baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2415201-A (GB)
Title: Enhanced LPG Recovery Process
Inventor: AL-MOSA HATEM M
IPC: F25J3/02
Filed: 2004-05-26
Abstract: A process for the recovery of propane and heavier hydrocarbons from a feed stream of raw natural gas, which comprises providing <SL> <LI>(A) a separator operating to produce a gas stream rich in methane and a liquid stream; <LI>(B) a liquid petroleum gas recovery column operating at a temperature lower than the temperature of separator(A) and at a pressure lower than the pressure of separator(A) to produce a gas stream rich in methane and a liquid stream; and <LI>(C) a deethaniser column operating at a pressure lower than the pressure of the liquid petroleum gas recovery column(B) to produce a gas stream rich in ethane and a liquid stream rich in propane and heavier hydrocarbons; and carrying out the following steps: <SL> <LI>(i) supplying a feed stream of cooled liquid petroleum gas to separator(A); <LI>(ii) passing at least part of the liquid stream from separator(A) to the deethaniser column(C); <LI>(iii) passing at least part of the gas stream from separator(A) to the liquid petroleum gas recovery column(B); <LI>(iv) passing at least part of the liquid stream from the liquid petroleum gas recovery column(B) to the deethaniser column(C); <LI>(v) passing at least part of the partially condensed gas stream from the deethaniser column(C) to the liquid petroleum gas recovery column(B); <LI>(vi) discharging or collecting the exit gas stream(s) from the process; and <LI>(vii) collecting the liquids stream from the deethaniser column(C). </SL> </SL>
Patent GB-2398730-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for locating a refuse bin
Inventor: WILDING JOHN
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2002-12-13
Abstract: Refuse bins, especially wheeled bins but without limitation to same, are prone to being blown away. Accordingly, the present invention proposes apparatus comprising a first member (5,5') adapted for securing to a wall, and a second member (9,9') co-operable with the first member. The apparatus provides aperturing (11,11') to receive in use a handle of a refuse bin to hold the bin captive with respect to the apparatus in a first position of the second member, and to allow the refuse bin to be released in a second position of the second member. The second member is selectively locatable with respect to the first member by latching means (35) and in one embodiment the second member is hingedly connected to the first member which comprises a pair of spaced apart forward facing members having forward facing aperturing carried by a common backplate (3'). The second member is L-shaped.
Patent GB-2404813-A (GB)
Title: Volume control of loudspeaker
Inventor: KEITHLEY DOUGLAS GENE
IPC: H03G3/10
Filed: 2004-07-16
Abstract: An integrated circuit <B>60</B> comprises a square wave audio signal generator <B>22</B>, a counter <B>62</B> which counts from zero to a predetermined number, a register <B>64</B> which holds a volume control value, a comparator <B>66</B> connected to the counter and the register which compares the count with the volume control and produce a modulation signal <B>67</B>, and an AND gate <B>68</B> connected to square wave audio signal generator which combines it with the modulation signal. An apparatus comprising such an integrated circuit generates a modulated audio frequency square wave signal and an amplifier subsystem <B>80</B> connected to the integrated circuit filters the modulated square wave signal and amplifies the filtered audio signal. By adjusting the volume control value, the widths of the pulses, thus the volume of the produced sound can be controlled.
Patent GB-2407668-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for archiving and retrieving a markup language data stream
Inventor: PEPPER MARTIN
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2004-10-18
Abstract: A method, system, and program product for the archiving of a markup language document such as XML. The method includes the steps of: identifying at least one referenced resource in the document; determining if the at least one identified referenced resource is stored in a storage device; and in response to an unsuccessful determining step, storing the at least one identified referenced resource in the storage device. The referenced resources may be style sheets, data type definitions or images. If the referenced resource is already stored in the archive, the resource is not stored again.
Patent GB-2419372-A (GB)
Title: A scaffolding tie
Inventor: WILLIS ALUN
IPC: E04G5/04
Filed: 2004-10-21
Abstract: A scaffolding tie comprises a threaded bar A which is screwed into a threaded insert F set into the wall which is to support the scaffold structure. A boss (B, fig. 1), which supports a scaffold coupling G, is adjusted along the length of the threaded bar to a position which is required to support the ledger H. Once in position the boss is secured by a locknut D. The boss is fitted with a shoulder (C)to secure the scaffold coupling, preventing it from slipping off the tie assembly.
Patent GB-2420430-A (GB)
Title: Fast developing and testing of communication protocol software
Inventor: YAO YU-TING
IPC: H04L12/26
Filed: 2004-12-29
Abstract: A system for developing and testing communication protocol software comprises modules 11 each including one or more executives 111 each for performing a predetermined task or thread and including at least one component 112; at least one message handler 113 each served as an interface of the corresponding component; a message queue 114 for storing messages sent from each component; a component table 115 for containing the components and their corresponding message handlers; and a message dispatcher 116 for dispatching messages in the message queue to a destined component via the message handler based on the component table; and a message routing table 13 for containing the components and their corresponding message queues. Each component can send a message to the message queue based on the message routing table prior to sending to the destination component for processing. A test agent 21 and a message queue 22 receive test messages from an external source and send them to the component for processing. The test agent modifies the message routing table 13 to enable the processed message to send back to itself.
Patent GB-2422701-A (GB)
Title: Document layout system
Inventor: BALINSKY HELEN
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2005-01-31
Abstract: A method of laying out a plurality of content-items on an electronically stored document, in particular a customized printed document e.g. a brochure or catalogue, or alternatively an email, Web page etc. The content-items may be photographs, drawings, charts, graphs, or passages of text. Firstly, fixed content-items (e.g. company logo, agency/agent contact details), which need to be placed at predetermined locations within the document, are positioned in the document area. One or more lines are then generated within the remaining area, to generate a plurality of cells into each of which one or more content-items may be placed, or they may be combined such that a plurality of cells provide a single container for placing one or more content-items. A set of sub-areas (cells or containers) are thus created, and it is assessed (subject to various considerations) whether the set is a suitable solution to laying out the remaining content-items on the document. Different sets of sub-areas are considered until a suitable layout has been achieved.
Patent GB-2412159-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle headlamp unit with elliptical lens and conical reflector surrounding a light emitting chip
Inventor: KOMATSU MOTOHIRO
IPC: F21V5/00
Filed: 2005-03-14
Abstract: A headlamp unit comprises a lens 14, a reflecting portion 16 and a bulb 12. The lens 14 in the form of a rotating ellipse and has a rear face 14b which passes through a focal point of the ellipse. The reflecting portion 16 can be frustoconical and may have planar base parts 16a projecting an asymmetric light beam; in one embodiment (fig 9) the reflecting portion is a lens with internal reflection. The bulb 12 can be a resin sealed light emitting chip.
Patent GB-2414436-A (GB)
Title: Method of making wedging chocks
Inventor: PRIMARD GUILLAUME
IPC: B27B13/10
Filed: 2005-05-03
Abstract: A method of making wedging chocks comprises the steps of making a model 3 having a longitudinal edge corresponding to the desired profile of the wedging chocks, and providing cubic wooden workpieces 6. The model is secured to a support 18, and a wooden workpiece is secured to a mobile table 14. The wooden workpiece is moved along a path determined by the model through a bandsaw 8. The table is then returned and the chock is ejected. The wedging chocks produced by this method may be formed from a single piece of material, and may be used for wedging pipes.
Patent GB-2427967-A (GB)
Title: CPU cooling system
Inventor: SHARAF NABEEL YASSIN
IPC: H05K7/20
Filed: 2005-07-02
Abstract: A CPU cooling system comprises a reservoir 12, a liquid 1, a pump 3 and a water block 2. The reservoir comprises an isolator 6 so that the hot liquid 4 does not mix directly with the cooler liquid 5 at the bottom of the reservoir. The reservoir is made of aluminium and is cooled by a copper heat coil 9, which is connected to a compressor 7. The compressor is cooled by a heat coil assembly and fan 10. The system is located in a computer (Fig 1) having a display 22, which may be used for over-clocking.
Patent GB-2428329-A (GB)
Title: Interactive switching between different versions of the same audiovisual event or production
Inventor: REID KENDALL
IPC: G11B27/034
Filed: 2005-07-09
Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a media product, such as a DVD product, storing different versions of the same event (e.g. POP VIDEO, LIVE 1, LIVE 2) and to an interactive on-screen menu operable during playback of one of the different versions (e.g. POP VIDEO) to switch to an equivalent playback position in one of the other versions (e.g. LIVE 2). The menu can be arranged to appear overlaid on the first version, and can be controlled by a user, without otherwise interrupting playback of that version, and the different versions do not need to have the same duration to facilitate switching between equivalent playback positions. The arrows in fig. 4 show potential transitions between the POP VIDEO, LIVE 1, LIVE 2. Each clip has the same number of transition points and are contextually synchronized but may not be temporally synchronized.
Patent GB-2425909-A (GB)
Title: Video stream modification to defeat detection of advertisements
Inventor: LIENHART RAINER
IPC: H04N5/76
Filed: 2005-07-22
Abstract: A method and system for preventing automatic detection of advertisements in a video stream is presented. Video streams are modified such that features or statistical parameters characterising the presence of an advertisement cannot be automatically recognized. The video stream may be modified such that a fingerprint derived from the video stream cannot be matched against fingerprints of known video segments in a database. The modification of the video stream may comprise varying the action content, colour histogram or colour coherence, or varying the presence of monochrome frames or scene breaks. The video stream surrounding the advertisement may be modified to increase the similarity between the video stream and the advertisement.
Patent GB-2418134-A (GB)
Title: A scoop and a sheath for its storage
Inventor: OMDOLL PAUL A
IPC: A47F13/08
Filed: 2005-09-21
Abstract: The present invention comprises a scoop 10 having an angled or tapered front shovel portion 12, a shaped back support 14, an angled handle 18 attached to the back support and a hand guard 22. A sheath to hold the scoop when not in use is also preferably provided, Figures 9 to 11 and 15. The back support 14 is higher than the sides of the scoop and may include a step 16. The handle 18 is connected to the back support 14 near the vertical centre of gravity of the filled scoop, and an obtuse angle as measured from the bottom of the scoop.
Patent GB-2422411-A (GB)
Title: Fluidic terminal
Inventor: DOURDEVILLE THEODORE
IPC: G01N30/60
Filed: 2004-08-06
Abstract: The invention comprises a terminal and a method for making such a terminal for placing one or more fluidic conduits in communication. The invention comprises a conduit for transporting fluid having a proximal and a distal end and a substantially cylindrical housing with an axial bore and a proximal face, the proximal end of the conduit being housed within the axial bore with their axes parallel, and the bore being back-filled with a thermoplastic polymer, most preferably PEEK, liquefied and cooled providing for the conduit to breach the sealing face and the thermoplastic to bond the conduit and housing.
Patent GB-2427212-A (GB)
Title: Expandable tubular
Inventor: SHUSTER MARK
IPC: E21B17/04
Filed: 2004-09-07
Abstract: A system for reducing the coefficient of friction between an expansion device (20) and a tubular member (14).
Patent GB-2420594-A (GB)
Title: Pressure vessel assembly for integrated pressurized fluid system
Inventor: ROSE KENRIC B
IPC: F15B1/02
Filed: 2004-09-22
Abstract: A pressure vessel assembly for a pressurized fluid system, comprises an enclosed outer casing, at least one internal tube extending within the casing, at least one fluid accumulator disposed within the at least one internal tube, and at least one cooling passage provided within the at least one internal tube and defined by a clearance between the at least one hydraulic fluid accumulator and the at least one internal tube. The pressure vessel assembly further includes a fluid storage compartment formed between the outer casing and the at least one internal tube. The fluid storage compartment is at least partially filled with a working fluid. The pressurized fluid system also includes a cooling fan allowing forced airflow through the cooling passage for forced cooling of the at least one hydraulic fluid accumulator and the working fluid in the storage compartment of the pressure vessel assembly.
Patent GB-2426844-A (GB)
Title: An automated method for replacing legacy systems with a package of current applications including repackaging and integrating unique legacy applications.
Inventor: RALEY JEFFERSON WATTS
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2006-05-26
Abstract: Replacement of legacy information handling systems at a deployment site is automatically managed in cooperation with an information handling system manufacture site by coordinating the building of replacement information handling systems with appropriate configurations. An asset discovery tool interfaces with the legacy information handling systems through a deployment site network to discover the configurations of the legacy systems and communicates the legacy configurations to the manufacture site. An asset translation engine translates the legacy configurations to replacement configurations for building the replacement information handling systems. The ordering of replacement systems and the translation to the replacement configuration is managed by rules defined through an order tool of the deployment site and may include applications packaged at the deployment site and communicated to the manufacture site for installation on the replacement systems.
Patent GB-2440188-A (GB)
Title: Amplifier circuit and method of starting and stopping
Inventor: MAGRATH ANTHONY JAMES
IPC: H03F1/30
Filed: 2006-07-14
Abstract: An amplifier circuit 100 has an input stage 0P1 and an output stage Q1, Q2 operating with different supply voltages and different quiescent voltages. The output stage has a feedback input connected to receive a feedback signal from the output of the output stage. A biasing circuit 402 applies a bias signal Ioff to the input stage at an operating level appropriate to establish a quiescent output voltage different from a ground reference level of the input stage. To start up the amplifier with minimal transients at the output, the following steps are performed in sequence: (a) with the output stage disabled, pre-charging the amplifier output over a period of time to a level Vmid corresponding to the ground reference level of the input stage; (b) with the biasing circuit effectively disabled and a zero input signal at the signal input, enabling the input and output stages; (c) activating the biasing circuit progressively so as to ramp the bias signal to the operating level over a further period of time, thereby driving the output progressively to the quiescent output voltage. The biasing circuit may use the actual output stage supply voltage PVdd as a reference to define the operating level of the bias signal Ioff.
Patent GB-2427075-A (GB)
Title: Optoelectronic device selective area growth fabrication
Inventor: CLARK DAVID JAMES
IPC: H01S5/20
Filed: 2003-10-10
Abstract: Butt coupled device sections comprising, laser diode waveguide section 3, a DBR section 3 and an EAM section 6. The DBR waveguide section has a greater thickness than the waveguide sections of the adjacent sections which improves the alignment of the butt-coupled sections. The sections of differing thicknesses may be formed by selective area growth by CVD.
Patent GB-2445416-A (GB)
Title: Adding credit to a mobile telephone
Inventor: IFODE YETTY
IPC: H04M15/00
Filed: 2007-01-05
Abstract: Adding credit to mobile phones. The normal method involves a minimum payment of five pounds (Ü5) or ten pounds (Ü10) depending on the mobile phone network provider. The invention proposes to provide a service that will enable mobile phone users to add credit of any amount to their mobile phones, payments starting at a penny (Ü0.01).
Patent GB-2446173-A (GB)
Title: Key management for secure data backup
Inventor: BILLIMORIA SHIRAZ
IPC: G06F21/78
Filed: 2007-01-30
Abstract: Data received by a data transfer device for backup is encrypted using an encryption key 36, 37 and is stored on a removable data storage item along with an encrypted copy of the decryption key 38 necessary to decrypt the data. The decryption key may be encrypted using a public key generated by a trusted third party (TTP). When a user wishes to access the backup data the encrypted decryption key is provided to the trusted third party for decryption. The trusted third party verifies the user, decrypts the encrypted decryption key using the corresponding private key of the public key and provides the user with the decryption key (fig. 5). The decryption key is then used to decrypt the encrypted backup data. The data transfer device may be a tape drive (fig. 2) and the removable data storage item may be a tape cartridge. The encrypted data may be stored in a format selected from one of the generations of LTO and DSS/DAT formats.
Patent GB-2435076-A (GB)
Title: Double bypass variable cycle turbofan engine
Inventor: POWELL BRANDON FLOWERS
IPC: F02K3/077
Filed: 2007-02-12
Abstract: A variable cycle turbofan engine 10, eg for supersonic aircraft, includes first and second fans 14, 16 independently joined to respective turbines 26, 24. The fans 14, 16 may counterrotate. A first bypass duct 46 surrounds the core engine in flow communication with the second fan 16. A second bypass duct 48 surrounds the first bypass duct 46 in flow communication with the first fan 14. A first exhaust nozzle 66 is joined to both the core engine and first bypass duct 46. A second exhaust nozzle 68 is joined to the second bypass duct 48. A row of outlet guide valves 50 may be provided at the inlet to the second bypass duct 48 directly behind the first fan 14. A row of flow inversion struts 74 may be used to channel the outer bypass stream radially inwardly through the aft end of the inner duct 46 and through the forward end of the exhaust duct 28 to a central exhaust plug 72.
Patent GB-2448198-A (GB)
Title: Modular terminal for moulded case circuit breaker and moulded case circuit breaker having the same
Inventor: OH KI-HWAN
IPC: H01H71/08
Filed: 2007-05-25
Abstract: A modular terminal for a moulded case circuit breaker (1) by which various types of terminals can be joined together and configuration and assembly are simplified, the modular terminal comprising a plurality of terminal bases (4-6) each of which is provided for each phase, a terminal (40, 50, 60) which is detachably supported at each terminal base, and a joint piece (7) which connects a pair of the terminal bases adjacent to each other to form a terminal module.
Patent GB-2452740-A (GB)
Title: Underground electrical connection apparatus having a cover trapping a pocket of air
Inventor: JONES DEREK
IPC: H02G9/10
Filed: 2007-09-12
Abstract: Apparatus for making underground electrical connections comprising a cover 40 having an open bottom and forms a chamber, similar to a bell-jar, which is placed over an electrical connection 34; the bottom 50 of the cover 40 is below the level of the electrical connection 34 and a pocket of air trapped within chamber 40 prevents ground water from rising into the cover during flooding. The electrical connection unit 34 is preferably supported within a hole by mounting bracket 32 comprising a mounting board 38 and mounting rails 36 which may be cast into side walls of housing 12. The cover 40 may form an external cover surface which pedestrians can walk on (118, fig.3); alternatively a separate outer cover 18 may be provided and the inner cover 40 may be prevented from upward movement by retaining rod 26 secured across the top of the cover and secured in recess 25 in housing 12. The electrical connection unit may connect mains electricity supply to a bus shelter or street-side advertising equipment.
Patent GB-2439488-A (GB)
Title: Estimating the viability of a reservoir for drilling
Inventor: CHITTY GREG
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2007-09-21
Abstract: A method and a computer program for economic evaluation of completion methods for drilling a well. A first skin factor is generated based on reservoir data for previously completed reservoirs and parameters of a drilling technique. An economic analysis of completing the reservoir using the drilling technique is then generated. An interface is preferably provided for entering cost data related to the first completion technique and a first total cost can be generated. Production data is optionally generated from the first skin factor. The production and cost data can then be combined to generate an economic analysis of the first completion technique. The process can be repeated for alternate completion techniques. Preferably, ranges can be entered for certain reservoir and/or cost variables. Multiple iterations can be performed on the ranges resulting in total cost and production ranges which can be combined to yield ranges of economic data for statistical analysis. This results in a user being able to choose the most advantageous completion method.