baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2381517-A (GB)
Title: Edible jelly product and its manufacture
Inventor: CURLEY WILLIAM
IPC: A23L29/231
Filed: 2001-11-01
Abstract: A ready-to-eat jelly product in a transparent or translucent container 1 comprises a mass of edible jelly pieces 4 interspersed with air pockets 7. The jelly pieces are formed by cooling and setting of a hot jelly mixture into a substantially solid edible mass which is then comminuted, eg by cutting or mincing. The jelly may be transparent or translucent and may be cut irregularly so that the air pockets are angular, or the pockets may be rounded. A food filling such as fruit pieces 5, 6 may be distributed through the mass of jelly pieces in the container, or placed in a separate compartment. Liquid jelly mixture may be inserted into the container over the jelly pieces and allowed to set to form a continuous jelly layer with a smooth surface 9. The container may be sealed by a peelable foil lid 3. Instead of or as well as fruit, food filling mixed or layered with the jelly pieces may comprise nuts, chocolate pieces, cream, custard, yoghurt, rice or cereal.
Patent GB-2385034-A (GB)
Title: Resilient coupling unit for steering column
Inventor: BARTON LAURENCE GEORGE HERBERT
IPC: B62D1/20
Filed: 2002-02-11
Abstract: A coupling unit to couple components of a steering column for a vehicle, the coupling unit incorporating a resilient member to absorb vibration between the components. The unit can comprise first and second plates (1,2) with an intermediate layer (3) of elastomeric material. One plate is designed to connect with a pinion and the other plate is designed to form part of a universal joint.
Patent GB-2376652-A (GB)
Title: Yttria impregnated porous alumina core
Inventor: FRANK GREGORY R
IPC: C04B41/50
Filed: 2002-05-14
Abstract: A fired porous alumina-based ceramic core for use in casting metal is impregnated with yttria. Impregnation may be performed by immersion of the fired core in colloidal yttria or in a medium containing a yttria precursor, e.g. solutions containing yttrium salts or yttrium metal-organics such as yttrium acetate, yttrium nitrate, yttrium carbonate or yttrium alkoxide. After impregnation the core is dried. The yttria impregnant preferably accounts for about 1-5 % by weight of the core.
Patent GB-2378862-A (GB)
Title: Control and management method for the status of a battery in a portable multimedia device
Inventor: DANIS FREDERIC
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2002-07-05
Abstract: The invention is concerned with a method to control and manage the status of a battery of a portable multimedia device equipped arranged to memorize and process digital data representing audio and video sequences and to display the video sequences on a screen. The method comprises steps of downloading an audiovisual data flow in the means of memorization; evaluating the energy available in the battery; and selecting either a first processing of the memorized data that needs only a part of the energy available in the battery, so as to conserve a pre-determined quantity of energy, or a second processing of the memorized data that needs all the available energy. The digital video data may be encoded according to the MPEG standard using the first process wherein all frames of the stored video sequence are displayed, or using the second process wherein only frames of Intra type, or a fraction of Intra frames, are displayed. Also disclosed is an apparatus for implementing the method as previously described.
Patent GB-2383684-A (GB)
Title: A light sensor
Inventor: HOUSE ANDREW ALAN
IPC: H01L31/105
Filed: 2002-08-14
Abstract: A light sensor formed as part of an integrated circuit comprises a light conductive path 1, a portion 1a of which generates free charge carriers when light of a selected wavelength or wavelength range passes along the path; wavelength selective reflectors 11, 12, for example Bragg gratings arranged to reflect selected light so it passes repeatedly through portion 1a; and a detector 2, 3 which detects the presence of the free charge caters thus created. The detector can be a p-i-n photodiode within a resonant cavity, the intrinsic region, having deep level impurites, forming a light path. Suitable applications include an optical channel monitor (OCM). An embodiment is given where a series of detectors each selects different wavelengths (fig 6).
Patent GB-2381716-A (GB)
Title: Authentication system which controls access to distributed network services, in which a first certificate is exchanged for a second certificate
Inventor: ERICKSON JOHN S
IPC: G06F21/33
Filed: 2002-09-16
Abstract: In this system a requesting organisation (RO) 10, such as a university, issues its members with 'enrollment' digital certificates. An enrollment is a statement that a member belongs to a privilege set. The method also involves a servicing organisation (SO) 16 which informs a resource server (RS) 20 of the level of access which should be given to members with particular 'credential' certificates. The RO and the SO agree that all members with a particular class of enrolment certificate are assigned a particular credential certificate. When a member contacts a RS to request access to a service, he provides his enrollment certificate. The RS sends the enrollment certificate to a clearance centre (CC) 24, which returns the associated credential certificate. The RS then uses the credential to decide whether to authorise the access request. The method may be implemented on the world wide web. In the present invention an object invocation protocol such as simple object access protocol (SOAP) is used. The present application is based on the Gladney Safe Dealing method.
Patent GB-2382897-A (GB)
Title: Method of forming, searching, or generating quasi-minimum tree providing optimum network configuration
Inventor: YAMAMOTO HARUO
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2002-10-23
Abstract: A method for forming, searching, or generating a quasi-minimum tree providing an optimum network configuration, which provides an approximate solution to the Steiner problem. This method is a method for forming, searching, or generating a quasi-minimum tree providing an optimum network configuration connecting Steiner points v1 to v5 which are a plurality of vertexes defined by selecting vertexes and edges on an undirected graph which is a geometrical structure consisting of vertexes and weighted edges, wherein, a plurality of trees which do not share said vertexes and edges with one another are created or searched by connecting vertexes to one another beginning from those with which the distance, which provides the total sum of the weights for the edges included in a single path connecting between any two provisional points, is the shortest while creating or searching a tree providing a path which includes no closed path and is tolerated to be branched; and then, said plurality of trees are connected to one another to provide a tree (a quasi-minimum tree) with which all of said plurality of vertexes defined, v1 to v5, are connected to one another, and the total sum of the weights for said edges included is at a quasi-minimum.
Patent GB-2382090-A (GB)
Title: Breakable washer for an earth boring bit
Inventor: BYRD CHRISTOPHER S
IPC: E21B17/042
Filed: 2002-11-14
Abstract: An annular washer 24 has a top surface 40 and a bottom surface 42 inclined so that is divergent from the top surface in a radially outwards direction. The washer has narrow break points 28, 30. It is installed at the interface between a drill bit 10 screwed to a drill string 20. Over tightening of the screw connection 26 during drilling is relieved by breaking and removing the washer. Preferably, the angle between the divergent washer surfaces is between 5 and 15{ and the top shoulder surface 38 of the drill bit is angled to match. The washer may incorporate three break points, as shown in figure 4.
Patent GB-2397852-A (GB)
Title: A pump
Inventor: HAMMOND GEOFFREY ROBERT
IPC: F04B43/06
Filed: 2003-01-31
Abstract: A pump comprises a container 20 containing a fluid, a fluid outlet 23 and an actuator 30 arranged to alternate between first and second configurations (figs. 1A-1D) in response to a change in the pump's environment so as to cause an aliquot of fluid to be expelled through the outlet 23.
Patent GB-2394341-A (GB)
Title: Access control system
Inventor: WILSON JEREMY CRAIG
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2003-03-07
Abstract: A video camera 12 is located at a secure access point and is connected to a computer network 14. The camera 12 is used as a conventional security camera and also provides automated assistance with access control. When an identity badge is presented to the camera 12 by a person requesting access to the facility, a computer 16 that is monitoring the camera 12 recognizes a bar code or other symbols on the badge and accesses a database 18 to locate information associated with that identity badge. This information is then used to determine if the person should be granted access.
Patent GB-2383359-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic underreamer and section for use therein
Inventor: FRAIM MICHAEL L
IPC: E21B7/18
Filed: 2000-02-02
Abstract: A hydraulic underreamer for enlarging a wellbore includes improved packer, cutting, jet pump, and mill sections. Each of the sections and their associated advantages are described herein in detail. The packer section is designed to minimize pressure requirements and optimize hydraulic efficiency, and the mill section has a removable center assembly which allows effective well control when pulling the underreamer out of "live" well filled with a gas, such as methane.
Patent GB-2383871-A (GB)
Title: Improved frameworks for loading and execution of object-based programs
Inventor: SOKOLOV STEPAN
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2001-10-23
Abstract: Improved frameworks for loading and execution of portable, platform independent programming instructions within a virtual machine are described. The improved frameworks provides a mechanism that will generally improve the runtime performance of virtual machines by eliminating the need to always traverse a constant pool at runtime to execute a Java instruction. In addition, specific data structures that are suitable for use within a virtual machine and methods for creating such data structures are described. Accordingly, an enhanced Java bytecode representation having a pair of Java bytecode streams is disclosed. The enhanced Java bytecode has a Java code stream suitable for storing various Java commands as bytecodes within a code stream. A Java data stream of the enhanced Java bytecode representation is used to store the data parameters associated with the Java commands in the code stream. Actual parameter values, or references to actual parameter values can be provided in the data stream. Thus, data parameters can be provided for efficient execution of Java instructions without requiring further processing of Constant Pool at run time. As a result, the performance of Java complaint virtual machine can be enhanced.
Patent GB-2390058-A (GB)
Title: Detecting unacceptable input media for a printer
Inventor: LUQUE PHILLIP R
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 2003-05-07
Abstract: Apparatus for use in detecting unacceptable input media for a printer, in particular the use of transparent media having a melting temperature at or below the fusing temperature of a fuser (18, Fig. 1) in a laser printer, which would thus melt on contact with the fuser and render the printer inoperative. A contacting element 28 is configured to engage the input media 25 during a feed operation, such that the element may selectively adhere to unacceptable input media and move with the unacceptable input media. Contacting element 28 may be a heated element maintained at a temperature approximately equivalent to the printing temperature, which adheres to the input media when it melts. A sensor 34, 36, e.g. optical switch, identifies displacement of the contacting element, such displacement being indicative of unacceptable input media. Media feed may then be discontinued, and a notification may be provided on the printer message display (14, Fig. 1).
Patent GB-2404137-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning apparatus for buildings, windows etc
Inventor: BOLTON KEVIN MAURICE
IPC: A47L1/00
Filed: 2003-07-25
Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for dispensing a cleaning fluid is attached to a building by clips or other attachment means, or is integrated into the construction of the building. The apparatus can be automated and allows large areas of glazing or other exterior surfaces to be cleaned in an efficient manner. This allows an architect increased freedom in the design of a building because it eliminates major design constraints in respect of the positioning of the glazing of the building.
Patent GB-2394255-A (GB)
Title: Air and mixture induction arrangement in an i.c. engine, eg of a hand-held tool
Inventor: GERHARDY REINHARD
IPC: F02D9/02
Filed: 2003-09-08
Abstract: An induction device 26 for the i.c. engine in an engine-driven tool such as a chain saw or parting-off grinder has an intake port 9 which comprises an intake port section 3 in the form of a carburettor I. A throttle valve 7 is mounted pivotally in the intake port section 3. Downstream of the throttle valve 7 the intake port 9 is divided into an air duct 4 and a mixture duct 5 by a dividing wall 10. A fuel jet 6 opens into the mixture duct 5 downstream of the throttle valve 7. In order to supply a favourable ratio of fuel/air mixture to largely fuel-free combustion air to the engine, the flow cross-section in the air duct 4 is greater than the flow cross-section in the mixture duct 5, eg the air duct 4 represents 55% to 90% of the total flow cross-section. In a modification, the dividing wall (27, fig.5) is offset toward the mixture duct side of the intake port 9 and the throttle valve (24) is positioned eccentrically in the intake port 9. The throttle valve (37, fig.6) and a choke valve (39) may both be mounted asymmetrically on their shafts and non-centrally in the intake port 9.
Patent GB-2389393-A (GB)
Title: Seal assembly and rotary machine containing such seal
Inventor: GRONDAHL CLAYTON M
IPC: F16J15/32
Filed: 2001-12-20
Abstract: A seal assembly (10) which, among other applications, may be used for sealing fluid leakage between a steam of combustion (gas) turbine rotor and a turbine stator body. The seal assembly includes elements (20, 22) having a plurality of spaced seal members with slots terebetween. Each seal member is angled between a fixed end and a free end thereof, and the free ends slidably engage the rotatable component. The elements may be juxtaposed such that seal members of each element block slots of another element. A method of inhibiting fluid flow and a method of fabricating the seal assembly are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2395927-A (GB)
Title: Producing artificial bones by laser sintering
Inventor: ONO HIDENORI
IPC: B29C67/00
Filed: 2003-12-02
Abstract: A process for producing an artificial bone model in accordance with the selective laser sintering process which comprises extending a powder material for sintering comprising 30 to 90 parts by weight of powder of a synthetic resin and 10 to 70% by weight of an inorganic filler to form a thin layer and irradiating a portion of the thin layer having the shape formed based on tomograpic information of a natural bone with laser light so that the irradiated portion of the thin layer is sintered. The extension of the powder material for sintering to form the thin layer and the irradiation of the thin layer with laser light for sintering are conducted repeatedly. The artificial bone model can three-dimensionally reproduce steric shapes of natural bones such as bones in the human body precisely and accurately and exhibits the property for cutting closely similar to that of natural bones. The artificial bone model can be used for educational training or for studying a plan for curing before a surgical operation. The powder material for sintering 5 at the surface of a powder head 4 is irradiated with a beam of laser light 3. When irradiation is completed, a roller 6 supplies powder material for sintering as a layer amount. A stage 7 on which sintered material is laminated is lowered by elevator 8 by a layer amount.
Patent GB-2409876-A (GB)
Title: A support arm for clamping to a ladder
Inventor: BROWN MARK ANTHONY
IPC: E06C7/14
Filed: 2004-01-08
Abstract: A support arm 7 which may be fitted to any ladder, is used to support a one handled container such as a paint kettle. The arm is fitted to two clamping legs 1 by locking nut and bolts 6. The two clamping legs are fitted with end plates 2 and 4 which are adjusted to suit the spacing between the rungs on any ladder. In use the device may be fitted to allow the paint can to be supported to the right hand side of the ladder or the left.
Patent GB-2400574-A (GB)
Title: An air filter assembly
Inventor: BUGLI NEVILLE JIMMY
IPC: B01D46/12
Filed: 2004-01-23
Abstract: An air filter assembly 10 for an air induction system of a motor vehicle comprises a housing 20 having a tray 24 and cover 26 wherein both 24, 26 have at least one flange (56, 58, Fig 3) defining a filter capturing portion (60, Fig 3) and an interlocking portion (62, Fig 3). A filter 22 is located inside the housing 20 wherein a portion of the filter is held in the filter capturing portion such that the filter is sealed inside the housing. Preferably the filter is multi-layered and in addition has a first screen 38 adjacent one side of the filter to filter out large particles and another screen 40 adjacent an opposite side of the filter to give support to the filter. The cover and tray are preferably made of a plastic material such as polypropylene or nylon. To hold the filter in position and to prevent leakage of unfiltered air a bead 64, 66 may be positioned on each flange. Advantageously the assembly 10 is also used as a heat ventilation air conditioning system or in non-automotive uses.
Patent GB-2411363-A (GB)
Title: Footwear designed or adapted to attach a roller skate assembly
Inventor: TREW MICHAEL
IPC: A63C1/00
Filed: 2004-02-27
Abstract: A boot or shoe 3 has a channel 2 or recess in the sole which allows the attachment of a base plate 5 and wheel assembly 6 in order to convert the shoe to a roller skate. A bar 1 passes through the channel 2 and recesses 12 in the base plate, being held in place by a clip 8 and spring 7. The sole of the shoe may be moulded to match the base plate, to prevent unwanted movement of the shoe. The base plate has side flanges which allow footwear of varying widths to use the wheel assembly and prevent sideways movement of the shoe. Straps are also provided so that the base plate may be used for shoes without a channel. The system may also be used for skis, snowboards and snowshoes.
Patent GB-2400909-A (GB)
Title: Oil well logging sensor
Inventor: WILLIAMS JAMES RICHARD
IPC: G01T1/20
Filed: 2004-03-12
Abstract: A scintillator (18) for a radiation detector includes a substantially cylindrical scintillating element mounted in a substantially cylindrical housing (58); and a gamma ray source (22) substantially enclosed within the scintillating element.
Patent GB-2412164-A (GB)
Title: Removable ventilation device for the ventilation of buildings
Inventor: MCLLRAITH ADRIAN JOHN
IPC: F24F13/24
Filed: 2004-03-17
Abstract: A system for providing ventilation to/from a building comprises a ventilation casing 10 and at least one removable ventilation device 70 (pressure controlled), 72 (pivotal flap). Devices 70, 72 may be housed in a removable tray 50 (docking station) permitting servicing and replacement of the devices 70, 72 with other interchangeable devices such as humidity, acoustically or temperature controlled ventilators, or a powered ventilator providing a forced air flow. Tray 50 may receive at least two ventilation devices in parallel of the same or different types. Ventilation device 70 may not fully occupy the tray 50 and a blank extrusion (275, fig 3A) may be cut to length to provide the additional length. The system may be installed above a window or door frame (410, fig 5) of various sizes using a frame adaptor (409) and filler extrusion (429) or fitted into an aperture in a wall (fig 7A - 7C), floor or roof of the building. The system may comprise a rotatable hit and miss grille (872, 874, fig 8A) for the interior of the building, which may also operate in combination with a sliding member (886) for the exterior. An exterior grille 893 reducing the ingress of insects and a pivotable flap (899) to prevent gusts of wind may be provided.
Patent GB-2415863-A (GB)
Title: Wireless network system and devices with redundancy between orthogonally polarised beams
Inventor: NIX ANDREW R
IPC: H04B7/10
Filed: 2004-07-01
Abstract: A wireless network device (4), such as a wireless media centre, has orthogonally polarised antennas (6a, 6b) arranged to provide transmit and/or receive polarisation diversity. The antennas may be arranged so that their nulls do not coincide, to produce a combined antenna pattern with a low variation of gain with direction. The antennas may be collocated, but arranged orthogonally. Preferably, the combined antenna pattern is substantially omnidirectional in elevation as well as azimuth. This arrangement provides uniform coverage in a 3D environment. The transmitter may transmit data using polarisation-time block codes. A wireless receiver (10, 18) for use in the wireless network may have either one antenna or two orthogonally polarised antennas. The receiver (10, 18) applies maximal ratio combining to the received signals. The signals may be OFDM signals and the receiver applies maximal ratio combining independently to each frequency channel. The antennas may be flat linear or annular slot antennas, which provide strongly polarised beams and can be integrated within the housing of the devices.
Patent GB-2405454-A (GB)
Title: Transfer case with electromagnetic synchronizer and brake
Inventor: WOOD SCOTT P
IPC: F16H48/02
Filed: 2004-08-12
Abstract: A motor vehicle transfer case 16 comprises an interaxle differential 100 driven by an input shaft 72, and an electromagnetic synchronizer and brake 180 for synchronizing and braking rotation of the input shaft 72 and secondary output shaft 172. An electromagnetic coil 230 is mounted in the transfer case 16 about the input shaft 72 and surrounded by a freely rotatable rotor 210. A circular armature 200 is coupled to a chain drive sprocket 160 adjacent the rotor 210 and the electromagnetic coil 230. The chain drive sprocket is driven by the secondary output shaft 172, another output of which drives a primary transfer case output shaft 90. Energization, via micro processor control (56, fig 1), of the electromagnetic coil 230 attempts to synchronize and brake rotation of the input shaft 72 with respect to the chain drive sprocket 160 and the secondary output shaft 172. This synchronization and braking maintains the slack or lash in the driveline in a constant state to eliminate noise and driveline transients.
Patent GB-2418828-A (GB)
Title: Anti reflective stepped profile for surfaces of radiotherapy device
Inventor: CREED QUENTIN
IPC: G21K1/02
Filed: 2004-09-30
Abstract: A method of treating the surface of an item for a radiotherapy apparatus, such as a collimator, comprising the steps of machining into a planar reflective surface shown in dotted outline of the item a stepped profile, each step having a first surface D angled to the planar reflective surface such that, in use, the first surface reflects light incident on the planar reflective surface away from the isocentre of the radiotherapy apparatus and a second surface C angled with respect to the planar reflective surface and the first surface such that, in use, the second surface is shadowed from light incident on the planar reflective surface by the first surface, the steps having a depth which does not exceed 2.15% of the total depth of the item.