baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2285653-A (GB)
Title: Grout fixed window or door frame mounting assembly
Inventor: CHUANG YUNG CHUAN
IPC: E06B1/00
Filed: 1995-01-10
Abstract: A window/door frame mounting assembly 20 is formed from frame sections 20a - 20d, lining boards 204, 204a, 204b each having two template sealing strips 203, 203a, 203b fixed to two lateral edges thereof (the lining boards being mounted to the inner periphery of the mounting assembly) with each frame section enclosed between the associated two template sealing strips, and a back sealing member 201, 201a, 201b, 202 sealingly connecting adjacent frame sections and the associated template sealing strips. The window/door frame mounting assembly is attached to a concrete template (109, Fig 6); other matching concrete templates for the concrete wall are fixed to enclose the mounting assembly thereby defining a moulding cavity through which concrete is to be grouted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289712-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder locks
Inventor: WHITE MALCOLM JOHN
IPC: E05B67/36
Filed: 1995-05-09
Abstract: A cylinder lock 7 is mounted with the axis of rotation of its rotor 16 offset from the axis of an actuating cam 8. In order to accommodate this misalignment without binding or lost motion a transmission member 9 is interposed between the rotor 16 and cam 8 having a transvorse rib 22 which engages in a transverse groove 24 at the driving end of the rotor 16 and having a transverse groove 23, perpendicular to the rib 22, in which engages a transverse rib 25 on the driven end of the cam 8. This arrangement provides two orthogonal axes of adjustment transverse to the cam and rotor axes. The lock is preferably used in a padlock which has a sliding assembly incorporating a shackle 3. The shackle is kept in its locking position by a pair of balls 10 pressed out of the sliding assembly by rotation of the cam 8. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2289846-A (GB)
Title: Nasal filtration device
Inventor: HURLIN NOREEN
IPC: A62B23/06
Filed: 1995-06-02
Abstract: The device 2 includes filter elements 4 which are spaced apart by a grip member 6. Each filter element 4 includes an annular peripheral frame 8 which is made out of a latex material and is resilient and readily deformable. Each frame 8 supports a filtration member 10. Each of the filter elements is arranged to be positioned within a nasal passage of a person such that the filtration elements may restrict the passage of microscopic particles, for example pollen grains or other microspores, or dust mites into the nasal passage, but to allow the passage of air thereinto. The device may also be used to maintain a vapour-producing substance such as menthol or other analgesic in a nasal passageway. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2302623-A (GB)
Title: Electric motor drive device for operating a lever
Inventor: LUKES BRIAN JESSE
IPC: E05F15/20
Filed: 1995-06-24
Abstract: A device for operating a lever comprises an electric motor 101 and a timer 121 which deactivates the motor after a predetermined duration of operation. In one embodiment the device is for flushing a toilet and comprises a capacitor start 0.33 HP (240 W) electric motor 101 and a timer 121. On receipt of a signal from a remote control unit 124 the electric motor 101 is actuated for a predetermined period of time during which the electric motor 101 rotates sufficiently for an arm 103 to pull a Bowden cable 105 to depress the handle 107 sufficiently to flush the cistern 108. A modified device can be used for sequentially unlatching a door (208 Fig 2) and then pushing the door (208) open. A remote control receiver 122 (222) may be voice activated.
Patent GB-2308482-A (GB)
Title: Event detection device with fault monitoring
Inventor: WHITEHEAD MATTHEW
IPC: G08B29/18
Filed: 1995-12-20
Abstract: An event detection device consists of a sensing means 1 e.g. a PIR sensor generating an output signal in response to the detection of an event and a fault monitoring system comprising a two stage amplifier 2, a comparator means 4 for comparing the output signal with a threshold signal and able to activate a timed sequence processor 5 when the output signal exceeds the threshold on a first occasion which activates a fault indicating circuit 9 after a predetermined time interval unless the sensing means generates an output signal in response to the detection of a second event within the predetermined time interval. The sensing means may comprise a combined technology passive infra red sensor and a doppler shift microwave sensor (Fig. 2).
Patent GB-2303144-A (GB)
Title: Detergent compositions
Inventor: DODD IAN MARTIN
IPC: C11D3/39
Filed: 1996-05-31
Abstract: There is provided a detergent composition suitable for use in laundry and dish washing methods comprising  (a) a cationic ester surfactant present at a level of from 0.1% to 2.0% by weight of the detergent composition; and (b) an anionic surfactant present at a level of from 8% to 30% by weight of the detergent composition, wherein less than 9.5% by weight of the detergent is a anionic surfactant selected from the group comprising linear or branched alkyl benzene sulfonates. The cationic ester surfactant is preferably a quaternary ammonium compound where one of the alkyl chains is interrupted by an ester-type linkage. The anionic surfactant may be a sodium alkyl(ether) sulfate in addition to the alkyl benzene sulfonate.
Patent GB-2313712-A (GB)
Title: Mounting heat sinks
Inventor: CHIOU MING DER
IPC: H01L23/467
Filed: 1996-05-31
Abstract: A heat sink (2) having two hangers (21,22) at two opposite sides for mounting, wherein the hangers are respectively made from a metal wire that can be bent into the desired shape for hanging on the ribs ( 311, 312) of any of a variety of CPU holders (31) which contain a CPU chip or the like.
Patent GB-2314528-A (GB)
Title: A stackable storage box for papers and files having reinforced sidewalls
Inventor: WATERMAN DAVID R
IPC: B65D5/66
Filed: 1996-06-27
Abstract: The box is made from a blank comprising four side wall panels 9,12,13 and 16, a top panel 2 and a base panel 3. Sidewall panel 16 is openable to allow access to the inside of the box and side wall panel 9 forms a rear wall. Side wall panels 12,13 are formed by folding inwards along lines 38,39 panel portions 12a,12b and 13a,13b. The side wall panels 12,13 form, together with additional panels 7,8,10,11,17 and 18, a reinforcement comprising four panels positioned adjacent to each other.
Patent GB-2315712-A (GB)
Title: Headstone with laser etched image
Inventor: GLATER MOSHE ARIK
IPC: B44C1/22
Filed: 1996-07-26
Abstract: A plaque for a headstone comprises a holographic image of the deceased engraved or etched into a surface eg gold or silver, by a computer controlled laser. The image is sealed by a transparent cover.
Patent GB-2318315-A (GB)
Title: Flange wrench
Inventor: TRUSTY JOHN GEORGE
IPC: B25B13/02
Filed: 1996-10-16
Abstract: A device for securing a threaded flange 10 to the threaded end portion of a pipe 12 comprises a plurality of arm portions 16, 18 connected to a central portion 20, flange engaging means 22 located at the remote end of each arm portion and coupling means located on said central portion for engagement with a lever means 28, whereby operation of the lever means causes the device to rotate, thereby rotating the flange 10. The lever means may be a tongue wrench.
Patent GB-2307189-A (GB)
Title: Oil filter cartridge with an integral anti-drain back, bypass valve
Inventor: COVINGTON EDWARD A
IPC: B01D27/06
Filed: 1996-11-11
Abstract: In a lubricating oil filter cartridge 10 of the type where a pressure relief anti-drain back valve opens to allow flow through the filter and a bypass valve opens if the filter becomes clogged, a single flexible valve member 60 conducts both valve functions. A valve support 45 with an inner sleeve portion (46, fig 4) and an outer sleeve portion (50, fig 4) supports the valve member 60. The valve member 60 includes skirt 64 which acts as the anti-drain back valve, and an expandable collar portion 64, normally covering holes 58 in the outer sleeve portion (50, fig 4). The pressure exerted on the collar portion 64 when the filter 12 becomes clogged expands the collar portion 64, uncovering the holes 58 and allows the flow to bypass the filter 12 and pass on through to the outlet 32. The valve member may be made of a resilient resinous material, or preferably a low swell, high modulus silicone which requires a greater pressure to expand at low start up temperatures than at operating temperatures. Other valve support members are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2311112-A (GB)
Title: Duckfoot bend fitting for connecting a mains pipe to e.g. a fire hydrant
Inventor: RILEY TIMOTHY GEORGE
IPC: F16L43/00
Filed: 1997-03-13
Abstract: The fitting has respective pipe sockets 2, 3 at a mutual angle and is integral with or supported by a foot member 4; each socket 2, 3 has an internal electrical winding 7, 8 to provide electro-fusion welding of a compatible pipe end inserted in the socket. Respective terminals for the windings are located in protective sleeves 9, 10. The pipe end for insertion in the vertically oriented socket 2 is a spigot with a flanged end; dependent upon the depth location of the bend fitting, the spigot length is determined by cutting such that the flange depth below ground enables the coupling of a hydrant at a predetermined depth.
Patent GB-2315151-A (GB)
Title: Manual operating device for auto-reverse cassette tape recorder
Inventor: TANAKA SHINSAKU
IPC: G11B15/675
Filed: 1997-07-07
Abstract: A device for enabling manual operation of an auto-reverse mechanism in a cassette recorder is arranged to operate the auto-reverse means in response to simultaneous actuation of fast forward and rewind operating members 6, 7. A locking mechanism 53 retains the members 6, 7 when depressed singly but is pushed into an extended rocking movement which trips the auto-reverse mechanism when the two members 6, 7 are depressed simultaneously.
Patent GB-2315509-A (GB)
Title: Biased nozzle arrangement for rolling cone rock bits
Inventor: PESSIER RUDOLPH CARLOTTO
IPC: E21B10/18
Filed: 1997-07-18
Abstract: An earth boring bit 111 having a cone 105 rotatably secured to a bit leg, and a nozzle 109 that discharges a jet stream of fluid, primarily to clean cuttings from the bit teeth at and adjacent the heel row 115, preventing 'balling'. The jet stream has a high velocity core 113 and a lower velocity skirt (not shown). The high velocity core 113 is contained in a space bounded by the backside of the cone, the bit leg, the borehole wall, and a radial plane tangent to the tip of the heel tooth at the furthest horizontal displacement from the cone axis (see fig. 4). The high velocity core 113 intermittently strikes the exposed ends of the erosion and wear resistant heel teeth 115, as the cone 105 rotates the teeth on the trailing side in and out of the stream. Less than half of the fluid in the lower velocity skirt strikes the surface of the cone 105, whilst the remainder continues on a path towards the wall and the borehole bottom. The centreline of the high velocity core 113 is aimed no lower than the corner of the borehole. The jet stream is confined on more than about 75% of its periphery by either the cone 105, bit leg or the wall of the borehole, reducing undesirable recirculation and turbulence and opening a large return flow area unobstructed by a high velocity jet stream.
Patent GB-2316192-A (GB)
Title: Servo Motor Control
Inventor: LISKA TIMOTHY J
IPC: G05B19/4155
Filed: 1997-08-07
Abstract: An amplifier circuit 13 communicates over a two way bus with a CPU 10 having a profile generating computer 11 for defining at least one profile of motion for a motor 28. The amplifier circuit itself has a profile generating computer for generating at least one profile P1, P2 which has been downloaded from the CPU and a motor controller 20 for receiving the profile and for issuing a control signal for the motor. A set point signal X{ can be compared with a clock signal at 22 to control switching from one profile to the other.
Patent GB-2316227-A (GB)
Title: Striped channel IGFET
Inventor: YAMAZAKI SHUNPEI
IPC: H01L27/092
Filed: 1997-08-12
Abstract: Extended impurity regions 104 define a striped channel region 103. The extended impurity regions have a conductivity type opposite to the channel region. The narrow channel regions defined by the extended impurity regions reduces carrier scattering and increases carrier mobility. The impurity regions restrain the expansion of a drain side depletion layer towards the channel region to inhibit the short channel effect. The narrow channel paths may be irregular in shape to increase the effective channel length (figure 10a).
Patent GB-2328770-A (GB)
Title: Camera type electronic language translation system
Inventor: CHEN TONNY
IPC: G06F17/28
Filed: 1997-08-30
Abstract: A camera type electronic language translation system has a camera lens (111), a user interface (121), a charged coupling diode (11), a digital signal processing unit (13), a temporary image storage area (14), a main system control unit (12), a screen display control unit (15), a display screen (151), a character/alphabet recognition unit (16), and a language translation unit (17). Sound output, and/or image compression (for storage), may also be provided.
Patent GB-2323655-A (GB)
Title: A clutch disc assembly with centring force means
Inventor: AMENT NORBERT
IPC: F16F15/12
Filed: 1997-12-12
Abstract: A clutch disc assembly, for a motor vehicle, comprises a hub 1 with a hub disc 2. Cover plates 6, 7, one of which carries friction linings 9, are secured together with the hub disc 2 therebetween. Helical springs 8 in opening in the cover plates 6, 7 and the hub disc 2 provide load damping. A spring member 15 acts, via a bearing ring 22, on the hub/hub discs 1, 2 and on the cover 6 (eg on torque input and output) and serves to provide a centring force when the disc 2 experiences a wobbling movement or a radial shift, which occurs under certain operating conditions, eg torsional vibrations etc. The spring member 15 is centred on the cover plate 6 by axially inclined tongues 28 which engage in openings 29. Bearing ring 22 has a frusto-conical inner region which supports spring tongues 17, of spring member 15, as well as an outer region which supports an annular outer region 19 of spring member 15. The bearing ring 22 determines the clearance of motion of the spring tongues 17 and spring member 15.
Patent GB-2332379-A (GB)
Title: Gas purification
Inventor: SEGAL DAVID LESLIE
IPC: F01N13/02
Filed: 1997-12-19
Abstract: A reactor for the plasma assisted processing of gaseous media, including a bed of gas permeable material consisting of a mixture of a ferroelectric and non-ferroelectric dielectric material.
Patent GB-2321796-A (GB)
Title: Ultrasonic cable connection and cable clamp
Inventor: SHINCHI AKIRA
IPC: H01R43/02
Filed: 1998-01-06
Abstract: A connection between a terminal 20 located in a groove 13 in the end 11 of a connector and an insulated wire 8 placed on the terminal 20 is made pressing a protrusion 14 of a cover 12 into the groove 13 while subjecting the connection to ultrasonic energy so as to melt the insulation and allow the wire to contact the terminal 13; additionally, a cable clamp 15 of the cover 12 removes the insulation from the wire and clamps it to the end 11 of the connector. The cable clamp may have a bevelled edge 16 which engages a corresponding bevelled edge 22 of the terminal 20 to ensure proper location of the terminal while ultrasonic energy is applied.
Patent GB-2327444-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for extending the cutter drum of a boring machine
Inventor: LEBEGUE MAURICE K
IPC: E21C25/10
Filed: 1998-07-02
Abstract: A self-propelled boring type mining machine 10 includes a mobile frame and a pair of spaced apart rotor drive shafts extending forwardly from the mobile frame. Rotary cutter arms 58 are nonrotatably connected to the rotor drive shafts for cutting a pair of overlapping bores in a mine face to dislodge solid material. Cusps formed at the mine roof and floor are dislodged by upper and lower cutter drum assemblies 62,60 pivotally mounted transversely on the frame front end portion. The lower cutter drum assembly 60 includes an intermediate drum section 96 separated by gaps from a pair of end drum sections 98,100. Gear case housing 110,112 extends into the gaps to rotatably support a transverse drive shaft 178 that is drivingly connected to the intermediate drum 96 and end drum sections 98,100. The end drum sections 98,100 are helically splined 192 to the drive shaft 178 so that upon rotation of the drive shaft 178 the end drum sections 98,100 rotate and advance longitudinally on the drive shaft 178 between a retracted position and an extended position to control the width of cut in the mine face. The centerlines of the gear cases 110,112 are spaced inboard of the centerlines of the rotor drive shafts so that when the end drum sections 98,100 are extended the area left uncut between the cutting paths of the rotary cutter arms 58 and end drum sections 98,100 is minimized.
Patent GB-2328942-A (GB)
Title: Side chain synthesis for an antiarrythmic compound
Inventor: LYNCH JOSEPH E
IPC: C07C205/12
Filed: 1998-08-27
Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved process for preparing the phenylacetic acid side chain of the compound of the formula This compound exhibits utility as a Class III antiarrhythmic agent.
Patent GB-2341328-A (GB)
Title: Audio and/or visual juggling apparatus
Inventor: MYERS DANIEL MARK
IPC: A63B43/00
Filed: 1998-09-14
Abstract: A juggling apparatus comprises one or more units, such as a ball, which may be juggled, each unit having means for detecting juggling or movement 1. When the units are juggled, a transmitter 2 transmits a signal to a receiver 3 which then triggers a suitable output 4. Such output may for example be audio, so that a beat may be established in time to the juggling of the units. It is not restricted to audio output, however, and visual outputs are also possible. In this way a new dimension is added to the juggling stage show.
Patent GB-2326495-A (GB)
Title: Configurable conflict resolution in a computer implemented distributed database
Inventor: SOUDER BENNY
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1997-03-19
Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing adaptable and configurable conflict resolution within a replicated data environment is disclosed. In a distributed database system having a first node and a second node, the first node including a first data structure, the second node including a second data structure, a configurable conflict resolution apparatus is disclosed as comprising: 1) a conflict detection module for detecting a conflicting modification to corresponding portions of the first and the second data structures; 2) a plurality of conflict resolution methods, one or more of the plurality of conflict resolution methods being configurably associated with the corresponding portions of the first and the second data structures; and 3) a conflict resolution module for activating a first conflict resolution method of the one or more of the plurality of conflict resolution methods when the conflict detection module detects the conflicting modification to the corresponding portions of the first and the second data structures.
Patent GB-2346776-A (GB)
Title: Synchronisation lock detectors
Inventor: AFTELAK ANDREW JOHN
IPC: H04L7/04
Filed: 1999-02-13
Abstract: A frame synchronisation lock detector extracts known data sequences, e.g. training sequences, from a received signal and mixes these with stored copies which have been raised to the power 4k+3, where k is zero or an integer. A phase measurement circuit detects the phase of the resulting signal and an average of the absolute value of the phase is compared to a threshold. A lock condition is provided based on the comparison, and in Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems this occurs from the first slot received. The lock detector is particularly suited to mobile communication systems operating in Direct Mode. Preferably the stored copies of the sequences are cubed (k=0), and in one embodiment frequency correction occurs before signal extraction (figure 3). In some circumstances the lock detector may be switched to an alternative mode of operation (figure 5). Frequency lock detectors using a similar technique are also disclosed (figures 2, 4 and 6).
Patent GB-2335535-A (GB)
Title: A method for recovering data from disk with a dynamic erasure offset ECC data recovery protocol
Inventor: DANG KIEU-LIEN T
IPC: G11B20/18
Filed: 1999-03-16
Abstract: Precisely locating and correcting data errors on a magnetic storage disk in the presence of thermal asperities, scratches, or other data signal degradation causes. The method includes the steps of reading a sector of data and collecting ECC syndromes. At the same time, data errors may be detected and their proximate location determined, whereupon an ECC process is applied for correction of the errors. If detected data errors are not correctable by the ECC, the method repetitively redefines the detected data error location and applies Forney's ECC erasure correction algorithm to each repetition. These repetitions are carried out a predetermined number of times until the data is corrected or the correction attempts are exhausted.
Patent GB-2352350-A (GB)
Title: Video coding/decoding with error correction
Inventor: HANNUKSELA MISKA
IPC: H04N19/65
Filed: 1999-07-19
Abstract: In a method of coding video frame data, an encoder 100 deliberately inserts a repeat of picture header data after the picture data. Upon decoding, decoder 200 attempts to decode the first picture header. If this is unsuccessful, but other segments of the picture data are found to be readable, the decoder stores this picture data in a temporary picture data store 228. The decoder subsequently decodes the repeated header which enables successful decoding of the rest of the picture that has been stored in the temporary picture data store. This avoids the need to initiate a request for an Intra frame to resume the frame sequence, which would result in a freeze-frame delay effect.
Patent GB-2336788-A (GB)
Title: Golf putter head
Inventor: WOODWARD JAY J
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1998-03-05
Abstract: The putter head (30) comprises a main body (32) that defines a front face (36). The front face (36) includes a plurality of projections (56) extending from the front face (36). The ends (57, 58) of the projections (56) define a plurality of individual contact surfaces for striking a golf ball. The plurality of projections (56) prevent a golf ball from contacting the front face (36) thereby resulting in a decrease of the golf ball general contact area. The putter head (30) provides improved control of a golf ball and also provides improved feel when the putter head impacts a golf ball.
Patent GB-2345845-A (GB)
Title: Work station having combined cable manager and table connector
Inventor: VANDER PARK ANTONIUS ADRIAN
IPC: A47B21/00
Filed: 1999-11-30
Abstract: A work station system 10 suitable for an office can include an elongate support beam 12, supported above the floor by vertical members (16, Fig. 3), and a movable desk unit 58 with a work surface 60 and rollable members 62 mounted at a bottom end thereof. A wall 22 is mounted on the top of the beam in a vertical position and is supported by the beam. A flexible cable and wire carrier device 122 extends between elevated positions on the support beam and the desk unit and is connected to both. Preferably this carrier device includes an elongate carrier section 124 comprising a plurality of interconnected links 126 that are pivotable with respect to each other. The carrier device permits the desk unit to move towards and away from the supporting arrangement. The supporting arrangement may be adapted for supporting electrically operated office equipment.