baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2432308-A (GB)
Title: Quick release unit for a fork assembly of a stroller
Inventor: CHEN SHUN-MIN
IPC: B62B7/06
Filed: 2006-11-22
Abstract: A quick release device for the removal of a fork assembly (Fig 4 item 33) from a frame of a stroller(Fig 4 item 3) includes a fork tube (Fig 4 item 311) upon which is mounted a wheel (Fig 4 item 33). The quick release unit includes a base 51 disposed fixedly on a connecting seat 41, and a movable plate member 52, located between guide rails 511,is slidably disposed on the base and operable to allow for removal of the fork assembly from the quick release unit. A necked portion 313 of the fork extends through the connecting seat, the frame and the base unit. The movable plate member has a shaped hole 524. In one position, (Fig 11), the hole aligns to allow removal of said fork and wheel assembly, in a second position, (Fig 10), the plate member engages the neck to retain the fork in position. A cover or housing 6 may surround the quick release means, a push button 521 may be located in the cover and may act on the end of the movable plate. Note that the stroller may also be fitted with a means to limit, or block, the swiveling of the fork assembly and front wheel so that the wheel is locked in a fixed position with respect to the stroller frame (Figs 8 and 9). The swivel limiting means shares some common parts with the quick release means.
Patent GB-2444988-A (GB)
Title: An audio amplifier operable to drive either headphones or a line output
Inventor: LESSO JOHN PAUL
IPC: H02M3/07
Filed: 2006-12-22
Abstract: An audio amplifier uses the same circuit to drive either low impedance loads such as headphones with 32 Ohms impedance (fig. 1a) or high impedance loads such as the input impedance of an external amplifier with 10 KOhms impedance (figs. 1b or 1c). A dual mode charge pump 10 provides lower supply voltages when the loads have low impedance. Separate amplifiers for high and low impedance loads are thus not required. The mode of operation is determined by control circuit 24. The user may select the mode by use of a switch or menu option, or by setting the volume control to full scale to select a line output. Alternatively, the load impedance or output current may be sensed, or a headphone jack socket may be distinguished from a docking station. A signal indicating docking may also control the mode. The amplifier may be disabled when a headphone is attached and volume is set to full scale. Alternatively, the amplifier output impedance may be increased in high impedance mode.
Patent GB-2434680-A (GB)
Title: Document generation system using standard document content in different ways
Inventor: VASEY PHILIP EDGAR
IPC: G06F17/22
Filed: 2007-01-30
Abstract: A master document used to generated customised documents in a document generation system references a file, e.g. a clause file, containing standard document content, e.g. standard clauses, for inclusion in a customised document. Rules defined in the master document operate on input information (e.g. input through a web-based dynamic questionnaire) to determine the form of document content to be included. The document content in the referenced file (9) is associated with a standard document element, which is substituted with a specific rule (usage statement) from a master document (11) when the content is included. The master document is used to generate a dynamic questionnaire (13), through which a user can input information to enable the creation of a customised document. Thus a standard clause, referenced by more than one master document, can be included in a customised document (15) according to rules specific to a particular master document and input information. In this way, different master documents can apply different conditions in the selection of the standard clause.
Patent GB-2435235-A (GB)
Title: Waterproof air cooling system for power tool
Inventor: CHEN YASHENG
IPC: H02K7/14
Filed: 2007-02-09
Abstract: A power tool air cooling system comprises a fan, an air inlet (1, fig. 1) and an air outlet (2, fig. 1), wherein one of the air inlet (1, fig. 1) and air outlet (2, fig 1) incorporates a waterproof filter 9 and the other incorporates an air-guiding plate 5 and an air-guiding cover 6 which together define a ventilation passage therebetween. Ends of the air-guiding plate 5 and cover 6 are curved and thus the open end of the ventilation passage is bent. Water, such as that used for cooling the cutting tool, is prevented from entering the power tool and reaching its motor through the filter 9 and also through the ventilation passage as a consequence of the bend therein. The figures show an electric circular saw comprising the air cooling system, with the waterproof filter 9 in the air inlet (1, fig. 1) and the bent ventilation passage at the air outlet (2, fig. 1).
Patent GB-2447604-A (GB)
Title: Fryer
Inventor: STILL KEVIN ROBERT
IPC: A47J37/12
Filed: 2007-03-23
Abstract: A fryer comprises a main body defining an open topped vessel having a front wall, a pair of opposite side walls (4, 6), a rear wall 5 and a bottom wall 7. A burner unit (8) is mounted beneath the bottom wall such that a combustion space 12 is provided between the burner unit and the bottom wall. A plurality of passages are 16, 17, 18, 19 formed along the side walls and the rear walls such that exhaust gasses are conducted from the combustion space along at least two passes of each of the side walls and the rear wall of the vessel whereby heat is extracted from the exhaust gasses to heat a cooking medium contained in the vessel.
Patent GB-2450506-A (GB)
Title: Reduction of greenhouse gas emmission
Inventor: MACBETH JAMES
IPC: A01K1/00
Filed: 2007-06-26
Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing methane emissions derived directly from housed livestock. Methane produced by the animals is extracted from the housing and is subsequently decomposed. The methane can be stored prior to decomposition. The extraction system includes an inlet passage 2 which includes a funnel 2a arrangement which causes the methane gas to be drawn efficiently into the apparatus. A fan 7 is provided to draw in the gas present within the airspace of the housing, toward the flue passage 8. The flue passage comprises a one-way valve 9 and extends into a chamber 10. The chamber has an exit pathway 11 which is in communication with the animal housing exterior. In one arrangement, the apparatus comprises a chamber in which combustion takes place. Alternatively, a bed or surface of oxidising salts are installed in the chamber. An oxidising plate is supported centrally within the chamber. In a further alternative, the chamber is an air-tight bioremediation chamber which houses a number of vertical culture beds containing methanotrophic bacteria, e.g. Methylosinus trichosporium. The base of the chamber includes a shallow declining surface leading to a drain for the release of liquid reaction products.
Patent GB-2450918-A (GB)
Title: Wireline Standoff
Inventor: WHEATER GUY
IPC: E21B17/10
Filed: 2007-07-12
Abstract: The wireline standoff 1 reduces wireline 2 sticking and key-seating. The wireline standoff comprises two finned half shells that clamp on the wireline with an internal safety brake that resists slippage during use. The wireline standoff ameliorates the effects of differential sticking and key-seating of the wireline by eliminating direct contact of the wireline to the borehole wall. In practice, an array of wireline standoffs are clamped onto the wireline to cover the open hole section being logged, resulting in a lower borehole contact area, lower applied pressure against the borehole wall, and lower rolling resistance when conveying the logging tools in or out of the hole. The brake may comprise two opposing cams 14 which grip the wireline 2.
Patent GB-2441410-A (GB)
Title: Time multiplexed space switch which translates a single wavelength data pulse sequence into a sequence of multi-wavelength pulses
Inventor: ZARRIS GEORGE
IPC: H04Q11/06
Filed: 2007-08-09
Abstract: The present invention provides, or finds application in, an optical time multiplexed space switch. Central to the invention is the idea of "translating" an input data pulse sequence 40 into a multi-wavelength pulse sequence and steering the resulting pulse sequence through wavelength selective structures such as demultiplexers 44 and multiplexers 48. In some embodiments time-slot interchanging is provided by passing demultiplexed components of the translated pulse sequence through delay lines of different lengths 46. In an alternative embodiment (Fig. 5) the invention is applied in a tributary space switch with multiple data inputs and multiple data outputs. In this case the pulses applied to a particular input are distributed across a plurality of outputs and each output contains pulses which originated from a plurality of different inputs. Another embodiment uses cyclic wavelength routing of arrayed waveguide gratings. The multi-wavelength pulse sequence may be generated by passing the output of a single pulsed laser 22 trough a WDM multiplexer 24 and through delay means 30. In one embodiment a switch 28 is provided to permit permuting of the sequence, and blocking of unwanted wavelengths.
Patent GB-2441645-A (GB)
Title: Receiving and positioning a read/write head to a disk in a test apparatus
Inventor: WARN IAN STANLEY
IPC: G11B5/455
Filed: 2007-09-04
Abstract: Apparatus for receiving and positioning a read/write head 100 to a disk (5) in a test apparatus has a deck (2) and a spindle (4) on the deck (2) and on which a disk (5) can be mounted for rotation of the disk (5). A gripper (20) is provided for holding a head 100 during testing, the gripper (20) being movable over a surface of the deck (2). A coarse 40 or fine precisor 50 receives a head 100 and accurately aligns the head 100, the precisor 50 being movable over a surface of the deck (2). A pick (6) is operable to pick up and place down a head 100. The precisor 50 is movable to a position where the pick (6) can pick up a head 100 from the precisor 50 and place down a head 100 on the precisor 50. The gripper (20) is movable to a position where the pick can pick up a head 100 from the gripper (20) and place down a head 100 on the gripper (20). The precisor and the gripper are mounted on the puck (25) which can be X-Y positioned. With this arrangement the pick can stay stationary and existing spin stand puck (25) can be used to move the precisor and gripper in turn under the pick.
Patent GB-2457953-A (GB)
Title: Transmitter of a system for detecting a buried conductor
Inventor: ROYLE JOHN MARK
IPC: G01R29/08
Filed: 2008-02-29
Abstract: A system for detecting a buried conductor comprises a transmitter for generating a test signal in the buried conductor and a detector for detecting an electromagnetic signal resulting from the test signal flowing in the buried conductor. The transmitter comprises a waveform generator 41 for generating a drive waveform signal 47, a power supply 43, an amplifier 45,51 connected to the power supply and the waveform generator 41 for producing an output drive signal based on the drive waveform signal 47 and an output circuit 33 for acting on the output drive signal to generate an output signal having a current and a voltage. In-phase and quadrature components of the current and voltage of the output signal are used as feedback for controlling the amplifier 45,51.
Patent GB-2458268-A (GB)
Title: Discrete sacrifical anode assembly
Inventor: DAVISON NIGEL
IPC: C23F13/10
Filed: 2008-03-10
Abstract: A method of use of a sacrificial anode to protect steel in concrete is described. A shallow cavity 1 in the concrete surface 2 is provided and partially filled with a backfill composition 3; the sacrificial anode 4 is then inserted into the backfill 3 and further covered with more backfill 3. The cavity 1 is next covered with a tape 5 that extends over the adjacent concrete surfaces 2 on opposite sides of the sacrificial anode 4 and backfill, and the tape 5 is then attached to the concrete surface 2 with the adhesive. The anode 4 may be connected to a titanium wire 6 to form an impressed current connection. The backfill 3 may also be located on the concrete surface 2, with the anode 4 superimposed: tape 5 and adhesive is then used to ensure that the anode 4 and backfill 3 are attached to the concrete surface 2. A water repellent primer coating may also be applied prior to adhering the tape 5.
Patent GB-2458306-A (GB)
Title: Supporting a bucket on an inclined surface
Inventor: FULLER DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: B44D3/14
Filed: 2008-03-14
Abstract: Apparatus for holding a receptacle (40) level on an inclined surface such as a roof comprises an inner ring (10) for holding the receptacle, that ring being pivotally mounted at 14 inside an outer ring (20) which is mounted on legs (11, 12, 13) of different lengths. The legs are preferably connected to a base frame (30) and the inner ring (10), the outer ring (20) and the base frame (30) preferably being substantially circular in form. The base frame may be covered by resilient material (32) such as cellular or foamed plastics. Three legs are preferable, two (11, 12) of substantially equal length and the third leg (13) shorter than these two. The outer ring (20) may consist of or be provided with magnetic material to which tools (51, 52) of steel may be attached. The receptacle (40) may be a bucket or the like for materials such as grout, paint, adhesive, nails and tools.
Patent GB-2449775-A (GB)
Title: Electric hair dryer
Inventor: LEE KI HWAI
IPC: A45D20/04
Filed: 2006-11-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to a functional hair dryer which sufficiently utilizes heat emitted by a heater, such as a heater lamp, thus improving thermal efficiency and eliminating harm occurring during the use of the hair dryer, and which prevents damage, such as the bursting of the heater, thus extending the lifespan of the hair dryer. The functional hair dryer of the present invention includes a main body (10) of the hair dryer having an air outlet (12) formed on a front thereof, and a heater (20) included in the main body (10), a blower being disposed behind the heater (20). The heater (20) includes a center connection portion (22), and a pair of inclined extension portions (24), which extend from both ends of the connection portion (22) to be inclined while extending away from each other toward front ends of the inclined extension portions (24).
Patent GB-2461874-A (GB)
Title: Separation system and method
Inventor: SARSHAR MIR MAHMOOD
IPC: B04C3/04
Filed: 2008-07-14
Abstract: An apparatus for separating a fluid mixture includes a uniaxial cyclonic separator 2 having a separation chamber 18 for separating the fluid mixture by cyclonic action into a first fluid and a second fluid. An inlet 16 is located at a first end of the separation chamber 18 for receiving a fluid mixture, while a first outlet 22 for the first fluid and a second outlet 26 for the second fluid are located at a second end of the separation chamber 18. A gas injection means 12 is provided for injecting a gas into the fluid mixture to aid separation within the separation chamber 18. The gas injection may also be through an annular chamber surrounding the separator chamber 18. The gas in this case is introduced through a porous medium (130, fig 4) via a gas supply line (136, fig 4). The arrangement is particularly useful in separating oil from water and further cyclone chambers may be arranged in series to further refine the first and second fluids.
Patent GB-2466428-A (GB)
Title: Viewing apparatus for a vehicle
Inventor: MATSUMIYA JAMES AKIRA
IPC: B60R1/12
Filed: 2008-12-16
Abstract: A viewing apparatus for a vehicle comprises a housing 21 and a mirror 23 supported in the housing, wherein a surface of the housing, which surface is, in use, forwardly facing, includes a plurality of apertures 30, and wherein the apparatus includes a light source 40 positioned inside the housing which transmits light through the apertures. The apertures 30 may be elongate or circular and can be in rows or columns, and each aperture can receive a lens 31. The light source 40 can be configured as an indicator 25.
Patent GB-2463535-A (GB)
Title: Installation of software code using an out of band connection to a virtual device
Inventor: MITTAPALLI BALAJI
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2007-12-21
Abstract: A method and system for installing software code from a remote management station (RMS) (320) on a remote information handling system (RIHS) (330) having a management access controller (MAC) (332) is provided. The RIHS is initiated using a virtual media device (338) operable to emulate a physical media device (306) having at least one boot file. On booting the RIHS a network share installation file comprising network share information (348) is transferred to the RIHS via a first out of band network connection of the MAC for installation (344). Software code (120) is then loaded from the specified network share (348) to the RIHS via second connection (122) which may be a network port of the RIHS (110). The emulated physical device may have USB interface. Communications between the MAC and the RIHS may also be over a USB bus (342).
Patent GB-2454399-A (GB)
Title: Cellular system, its carrier allocation method, base station, and mobile station
Inventor: HAMABE KOJIRO
IPC: H04W16/12
Filed: 2007-07-13
Abstract: The number of carriers used inside and outside a cell is optimized, and the use efficiency of the carriers is enhanced. A carrier allocation method for allocating carriers in a cellular system which comprises a wireless network composed of at least base stations and mobile stations and in which carriers can be used for communication between a base station and a mobile station is provided. In the method, the wireless network performs the following operations. The carriers are divided into a first carrier and a second.
Patent GB-2460926-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic coupling with smooth bore poppet valve
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT E III
IPC: F16L29/00
Filed: 2009-06-04
Abstract: Male and/or female members of a hydraulic coupling have an internal poppet valve that is held in the closed position by a flat wire, helical compression spring. The spring is configured such that when the poppet valve is moved to its fully open position, the coils of the spring are completely compressed thereby forming a substantially smooth bore tube for the flow of hydraulic fluid. The flat wire, helical compression spring may also act as a valve stop, limiting movement of the poppet valve and providing the necessary resistance to move the valve actuator of a corresponding valve in a mating member.
Patent GB-2472642-A (GB)
Title: Windscreen wiper unit having two wiper blades with water dispensing conduit in between
Inventor: DUKE MERVYN
IPC: B60S1/52
Filed: 2009-08-14
Abstract: A windscreen wiper unit 2 comprises a support arm 4 and two wiper blades 24 spaced from each other, and wherein a conduit 12 for dispensing water has apertures 14 located in between the two blades. The support arm may support the first and second wiper blades, or may comprise first and second arm portions 22 to support said blades. The two wiper blades may be pivotally attached to the respective support arm portions. The wiper blades 24 are preferably parallel to each other, and move across the screen surface in an arc in use. Alternatively, a linear type wiper arrangement is envisaged (see figure 3). The conduit for dispensing the water is preferably mounted on the interior of the support arm, but may be located on the exterior instead. The windscreen twin-wiper assembly is preferably used to clean the windshield of a vehicle, and the conduit may dispense a cleaning fluid.
Patent GB-2474025-A (GB)
Title: Reducing the sensitivity of the alert system of a mobile hydrogen storage system during refueling to reduce false alarms
Inventor: MUELLER BERNHARD
IPC: F17C13/02
Filed: 2009-09-30
Abstract: The alert system of a mobile hydrogen storage system (Fig. 1, 12) — e.g. in a gas- or fuel cell-powered vehicle — comprises a central processing unit (Fig. 1, 20) connected to at least one hydrogen sensor (Fig. 1, 16, 18) which generates a signal when the hydrogen concentration near the sensor exceeds a predefined threshold (i.e. indicating a leak). The alarm threshold is raised, effectively deactivating the sensor, during refuelling (at least) to prevent false alarms. The system may be switched autonomously between a `refuel mode' in which the sensor is disregarded and a `default mode' in which signals from it are processed. `Refuel mode' may for example be triggered by insertion of a hydrogen supply nozzle into the supply unit.
Patent GB-2475322-A (GB)
Title: Variable torque rate test joint
Inventor: DUFFIN ADRIAN JAMES
IPC: B25B23/14
Filed: 2009-11-17
Abstract: In a variable torque rate test joint, screw-threaded first and second elements 1,4 are rotated relative to one another by a tool under test. At least one spring beam 8 is cantilevered over a pivot point 10 to exert an axial force between the first and second elements; the torque rate of the test joint is variable by moving the pivot point. The first element may be a shaft 1 that is fixed during testing and the second element may be a nut 4 rotatably mounted on the shaft. One of the first and second elements 1,4 may be held stationary during the test by being mounted in a hub 18 that is locked during the test but can be rotated at the end of the test to reset the test joint. The shaft 1 may have an inbuilt torque sensor 14 which may contain strain gauges. The spring beam 8 may carry a strain gauge 11 to give a measure of clamping force in the test joint. Measurements may be made of the torque and the rotation angle to derive an actual torque rate of the joint, which allows correction of errors by moving the pivot point.
Patent GB-2465476-A (GB)
Title: Optimizing inventory policy parameters
Inventor: SURENDRA SHIPRA
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2009-11-18
Abstract: A system, method and software are disclosed for root cause analysis and early warning of inventory problems. The system includes a server coupled with a database. The server accesses data describing inventory policy parameters of a supply chain network, data describing one or more demand patterns and one or more replenishment patterns of the supply chain network, and data describing the supply chain network. The supply chain network comprises a plurality of entities, each entity configured to supply one or more items to satisfy a demand. The server is further configured to optimize 206 the inventory policy parameters according to the one or more demand patterns 202 and the one or more replenishment patterns 204 and store the optimized inventory policy parameters in the database for each of the one or more items.
Patent GB-2466379-A (GB)
Title: Protein stabilizers
Inventor: INOUYE SATOSHI
IPC: C07K1/12
Filed: 2009-12-17
Abstract: A protein stabilizer comprising a peptide obtained by hydrolyzing collagen or gelatin from a fish. The average molecular weight of the peptide is in a range of 500-3000. Also claimed is a composition comprising the stabilizer together with a protein, for example a calcium-binding photoprotein such as aequorin or obelin.