baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent CH-558763-A (CH)
Title: Window pane for protection against solar rays - is coated with a metal carbide, boride, oxide or nitride filtering matl.
IPC: C03C17/23
Filed: 1972-10-24
Abstract: Thermally insulating, radiation filtering window comprises at least one pane coated on at least one face with a layer of filtering material comprising a cpd. of at least one-element of gps. N, Va and Vla with B, C, N and/or O such that it presents a free electron density of the order of 1022 electrons/CC and such that the resistant of the filtering layer at a thickener of 200-1000 angstrom is >=200 /sq. at ambient temp. and >=400 OMEGA/sq. at 78 degrees K. The panes are used as windows in buildings and vehicles to prevent overheating by the sun.
Patent CH-520650-A (CH)
Title: Heterocyclic substd. alkanol derivs. - anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti pyretic
Inventor: RALPH HOWE
IPC: C07C233/16
Filed: 1968-09-26
Abstract: (A) Compds. (I) and their salts:- where Het = thiazole, isothiazole, oxazole, isoxazole, pyrrole, thiophene, furan, pyridine or pyrimidine X = H, (1-3C) alkyl or alkoxy Y = phenyl opt. substd. with 1 or 2 halogen or with CF3 Z = - - CH2OR3 where R' and R2 are H or (1-3)C alkyl and R3 is H, (1-4)C alkyl, is not > 5C alkanoyl, benzoyl, carboxybenzoyl, alkanoyloxybenzoyl, is not > 12C dialkylcyclohexyloxyalkanoyl, or N-phenylcarbamoyl, or R4-R5-CR' R2-CO- where R4 is phenyl opt. substd. by 1-2 halogen or 4-CF3 and R5 is one of the radicals under "Het" plus methoxypyrimidyl. 5-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-2-phenylthiazole, 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-5-phenyl-isoxazole, and 5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-2-phenyloxazole are excluded. (B) Pharmaceutical compns. contng. (I). Antiinflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic agents for oral or topical use. 4-(4-Bromophenyl)-2-(2-hydroxyisopropyl)-thiazole. 2-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-(2-hydroxyisopropyl)-6-methylpyridine 2-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiophene.
Patent CH-519519-A (CH)
Title: 2 3 1-diazaborine derivs
Inventor: HUEMER HEINRICH DR
IPC: C07F5/02
Filed: 1967-12-20
Abstract: derivs. of formula: (I) where Z = o-phenylene, naphthylene or thienylene, opt. subst. by one or more halogen, alkyl, etherified hydroxy or mercapto, alkyl-, aralkyl- or aryl-sulphonyl, or nitro; R1= mono- or polynuclear aromatic or heterocyclic gp., opt. subst. by halogen, alkyl, etherified hydroxy or mercapto, amino, acylamino or nitro; R2= H, monovalent cation or Antimicrobial, eg. DC50 determined by oral administration to mice infected with E. coli is about 0.5 mg/20 g mouse for cpd. I(Z-o-phenylene; R1 = phenyl or 2-thienyl). Some cpds. I have antiprotozoal effect, esp. on trypanosomes and plasmodia. Some also have cytostatic or antiphlogistic activity.
Patent CH-501655-A (CH)
Title: N-carboxy-asparagine and glutamine anhydri-
Inventor: HARVEY SCHWAM
IPC: C07K14/695
Filed: 1966-07-04
Abstract: N-Carboxy-asparagine anhydride and N-carboxyglutamine anhydride, which are useful in the preparation of asparagine and glutamine and of peptides contng. these amino-acids, are prepd. by heating the corr. amino-acids in which the alpha-amino group is subst. by a is not >8C (ar)alkoxycarbonyl group with up to a 10% molar excess of PBr3 in an inert organic solvent at 15 - 30 degrees C for 2 - 24 hrs.
Patent GB-2351495-A (GB)
Title: 4 coumarate:coenzyme A ligase cDNAs from Eucalyptus globulus and methods of modifying lignin in plants
Inventor: KAJITA SHINYA
IPC: A01H5/00
Filed: 2000-04-20
Abstract: cDNAs and their variants of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) having the nucleotide sequence of either SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, isolated from <I>Eucalyptus globulus</I> are claimed. Sense and antisense gene constructs containing these sequences are also claimed, as are plants, preferably woody plants, more preferably Eucalyptus plants transformed wit these constructs. Methods of modifying lignin content or composition of a plant transformed with such constructs are also claimed. Use of a cDNA encoding an enzyme having 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase activity in the transformation of a plant for wood pulp production.
Patent GB-2351830-A (GB)
Title: Electronic messaging system
Inventor: WOODS SARAH
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 2000-05-05
Abstract: A public terminal 10 incorporating an electronic messaging facility is provided. The terminal comprises memory means 44 within the terminal for storing a message to be output at that terminal for a predetermined period of time, the stored message having been recorded at the terminal itself or having been received from a geographically remote location (Fig 7) and message broadcasting means for outputting the stored message. The terminal also comprises message input means for recording a message to be output at the terminal itself or at a geographically remote location. A network of such terminals is also provided. Preferably, the terminal is coin, swipe or Smart card or i-button operated. The message can be text, sound, video, still photos or handwritten and are left on e.g. for one hour. If there are a large number of messages they can be rotated. The terminal can be used for leaving messages for children meeting each other. The network can be used to play a game such as tag. The terminals can be provided at e.g. bus stops or railway stations or on billboards by the side of roads.
Patent GB-2362170-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible shelter for deployment from vehicle
Inventor: SMITH GRAHAM PAUL
IPC: E04H15/06
Filed: 2000-05-12
Abstract: A collapsible shelter assembly (1) for deployment from a roof rack (R) on a vehicle (V) comprises a slidably mounted roof or floor panel carrying at least one wall panel (SP1, SP2, EP1, EP2, EP3) folded against one face thereof to form a substantially laminar slidable assembly, wherein in use, the substantially laminar slidable assembly is unfoldable to form a shelter after being slid out rearwardly from the roof rack. The slidable assembly is mounted on a slide mounting below the upper surface of the roof rack to enable goods to be carried normally on the roof rack. Because the assembly is only unfolded after being slid out, there is no interference between the assembly and the roof rack.
Patent GB-2353503-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for assembling a vehicle body
Inventor: KATO CHITOSHI
IPC: B62D65/02
Filed: 2000-08-02
Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a vehicle body comprises: a setting cart 2 movable back and forth between a setting station (ST1, figure 2) and a vehicle body assembly station (ST2); jigs 8 mounted on a base 7 disposed to each side of the assembly station; and a plurality of welding robots 11 disposed on each side of the assembly station at a level below the jigs 8. The setting cart is provided with floor panel setting members (20<SB>1</SB>-20<SB>4</SB> , figure 6), side sill receiving members (21<SB>1</SB>,21<SB>2</SB>) and side panel forcing members (22<SB>1</SB>,22<SB>2</SB>). In the setting station the floor panel W1 and the side panels W5 are set in position on the cart 2 and transferred to the assembly station where they are welded whilst being held by jigs 8. The side sill receiving members and the side panel forcing members are retractable so welding work may be started by the robots 11 without waiting for the return of the setting cart 2 to the setting station. A robot for setting both a roof panel and rear cross member (figures 3 to 4b) may be provided, and the jigs 8 may be replaced with others stored on a rotary jig replacing device (figures 15,16).
Patent GB-2366531-A (GB)
Title: Continuous casting of aluminiun bearing alloy including cooli ng
Inventor: KAGOHARA YUKIHIKO
IPC: B22D11/124
Filed: 2000-09-11
Abstract: In a continuous casting of a molten aluminum bearing alloy, a casting space (C) is defined between substantially parallel opposed portions of a pair of traveling endless belts, 8, 9, and the molten aluminum bearing alloy is supplied into the casting space (C) to be continuously cast into the shape of a plate. A cooling rate   W  T during solidification of the aluminum bearing alloy is controlled so that the cooling rate   W  T ranges between 3 and 6{C/sec. where <F>  W  T=(T-500)/t</F>, T is a temperature when the casting of the aluminum bearing alloy starts, and t is a cooling time in sec. between start of casting and the time when the temperature of the aluminum bearing alloy decreases to 500{C. The cooling is effected by the use of water cooling jackets, 17, 18, disposed each side of the strip just subsequent to it being formed followed by the use of water spraying means for spraying water onto the cast plate from both sides.
Patent GB-2371229-A (GB)
Title: De-odourising device for refuse bins
Inventor: MITCHELL KEVIN STANLEY
IPC: B65F7/00
Filed: 2001-01-17
Abstract: A de-odourising device 20 is mounted to the inside of a refuse bin 10 and comprises a pump-action dispenser having an actuating plunger 46 arranged to be depressed upon closure of the lid 12 of the bin 10, so that a quantity of de-odourising liquid is released upon either opening or closing the lid. The body of the device may be formed with a recess to receive a cartridge (30, Fig. 3) containing the de-odourising liquid. An inlet tube (44, Fig. 3) may be arranged to pierce and extend into the cartridge (30, Fig. 3). The dispenser 20 may be withdrawn to enable the cartridge to be removed and replaced.
Patent GB-2357571-A (GB)
Title: Valve arrangement for controlling hydraulic fluid
Inventor: CLAYTON HUGH R
IPC: F16K27/00
Filed: 2000-02-25
Abstract: A valve arrangement for controlling hydraulic fluid flow to a subsea system includes a plurality of docking modules each having a valve element for controlling the flow of a fluid and a docking module port for fluid flow between the valve element. The valve arrangement additionally includes a manifold having manifold ports of uniform cross section. The docking modules can be interchangeably mounted to the manifold ports as desired to tailor the valve arrangement for any selected valve operation. The valve arrangement also includes an adapter for alternately sealingly interconnecting a first docking module port which is different in shape or area than the cross section of the uniform size manifold port to any selected manifold port so as to permit sealed fluid flow between the first docking module port and the manifold port in one configuration of the valve arrangement and sealingly interconnecting a second docking module port of a different cross-sectional shape or area than the first docking module port to the same selected manifold port so as to permit sealed fluid flow between a second valve element and the first manifold port in another configuration of the valve arrangement.
Patent GB-2375800-A (GB)
Title: An aerosol dispenser containing a de-coking formulation
Inventor: SHIELDS GERARD
IPC: B65D83/14
Filed: 2001-05-24
Abstract: An aerosol dispenser containing and being for the discharge of a de-coking, or de-carbonizing formulation, wherein the de-coking formulation is an aqueous solution of an alkylene diol containing at least one surfactant and the dispenser incorporates a pressurised dispensing fluid separated from the de-coking formulation by a diaphragm and being adapted to dispense the de-coking formulation when the aerosol is discharged/activated. The de-coking formulation may be disposed within a bag within the aerosol cannister and the pressurised fluid is disposed between the bag and the cannister. The alkylene diol may be 1, 2 propanediol. The surfactant may be a single surfactant or an admixture of one or more surfactant selected from a group comprising an ester of an aryl sulphonate, a tertiary amine ethoxylate and a tertiary amine containing at least one C<SB>8-18</SB> alkyl group. The de-coking formulation may contain a synthetic lubricant which is an admixture of polyethylene/polypropylene glycol butyl ether.
Patent GB-2377575-A (GB)
Title: Tamper detection for video images
Inventor: HARE JONATHAN STEPHEN
IPC: H04N7/50
Filed: 2001-07-13
Abstract: A method for testing (500, 600, 700) a presence of a watermark in a scalable video sequence, for detecting tampering of the scalable video sequence, includes receiving (502, 602) a scalable video sequence having a plurality of blocks, wherein a number of blocks include at least one watermark coefficient; performing a discrete cosine transform on said video sequence, thereby recovering a plurality of coefficients associated with one or more block(s); and comparing (506) a number of positive coefficients with a number of negative coefficients to determine whether said received scalable video sequence has been tampered with. A method for classifying a type of watermark attack on a scalable video sequence. This allows a determination to be made as to whether a scalable video sequence has been tampered with; and provides a good estimate as to the type of attack/tampering to the video sequence.
Patent GB-2379253-A (GB)
Title: Coupling for a medical fluid delivery system
Inventor: WATKINSON JOHN
IPC: A61M5/34
Filed: 2001-09-04
Abstract: A coupling for a medical fluid delivery system for administering liquids to a patient includes male and female members, the female member 1 having an inwardly tapering socket 3 for receiving a complimentary tubular spigot 17 of the male member and having a liquid escape vent 9 for escape of liquid supplied from an incorrect or an incorrectly coupled male member. A collar 18 of the male member is threadedly engageable with a hub 2 of the female member for securing the members against disengagement, and the female member has a sleeve 5 with a pawl 6 which cooperates with ratchet teeth 20 on the collar to lock the collar against rotation the pawl being disengageable by squeezing the sleeve. The sleeve has openings (8) to permit treatment of the hub and sleeve interior for destroying bacteria. The male member may be provided at the forward end of a syringe (34, fig 11A).
Patent GB-2367944-A (GB)
Title: Plasma display panel with partition walls of differing width
Inventor: HEO EUN-GI
IPC: H01J11/12
Filed: 2001-09-10
Abstract: A plasma display panel as seen in Figure 3 below in which partition walls 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 are formed to have different widths. The plasma display panel includes a front and rear substrate facing each other, the front substrate including sustain electrodes, dielectric layer and protective layer formed to cover the electrodes. The rear substrate includes address electrodes 28, and a plurality of partition walls for defining discharge spaces, the walls formed to have differing widths. Red, green and blue phosphor layers are deposited on the insides of the partition walls 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205.
Patent GB-2380277-A (GB)
Title: Method of document reproduction using a portable solid state memory device
Inventor: BROWN BARRY ALLAN THOMAS
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2001-09-28
Abstract: In order to solve the common problem is that it can be difficult to locate an electronic version of a document, for reprinting, there is provided a method of associating a digital version of a document with a printed version of the document, the method being executable on a processor and comprising the steps of a) instructing a printer to print the document and, substantially at the time of printing, b) transferring, to a portable solid state memory, data interpretable by a processor to enable subsequent reprinting of the document. The data may comprise the content of the print job, or it may be a link or reference to a file. The data may be held in a memory device 12 attached to a paperclip 12 having arms 16, 17 joined by a resilient member 15, and gripping members 18, 19. When copies of the document are required, the memory device may be coupled to a peripheral device 30 (fig.2), which may form part of a printer 70 (fig.6); a photocopier is not needed.
Patent GB-2373297-A (GB)
Title: A compressor bearing
Inventor: SUN ZILI
IPC: F04C23/00
Filed: 2002-01-15
Abstract: A compressor 20 has a bearing arrangement 30 wherein a bearing 31 is mounted within a bearing mount 32. Oil supply passages 36 extend radially inwardly through the mount. A magnet 42 is mounted outwardly of the bearing assembly and adjacent the oil supply passages. The magnet's purpose is to remove debris from the lubricant oil. The bearing arrangement may include a sacrificial weld for welding the bearing assembly to the end cap 27.
Patent GB-2368105-A (GB)
Title: Device for operating a selector shaft of a shift transmission
Inventor: ROGG ANDREAS
IPC: F16H61/28
Filed: 1998-05-27
Abstract: The device comprising a rotatable and displaceable shift/select member 2 having engagement means for a first actuator, which actuates rotational movement of the member 2, and a second actuator, which actuates displacement movement of the member 2. Each actuator has a rotary drive, and the axis of rotation AA and BB of the rotary drives are substantially at right angles to one another. Pinions 20 and 22 mesh with teeth 40 and 44 formed on the shift/select member 2 to produce a keyed engagement in a circumferential direction and to allow relative displacement of the teeth parallel to the pinion axis of rotation AA and BB.
Patent GB-2387383-A (GB)
Title: Cyclisation process employing an electrical voltage
Inventor: WATTS PAUL
IPC: C07D487/04
Filed: 2002-03-19
Abstract: A cyclic compound may be synthesised from a compound (20) having the structure <EMI ID=1.1 HE=53 WI=58 LX=728 LY=711 TI=CF> <PC>wherein C<1> is a tetravalent carbon atom, N<1> and C<1> are part of a ring structure not including the carbonyl group and X comprises a nucleophile. The ring structure may be a pyrrolidine ring and the nucleophile may be -NH2. The compound (20) is subjected, in solution, to an electrical voltage which oxidises the compound to form an iminium ion, which cyclises by reaction of the nucleophile with the C<1> atom to form a cyclic compound.
Patent GB-2377994-A (GB)
Title: Sensor device for a motor vehicle
Inventor: LORENZ CARSTEN
IPC: B60R16/02
Filed: 2002-05-03
Abstract: A sensor device (11) which can be attached at at least two different installation locations in a motor vehicle (10) by means of at least one attachment means and which has a data output. The sensor device (11) is installed at a predefined installation location in the motor vehicle (10) by means of the attachment to at least one predefined attachment point (13), the attachment point (13) being characteristic of the installation location in such a way that the attachment to the one predefined attachment point (13) generates a predefined electrical effect, and the sensor device (11) is installed at another predefined installation location in the motor vehicle (10) by means of attachment to at least one other predefined attachment point (14), the attachment to the other predefined attachment point (14) generating a different predefined electrical effect. It being possible to determine the actual installation location of the sensor device (11) by sensing the electrical effect which is generated.
Patent GB-2375994-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum spittoon for collecting ink during servicing of ink jet printheads
Inventor: WEBSTER GRANT ALLEN
IPC: B41J2/165
Filed: 2002-05-16
Abstract: A collection spittoon 52 with a vacuum connection 60 draws air and ink ejected during service spitting of an ink-jet printhead 20 through an opening in the top of the spittoon. The collected ink includes main ejected drops and aerosol 64 generated during the service process. A method for servicing the ink-jet printhead comprises positioning the printhead over an opening in a spittoon chamber, establishing an air flow 62 into the chamber through an opening 52B, actuating the printhead to spit ink droplets in a service mode, and collecting the ink droplets and associated aerosol, by drawing the ink droplets and aerosol into the chamber with the air flow 62. A filter 68 may be positioned in a vacuum line 58.
Patent GB-2378345-A (GB)
Title: Method for scanning a reference macroblock window in a search area
Inventor: CHO JIN-HYUN
IPC: H04N19/50
Filed: 2002-06-10
Abstract: A motion estimation technique compares a current macroblock with different reference macroblocks in a reference frame search area. A motion vector for the current macroblock is derived from the reference macroblock most closely matching the current macroblock. To reduce the number of instructions required to load new reference macroblocks, overlapping portions between reference macroblocks are reused and only nonoverlapping portions are loaded into a memory storage device.
Patent GB-2378605-A (GB)
Title: Route navigation using captured images
Inventor: HUNTER ANDREW ARTHUR
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2002-06-27
Abstract: Image capturing apparatus comprises a plurality of image capture devices at spaced-apart intervals along a plurality of routes and selection apparatus for selecting a navigation path comprising at least a portion of one or more of said routes. An image processor is adapted for sequentially combining one or more image frames from each of a plurality of said image capture devices located along said selected navigation path to produce an image sequence which, when viewed at a suitable rate, simulates motion along said selected navigation path. A method for producing an image sequence which, when viewed at a suitable rate, simulates motion along a selected navigation path is also provided.
Patent GB-2377887-A (GB)
Title: Medal display unit
Inventor: GLOVER ELIOT FRANCIS
IPC: A47G1/12
Filed: 2002-07-16
Abstract: A medal display unit, ie a unit on which a number of medals may be placed or mounted for display. The unit comprises a plurality of substantially horizontal bars 10-13 of graded lengths attached to a vertical spine 14 and each carrying hooks 15 on which the medals may be hung. The bars may be demountable so that the size of the unit may be incremented by adding bars.
Patent GB-2377159-A (GB)
Title: Load carrying assembly
Inventor: MARSHALL PETER ALAN
IPC: B25H3/04
Filed: 2001-06-04
Abstract: A load-carrying assembly (10) [Figure 2] is disclosed comprising a panel (14) having a grid of holes (54) formed therein and at least one load-carrying pouch (26) attached to the panel by means of stud-like fasteners (40, 41) that pass through the holes (54) and through perforations (56, 72) formed in the pouch (26). The panel (14) is preferably formed from a woven textile mesh in which the total area of the holes is less than 75 % of the area of the panel, in which the mesh is less extensible in the vertical (load-carrying) direction than in the lateral or horizontal direction, and in which the studs are preferably a close fit in the holes of the mesh and the perforations of the pouch.
Patent GB-2397207-A (GB)
Title: Imaging chemical samples
Inventor: COLE BRYAN EDWARD
IPC: G01N21/35
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: Imaging techniques of pharmaceutical preparations such as tablets. The techniques combine the measurement of reflected/transmitted terahertz radiation originating from within the tablet and data analysis localised in frequency and time in order to enable a three dimensional image indicating composition to be obtained.
Patent GB-2386812-A (GB)
Title: Radiography film cassette positioning device
Inventor: REID PAUL
IPC: G03B42/02
Filed: 2003-03-19
Abstract: An X-ray cassette (or a radiographic grid and X-ray cassette) are mounted within a device for positioning the cassette beneath a patient lying on a support. The device has two plastic envelope sections 2, 3 - a first rectangular openable pouch section 2 to receive the X-ray cassette, and a second wedge shaped section 3 containing a wedge shaped stiffening member 15. The second section raises the patient and so allows insertion of the cassette beneath the patient. The first and second sections are separated by a common edge 4, the second wedge shape section having greatest thickness and width at the common edge 4 and tapering to a minimum thickness and width at an insertion edge 5 (the insertion edge being furthest from the common edge 4). The envelope sections are formed from a material that is radiotranslucent and impervious to water and other biological fluids.