baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2571904-A (GB)
Title: A pipe support rack
Inventor: ENDA MAHON
IPC: F16L3/22
Filed: 2017-12-20
Abstract: A pipe support rack assembly 2 for a pipe transport vehicle 1 comprising pipe support rack assemblies. The vehicle 1 has a chassis frame 3 forming a flat load bed mounted on wheels 4 for drawing behind a tractor vehicle. Each pipe support rack is slidably mounted on a pair of rails 5 extending longitudinally on top of the chassis 3 by means of which the pipe support racks can be moved together and apart for adjustment of the longitudinal spacing of the pipe support racks 2 on the chassis 3. Each pip support rack assembly 2 has a base frame 7. A pair of upright posts 14, 15 are slidable within the base frame 7 to allow adjustment of the width between the posts, 1 which are telescopically slidable on the base frame, the upright posts can slide on the base frame and be locked at any desired spacing. A plurality of pipe support rails 20 are mounted vertically spaced-apart between the upright posts the base frame. Each pipe support rail is height adjustable on the upright posts. Pipe support chocks 60 are mounted on the pipe support rails.
Patent GB-2570646-A (GB)
Title: Radiation Source
Inventor: GUILLAUME JEGOU
IPC: H01J35/08
Filed: 2018-01-24
Abstract: An inspection radiation source comprising: an electron accelerator 2 for generating an electron current; and a target for the electron current. The target comprises a first part 31 configured to: be at least partly exposed to the current on an impact area having a first width W1 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the current, and inhibit propagation of the current. It also comprises a second part having a second width W2 in the direction substantially perpendicular to the electron current, the second width being smaller than the first width, the second part being configured to be at least partly exposed to the electron current, and generate inspection radiation by emitting X-rays 30 in response to being exposed to the electron current, wherein the first part comprises a first material (such as carbon) having a first atomic number, and the second part comprises a second material (such as tungsten) having a second atomic number greater than the first atomic number. Another aspect relates to a method of generating the radiation by exposing the impact area to the electron current, inhibiting electrons using the first part of the target and generating inspection radiation by emitting X-rays using the second part.
Patent GB-2556605-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display panel
Inventor: WEI CHENG
IPC: G02F1/1362
Filed: 2015-08-20
Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel comprising: a color film substrate and an array substrate; the array substrate comprising: a component layer (200) provided on a glass substrate (100); two UV protection layers provided at the same side of the component layer (200), the first UV protection layer being adjacent to a UV light source, and the second UV protection layer being farther away from the UV light source; the refractive index of the first UV protection layer is greater than that of the second UV protection layer, enabling a reduction of a UV mask, while ensuring that component characteristics are not affected.
Patent GB-2576688-A (GB)
Title: Connector Loader
Inventor: IAN MURGATROYD
IPC: G02B6/38
Filed: 2018-03-09
Abstract: An optical fibre 203a is terminated in a connector, using a device 200 with a chassis 201. A stripped external fibre or fibres are positioned in a fibre retainer 202 which slides along the chassis in a channel 205 parallel to the axis of the fibre(s). The stripped fibre(s) and their retainer slide to a first position 260 which closely adjoins a cleaver 204. The bare portion of the fibre(s) are cleaved to form a cleaved end or ends. The fibre retainer is slid away from the cleaver along the axis of the fibre(s). A connector, either separately or held in a connector holder, is placed in the channel of the chassis. The fibre retainer slides to a second position (270, figure 4b), (271, figure 5b) along the channel of the chassis, causing the cleaved end(s) to extend into the guide of the connector bringing into physical contact the cleaved external fibre(s) and the internal fibre stub(s) present in the connector. The connector is actuated while the fibre retainer is at the second position by clamping the cleaved end(s) in the connector and optionally crimping a deformable member which acts to further attach the connector to the fibre cable.
Patent GB-2571787-A (GB)
Title: Integrally-formed foldable container and method
Inventor: DANIEL THORN
IPC: B65D1/22
Filed: 2018-03-09
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an integrally-formed foldable container (100, figure 1) by injection moulding the container in a partially assembled configuration. The container has panels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170 joined by living hinges, and some adjacent panels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150 are joined by tabs 180, 185, 190, 195. The container is collapsible to a substantially flat collapsed configuration (figure 7) by collectively rearranging the panels. The tabs 180, 185, 190, 195 may be joined to the side panels 120, 130 by a living hinge 189, 199 or may be attachable to form the assembled configuration (figure 12). Living hinges 182, 187, 192, 197 may extend along the entire end panel 140, 150 edge or only part of it. The container may comprise a top panel 160 with a closure means comprising a flap 170 provided with push-fit features configured to engage and disengage with a panel 120 (or 320, figure 10). The container may be formed of polypropylene plastic.
Patent GB-2562360-A (GB)
Title: Outlet guide vane for aircraft turbomachine, with improved lubricant cooling function
Inventor: MOHAMED-LAMINE BOUTALEB
IPC: F01D9/02
Filed: 2018-03-09
Abstract: A guide vane (24, fig 2) suitable to be positioned in a twin-spool aircraft turbomachine fan, comprising an aerodynamic flow straightening part (32) located between the root (34) and the tip (36). The aerodynamic part comprises a lubricant cooling passage (50a) which extends in a first lubricant flow direction 52a from the root to the tip of the blade and is limited by intrados 70 and extrados 72 blade walls. The aerodynamic part is made in a single piece. It comprises heat transfer fins 80a, 80b, which connect said walls and extend parallel to the first direction. The fins are distributed in successive rows in the first direction. For a first row R1 and a second row R2 of staggered directly consecutive fins, the first row comprises several fins 80a which form a positive acute angle A1 with a plane and the second row comprises several fins forming a negative acute angle A2 with the same plane, where said plane is a dummy reference plane Pf of the vane which is parallel to the first direction.
Patent GB-2572215-A (GB)
Title: Detection of kiss bonds within composite components
Inventor: William christopher campbell
IPC: G01N29/04
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: In an aspect, an ultrasonic transmitter is configured to emit ultrasound (maybe between 5 and 10 MHz) into a composite component, and an ultrasonic receiver is configured to receive reflected ultrasound (perhaps representative of a half-wave rectified signal) that has interacted with the component. In the received data, first threshold amplitude 350 is set between 2% and 5% higher than predetermined baseline noise amplitude 330, and second threshold amplitude 352 is set higher than the first. Occurrences in the data of an amplitude exceeding the first threshold and less than the second are identified (in aspects, by a data processor), based on which a kiss bond is detected in the component. Prior to this, absence of disbands may be determined. Backwall echo 320 may be compared to backwall echo threshold 340. Depth, one-dimensional length, area (perhaps compared to an area threshold), and location of the kiss bond may be determined.
Patent GB-2575315-A (GB)
Title: Boat stabilization system
Inventor: RONNY SKAUEN
IPC: G01C19/30
Filed: 2018-07-06
Abstract: A boat stabilizer system comprising a first gyro stabilizer (2, fig. 1) and a first fin stabilizer 3 comprising a moveable fin 33, where a power transmission 4 connects the two and can transmit energy derived from the gyro stabilizer’s precession torque to the first fin stabilizer to actuate the fin. Preferably the power transmission has a fixed transmission ratio of 1:1, and comprises a shaft incorporating a precessing element 24 of the gyro and a moveable element 34 of the fin. In some embodiments, the transmission ratio is not 1:1, and may even be variable, and controlled by a controller system. In some embodiments, an external power source may also connect to the power transmission and provide additional energy.
Patent GB-2562687-A (GB)
Title: Hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers and methods of manufacturing the same
Inventor: ERIC RODRIGUE NUMKAM FOKOUA
IPC: G02B6/032
Filed: 2013-09-20
Abstract: A hollow-core photonic-bandgap fibre is fabricated from a stack of capillaries. The stack has a hollow core 405 and the capillaries at a core boundary include first, corner core capillaries 403 and second, intermediate capillaries 403. A differential pressure is applied between the first, corner core and second, intermediate capillaries to control their relative sizes. The stack is reduced to a fibre with a hollow core and a cladding comprising a network of struts and interstitial nodes which define an array of cavities. The pressure differential may result in a fibre with a ratio between a difference in a length of a longest and shortest pitch spacing of the nodes at the core boundary to an average nodal core boundary pitch spacing of less than 0.3. The pressure may be applied separately to the first and second capillaries or first, second and cladding capillaries or first, second and outer capillaries and the core. A first pressure source may be applied to the first capillaries 406, a second pressure source 407 to the second and outer cladding capillaries and a third pressure source 409 to the core. A pre-form stack may be used in fabricating the hollow-core photonic-bandgap fiber.
Patent GB-2577729-A (GB)
Title: Data processing
Inventor: LUCA NASSI
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2018-10-04
Abstract: A processor is configured to access an architectural register 300 representing a given system register such as a stack pointer; the architectural register is mapped to a physical register 305; a register bank 300 having a set of two or more respective banked versions of the given system register, in which a respective one of the banked versions of the system register is associated with each of a plurality of current operating states of the processing element; in which, when the processing element changes operating state, for example in response to an interrupt, from a first operating state associated with a first one of the banked versions of the system register to a second operating state associated with a second banked versions of the system register, the processing element is configured to store the current contents of the architectural register 320 to the first one of the banked versions of the system register 350 and to copy the contents of the second one of the banked versions of the system register to the architectural register 340. Storing may be performed via a temporary register 330.
Patent GB-2575141-A (GB)
Title: Conversational query answering system
Inventor: Walter W Chang
IPC: G06F16/22
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: A method, program and apparatus comprising the receipt of document data representing a collection of documents 1702, including a topic and content; the generation of an answer suggestion lookahead index based on the documents, the index is a plurality of term/link pairs which are semantically equivalent terms and a corresponding link to content in the document collection 1704; the receipt of a user query string 1706; and in response, the location of a semantically equivalent term of a pair based on a semantic equivalence to the query string 1708 and the output of a representation of the link 1710. Generating the lookahead index may include the generation of a topic knowledge graph including a topic and a set of subtopics and links to the content of the documents corresponding to the topic or subtopics. It may also include generation of semantic annotation data including predicates and objects and identification of combinations of the predicates and objects corresponding to the topic or subtopics. Generation of the knowledge graph may include generation of a document object model for each document including the topic, subtopics, and links to the document content and the aggregation of the DOMs to generate a master link list.
Patent GB-2583448-A (GB)
Title: A water softener apparatus
Inventor: WILLIAM ROBERT SARGEANT
IPC: C02F1/42
Filed: 2019-03-20
Abstract: A water softener comprising two water softener components, 1, 2, valve means 11, a water driven flow-meter 16 for controlling the valve means to cause the water softener components to be rendered inoperable to soften water at respective different intervals so that at least one water softener component is operable all the time, the water driven flow-meter measuring a flow of water such that each time a predetermined quantity of water has been measured, regeneration of one of the tanks is initiated, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting an amount of the predetermined quantity of water required to be measured to initiate regeneration of one of the tanks, and a regeneration system 23 for alternately regenerating the two water softener components. A water softener comprising one water softener component. A fluid driven displacement device comprising a chamber for receiving a flow of fluid, a first mechanism driven by the flow of fluid for detecting and/or metering an amount of fluid flowing through the chamber, a second mechanism driven by the first mechanism for triggering an event in an event in response to the detection and/or metering and an adjuster system for varying the selected amount of fluid.
Patent GB-2583372-A (GB)
Title: Downhole method and apparatus
Inventor: ANDREW LOUDEN
IPC: E21B33/128
Filed: 2019-04-26
Abstract: A downhole method comprises heating a constrained downhole fluid (138) to expand the fluid. The expanding fluid may be used generate a mechanical force or increase pressure in a container. In one example the fluid expansion is harnessed to expand a bladder (136), and in turn expand a patch member (154). The patch member (154) may be employed in a method of sealing a wall of a bore (102). The sealing method may comprise: providing the patch member (154) with a sealing material (156) on an exterior surface; running the patch member (154) into the bore (102) in a smaller diameter first configuration; heating the sealing material (156) to render the sealing material flowable; reconfiguring the patch member (154) to a larger diameter second configuration, at least in part by expanding the bladder (136) internally of the patch member (154); and hardening the sealing material (156) to provide a seal between the exterior surface of the patch member (154) and an inner surface of the bore (102).
Patent GB-2584318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to valves for fire suppression systems
Inventor: DAVID LAURENCE MELTON
IPC: A62C35/68
Filed: 2019-05-30
Abstract: A valve 100 comprises a housing 102 having a main inlet 104, a detection port 106 and an outlet 108. The inlet, detection port and outlet each provide a channel extending from an exterior of the valve into a hollow interior 110 defined in part by the housing. The inlet is arranged, in use, to be connected to a source of pressurised extinguishant fluid. The detection port is arranged, in use, to be in fluid communication with a fire detection system. Specifically, the detection port is arranged to be in communication with a length of fusible fire detection tubing 12. The valve has two valve parts 124, 130 which are relatively movable between first, second and third positions. In the first position, a face seal 138 prevents communication between the high-pressure chamber 114 and the low-pressure chamber 118, in the second position, the face seal 138 is in an unsealed position and allows communication between the high pressure chamber and the low pressure chamber, and in the third position, the face seal prevents communication between the high pressure chamber and the low pressure chamber.
Patent GB-2571876-A (GB)
Title: Lighting unit
Inventor: ROBERT TRUNDLE
IPC: F21Y115/10
Filed: 2017-11-16
Abstract: An LED lighting assembly(1)is provided comprising a cassette (2), a lens, a printed circuit board (6) having at least one LED light source mounted thereon wherein the lighting assembly comprises a collimator (12) provided between the LED light source and the lens, the collimator (12) comprising an optical cavity in the form of a linear mixing chamber and wherein the or each wall (14) of the mixing chamber comprises a reflective surface. A diffuse reflector film may be provided. The lens may comprise a lens assembly (40) which may be a focusing lens assembly. In some embodiments an LED lighting assembly is provided comprising a cassette(2), a lens, a printed circuit board(6)having at least one LED light source mounted thereon wherein the lighting assembly comprises a light output from the or each LED light source and wherein the light output is arranged to pass through a bevelled aperture (32).
Patent GB-2571685-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for processing input operand values
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER NEAL HINDS
IPC: G06F7/50
Filed: 2017-12-29
Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for processing input operand values. The apparatus has a set of vector data storage elements, each vector data storage element providing a plurality of sections for storing data values. A plurality of lanes are considered to be provided within the set of storage elements, where each lane comprises a corresponding section from each vector data storage element. Processing circuitry is arranged to perform an arithmetic operation on an input operand value comprising a plurality of portions, by performing an independent arithmetic operation on each of the plurality of portions, in order to produce a result value comprising a plurality of result portions. Storage circuitry is arranged to store the result value within a selected lane of the plurality of lanes, such that each result portion is stored in a different vector data storage element within the corresponding section for the selected lane. Such an approach allows efficient processing of input operand values in a manner that is not constrained by the size of the vector data storage elements, and in particular in a way that is vector length agnostic.
Patent GB-2579132-A (GB)
Title: A compaction compensation system
Inventor: ANTHONY KELLY
IPC: E01C19/48
Filed: 2016-10-07
Abstract: The system comprises a paving machine 1 for laying compactible paving material and having a height adjustable screed 5, a height adjustable sensor 17 for sensing the height of the screed relative to a reference 10, a screed height control system which automatically adjusts the screed height to lay varying thicknesses of material in response to the output of the sensor, and a mechanism for automatically adjusting the compaction compensation factor based on the thickness of the layer being laid down at a given point in time. The sensor may be attached to the screed by a height adjustable mounting 30, the system having a mechanism for automatically height adjusting the sensor relative to the screed by applying to the height adjustment a compaction compensating factor. The sensor may be maintained at a fixed height from the reference. The system may be adjustable to be pre-set for different compensating factors based on different expected compaction of different compactable paving material. The system may comprise a surface level detector 40 connected to the sensor by a lever 45, with the positions of the detector and sensor relative to the lever determining the compensating factor.
Patent GB-2592556-A (GB)
Title: Fault detection response in a robot arm
Inventor: IVAN CRONIN
IPC: G01R31/34
Filed: 2019-10-11
Abstract: A method of testing the motor of a robot arm, such as one used for surgery, to determine that the motor is operating precisely. The motor being a multi-phase motor, each phase having a winding and drive circuit for applying power from a power supply rail and applying drive signals to the winding. The method involving driving the motor to a state, connecting a first motor phase to power, driving a pulse width modulation signal through the drive circuit, then driving the motor to a known state, with the first phase disconnected from the power supply, driving PWM through the drive circuit, repeating such for each motor phase and during each step testing if the current from the power supply to the drive circuit exceeds a limit. Each motor phase may have load switches. Each drive circuit may have high side and low side transistors.
Patent GB-2576444-A (GB)
Title: Underground utilities enclosures
Inventor: IAN STEVENS
IPC: E02D29/14
Filed: 2018-04-05
Abstract: The present invention relates broadly to a communications network of underground utilities enclosures (10) comprising a plurality of underground utilities enclosures (12) arranged to remotely communicate with a remote computer (14) for monitoring the detected condition or state of each of the enclosures (12). The utilities enclosures are in the form of pit and pipe enclosures comprising a housing (22) together with an associated lid assembly (24). The lid assembly (24) comprises a lid (28) and one or more detectors (30) associated with the lid (28). The remote computer (14) communicates remotely with the pit and pipe enclosures (12) via the internet, World Wide Web, or cloud (private or public) generally depicted at (16) and referred to as a remote communications network. The remote communications network (16) is operatively coupled to local transceivers (18) which communicate with the pit and pipe enclosures (12) across a local communications pathway (19).
Patent GB-2590378-A (GB)
Title: Stretchable textile article
Inventor: L A D KRISHAN CHAMINDA WEERAWANSA
IPC: D03D15/56
Filed: 2019-12-12
Abstract: A stretchable textile article (20) comprises a plurality of discrete textile members (22,24), each textile member (22,24) extending between a first end (26) and a second end (28). The first ends (26) of the textile members (22,24) are joined together and the second ends (28) of the textile members (22,24) are joined together. Each textile member (22,24) includes a textile zone configured to have a variable stretch property in an orientation extending between the joined first ends (26) and the joined second ends (28).