baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2506247-A (GB)
Title: Porometry Apparatus
Inventor: GRIBBLE CHRISTOPHER MARK
IPC: G01N15/08
Filed: 2013-07-19
Abstract: A porometry apparatus comprises a sample housing 10 containing a sample support 12, vacuum drawing means 32 connected by pipe 30 to the housing to one side of the support, and a wetting fluid tank 20 connected to the housing to the other side of the support such that wetting fluid from the tank can be drawn through a material sample 14 located upon the support to fully saturate the sample. The apparatus also includes gas supply means 44 whereby gas under pressure can be applied to the sample, wetting fluid reservoir 18 beneath the support, and a pressure control means for maintaining fluid pressure within the reservoir at ambient pressure. It may further comprise an outlet passage 26 connected to the reservoir 18 along which wetting fluid is displaced as it exits the sample, and monitor means 74 for monitoring the displacement of wetting fluid along the outlet passage. Detection means 86, 96 (Fig 2) may be located beneath the support to monitor for the emergence of a gas bubble 100 from a sample located upon the support.
Patent GB-2503611-A (GB)
Title: Power generation system
Inventor: BROWN NEIL
IPC: F01K23/10
Filed: 2012-04-05
Abstract: A power generation system is disclosed for supplying power to an electrical grid. The system comprises an engine (1) and an electrical generator (3) coupled to the engine for generating an electrical output. Power electronics (6) are provided for converting the output of the electrical generator into an AC output at the operating frequency of the electrical grid. The engine is operated at a speed which is non-synchronous with the operating frequency of the electrical grid and at which the brake specific fuel consumption of the engine is minimised. The power electronics may also facilitate waste heat recovery and the connection of external energy sources.
Patent GB-2510488-A (GB)
Title: Identifying peptides at the single molecule level
Inventor: MARCOTTE EDWARD
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2012-06-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for identifying amino acids in peptides. In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates labeling the N-terminal amino acid with a first label and labeling an internal amino acid with a second label. In some embodiments, the labels are fluorescent labels. In other embodiments, the internal amino acid is lysine. In other embodiments, amino acids in peptides are identified based on the fluorescent signature for each peptide at the single molecule level.
Patent GB-2521856-A (GB)
Title: Gearshift finisher
Inventor: TANNER KEVIN
IPC: F16H59/02
Filed: 2014-01-06
Abstract: Gearshift finisher assembly 100 for positioning between gear selector plate and vehicle trim, having finisher 110 with means 126 for attaching to vehicle trim, finisher ring 150, and engagement mechanism 136/180/162 for engagement between finisher 110 and finisher ring 150, and allowing relative vertical movement. Engagement mechanism may comprise engagement formations 136/162, with receiving means and channel for sliding friction engagement, integral to finisher 110 and finisher ring 150, possibly engaging by intermediate fastener 180 e.g. spring clip. Engagement formations may alternately comprise projections (figure 10, 260/270) having teeth or serrations (figure 10, 252/254). Finisher 110 may attach, via push fit means 126 including posts, sockets, and clips, to vehicle trim panel, and may have aperture 112, where finisher ring 150 frames aperture 112 to receive a gear selector plate. A method of installation is also included.
Patent GB-2523988-A (GB)
Title: Disposable paper container
Inventor: SINCLAIR JOHN
IPC: B65F1/16
Filed: 2014-01-27
Abstract: A carton with a base 12, two pairs of opposing side walls 14-20, a top 22 through which the interior can be accessed 23 and a ramp 26 directly below the access region connected 16a, 26a to two walls 16, 20. The tops opening can be closed by a lid 24 with a rim 24. The entire carton can be formed from a single corrugated blank and can be used as a hygiene bin. The ramp could be connected to one wall by being foldably joined and to another by a tab 26a adjacent its distal end which engages with an inclined slot 16a in the carton side wall. The ramp and other surfaces could be coated with wax to resist moisture and a liquid absorbent hydrogel liner could be received inside.
Patent GB-2513282-A (GB)
Title: Providing application based monitoring and recovery for a hypervisor of an HA cluster
Inventor: MUELLER MARKUS
IPC: G06F11/07
Filed: 2013-03-26
Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method associated with a node comprising a hypervisor and guest VMs, each guest VM being managed by the hypervisor and disposed to run applications, the node being joined with other nodes to form an HA cluster. The method includes establishing an internal bidirectional communication channel between each guest VM and the hypervisor, and further includes sending commands and responses thereto through the channel, wherein respective commands manage a specified application running on the given guest VM. The messages are selectively monitored, to detect a failure condition associated with the specified application running on the given guest VM. Responsive to detecting a failure condition, action is taken to correct the failure condition, wherein the action includes sending at least one command through the internal channel from the hypervisor to the given guest VM.
Patent GB-2530054-A (GB)
Title: Space heating system for vehicles and portable structures
Inventor: MCFARLAND STANLEY
IPC: F24F13/02
Filed: 2014-09-10
Abstract: A space heating system 12 comprises; a space heater 24 having, at least one air inlet 28,29 and at least one air outlet 30,31; and at least one duct 38 connected to one of the air outlets, wherein the duct is formed from thermally conductive material such that it acts as a heat radiator. The duct may be connected between the air outlet and the air inlet such that it forms a closed loop 38A. A forward portion of the ducting loop may run side-by-side and parallel to a return portion of the ducting loop. The system may in addition or alternatively to the closed ducting loop comprise a radiator duct 38B extending from one of the air outlets which terminates at a free end 66. The ducting may comprise a number of air outlets 70 spaced along its length which are closable by means of closable vents. The ducting may be shaped and dimensioned to fit around the periphery of an accommodation space, such as a caravan 10.
Patent GB-2530539-A (GB)
Title: Surgical Training Device
Inventor: FROUKH JALAL AL
IPC: G09B23/28
Filed: 2014-09-25
Abstract: A training device 1 is disclosed for use in the teaching of surgical procedures. The device comprises a body having comprising a first layer 8, a second layer 10, and a base 4. The first layer extends over the base and the second layer is disposed under the first layer, between the first layer and the base. The first layer is preferably formed from a resilient film and more preferably form a translucent later material. The base may be rigid and may form part of a container. A gel-like material simulating blood plasma may be disposed between the first and second layers allowing the first layer to be releasably bonded to the second layer, whilst a material 6 simulating blood may be disposed in the container beneath the second layer. The training device allows trainee clinicians to practise incisions on a device that closely mimics a real life situation.
Patent GB-2530754-A (GB)
Title: Mapping the trajectory of a part of the anatomy of the human or animal body
Inventor: GOSSLING MARTIN
IPC: A61B5/11
Filed: 2014-09-30
Abstract: A method for mapping the trajectory of a part of the anatomy of a human or animal body. The method comprises receiving first sensor signals from a sensor attached to part of the anatomy of the human or animal body. The first sensor signals comprise three dimensional position information indicating the location of the sensor; determining from the first sensor signals at least two angles of rotation of the part of the anatomy to which the sensor is attached with respect to a centre of rotation of another part of the body, wherein the angles of rotation are selected from pitch, yaw and roll. Transforming the signals to provide two dimensional coordinate data defined in a two dimensional coordinate space wherein a first dimension in the two dimensional coordinate space represents a first angle of rotation of the part of the anatomy and a second dimension in the two dimensional coordinate space represents a second angle of rotation of the part of the anatomy; and stores the two dimensional coordinate data. Also included are embodiments which further include calculating and storing 3D coordinate data.
Patent GB-2518540-A (GB)
Title: Cooling systems for rotary engines
Inventor: CARDOZO GILO
IPC: F02B55/04
Filed: 2012-11-21
Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine comprises an output shaft 60 having an internal cooling chamber 61 with an open end 62 and a closed end 63. A tube 68, spaced from the internal wall and the closed end 63 of the cooling chamber 61 forms a cooling flow path through the centre of the tube 68, between the end of the tube and the closed end 63 of the cooling chamber, and between the exterior surface of the tube and the interior surface of the cooling chamber. An impeller 64 circulates water through the cooling flow path. The tube 68 may be stationary with respect to the engine and the impeller 64 may be mounted on the open end of the output shaft 60. The tube 68 may be spaced from the interior surface of the cooling chamber 61 by 2mm or more.
Patent GB-2517615-A (GB)
Title: Waste processing apparatus and methods
Inventor: SCHEERES DAVID
IPC: B29C48/525
Filed: 2010-09-16
Abstract: Waste processing apparatus 10 has compaction compartment 19 with waste material outlet, screw vane 20, heating zone 31 including arrangement 32 for heating waste material received from the waste outlet, and blocking element 82 for impeding movement of waste material from heating zone 31. Blocking element 82 may retract / move between blocking and open configurations, and may include a cutting blade. A pressure sensor may determine pressure at blocking element 82, and controller 71 may pause screw vane at high pressure. Cooling zone 70 including cooling arrangement 72 for cooling the waste material received from the heating zone 31 may be included. Screw vane 20 or wall 12 may comprise ports 12a, 12b for transfer of liquid, the ports having an inlet (101 fig. 3) and outlet (103 fig. 3), the port inlet area (101 fig. 3) being different to the area of the port outlet (103 fig. 3).
Patent GB-2536442-A (GB)
Title: Portable soccer Goal
Inventor: XU FANG
IPC: A63B63/00
Filed: 2015-03-17
Abstract: A portable football goal comprising of an M shaped frame in which two vertical goal posts are supported by a V shaped upright post at the rear. The net section of the goal is fitted to the posts and can be altered to suit the size of the pitch by having a plurality of holes in which the vertical posts can be fitted. The frame is easily assembled/disassembled and can be adjusted to different sizes to suit the user. The goal will preferably be used with pads that engage with the playing surface to secure the goal and may be used on a plurality of playing surfaces that include wood, astro turf, stone, grass or sand.
Patent GB-2533826-A (GB)
Title: Pen(cil) mate pen/pencil holder for spectacles and safety glasses
Inventor: JAMES MALCOLM SCOTT SARGISON
IPC: G02C11/00
Filed: 2015-03-30
Abstract: A pencil or pen holder for people who wear glasses and therefore cannot comfortably fit a pencil behind their ear. A lightweight tube 1 has magnets embedded in it and can be slid onto a pencil 2, allowing the user to attach the pencil to a ferromagnetic base plate 4 on the arm of their spectacles or safety glasses 3. The tube 1 can also be used for attaching the pencil 1 to any other suitable surface such as a refrigerator, workshop machines, desk and car dashboard.
Patent GB-2529740-A (GB)
Title: Data processing systems
Inventor: PERSSON HAKAN
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2015-04-09
Abstract: A data processing system 1 includes one or more processors 13 that each execute one or more operating systems 6, 7, each operating system 6, 7 including one or more applications 3; an accelerator 12 that provides a shared resource for a plurality of the applications 3; a storage area 14 accessible by at least the one or more processors 13 and the accelerator 12; and one or more input/output interfaces for control of, or the submission of tasks to the accelerator 12. To initialise one of the input/output interfaces 8, one of the one or more processors 13 is arranged to send a first signal to the accelerator 12; the accelerator 12, in response to receiving the first signal, is arranged to write one or more selected pieces of information representative of one or more capabilities of the accelerator 12 to the storage area 14 and send a second signal to the processor 13; the processor 13 is arranged to read the one or more selected pieces of information from the storage area 14; and the accelerator 12 is arranged to configure the input/output interface. The input/output interface to be initialsed may include a virtual machine interface and/or a hypervisor interface. .
Patent GB-2529741-A (GB)
Title: Rollable paint bucket
Inventor: ENGUITA STEVEN EDWARD
IPC: B65D21/02
Filed: 2013-02-20
Abstract: A rollable paint bucket [20] which will be maneuvered on a floor by the painter manipulating an extended handle [32] of a paint roller assembly [26] is disclosed. The bucket [20] will have a body [36], a plurality of rolling members [38] and a structural configuration [40] which permits placement of the paint roller [28] on the bucket [20] where it will remain in contact during maneuvering of the bucket [20] on the floor by the painter. The body [20] has a paint containment area [44] and a rolling surface [46 or 48]. The bucket [20] permits the painter to paint a large area, along a great distance, while remaining standing straight. This eliminates the conventional need for the painter to manually move their supply of fresh paint which often involves bending or squatting.
Patent GB-2532532-A (GB)
Title: A microwave plasma reactor for manufacturing synthetic diamond material
Inventor: JOHN ROBERT BRANDON
IPC: C23C16/511
Filed: 2015-06-10
Abstract: Microwave plasma reactor (MW-CVD) for chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is described. The plasma chamber 2 forms a resonant cavity 10 for supporting primary microwave resonance mode with a primary microwave resonance mode frequency (f). A number of microwave sources are coupled to the plasma chamber 10 to generate and feed microwaves with a total microwave power (PT) into the plasma chamber 2. A gas flow system 12,14 for feeding process gases into the plasma chamber and removing them is detailed, together with a substrate holder 16 located in the plasma chamber and comprising a supporting surface for supporting a substrate 18 on which the synthetic diamond material is to be deposited in use.
Patent GB-2525781-A (GB)
Title: Electronic display system with a support stand
Inventor: LEE PETER K
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2013-03-14
Abstract: An example electronic display system including a housing with a recess, a top side, and a bottom side opposite the top side and a kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being rotatably coupled to the housing proximate the bottom side, and the second end being rotationally biased away from the housing. A variable friction assembly is coupled to the first end. The kickstand has a first position in which the second end is received within the recess, and a second position in which the second end is substantially rotatably separated from the recess. Further, the variable friction assembly applies a first friction load to the first end when the kickstand is the first position, and a second friction load when the kickstand is in the second position, wherein the first friction load is greater than the second friction load.
Patent GB-2530886-A (GB)
Title: System and method for controlling at least one switching device, especially for use in aircraft
Inventor: PRADIER JEAN-CLAIR
IPC: H02J4/00
Filed: 2015-08-11
Abstract: A system, especially for use in aircraft, for controlling switching devices (5, 5b, 5n) is able to open or close the connection between a power source and a device. The system comprises: at least two microcontrollers (1a, 1b), each able to emit a command intended for each switching device (5, 5b, 5n). Each microcontroller (1a, 1b) is connected to means for measuring the state of the power supply channel to decide whether a switching command is valid. The system has means (14, 14b, 14n) for determining the command to be transmitted to each switching device (5, 5b, 5n) from the commands emitted by each microcontroller (1a, 1b) and intended for said control switch. The system allows the use of redundant microcontrollers but can prioritise one microcontroller over the others in a master/slave arrangement in case of conflicting switching commands.
Patent GB-2526993-A (GB)
Title: Actuation assemblies, hydraulically actuated tools for use in subterranean boreholes including actuation assemblies and related methods
Inventor: RADFORD STEVEN R
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2014-03-04
Abstract: Actuation assemblies include a valve assembly comprising a valve sleeve configured to rotate to selectively enable fluid flow through at least one aperture in the valve sleeve and into at least one port of an outer sleeve and a ball retention feature configured to selectively retain a ball dropped through a fluid passageway of the valve assembly in order to rotate the valve sleeve. Downhole tools include actuation assemblies. Methods for actuating a downhole tool include receiving a ball in an actuation assembly, rotating a valve sleeve of the actuation assembly to enable fluid to flow through a portion of the actuation assembly, and actuating a portion of the downhole tool with the fluid.
Patent GB-2549088-A (GB)
Title: System and method for detecting an off-road travel surface condition for a vehicle
Inventor: Parthiv Dharamshi
IPC: G01B21/30
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: The invention relates to a system (10) for detecting an off-road travel surface condition for a vehicle driving on a travel surface (4), wherein the vehicle has a vehicle wheel (1) comprising a rim (2) and a tire (3) mounted onto the rim (2). The system (10) according to the invention comprises: a sensor (16) provided to be mounted at a mounting position (18) at a circumference of the tire (3), for generating a radial acceleration signal (ras) indicating a time-dependent radial acceleration during a drive of the vehicle, and an evaluation device (20) for identifying an underlying sinusoidal cycle in the radial acceleration signal (ras) caused by the influence of gravitation on the radial acceleration signal (ras), and for analyzing deviations of the actual radial acceleration signal (ras) from the underlying sinusoidal cycle and deciding whether an off-road travel surface condition is present, based on a result of the analysis of said deviations. The invention also relates to a corresponding detection method.
Patent GB-2541291-A (GB)
Title: Laser power controller
Inventor: WILLIAM REDMAN-WHITE
IPC: H01S5/068
Filed: 2016-07-08
Abstract: A system suitable for burst communication comprising selection circuitry 610 which during a transmission period selects a data input value and during an extension period after the transmission period selects either a logical high or a logical low value, drive circuitry applies current to a laser value so that the diode 101 provides an optical output, the current corresponds to the value selected by the selection circuitry, an optical sensor module 102 providing an output corresponding to the observed optical output and the logical high or logical low values and a controller 607 receiving desired minimum and maximum optical outputs and receiving the output from the optical sensor module and comparing this information to provide control output values to the drive circuitry. The modulation index of the optical output of the laser diode may be controlled. The optical sensor may be a photodiode. A trans-impedance amplifier may provide the sensor module output.
Patent GB-2538457-A (GB)
Title: High performance distributed computing environment particularly suited for reservoir modelling and simulation
Inventor: VALERY POLYAKOV
IPC: G06F9/50
Filed: 2015-03-04
Abstract: A distributed computing system and method is described herein. The system and method employ a server node, compute nodes, a network file system server providing shared data storage resources, and client systems. The server node receives and processes a document submitted by a client system. The document specifies a job including a number of compute tasks that are to be executed in a distributed manner by the compute nodes, data for at least one compute task of the job, a shared directory on the network file system server, and a collection of the compute nodes that have access to the shared directory. The server node stores the data for the compute task of the job into the shared directory. At least one compute node that belongs to the collection accesses the directory to process the data for the compute task of the job for execution of the compute task.
Patent GB-2545066-A (GB)
Title: Method and device for operating at least one partially or highly automated vehicle
Inventor: Jan Rohde
IPC: G05D1/02
Filed: 2016-10-18
Abstract: Method and device 110 for the operation of at least one partially or highly automated vehicle 100, wherein environmental values are detected by at least one environmental detection system (101, Fig.1) of the vehicle 100, which values represent the vehicle 100 environment 200, the operation of the vehicle 100 takes place as a function of the environmental values detected, and to operate the vehicle 100 at least two possible trajectories 201, 202 are determined, wherein one trajectory 201 to be used of the at least two possible trajectories 201, 202 is selected as a function of the environmental values detected. A specified localisation system 210 could be carried out as a function of the said environmental values. The acquisition of the environmental values gained from the device 110 may take place by means of a map, which would contain environmental features. Other environmental features may be retrieved from an external data source and integrated into the map.
Patent GB-2546865-A (GB)
Title: Grass Mowing machine with hydraulic circuit having diverter valve
Inventor: PAUL BORUFF
IPC: A01D34/80
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: A grass mowing machine comprise a plurality of cutting units an internal combustion engine that runs at a normal engine speed or at an economy mode speed slower than normal engine speed, the engine driving hydraulic pumps connected to a circuit having a plurality of sub-circuits including a mower sub-circuit 158 and a raise/lower sub-circuit and a diverter valve 172 diverting hydraulic flow from the raise/lower sub-circuit to the mowing sub-circuit 130 when the engine runs at the reduced or economy mode speed and the cutting units are at the lowered position. Also disclosed is a mowing machine having an electronic control unit actuating a diverter valve.