baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2361738-A (GB)
Title: Window opening mechanism
Inventor: HICKMAN JAMES ARTHUR ALBERT
IPC: E06B3/50
Filed: 2000-01-06
Abstract: A sash and case window in which the top sash (14) opens inwards by means of a hinge (12) which, in the preferred embodiment, resembles a parting bead and is located in a section of the parting bead (8) of the case or box lining (13).
Patent GB-2365956-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for cooling a liquid
Inventor: LICKES JOHN MICHAEL
IPC: F28F25/04
Filed: 2001-07-19
Abstract: Apparatus for cooling a liquid used in an industrial process has an upper fan unit 10, an intermediate cooling unit 12 in which liquid is sprayed downwards through colder air drawn upwards by the fan unit, and a lower collection unit 14 for the liquid. The apparatus is produced as a vertical stack 16 with a common plan outline, so that a number of stacks can be connected together. A stack to be used singly includes a trough 48, interposed between the cooling unit and the collection unit, which projects both outwards and inwards from every side of the stack. The trough acts to direct liquid so as not to allow a curtain of air to form in front of the air inlet 44. The packing members for this tower are in the form of arrays of multi- apertured members 30.
Patent GB-2363563-A (GB)
Title: Process for making absorbent articles with single-piece side panels
Inventor: KUEN DAVID ARTHUR
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2000-04-11
Abstract: A process and apparatus for making pant-like disposable absorbentgarments (2) with single-piece elastic side panels, and garments (2) so made, are provided. The single-piece side panels (6, 8) eliminate the additional cost associated with multi-pan side panels, and improve aesthetic appearance of the garments (2) by eliminating side seams. The process and apparatus accomplish the steps of providing a garments chassis having unfinished lateral edges, folding the chassis so that a front portion overlaps a back portion, and folding and bonding the single-piece side panels so that opposing of the side panels are joined to the lateral edges on the garment chassis.
Patent GB-2370964-A (GB)
Title: Turf laying and force measuring system
Inventor: JANAWAY LEE
IPC: A01G1/00
Filed: 2001-12-11
Abstract: A moist natural turf section 10, with a full root zone, is cut or cultivated to a level thickness to an area slightly larger than a plastic base plate 12 which features four countersunk holes (18 figure 2) to allow it and the adhered turf section 10 to be secured to the top surface of a force platform 14. The clean base plate 12 is uniformly covered in a layer 16 of clay slip. The turf 10 is laid over the clay slip 16, root side down, then pressed firmly against the base plate 12 to adhere it to the clay slip 16. The clay slip provides good adhesion of the turf to the force platform and, in a further aspect, thus allows the measurement of forces on the turf in as near a normal environment as possible via transducer 32.
Patent GB-2367371-A (GB)
Title: Shear beam load cell and method for making it
Inventor: LOCKERY HARRY E
IPC: G01L1/22
Filed: 2001-04-05
Abstract: The cost of machining a shear beam load cell can be greatly reduced by cutting pockets for the central web with a side cutting tool (55), such as a Woodruff Cutter or a Key Cutter tool, in a vertical spindle milling machine (52), so all machining can be done with one single setup. The thickness of a web (26) formed by side cutting tools will increase slowly and gradually with distance from the center (26') of the web (26), which means that there will be no abrupt shear stress chances near the strain gages (40',40''). The disclosed shear beam load cell is accordingly not only less expensive to make, but also inherently more accurate than prior art shear beam load cells.
Patent GB-2383747-A (GB)
Title: Rack with main frame that has free ends and a connector rod which are inserted into fastening seats
Inventor: PAN CHIN-CHI
IPC: A47K10/10
Filed: 2002-01-02
Abstract: The main frame for a rack 3 has a main frame member 31 and a connector 5 which fits the gap 32 in the main frame. The fastening seats 4 are placed on the connector rod and when the rod is in place the seats are slid in to position over the joints. Screws are then screwed in though holes 42 into threaded holes 33 to hold the frames together. The screws might engage flatten surfaces at the ends of the rod (52 fig 6) or the frame (34 fig 6). Also the rack frame might have one free end for mounting in the fastening seat and it might have two free ends for mounting in the fastening seat.
Patent GB-2386781-A (GB)
Title: Attitude sensor
Inventor: GARROD ADRIAN GEORGE
IPC: G01S3/783
Filed: 2002-03-16
Abstract: An attitude sensor system suitable for an ejector seat, which enables operational seat functions to be controlled in dependence upon seat attitude, comprising a radiometer having a multi-element antenna receiver array operatively associated with a steerable antenna beam former, a beam controller to which the steerable antenna beam former is responsive for producing a repeatedly scanned antenna beam, a received signal detector fed from the array, and a signal processor which monitors the detected received signal and the beam controller to correlate the detected received signal with scan angle thereby to provide an attitude indication in dependence thereon. The radiometer may indicate the temperature of the scene viewed.
Patent GB-2370565-A (GB)
Title: Lockable media storage box with lock and key
Inventor: BYRNE JAMES M
IPC: E05B47/00
Filed: 2001-07-18
Abstract: A lockable media storage box includes a base and a lid connected to the base with at least one hinge. The base and lid include elements that cooperate with a locking to allows the lid to be locked in the closed position. In one embodiment, the lock is received in the concave opening disposed at the front of the storage container. Teh lock may be unlocked with a special key or may be unlocked by destroying portions of the lock that are designed to be destroyed. In another embodiment of the invention, a sliding lock is carried by the container. The sliding lock may be carried inside the container or on the front wall of the container.
Patent GB-2371692-A (GB)
Title: Transmitter selectively operating in a voltage or a current mode
Inventor: SONG HONGJIANG
IPC: H04L25/02
Filed: 2000-12-04
Abstract: A transmitter is provided for which either a current signaling or a voltage signaling mode is selected for communication with a serial bus. Depending on the selected mode, a transistor (137, 160, 170) of an output driver stage (32) is either configured as a linear load (160) or as a constant current source (170).
Patent GB-2390411-A (GB)
Title: A roller chain
Inventor: CHRISTMAS MICHAEL CHARLES
IPC: B65G45/08
Filed: 2002-06-21
Abstract: The roller chain comprises inner link plates 1 and outer link plates 2 that are offset in a longitudinal direction, at least one pin 3 articularly connects the inner and outer link plates, the pin passes through apertures in overlapping portions of the respective link plates. The inner link plates are laterally spaced apart and at least one roller 8 is disposed there between. The roller is rotatably mounted on the said pin so as to define a radial clearance 10 between the pin and the roller. At least one resilient member 9 such as an o- ring is disposed in the said clearance. Preferably the inner link plate is fixed to the pin and a bush or plain bearing 5 is disposed between the pin and the outer link plate. A lubricant such as oil fills the radial clearance and a lubrication channel 11 communicates between the radial clearance and the plain bearing 5.
Patent GB-2390239-A (GB)
Title: A cross-coupled CMOS level converter with rapid and symmetrical rise and fall times
Inventor: CLEARY MARTIN L
IPC: H03K3/356
Filed: 2002-06-25
Abstract: A cross-coupled CMOS level shifter converts a pair of complementary low voltage binary signals to a pair of complementary high voltage signals. The small cross-coupled pull-up PMOS transistors T1,T2 are assisted during a low-to-high transition by large PMOS transistors T7 and T8. At the start of a low-to-high transition at node 206, device T7 is turned on by the falling potential at node 208. When the potential at node 206 rises to a high level, series-coupled inverters 211 and 213 switch off the very large gating device T5. Devices T3 and T7 have dimensions which provide symmetrical rise and fall times. The pull-up and pull-down devices can be sized for optimal high-to-low switching speed. In an alternative arrangement (figure 3), the transistors T5 and T6 are eliminated; the devices T7 and T8 are turned off by discharge of their control gates.
Patent GB-2384637-A (GB)
Title: Providing information to users based on identification and/or location of the user
Inventor: RUDD MICHAEL L
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: A system 10 for providing information to a user comprises an identification device 100 having a means for determining location (220,Fig 2) and a means for storing information relating to a user (210,Fig 2). The identification device further comprises a transmitter (230,Fig 2) for sending location and user information to a services system 110 preferably via a network 120. In response to the information provided by the identification device 100, the services system 110 can provide information to the user via the identification device 100 based, at least in part, on the location of the identification device. The identification device may receive information provided by means of GPS satellite 130. The identification system 10 may include one or more capture devices 140 and display devices 150 configured to communicate with the services system 110. The capture devices 140 may be arranged to capture an image corresponding to a user based upon the user's location.
Patent GB-2394347-A (GB)
Title: Lattice encoding
Inventor: JOST UWE HELMUT
IPC: G10L15/28
Filed: 2002-10-15
Abstract: An embedding module (22) determines an embedding of a lattice in a two-dimensional plane. The embedding module (22) then processes the initial embedding to generate a planar graph in which no links cross. The planar graph is then simplified by a link encoding module (24) and data representing the lattice structure is generated by a shape encoding module (26) in which the simplified planar graph is represented by a shape encoding (42) identifying the numbers of links bounding areas defined by the planar graph and data identifying the locations of those areas within the planar graph; and a link list (43) identifying the modifications made to the lattice structure by the link encoding module (24). These encodings are such that the same substructures within a lattice are represented using the same data and hence are suitable for compression using conventional techniques.
Patent GB-2396088-A (GB)
Title: A data transfer procedure for transferring data of a data sequence between a transmitting entity and a receiving entity
Inventor: ROBINSON NIGEL
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2002-12-06
Abstract: A data transfer procedure enables data of a data sequence to be transferred between a transmitting entity 13 and a receiving entity 19. The entities each comprise a higher data handling layer 11,17 and a lower data handling layer 12,18. The procedure comprises transferring down from the higher data handling layer 11 of the transmitting entity 13 to the lower data handling layer 12 of the transmitting entity a data unit of the data sequence, which data unit comprises one or more segments. The or each segment is transmitted from the lower data handling level 12 of the transmitting entity 13 to the lower data handling level 17 of the receiving entity 19 via a transmission link between the transmitting entity 13 and the receiving entity 19. An acknowledgement of receipt of the or each segment is sent from the lower data handling level 17 of the receiving entity to the lower data handling level 12 of the transmitting entity. The or each segment is transferred from the lower data handling layer 17 of the receiving entity to the higher data handling layer 18 of the receiving entity in data sequence order. The higher data handling layer of the transmitting entity 13 is arranged to retain a copy of the data unit until such time as an at least implied acknowledgement of receipt of earlier segments in the sequence is sent back from the receiving entity 19 to the lower data handling level of the transmitting entity. The procedure may further comprise determining that the transmission link is broken and re-establishing the link by purging (flushing) 27 the stores of data in the lower data handling layers of both the transmitting and receiving entities. The procedure may be used in a GRPS system, and the higher data handling layers may be subnetwork dependant convergence protocol (SNDCP) layers and the lower data handling layers may be Logical Link Control (LLC) layers.
Patent GB-2382899-A (GB)
Title: Data queue system
Inventor: GOUDIE ALISTAIR I
IPC: H04L49/901
Filed: 2001-01-29
Abstract: A data queue system 10-20 comprises plural memory blocks defined in memory, and a queue which comprises a number of memory blocks each including a link to the following block in the data queue. A queue descriptor includes identifiers which identify: the final block in the queue, the memory location where the most recent read commit occurred (and optionally an offset from a predetermined location in that block), the memory location where the most recent write commit occurred (and optionally an offset from a predetermined location in that memory block), the size of the blocks, the memory location the most recent write occurred, the number of unused blocks, the number of blocks which contain data to be read, the type of data queue, the memory location where the most recent read occurred and the number of blocks which have been read since the most recent read commit.
Patent GB-2384183-A (GB)
Title: Fire-extinguishing appliance
Inventor: HORNETT WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: A62C3/02
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: A fire-extinguishing appliance comprises a gas turbine engine 22 mounted on an excavator by means of a jib plate 13. Water can be sprayed into the air flow from the after-burner of the engine from pipes 19. The engine is adjustable relative to the excavator chassis in both vertical and horizontal planes.
Patent GB-2398608-A (GB)
Title: Turbine blade with enhanced heat transfer
Inventor: WALKER DONALD
IPC: F01D5/18
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: The turbine blade includes an aerofoil having a convex sidewall (4) and a concave sidewall (6), each extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the aerofoil, and having longitudinal webs (16,17) which extend between the sidewalls (4,6) and which, together with the sidewalls, define longitudinal channels for a gaseous coolant. The surface of at least one web delimiting a channel through which the coolant flows in a longitudinal (radial) direction is provided with ribs (47) which are skewed in the same sense with respect to this direction. In the coolant gas flowing along the channel, vortices caused by Coriolis forces (49) and vortices caused by forces (48) due to the skewed ribs (47) tend to reinforce one another.
Patent GB-2392984-A (GB)
Title: Gradient coil system and a mechanical decoupling device for shims
Inventor: HEID OLIVER
IPC: G01R33/385
Filed: 2003-04-16
Abstract: A gradient coil system with at least one shim accommodating area (2) for passive shim elements comprises a decoupling device by which a change in volume of parts of the gradient coil system conditional on change in temperature can be mechanically decoupled from the shim accommodating area (2) in such a way and which is arranged in the gradient coil system in such a way that the shim accommodating area (2) remains unchanged in position in respect of a presettable point (9) of a volume (8) to be shimmed. Ring-shaped glass fibre bands are used.
Patent GB-2390466-A (GB)
Title: Method for formation of speech recognition parameters
Inventor: MACHO DUSAN
IPC: G10L15/02
Filed: 2002-12-18
Abstract: A voice sample characterization front-end suitable for use in a distributed speech recognition context. A digitized voice sample (31) is split between a low frequency path (32) and a high frequency path (33). Both paths are used to determine spectral content suitable for use when determining speech recognition parameters (such as cepstral coefficients) that characterize the speech sample for recognition purposes. The low frequency path (32) has a thorough noise reduction capability. In one embodiment, the results of this noise reduction are used by the high frequency path (33) to aid in de-noising without requiring the same level of resource capacity as used by the low frequency path (32).
Patent GB-2409298-A (GB)
Title: Updating or adding to a stored contacts data entry
Inventor: KILANDER BRITTA
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: A first contacts database held on a computing device of a user is maintained by the user providing a request to a second contacts database held on a remote computing device. The request identifies a particular contact and further information required about that contact. The further information is then selectively downloaded from the remote computing device to the first contacts database on the computing device of the user. Communication and download may be via a wireless link, and the computing device may be a mobile phone.
Patent GB-2399485-A (GB)
Title: Breast-feeding bib
Inventor: HARDING MELANIE
IPC: A41D1/215
Filed: 2004-03-04
Abstract: A bib 10 for breast-feeding a baby is attached to the mother's neck and hangs down to cover the breast and the feeding baby. The bib may have a semi-transparent portion 14 in the upper part of the bib, so that the mother and baby can see each other, while protecting the privacy of the wearer from others. The semi-transparent portion may be in the form of an open mesh. The bib may be diamond shaped. The bib may comprise a tape 13 for attachment around the wearer's neck and may also include means for attachment around the wearer's waist. The bib may be weighted along its bottom edge 16 and pockets may be included in its lower regions.
Patent GB-2400704-A (GB)
Title: Information archiving software
Inventor: MOORE ALAN
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 2002-10-31
Abstract: The present invention is adapted to provide information archiving software for a computer system, where this computer system includes or has access to at least one primary information storage system and an archiving storage system. The software provided is adapted to firstly determine at least one attribute of collections of information or files stored within the primary storage system, and then to subsequently test the attribute or attributes of these collections against at least one predefined rule. Information collections or files with attributes which pass the test or tests applied may then be transferred to the archiving storage system. Preferably, the software provided is implemented through a stand-alone application running in the computer system provided, independent of any file serving functionality.
Patent GB-2405422-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic borehole telemetry system incorporating a conductive borehole tubular
Inventor: WISLER MACMILLAN MORGAN
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2004-08-06
Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM) borehole telemetry system 10 for transmitting information between a borehole transceiver 22 and a surface transceiver 26. Tubulars 18 are set within the well borehole 19 to stabilize the wall of the borehole 19 and to assist in hydraulically isolating formations. The invention utilizes these tubulars 18 cooperating with one or more signal wires 28 to reduce attenuation and noise in signals transmitted between the borehole and surface transceivers. The one or more signal wires 28 are typically disposed within an annulus formed by the borehole wall and the outside surface of the casing. These wires 28 are connected at one end to connection terminals positioned near the bottom tubular string. Opposing ends of the wires are connected to the surface transceiver 26. By minimizing signal attenuation and noise, the telemetry system can be effectively used at greater depths in the borehole. The telemetry system can be embodied in a measurement- while-drilling system, a formation testing system, a production monitoring system and other systems requiring communication between a downhole assembly and the surface of the earth.
Patent GB-2418080-A (GB)
Title: Driving circuit module for connecting to a Christmas light string
Inventor: CHANG JIN RONG
IPC: F21S4/00
Filed: 2004-09-08
Abstract: A driving-circuit module for connecting to a Christmas light string includes an electronically connected voltage-retrieving unit (1), a rectification unit (2), a voltage-stabilizing unit (4), a regulating unit (3), and a noise eliminating unit (5). The driving-circuit module may replace a bulb on the light string to retrieve the specific voltage and amperage from the light string no matter what number of bulbs are connected to the light string, and to rectify and stabilize the retrieved voltages to output a stable voltage, enabling a luminescent sheet, a color changeable light-emitting diode, a sound producing element, a small vibration generating motor or any other suitable product associated with the driving-circuit module to externally connect to an empty bulb seat on the light string to increase the practical value of the light string without adversely affecting the illumination thereof.
Patent GB-2409490-A (GB)
Title: Shutter assembly
Inventor: ANTONINI EMILIO
IPC: E06B7/086
Filed: 2004-10-29
Abstract: A shutter assembly is formed from a screening module <B>15</B> and a peripheral frame. The screening module <B>15</B> comprises at least one louver <B>16</B> pivotably connected at either end to first and second connection and orientation elements <B>18</B>. The connection and orientation elements <B>18</B> are cut to produce a module <B>15</B> of required length. The connection and orientation elements <B>18</B> may comprise elongate members that fit within grooves <B>17</B> in stiles <B>12</B> of the peripheral frame. Upper <B>13</B> and lower <B>14</B> rails may also be provided. An adjustment rod <B>19</B> may be secured to the louver or louvers <B>16</B> to allow the orientation of the or each louver <B>16</B> with respect to the connection and orientation elements <B>18</B> to be adjusted. The screening module <B>15</B> may be assembled at a manufacturing facility and may be combined with the peripheral frame at an assembly facility. The or each louver <B>16</B> may be attached to the connection and orientation elements <B>18</B> by elongate fastening members comprising a shaft portion and a head portion.
Patent GB-2420175-A (GB)
Title: An agricultural vehicle cooling system having a heat exchanger between two circuits
Inventor: HEINDL RICHARD
IPC: F01P3/12
Filed: 2004-11-10
Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle (e.g. a farm tractor) has at least two separate cooling circuits 1,2, one for cooling drive gearing 4 and the other for cooling a hydraulic system 7 which supplies pressurised fluid to operate agricultural tools, the circuits each having air cooled oil coolers 5,8, and both cooling circuits 1,2, being connected to each other by an oil/oil heat exchanger 9 which transfers heat from one of the circuits to the other. Each circuit has a pump 3,6, and each cooler 5,8 is designed to have about half the cooling capacity needed for its circuit. Heat is transferred in heat exchanger 9 from the hotter to the cooler fluid, and the heat exchanger 9 is downstream of the coolers 5,8 to use the cooling capacity of the cooler in the circuit at the highest temperature completely. In another embodiment one cooler 5,8 is omitted, and the other cooler increased in size.