baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2394619-A (GB)
Title: Headphones including acoustic resistance element
Inventor: GRELL AXEL
IPC: H04R5/033
Filed: 2003-10-21
Abstract: The headphones includes at least one earpiece including a loudspeaker and ear cushions 6. A front volume, defined by the user's head, the ear cushions 6 and the loudspeaker, is acoustically coupled to a rear volume, defined by the loudspeaker and the earpiece housing 9, by a path that includes acoustic resistance element 11. The acoustic resistance element lies behind the plane defined by the sound outlets 1 of the loudspeaker. This is to prevent the ear cushions 6 affecting or influencing the acoustic resistance element 11 as they are compressed against the user's head.
Patent GB-2419864-A (GB)
Title: Injection moulded water-soluble container containing a detergent
Inventor: OEHMS DIANA
IPC: B65D81/32
Filed: 2003-12-19
Abstract: A process and method for the manufacture of a single or multi compartment, rigid water-soluble container 10 containing a detergent, where the container is at least partially formed by injection moulding from a water-soluble polymer, comprising the steps of forming the container, filling with detergent and then sealing. The container polymer may be made from a first water-soluble polymer such as PVOH and include an additional water-soluble polymer which when dissolved in water is active in detergency. The additional polymer may be a Polyyinylpyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid or polymaleic acid and may be either simultaneously or sequentially injected with the first water-soluble polymer. The container may be sealed by a film or injection moulded rigid closure part which could be a water-soluble plastic PVOH which may be transparent or translucent. The containers may be formed in an array but readily separable form each other by tearing or snapping. The containers may have separate inner compartments separated by a wall 12 dividing the container into three compartments A, B and C into each of which, a detergent with a different function may be added.
Patent GB-2400166-A (GB)
Title: Headlamp for vehicles
Inventor: ISHIDA HIROYUKI
IPC: F21S8/10
Filed: 2004-03-03
Abstract: A vehicle headlight structure 10 includes a light distribution pattern having a horizontal cutoff line (fig. 3, CL1) formed by a reflecting optical system 18. The structure includes a first light source 16, a semiconductor light emitting unit or light emitting diode (LED), in which a rectangular light emitting chip is covered with a mould lens 24, and a reflector 18 for reflecting the light from the light source 16 toward the front of the lighting unit. The light emitting chip faces in a horizontal direction with one side of the chip set horizontally. The horizontal cut-off line is formed by selectively utilising the light emitted from the light source 16 and reflected by the reflector in the reflecting region (fig. 3, Za) positioned in front of the light emitting chip. Also disclosed is a headlamp structure utilising the above system in conjunction with a second similar system where the second light emitting chip is inclined downwards to form an oblique cut off line. There is also a further disclosure of a similar system where the light sources are not limited to semiconductor light emitting units or light emitting diodes.
Patent GB-2412719-A (GB)
Title: Sealed outdoor light
Inventor: ASQUITH TIMOTHY EDWIN
IPC: F21V31/00
Filed: 2004-03-30
Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting component 1. Component 1 has an elongate translucent tube 2 having sealed ends 3,4. At least one illuminatable bulb 5 is provided in the tube 2. A waterproof electrical assembly in the form of plug 4 connects the or each bulb to a supply of electricity through one of said sealed ends. Bulb 5 may be powered through a rectifier 7 and inverter 8. The invention also extends to a lighting product incorporating the lighting component.
Patent GB-2414289-A (GB)
Title: A heat pump installation
Inventor: ROERVIK JACOB
IPC: F25B40/04
Filed: 2004-05-19
Abstract: A heat pump installation comprises an outdoor unit 2 mounted on the exterior of a building 3, an indoor unit 4, a hot water system 6 and a water heating system 8. The indoor unit comprises a first condenser 12 and a second condenser 14. The respective condensers are arranged preferably in series in a heat pump refrigeration circuit 16, flow from the first to the second condenser being by gravity. The first condenser 12 is in the form of a small-bore counterflow spiral heat exchanger, having a product channel and a refrigerant channel (104, 106 Fig.2) joined together by a seam. The refrigerant channel has a slightly smaller bore (the bore being of the order of 5mm) than the product channel. The second condenser 14 may be a plate heat exchanger, with water flowing upwardly through channels formed by the plates in counterflow with refrigerant which descends through respective adjacent channels. The second condenser 14 is designed to achieve a significantly greater flow rate of water than the first condenser 12. The hot water system 6 additionally comprises a hot water storage tank 18, a warm water pre-heater 20, a hot water pump 22, and a hot water back-up heater 24. The heating system 8 supplies an underfloor circuit 28 and comprises a buffer tank 26, circulation pumps 32,34, and a back-up heater 30. In operation, when hot water is not required in the hot water system 6, the hot water pump 22 is switched off, and the heating pump 34 in the underfloor heating system is switched on. In this case, the water passing through the second condenser 14 will be heated to a substantially lower temperature than the hot water that exited from the first condenser, when the first condenser was being operated to heat water in the hot water system 6.
Patent GB-2402242-A (GB)
Title: Inventory tracking by monitoring logging out of items and sensing removal of items.
Inventor: COVELEY MICHAEL E
IPC: G06Q50/22
Filed: 2004-05-26
Abstract: An inventory-tracking unit associated with a storage unit holding items to be dispensed includes a card reader to read an access card issued to a user and a recorder to record data from items removed from the storage unit. A processor communicates with a sensor in the storage unit and with the card reader and recorder. The sensor provides item data to the processor that is associated with items removed from the storage unit. The processor compares item data received from the sensor with the data recorded by the recorder to detect coincidence. The processor generates a transaction upon coincidence of item data received from the sensor with the recorded data. A communications interface transmits the transaction to a remote site.
Patent GB-2400873-A (GB)
Title: Tubing expansion
Inventor: MARR GRAEME THOMAS
IPC: E21B43/10
Filed: 2002-12-20
Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a tubing expansion tool (300) comprising a body (302) adapted for rotation within tubing to be expanded, and three expansion member modules (306) each comprising an expansion member (310) rotatably mounted with respect to the body (302), each expansion member module (306) being releasably coupled to the body (302) as a unit.
Patent GB-2406760-A (GB)
Title: Max-log MAP decoder used with maximum likelihood decoders and determining bit likelihoods
Inventor: YEE MONG SUAN
IPC: H03M13/45
Filed: 2004-07-28
Abstract: This invention is generally concerned with methods, apparatus and processor control code for a signal decoding, in particular by employing a plurality of maximum likelihood hard detectors such as sphere decoders. A decoder for decoding a received signal, said received signal being provided by a transmitted signal comprising a string of symbols sent over a channel, each said symbol comprising one or more bits, said decoder comprising: a plurality of maximum likelihood decoders each configured to determine a minimum bit-dependent distance metric for a string of symbols in which a bit has a defined value, said distance metric being dependent upon a distance of said received signal from an estimated received signal determined from said string and a response of said channel; and a bit likelihood estimator coupled to each of said maximum likelihood estimators and configured to determine a bit likelihood value for each bit of said string dependent upon said minimum distance metrics. The bit likelihood estimator comprises a max-log MAP (maximum a posteriori) decoder using LLR (log-likelihood ratio) values. Applications include space time diversity communication systems e.g. MIMO.
Patent GB-2411004-A (GB)
Title: A rotary paddle switch for monitoring the level of a particulate solid within a storage container
Inventor: DAVIS JOHN STEVEN
IPC: H01H11/00
Filed: 2004-09-30
Abstract: A rotary paddle switch 110 for monitoring the level of a particulate solid within a storage container includes a system for testing the activation of its level indicator. The test system comprises an electromagnet 150 fixedly mounted relative to the motor housing 112, and armature 160 slidably mounted relative to the rotary shaft 120, 122 so that the armature 160 rotates with the shaft 120, 122 during normal use. The armature 160 is movable along the shaft 120, 122 by activation of the electromagnet 150, into a test position in which the armature 160 imparts a reverse torque on the shaft 120, 122 the exceeds a pre-determined reverse torque and therefore causes activation of the level indicator.
Patent GB-2420244-A (GB)
Title: Routing a measurement packet with copy/clone capability dependent upon certain criteria
Inventor: LEHANE ANDREW
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2004-11-16
Abstract: In a packet switched network, network data can be recorded for measurement by transmitting a measurement packet 14 across the network to store path records as it travels from an originating measurement device 18 to a destination device. Some of the network devices 16 located along the path traversed by the measurement packet 14 are capable of recognizing that the measurement packet 14 no longer has any further storage capacity for path records. The network device 16 then copies or clones the measurement packet 14 and erases the path record data from the original measurement packet 14. The original measurement packet 14 then continues on its path collecting further path records, while the cloned packet is returned to the measurement host 18 for processing of the path records. Aspects of the invention include the criteria for determining whether to create a replica measurement packet being whether the packet will reach another packet replicating element along its projected route before it becomes full of collected measurement data. The present invention addresses the problem arising from the restricted byte size of the IPMP (IP measurement protocol) data packets, but is not limited to IPMP.
Patent GB-2405531-A (GB)
Title: Integrated circuit with reverse engineering protection
Inventor: CHOW LAP-WAI
IPC: H01L29/732
Filed: 2003-05-06
Abstract: Technique and structures for camouflaging an integrated circuit structure. The integrated circuit structure is formed by a plurality of layers of material having controlled outlines and controlled thicknesses. A layer of dielectric material of a controlled thickness is disposed among said plurality of layers to thereby render the integrated circuit structure intentionally inoperable.
Patent GB-2421918-A (GB)
Title: Educational darts game
Inventor: BUCKLEY TIM
IPC: F41J3/02
Filed: 2004-12-17
Abstract: An educational darts game comprising a darts board (2) with a plurality of target areas (4), at which darts are thrown during play of a game to select by adhesion at least one such target area, and a bull's eye (6), the target area (4) being adaptable before play of a game to provide symbols in the target areas (4) and/or bull's eye (6) which include at the one of numbers, letters, initial blends, suffixes, words and pre-selected objective means which define an intellectual activity to be performed based on a symbol present in at least one selected target area (4). At least the bull's eye 6 may be of a white board or wipe-clean surface. The symbols are preferably removably attached to the target area 4 by magnets. Various arithmetic and literacy tasks may be performed using the board 2.
Patent GB-2423073-A (GB)
Title: Steel and wood pallet
Inventor: HARPER STANLEY ERNEST
IPC: B65D19/12
Filed: 2005-02-15
Abstract: A pallet has a steel frame and a plywood floor and four-way entry fork pockets. The pallet is provided with three removable sides comprising a handrail and mesh lower portions. The pallet is used in the building trade to lift sheets such as plasterboard or doors with the sides removed or sanitary ware, tiles, etc with the sides in place.
Patent GB-2411915-A (GB)
Title: A cill and method of dressing a lower horizontal face of an opening in a wall
Inventor: DUNPHY MARTIN
IPC: E06B1/70
Filed: 2005-03-10
Abstract: A cill comprises an elongate body (12) and two supports (14, 16) adapted to be built into a wall (20) during its construction and where, in use, the support portions each engage an end region of the cill body so as to allow relative axial movement between the support portions and cill body. Preferably the support portions have stooled ends (24) and are mirror images of each other. The cill may be made from two separate portions (120A, 120B Figure 11A) and further include an additional support portions (160, Figure 11A) for supporting the free ends. The cill may be made from concrete or stone and the separate portions joined together by a silicon sealant. A method of installing such a cill is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2425114-A (GB)
Title: Container for transporting mail
Inventor: RIMMER WARREN
IPC: B65D5/66
Filed: 2005-04-15
Abstract: A container for transporting mail comprises a box 4 and a preferably two-part integral lid having portions 6 hinged to the box 4 and including additional fold lines 10, 12 so that the portions 6 may be folded to rest on the top of the contents of the container. The container is preferably of tapered form and may have a transparent pocket 16 for a label located in a recess 18. One lid portion 6 may have an elastic cord for holding the portions in a closed condition.
Patent GB-2414699-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for pressing sheet material
Inventor: YAMAUCHI TAKUMI
IPC: B21D13/02
Filed: 2005-05-27
Abstract: An upper mold member 32 having an upstream upper punch 32a, an upper recess portion 32b and a downstream upper punch 32c that are serially arranged from a feed upstream side of a sheet material W and a lower mold member 24 having an upstream lower punch 24a, a lower recess portion 24b and a downstream lower punch 24c that are serially arranged from the feed upstream side of the sheet material W are caused to displace towards a feed downstream side of the sheet material W while the upper mold member 32 and the lower mold member 24 sandwich the sheet material W between them. The productivity of a press apparatus can be improved and the cost can be reduced.
Patent GB-2415527-A (GB)
Title: System level identity object
Inventor: PABLA KULDIPSINGH A
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2005-06-24
Abstract: A system, for maintaining and sharing identity information for identities. Multiple types of identity information, including communication-related information, for multiple identities may be aggregated, stored in, and accessed through, corresponding shared identity objects. Communication-related information may include indications of communication mechanisms. Communication with an identity may be initiated through a corresponding shared identity object using the communication mechanisms. The communication related information may also include an indication of the reach-ability of the identity through each of the communication mechanisms and may be requested and received form remote system associated with the identity.
Patent GB-2416411-A (GB)
Title: Secure data storage
Inventor: SHIBATA HIDEYUKI
IPC: A63F13/49
Filed: 2005-07-08
Abstract: A portable telephone 200 is configured to include a storage 220 section which includes a protected area 222 and a user area 224, an encryption processing 211 section which encrypts arbitrary data to generate encrypted data, a separation processing section 213 which divides the encrypted data at an arbitrary position, stores first divided data which is a piece of the divided data and division position information indicating the division position in the protected area, and stores second divided data which is the remaining piece of the divided data in the user area, a recovery processing section 214 which recovers the encrypted data based on the first and second divided data and the division position information when a use request for the arbitrary data has been issued, and a decryption processing section 212 which decrypts the recovered encrypted data. The main embodiment relates to secure storage of game data which prevents copying as at least a portion of the game data is stored in protected storage.
Patent GB-2420751-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seat in which a seat cover is coupled to an airbag housing
Inventor: TRACHT MICHAEL L
IPC: B60R21/207
Filed: 2005-12-01
Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly (10) including a trim cover (22) having an end portion (30). A coupling member (32) is disposed proximate the end portion (30). The coupling member (32) engages an air bag module (26) to secure the trim cover (22).
Patent GB-2423177-A (GB)
Title: Use of location awareness to establish and suspend communications sessions in a healthcare environment
Inventor: GRAVES ALAN F
IPC: G16H40/67
Filed: 2006-02-13
Abstract: A method of managing access to a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network. The method comprises receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a clinician; determining whether the clinician is positioned relative to a terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network such that a proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag; responsive to the proximity condition being satisfied, providing an opportunity for authentication of the clinician; and responsive to successful authentication of the clinician, establishing a session for the clinician between the terminal and the healthcare information system. The ability to detect proximity of clinician facilitates the process by which the clinician may access the healthcare information system, while the requirement for authentication of the clinician minimizes the risk of data being made available to an unauthorized party.
Patent GB-2438822-A (GB)
Title: Folding shelf
Inventor: BRINSLEY LEE
IPC: A47B5/04
Filed: 2006-06-09
Abstract: A folding shelf, particularly though not exclusively, to support a disposable barbecue and comprising a back plate (10) adapted to be screwed to a wall, a pivoted platform (13) and pivoted side walls (15). The forward ends of the platform and side walls respectively may be removably connected together to support the platform in a horizontal position while the entire device may be opened to lie flat against the wall when not in use.
Patent GB-2431361-A (GB)
Title: Target assembly
Inventor: O'NEILL MICHAEL
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2006-06-19
Abstract: A target area frame includes a rectangular frame (Fig 1) supported by four hanging brackets (Fig 2), the frame would be suspended from an overhead bar (Fig 6) by means of Velcro, belt, strapping, webbing or any suitable material and it may also include a catch net.
Patent GB-2427458-A (GB)
Title: Light fitting
Inventor: CUTHBERT RICHARD
IPC: F21V3/02
Filed: 2006-04-24
Abstract: This invention relates to light fittings and in particular light fittings which produce a uniform and soft light or a predetermined focused beam of light.
Patent GB-2430599-A (GB)
Title: A process plant user interface system having customized process graphic display layers in an integrated environment
Inventor: BLEVINS TERRENCE L
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2005-05-04
Abstract: A method useful for providing a user interface for a process plant includes displaying graphical depictions of process plant elements of the process plant via the user interface. Information is generated for a plurality of content layers of a process graphic display of the process plant elements by processing data regarding operation of the process plant. Content to be displayed via the user interface is determined from the generated information by determining which content layer of the plurality of content layer is to be displayed. In some embodiments, the determination may be made based on a user profile characteristic. The generated information may therefore support multiple views of the process plant via the user interface for a plurality of different types of users of the user interface, and may involve processing data regarding actual and simulated operation of the process plant. As a result, the method may also include determining whether the process plant is currently on-line to further determine the portion of the information to be displayed via the user interface.
Patent GB-2432239-A (GB)
Title: Building layout design support system
Inventor: OKADA YUUKI
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2006-11-07
Abstract: A system is disclosed which supports the process of creating a detailed layout design for buildings containing plant or machinery, which takes into account construction constraints, wiring and pipe routes and environmental influence of machinery (vibration, noise etc). The system classifies the layout design data into five data types, namely building data, equipment arrangement data, equipment connection element data, equipment connection path data, and user-specified range data, and edits the data of each data type individually. A storage unit stores the editing results of the layout design data. A CAD conversion unit converts the layout design data into a two-dimensional CAD drawing or a three-dimensional CAD model, and causes the interface unit to display the two-dimensional CAD drawing or three-dimensional CAD model on a screen.
Patent GB-2445189-A (GB)
Title: Combustion analysis apparatus and method
Inventor: ALBERTI DAVID MARCO GERTRUDA
IPC: G01N25/22
Filed: 2006-12-29
Abstract: A method and apparatus for combustion analysing a sample in a combustion analyser 120,160,180, where the sample comprises a proportion of sulphur. The sample is supplied to the combustion analyser and combusted to produce combustion products, comprising a yield of sulphur dioxide for detection. A yield improver is added to the combustion analyzer. Nitrogen monoxide or a source of nitrogen monoxide may be supplied to the combustion analyser as the yield improver to improve the yield of sulphur dioxide in the combustion products. The yield improver may be supplied before and/or during the combusting step. A proportion of yield improver is preferably greater than the (expected) proportion of sulphur. Ozone may be supplied to the combustion products to convert at least a proportion of any nitrogen monoxide in the combustion products to nitrogen dioxide, before detection.
Patent GB-2448678-A (GB)
Title: Knee and elbow pads
Inventor: GROSSMAN MARTIN
IPC: A41D13/05
Filed: 2007-01-24
Abstract: There is disclosed a protective apparel (5) comprising a knee pad or elbow pad comprising at least one illumination means (10). The illumination means (10) is provided between a rigid cover (3) and a padded means (20) securable around a body part by flexible means (15). The illuminatable means (10) and associated circuitry, including battery (36), and provided within the cover (30) between the cover (30) and the padded means (20). The cover is provided with a switch means (35) to control the illuminatable means (10). The illuminatable means (10) and switch means (35) are provided distal an apex of the cover (30).