baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2449601-A (GB)
Title: Method and reagents for treating hepatic fibrosis and inflammation
Inventor: MAUBACH GUNTER
IPC: A61K31/00
Filed: 2007-04-23
Abstract: The invention relates to methods for identifying an anti-fibrotic or anti-inflammatory agent comprising determining cathepsin S expression in activated hepatic stellate cells which have been exposed to a test compound and comparing expression to non-exposed hepatic stellate cells. The invention also relates to methods for treating a disorder characterised or caused by hepatic fibrosis or inflammation, comprising administering a cathepsin S inhibitor to a subject.
Patent GB-2463720-A (GB)
Title: A retractable enclosure and barrier for use in securely transferring goods from a vehicle to a building
Inventor: BRADDOCK MICHAEL
IPC: B60P3/03
Filed: 2008-09-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for securely delivering goods and/or receiving goods, particularly valuable goods, to or from a destination wherein the apparatus comprises a retractable enclosure attachable to a vehicle and a building and an entrance barrier, the movement of the retractable enclosure and/or entrance barrier being activated by an electronic signal. The retractable enclosure may be extended or retracted manually, and a first end thereof may be secured to the vehicle using a galvanised pad. The electronic signal may be an encrypted RF signal or short range RFID signal, and the enclosure may further comprise a store safe (figure 2). The apparatus may allow cash to be transferred safe from attack by criminals.
Patent GB-2464544-A (GB)
Title: Bouyant global navigation satellite system antenna
Inventor: HALL PETER ERIC
IPC: B63C9/20
Filed: 2008-10-21
Abstract: A buoyant antenna comprises a body portion, with an antenna 6 which is suitable for satellite communication in a global navigation satellite system GNSS such as GPS or Galileo. The antenna 6 is located at one end of the body and a mass concentration is substantially located at the other end. The body is mounted in a rotatable manner, at a position between the said ends of the body, to a float portion 2. The float portion 2 is arranged to rotate about the body such that in use it lies on a water surface whilst the antenna 6 stays generally upright above the surface of the water. The heavy components of the device, such as the battery or electronic members, may be located at the opposite end of the body to that of the antenna 6. The antenna may provide a small and stable arrangement which can maintain good satellite reception even in heavy seas.
Patent GB-2454827-A (GB)
Title: Encrypting a first dataset by division into two separate printed datasets
Inventor: MITCHELL ALAN JAMES
IPC: H04N7/167
Filed: 2006-07-18
Abstract: A first dataset (24) comprises a plurality of data elements, which are divided into at least two discrete further datasets (20, 22) and printed onto printable media that are separable from one another in order to obfuscate, and thus encrypt, the first dataset. A document and an envelope are also disclosed; data such as the name or address of the recipient is partly printed on the document and partly printed on a transparent region of the envelope. When the document is inserted into the envelope, the data printed on the document is in alignment with the data on the transparent region may be legibly viewed. When the document is removed from the envelope the data is fragmented and obfuscated. Also disclosed is a document comprising one or more removable regions attached to a substrate, having print on and adjacent to the removable region(s). Removal of one or more removable region(s) causes obfuscation of the print.
Patent GB-2468155-A (GB)
Title: Detachable variable-ratio foot controlled steering mechanism for a wheelchair
Inventor: LESLEY SAMUEL
IPC: A61G5/10
Filed: 2009-02-27
Abstract: A detachable footrest steering assembly 19 is able to engage a steerable swivel wheel 5 of a wheelchair [see Figure 1] such that a user can control steering of the wheel 6 by foot movement. The foot controlled steering assembly 19 comprises a swivelling foot rest 3 carried by a support arm, and a rotatable connector 22 mounted to the support arm and arranged to engage with a pin 16 formed on the steering axle 18 of the swivel wheel 6. The rotatable connector 22 is of a cylindrical nature and is operatively coupled to the swivelling footrest 3 by at least one cable 4,20 such that rotation of the footrest 3 causes rotation of the connector 22 which in turn causes rotation of the wheel 6. In a described embodiment the steering assembly can be arranged to be controlled by a different movement other than rotation of the user's foot, for example movement of the knee or shoulder. The invention can be used by people with hemiplegia.
Patent GB-2457833-A (GB)
Title: Optical encoder using reflectors on a code member to reflect light and to produce light spots that travel across a detector array
Inventor: TAN BOON KEAT
IPC: G01D5/347
Filed: 2009-05-13
Abstract: An optical encoder includes a code member 20, a light source 12 and a detector array 13. The code member 20 has a plurality of reflectors 22 thereon; and the light source is positioned to illuminate an area of the code member 20 that includes at least one of the reflectors 22. The detector array includes at least one detector set 14, each of which includes a plurality of detector elements 16. The code member 20 and the detector array 13 are moveable with respect to one another along a displacement direction, and as the code member 20 moves with respect to the detector array 13, the reflectors 22 on the code member 20 reflect light emitted by the light source 12 to produce circular or elliptical light spots that travel across the detector array 13. The light source 12 is a collimated light source and each of the reflectors 22 on the code member 20 have a dimension along the displacement direction that is less than the width of one of the detector sets 14 but greater than the width of one of the detector elements.
Patent GB-2474844-A (GB)
Title: Integrated hygienic urinal having a collection chamber with a hose
Inventor: SLEVIN PAUL
IPC: E03D11/02
Filed: 2009-10-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a toilet comprising a urinary collection system designed to provide a clean effective and sanitary method of allowing men to urinate without the frequent problems of spraying urine over the toilet bowl and onto ones own clothes, or others. The collection system comprises a collection chamber leading into a flexible, semi-rigid or rigid hose which feeds into the outlet pipe below a trapway (figure 1a). Alternatively the hose could lead through the ledge directly into the outlet (figure 1b). The hose may be kept in a housing unit built into the toilet tank (cistern) or attached to the tank 10 when not in use. The inside of the collection chamber may be studded with nodules (14 figure 3) to disrupt the strength of the urinary stream. The inside of the collection chamber may have a flange (15 figure 3) running around the inner lip of the opening to prevent splash back.
Patent GB-951104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to processes for the production of magnetic recording members
IPC: G11B5/706
Filed: 1960-03-21
Abstract: 951,104. Magnetic structures. FUJI SHASHIN FILM KABUSHIKI KAISHA. March 21, 1960 [April 2, 1959], No. 10007/60. Heading H1H. A magnetic recording medium comprising a base coated with a magnetic layer which consists of ferrite particles containing 0.2-35% cobalt by metal atomic ratio, dispersed in a binder is heated and cooled in a magnetic field at a temperature above 50‹ C. but not high enough to affect the binder or base in order to improve the directional sensitivity of the medium. In a first example particles 0.5Á in size of Co-Mn-Fe ferrite dispersed in a binder was spread on a base of acetyl cellulose of 25Á thickness and dried giving a 10Á coating layer. In the latter half of the drying at 100‹ C. the tape was passed through a magnetic field of 1000 oersted and cooled to room temperature in 20 seconds. In a second example particles of Co-Ni-Fe ferrite 2Á in size were dispersed in a binder, spread on to sheets of craft paper 50Á thick and dried. The sheets were stacked in a metal case, heated to 120‹ C. by superheated steam in a field of 1000 oersted and cooled at 10‹ C./min. In a third example Co.Ni-Mg-Fe ferrite particles 0.15Á in size were mixed with a binder and spread to give a 0.5 mm. layer on cardboard 1.5 mm. thick. The card was made disc-shaped and heated to 150‹ C. and cooled at 100‹C./min. in a magnetic field to give circumferential sensitivity to the disc. In a fourth example the material of the first example was spread on to a polyester base tape 25Á thick and dried. The tape was passed through an A.C. magnetic field to a D.C. field, whilst being heated and cooled, the heating being effected by infra-red rays, the magnetic film obtaining 150‹ C. and the base 90‹ C. Various organic binder materials were specified.
Patent GB-799591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to solid-fuel combustion appliances
Inventor: GUNN ALEX DAVID CHALMERS
IPC: F23K3/16
Filed: 1956-03-29
Abstract: 799,591. Combustion apparatus. C.U.R.A. PATENTS, Ltd. March 29, 1957 [March 29, 1956], No. 10018/56. Class 51 (1). [Also in Group XIII] The combustion control apparatus shown is mounted in a conduit 2 through which combustion air flows to the underside of the upper run of a chain grate driven by an electric motor 1. The apparatus comprises a bimetallic strip 3 secured at one end 4 and free to move at its other end in a recess 5. The free end carries a plunger 6 which bears against an arm 7 carrying a contact 8 coacting with a fixed contact 9. A spring 10, loaded by an adjusting screw 11, biases the arm 7 to contact " closed " position. Heating coils 12, 13 on the strip 3 are disposed in series with the switch 8, 9 and the motor 1, so that when the switch is closed the motor operates and the coils heat the strip. The heating current is so selected that, except when the air supply rate is a maximum, the heat supply rate to the strip is always greater than the heat loss rate to the air flowing past the strip. Thus, except at maximum air supply rate, the strip 3 gains heat until it opens the switch. This stops the motor and the strip then cools at a rate depending upon the air flow rate until at a predetermined temperature the switch is closed with consequent motor operation and strip heating. At maximum air supply rate, the motor runs continuously, but when the rate is decreased, the motor runs intermittently, the period of time during which the motor is running increasing when the air supply rate increases and decreasing when said rate decreases.
Patent GB-116388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Liquids.
Inventor: HIGGINSON JOSEPH
IPC: F02B1/00
Filed: 1917-07-11
Abstract: 116,388. Higginson, J., and Arundel, H. July 11, 1917. Direct air-pressure apparatus, non-automatic valves for pressure fluid, actuation of; valves for pressure fluid, arrangement of. - Relates to apparatus for raising liquids, such as fuel for internal-combustion engines, of the kind comprising a reservoir b, a vessel a communicating with the reservoir by a non-return valve c, a pipe d for periodically admitting pressure fluid to the vessel a, and a pipe h connecting the vessel a to a receiving vessel i; and consists i.n providing the vessel i with an overflow pipe. The pipe h may serve as the overflow, or a separate pipe may be used. The vessel i may be the reservoir chamber of a carburettor. The chamber a is alternately connected to a compressed-air supply and to atmosphere by a rotary cock e, which may be operated by the engine &c. In a modification, the pipe h has a non-return valve.
Patent GB-416112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in water softeners
IPC: C02F1/68
Filed: 1933-04-04
Abstract: 416,112. Softening water. CODD, A. M., The Grapes, Esher, Surrey. April 4, 1933, No. 10037. [Class 46.] A device for softening water in the cistern of a domestic supply comprises a vessel charged with sodium carbonate or similar watersoftening agent and having openings in or near the top only through which water can enter to form a solution of the reagent and the solution can diffuse into the water in the cistern. The vessel A, Fig. 3, may have a perforated top, or a closed top and perforations C, in the side wall. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the vessel A is open and surrounded by a perforated inverted vessel F, which may be provided with catches G to engage the vessel A.
Patent GB-832810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to reinforced concrete columns
Inventor: BATES REGINALD HENRY
IPC: E04B1/21
Filed: 1957-03-27
Abstract: 832,810. Posts. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Ltd., and FERROCONCRETE (LANCASHIRE) Ltd. June 20, 1958 [March 27, 1957], No, 10040/57. Class 20(1) A reinforced concrete post comprises a cranked root 5 and a shaft 1 which are secured together by bolts 8 passing through holes in the root into recesses 4 in the shaft where they are screwed into attachment members 2 held in the shaft by U- members 3. A number of holes 7 allow adjustment of the shaft with respect to the root.
Patent GB-815032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to multi-stage axial-flow turbines and compressors
IPC: F01D11/18
Filed: 1957-03-27
Abstract: 815,032. Turbines; axial-flow compressors. MASCHINENFABRIK AUGSBURG-NURNBERG A.G. March 27, 1957 [March 27, 1956], No. 10052/57. Classes 110 (1) and 110 (3). In an axial flow turbine or compressor comprising an undivided guide vane supporting ring associated with each rotor blade stage, each of the rings engages radial guide means in at least two intersecting planes through the turbine axis and is connected to an axially adjoining ring through interposed guide vane means and at least one of the rings is fixed against axial movement. The multi-stage axial flow turbine, Fig. 1, comprises four stages of rotor blades 2, 2<SP>1</SP>, 2<SP>11</SP>, 2<SP>111</SP>, with which are associated four stages of guide vanes 3, 31, 3<SP>11</SP> 3<SP>111</SP>, held respectively by annular one-piece supporting rings 4, 4<SP>1</SP>, 4<SP>11</SP>, 4<SP>111</SP> surrounding the rotor blades. The supporting rings axe connected together by the guide blade roots which are provided with radial collars 5, 6, Fig. 3, engaging peripheral slots 4a, 4<SP>1</SP>a in the rings. Clearances a allow for differential expansion. The inlet guide vanes 3 form a closed ring 3a which is guided during expansion on three guide pins 7 which pass through a supporting ring 4 and are secured in extensions 8 of rigid axial guide rails 9. The ring 3a is thereby fixed against axial movement. The supporting rings are each provided with three slideways 10 which engage three guide rails 9. Two of these guide rails lie in the horizontal plane through the axis of the rotor and the third in the vertical plane through the same axis. The rails may however be arranged in planes through the axis at 120 degrees to one another. The rails are secured by angle pieces 11, 12 to robust annular supports 13, 14 mounted on a rigid frame. Locating pins 11a secure the rails in the angle pieces 11 and guide keys 12a fixed to the rails engage slots in the pieces 12. An insulated housing 17 subdivided into four segments, as well as inlet and outlet housings 18, 19 are also secured to the supports 13, 14. The space 20 may be filled with a stagnant or cooling gas. The rails 9 and supports 13, 14 may also be provided with cooling passages. The blades may be held in position by a clamp, Fig. 4a (not shown), attached to the supporting rings or by a steel band, Fig. 4b (not shown), which encircles the blade roots. The ends of the steel band may be joined together by means which allow of expansion, e.g. springs. An arrangement in which the walls and edges of the supporting rings and rotor blades are inclined to the axis is also described. In this arrangement the stator is located against axial movement at one end of the turbine and the rotor at the other end. This allows the clearances between the rotor blade tips and the adjacent supporting rings to increase on cooling of the turbine. The invention may be applied to axial flow compressors.
Patent GB-1402864-A (GB)
Title: Detachable securing devices for freight containers
IPC: B65D90/18
Filed: 1972-03-03
Abstract: 1402864 Stud and socket fastenings FLEXELLO CASTORS & WHEELS Ltd 27 Oct 1972 [29 Oct 1971 3 March 1972] 50508/71 and 10074/72 Heading E2B [Also in Division B4] An adaptor for fastening to a freight container bracket comprises a plate member 10 and an upstanding boss 22' for insertion in an aperture in the bracket, the boss having a hole 24' therethrough and inclined to the axis of the boss to receive a threaded bolt 26'. One surface of a tapered end portion 46 of the bolt and of a supporting retainer 78 of the bolt abuts the bracket firmly when the bolt is tightened the bolt then lying completely within  the bracket. The plate member is rectangular with corner portions of reduced thickness and with holes for bolts for securing to a castor plate 72. The plate member 10 has a central aperture 57 which has lateral stepped portions 58, 59, 60 providing an abutment for one arm of a tool, another arm of which abuts the bottom of a side aperture in the bracket to raise the boss into the bracket. Tow bars having an end projection may be secured to the brackets by inserting the end portions into elongated slots in the brackets and turning to secure them.
Patent GB-1388926-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of silicon semiconductor devices
IPC: H01L21/00
Filed: 1972-03-04
Abstract: 1388926 Semi-conductor devices FERRANTI Ltd 2 March 1973 [4 March 1972] 10198/72 Heading H1K In the manufacture of a semi-conductor device, phosphorus is diffused into a siliconbody via an aperture in a thin silicon oxide layer 18, i.e. less than 3000A thick, to produce a region 21, and the body is exposed to steam to grow a silicon oxide layer 22 on the region, the growth causing no significant change in impurity concentration gradients within the body. Rate of growth of the layer 22 is determined by temperature, preferably between 700 and 1100‹ C., and phosphorus concentration at the region surface. The region may form the emitter of an NPN transistor, the base region 16 being formed from the part of the epitaxial layer 11 enclosed by collector diffusion 15 and buried collector 13. The oxide layer 18 acquires phosphorus doping during the diffusion which is said to improve its passivation properties.
Patent GB-751651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to methods and means for separating solid granular materials having different specific gravities
IPC: B03B5/44
Filed: 1954-04-07
Abstract: 751,651. Sink-and-float separation. TROMP, K. F. April 7, 1954, No. 10202/54 Class 82(2). Coal &c. is separated into three fractions of differing specific gravity in a suspension the specific gravity of which changes abruptly at half-depth thus setting up a middlings layer having a specific gravity intermediate that of the media on either side of the density change. Coal is introduced at 42 together with low density suspension at 13. The floats are removed up a perforated plate 12 and the sinks fall onto a false bottom 9 and are carried by the conveyer 8 first to sink on the bottom and then up the slope 6 to a screen 35. The high density suspension enters at 15 and sets up currents carrying the middlings onto a perforated plate 10 up which they are conveyed to be discharged onto the screen 22. The heavy suspension, together with small middlings is evacuated at 16, 17 and densified at 27 for recycling. Specifications 466,964, 530,742 and 593,455 are referred to.
Patent GB-1161950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pumps
Inventor: HALL PETER RANDALL
IPC: F04C19/00
Filed: 1967-03-04
Abstract: 1,161,950. Liquid ring pumps. GAS COUNCIL. March 4, 1968 [March 4, 1967], No.10327/67. Heading F1C. [Also in Division H2] A liquid ring pump has a casing 3 with a ceramic lining 16 enclosing an eccentrically mounted rotor 11 which is driven by rotation of ring 26 of liquid metal so that fluid entering the spaces between the longitudinal ribs 14 is compressed. The ring of liquid metal is rotated by electromagnetic induction from coils 23, 24, 25 energized by a 3 phase supply. Alternatively a conduction effect may be used by providing electrodes in the liner and tungsten plating on the rotor to pass a radial current through the liquid metal which interacts with a longitudinal magnetic field to produce rotation of the metal. The rotor is made of ceramic material and is mounted in bearings in ceramic end plates (1,2) centred at 18, and the depth of liquid metal, preferably tin or sodium, is such that at one point ribs 15 are entirely submerged. In a modification Figs. 5 and 6 (not shown), one endplate is provided with both inlet and outlet ports which are connected to the respective pumping spaces through passages in the interior of the rotor.
Patent GB-636211-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in rock drills
IPC: B25D17/08
Filed: 1947-04-18
Abstract: 636,211. Percussive drills. JOY MANUFACTURING CO. April 18, 1947, No. 10439. Convention date, May 4, 1946. [Class 124] In a percussive drill having a chuck comprising a rotatable sleeve and a bushing adapted for free sliding movement relative to the sleeve, the bushing is axially adjustable relative to the sleeve between two extreme positions, is freely slidable between these positions and is interlocked with the sleeve for rotation therewith in all axial positions. As shown, a sleeve 19 mounted in the nose 21 of a drill has a bore 25 in which a bush 23 is slidingly arranged, and has keys 28 which engage splines 27 in the bush. In operation the bush is urged forward by gas pressure into engagement with a collar 8 on a drill steel 6 and is rotated by a rifle bar and ratchet gear through the sleeve 19 and the splines 27. When the steel is withdrawn from the bore-hole the bush and steel are urged into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the bore-hole blown out by gas passing through the hole 7, the steel and bush being returned by the collar 8 and lug 9. The keys 28 may be formed on a separate piece attached to the sleeve by a dog clutch 30. The gas for blowing is obtained from the main valve through a series of passages, Fig. 1 (not shown).
Patent GB-296281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vehicles for conveying loose materials
IPC: B65F3/22
Filed: 1928-04-10
Abstract: 296,281. Knappich, J. April 10, 1928. Addition to 274,778, and 279,339. Scavengers' carts.-In the vehicle described in the parent Specifications means are provided for regulating and adjusting the distance between the stationary rear cover and the rotary container, for inclining the container on its three point supports and for introducing a resilient packing means between the cover and the container. As shown the support rails 9 on which the rollers supporting the container run are provided with an arched bridge member D to which is secured adjustably by means of a bolt H and screw E the hinge portion 25a of the rear cover 25. The rear cover 25 is provided with a packing ring 26 adapted to contact with an angle iron A, A<1> on the container 1 and to be resiliently pressed by a ring B positioned by an angle iron C. The container is inclined by lowering the support 3 and raising the support rails 9, Fig. 5.