baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2527639-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for, and method of, separating conveyed food slices
Inventor: HERBERT OLIVER
IPC: A23L19/18
Filed: 2013-10-30
Abstract: An apparatus and method feature a flume 4 with a sump 64, into which solid items in liquid are fed before being fed onto a transport surface 4. The flume is static and non-vibrating. The liquid supply may lubricate the path of solid items in liquid, such as potato slices in edible oil, down the transport surface 4. The flume 4 may also provide a secondary function, in providing some degree of separation between the slices during conveying.
Patent GB-2539635-A (GB)
Title: Caravan awnings
Inventor: STANLEY BATES
IPC: E04H15/58
Filed: 2015-05-12
Abstract: Apparatus for erecting an awning on a caravan, the caravan having a rail providing a channel for receiving an edge beading of the awning, the apparatus comprising a filament, e.g. rope 7, attachable at one end to the beading, preferably by hook and clamp (35, 37 Fig. 3) and attached at the other end to a powered means for pulling the filament towards the powered means, the filament extending through a sleeve (29, Fig. 4) , the sleeve extending, in use, between the powered means and the awning rail. The powered means may be an electrically powered winch located in a housing 1, having a spool 5, a control knob or clutch 6, a motor 2 and a wireless receiver 13 for operating the winch via remote control (6, Fig. 1). The housing may have a slot (39, Fig. 4) for guiding the rope onto the spool. There may be a coil spring 10 located between ferrules 9,11 for accommodating fluctuations in rope tension. Also claimed is a method of use.
Patent GB-2526699-A (GB)
Title: Thermal spray assembly and method for using it
Inventor: KRENN ANDREAS
IPC: H05H1/42
Filed: 2015-05-22
Abstract: A thermal spray assembly (10, fig 1) for transforming precursor material into a layer of deposited material joined to a substrate body comprises a plasma torch 20 which produces a plasma jet from a plasma nozzle and a feeder mechanism (30, fig 1) which guides the precursor material into the plasma jet in use and is capable of providing a feeder orifice when in an open condition. The feeder mechanism is provided with a distribution chamber 36 configured for guiding moving precursor material azimuthally around the plasma torch 20, a plurality of deflector structures 38 configured for deflecting the precursor material from the distribution chamber and guiding it into a guide chamber (34, fig 1) configured for guiding the precursor material to the plasma jet in use. The deflector structures 38 are preferably arranged such that the precursor material can be deflected into the guide chamber, distributed substantially azimuthally and evenly within the whole circumference of the guide chamber. The feeder mechanism (30, fig 1) may also include a movable guide mechanism (32, fig 1) which adjusts the means distance from the plasma nozzle that the precursor material enters the plasma jet.
Patent GB-2523693-A (GB)
Title: Materials and methods for determining susceptibility or predisposition to cancer
Inventor: RAHMAN NAZNEEN
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2013-11-14
Abstract: Materials and methods for determining the susceptibility or predisposition to cancer are disclosed, and more particularly mutations found in the PPM1D gene that are associated with an increased risk of cancer.
Patent GB-2526716-A (GB)
Title: Hair styling device
Inventor: DEBENEDICTIS ALFREDO
IPC: A45D1/18
Filed: 2014-02-03
Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device, and in particular a hair waving device. The device has a chamber for containing the length of hair, and a first forming member and a second forming member within the chamber, a first hair-receiving region between the first forming member and the second forming member. A first driving member can move relative to the first forming member between an inoperative position outside the first hair-receiving region and an operative position within the first hair-receiving region. The first driving member drives a portion of the length of hair into the first hair-receiving region to form a first wave in the length of hair. The device can comprise multiple forming members and multiple driving members to produce multiple waves.
Patent GB-2539727-A (GB)
Title: A configurable antenna and method of operating such a configurable antenna
Inventor: MARTIN LYSEJKO
IPC: H01Q21/20
Filed: 2015-09-24
Abstract: An antenna for communication in a wireless network with a directional antenna 55-57, mounting portion 51 and omni-directional uniform circular antenna array 59-61 where the directional antenna 55-57 is rotationally positioned depending on a wireless signal from the non-directional antenna 59-61. Iterative position optimisation of the directional antenna 55-57 using a rotational motor may be achieved using signal strength and directionality information. A characteristic signal may be used to identify other antenna systems and allow reception and transmission at synchronised times between different systems. The antenna system may act as a hub, terminal or backhaul node. The directional antenna 55-57 may be a uniform linear array with an oppositely orientated rear aerial with fewer directional elements. The linear array may have a set of beam patterns in order to provide interference nulling.
Patent GB-2543260-A (GB)
Title: Fuel injection control in an internal combustion engine
Inventor: Maxime Vioulac
IPC: F02M59/44
Filed: 2015-10-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fuel injection control in an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with an associated fuel injector for performing injector events of predetermined pulse widths. The fuel injector comprises a nozzle controlled by a control chamber, in which the pressure is selectively adjusted via a control valve operated by an actuator, the fuel injector having a fuel return passage connected to a fuel return line. The method is characterized by the steps of: monitoring the fuel pressure in the fuel return path in relation to an injector event in the fuel return line and determining at least one injector characteristic based on the variation of fuel pressure in said fuel return path during said monitoring period. The injector characteristic may be a control valve opening delay, a nozzle opening delay or a minimum delivery pulse. The information can be used to correct fuel injector timings to provide more accurate control of fuel injection quantities.
Patent GB-2544961-A (GB)
Title: Luminaire housing and luminaire
Inventor: RANJIT SINGH SOHAL
IPC: F21V15/01
Filed: 2015-10-07
Abstract: A luminaire housing 1 defines a cavity 3 to receive and hold a light source in place. The luminaire housing comprises a composite of an elastomeric material and a conductive material. The housing has a flexible retaining member 4 adapted to retain and hold the luminaire housing 1 in place in a recess in a ceiling without the use of clips or fasteners. A bezel 8 may be integral with housing 1 or be releasably attached thereto. The bezel 8 may be provided with a secondary light source adapted to change the colour of a front face of the bezel. The cavity 3 may be shaped to reflect light using total internal reflection.
Patent GB-2552920-A (GB)
Title: Disposable endoscope and system
Inventor: TAO DONG
IPC: A61B1/05
Filed: 2014-09-29
Abstract: A disposable endoscope (200) and system, the disposable endoscope (200) comprising: a tubular component (201), a linear drive piece (202) controlling the tubular component (201) to bend, an image pickup unit (203) installed at the front end of the tubular component (201) and a wiring harness connected thereto, a cladding layer (204) wrapping around the integral structure, and a connector head (205) and a disposable fixing piece (206) both disposed at one end of the linear drive piece (202) away from the tubular component (201). A first connector (2021) is fixed at a connector head (205) at one end of the linear drive piece (202) and is detachably engaged with a corresponding second connector (301) of an external control base (300); the first connector (2021) is fixed by the disposable fixing piece (206) with respect to the connector head (205), and can be moved in a length direction within a through hole (2051) of the connector head (205) after the disposable fixing piece (206) is removed. The disposable endoscope system separates the control base (300) used to control a drive from the disposable endoscope (200) inserted into a cavity of a human body and used to capture images, realizing disposability of an endoscope, and thereby omitting existing complicated cleaning and sterilization processes.
Patent GB-2554332-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for real time measurement of gas content in drilling fluids
Inventor: IAN D C MITCHELL
IPC: G01N21/27
Filed: 2013-09-25
Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring drilling fluids in real time. One method includes circulating a drilling fluid into and out of a borehole, generating a first output signal with a first optical computing device arranged near an outlet of the borehole, the first optical computing device having a first integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the drilling fluid, receiving the first output signal with a signal processor communicably coupled to the first optical computing device, determining the concentration of a gas present in the drilling fluid at the outlet of the borehole with the signal processor and generating a resulting output signal, conveying the resulting output signal to one or more peripheral devices, and adjusting one or more drilling or completion parameters in response to the concentration of the gas present in the drilling fluid.
Patent GB-2551328-A (GB)
Title: Clock synchronisation in wireless mesh communications networks
Inventor: RAY MCCONNELL
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2016-06-10
Abstract: A technique of synchronising a local clock signal with a reference clock signal in a network node 20 of a wireless mesh communications network 2 which includes a plurality of such network nodes 20 interconnected by another plurality of wireless communications links 22, the technique comprising, at the network node 206: receiving a plurality of clock synchronising signals (at a beamforming steerable antenna via clock signal paths 26, 27); selecting one of the received clock synchronising signals as a reference clock signal; producing a reference comparison value by comparing the reference clock signal with a local clock signal of the network node; and adjusting the local clock signal in dependence upon the reference comparison value. Also disclosed is a technique of providing a local clock signal in a network node of a wireless mesh communications network, comprising, at the network node (20, figure 9): receiving a plurality of clock synchronising signals on respective reception beam directions of a beamforming steerable antenna device (36A, 36B, 36C, 36D); and selecting one of the received clock synchronising signals as a local reference clock signal.
Patent GB-2555647-A (GB)
Title: Scratch card device
Inventor: SANDRA WATSON
IPC: B43K29/00
Filed: 2016-11-08
Abstract: A device combining the features of a lottery scratch card scraper 14 and a pen tip 16 wherein the scraping surface and writing tip are disposed at the same half of the device and on a non-removable part of the device. Preferably the scraping surface is provided at a non-perpendicular angle to the body of the device and may have magnetic means for attracting metallic parts of the lottery scratch card that have been scraped off. The device may have a nib that can be extended through the body of the scraping part and retracted by way of a press-button means 20 at the opposite end of the device. The device may have a wristband 54.
Patent GB-2557924-A (GB)
Title: A method of slowing down a moving projectile
Inventor: RAYMOND CHARLES DAVIES
IPC: F41J13/00
Filed: 2016-12-16
Abstract: A method of slowing down a moving projectile 12, the projectile 12 moving within an electromagnetic railgun 14, comprises using an electromagnetic field generated by the railgun 14 to slow down the projectile 12. The projectile 12 is a munitions projectile, and/or a carrier for catching the munitions projectile.
Patent GB-2558617-A (GB)
Title: Foldable table
Inventor: RONALD KEITH PACKMAN
IPC: A47B13/02
Filed: 2017-01-10
Abstract: A foldable table comprising a height adjustable support with a lower part 16 and a moveable upper part 14, a plurality of leaf units 30 each comprising first 32 and second 34 table top leaves attached by hinges, a plurality of first strut 38s pivotally engaged with a counter linkage 42 which opposes motion of the upper part and which have a hinged engagement with the hinged area of the leaf units 30 and a plurality of second struts 40 pivotally attached to the lower part 16 and with a hinged attachment to outer edges of the leaf units 30 wherein the arrangement allows the leaf units 30 to move from an unfurled position to a furled concertina style arrangement based on movement of the upper part 14. Arms 26 may extend from the upper part which the first struts can engage. The counter linkage may be a sliding ring 42 with radially arranged struts. The table may be polygonal or circular.
Patent GB-2560892-A (GB)
Title: Graphics Processing
Inventor: Olof Henrik Uhrenholt
IPC: G06T1/20
Filed: 2017-03-23
Abstract: A method of replicating the operation of a target graphics processor (GPU) on a data processing system that comprises a host graphics processor (GPU) comprises converting higher level commands or program expressions intended for the target graphics processor into lower level control data or instructions suitable for use by the target graphics processor, for example using a driver for the target graphics processor, converting the lower level control data suitable for use by the target graphics processor into lower level control data for the host graphics processor, and causing the host graphics processor to generate an output using the lower level control data for the host graphics processor. The conversion of lower-level control data for the target GPU into lower-level control data for the host GPU may comprise converting the lower-level control data for the target GPU into higher level commands for the host GPU and converting those into lower-level control data for the host GPU, for example using a driver for the host GPU.
Patent GB-2545144-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method using measurements taken while drilling to map mechanical boundaries and mechanical rock properties along a borehole
Inventor: R Christopher Neale
IPC: G01V1/30
Filed: 2015-09-10
Abstract: The present disclosure involves a novel way of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
Patent GB-2555888-A (GB)
Title: Method for calibrating short circuit test measurement system for electric appliance
Inventor: XIAOMENG ZHOU
IPC: G01R35/00
Filed: 2016-07-27
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for calibrating a short circuit test measurement system for an electric appliance, comprising the following steps: S1: transmitting a digital waveform signal to a simulation short circuit waveform signal generator; S2: the simulation short circuit waveform signal generator switching the digital waveform signal to a calibration waveform signal and transmitting the calibration waveform signal to a measurement front end; S3: measurement software at a measurement host performing a digital calculation on the simulation waveform signal output by the measurement front end, so as to obtain a parameter of the simulation waveform signal; and S4: comparing the obtained parameter of the simulation waveform signal and a parameter of the digital waveform signal to obtain a difference value thereof. As an improvement for an assembly calibration method, when a measurement front end and a measurement host of a short circuit test measurement system for an electric appliance are calibrated, using a standard simulation short circuit test waveform as a signal source to replace a standard sinusoidal wave or a square wave is more suitable for an actual application scenario, and greatly improves the correctness and reliability when calibrating a short circuit test measurement system.
Patent GB-2550081-A (GB)
Title: Secure file transfer
Inventor: PHILLIP EDWARD DEMPSTER
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2015-12-17
Abstract: A system is disclosed in which a file transfer device is connected to a first and a second computer; receives data from the first computer and stores the received data in an encrypted data store. The file transfer device provides the stored data to the second computer when requested, and renders the stored data unreadable to either computers upon disconnection from at least one of the first and second computers.
Patent GB-2551661-A (GB)
Title: Hip protection undergarments
Inventor: NATASHA RHEA WILLIAMS
IPC: A41D13/05
Filed: 2014-03-17
Abstract: A conformable hip pad comprising a center, such that when the garment is disposed on the user, the center of the hip pad is disposed adjacent to the upper trochanter region of the user's hip. The hip pad can comprises a polyurethane foam with a density of about 320 kg/m3, a thickness of about 15 mm, and that is capable of absorbing about 7000 Newtons of force. The foregoing hip pad can be placed in a pocket at the hip to provide hip impact resistance or can be provided on and integral with a form fitted body portion of a hip protective garment.
Patent GB-2565845-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous systems and methods for wellbore intervention
Inventor: DAVID SYDNEY BOWMAN
IPC: E21B37/00
Filed: 2017-08-25
Abstract: An intervention system 10 configured to perform an intervention operation in a wellbore 12 comprises a tool housing 20 having a tool storage compartment, e.g. a lubricator, configured to house an intervention tool, e.g. a paraffin wax removal tool. A valve arrangement 22, which may provide a twin valve double barrier, permits selective communication of the tool and fluid between the tool housing and the wellbore. The intervention system is configured to move in response to an activation event, e.g. a time event or wellbore flow, pressure temperature events, between a tool storage configuration in which the tool housing is isolated from the wellbore and an activated configuration in which the valve arrangement is open and the tool housing communicates with the wellbore to permit deployment of the intervention tool by a tool deployment arrangement. The arrangement may be autonomous and networked with the tool housing remaining coupled to the wellbore during production.
Patent GB-2561270-A (GB)
Title: A polygonal shaped container
Inventor: ANIL JAIN
IPC: B65D1/44
Filed: 2017-10-10
Abstract: A polygonal container comprising: top surface 105; bottom surface 203; a plurality of side walls 206, were each edge 201, 203 connecting two side walls is filled with additional reinforcement material to enhance compressive strength; and where the container is capable of being rolled. Preferably, discharge valve 202 and operating handle are fixed entirely within a cavity formed on the container, and the top surface comprises a fluid receiving inlet 102 and a fluid discharging outlet 103. Preferably, container and reinforcement are made from polymer material using blow moulding or rotational moulding. Preferably, reinforcement material extends from upper edge 201 to lower edge 201. Preferably, upper surface is adapted to receive lower surface to identical can to aid stacking. Preferably, inner surface is circular. Preferably, container can store hazardous or flammable fluids.
Patent GB-2561632-A (GB)
Title: Suction cleaner
Inventor: Jose Casella
IPC: A47L9/16
Filed: 2017-10-26
Abstract: A separator assembly 16 for removing dirt from an air flow in a suction cleaner comprises a first cyclone assembly 40 including a first cyclone separator for separating coarse dirt from an air flow and a second cyclone assembly 42 including a plurality of second cyclone separators 156 arranged fluidly in parallel for separating fine dirt from an air flow, each providing a body with a cyclone inlet towards an upper end and a dirt outlet formed at a lower end, a lower sealing plate 66 surrounding the lower ends of the second cyclone separators 156 and configured such that the body of each second cyclone separator 156 extends through a respective opening in the lower sealing plate 66, such that the dirt outlets of the second cyclone separators 156 lie below the sealing plate, an upper sealing plate 78 disposed adjacent the upper ends of the second cyclone separators 156, an intermediary chamber 52 configured such that partially cleaned air is drawn into the intermediary chamber 52 from the first cyclone assembly 42 and subsequently into the inlets of the second cyclone separators 156, the upper end of the intermediary chamber 52 being sealed by the upper sealing plate 78 and a securing member (167, fig 17) formed between and securable to each of the upper sealing plate 78 and lower sealing plate66.
Patent GB-2560670-A (GB)
Title: Subsea methane hydrate production
Inventor: ANDERS BILLINGTON
IPC: E21B43/01
Filed: 2016-08-23
Abstract: An offshore methane hydrate production assembly (1), having a tubing (41) extending into a subsea well (5) that extends down to a methane hydrate formation (7) below the seabed (3). A submersible pump (45) is arranged in the tubing (41). A methane conduit (35,35) extends down from a surface installation (49). A well control package (15) landed on a wellhead (13) is positioned at the upper end of the subsea well (5). Moreover, an emergency disconnection package (25) is arranged between the methane conduit (35,135) and the well control package (15). The tubing (41) is suspended from the well control package (15). Other aspects of the invention are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2568814-A (GB)
Title: Augmented reality method and system for design
Inventor: Frederic BAVASTRO
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2018-10-04
Abstract: A system for generating formal premises designs that includes inputting an informal two-dimensional (2D) rendering of the premises such as a sketch or hand drawing. The informal two-dimensional sketch is then photographed or maybe scanned and the rendering/digital image of the informal two-dimensional sketch is analysed and converted into a numerical matrix. The input step may have three modes a sketch mode, a mode where the user may use an existing model or a mode where a user can import a three-dimensional (3D) model from another source. The system then determines features such as room, columns and beams depicted by the two-dimensional rendering this may involve a search algorithm going through the matrix in order to find fields which are potentially part of a wall for example. A 3D model of the premises is then generated and populated with interactive objects such as furniture which may be placed in accordance with the determined features. Multiple views of the three-dimensional rendering containing interactive objects are then provided.