baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2368048-A (GB)
Title: A foldable boat and vehicle roof top carrier
Inventor: LEWIS MICHAEL
IPC: B63B7/04
Filed: 2001-09-18
Abstract: A roof mounted car transportation container comprises two sections which are hinged together with hinges 4 and can be unfolded to form a boat. In the unfolded condition the two sections are locked together with brass retaining bolts 5 which pass through a central thwart 6 that is foam filled to provide the boat with extra buoyancy. The boat has a flat stem to which an outboard motor may be attached while skegs (9, Fig 2) are provided on the bottom of the boat to give it greater lateral stability. In the folded condition the transportation container is held firmly closed by means of clips 10.
Patent GB-2363787-A (GB)
Title: Bulk storage bag discharge aid
Inventor: TAYLOR STEPHEN JAMES
IPC: B65B69/00
Filed: 1997-10-15
Abstract: A quadrilateral cross-section bulk storage bag, comprising an outer bag and inner liner, is supported on a frame (14, fig. 2) over a discharge opening in a discharge apparatus (fig. 3). Mounted on the corners of the frame 45 of the apparatus are corner massage cylinders 44 with pusher plates mounted on the ends of the cylinders. The pusher plates may have a long central section with two shorter angled ends, which when fully advanced form an octagonal shape. The cylinders may be operated as pairs, pushing and pulling in unison and in phase or out of phase with the other pair of cylinders. The discharge apparatus may have an inflatable seal (32, fig. 3) that seals the inside surface of the outer bag during discharge and pushers (34, fig. 4) that seal the bag prior to releasing a tie (24, fig. 3) that seals the outer bag. To further aid discharge a chute (30, fig. 3) maybe moved away from the discharge opening (25, fig. 1) or the frame supporting the bag may be raised by cylinders (22, fig. 1).
Patent GB-2380474-A (GB)
Title: Water processing apparatus
Inventor: HYNES JOHN PATRICK
IPC: C02F1/00
Filed: 2001-10-02
Abstract: Apparatus for processing water that has been used for food processing uses a self cleaning backwash filter (20) to remove solid particulate matter before pumping the water into a filter bank (40) including multiple stages of which at least one (108) is a carbon filter. The output quality of the fluid flow is monitored so that if the monitored component exceeds a preset level flow can be diverted from the main drains or recycling into a storage tank while the line is shut down or diverted to a second production line (40'). The apparatus will be made in a self contained 316 stainless steel framework (10). The filters may be flushed with disinfectant to prevent bacterial growth. The apparatus may also contain a UV unit.
Patent GB-2366550-A (GB)
Title: Controller for motor power steering system
Inventor: ENDO SHUJI
IPC: B62D101/00
Filed: 2001-05-14
Abstract: A controller for motor power steering system in which a motor for providing a steering mechanism with a steering assist force is controlled based on a steering assist command value operated based on a steering torque generated in a steering shaft and the current value of the motor, in order to enhance the steering performance by imparting continuous hysteresis characteristics through an inexpensive software configuration, thereby attaining a stabilized comfortable sterring feeling continuously. The controller for motor power steering system comprises an auxiliary operating means for adding a differentiated signals of steering torque to the steering assist command value and varying the gain of differentiation depending on the magnitude of steering torque and vehicle speed.
Patent GB-2368863-A (GB)
Title: Well packer and method
Inventor: JACKSON STEPHEN L
IPC: E21B33/129
Filed: 2000-06-15
Abstract: A releasable packer (10) has a control line (18) therethrough. A hydraulic release mechanism (14) of the packer is controlled from the surface by application of flow and pressure. A modification of the packer and release mechanism using resettable collets (142) and return springs (144) allows multiple sets and releases of the packer.
Patent GB-2384128-A (GB)
Title: Schematic mapping of surveillance area
Inventor: BOND DEREK FRANK
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: A surveillance system and related method arranged to survey an area which is digitally mapped into the system to create an image map of the area, onto which the location of a number of cameras is mapped, together with the field of view of at least one of those cameras.
Patent GB-2383084-A (GB)
Title: A door stop device to prevent fingers being trapped by the closing action of the door
Inventor: MCMURTRIE ROBERT
IPC: E05B17/00
Filed: 2001-12-15
Abstract: The device comprises a pair of 'L' shaped brackets (2) attached to a disc (1) with a swivel device (9) pivotally attached to the lugs by means of a pin (8), a spring (10) is located between the disc and the swivel device to bias the device away from the disc. In use, the disc is attached to a door frame such that an end (7a) of the swivel device projects into the path of a door, preventing the door from closing until an opposing end (7c) of the swivel device is pushed against the bias of the spring, thereby allowing the door to close. Preferably the device further includes a rotational means allowing the disc and swivel device to be rotated into temporary vertical alignment with the door frame before rotating back to an in use, horizontal position (Figures 35 and 36).
Patent GB-2372075-A (GB)
Title: Tapping circuit for hydraulic motor
Inventor: BIGO LOUIS
IPC: F04B53/08
Filed: 2001-12-27
Abstract: The tapping circuit forms part of a main fluid circuit which comprises a hydraulic motor (16) having a preferred operating direction and at least two main pipes (12, 14) suitable for communicating with the cylinder block of the motor and constituting respectively, in said preferred operating direction, a feed main pipe and a discharge main pipe. The tapping circuit comprises a single tapping and removal valve (40) connected continuously via a tapping pipe (42) to that one of said main pipes (14) which, in the preferred direction, serves for discharge purposes. This valve serves to replenish the fluid so as to cool it and/or to flush the internal space of the casing of the motor.
Patent GB-2387147-A (GB)
Title: A bicycle convertible into a shopping trolley
Inventor: BUSH EDMUND HELMUTH
IPC: B62K13/00
Filed: 2002-04-03
Abstract: A bicycle convertible into a shopping trolley comprises a three part frame having a front frame member 1 supporting a steerable wheel, a rear frame member 2 supporting a driven wheel with a drive system, chain-wheel, guard, crank, pedal, saddle and saddle pillar and a central frame member 3 having at least one castor 6, wherein the frame members are connected at one end at least by a hinged joint having hinge pins and allow the frame parts to rotate and lock into a position where the front and rear frame members lie either in-line or in parallel to each other. The bicycle also comprises a removable shopping container 4 supported on slide rails 5 behind the saddle and locked in position either centrally over the rear wheel when in a cycling mode or centrally between the steerable and driven wheel when in a trolley mode, a push bar 4A for pushing the bicycle and provision for locking the steerable wheel in-line with the front frame member 1 when in the shopping trolley mode.
Patent GB-2388063-A (GB)
Title: Improved peel-type blind rivet
Inventor: JONES STEVEN VICTOR
IPC: B21K1/60
Filed: 2002-04-23
Abstract: The invention is directed to a peel-type blind rivet assembly (110) for setting in relatively soft material and comprising an elongate tubular body (102) having a shank (106) with a enlarged head (108). A free end (114) of the shank, remote from the head (108), has an expandable portion formed by a plurality of slots (112) extending partway along the shank from this remote end (114). A mandrel (104) has a stem, and a mandrel head with a maximum external diameter greater than the internal diameter of the body (102), wherein at least one of the plurality of slots increases in width as it extends from an outer surface of the shank towards an inner surface of the shank. There is also provided a punch for forming the tapered slots (112) in the rivet body comprising an elongate solid body having a polygonal cross section wherein at least one convergence zone formed on an end face of the punch by the tapering convergence of two adjacent side walls forms a slot cutting element (285).
Patent GB-2389244-A (GB)
Title: Coiled cable support
Inventor: NIMIYA TAKAYUKI
IPC: H02G1/04
Filed: 2002-05-31
Abstract: A coil 1 coated in a synthetic resin (1b, fig 1b) is positioned around a support wire W, strung between a number of supports P1, P2, P3. A conducting cable C is threaded though the loops of the coil 1 which support the weight of the cable C. The coil 1 is positioned at one end of the support wire W and a tool (10, fig 2a; 44, fig 8) is used to pull either the coil 1 or both the coil 1 and the cable C along the length of the wire W. The tool (10, fig 2a) may have a narrow hole at one end to allow a controlled feed of the coil 1 out of the tool (10, fig 2a).
Patent GB-2380421-A (GB)
Title: Suspended seat
Inventor: JULIEN CHRISTINE E
IPC: A47D13/10
Filed: 2002-06-27
Abstract: A suspension assembly 40 in a seat 81, eg a seat for suspending a child, having a clamp 20 for coupling the seat 81, to a support S. The suspension assembly 40 comprises a web link 42 having a link slot 43 and is coupled to the clamp 20. A first web 44 is configured in a closed loop and coupled to the web link 42 through the link slot 43. A tube 52 defining an interior cavity 56 is provided, with the tube 52 having a spring retainer 54 on one end and an anchor pin 50 on the other end. The anchor pin 50 is threaded through the loop of the first web 44. wherein the tube 52 is coupled to the web link 44. A spring 62 is nested in the interior cavity 56 of the tube 52 against the spring retainer 54. A disk 58 having a disk slot 60 is coupled to a second web 72 at one end of the second web 72. The other end of the second web 72 is passed through the spring 62 in the tube 52 and coupled to a web spreader 66. The web spreader 66 has a seat slot 70 wherein the seat web 86 engages the seat slot 70 to suspend the seat 81.
Patent GB-2377739-A (GB)
Title: A clamp for a cylndrical element
Inventor: BRELL KLAUS-ERICH
IPC: F16L3/10
Filed: 2002-06-28
Abstract: A clamp for a cylindrical element includes a base portion and a clamping portion which define together a common through opening for passage of a cylindrical element. Fasteners are provided to brace the base portion and the clamping portion to thereby hold the cylindrical element in a clamping zone. The base portion and the clamping portion are each provided with an attachment surface, wherein the attachment surface of the clamping portion includes a cutout formed with internal teeth for positive engagement of external circumferential teeth of a protrusion of a further such base portion or external circumferential teeth of a protrusion of a connection piece, such that the internal and external teeth are constrained against rotation. Thus, a series of clamps can be stacked on top of one another.
Patent GB-2374061-A (GB)
Title: A rotating tower system for transferring hydrocarbons to a ship
Inventor: ASKESTAD SIGMUND
IPC: B63B21/50
Filed: 2000-01-13
Abstract: A rotating tower system for transferring hydrocarbons to a ship, comprising a transfer structure extending from the bottom (3) of the ship (1) to the deck (4) thereof, the structure at its lower end being connected to a number of risers (22) and to anchor lines (9) for anchoring of the ship (1), and at its upper end being connected to a rotatable coupling device (20) on the deck of the ship (1). The structure comprises a lower and an upper rotating body (5 resp. 6) which are independently mounted in relation to the ship (1) and are connected to each other via an intermediate connecting unit (7). The lower (5) and possibly also the upper (6) rotating body in its central region is connected to the adjacent end of the connecting unit (7) via an articulated bearing connection (30 resp. 31) allowing occurring angular deviations and possibly absorbing radial and/or axial forces.
Patent GB-2380960-A (GB)
Title: Wafer polishing apparatus
Inventor: INABA TAKAO
IPC: B24B37/013
Filed: 1999-10-15
Abstract: Wafer polishing apparatus comprises a control unit operated to polish a wafer by a quantity corresponding to designated polishing quantity data in accordance with a polishing model. The model is corrected according to the difference between a measured value of the polishing quantity and the polishing quantity data. The apparatus also comprises a displacement measuring tool for detecting the change in relative vertical positions between the surface of the polishing cloth and the back of the wafer or the wafer holding head. The polishing model is made based on the output of the displacement measuring tool and the measured value for correcting the output of the displacement measuring tool.
Patent GB-2398916-A (GB)
Title: Display and sensor apparatus
Inventor: BROWN CHRIS J
IPC: G06F3/033
Filed: 2003-02-28
Abstract: An apparatus is provided which integrates sensor functionality with an active matrix display such as an AMLCD. A conventional active matrix 6 of LCD pixels 10 is provided with standard display source and gate drivers 4 and 5. The display source driver 4 supplies data signals for generating the required pixel response to column electrodes 12 which are also connected to an output arrangement 19 including sense amplifiers 20. During a display phase of operation, the AMLCD operates conventionally with the matrix 6 being refreshed a row at a time and frame by frame. Between frames, the sense amplifiers 20 are enabled and the matrix 6 is again scanned by the gate driver 5. The characteristics of each pixel represent an external stimulus which is sensed by the relevant sense amplifier 20 and supplied at an output 23 of the arrangement.
Patent GB-2399404-A (GB)
Title: Gas cylinder indicia collar
Inventor: O'MAHONEY MARK
IPC: F17C13/06
Filed: 2003-03-11
Abstract: A wrap around indicia collar 2, 30 is capable of being locked around the neck of a gas cylinder container 82. The collar 2, 30 carries indicia, which may be related to the contents of the cylinder 82, and may be in the form of a barcode. In a first embodiment, the collar 2, 30 is a hinged ring in two halves, with interlocking ends 15, 16. In a second embodiment, the collar is a single flexible strip 30 with interlocking ends 44, 46. The collar 2, 30 may overcome the problem of existing labels, which may tend to fall off, and may allow compliance with modern labelling legislation.
Patent GB-2391410-A (GB)
Title: Means for calibrating frequency in a mobile communication terminal
Inventor: KITATANI KENICHI
IPC: H04M1/00
Filed: 2003-05-02
Abstract: A mobile communication terminal 700 includes an Automatic Frequency Control unit 100 for calibrating frequency, a GPS module 500, and a processor 600 which electrically connects the AFC unit 100 and the GPS module 500 to each other. The AFC unit 100 counts the number of intermediate frequency IF signals generated by converting a frequency of a signal transmitted from a base station. The processor 600 converts the count of the IF signals obtained while the AFC unit 100 is in a lock-up condition into a real count offset. The GPS module 500 counts the number of signals transmitted from a circuit which generates the operational frequency of the mobile device and calibrates the number of signals using the real count offset.
Patent GB-2404070-A (GB)
Title: Entertainment machine with multiple play
Inventor: MURRAY IAN
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2003-06-21
Abstract: An entertainment machine (1) operable to play a game of a predetermined minimum duration, the machine having a plurality of reels (8) with a variety of symbols about their peripheries which rotate after a game credit has been staked and come to rest so that each reel (8) shows one symbol on a central horizontal win line, the resultant display of symbols is assessed by a control unit and a win indication produced in the event that a predetermined combination of the displayed symbols is of a predetermined winning nature, immediately after the win has been assessed the reels (8) are automatically rotated again within the same game without any further stake being debited to once again come to rest to produce a fresh display of symbols and are again win-assessed.
Patent GB-2386531-A (GB)
Title: A collaborative, fault-tolerant, scaleable, flexible, interactive real-time display and processing method and apparatus
Inventor: KOREN DOV
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing information in an easily customizable, interactive and collaborative format. The invention can be looked at as the combination of one or more functional components. in one aspect, the invention features aggregating raw data on at least one DataServer connected to a communication network; performing analysis of that data using at least one AnalyticalServer that is connected to the network; maintaining a cache of the most recent data and analysis of that data from the AnalyticalServers on at least one ViewServer connected to the network; maintaining communications with the network for accessibility by users over the network; and maintaining an ApplicationServer on the network that, based either on requests of the user through the web server, or through an automatic refresh, generates display data using, for example, the cached information on the ViewServer. Various manipulations of the data, including, for example, flexibly sorting, movement, aggregation, filtering, charting/graphing, etc. of rows and columns of a display can be effected. The system can also provide redundancy and view of the data can be shared among plural sites.
Patent GB-2396988-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for displaying pictures in a mobile terminal
Inventor: SEO JEONG-WOO
IPC: H04N5/926
Filed: 2003-11-24
Abstract: A method for generating a combined signal in a mobile terminal equipped with a camera that picks up image signals. A picked-up image signal is coded into a still picture signal. A received audio signal is coded. An image header containing image pattern information and frame size information is inserted into the still picture signal. The still picture signal into which the image header is inserted is combined with the coded audio signal. While the above-described operations are repeated, consecutive still picture signals are combined with corresponding audio signals. When a recording operation is completed, a combined signal representative of a result of the combining is stored in a moving picture file. Independent claims are also included for packetising the combined signal for transmission, dissassembling the combined signal, and combining image signals with text signals.
Patent GB-2408815-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for providing information relating to a retail transaction
Inventor: LEA ALEX
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2003-12-05
Abstract: A retail data processing system comprises a retail processing device, and a software entity adapted to reside on the processing device. The software entity for example a Java agent is adapted to a) obtain, from the processing device, data relating to a retail transaction with a customer carried out using the processing device; b) filter the data obtained in step a); and c) determine, in dependence on the data obtained in step a), a code including information related to the retail transaction. The code may include one or more of the following items: store identifier, date, time, information relating to items purchased, information relating to one or more items of interest, check flag. The system may include an Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) system. In an alternative embodiment the invention comprises matching a first code received from a retail processing device with a second code received from a customer. The invention allows manufacturers to obtain information about the sale and purchasers of their products and can be used to build customer profiles and track customer purchasing behaviour across multiple-retail locations.
Patent GB-2407993-A (GB)
Title: An item of footwear with retractable rolling means
Inventor: WALKER JOHN GRAEME
IPC: A43B3/24
Filed: 2003-12-18
Abstract: The item of footwear is provided with rolling means 50 to enable the item of footwear to roll over a surface when the rolling means is in a first active position. The item of footwear has retracting means (34) for retracting the rolling means 50 to a second latent position, thereby disabling the rolling means and preventing the item of footwear from rolling over a surface. The roller may be deployed by sliding a yoke 34, which directs the roller pin 54 along a channel (Fig 2b, 42).
Patent GB-2409531-A (GB)
Title: Wireless communication unit with intergrated optical unit
Inventor: ROBINSON DANIEL
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2003-12-23
Abstract: A wireless communication unit (100) comprises an integrated optical camera unit (128) and flash optimising unit (126). An optical lens (206) is associated with the camera unit (128) and an optical lens (212) is associated with the flash optimising unit (126), both of which are integral parts of the mechanical housing (200) of the wireless communication unit (100). The mechanical housing (200) is constructed from one or more housing components. A housing component and set of housing components are also provided. By integrating a substantial number of the optical elements of a wireless communication unit into the mechanical housing, the optical characteristics of a wireless communication unit, such as a mobile phone, can be readily interchanged.
Patent GB-2399976-A (GB)
Title: Video segment detection and replacement using fingerprint data
Inventor: KOENIG RICHARD
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 2004-03-08
Abstract: A television system signal substitution system is described which replaces video segments (such as advertisements) identified using fingerprint data with selected replacement video segments. Fingerprint data of an input video signal and that of the segment in question are used to identify segments to be replaced with substitute data. Fingerprint data may relate to statistical information on colour (such as colour coherence vectors for example) or statistical information on spatial or temporal variations in the data. In a second claimed invention, the fingerprint data analysed from video segments may be stored in a database which can be distributed to subscribers.
Patent GB-2412366-A (GB)
Title: Closure with integral gas barrier
Inventor: MCGEOUGH PETER MICHAEL
IPC: B65D41/32
Filed: 2004-03-24
Abstract: A cap (2) suitable for use with a PET beverage bottle has an integral gas barrier provided by a plastics-coated aluminium foil disc (30) having its peripheral edge (32) embedded into the plastics internal or external surface (40) of a top panel (4) of the cap or of a valve (20). A plastics component (28) from which the cap (2) can be produced is described. The component (28) has a recess (48) defined by a sacrificial wall (50) formed inwardly of a resealing valve (20).