baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2597325-A (GB)
Title: Switchgear with improved protection against water
Inventor: Thomas Gattringer
IPC: H02B1/56
Filed: 2020-07-20
Abstract: Switchgear 1a has a housing 2 with a top cover 3, wherein the top cover comprises a base cover 4, a substantially vertical first wall 5 and a roof 6. The base cover covers the interior of the housing and defines a first recess R1. The first wall extends upwards from the edge of the first recess and defines a plurality of second recesses R2. The roof extends over the first wall. The switchgear moreover comprises a frame 7a, which surrounds the roof and defines a third recess R3 in the top thereof, such that ventilation and cooling of the interior of the housing is provided by an air flow AF which passes through the first, second and third recesses. A first virtual line L1 between a first point P1 on the inner upper edge of the frame and a closest second point P2 on the lowest edge of the second recesses passes through the roof, such that water drops or water jets cannot directly reach the second recesses. The frame may be retrofitted to an existing switchgear housing to improve its ingress protection rating.
Patent GB-2597699-A (GB)
Title: Tool attachment, tool changer and corresponding method of use
Inventor: JON MORTIMER ROBERTSON
IPC: B63G8/00
Filed: 2020-07-30
Abstract: A tool attachment 200 for a robotic manipulator 100 comprises a housing 202, an input shaft 208 to be engaged by an end effector or gripper module 106 of the manipulator 100, an output shaft 210 and a tool 214 coupled to the output shaft 210. The housing 202 comprises means 206 such as a slot and a corresponding projection for preventing relative rotational movement between the housing 202 and a housing 102 of the manipulator 100. Upon engagement of the gripper module 106 with the input shaft 208, the tool attachment 200 is retained on the robotic manipulator 100, and rotation of the gripper module 106 rotates input shaft 208 and drives tool 214. A tool changer (500 fig. 5) includes a tooling basket (502 fig. 5) and a plurality of mounts (504 fig. 5) each releasably mounting a different tool attachment 200. The robotic manipulator 100 may form part of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) or an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
Patent GB-2588501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to paging in a multi-USIM user equipment
Inventor: Lalith Kumar
IPC: H04W68/00
Filed: 2020-08-05
Abstract: A multi-USIM user equipment (UE) which is active on a first network receives a paging request from a second network. The UE determines 202 if the paging request includes an indication, such as a paging cause, that it must service (‘heed’) the request. If the paging request does not include the indication, the UE may determine 203 if there are performance reasons not to accept the request. If so, it may further determine 204 whether the paging cause is prioritised, and drop the paging request 205 if not. The UE may then inform the second network that it will not service the request. If the UE is active on the first network as a result of a previous paging request which included the indication, subsequent requests from the second network may be dropped. The scheme allows a UE to drop or ignore paging messages without the need for the UE to first service the page. It may be used in a 5G New Radio telecommunications network.
Patent GB-2585522-A (GB)
Title: Self-powered, self-propelled compute grid with loop topology
Inventor: GARTH ALEXANDER SHELDON-COULSON
IPC: F03B15/14
Filed: 2019-01-16
Abstract: An energy-harvesting compute grid includes computing assemblies that cooperate with mobile energy harvesters configured to be deployed on a body of water. The plurality of energy harvesters are positioned on and move adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water, and the locations of the energy harvesters can be monitored and controlled. The widespread gathering by the harvesters of environmental data within that geospatial area permits the forecasting of environmental factors, the discovery of advantageous energy-harvesting opportunities, the observation and tracking of hazardous objects and conditions, the efficient distribution of data and/or tasks to and between the harvesters included in the compute grid, the efficient execution of logistical operations to support, upgrade, maintain, and repair the cluster, and the opportunity to execute data-gathering across an area much larger than that afforded by an individual harvester (e.g., radio astronomy, 3D tracking of and recording of the communication patterns of marine mammals, etc.). The computational tasks can be shared and distributed among a compute grid implemented in part by a collection of individual floating self-propelled energy harvesters thereby providing many benefits related to cost and efficiency that are unavailable to relatively isolated energy harvesters, and likewise unavailable to terrestrial compute grids of the prior art.
Patent GB-2598923-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods for variable tint glazing
Inventor: HASSAN RAZA
IPC: H04B15/02
Filed: 2020-09-18
Abstract: A control system 1106 and method of controlling a variable tint (VT) glazing system 1110 of a vehicle that is configured to: receive a frequency band signal indicative of a radio reception frequency 1102 of a radio receiver of the vehicle (e.g. in-vehicle radio for listening to AM/FM radio broadcasts); compare the radio reception frequency with an operating frequency 1104 of the VT glazing system to determine a frequency shift 1108 for the operating frequency in dependence on the comparison; and output a frequency shift signal 1108 indicative of the determined frequency shift to control the operating frequency of the VT glazing system 1110. This can avoid interference between the operating frequency and the radio reception frequency and reduce unwanted noise in audio output. The system may also receive the frequency band signal in dependence on receipt of user identification data that indicates a particular user is accessing the vehicle.
Patent GB-2598416-A (GB)
Title: Optimal sychronization control method for coupled fractional-order chaotic electromechanical device
Inventor: SHAOHUA LUO
IPC: G05B17/02
Filed: 2020-11-26
Abstract: An optimal synchronization control method for coupled fractional-order chaotic electromechanical devices and belongs to the field of automation. A synchronization model of a fractional-order electromechanical device with mutually coupled capacitance and resistance is built, and a phase diagram shows that dynamic behaviors thereof are closely related to physical parameters, coupling coefficients and fractional orders. In order to transfer a driven system from an original track to a track of a driving system, an optimal synchronization control method consisting of an adaptive feedforward controller and an optimal feedback controller is proposed. A feedforward controller for estimating unknown functions of a dynamic system is proposed under a framework combining a fractional-order backstepping method with a hierarchical type-2 fuzzy-neural network. Meanwhile, an adaptive dynamic planning method is proposed to solve a zero-sum differential game problem in an optimal feedback controller. According to the present invention, asymptotic stability of a closed-loop system is ensured, optimal synchronization is realized, and a cost function is minimized.
Patent GB-2601765-A (GB)
Title: A face mask
Inventor: JON FIDLER
IPC: A62B7/10
Filed: 2020-12-09
Abstract: A face mask 2 comprising a face mask portion 4, a cover portion (6) and hinge means 8 which hinges the cover portion 6 to the main mask portion 4 such that the cover portion 6 is movable between an open position and a closed position. A fastener means 10 releasably fastens the cover portion 6 in the closed position. Retainer means 14 retain the face mask 2 on a user's face 16. A filter 12 is positionable between the main mask portion 4 and the cover portion 6, whereby the filter 12 is replaceable when the cover portion 6 is moved to the open position.
Patent GB-2593072-A (GB)
Title: Gas insulation switchgear
Inventor: TOSHIHIRO MATSUNAGA
IPC: H02B1/56
Filed: 2018-11-12
Abstract: A gas insulation switchgear (1), in which are installed so as to be divided into respective compartments inside a housing (2):a main circuit compartment (10) in which a main circuit apparatus is accommodated and an insulating gas is sealed; a bus compartment (20) disposed above the main circuit compartment (10) and in which a bus (21) is accommodated; a cable compartment (30) disposed below the main circuit compartment (10) and in which a cable (31) is accommodated; a low voltage control compartment (45) disposed in front of the bus compartment (20) and in which at least a control apparatus is accommodated; and a pressure discharge duct (60) in which are opened pressure from the main circuit compartment (10) and pressure from the cable compartment (30), wherein a ventilation path is provided for introducing air from a front lower section of the main circuit compartment (10) directly or through the low voltage control compartment (45) in the direction of the main circuit compartment (10), and for discharging air from a front upper section of the main circuit compartment (10) through a side surface section of the main circuit compartment (10) directly or through the low voltage control compartment (45).
Patent GB-2592330-A (GB)
Title: Bioflavonoid compositions and their use for water purification and food preservation
Inventor: HOWARD THOMAS (DECEASED)
IPC: C02F1/50
Filed: 2019-10-18
Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and their use for preventing, eradicating or ameliorating infections.More particularly, the compositions comprise one or more flavonoids, such as naringin and neohesperidine and caprylic acid and/or polylysine. Such compositions can, for example, be employed for reducing or eliminating bacteria, fungi and other parasites from water, such as water intended for drinking or from food.
Patent GB-2593407-A (GB)
Title: Razor blade
Inventor: Christopher Darren Haley
IPC: B26B21/56
Filed: 2021-07-08
Abstract: A razor blade 1 comprises a metal foil sheet having a plurality of apertures 3, with cutting edges 4A, 4B within the apertures adjacent both surfaces 1A, 1B of the metal foil sheet. The razor blade is removably attached to the head portion of a razor so that either planar surface can provide a skin-engaging surface. In that way, when the cutting edges adjacent one planar surface become blunt after numerous uses, the blade can be reversed to expose a second set of sharp cutting edges. The metal is preferably stainless steel. The cutting edge adjacent each planar surface may be on only one lateral side of the aperture: preferably, one cutting edge is on the opposite lateral side to the other. The apertures may be rectangular.
Patent GB-2608812-A (GB)
Title: Horse shoeing former
Inventor: BEN BENSON
IPC: A01L15/00
Filed: 2021-07-12
Abstract: An arrangement 1 for providing a former for a horse’s hoof, the arrangement including a sheet being substantially planar and having a first face, the sheet being formed of a compressibly deformable material, the sheet being of a size adequate to accommodate a horse shoe 22; a layer of adhesive 8 disposed on the first face of the sheet, the layer of adhesive 8 being configured to releasably adhere to a horse shoe 22; and a removable element removably affixed to and covering the layer of adhesive 8, wherein when a force is applied to the sheet by way of a horse shoe 22, the sheet is configured to deform in a non-reversible way, so as to form a cavity 23 between the sheet and a horse’s foot 21. A method of use for the arrangement 1 is also included. The sheet may be formed from corrugated cardboard, configured to deform preferable plastically, and may be foldable away from the sheet plane to at least partially surround a horse’s hoof, the folding being aided by lines of weakness.
Patent GB-2596951-A (GB)
Title: Process for producing solid biomass fuel
Inventor: HONG MEI BAI
IPC: C10L5/44
Filed: 2019-08-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid biomass fuel made from agricultural waste which is a plant from the Pennisetum genus such as Pennisetum sinese Roxb, optionally mixed with rice husk, straw or corn cob, or yam mixed with rice husk, straw or corn cob. The fuel may have particular values for bulk density, mechanical durability and calorific value. Also provided is a solid biomass fuel produced by said process, a combustion process comprising combusting said solid biomass fuel so as to produce energy, and a pre-treatment process for pre-treating one or more sources of biomass for use in the production of a solid biomass fuel.
Patent GB-2601230-A (GB)
Title: Pop-up with lock mechanism
Inventor: JOSEPH BUCCO
IPC: G09F1/08
Filed: 2021-10-08
Abstract: A lock mechanism 10 that retains a pop-up structure 12 in an unfolded, 3D, erect configuration, comprising a main panel 16 that extends upwards from a base panel 14 into an internal cavity of the pop-up structure, a movable locking tab 18 that interlocks with the main panel, and one or more stopper mechanisms (20A, 20B, fig.4), preferably T-shaped, within the internal cavity of the pop-up structure to limit the movement of the locking tab. The lock mechanism may be accessed through an opening 22 in the base panel. The locking tab may move clockwise from a position parallel with the main panel when the pop-up structure is in a folded, 2D, collapsed configuration, to the locking position perpendicular to the main panel, and counterclockwise back to the collapsed position. The pop-up structure may comprise a greeting card in the form of a cylindrical tiered cake.
Patent GB-2611813-A (GB)
Title: Battery components and methods of assembly
Inventor: STEVE JONES
IPC: H01M10/6556
Filed: 2021-10-18
Abstract: A method of thermally coupling a group of cells 100 to a cooling plate 204 involves applying a layer of a liquid thermal interface material 206 to the cooling plate, for example using a fishtail nozzle. At least one dielectric spacer element 208, such as a dielectric mesh or dielectric beads, is provided within the thermal interface material and may be positioned on the cooling plate before or after applying the thermal interface material. A group of cells is then positioned in proximity to the cooling plate, such that the layer of thermal interface material is compressed against the group of cells. The dielectric spacer element maintains a gap (D, Fig 3C) between each of the cells in the group of cells and the cooling plate preventing the cells from coming into electrical contact with the cooling plate. In a battery module a group of cells is positioned in proximity to a cooling plate and are thermally coupled to the cooling plate by a layer of thermal interface material which contains a dielectric spacer element, for example a nylon scrim, fibreglass mesh or dielectric beads.
Patent GB-2615992-A (GB)
Title: Electrical power transformer and electrical power transformation system
Inventor: MATTHEW WILLIAMS
IPC: H01F27/38
Filed: 2022-01-25
Abstract: Three phase transformer 100 comprising for each phase (A,B,C): an upper core limb 11A-C having first and second ends, a lower core limb 10A-C having third and fourth ends, first coil assembly comprising first primary 20U and secondary 22U coils (windings), and a second coil assembly comprising second secondary coil 22L and control coil 24L . First primary coil and first secondary coil are wound concentrically around either upper or lower core limb. The second secondary coil and control coil are wound concentrically around the other of upper/lower core limb. First and second secondary coils are connected in series; first and second yoke portions 12,14 connected between respective first/fourth ends of upper/lower core limbs whilst at least one further transfer yoke portion 16 allows magnetic flux to flow between the two ends of the upper and the lower core limbs. The transformer may have a common shared transfer yoke 16 or two separate transfer yokes (206, 207 fig 5). A controller (figs 1, 9 bridge) is connected to control coils of each phase, to apply a voltage/current waveform to control energy transfer between first primary coils and first and second secondary coils and provide power-factor, reactive-power or harmonic correction. The invention also relates to a single phase transformer (fig 5) with similar limb, winding and yoke construction adapted for single-phase.
Patent GB-2609523-A (GB)
Title: A method for the in-situ protection of wooden structure ruins in Northwest China
Inventor: JING CAO
IPC: E02D31/06
Filed: 2022-03-29
Abstract: A method for the in-situ protection of wooden structure sites and cultural relics tightly connected to the site soil 1, and the method includes the following steps: Step 1) placing a plurality of groundwater dredging control pipes 3 in an outer contour where the wooden structure cultural relics are in contact with the site soil and earthen ruins environment; Step 2) Clean and remove the floating dust, microorganisms and surface pollutants on the wood structure cultural relics in the wood structure ruins and the soil surface of the ruins; Step 3) carrying out the in-situ reinforcement the site soil and the groundwater dredging control pipes before and after the in-situ reinforcement, so that the order of conductivity of fluids, after the in-situ reinforcement from largest to smallest is as follows: control pipes, the site soil, and wooden structure cultural relics.
Patent GB-2619530-A (GB)
Title: A flame effect device
Inventor: PAUL CHRISTOPHER BAIRD
IPC: F24C7/00
Filed: 2022-06-08
Abstract: A flame effect device 18 for a flame simulator apparatus of an electric fire 10 comprises a rotating spindle (20, Fig. 3) and a plurality of reflector supports (22a-22e, Fig. 3). The reflector supports comprise a support body (32, Fig. 4) with a reflector mounting portion (28, Fig. 4) on which a reflector (26, Fig. 4) is mounted. A mounting aperture (34, Fig. 4) engages with the spindle with each of the supports selectably positioned along a longitudinal axis of the spindle. The reflector mounting portion may have a major axis that is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the spindle. The reflector mounting portion may be a recess on an outer surface of the reflector support. A reflection portion (38a, Fig. 5) of one of the reflectors may be different to the reflection portion of other reflectors. The reflector supports may engage with the spindle by friction or they may be fastened to the spindle with a fastening element such as a washer, o-ring, screw, or glue. A method of assembly, a reflector support and a flame simulator apparatus are also claimed.
Patent GB-2606084-A (GB)
Title: Indwelling catheter, catheter introducer mating device and system comprising both
Inventor: DEREK HERRERA
IPC: A61M39/24
Filed: 2018-10-01
Abstract: A catheter system comprising a catheter (10, Fig.1) for being retained inside the body for extended periods; and a catheter mating device 1000 that can connect to the catheter to move the catheter inside, or remove it from, the body. The catheter comprises; a tube 12, having a wall 12a with an outer surface (12b, Fig.1) having a first cross-sectional area; a valve 100; and a retainer portion 20 between distal 18 and proximal (16, Fig.1) ends of the tube, the retainer portion 20 having a maximum cross-sectional area at least 1.5 times as great as a first cross sectional area of the tube; one or more sensors on or in the catheter; and one or more antennas, wherein the antennas are configures to transmit data received from one or more sensors. The catheter mating device 1000 has a stem 1150 with an apparatus 1172 at its distal end (1170, Fig.6), the apparatus 1172 being moveable between a first retracted position in which the apparatus is received in the proximal end (16, Fig.1) of the catheter, and a second expanded position in which the apparatus engages the proximal end of the catheter.
Patent GB-2605538-A (GB)
Title: Compositions and methods for delivery of RNA
Inventor: AMIT KHANDHAR
IPC: A61P31/14
Filed: 2021-02-22
Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising; RNA molecules encoding for a RNA polymerase complex region from an RNA virus and a protein antigen and lipid nanoparticles, characterised as having a z-average diameter particle size of 20 – 80 nm, the nanoparticles comprise a surface comprising cationic lipids and a hydrophobic core, the hydrophobic core comprises liquid oil, wherein lipids present are in a liquid phase at 25˚C and the RNA molecules are complexed to the cationic lipids to form RNA molecules-lipid nanoparticle complexes. Optionally the protein antigen is derived from a RNA virus such as, HIV, a coronavirus e.g. MERS, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) or Zika virus. Alternatively the antigen is derived from cancer or a bacterium. The composition further comprises a hydrophobic surfactant selected from sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan monooleate or sorbitan trioleate and hydrophilic surfactant comprising polyethylene oxide or polysorbate. The cationic lipid preferably comprises DOTAP. The hydrophobic core can comprise a solid inorganic nanoparticle, selected from metal salts, metal oxides, metal hydroxides or metal phosphates. The liquid oil comprises vegetable, animal or synthetic oil. Methods of using these particles for treatment and vaccination are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2606663-A (GB)
Title: Using Daphnia for bioremediation
Inventor: KARL DAVID DEARN
IPC: C02F103/34
Filed: 2020-12-09
Abstract: There is disclosed a method of improving water quality, the method comprising adding a pool of isolated Daphnia to a body of water such that the pool of isolated Daphnia is exposed to one or more contaminants which may be in the water. The pool of isolated Daphnia comprise Daphnia which have been resurrected from dormant Daphnia. The pool of isolated Daphnia are allowed to filter from the body of water at least a portion of said one or more contaminants to reduce the level of the one or more contaminants in the body of water. After a period of time, at least a portion of the Daphnia containing said one or more contaminants are removed from the body of water, thereby improving the water quality of the body of water.
Patent GB-2606967-A (GB)
Title: A modular mobile field-deployable laboratory for rapid, on-site detection and analysis of biological targets
Inventor: JONATHAN L JACOBS
IPC: B01L9/02
Filed: 2019-11-08
Abstract: A mobile field-deployable laboratory for detecting and analysing biological targets at the point of need comprises a footlocker configuration with first and second hinged shell sections 132 & 134 forming a closable case; and a workbench 144 storable within the case and extendable out of the case to a deployed position when the case is in an open position. The workbench 144 includes at least one leg to support the workbench in the extended and deployed position. When the case is in a closed configuration the workbench 144 is at least partly received in the second section 134. The lab includes a battery 142 wired to a power strip (208, figure 28) including a plurality of power outlets (210-216) positioned within a cavity of the first section 132. The lab enables field operators to go from sample to actionable information in the field without the need for an internet connection or grid-based power. Also disclosed is a mobile field-deployable laboratory including a computer monitor (192, figure 28) housing a CPU unit and a modem.