baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2534688-A (GB)
Title: Bearing assembly support
Inventor: Philip Wild
IPC: F16C35/00
Filed: 2015-12-23
Abstract: A bearing assembly support comprises a body 120. The body defines a thrust surface (152, Fig. 2), an aperture 130, 140 extending through the body; and at least one passageway 170 along which a lubricant can flow away from the thrust surface during use. The stop is suitable for contacting an end of a bearing assembly 192a-c. The aperture is suitable for receipt of a shaft 190 when supported by the bearing assembly. Each passageway may be defined by a recess (160 a-f, Fig. 4) on the thrust surface or a cut away section that extends through the body from the thrust surface to an opposite surface of the body. The body may be a housing for receipt of a bearing assembly or an end cap for a housing. A method of manufacturing a housing with a lubricant drain, incorporating a bearing assembly support is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2546261-A (GB)
Title: Cart locking system and method
Inventor: DANNY HERZBRUNN
IPC: G07F7/06
Filed: 2016-01-12
Abstract: A cart locking arrangement 100 comprises a first housing 102 and a second housing 106 configured to form a space 110 therebetween. The cart locking arrangement further includes at least one spring-loaded engaging element 114 disposed on a first housing, the engaging element having an extended position (see figure 5B) to engage with and inhibit traversal of said cart between the first and second housings and a retracted position (see figure 6B) in which the cart is free to move between the first and second housings but which the engaging element is urged against the cart. The apparatus further comprises at least one actuator (218, figure 5A) wherein in response to a first external stimulus, the actuator is adapted to shift the engaging element into the retracted position, and in response to a second stimulus, adapted to shift the engaging element into the extended position. In a further aspect the arrangement may comprises a display 120, data entry device 122, and a central processing unit (CPU) 124, the CPU is designed and configured to detect a positive identification handshake via the data entry device with a potential user, and to obtain identification data of the user.
Patent GB-2549797-A (GB)
Title: Feedback mechanism for multicast protocols
Inventor: SIMO SILLANKORVA
IPC: H04W4/08
Filed: 2016-04-29
Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present technique provide apparatus, systems and methods to optimise a multicasting operation used to transmit data packets in a communication network. An apparatus is disclosed which comprises, a data store to store at least one variable parameter associated with a multicasting operation, a communication module to multicast a data packet to a plurality of nodes in a communication network using the stored variable parameter and receive, from a node of the plurality of nodes, a retransmitted version of the multicast data packet, the retransmitted data packet comprising feedback data and at least one processor coupled to the data store and the communication module to determine, using the feedback data, that the variable parameter requires modification to optimise the multicasting operation for the network, modify in response to the feedback data and store the modified variable parameter in the data store. The invention aims to help devices in Internet of Things (IoT) or M2M networks to feed back problems.
Patent GB-2541775-A (GB)
Title: Storage containers and bins
Inventor: Martyn Lee Bates
IPC: B65D81/26
Filed: 2016-06-03
Abstract: A container 210 has four sides and a base, two of the sides include a series of apertures 50. These apertures could be used as vents to allow cool air to chill the contents of the box. Over 50% or 60% of the height of the walls could be free 60 from vents. The box could be made from polypropylene, HDPE, PET or another plastic. Further boxes with vent holes could be received in this first container so that the vent holes of the inner and outer boxes align. Ideally the inner box contains bags. The containers could be used in a greenhouse or parcel sorting system.
Patent GB-2540044-A (GB)
Title: Pot hole repair system
Inventor: DENIS ALBERT CHAMBERLAIN
IPC: G01L19/14
Filed: 2014-07-01
Abstract: A repair system for repairing a defect 304 such a pot hole in a road surface, or pavement, is disclosed. The defect defines a surface for repair and a recess to receive repair material during a repair process. A thermocouple 302 sensor is located in or adjacent to the defect surface and monitors the temperature at a boundary between the defect surface and the repair material before and optionally during repair of the road surface. A controller 303 receives data from the thermocouple sensor and is operable to monitor temperature data. More than one thermocouple may be used to determine how temperature varies across the defect and the controller operates an array of heating elements 400 to create an optimized heating pattern for improved repair. An infrared radiant point detector or camera may be used in addition to obtain temperature data. Pressure data may also be obtained from a sensor placed in a hole drilled in the road surface.
Patent GB-2539594-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder bore wall heat insulation device, internal combustion engine and vehicle
Inventor: SATOSHI OKAWA
IPC: F02F1/14
Filed: 2015-04-02
Abstract: This cylinder bore wall heat insulation device comprises: a rubber member which is in contact with one half of the middle and lower portion of the cylinder bore-facing wall surface of the groove-form cooling water flow path, and in which the shape of the contact surface follows the middle and lower portion of the cylinder bore-facing wall surface of the groove-form cooling water flow path; a metal base body member to which the rubber member is fixed; and elastic members which are attached to the metal base body member and which impart a bias such that the metal base body member presses the rubber member towards the middle and lower portion of the cylinder bore-facing wall surface of the groove-form cooling water flow path. By means of the present invention, it is possible to provide an internal combustion engine that has high temperature uniformity over the cylinder bore wall.
Patent GB-2556051-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for use in producing carbon nanotube/metal composites
Inventor: Lidia Wolanicka
IPC: C23C16/18
Filed: 2016-11-14
Abstract: A metalorganic chemical vapour deposition method of functionalising carbon nanotubes comprises arranging a quantity of nanotubes 36 in contact with an organometallic compound of a transition metal 38 on a substrate 34 in a reaction chamber 12, purging the chamber, filling with a process gas 28 and heating the chamber to a temperature equal to or greater than the melting point of the organometallic compound. The transition metal may be nickel or chromium and the compound may be nickelocene, dibenzenechromium or chromocene. The compound is preferably arranged on top of the nanotubes. The process gas may be a mixture of argon and hydrogen or a mixture of helium and hydrogen. A method of forming a metal matrix composite comprises disposing the functionalised carbon nanotubes within molten metal and solidifying the metal. Also disclosed is an apparatus suitable for performing said method. A method of plating copper particles with a transition metal comprises mixing the copper particles with an aqueous solution comprising a source of a transition metal, a reducing agent to produce ions of the transition metal and a complexing agent.
Patent GB-2557204-A (GB)
Title: Dosing device and system
Inventor: HENRY FLETCHER
IPC: D06F39/02
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: A dosing device or system comprises a container 12 for storing the plurality of tablets with an exit port 14; an outlet for delivering the one or more tablets from the container into the automatic washing machine; a metering mechanism located between the exit port 14 of the container and the outlet, wherein the metering mechanism comprises a wheel 66 which is rotatable between a first position, in which the one or more tablets are receivable from the exit port 14 and a second position in which the one or more tablets are deliverable to the outlet; and a housing 22 defining a cylindrical space in which the wheel 66 is positioned. The cylindrical space comprises a longitudinal axis and the cylindrical space of the housing 22 comprises an inlet opening 25 extending in a first direction for receiving the one or more tablets from the exit port 14, and an output opening 28 for delivering the one or outlet. The rotation axis of the wheel 66 is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and the rotation axis of the wheel is substantially transverse the first direction wherein the separation S1 between the wheel 66 and the inlet opening 25 is maximised when the wheel is in the first position and the separation S2 between the wheel 66 and the output opening 28 is maximised when the wheel 66 is in the second position.
Patent GB-2560882-A (GB)
Title: Fish bait additive
Inventor: IAN DAY
IPC: A23K50/80
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: Fish bait additive comprising colourless synthetic oil having a specific gravity greater than 1. The oil is subsequently has a greater density than water, to assist the bait to sink. The oil is colourless so that its presence does not affect the attractiveness of bait to fish. The oil may comprise at least one glycerol ester or trimester, such as triacetin. The oil may be flavourless. Also disclosed is a fishing bait composition including the additive, the additive may be present in an amount of at least 1% w/w. The fish bait may be in the form of pellets and the additive may be a coating on the fish bait surface. Also disclosed is a method of producing the fish bait composition, and use of a colourless synthetic oil having a specific gravity greater than 1 as a fish bait additive.
Patent GB-2560557-A (GB)
Title: Injection Device
Inventor: MATTHEW JOHN DOBSON
IPC: A61M5/20
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: An injection device for receiving a syringe and delivering medicament from the syringe. The injection-device comprising: an insertion driver 308 to drive the syringe forward within the injection-device to insert a syringe needle into an injection site; an interlock mechanism retaining the insertion driver 308 in a primed state until actuated allowing the insertion driver 308 to drive the syringe forward; and an interlock actuator moveable between stowed and operable positions, where on movement from stowed to operable positions the actuator couples to an actuation system such that a subsequent movement from the operable position back towards the stowed position actuates the interlock mechanism. Interlock actuator 204,206 may comprises a lockout shroud partially received within the device 200. The interlock mechanism may comprise a rearwardly extending ramp and a lug linearly coupled to the syringe and biased onto the ramp resisting rearward lug travel on the ramp. Insertion driver 308 may bias the actuator from the stowed towards the operable position, the injection device further comprising a stowage lock to retain the actuator in the stowed position, where the stowage lock comprises a cap removably fitted to the device 200, where cap removal releases the stowage lock.
Patent GB-2545371-A (GB)
Title: Multi criteria decision analysis for mitigating of crowding
Inventor: OLSEN ØYSTEIN EVJEN
IPC: G16H40/20
Filed: 2015-09-02
Abstract: It is disclosed a method and a computer program and user interface for handling and mitigating crowding at an institution. Based on customer flow indicators and assessment of criticality of flow indicators, determinants responsible for crowding are determined (408). An aggregation of customer flow indicators is calculated (410). Interventions are calculated (412) for mitigating the crowding. The aggregation, as well as customer flow indicators and proposed interventions are displayed (414) to a user, for facilitating the decision process of determining which intervention to implement (416) and when.
Patent GB-2550487-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method
Inventor: GARRY ROBERT STEPHEN
IPC: E21B19/00
Filed: 2016-03-02
Abstract: A telescoping device for inclusion in a riser system, where the telescoping device comprises an inner member 115 telescopingly provided in an outer member 110; the inner member 115 being moveable between three configurations in which:-i) the inner member 115 is locked to the outer member in a substantially closed configuration such that a substantial proportion of the inner member 115 is located within the outer member such that the telescoping device is relatively short; ii) the inner member is locked to the outer member in a substantially open configuration such that a substantial proportion of the inner member is located outwith of the outer member such that the telescoping device is relatively long; and iii) the inner member 115 is substantially free to move with respect to the outer member 110 such that the inner member can telescope in and out of the outer member; characterised in that the inner member 115 is adapted to be sealed 117 to the outer member when in at least one of configurations i) and ii) but is arranged to be clear of at least a portion of the outer member when in configuration iii)
Patent GB-2563858-A (GB)
Title: New route of synthesis for opicapone
Inventor: CHRISTIAN FRECH NABOLD
IPC: C07D413/04
Filed: 2017-06-27
Abstract: A process for the preparation of opicapone ((4Z)-4-[3-(2,5-dichloro-4,6-dimethyl-1-oxidopyridin-1-ium-3-yl)-2H-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-ylidene]-2-hydroxy-6-nitrocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the process at least comprises the reaction of 2,5-dichloro-N-hydroxy-4,6-dimethylnicotinimidoyl chloride (formula 6) and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-nitrobenzonitrile (formula 8) in the presence of a solvent, preferably and aromatic solvent, and a base. Preferably the reaction of the compound of formula 6 with the compound of formula 8 is performed at a temperature of ≥80ºC and ≤140ºC. The base may be a tertiary amine such as triethylamine. The product of the reaction between a compound of formula 6 and a compound of formula 8 is a compound of formula 9 (4-(3-(2,5-dichloro-4,6-dimethylpyridin-3-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)-2-methoxy-6-nitrophenol) which may be de-methylated to form a compound of formula 10 (5-(3-(2,5-dichloro-4,6-dimethylpyridin-3-)1,2,4-oxadizol-5-yl)-3-nitrobenzene-1,2-diol) which may be N-oxidised, preferably in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and trifluoroacetic anhydride, to form opicapone.
Patent GB-2556364-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for re-recording content associated with re-emerged popularity
Inventor: YOUNG A TANG
IPC: H04N21/482
Filed: 2015-03-25
Abstract: A means for re-recording (or relocating) content associated with popularity that re-emerged, e.g. a Set Top Box (STB) for recording TV programmes. A plurality of media assets 570 (e.g. episodes or programs) are stored. At a first time, the popularity 520 of a given media asset is determined, and compared to a first threshold 530 for the given media asset. If the popularity rating drops below the first threshold, then the media asset is selected for deletion. If, at a second time after the first time, the popularity level of the media asset rises above a second threshold 540, then the media asset is stored again. In response to determining the popularity being above a second threshold, the media asset is scheduled for re-recording. The popularity of a deleted media asset may be determined on a real-time basis, on an on-demand basis, or periodically.
Patent GB-2555714-A (GB)
Title: Packer setting during high flow rate
Inventor: JAMES A ROCHEN
IPC: E21B33/129
Filed: 2017-09-21
Abstract: A downhole packer 100 for use in tubing subject to flow at a high flow rate. The packer includes a setting element 110, a slip element 140, and a packing element 130. The setting element is disposed on the packer toward an uphole end and is activated hydraulically to move in a downhole or downwards direction toward a downhole end of the packer. The slip or anchor element is disposed toward the downhole end and is moveable outward toward the tubing in a first stage in response to the movement of the setting element. The packing element is disposed between the setting and slip elements and is at least partially carried by the setting element. The packing element is compressible outward toward the tubing in a second stage, after the first stage, in response to the downhole movement of the setting element. In some examples, a choke ring or other element is disposed on the packer at least downhole of the packing to restrict the downhole flow in the annulus to a lower flow rate. Also claimed is a packer having a choke element 150 downhole of the packing element, said choke element being moveable outward to restrict the annular flow.
Patent GB-2567682-A (GB)
Title: Authentication device
Inventor: BENJAMIN MOFFATT
IPC: G06Q20/20
Filed: 2017-10-20
Abstract: A passive authentication device 60 comprises an authentication circuit 63 including an induction antenna and a security feature 65 operable to be pressed by a user. The security feature comprises first and second electrical contacts (17, 19) within the authentication circuit. The security feature has an active condition (Fig. 4A) in which the first and second contacts are separated and the authentication circuit is broken, and an inactive condition (Fig. 4B) in which the contacts are in electrical contact so as to complete the authentication circuit. The security feature is biased so as to delay return of the first and second contacts from the inactive condition to the active condition for a predefined time interval after pressure is released by the user. The security feature could be a fluid-filled button having a two-way valve (30). The device could also comprise dummy security feature(s) 67 which are visually and/or tactilely similar to the security feature but which are not operable to complete the authentication circuit when pressed by a user.
Patent GB-2558755-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft door latch arm rotation limiting device
Inventor: CURTIS R EDWARDS
IPC: E05C19/18
Filed: 2017-11-17
Abstract: An aircraft door latch arm 12b rotation limiting device incorporates a flexible strap 40 having a proximal end 42 and distal end. The distal end is configured to be inserted through a loop eye proximate to an aircraft door 16. An elongate sleeve 44 is disposed on the proximal end of the flexible strap and the sleeve is configured to be received over a rotatable latch arm of an aircraft door. A first receiving element 50 is disposed intermediate the proximal and distal ends of the flexible strap. The first receiving element releasably engages the distal end of the flexible strap when looped through the loop eye to establish a first predetermined looped strap length restricting rotation of the lever beyond a partially open position. A second receiving element 54 is disposed between the first receiving element and the proximal end on the flexible strap. The second receiving element releasably engages the distal end when looped through the loop eye to establish a second predetermined looped strap length preventing rotation of the lever from a closed position.
Patent GB-2568680-A (GB)
Title: A flotation safety device
Inventor: PETER FITZGERALD
IPC: B63C9/08
Filed: 2017-11-22
Abstract: A flotation device comprises an inflatable object 1 having an outer surface 8, an internal bladder unit, wherein the unit comprises an inner bladder 14 and an outer bladder 10, and a rope 4 attached to the outer surface of the object. The bladder unit may inflate to a pressure between 60 and 120kPa. The object may comprise a spherical ball or a prolate spheroid ball. The ball may have a circumference of between 500mm and 800mm, and preferably be 700mm in circumference. The outer surface may be smooth, textured or a combination thereof, and may comprise dimples. The rope may be attached to the object by means of a male/female arrangement, a loop and karabiner arrangement, by a closed loop arrangement where the rope is spliced back on itself integrally, or clamped by a galvanized metal or plastic collar. The rope 4 may comprise Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) along its sides, and the rope may be fluorescent, with the object being fluorescent/partially fluorescent. The specification further comprises a housing (fig 3A, 3B) having a door (202, fig 3A) for the object and comprises a compression alarm that is sounded if the door is opened and/or the device is removed.
Patent GB-2568729-A (GB)
Title: Scrub-commit state for memory region
Inventor: JASON PARKER
IPC: G06F12/14
Filed: 2017-11-24
Abstract: A realm management unit (RMU) manages ownership of memory regions by realms, each realm corresponding to a software process being executed by processing circuitry. Memory access circuitry enforces ownership rights for the regions, with the owner realm having a right to exclude other realms from accessing data stored within its owned region. The RMU controls transitions of memory regions between region states, including an invalid state 220, a valid state 222, and a scrub-commit state 800 in which the memory region is allocated to an owner realm, inaccessible to that owner realm until a scrubbing process has been performed for the memory region to set each storage location of the region to a value uncorrelated with a previous value stored in the storage location, and prevented from being reallocated to a different owner realm.
Patent GB-2559662-A (GB)
Title: Dual blade implement system
Inventor: BIAGIO CIARLA
IPC: E02F3/96
Filed: 2017-12-11
Abstract: An implement system for a machine (100, figure 1) working on a ground surface 106, the implement system featuring a primary blade 202; a secondary blade 210 coupled to the primary blade through a linkage mechanism 216 and where the secondary blade is trailing the primary blade. An actuator 244 is adapted to control a movement of the secondary blade and at least one position sensor 248, 250 generates signals indicative of a position of the primary blade and a position of the secondary blade. A controller 252 communicably coupled to the primary blade, the secondary blade and the position sensor, is configured to receive the signals indicative of the position of the primary blade and the position of the secondary blade and operate the actuator to control the movement of the secondary blade based on the position of the primary blade and secondary blade. In an alternative embodiment, a controller receives initial and final geometry of the ground surface and the primary and secondary blades are operated based on this geometry.
Patent GB-2561455-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for biomechically-based eye signals for interacting with real and virtual objects
Inventor: LEWIS JAMES MARGGRAFF
IPC: G10G1/00
Filed: 2016-08-15
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for discerning the intent of a device wearer primarily based on movements of the eyes. The system may be included within unobtrusive headwear that performs eye tracking and controls screen display. The system may also utilize remote eye tracking camera(s), remote displays and/or other ancillary inputs. Screen layout is optimized to facilitate the formation and reliable detection of rapid eye signals. The detection of eye signals is based on tracking physiological movements of the eye that are under voluntary control by the device wearer. The detection of eye signals results in actions that are compatible with wearable computing and a wide range of display devices.