baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2388038-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for cleansing the lower intestinal tract with non-invasive nozzle
Inventor: XU HAOHAN
IPC: A61M1/00
Filed: 2003-04-02
Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleansing the lower intestinal tract of a patient comprising a carcass 9 with fluid inlet 10, 100 and outlet 11, 900, fluid heating means 202 (Fig.4), and cleansing means 1 connected to said outlet comprising a nozzle head 101, with a curved surface 105 that matches the anus and the body surrounding it, the curved surface having an cleansing opening 103 at a distal end so that water can be injected into the lower intestine by contact with but not penetration of the anus. The apparatus also comprises control means 6 with interface 7, 8 connected to the heating means and the cleansing means for controlling temperature and pressure flow of the fluid. An ozoniser 3 and/or water filtering means 5 can also be connected in line with the heater and also be controlled by means 6. Water is normally filtered and heated (and optionally ozonified) to 20-38 C and is directed under a predetermined pressure through the anal canal into the lower intestinal tract. Cleansing means are then removed temporarily and the cycle is repeated as necesary.
Patent GB-2388855-A (GB)
Title: Cementing a production string
Inventor: VINCENT RAY
IPC: E21B21/10
Filed: 2003-04-17
Abstract: Cementing a production string in a well involves the use of a completion tool having a pressure activated cementing valve 32, an external packer 34, a pressure activated production valve 36 and a plug landing collar 38. When the tool is in place, a pump down plug 50 is used to seal the internal bore below the pressure activated production valve 36, with the resultant increase in pressure causing the packer 34 to inflate and the cementing valve 32 to open, thereby allowing cement to exit through the cementing valve 32. Cementing is stopped by introducing a closing pump down plug 54 which engages a seat (48, fig 7) in the cementing valve 32. Increasing the pressure behind the plug 54 closes the cementing valve 32 and shears seat retaining pins to force the plug 54 against the fluid between the two plugs 50,54. This causes the production valve 36 to open and residual cement is purged from the tool. The method allows cementing to occur without the need to subsequently drill out a residual plug of cement.
Patent GB-2388844-A (GB)
Title: Production of lube bases from waste plastic and Fischer-Tropsch wax
Inventor: MILLER STEPHEN J
IPC: C10G45/58
Filed: 2003-04-22
Abstract: The invention provides a process for converting a blend of plastic waste and a Fischer-Tropsch waxy fraction into lube base oils. A Fischer-Tropsch wax 15 is separated into a 1000{F+ fraction and a 1000{F- fraction. The higher boiling fraction 27 is combined with virgin or waste polyolefin 10 and fed to a pyrolysis zone 30 after being heated in a heating unit 20. The pyrolysis effluent is separated into at least a heavy fraction. A light fraction may be processed into a feed for gasoline products. A middle fraction may be hydrotreated and isodewaxed to form diesel, diesel blending and jet fuel, or can be oligomerized, hydrotreated and isodewaxed to form high VI lubricating base oil. The heavy fraction is hydrotreated 40 and isodewaxed 50, and fractionated 60 to yield high VI lubricating base oil. The process can be conducted on a continuous basis. Another aspect of the invention provides a continuous process for converting waste or virgin plastics into lube oils. A further disclosure relates to a process for preparing a lube base oil from a Fischer-Tropsch wax, optionally blended with a waste polyolefin.
Patent GB-2395886-A (GB)
Title: Shoe lace retention apparatus
Inventor: WILLIAMS ALAN JOHN
IPC: A43C11/20
Filed: 2003-05-27
Abstract: The lace retention apparatus 10 arranged to be coupled to the underside of a shoe tongue 20 and comprises first and second fastening portions 1,2 made of a hook and loop fastening material. A shoe lace 4 can be retained in a securement position by the lace retention apparatus 10 while presenting a fashionable unknotted appearance for the lace 4 without reducing comfort for the shoe wearer or presenting a trip hazard.
Patent GB-2389739-A (GB)
Title: E-mail communication system
Inventor: KADOMATSU HITOSHI
IPC: H04L12/58
Filed: 2003-06-11
Abstract: An e-mail communication system, in which junk or spam e-mails can be prevented to transmit to recipients, is provided. In case that a sender (subscriber) connected to an Internet service provider transmitted an e-mail to recipients (subscribers) connected to the Internet service provider, when the e-mail was an unwelcome e-mail (bothering e-mail) to the recipients, each of the recipients transmit a refusal notice to a data server for addresses transmitted refusal e-mails by using e-mails via an e-mail server provided by the Internet service provider. The data server for addresses transmitted refusal e-mails stores the transmitted refusal notices. When the number of the refusal notices per a unit period exceeded a threshold value, the Internet service provider makes the sender stop transmitting e-mails from now on.
Patent GB-2403629-A (GB)
Title: Selective data reception
Inventor: PAILA TONI
IPC: H04H20/00
Filed: 2003-06-27
Abstract: A terminal 13 for selectively receiving broadcast data in a transport stream 7 over a first network, the broadcast data including a series of bursts of associated data packets (B1), comprises a controller 16 and a receiver 19. The controller 16 is configured to extract information identifying a group of data packets from the data packets within a first burst, e.g. Packet Identifier (PID) PID1, PID2, calculate a burst length and burst interval for the series on the basis of the times at which data packets are received by the receiver and to calculate one or more instances of time ts at which one or more subsequent bursts in the series will be received based on the calculated burst length tB1 and/or burst interval tI1. The receiver 19 is operated to selectively receiving the transport stream 7, e.g. by switching the receiver 19 between its on and off states, the receiver 19 being switched on at time ts for a period equal to the burst length in order to receive subsequent data bursts in the series. The terminal 13 may be further configured to enable mobile telephone communication via a second network.
Patent GB-2405138-A (GB)
Title: Valves for portable flexible drinking vessels
Inventor: GRANT JON
IPC: F16K1/12
Filed: 2003-07-24
Abstract: A valve for selectively providing access to a supply of drinking fluid retained within a portable flexible container comprises a tubular body 1 having at one end a stem 2 insertable into an opening in communication with the container (fig 4, 18) and its other end an outlet 3, through which fluid from the container can leave the valve. A piston 6 is mounted for sliding movement within a central bore 4 of the body and is resiliently urged into engagement with an annular seating 11 positioned at the bore end closest to the outlet. Means (fig 5) are provided for moving the piston against the action of the resilient means to enable fluid to be drawn from the container past the piston and through the outlet. The seating 11 may be tapered, and the piston may be urged towards the outlet 3 by a coil spring 14. An on/off valve (fig 4, 17) may be provided between the container (18) and the valve 1. The connector may have a tubular housing (fig 5, 19) and a rod (fig 5, 22) which pulses piston 6 from its seat 11 to allow liquid to flow from the container to a user's mouth upon a sucking action from the user.
Patent GB-2404422-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine spark plug with secondary spark gaps
Inventor: BURROWS JOHN ANTONY
IPC: H01T13/32
Filed: 2003-07-29
Abstract: The spark plug comprises a tubular metallic shell 120 along which extends an electrically insulating sleeve 12 surrounding a first electrode 16 that co-operates with a second, ground electrode 22 carried by the shell to define a primary spark gap G1. The insulating sleeve 12 has one or more lateral projections 32 of electrically insulating material spaced from the tip and the metallic shell part extends axially to the vicinity 10 of the projection(s) 32 as a plurality of shell extension elements 1211, 1212 of limited circumferential extent separated by spaces 1231, 1232 that define lateral sleeve exposing openings. The extension elements define with the sleeve projection secondary spark gaps G2 and the openings permit fuel to access the counterbore in the vicinity of the secondary spark gaps and a flame front of fuel ignited by a spark at a secondary gap to pass efficiently into the combustion chamber. The extension elements may be capped by a circumferentially extending ring (325, Fig 4) or the elements and intervening spaces may be defined by a tubular wall with through-apertures 427, Fig 5. The arrangement ensures less fouling and better cooling of the sleeve that enables the plug to function at higher engine temperatures.
Patent GB-2404862-A (GB)
Title: Prosthesis with adjustable bearing retainer
Inventor: PARKIN RACHEL
IPC: A61F2/38
Filed: 2003-08-15
Abstract: A prosthesis for replacement of all or part of a human or animal joint, the prosthesis comprising a mounting component 40 for connection to a bone, a bearing component (not shown) for articulation relative to a second bone, and a fixing element 120 comprising a retainer portion 180 which engages the bearing component and a base portion 200 which is connectable to the mounting component 40, the position of the retainer portion 180 relative to the mounting component 40 being adjustable.
Patent GB-2389692-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for automated cellular bioinformatics
Inventor: KIROS ESKINDER
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2002-02-20
Abstract: An automated system that conducts, monitors, and validates a cell-line-based biological experiment including one or more treatment compounds or other external stimuli. In one preferred embodiment, the system comprises two principal subsystems, and optionally accessory subsystems. A first principal subsystem is an automated laboratory experiment manager for designing the biological experiment, for constructing an assay plate used to conduct the biological experiment, and for managing one or more of the processes that constitute the biological experiment. A second principal subsystem is an automated data analysis manager for analyzing images, for instance produced by the image production system, to detect image data including biological markers and objects, for analyzing the resulting image data to produce biological data, and for analyzing the biological data to produce biological phenotypes and treatment compound signatures.
Patent GB-2407081-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in laying flagstones
Inventor: ASPDEN JOHN
IPC: E01C19/52
Filed: 2003-10-16
Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use in the laying of flagstones 10 comprising a wheeled conveyance 1, for example a sack truck, to which is connected a releasable clamping mechanism. The mechanism includes a pair of jaws 9 between which a flagstone 10 can be clamped for transportation by the truck 1 prior to being laid in a desired position by release of the clamping mechanism. To this end, the jaws 9 preferably comprise a pair of parallel, angle section projections which are attached to a cross-frame 11. In one embodiment, the clamping mechanism comprises battery-powered hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders. In another embodiment, the clamping mechanism is releasably connected to the conveyance 1 so that it can be disconnected from the clamping mechanism and the conveyance 1 used in a conventional manner for transporting other types of load.
Patent GB-2393842-A (GB)
Title: Data transfer devices and methods
Inventor: POWELL DAVID JOHN
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2000-08-04
Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a network of game machines (506, 508, 510, 514) including a central controller (500). The central controller is useable to receive data from the game machines and also to transmit data to the game machines, for example to upload new or corrected software to the game machines. Some of the game machines may be connected to the network via radio link (512). Higher baud rates, such as 10,000 baud, are acheivable with the network of the present invention.
Patent GB-2410532-A (GB)
Title: A sealing device
Inventor: CHAPPELL KEVEN ALAN
IPC: B29C73/14
Filed: 2004-01-27
Abstract: A sealing device comprises a support shaft 10 with first and second members 20, 40 mounted on it. First member 20 is resiliently flexible such that it can fit through an aperture in a wall which is to be sealed and locate on a remote side of the wall. The second member 40 locates against the near side of the wall. A ratchet mechanism 14, 45 may anchor the second member 40 at a predetermined position along the shaft. At least one of the first and second members 20, 40 are capable of forming a fluid-tight seal against their respective side of the wall. The sealing device can be used to seal an aperture in a wall of a container, fluid-carrying conduit or other structure. The sealing device may be in kit form or used in a method of sealing a leak in a punctured structure.
Patent GB-2398888-A (GB)
Title: Process control system with an embedded safety system
Inventor: ANEWEER TOM
IPC: G05B23/02
Filed: 2004-01-27
Abstract: A process plant includes a process control system having a safety system 14 embedded therein. The integrated process control and safety system includes a host computer 16 arranged to send and receive process level messages and safety level messages, a controller 24 operatively connected to the host computer by a first communication network 22, at least one first input/output device 28-36 in operative communication with at least one process control field device 40, 42, and at least one second input/output device 50-56 in operative communication with at least one safety-related field device 60, 62. The first and second input/output devices are operatively connected to the controller via a second communication bus. The second input/output device includes a processor 57 programmed to monitor both the process level messages and the safety level messages, to distinguish the process level messages from safety lev    essages, to select the safety level messages and to communicate with the safety-related field device based on the safety level messages.
Patent GB-2413730-A (GB)
Title: Transmission of image data during communication sessions
Inventor: TEMPLE STEPHEN
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2004-03-10
Abstract: A method and system of controlling a communication session between a first mobile device 1A and a second mobile device 1B, each of which is associated with a communications network 7A, 7B. Image data associated with the first device 1A is stored on image server 19A. A communication link is initiated between the first device 1 A and the second device 1B for transmitting speech data, and a message is transmitted to the second device 1B for instructing that device to display the image data. The image data is displayed on the second device 1B contemporaneously with reproducing the speech data. The image data stored in the, image server 19A of the first network 7A is transmitted to the image server 19B associated with the second network 7B. PoC server 13B controls the sending of this image data to mobile terminal 1B. Once received by mobile terminal 1B, the image data may be stored thereon, and automatically reproduced each time speech data are transmitted to device 1B.
Patent GB-2416336-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle towing apparatus
Inventor: RODGERS RICHARD FRANCIS
IPC: B60P3/12
Filed: 2004-07-17
Abstract: A vehicle recovery apparatus having a drawbar (1) having an axis and two wheel units (3,4,5) mounted relative to the drawbar on opposite sides respectively of the axis of the drawbar. The wheel units are movably mounted relative to the drawbar such that they may be moved to extended and retracted positions relative to the drawbar along an axis which is generally orthogonal to the axis of the drawbar. Movement of the wheel units enables that apparatus to adopt a configuration for storage in which it requires less space than comparable conventional apparatus. This facilitates storage of the apparatus in a vehicle.
Patent GB-2402575-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for supporting AVC in MP4
Inventor: VISHARAM MOHAMMED Z
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2003-02-24
Abstract: Sub-sample metadata defining sub-samples within each sample of multimedia data is created. Further, a file associated with the multimedia data is formed. This file includes the sub-sample metadata, as well as other information pertaining to the multimedia data.
Patent GB-2421058-A (GB)
Title: A spherical bearing arrangement
Inventor: SMITH PAUL
IPC: F16C11/06
Filed: 2004-12-13
Abstract: A spherical bearing arrangement comprises a ball 3 and a bearing housing 2. The ball 3 is mounted in the bearing housing 2 with respective bearing surfaces 6, 7 of the ball 3 and the housing 2 being in sliding contact with one another. A recess 16 is provided for accommodating a seal 13 in one of the bearing surfaces 6, 7 and the other bearing surface 6, 7 is in sliding contact with an inner edge 11 of the recess 16 but not an outer edge 12. The outer edge 12 of the recess 16 is preferably proximate an axial end of the housing 2 and two recesses 16 may be present with lubricant held in the space provided between the recess 16. At least one of the edges 11, 12 of the recess 16 has a smooth transition which may have a non-constant radius or a constant radius of at least 0.1mm. The ball 3 or the housing 2 are preferably manufacture from titanium or a titanium alloy and may include a coating applied using physical vapour deposition. The arrangement reduces wear on the bearing surfaces.
Patent GB-2406713-A (GB)
Title: Surface treating method for substrate
Inventor: TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO LTD
IPC: H01L21/31
Filed: 2003-07-09
Abstract: A surface treating method for a conductive substrate by using an optical pumping process, wherein a conducive substrate is placed in a treating container (1) kept at 0.001-1 atmospheric pressure, while a negative bias pressure is being applied to a substrate (2), a ultraviolet ray having an optical energy of 3-10 eV larger than the work function of the substrate surface is applied from a ultraviolet ray source (5) housed in a container having a light output window, and a process gas is supplied into the treating container (1) to thereby produce ions and radicals (6) caused by the collision of process gas components with emitted electrons from the substrate surface and allow them to reach the surface of the substrate (2), whereby it is possible to surface-treat a substrate simply, highly efficiently, inexpensively and easily even in the case of a large-area substrate.
Patent GB-2422363-A (GB)
Title: Decorative, bottle label sleeve
Inventor: BRAYSHAW SUSAN MARGARET
IPC: G09F23/06
Filed: 2005-01-22
Abstract: A decorative, bottle labelling sleeve 2, normally provided in flat or blank form (fig. 1), has a pair of upwardly extending limbs 16, 18 wrappable around a bottle neck 28 and securable to one another, so as to support a main body of the sleeve 26 on the bottle body. The main body 26 of the sleeve 2, may be secured around the bottle body by a strip of adhesive (20 fig. 1) adhered to itself at 8. The sleeve 2 may feature a label area 44 which may be written on. The sleeve may be decorated, such as in the form of a chef's attire, and may be used to adorn a wine bottle.
Patent GB-2407901-A (GB)
Title: Rolling code security system
Inventor: FITZGIBBON JAMES J
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2003-08-14
Abstract: A rolling code transmitter (Fig. 2) is useful in a security system (Fig. 1) for providing secure encrypted RF transmission comprising an interleaved trinary bit fixed code and rolling code (Fig. 6). To provide even greater security, the transmitter (Fig. 2) is limited in the number of times it may perform a resynchronization procedure. A receiver (Fig. 3) demodulates the encrypted RF transmission and recovers the fixed code and rolling code. Upon comparison of the fixed and rolling codes with stored codes and determining that the signal has emanated from an authorized transmitter (Fig. 7A, 7B, and 7C), a signal is generated to actuate an electric motor to open or close a movable barrier.
Patent GB-2413476-A (GB)
Title: Infant garment with improved fastener system
Inventor: BINNS SIMON
IPC: A44B17/00
Filed: 2005-05-03
Abstract: An infant garment with an improved system for fastening together portions of the garment is disclosed. Visual and/or tactile indicia are applied to corresponding fastener portions 6, 8 to allow a user to identify which fastener portion 6 on the first portion of fabric (4a, fig.1) corresponds with which fastener portion 8 on the second portion of fabric (4b, fig 2).
Patent GB-2414580-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic service registry for virtual machines
Inventor: KNAUERHASE ROBERT
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 2004-02-25
Abstract: A traditional registry, such as a global UDDI server, is not designed to accommodate transitory devices, e.g., devices that may frequently attach and detach from a network, often-times without warning, such as virtual machines offering or desiring services that are periodically instantiated and then suspended or destroyed. To accommodate such transitory devices, a dynamic resource/service registry may be implemented that leverages lower-level protocols or state to determine appropriate registry updates to keep the registry state consistent with currently-active virtual machines. For example, a virtual machine monitor (VMM) may track creation and suspension or deletion of a virtual machine (VM), and resources advertised by the VM, where the VMM appropriately adds or removes registry entries for the VM as the state of the VM changes or provides hooks (e.g. notifications) or other instrumentation based on said state or protocols to enable other associated modules or agents (e.g. management modules or the registry) to take appropriate actions.
Patent GB-2413415-A (GB)
Title: Method for creating a histogram
Inventor: LOEW ANDREAS
IPC: G06F17/18
Filed: 2003-12-24
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a histogram representing the distribution of supplied quantities which are associated with supplied values within a pre-determined value range, said value range being divided into pre-determined partial ranges which are defined by supporting values. For values which lie between a supporting value and an adjacent supporting value, division factors are calculated according to the position thereof. The quantities are divided according to the respective division factors between the respective supporting value and the adjacent supporting value, and are separately accumulated according to supporting values. The accumulated values are divided by the number of division factors which are respectively separately accumulated according to supporting values.
Patent GB-2428335-A (GB)
Title: Electronic device capable of multi-directional rotation
Inventor: TSENG YI-WEN
IPC: H01R35/04
Filed: 2005-07-12
Abstract: An electronic device has a connecting unit 10 and a unit body 20. The connecting unit has a connector 13, such as a USB connector, at one end. The housing contains an electronic circuit assembly 22. The connecting unit has a pivoting portion 164 having a substantially spherical contour, so that the connecting unit and the unit body are joined by a ball joint. The circuit may be a wireless transceiver or a data storage device.