driving method for the liquid crystal display device.
Patent GB-2542320-A (GB)
Title: Fixed cutter drill bit with flow guide
Inventor: ALI AKBAR MOSLEMI
IPC: E21B10/18
Filed: 2015-08-12
Abstract: A drill bit comprises a bit body having a body face. A plurality of fixed blades extends from the bit body. Each of the plurality of fixed blades has a leading face and a trailing face. A plurality of nozzles is disposed on the body face to flow drilling fluid out of the bit body. A plurality of flow guides direct a portion of the drilling fluid away from the bit body. Each of the plurality of flow guides extends longitudinally from the body face, and along the leading face of one of the plurality of fixed blades.