baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2570860-A (GB)
Title: Micronutrient formulation for aeriel crop application
Inventor: STUART CHARLES WARD
IPC: C05D9/02
Filed: 2017-12-11
Abstract: The present invention relates to use of a liquid oil-miscible micronutrient composition comprising one or more substantially water-insoluble micronutrient source, sus­pended in an oil-based liquid medium, for foliar application to crops via spray oil systems. Preferably the micronutrient source is selected from the elements boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc; and selected from the group of oxides, hydroxides, carbonates, phosphates, oxychlorides, oxysulphates and borates. The oil-based liquid medium may be a vegetable oil. The composition may further comprise a dispersing agent, a rheology agent, thickener, anti-settle agent and/or a colorant material. Also claimed is a spray composition comprising 0.5-5 litres of liquid oil-miscible micronutrient composition and 10-30 litres of spray oil, wherein the spray oil may be selected from mineral oil, rapeseed (canola) oil, neem oil and soybean oil.
Patent GB-2569329-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for optical detection of contamination, radiation source, method for optical detection of contamination
Inventor: STEPHEN COLLINS
IPC: G01N21/88
Filed: 2017-12-13
Abstract: Optical detection of contamination such as food residues or contamination in water is disclosed. An excitation source 24 directs excitation radiation 26 into or onto an entity 22 to be tested. A first optical concentrator 28 is configured to receive radiation emitted due to fluorescence 30 indicative of contamination in or on the entity 22. The emitted radiation is received via an input surface 32. Concentrated radiation is output via an output surface 34 to a detection system 38. The first optical concentrator comprises a first wavelength converting element 36 that converts the received radiation to longer wavelength radiation prior to the output of the radiation via the output surface 34. An excitation source monitor (60, Fig 11) comprises a second wavelength converting element (62, Fig 11) that converts invisible (e.g. UV) radiation from excitation source 24 to visible radiation and outputs the visible radiation to the environment for direct viewing by a user.
Patent GB-2556514-A (GB)
Title: Heated beverage receptacle
Inventor: THOMAS GOSTELOW
IPC: A47J36/24
Filed: 2016-06-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a beverage receptacle (10) comprising a receptacle body (12) and an active heating system (20). The receptacle body provides a chamber (16) for receiving a beverage and a cavity (18) which contains at least part of the active heating system. The active heating system comprises a heater (26) arranged to output heat to contents of the chamber, a rechargeable electrical energy store (32), a temperature sensor (44), control electronics (on a PCB 30) which control supply of electrical power from the electrical energy store to the heater in response to an output of the temperature sensor in order to regulate temperature of the contents of the chamber, and a wireless power receiver (38) for receiving electrical energy from a charging station to charge the electrical energy store without making an electrically conductive connection to the charging station.
Patent GB-2560106-A (GB)
Title: Removable vehicle control
Inventor: ROBERT CHAPMAN
IPC: B62D1/16
Filed: 2018-01-23
Abstract: A vehicle control device 140 includes a body 145 fixable to a vehicle receptacle 110, with an engagement pin 155 on a side 148 of body releaseably lockable to a receptacle hole 130. A first electrical connector 185 on a first end 146 of body 145 is mateable to an electrical connector on the receptacle when the engagement pin is engaged. A steering wheel 165 is releaseably and rotatably engagable to a second end 147 of body 145. Device 140 may provide acceleration and braking controls as well as steering, and is particularly suited for providing manual control in an autonomous vehicle 100; in an example, a cap may be provided to cover receptacle 110, and a computer may deactivate an autonomous driving mode if the cap has been disengaged. Device 140 may provide steer by wire control.
Patent GB-2572827-A (GB)
Title: Mud gas separator design which prevents gas from being discharged into shaker and mud pit rooms
Inventor: FRANK RAMSAY FRENCH
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2018-04-15
Abstract: A mud gas separation system including first and second mud gas separators (MGS) connected in series. The first MGS 43 includes a dip tube liquid seal located in a containment chamber 49. The second MGS 57 is connected to an outlet of the dip tube outer casing 52, and includes a second liquid seal connected through a u-tube outlet 58. Isolation valves may be provided to control flow through the system, including valves 53/60 for draining the liquid seals. Sensors may be provided through the system and connected to a control system to allow automatic shutdown of the system or a drilling system during blowout conditions. The containment chamber allows for the diptube liquid seal to be compromised without leakage of gas, oil or mud, while the second MGS and liquid seal maintain sealed conditions.
Patent GB-2564517-A (GB)
Title: System and method for geofencing
Inventor: KRISHNAKANT M PATEL
IPC: H04W4/06
Filed: 2016-10-21
Abstract: A system and method for geofencing includes sending, by the location management server, location data collection criteria and location data reporting criteria to a first location-aware client; and receiving, by the location management server, location data from the first location-aware client, the location data collected by the first location-aware client according to the location data collection criteria, the location data received from the first location-aware client according to the location data reporting criteria.
Patent GB-2560129-A (GB)
Title: Aneurysm treatment apparatus
Inventor: Rasmus Buch Moeller
IPC: A61B17/12
Filed: 2017-01-20
Abstract: An aneurysm treatment apparatus includes a catheter assembly (10, Fig 1) comprising a catheter 12 which preferably has a steerable distal end (14, Fig 1). A pouch 40 is further disposed over the distal end of the catheter 12 so as to be in co-axial overlying relationship therewith. A constraining sheath 60 is further attached to the catheter 12 and extends over at least a part of the pouch 40. In a preferred arrangement the sheath 60 is bonded to the catheter 12 at its proximal end and a distal end thereof extends over a major portion of the pouch 40 but terminates short of the distal end 26 of the catheter 12, so as to leave a distal end of the pouch 40 exposed. In use the catheter can be steered into an aneurysm sac (102, Fig 11) and filler material fed through the catheter 12 in order to fill the pouch 40. The pouch 40 will expand with filler material from its distal end 44 and gradually slide off the sheath 12 as it fills the aneurysm sac 102. The sheath 60 prevents the pouch 40 from expanding proximally, and potentially adversely affecting the filling process.
Patent GB-2559709-A (GB)
Title: Translation of natural language into user interface actions
Inventor: ROBERT K SEOLAS
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 2015-11-03
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to methods and systems for deriving automation instructions. In one scenario, a computer system derives automation instructions by performing the following: rendering a user interface (UI) based on information from an information source and receiving natural language inputs from a user, where the natural language inputs specify an element description and an action type for UI elements rendered in the UI. The method also includes identifying UI elements in the UI that match the element descriptions in the natural language input and whose actions are performable according to their specified action type, and mapping the natural language inputs into executable code using information that corresponds to the identified UI elements.
Patent GB-2578565-A (GB)
Title: Enhanced separation of rare earth metals
Inventor: PETER NOCKEMANN
IPC: C22B59/00
Filed: 2018-06-15
Abstract: A method for extracting a rare earth metal from a mixture of one or more rare earth metals, comprises contacting an acidic solution of the rare earth metal with a composition which comprises an ionic liquid to form an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase into which the rare earth metal has been selectively extracted, wherein the ionic liquid has the formula [Cat+][X-], where [X-] represents a phosphinate anion. [Cat+] is defined in claim 1, but is exemplified as an imidazolium cation.
Patent GB-2562688-A (GB)
Title: Hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers and methods of manufacturing the same
Inventor: ERIC RODRIGUE NUMKAM FOKOUA
IPC: G02B6/02
Filed: 2013-09-20
Abstract: A hollow-core photonic-bandgap fibre is fabricated from a stack of capillaries. The stack has a hollow core 205 and a boundary with first, corner core capillaries 203 and second, intermediate capillaries 203. The first, corner core capillaries include an additional mass segment 221 at their surface facing the core between adjacent intermediate core capillaries. The stack is reduced to a fibre with a hollow core and a cladding comprising a network of struts and interstitial nodes which together define an array of cavities. A ratio of a length difference between a longest and shortest pitch spacing of core boundary nodes to their average pitch spacing may be less than 0.3. Other fibres are fabricated with intermediate core capillaries including a reduced mass segment or having a core tube that includes additional mass segments at its surface opposite first capillaries. Other fibres are fabricated with a hexagonal core tube or have corner core capillaries with hexagonal outer sections and intermediate core capillaries with frusto-hexagonal outer sections. Other fibres are fabricated with capillaries located on a circle with cladding capillaries, with corner core capillaries formed of a material of higher viscosity or with additional mass segments located at unfilled junctions.
Patent GB-2585324-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for manufacturing confectionery pieces
Inventor: THOMAS JAMES DINGLEY
IPC: B02C19/00
Filed: 2018-09-26
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plurality of irregularly shaped and/or sized pieces of confectionery comprises: a) forming at least one rope of confectionery material 1301; and b) applying external pressure at multiple locations along the length of the at least one rope 1301 to snap the rope at multiple locations. The confectionery material may be chocolate or candy. The confectionery material may comprise at least one inclusion. Also disclosed is a device for manufacturing a plurality of irregularly shaped and/or sized pieces of confectionery material comprising a) a device for forming at least one rope of confectionery material; and b) a device 1304 for applying external pressure at multiple locations along the length of the at least one rope to snap the rope at multiple locations. Additionally, the use of a pin roller to snap a rope of confectionery material into irregularly shaped and/or sized pieces is disclosed.
Patent GB-2577933-A (GB)
Title: Optical security device
Inventor: Marek Skeren
IPC: G03H1/00
Filed: 2018-10-12
Abstract: An optical security device 1 comprising a recorded or encoded representation of an optically variable image 40, the image may be reconstructed, the device comprising an optical structure 30 made up of a plurality of discrete portions 50 of the complete image to be reconstructed, wherein the complete image can only be viewed by viewing the said image at or over a plurality of different viewing angles 70 or angles of illumination of the optical structure 10, and wherein the size, in at least one dimension, direction, axis or plane, of the complete image, when reconstructed, is greater than a corresponding part of the optical structure.
Patent GB-2569872-A (GB)
Title: Instance usage facilitating system
Inventor: NAZIM SEBIH
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2018-11-12
Abstract: A cloud computing system deploys instances of virtual machines 8211. Metrics about the instances are acquired 100. An instance is selected 300, and a user of the instance M is asked whether the instance is active, idle or in an unknown state. A chatbot interface 910 may be used to communicate with the user via a user terminal 900. A label is attached to the instance based on the user’s response. This may be performed iteratively to label multiple instances. The instance may be selected using a heuristic algorithm, which may use log transformation and scale transformation. A machine learning unit 600 is trained using the labels to determine the state of an instance from the metrics. The cloud computing system may be a multi-tenant cloud environment.
Patent GB-2571400-A (GB)
Title: Cosmetic compositions with reduced oily or greasy feel on the skin
Inventor: THOMAS DOERING
IPC: A61Q15/00
Filed: 2018-11-20
Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing an oil mixture in a total amount of from about 40-99 % by weight, in relation to the total amount of the cosmetic composition, without taking into consideration any propellant possibly provided, wherein the oil mixture consists of: at least two selected esters, which are formed from at least one linear or branched saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acids with 3-30 carbon atoms, optionally containing one or more hydroxyl groups, and at least one linear or branched , saturated or unsaturated alcohol with 1-30 carbon atoms; at least one linear polydimethylsiloxane with a viscosity of from about 1 to less than about 20 cSt; PPG-14 butyl ether; and cyclic polydimethylsiloxanes in a total amount, in relation to the total amount of the cosmetic composition, of 0-0.4% by weight; wherein the total amount of the esters in relation to the total oil mixture is about 45-70% by weight and wherein the PPG-14 butyl ether and linear polydimethylsiloxanes are present in a ratio by weight of about 1.2-2.4. Preferred compositions comprise PPG-14 butyl ether, dimethicone 5 cST, 2-ethylhexylpalmitate and isopropyl myristate. The cosmetic compositions are particularly useful in personal care products particularly for antiperspirant aerosols.
Patent GB-2580172-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum insulated glazing unit
Inventor: GARY ROBERT NICHOL
IPC: E06B3/663
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: The unit 1 comprises a first sheet 2 of glazing material with a first face 3 and a second face 4 and a second sheet 5 of glazing material with a first face 6 and second face 7. The sheets are arranged in a spaced apart, first face to first face arrangement. The unit further comprises a hermetic seal 9 located between the first and second sheet of glazing material to form a cavity 8 between the first faces of the glazing sheets with the unit further comprising one or more spacers 10 located between the first and second glazing sheet material wherein the hermetic seal comprises at least 50% by weight silicon oxide. The first and/or second sheets may comprise of glass or may be comprised of thermally toughened glass. The unit may further comprise an evacuation port (15, fig 3). Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing said vacuum insulated glazing unit.
Patent GB-2566222-A (GB)
Title: Device for cardiac valve repair and method of implanting the same
Inventor: KHUNG KEONG YEO
IPC: A61F2/24
Filed: 2017-06-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for cardiac valve repair, the device comprising: at least one upstream anchoring means adapted to anchor to at least one tissue site, the tissue site located upstream with respect to a heart valve of a patient; and a coaptation structure arranged to extend from the upstream anchoring means, the coaptation structure comprising a free end, wherein the coaptation structure is operable to extend across the heart valve and locate the free end downstream from the heart valve and the coaptation structure operable to coapt with at least one heart valve leaflet of the patient's heart to prevent and/or minimize a backflow of blood. The present invention is suitable for the treatment of heart valves using minimally invasive approaches. Additionally, the present invention is directed to a method of implanting a device for cardiac valve repair in a patient's heart.
Patent GB-2583443-A (GB)
Title: Marine current speed and direction measuring instrument for use on vessels
Inventor: DAVID CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL
IPC: B63B22/00
Filed: 2019-02-04
Abstract: A waterborne vessel such as a ship, boat, yacht or similar is flexibly secured or tethered to a drift buoy sensor unit by means of a rope, cable or similar. The drift buoy sensor unit measures tidal drift speed and direction by means of a satellite positioning system. Data is sent to an onboard processing and display device where tidal vector information assists the helm navigate in real time.
Patent GB-2573614-A (GB)
Title: Safety pull cord for a conveyor
Inventor: Toby J Cressman
IPC: H01H3/02
Filed: 2019-03-06
Abstract: A conveyor system comprising a flexible conveyor train 14, a controller 26, and a safety actuator 30 supported on the train. The conveyor train has a first and second end, a belt (22, fig 1) to transport material driven by a motor that is in communication with the motor. The safety actuator 30 comprises a cord 42 connected at one end 38 to a trip switch 94 coupled to the controller, and at a second end 34 to a retractor 46 to maintain tension in the cord 42 during flexing of the conveyor. The trip switch 94 may move between two positions designating modes that permit or inhibit the controller operating the conveyor, where force on cord 42 may shift the switch. The retractor 46 may have two modes to permit or inhibit cord 42 from being paid out, it may include a spool 54 around which the cord 42 is wrapped, where excessive spool rotation engages a clutch 62 with a pawl 70 inhibiting rotation.
Patent GB-2582369-A (GB)
Title: Rag relief for overflow screen
Inventor: SAMUEL MUNN
IPC: E03F5/14
Filed: 2019-03-21
Abstract: A Venturi device (10, Fig. 1) having a first end with inlet 16, a second end having fluid outlet 20 and an opposing Venturi inlet 22, joined by a Venturi pipe 26, the Venturi pipe having a narrower constricted cross-section than the Venturi inlet. Also claimed is a combined sewage overflow (CSO) device with a first chamber 54, an escape chamber (56, Fig. 11) adjacent the first and separated by a perforated screen 58, a second chamber 60 in fluid communication with the first, an effluent inlet 64 into the first chamber and effluent outlet 66 out of the second chamber, the fluid inlet 16 of the Venturi device located in the first chamber adjacent the screen, the Venturi inlet 22 located in the first chamber distal from the screen. During normal use water flows at the bottom of the CSO through the effluent passage and Venturi pipe 26. During excessive rainfall or flooding the first chamber fills and overflows and solids caught by the screen are drawn from below it via inlet 16 by Venturi action.
Patent GB-2574107-A (GB)
Title: Assembly for a turbine engine
Inventor: REMI PHILIPPE GUY ONFRAY
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 2019-03-28
Abstract: An assembly 50 includes an annular row of stator blades including vanes 6 extending radially which are variable in pitch, with a tubular component mounted around a radially extending pivot 14, the tubular component 26 having at least a first zone 26a, 26c fitted tightly to the pivot, with a second zone 26b where the tubular component bulges 28 and does not make contact with the pivot, defining an annular space 30 there between. The bulge of the tubular component may be convex. There may be two tightly fitted zones, which may be at either end of the tubular component. The assembly is for a turbine engine, it may form part of a turbine engine compressor and may be used in a turbojet or turbo prop engine.
Patent GB-2582764-A (GB)
Title: Direct part marking
Inventor: EAMONN AHEARNE
IPC: B44C3/08
Filed: 2019-04-01
Abstract: A direct part marking system 10 utilises a hardened multi-faceted indenter tip to produce one or more indentations (I, Fig.3) in a surface S such that the geometry of the indentations reflects light having a substantially normal angle of incidence relative to the surrounding surface with a non-normal angle of reflection to create a contrasted area with respect to the surface surrounding the indentation. The part marking system comprises an indenter 12 having a longitudinal axis LL; an actuator 22 operable to effect reversible displacement of the indenter in a primary direction along the longitudinal axis into and out of contact with a surface in order to produce an indentation in the surface; wherein the indenter comprises a polyhedral tip 16 defined by a plurality of faces 20 oriented and having a surface finish to produce a specular faceted indentation. Also provided is a method of marking a surface which includes displacing a polyhedral tip of an indenter in a primary direction into the surface to create at least one specular faceted indentation. The indenter tip may have four faces, be a square based pyramid or a Vickers® indenter. The actuator may be piezoelectric or a CNC machine.
Patent GB-2583718-A (GB)
Title: Method, apparatus and computer program for updating a cluster probability model
Inventor: DANIEL ANSORREGUI LOBETE
IPC: G06N20/00
Filed: 2019-05-01
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of updating a cluster probability model for predicting the next event to occur from among a plurality of events is disclosed. The method comprises detecting occurrence of a first event and a second event following the first event, and determining whether the first event and the second event belong to the same cluster or to different clusters. When it is determined that the first event and the second event belong to the same cluster, a corresponding one of the intra-cluster transition probabilities associated with said cluster is updated and transmitted to a server. When it is determined that the first event and the second event belong to different clusters, a corresponding inter-cluster transition probability associated with said clusters is updated and transmitted to the server. In some embodiments, the updated probabilities may be used to predict the most likely next event to occur, and a pre-emptive action may be taken before occurrence of the next event. The cluster probability model may be configured for predicting the next application that will be selected by the current user, among a plurality of applications installed on the user device such as a mobile phone.
Patent GB-2585690-A (GB)
Title: Prefabricated frame for masonry slips
Inventor: MATTHEW FREEMAN
IPC: E04F13/26
Filed: 2019-07-11
Abstract: The panel comprises at least one masonry slip 2, each with a slot 3 on each of two sides, and at least one frame 10. The frame comprises an elongate channel 13 with a back plane 14, from which two extensions (15, figure 4b) extend to form the channel, and two lips 11,12, one extending inwards from the distal edge of each extension to engage with the slots and hold the slips within the channel. The first lip 11 has a straight portion (16, figure 4b) parallel to the back plane and an angled end portion (17, figure 4b) projecting away from the back plane, and may be configured to engage two opposing internal surfaces of the slot without deformation. The second lip 12 may be bent back on itself to provide a friction fit in the slot. Also claimed are a framework comprising frames attached side-by-side with their channels parallel, and a frame for retaining masonry slips.