baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2366053-A (GB)
Title: Web-based online store for providing customer configured computer systems
Inventor: HENSON KEN
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 1999-08-23
Abstract: A web-based online store, for enabling a custom configuration of a computer system according to an identification of a user belonging to a prescribed customer set, comprises a configurator (18) for configuring a computer with options selected according to user input, a cart (20) for temporarily storing the configured system, a checkout (22) for presenting payment options and obtaining payment and delivery information, and a database (24) for dynamically supplying options to the configurator according to a prescribed customer set. The configurator may include merchandising recommendations (36) for available options, and the cart may include recommendations for add-on options. The configurator may include a warning indicator for indicating when an option may adversely impact a shipment of the configured system, and may include a lead time warning. The configurator may also include a compatibility warning indicator to warn against incompatible options. The warning may be passive or active, where options which are incompatible with previously selected options are disabled. The checkout and cart may also be customised according to the prescribed customer set.
Patent GB-2384459-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of air cushions from tubing with a gas injector continuously within the tubing
Inventor: GREENWOOD JOHN STUART
IPC: B31D5/00
Filed: 2002-01-25
Abstract: An apparatus 10 comprises a continuous drive means 14,16 to move plastic tubing 32 through the apparatus 10, and a gas / air injector member (12, fig.1), such as with outlet 22, located continuously within, or within a portion of, the tubing 32. This arrangement may permit the formation of air filled cushions in a continuous stream. Also disclosed is a roll of plastic tubing 32 (from the last reference onwards, 32 refers to that numeral in fig.5 only) being sealed transversely 34, 35 at a succession of intervals, with each pair of seals stopping just short of a longitudinal centre line of the tubing 32. Such tubing 32 might be used in conjunction with the apparatus 10, the central gap between seals 34,35 allowing passage of the injector member (12, fig.1). Further disclosed is a method of producing air filled cushions comprising providing a tubing as previously described, with reference to fig.5, continuously inflating the tubing 32 between successive seals 34,35 and sealing the tube 32 along a pair of longitudinal lines, each extending across two transverse seals 34, 35. Such longitudinal sealing might be provided such as by the apparatus 10 by means of sealing blocks 50, 52, 54, 56. The apparatus 10 may further comprise an air barrier arrangement 11 upstream of the air injector (12, fig.1) and may produce two parallel lines of air cushions joined in two rows on the same piece of tubing 32 with a sealed longitudinal line therebetween which may be perforated for separation into two halves by a perforator 18.
Patent GB-2383778-A (GB)
Title: Balloon beacon for use with a lifesaving device
Inventor: SOZOU TAKIS
IPC: B63C9/20
Filed: 2002-02-06
Abstract: A safety arrangement 1 comprises a housing 2, a balloon 4 attached by a tether 3 to the housing, a balloon deployment mechanism 8 to deploy the balloon from an initial stored position within the housing to a deployed position outside the housing, and a sensor 9 responsive to an emergency situation to actuate the balloon deployment mechanism. The balloon may be formed from a highly visible material, such as metallised foil and may be filled with helium. A beacon 6 which emits light, infra-red radiation or radio waves may be mounted on the balloon and powered by a remote power source 7 such as a battery or generator. The balloon or its tether may be fitted with a radar reflector. The safety arrangement may be used on a life-jacket (10, Fig 4) or a life-raft or similar.
Patent GB-2369233-A (GB)
Title: Fabrication method for a parallel field liquid crystal device
Inventor: LEE SEUNG HEE
IPC: G02F1/1343
Filed: 1998-05-29
Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate being disposed opposite the second substrate and being disposed a first distance apart, each of the substrates having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the inner surfaces of the substrates, the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules; a first electrode formed on the inner surface of the first substrate, the first electrode having a first width; and a second electrode formed on the inner surface of the first substrate, the second electrode having a second width, and spaced apart from the first electrode by a second distance, the first electrode and the second electrode being capable of aligning the liquid crystal molecules using an electric field produced between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first distance is greater in length than the second distance, and the first and second electrodes each has a width to such a degree that the liquid crystal molecules above the first and second electrodes are substantially aligned by the electric field.
Patent GB-2372022-A (GB)
Title: Wheelchair mobility unit
Inventor: ROSS VINCENT
IPC: A61G5/04
Filed: 2002-02-11
Abstract: A self-powered steerable mobility unit 21 which can be removably attached to the front of a wheelchair comprises a wheel 22 including a hub electric motor 23, a handlebar 25 for steering and a single strut 121 by which the unit 21 is connected to a mounting tube 125 fixed under the wheelchair. The connection between the strut 121 and the tube 125 is such that the mobility unit is initially positioned with its wheel 22 angled to the vertical, the front wheels of the wheelchair being in contact with the ground, and then the mobility unit is pivoted to an upright position, possibly by the user of the wheelchair while sitting on it, using the handlebar 25, to raise the front wheels of the wheelchair from the ground. The connection between the strut 121 and tube 125 can then be latched in place (Fig. 5). The batteries 28 for the motors are mounted on the steering pillar. The wheelchair may be foldable and the mounting tube 125 mounted under the chair by releasable fastenings (Figs 6 to 8).
Patent GB-2389676-A (GB)
Title: An automated agent and method of bidding in electronic auctions
Inventor: BYDE ANDREW ROBERT
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2002-06-13
Abstract: In many electronic auctions, the auction house will usually set a fixed time for the auction to end and the highest bidder at the termination of the auction is declared the winner. Various bidding strategies are employed by human traders to try to secure goods at artificially low prices, one such strategy being to delay bidding until very close to the deadline for the close of bidding. An automated bidding agent 1 and method of operating the bidding agent 1 are disclosed which have the capacity to evaluate the appropriate last minute bid to place to maximise the chances of securing the goods bid for. The bidding agent 1 comprises a bid model that processes auction data from the e-auction 5 of interest and user preferences input by the user to evaluate the optimal last minute bid to place. The method involves constructing a preference map 8 from the user preferences, and mapping the data held in the preference map 8 using the processed auction data to generate a knowledge base 7 from which the optimal bid to place is evaluated. The bidding agent 1 may typically reside on a users computer 2.
Patent GB-2376926-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for folding up air bag and air bag
Inventor: NISHIJIMA KAZUYOSHI
IPC: B60R21/217
Filed: 2001-04-11
Abstract: A method of folding up an air bag (1), comprising the steps of inflating the air bag (1) by expanding the bag on a plane and filling air thereinto, softly holding the air bag (1) by radially disposed upper and lower blades (26) and (25), moving a plurality of movable blocks (24) toward the center of the air bag so as to collect the upper and lower panels (12) and (11) of the air bag (1) to the center part of the air bag so that the upper and lower panels (12) and (11) can be folded up in waveform in the state of being separated from each other, winding up the portions of the air bag remaining in the form of ears around the portions folded up in waveform, and pressing the center part of the air bag (1) from the upper side thereof, whereby the folding-up operation of the air bag (1) can be facilitated, gases can be fed smoothly from a receiving port (15) to a peripheral part (14), and thus the air bag (1) can be expanded rapidly.
Patent GB-2383197-A (GB)
Title: Metallised fabric electric circuit
Inventor: FERGUSON PATRICK
IPC: H05K3/06
Filed: 2002-12-12
Abstract: A flexible electric circuit 16 comprises a metallised fabric 14 which is photochemically etched to form a heating element 16. The fabric may be coated with a continuous layer of metal or the individual yarns or fibres may be encapsulated in metal prior to manufacture. The metal may be nickel and the fabric may be woven from polyester threads. Also claimed is a method of manufacturing a flexible circuit. The circuit is particularly suitable for heaters, e.g. clothing and footwear, but may alternatively have control or monitoring applications, e.g. in the medical field or in computers or other electronic equipment.
Patent GB-2384667-A (GB)
Title: Transmitting Security Data in Network Addressing Information over a Supernet
Inventor: ST PIERRE ROBERT P
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2003-01-03
Abstract: A supernet comprising a supernet authorisation secure daemon (SASD) and a virtual address resolution protocol daemon (VARP) is created by a virtual network being located on top of a pre existing network. It includes an address structure and a security service that protects the data transmitted and communication over the network is through a shared key with an encryption method eg Data Encryption Standard (DES). The security data comprises creating and assigning a virtual address to a client. The original message 90 is issued in a first internet protocol(IP) eg IPv6 compliant package 94. This packet is then encapsulated into a second IP version eg IPv4 96 and transmitted via the supernet to the receiving network. On receipt, the packet is stripped to its first protocol, decrypted and authenticated. The packet is then routed using the protocol and a virtual addressing manager such as Netfilter.
Patent GB-2397373-A (GB)
Title: Gas diffusion arrangement
Inventor: PIDCOCK ANTHONY
IPC: F04D29/54
Filed: 2003-01-18
Abstract: A gas diffusion arrangement 22 for a gas turbine engine comprises an inlet 26 admitting gas from a compressor region 113, a pre-diffuser 30, a diffuser 32, and a distribution means 41 to distribute gas in a desired flow pattern and is disposed between a downstream outlet 40 of the diffuser 32 and an outlet 28 of the gas diffusion arrangement 22. Diffuser 32 comprises an expansion chamber 36 having flared walls 37A, 37B, an upstream inlet 38 adjacent the prediffuser 30 and a downstream outlet 40 adjacent the distribution means 41. Distribution means 41 comprises a plurality of apertures 48 formed by a grid 46 having aerodynamic convex noses 52 so that the impinging air is uniformly distributed. A major proportion of the air maybe directed through a fuel injection module 20 and to a combustor 15 with some of the air maybe being directed into annuli's 54, 56 for cooling. The distribution means 41 may comprise for segments (68, 70, 72, 74, fig 4). The apertures 48 maybe conical, may have a parallel regions (55A, fig 3) of constant cross section, may have a combination of conical apertures and parallel regions (fig 5), may have parallel regions which increase in size from a central portion (X, fig 6), or may have a projection in the form of an ogive (80, fig 7, 8).
Patent GB-2382369-A (GB)
Title: A running tool for orienting relative to a casing window
Inventor: MURRAY DOUGLAS J
IPC: E21B41/00
Filed: 2002-01-25
Abstract: A running tool 14 which comprises a dog 16 adapted to automatically move outwardly upon reaching a casing window 22 and to orient itself by finding a downhole vee (fig. 10, 24) in the window. The dog may be spring-loaded. The running tool may carry a thin-walled sleeve 10 having a pre-machined window to be oriented relative to the casing window. The running tool may further include an inflatable swage 60 for swaging the sleeve to the casing.
Patent GB-2399423-A (GB)
Title: Ferro electric liquid crystal devices
Inventor: MILLER RICHARD JONATHAN
IPC: G02F1/141
Filed: 2003-03-08
Abstract: A ferro electric liquid crystal device comprises a cell including a layer of ferro electric liquid crystal material 7 contained between two walls 2,3 bearing electrode structure 5,6. The cell walls are surface treated, e.g. by rubbing a polymer, or forming a profiled grating surface, to give an alignment direction with surface pretilt to liquid crystal molecules. The alignment directions on the walls are about 180{ apart, the surface tilts are from 0{ to 40{ and the two surface pretilts are of different values. The layer material is typically one having the following phases with decreasing temperature: - - isotropic - chiral nematic - smectic A - smectic C* The layer material may one including one or more difluorinated terphenyl compounds with a fluorination on the middle ring. During manufacture, the cell may be filled with the layer material heated into its isotropic phase, then cooled into the smectic C phase. During cooling an alternating voltage may be applied across the layer to assist is forming a uniform tilted layer structure.
Patent GB-2399379-A (GB)
Title: Plastics panel
Inventor: SAUNDERS JOHN FREDERICK
IPC: A01G9/14
Filed: 2003-03-10
Abstract: A plastics panel <B>1</B>, for securing in the framework of a building structure, comprises a sheet of plastics material having a planar border <B>2</B> at least partially bounding a plurality of reinforcement strips <B>4</B> arranged in a latticework <B>3</B> to define a plurality of planar sub-panels <B>5</B>. The latticework <B>3</B> may resemble the glazing bars of a window and may be arranged in the form of a Georgian grille or a leaded light latticework. The plastics material may be PVC, UPVC, SAN, PET or a polycarbonate. The border <B>2</B> may extend around all four sides of the panel or may extend only along two opposite sides. The plastics material may be transparent and may have portions which are frosted or opaque. The frosted or opaque portions may be the reinforcement strips <B>4</B>. Alternatively the plastics material may be opaque. The plastics panel may be of one-piece manufacture comprising the sheet of plastics material formed with integral planar border <B>2</B> and reinforcement strips <B>4</B>.
Patent GB-2385656-A (GB)
Title: Manual control device
Inventor: BIESTER KLAUS
IPC: E21B33/06
Filed: 2001-10-30
Abstract: The invention relates to a manual control device (1) for controlling a device (3) that is subjected to the action of force in a direction counter to the control direction (2), particularly for use in the domain of crude oil or natural gas extraction, such as a blowout preventer (BOP), a valve, an actuator, a throttle or the like. Said manual control device is equipped with a rotating spindle (5) that can be connected to a displacing element (4) of the device (3), said displacing element being displaceable in the control direction (2), and with a manually controllable adjusting device (7) that is drive-connected to said rotating spindle via at least one gearing mechanism (6). The aim of the invention is to improve a manual control device of this type such that, also with low numbers of rotations of the adjusting device, forces which are already high can be transferred to the rotating spindle and thus to the displacing element, and to render assisting devices, such as hydraulics or the like, unnecessary. To this end, the gearing mechanism (6) comprises a ball screw (8) with a ball screw nut (9) and with the rotating spindle (5) provided as a peripheral rotating spindle, whereby the ball screw nut (9) is drive-connected to the adjusting device (7).
Patent GB-2386857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to knives
Inventor: IRELAND WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: B26B3/00
Filed: 2000-05-04
Abstract: A safety knife, for removing flashing from plastics mouldings, or other similar operations, comprises a handle 10, 11 and two blades 12, 13 mounted to project side-by-side from the handle. The cutting edge of each blade is substantially parallel to, and slightly spaced from, the cutting edge of the other blade, and the general planes of the blades diverge as they extend away from their cutting edges. When the knife is not in use each blade serves as a guard for the other blade so as to reduce the risk of accidental injury.
Patent GB-2407785-A (GB)
Title: A lens mounting jig
Inventor: CURCHER DENNIS VICTOR
IPC: B24B13/005
Filed: 2003-08-19
Abstract: A lens mounting jig for mounting on a two axis coordinate movement bed of a CNC drilling machine for drilling holes in lenses of rimless spectacles. The jig comprises a carriage 29 having a lens holder 20 for holding one or more lenses 13, 14, each of which has a mounting block 19 bonded to a convex surface of the lens. The table 29 is rotatable about a first axis (the longitudinal axis of spindle 34 so as to be able to present a convex surface of the lens 13, 14 to a drill 26 of the machine at a position where it is desired to drill a hole 17, 18 from the convex surface 41 towards a concave surface 44 of the lens 13, 14. Further embodiments include where the mounting block 19 is subject to a vacuum force to retain it in position.
Patent GB-2400989-A (GB)
Title: A coin operated mobile phone recharging unit
Inventor: MCDONALD RYAN ALEXANDER
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 2003-10-22
Abstract: A coin operated recharging unit for mobile phones comprising a rounded box for mounting in a public place. The device would be fitted with an earpiece and a mouthpiece, allowing the mobile phone to continue to send and receive calls while being recharged.
Patent GB-2390942-A (GB)
Title: Overcurrent protection switched mode power supply
Inventor: KOTULA TOMASZ JANUSZ
IPC: H02M3/337
Filed: 2002-04-12
Abstract: An over-current protection circuit (3), particularly but not solely for resonant mode dc to dc converters which avoids the use of a current sensing resistor in series with the converter switching devices. A current transformer (5) is used, the secondary voltage is rectified and applied to a stable dc amplifier after careful filtering. The output (8) of the dc amplifier controls the frequency of a voltage controlled oscillator (4) which determines the switching frequency of the converter switching devices and thus the current flowing through them.
Patent GB-2396863-A (GB)
Title: Silicon compounds
Inventor: TACKE REINHOLD
IPC: A61P9/06
Filed: 2003-12-03
Abstract: A compound of formula (I) <EMI ID=1.1 HE=78 WI=152 LX=376 LY=681 TI=CF> <PC>wherein R<1> is hydrogen or alkyl; ```R<2> and R<3> are the same or different and are each alkyl; ```R<4> is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, NO2 or CF3; and ```R<5> and R<6> are the same or different and are each hydrogen, alkyl, halogen or alkoxy; ```or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are calcium (Ca<2+>) channel blockers. These compounds may be useful in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as cardiac arryhythmia, glaucoma or hypertension. A preferred compound is sila-niguldipine.
Patent GB-2410473-A (GB)
Title: A cover sheet for a load compartment
Inventor: WEATHERHEAD JOHN
IPC: B60J7/08
Filed: 2004-01-30
Abstract: A cover sheet apparatus for a vehicle body or a fixed storage facility having opposite side walls and end walls. The apparatus comprises a cover sheet 12 connected to one side of the vehicle body 16, a support member 22 connected to the sheet approximately parallel to the side, the support member being connected to the sheet in such a way that rotation of the support member causes the sheet to roll and unroll from the support member, means for moving the support member across the vehicle body thereby causing the support member to rotate to cover and uncover the vehicle body, and means for driving the moving means. The drive means comprises at least one extendable member for driving the moving means. The drive means may comprise a cylinder 28 to move a rack 36 and pinion 32 arrangement.
Patent GB-2410714-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing three-dimensional products using build-up electron beam welding
Inventor: PLUMB PAUL NIGEL
IPC: B23K15/00
Filed: 2004-02-07
Abstract: In this method for manufacture of three-dimensional products out of metal, an electron beam 14 is directed into a vacuum chamber 10, to meet the tip of a wire feedstock 20. Metal will be continuously melted from the tip of the wire and deposited on a table 16 which moves relative to the point where the beam impinges on the wire tip, so that the metal melted from the wire is deposited in a desired pattern 18 on the table where it solidifies. Once a layer of a desired area has been deposited, the table is lowered away from the wire feed by a distance equal to the thickness of the layers being deposited, and successive layers are deposited to build up a three-dimensional shape.
Patent GB-2394948-A (GB)
Title: Tamper-evident lid assembly
Inventor: MARSHALL NEIL R
IPC: B65D43/16
Filed: 2002-09-12
Abstract: A lid assembly comprising a lid portion (2) and a frame portion (4), one said portion being adapted to receive the other portion to seal a container (12) fitted with the lid assembly wherein the receiving portion has tamper-evident means connected thereto as a frangible bridge (24) while the other portion has a hinged tab (28) and wherein, in the untampered state, the frangible bridge (24) is intact and prevents rotation of the hinged tab while, on breaking the frangible bridge, the hinged tab (28) is able to rotate about its hinge, allowing opening of the lid.
Patent GB-2406134-A (GB)
Title: Locking members for a roller shutter
Inventor: NGAMTANAKIJA AKADECH
IPC: E06B9/80
Filed: 2004-03-18
Abstract: A pair of locking means for a roller shutter each comprise L-shaped members 1, 3 formed from iron plates joined together and provided with an aperture 4 for a padlock. One of the means 3 has curved edges 5 that fit over concave curtain slats of the roller shutter. The other means 1 is permanently held in the side guide of the roller shutter. A padlock is passed through both apertures 4 to lock the roller shutter.
Patent GB-2412835-A (GB)
Title: Cigarette package
Inventor: BRODIE ANDREW NEIL
IPC: B65D85/10
Filed: 2004-04-05
Abstract: A package 2 for the retail distribution of cigarettes or the like comprises a container 4 defining a receiver 19 for retaining a plurality of cigarettes or the like, a plurality of cigarettes or the like disposed within the receiver and a dispenser 14 disposed within the receiver adjacent the cigarettes or the like. The dispenser contains and dispenses a means for treating the effects of smoking such as bad breath or stained teeth or for ingesting nicotine. The dispenser may be cylindrical and the same length as the cigarettes or the like. The dispenser may be pressurised and dispense a liquid in the form of a spray or aerosol. The dispenser may dispense items of confectionary such as mint or chewing gum which comprises nicotine or is a breath freshener gum or dental cleaning gum.