baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2548874-A (GB)
Title: Removing concrete structures from the seabed
Inventor: CHRITOPHER ALLAN HUTCHENS
IPC: E02B3/02
Filed: 2016-03-31
Abstract: The vehicle 10 comprises a drive system for driving the vehicle across a seabed, a crushing mechanism 32 supported by a body 18 for crushing seabed material e.g. concrete, a self-loading system to feed the material into the crushing mechanism and a disposal system for receiving crushed debris comprising a container 20 for holding the crushed debris. Preferably, the container is removable from the vehicle and can be recovered at the surface. Additionally, the body may further comprise a housing surrounding the crushing mechanism, the housing having an intake opening communicating with the crushing mechanism. The self-loading system may comprise at least one articulated lifting arm 44 mounted to the body. The vehicle may also comprise a conveyor system 40 extending from below the crushing system to the container. Also disclosed is a method of recovering subsea material using the vehicle.
Patent GB-2551160-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly
Inventor: ASVEEN SEEBOOA
IPC: F02M35/10
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: A valve assembly 50 for a gas flow system of an automotive internal combustion engine 1, comprising: first and second valve elements (53a, 53b, fig.3), which are movable between open and closed positions for restricting gas flow through first 8a and second 8b /flow paths. A common actuator 55 is arranged to control the position of each of the first and second valve elements. The first and second valve elements are preferably arranged to be operated out of phase with each other and may be butterfly valves mounted on a single shaft. The assembly may be part of an intake 3 or an exhaust system and/or used in conjunction with a third flow path 8c and/or electric superchargers 6, 7. A gas flow system, an intake system, and an exhaust system are also claimed.
Patent GB-2541514-A (GB)
Title: Autonomous driving system and method for same
Inventor: EDUARDO DIAS
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2014-02-18
Abstract: A method of activating and deactivating an autonomous driving system for a vehicle comprising a steering wheel and apparatus therefor are provided. The activation method comprises the driver deliberately moving both hands off the steering wheel in order to activate the autonomous/semi-autonomous driving system. The apparatus comprises at least one imaging means, such as a camera, having a field of view encompassing at least a substantial portion of the steering wheel arranged to collect, in use, a first image data set representing a raw image of a subject within said field of view. A control module is also provided for processing said first image data and for making a determination as to whether a driver currently has both of their hands on the steering wheel or not. In response to making said determination, the activation system is configured and/or arranged to trigger a semi-autonomous or an autonomous control system.
Patent GB-2553506-A (GB)
Title: Remote transmitter apparatus and method
Inventor: KEVIN TREVOR TALBOT
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2016-08-30
Abstract: A remote transmitter unit (2 in Figure 1) for controlling access to a vehicle (1 in Figure 1) is provided. The remote transmitter unit has a transmitter 5 for transmitting a wireless signal to the vehicle and movement sensing means 6 for sensing movement of the remote transmitter unit. At least one processor 10 is provided for receiving a signal SXYZ from the movement sensing means 6. A memory 11 is connected to the at least one processor 10. In dependence on the signal SXYZ received from the movement sensing means 6, the at least one processor 10 is configured to determine that the remote transmitter unit has been dropped and to generate a drop notification signal SD. The present disclosure also relates to a method of monitoring a remote transmitter unit; and to the combination of a vehicle and a remote transmitter unit.
Patent GB-2555449-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning appliance
Inventor: ROBERT LAWRENCE TWEEDIE
IPC: A61C17/36
Filed: 2016-10-28
Abstract: A fluid delivery system for a dental cleaning appliance includes a nozzle 36 for delivering a burst of working fluid to the teeth of a user, and a fluid conduit 130 for conveying working fluid to the nozzle 36. A body of the nozzle 36 defines a fluid chamber 152 and a channel 154 for conveying working fluid from the fluid chamber 152 to a fluid outlet 42 from the nozzle. The fluid chamber 152 has an angled inlet 150 for receiving working fluid from the fluid conduit 130. More particularly, the inlet 150 may be tangential to the chamber 152, such that working fluid entering the chamber 152 gains angular momentum.
Patent GB-2560377-A (GB)
Title: Single hole basin with a thermostatic mixing cartridge and a manifold
Inventor: BALBIR SINGH DHILLON
IPC: G05D23/13
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: A single hole basin fitting comprises a body 1 containing a manifold 2 and a thermostatic mixing cartridge 3. The body 1 has an opening 4 at its base through which cold and hot water is supplied and a mixed water outlet aperture 5. The manifold 2 has a cold water inlet 6 and a hot water inlet 7 at its base and the thermostatic mixing cartridge 3 has a lateral hot water port 8, a lateral cold water port 9 and a lateral mixed water port 10. The manifold 2 has a hot water chamber 11 through which hot water is supplied from the hot water inlet 7 of the manifold 2 to the lateral hot water port 8 of the thermostatic mixing cartridge 3. The manifold 2 and the fitting body 1 have a cold water chamber 12, 13 through which cold water is supplied from the cold water inlet 6 of the manifold 2 to the lateral cold water port 9 of the thermostatic mixing cartridge 3. The cold water chamber 12, 13 laterally surrounds the hot water chamber 11.
Patent GB-2552070-A (GB)
Title: Information processing device, method for inputting and program
Inventor: KAZUO MATSUMOTO
IPC: G06F3/0481
Filed: 2017-05-24
Abstract: An information processing device, e.g. a laptop computer 1, includes a display screen 7 to display an image. The device further comprises a means for detecting user input, and an input area display unit. When user input is detected, the input area display unit displays an input area in a predetermined orientation different from the direction in which the image is oriented. The invention may find use in a multi-user situation where the user (speaker) is giving a presentation to a second person (viewer), with the laptop screen rotated 180 degrees so that the laptop lies flat between them and the screen is set to orient the image towards the viewer. The cell 61 is therefore originally facing the viewer, but when the user wishes to edit the cell, it is rotated to face the presenter.
Patent GB-2554779-A (GB)
Title: A shoe including an electrical earthing member
Inventor: Jenifer Anderson
IPC: A43B7/36
Filed: 2017-06-09
Abstract: The shoe 10 has a sole 15 formed of electrically insulating material, e.g. closed cell foam or ethylene-vinyl acetate. When in use, the upper surface 70 of the sole 15 is in contact with the wearers foot while the lower surface of the sole 15 directly, or indirectly via an outsole, contacts the ground. A conductor 90 electrically connects the upper surface 70 with the ground to earth the shoe. The conductor 90 is in part located on the upper surface 70 of the sole 15 and contacts the lateral mid-region (160, figure 4) of the wearers foot. The conductor 90 prevents static build up, i.e. triboelectric charging. The location of the conductor 90 optimises contact with the wearers foot while minimising discomfort. The conductor 90 may be wedge-shaped with a surface flush with the upper surface 70 or formed of silicone rubber with carbon granules.
Patent GB-2549043-A (GB)
Title: Shifting tool assembly that facilitates controlled pressure equalization
Inventor: COLBY MUNRO ROSS
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2015-02-18
Abstract: An exemplary downhole system includes a completion string positioned within a wellbore and providing at least an upper seal bore and a downhole device that includes a sliding sleeve. A service tool is extendable within the completion string and includes a shifting tool assembly and provides a mandrel, a shifting tool coupled to the mandrel, and upper equalization seals arranged on the mandrel and sealingly engageable with the upper seal bore. The shifting tool is engageable with the sliding sleeve to move the downhole device at least partially between a closed position, where a pressure differential between a subterranean formation and an interior of the completion string is assumed by primary sealing elements of the downhole device, and an open position, where the pressure differential is assumed by at least the upper equalization seals.
Patent GB-2566921-A (GB)
Title: Gasket restrictor assembly, capsule assembly and method for using same
Inventor: MOHAMMAD NAJAFI SANI
IPC: F16J15/10
Filed: 2017-07-24
Abstract: A gasket restrictor assembly for high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) press for compressing a capsule comprising a housing envelope 14 containing an inner assembly12 ; the press comprising pressurizer elements 20 for applying a load onto the capsule and generating high pressure of at least 2 GPa within the assembly; the assembly comprises gasket restrictor elements 30 such that neighboring pressuriser elements are spaced apart by at least 3mm when close enough to be connected by the assembly without the restrictor elements being compressed, the restrictor elements comprise material with a Shore A hardness of 60-80 at ambient temperature and limit extrusion of the housing envelope between the restrictor elements as the load on the capsule increases. The restrictor elements may be thick enough that the pressurizer elements are spaced by at least 1mm when the load applied by the anvils provides a pressure of at least 7 GPa. The number of restrictor elements may equal the number of pressurizer elements, each of the restrictor elements may be mounted to a pressurizer element. The restrictor elements may comprise rubber and each may comprise a portion that is circular, square, rectangular or polygonal in cross-section.
Patent GB-2566513-A (GB)
Title: Drawer for a storage system
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER MARRIOTT
IPC: A47B88/975
Filed: 2017-09-15
Abstract: A drawer 100 comprising at least one receptacle 103 open at the top of the drawer; the drawer also comprises guiding slots 104 for holding an insert 400 having a plate (401, fig. 4) and at least one leg (404a, 404b, fig. 4) formed in the body of the plate and extending longitudinally upwards along the side of the plate. Preferably the leg is sprung so as to bend inwards during insertion, and protrusions (407, fig. 4) on the legs are adapted to engage with engagement holes 501 in the side walls of the drawer. Also claimed is a drawer information means extending in a depth direction of the drawer, wherein the drawer information means comprises a series of projections (108, figure 3) moulded into the drawer. Preferably the drawer information means is disposed adjacent to an upper rail engaging means (107a, figure 1). The drawer information means may be used in an inventory storage system.
Patent GB-2566545-A (GB)
Title: An actuator system
Inventor: LUKE WILLIAM BIRCH
IPC: B60W10/22
Filed: 2017-09-19
Abstract: An actuator system (17) for a vehicle suspension system (14) comprising: an actuator (18) having a piston (24) and a first fluid chamber (C1) separated from a second fluid chamber (C2) by the piston (24); a hydraulic pump (P) having a first port (P1) connected by a first hydraulic circuit (28) to the first chamber (C1) via a first valve (V1), the first valve (V1) being a damper valve operable to variably restrict flow of hydraulic fluid out of the first chamber (C1); a first hydraulic accumulator (A1) connected to the first hydraulic circuit (28) between the first port (P1) and the first valve (V1); and a second hydraulic accumulator (A2) connected to the first port (P1) by a second valve (V2), the second valve (V2) being a variable pressure relief valve operable to variably restrict flow of hydraulic fluid from the first port (P1) to the second hydraulic accumulator (A2).
Patent GB-2557000-A (GB)
Title: Optical Fiber
Inventor: YUYA HOMMA
IPC: C03C25/28
Filed: 2017-10-02
Abstract: An optical fibre includes an optical transmission medium having a core and a cladding, a primary resin layer disposed in contact with the optical transmission medium to coat the optical transmission medium, and a secondary resin layer coating the primary resin layer, wherein a Young's modulus of the primary resin layer is 0.5 MPa or less at 23°C, and the primary resin layer comprises a cured product of an ultraviolet light curable resin composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and a β-diketone compound, and tin.
Patent GB-2567488-A (GB)
Title: An audible alarm/sound monitoring system
Inventor: JOHN SHERMER
IPC: G08B1/08
Filed: 2017-10-16
Abstract: A system 1 for detecting and identifying one or more audible alarms/sound, comprising a first audible/sound sensor 11 which generates a signal representative of the received alarm/sound, a processor which compares said signal to a signature of a recognisable alarm/sound, and outputs an alarm/sound recognised message when it is determined that the said signal matches the said signature, and an output sub-system which issues a notification to a user device to alert a user to the audible alarm/sound in response to receipt of the alarm/sound recognised message. An additional alarm/sound sensor may receive the audio, and generate an additional signal for comparison with the signature, and the notification may only be issued when both signals received by both sensors match the signature. The additional sensor may receive a different frequency of sound, and/or may be configured to receive sound from a different direction to the first sensor 11. A housing may be provided, including a remote power source connector and a power outlet 18 which delivers electrical power from the remote power source to one or more other devices.
Patent GB-2569638-A (GB)
Title: Image processing filter
Inventor: ALEXEY KORNIENKO
IPC: H04N19/80
Filed: 2017-12-21
Abstract: An image processing apparatus 100 comprises a filter 105; the filter resamples a first image data signal 110, by a resampling factor, and outputs an image data signal 120 with a sample rate different to the first signal; the filter also applies a phase alteration to the first image data signal, to compensate a group delay in the signal. The filter may implement a sample rate changer or converter, such as an up-sample or a down-sampler, to resample the signal. The filter may comprise a polyphase filter comprising a plurality of sub-filters at different phases; a given sub-filter may be configured to apply the phase alteration to compensate a non-integer group delay in the first image data signal, for example by shifting the non-integer group delay to a nearest integer group delay. An additional filter may be used to convert an input image data signal into the first image data signal. In another disclosure a cascaded integrator comb filter is used to resample an input image data signal.
Patent GB-2570166-A (GB)
Title: Cooling unit, installation and process
Inventor: THIERRY BULTOT
IPC: F28F9/013
Filed: 2018-04-05
Abstract: A cooling unit for the condensation of e.g. steam comprises first and second heat exchangers 13, 16 suspended along one of their longitudinal edges respectively to one of suspension pipes selected from first, second and third mutually parallel pipes 10, 11, 12. The exchangers are capable of undergoing a substantially free elongation and/or expansion curvature below the level of the pipe suspension. The heat exchangers allow transfer of cooled fluid between the first or second pipes and the third whilst being cooled by a second fluid e.g. air or air/water. The third pipe may comprise two adjacent pipes 12a, b. The first and second pipes 10, 11 may be the suspension pipes or the arrangement may be inverted with suspension from the third. The suspension pipes may be fed via supporting vertical supply pipes 34 and there may be reinforcement spacers e.g. bars 22 for rigidity and to support partitions 23 to provide a cellular structure. Multiple units may be mounted into an installation with fans and linked by expansion compensators and fluid distribution. Minimises expansion loads, simplifies and lowers the structure.
Patent GB-2559519-A (GB)
Title: Sports training aid
Inventor: DESMOND LEE
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2016-10-14
Abstract: A sports training aid (10) is described. The training aid (10) comprises a T- shaped target member (12) comprising an upright portion and a transverse portion (16); and a net (20) suspended from opposite ends of the transverse portion (16). The training aid (10) simulates a target area between a goalkeeper and a goalpost. This provides effective practise for attacking players who shoot at this area, developing their shooting skill.
Patent GB-2561118-A (GB)
Title: Disposable diaper
Inventor: IZUMI KOYAMA
IPC: A61F13/511
Filed: 2016-11-30
Abstract: This disposable diaper (1) has abdominal waist flaps (FA) and back waist flaps (FB) located to the outside of the front and back ends (23A, 23B) in the longitudinal direction (X) of an absorbent (23) and extending in the transverse direction (Y). The back waist flaps (FB) have a hydrophobic skin-side sheet (4) and a hydrophilic non-skin-side sheet (5). The skin-side sheet (4) is provided with depressions (41) that form hollows toward the non-skin-side sheet (5) and fused areas (42) on the apices inside the depressions (41). The fused areas (42) comprise portions in which the fibers configuring the skin-side sheet (4) have been melted and the constituent fibers are fused to each other without gaps. The basis weight of the skin-side sheet (4) is 30 g/m2 or less. The thickness of the fused areas (42) is 1/3 or less of the thickness of portions of the skin-side sheet (4) exclusive of the depressions (41).
Patent GB-2564367-A (GB)
Title: Air-conditioning device
Inventor: TAKANAO KIMURA
IPC: F25B49/02
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: This air-conditioning device comprises: a heat source unit which has a compressor, a first flow path switching device, and a heat-source-side heat exchanger; indoor units which each have a throttle device and a use-side heat exchanger; a liquid pipe and a gas pipe which connect the heat source unit and the indoor units; a refrigerant circuit which is configured from the compressor, the first flow path switching device, the heat-source side heat exchanger, the throttle device, and the use-side heat exchanger connected by pipes through which a refrigerant is circulated; a first bypass pipe which connects the liquid pipe and the gas pipe; a second bypass pipe which branches off from the first bypass pipe and discharges the refrigerant to the exterior; a second flow rate switching device which opens and closes the heat-source-unit-side of the liquid pipe, the indoor-unit-side of the liquid pipe, and the first bypass pipe side; a first opening-closing device which is provided in the gas pipe; a second opening-closing device which is provided in the second bypass pipe; a refrigerant leakage detector which detects the leakage of the refrigerant from the refrigerant circuit; and a control device which, upon detecting leakage of the refrigerant during a cooling operation, closes the second opening-closing device and starts a pump down operation. After the completion of the pump down operation, the control device closes the first opening-closing device, and, upon detecting leakage of the refrigerant, opens the second opening-closing device.
Patent GB-2569704-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for detecting a hazard detector signal in the presence of interference
Inventor: GEORGE SEELMAN
IPC: G08B21/18
Filed: 2017-08-01
Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for detecting a pattern warning signal from a hazard detector in the presence of a second pattern warning signal from a second hazard detector. A In one embodiment, hazard detector monitoring device converts a pattern warning signal and a second pattern warning signal into a composite electronic signal, each of the first and second pattern warning signals comprising an on-time period followed by an off-time period. Next, the composite electronic signal is converted into a digital signal and then an on-time duration of the digital signal is determined as a time that the digital signal exceeded a first voltage threshold. Finally, an alarm signal is transmitted to a receiver when the pattern warning signal has been determined to be present, based on the on-time duration.
Patent GB-2574306-A (GB)
Title: Control device of an annular row of variable-pitch vanes for an aircraft engine
Inventor: Lilian Yann Dumas
IPC: F01D5/14
Filed: 2019-03-29
Abstract: A control device of an annular row of variable-pitch vanes for an aircraft engine, the device comprising an annular row of actuating levers 4 which each comprise a first end intended to be attached to a pivot 2 of one of said vanes and a second end 5 intended to be attached to a control ring 6 in rotation about an axis of rotation X. The control ring comprises at least one annular series of articulated links 11a, b, c, where the second end of each lever carries a pivot connection 10 articulating two successive links of the annular series about a single axis X’, which extends in a direction parallel to said axis of rotation. Preferably, the device comprises a second series of links 12a, b, c in a ring where two successive links of the ring are also rotatably coupled around a single axis on the second end of each lever. Preferably the links of the first and second rings or series form pairs that connect each lever, where the series are axially separated and parallel to one another.
Patent GB-2575525-A (GB)
Title: Method of controlling access to a function
Inventor: ALAN GEOFFREY PARKER
IPC: G06F21/31
Filed: 2019-04-10
Abstract: A two stage method of controlling access to a function by storing a set of access levels for a first and second stage, the access levels define a threshold for progressing through the first and second security stages 10. It then receives a user input that is representative of an access level, or difficulty, of the second security stage 12. It then selects the access level, or difficulty, of the first security stage in dependence of the user input for the second stage 14. That is, if the user selects a harder difficulty for the second stage, the lower difficulty is selected for the first stage and vice-versa. It then processes user input representative of an access attempt for the first security stage 16, such as entering a password, and then accesses the second stage in dependence on progressing through the first stage 18. Finally, the method indicates a positive or negative outcome of access to the function 20.
Patent GB-2580197-A (GB)
Title: LED lighting apparatus with heat sink
Inventor: JAMIE SHEMIE
IPC: F21V29/70
Filed: 2019-07-17
Abstract: An LED lighting apparatus comprises a heat sink 200, an LED array 300 attached to a surface of the heat sink 200, and a housing 100 having a reflective surface and an opening for directing reflected light from the LED array. The heat sink 200 is attached to an interior wall 108 of the housing 100.