baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2472317-A (GB)
Title: Stroked curve rendering system
Inventor: MERRY BRUCE
IPC: G06T11/20
Filed: 2010-07-28
Abstract: A method of rendering a stroked curve for display in a graphics processing system in which an input stroked curve 2 to be displayed, such as a character in a computer font or a portion thereof, is defined in user space 4 and projected into a surface space 6 for display. For each of one or more sampling points in the surface space 6, a corresponding sampling position in a projected space 12 is determined, and predetermined information, such as type of curve or stroke width, is used to estimate the extent in a defined direction of a projected form of the stroked curve in the projected space 12 at a position along the length of the projected form of the stroked curve corresponding to the position along the length of the projected form of the stroked curve of the sampling position in the projected space 12. The estimated extent is then used to determine whether the sampling position in question falls within the stroked curve or not, thereby allowing suitable rendering data to be assigned to the sampling point as well as texture data if required.
Patent GB-2482723-A (GB)
Title: Securing assembly for screwed hose end connectors
Inventor: SVENSSON ADRIAN NICHOLAS
IPC: F16L47/16
Filed: 2010-08-13
Abstract: A screwed end connector assembly comprises a threaded connector (1) having a conical end portion (5) for the reception of a mating hose fitting, the connector having a flange (6) which includes at least one arcuate, circumferentially extending, slot (7); a nut (8) for threaded engagement with the connector, for securing hose end fitting to the conical portion of the connector; the nut having a polygonal exterior (10); and a member (11) having an aperture for fitment over and irrotational engagement with the exterior of the nut and including at least one hole positionable in axial register with the said slot.
Patent GB-2484957-A (GB)
Title: Burner control with stored values for valve settings and pressures
Inventor: KEMP BRENDAN
IPC: F23N1/00
Filed: 2010-10-28
Abstract: A burner control system for controlling operation of a burner 1 includes a control unit 10 that controls the flow of air in duct 5 and fuel (gas in duct 2) with valves 4,7 and fans 3,6, receives inputs of ambient air pressure and/or temperature from sensors 14, 15 & from an exhaust gas analysis system 9, and uses the inputs to trim the proportion of air to fuel fed to the burner, the control unit 10 having a store 13 in which pairs of valve settings for air and fuel are stored together with readings of gas pressure from a sensor 11 and of air pressure from a sensor 12. The burner can be for heating a large building. The system uses the stored values for initial control until gas analysis data is available, and can use the pressure readings to identify a fault.
Patent GB-2486746-A (GB)
Title: Novelty article with movement-induced activation
Inventor: LAMBERT JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: A63H33/42
Filed: 2010-12-24
Abstract: A novelty article 10 comprises a housing 11 having a liquid-tight first compartment 16 with a filling 18 of liquid which contains pieces 19 of solid material able to be dispersed in the filling in temporary suspension by shaking of the housing and a second compartment 17 separated from the first compartment 16 by a partition 15 defining at least one light transmission path for transmission of light from the second compartment 17 to the first compartment 16. A lighting unit 21 is arranged in the second compartment 17 and comprises a light source 29 and activating means 28-32 for activating the light source 29 to emit light for a limited time interval. The activating means is connected or connectible with a source 30 of electrical power and so operable by the movement of the housing 11 for producing the suspension of the pieces 19 in the liquid filling 18 as to permit supply of electrical power from the power source 30 to the light source 29 or sources for activation thereof.
Patent GB-2477605-A (GB)
Title: Road sweeping vehicle
Inventor: STOCK JEFF
IPC: E01H1/08
Filed: 2011-01-12
Abstract: The road sweeping vehicle comprises a wheeled chassis which supports a debris suction mechanism that generates an air flow for entraining debris between an inlet suction port 122 located between front and rear wheels 104,106 and an outlet exhaust port 140, with a collection chamber 132 between the inlet and outlet ports collecting the entrained debris, A selectively operable blow mechanism comprises an intake port located downstream of the collection chamber on the flow path and a blow nozzle 144 mounted forwardly of the front wheels. The intake port of the blow mechanism preferably comprises an aperture in the housing 116 of a fan which generates the air flow of the suction mechanism, with a selectively operable valve preferably acting to stop or allow air flow from the aperture and through a conduit 146 to the blow nozzle. A selectively pivotable baffle may be located between the fan housing and the outlet port.
Patent GB-2474800-A (GB)
Title: Extraction of chordal test specimens from forgings
Inventor: DAY CHRISTOPHE JUDE
IPC: B21K1/00
Filed: 2009-07-28
Abstract: A method for making a test specimen includes machining out a chordal core from an annular forging and machining the specimen symmetrical about a chordal axis of the core. A linear cutting tool such as a wire EDM machine is used for the machining which includes at least a partially cylindrical cutting about the chordal axis with the linear cutting tool. A copper or brass tubular EDM electrode may be used. The chordal core may be machined from fat of the forging. The test specimen may have with a gauge section diameter in a range of. 1-.5 inches. The EDM process may include directing jets of machining fluid or dielectric in up and down along a cutting portion of an EDM wire of the EDM machine or performing the EDM process in a tank of machining fluid or dielectric with the annular forging submerged in the fluid or dielectric.
Patent GB-2475447-A (GB)
Title: A bin lid incorporating a shredder for glass bottles
Inventor: WALDRON CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2011-02-23
Abstract: A shredder 10 carried below bin lid 11 disintegrates waste to reduce its volume. Preferably the apparatus includes hammers 31 pivotally attached to a hub which rotate about a motor 27 spindle 28 within chamber 12. The motor may be mounted on the top of the chamber which can be angles relative to the lid. The chamber is ideally fed by an eccentrically mounted chute 30 which protrudes through the lid. The outlet of the chamber preferably projects into a wheelie bin 43 for receiving glass chips 54 from bottles. A further claim relates to a stand 23 to hold a bin lid 11 including a waste processing means 10. The stand removes the lid from the bin when a particular weight of waste has been gathered, and thus stops a transducer supplying power to the motor.
Patent GB-2492310-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning module having a curved outlet
Inventor: AINLEY MICHAEL
IPC: F24F1/0067
Filed: 2011-05-20
Abstract: The module 60 is suitable for location adjacent a ceiling 12 and includes a primary air chamber 26,28 spaced from a downstream side 22 of a heat exchanger 16 to define a discharge chamber 42,44. An air outlet member 38,40 is separately formed from the primary air chamber and fixedly secured thereto. The outlet member presents a curved surface 46 to a mixture 50 of primary air 36 and conditioned air 24 to entrain the mixture against the outlet member and so direct the mixture along a surface 14 of the ceiling. The outlet member may include an overlap portion 48 that extends over the primary air chamber, and be coupled to a service chamber 62 having a number of light sources 64. The outlet member may be formed of a plurality of extruded elements that cooperate with one another or of a single extrusion having a desired cross-sectional profile. An air conditioning module having a heat exchanger cover to inhibit the direct passage of incoming air from an inlet to a discharge chamber, an air conditioning module having induced air and a plurality of primary air discharge ports including a throttle member, and a method of installing an air conditioning module are also claimed.
Patent GB-2492529-A (GB)
Title: Video stabilisation using timing between the middle exposure points of image frames and image shifting
Inventor: CARLSSON PONTUS
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2011-05-31
Abstract: In a method and device for stabilising a video signal, plural video frames are captured S202 using a camera, and an associated motion sensor generates S204 plural samples representing camera motion. The (movement) samples are used to determine a displacement S206 of the camera between first and second times (T12, Figure 3), the first time corresponding to an exposure time (e1) midpoint of a first frame and the second time corresponding to a second frame exposure time (e2) mid-point. The determined displacement compensates for (unwanted) motion in the video signal between the first and second frames caused by camera motion. Thus anti-shake or vibration stabilisation is provided. Also claimed is video stabilization by determining image pixel displacement caused by camera motion, and corresponding stabilising image shifting, the image comprising a stride value (Figure 5) indicating memory space, a first pixel pointer and an image width value; image shifting adjusts the pointer and width without adjusting the stride value. Also claimed is image stabilization wherein motion occurring while a camera shutter is closed, and not while the shutter is open, is determined.
Patent GB-2492375-A (GB)
Title: Pallet pulling apparatus and method
Inventor: PINNOCK KEVIN ANTHONY
IPC: B66F9/19
Filed: 2011-06-29
Abstract: Pallet puller apparatus 801 comprises a rigid hook element 802 for hooking onto a pallet for example at a spacer 114 and a flexible elongate strap element 803 for securing between the rigid hook element 802 and a pulling device such as a fork lift truck, the flexible elongate strap element 803 comprising a first securing element such as a safety hook 806 at a first location and a second securing element such as a ring 808 at a second location, the first and second securing elements releasably engaging to form a portion of the flexible elongate strap element into a loop for securing the flexible elongate strap element 803 to the pulling device. The strap element may 803 include several second securing elements (108, 110 fig. 1) to allow loops of different circumference to be formed. The apparatus may include two rigid hooks (609, 610 fig. 7) secured to two tails of the strap (603 fig. 7). A pulling device mounting element such as a mounting post or a ring (1110 fig. 11) may be secured to a pulling device for releasably engaging with the flexible elongate strap element (1103 fig. 11) of a pallet puller apparatus.
Patent GB-2493407-A (GB)
Title: Rope ladder
Inventor: HITCHEN MARY SIOBHAN
IPC: E06C1/56
Filed: 2012-01-03
Abstract: A rope ladder includes rigid rungs 4, each rung connectÂ­ed adjacent to the ends thereof to a respective one of a pair of ropes 1, each rung being in the form of a tube having an opposed pair of slots 6 formed in the wall thereof extending longitudinally from each end of the tube for receiving a respective one of the ropes therethrough. Stop means 5 are spaced apart along the ropes to support the rungs at the desired spacing. Closure means 7 are engageable with the ends of the rungs to secure the ropes in the slots. The closure may take the form of a plug or cap.
Patent GB-2499369-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine with bonus progress indication
Inventor: VERMAAK RICHARD
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2012-01-16
Abstract: Machines, servers and reel-type games are disclosed which provide a player with a visible indication of progress being made towards award of a stacked or expanding symbol on a reel, thereby heightening anticipation and increasing excitement of the game. This is achieved by providing a trigger mechanism or condition for the appearance of the stacked or expanding symbol in which the required trigger condition can be accumulated or collected over multiple turns or spins of the game. A display of the progress towards meeting the trigger condition is provided to the player directly on the display of the game. The symbol set for the game includes a progress symbol 22 associated with progress towards an award of the expanded or stacked symbol (24, Fig 2). The progress symbol causes an activation of an accumulation indicator 16 provided on the display. The accumulation indicator, or set of such indicators, provides a display of the progress towards meeting the trigger condition. Each reel may have its own cluster of indicia which act as the accumulation indicator. When all indicia of the cluster associated with a reel are marked, then the stacked or expanding symbol can be provided on that reel.
Patent GB-2499025-A (GB)
Title: Decontamination of a system and treatment of the spent decontamination fluid
Inventor: O'BRIEN LUKE
IPC: C02F1/461
Filed: 2012-02-03
Abstract: A method for the decontamination of a contaminated system, comprising the steps of selecting a decontaminating agent, applying the decontaminating agent to the system, collecting the used decontaminating agent and electrochemically treating the used decontaminating agent. The spent decontamination fluid is treated by electrolysis wherein the electrolysis cell may comprise a boron doped diamond electrode, metal oxide coated titanium electrode or platinum electrode. The decontaminating agent may comprise hydrochloric acid (HCl), nitric acid (HNO3), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), sodium chloride (NaCl), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or a complexant such as EDTA or citric acid. The method may further include an initial characterisation step, a chemical dosing step prior to the electrochemical treatment of the used decontaminating agent to remove contaminant via precipitation, a subsequent characterisation step wherein the system is re-evaluated in order to determine whether the decontamination objectives have been successfully accomplished, and a final step of post-treatment of the effluent remaining after the electrochemical treatment. The methods of the invention may find particular application in the treatment of systems comprising radioactivity.
Patent GB-2501525-A (GB)
Title: Heat dissipation structure for a light bulb
Inventor: LIEN CHEN-CHUN
IPC: F21V29/00
Filed: 2012-04-27
Abstract: A heat dissipation structure for a light bulb assembly includes a holder 10, a heat dissipating cover 20, and a light seat 30. The holder 10 includes a socket 11 and a receiving space 12 defined in the socket 11 to receive a circuit board 14. The socket 11 includes a first abutting portion 112 formed on a peripheral side thereof and at least one first coupling portion 111 arranged on a lateral side thereof. The heat dissipating cover 20 includes a through hole 21 for inserting the socket 11, and at least one cooling fin 22 arranged around an outer peripheral side thereof. The light seat 30 is used for installing an LED light 40, and includes a second coupling portion 32 for connecting with the first coupling portion 111, and a second abutting portion 33 retaining the heat dissipating cover 20 with the first abutting portion 112.
Patent GB-2502059-A (GB)
Title: Non-lethal projectile
Inventor: CLARKE ALLEN
IPC: F42B12/46
Filed: 2012-05-14
Abstract: A non-lethal projectile comprises a plastics tube (1) having a first closure cap (5) at a forward end relative to the direction of travel in use, and a second closure cap (7) at a rearward end. A powder payload (4) is contained within the tube between the caps, and the caps (5, 7) are a friction fit on or in the respective tube end.
Patent GB-2488085-A (GB)
Title: Roulette performance and analysis
Inventor: WITTY SIMON MCLAREN
IPC: A63F5/00
Filed: 2010-11-16
Abstract: A method and system for monitoring consecutive games of roulette played at a live roulette gaming table (1). The table includes a table layout (3), a roulette wheel (2) and a chipper machine (16) for sorting and counting betting chips (26). During each game, players bet on a spin of the roulette wheel (2) by indicating bets on the table layout with the chips (8, 9, 10). Chip count data from the chipper machine along with game activity data from one or more gaming table monitoring systems is recorded and processed by a table computer (17) to identify at least one game delineation event and associated timing information. The chip count data is analysed based on the timing information for game delineation event: and then portions of the chip count data are assigned to respective roulette games. The recorded data may be later analysed to determine a range of performance characteristics including optimisation characteristics, and/or immediately communicated to the table operators.
Patent GB-2492687-A (GB)
Title: Methods and compositions for applications related to microbiologically influenced corrosion
Inventor: GU TINGYUE
IPC: C23F11/00
Filed: 2011-03-16
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for applications related to the microbio logically influenced corrosion (MIC). MIC is becoming increasingly important, especially to the oil and gas industry due to flooding and aging pipelines. The lack of understanding of the fundamental mechanisms in MIC have greatly hindered the development of reliable prediction and new mitigation methods. This disclosure demonstrates how a biocatalytic cathodic sulfate reduction (BCSR) theory, together with bioenergetics, electrochemical kinetics, and mass transfer, can be used with regard to MIC. The discovery of MIC promoters led to a new detection tool for more accurate assessment of MIC pitting, and potential new mitigation methods that targets the promoters or microorganisms that secrete these promoters. An MFC device was described to detect the presence of MIC promoters. In cases that accelerated MIC pitting is desired such as destruction of undersea munitions, accelerated MIC lab tests, MIC promoters can be added.
Patent GB-2508037-A (GB)
Title: An exercise ball chair with movement limiting means
Inventor: BARNETT STEPHEN
IPC: A47C4/54
Filed: 2013-01-31
Abstract: A chair comprising a seat assembly and a support assembly wherein the seat assembly has a body 50 disposed about an axis which provides a resilient convex seating surface and is mounted in the support assembly in a manner which allows it to be rotated and deflected from a neutral position and wherein means are provided to limit displacement from the neutral position. The seat body may be an inflatable ball or sphere which is resiliently deformable and may be mounted in a rounded shell 40. Biasing means in the form of elastomeric cords 48 may be used to pull the seat towards a neutral position. The seat may also be provided with a resiliently deformable limiting protrusion which contacts the support assembly to limit movement in a given direction. The seat portion may be supported on a plurality of ball bearings 32. The device may allow a user to exercise whilst seated.
Patent GB-2515782-A (GB)
Title: System and method for leak detection in buildings
Inventor: SHULYAK ANATOLY
IPC: G01M3/20
Filed: 2013-07-03
Abstract: Method of detecting and locating leaks in a building which comprises depositing different water-soluble substances or combinations of substances as trace materials in different parts of the building which may be effected by water leaks. The trace materials may for example be deposited on the surfaces of membranes (2), (3), (4) located in cavities (7) under floating floors (9), or in wall cavities (14). A record is kept of the location within the building of each different trace material, so that water from leaks can be analysed for such trace materials and the results compared with the record for the building to trace the path likely to have been taken by the water leak and hence trace the source of the leak.
Patent GB-2516429-A (GB)
Title: Waste management appliance & method
Inventor: STEER GRAHAM EMERY
IPC: A61M25/10
Filed: 2013-07-19
Abstract: A waste management appliance 1 for insertion into a body cavity of a subject comprises a goblet-shaped first portion 7 in the vicinity of a distal end 5 of a tube 3 and which can be folded over at least part of a second portion 9, such as an inflatable balloon, which is adjacent to said first portion 7 and spaced from the distal end 5, to provide an externally accessible recess 13 between the first and second portions 7, 9, into which a finger can be inserted to facilitate insertion of at least part of the appliance into the body cavity, such as the rectum or a stoma. The device may be of silicone, the first portion may have a lubricious coating comprising parylene and the tube may include an irrigation lumen and a waste collection receptacle.
Patent GB-2518191-A (GB)
Title: Survey device and method of surveying
Inventor: SIMMONDS DAVID
IPC: C23F13/04
Filed: 2013-09-12
Abstract: A survey device comprises at least one input 36 - 42, 44 adapted to receive an input signal corresponding to electrical activity arising at an installation to which a cathodic protection voltage is applied, a processor 48 coupled to the input operable to receive at least one detection signal corresponding to or being based upon the input signal, to determine the occurrence of a transition event exhibited by the cathodic protection voltage and to take a measurement of the electrical activity a predetermined time delay after the event. A further disclosed survey device comprises a plurality of inputs each adapted to receive an input signal corresponding to electrical activity, each input corresponding to a socket on the device and being adapted to receive a connection to a probe, a processor coupled to the inputs and operable to receive at least one detection signal corresponding to or being based upon an input signal, to determine a test mode to use and to take a measurement of electrical activity based on the test mode. Methods of surveying an installation using said apparatus are disclosed.
Patent GB-2511883-A (GB)
Title: Conveniently reusable photopaper and advertising film
Inventor: YU XIAOGUANG
IPC: C09J7/30
Filed: 2012-05-29
Abstract: Disclosed are a conveniently reusable photopaper and an advertising film which relate to photopaper and advertising film. It comprises a body, which is a photopaper or an advertising film and also comprises an adhesive coating coated on the back face of the body, and the adhesive coating is a polymer coating having the properties of a flexible glue, and the adhesive coating is also pasted with a release material layer; the photopaper is an RC photopaper, a back coated cast coating photopaper or a swellable photopaper; the advertising film is a PP film, PVC film, PET film or composite film coated with an ink-absorbing coating on one side. This solves the problem that the convenient, long-term and repeated adhesion of photopaper and advertising film cannot be achieved at the same time on the surface of a latex painted wall, glass, stainless steel or wood board, and a stable adhesive force and vacuum adsorption force between the adhesive coating and the surface of the body to which it adheres are formed, such that the product can achieve long term adhesion even in the case of low stickiness.