baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2485498-A (GB)
Title: Network and meter for monitoring electricity supply system
Inventor: SMEATON HUGH
IPC: H02J13/00
Filed: 2010-07-05
Abstract: The invention relates to an electricity distribution network and in particular the provision of metering apparatus at a location or locations in the network intermediate the end consumer and the source of the electricity. The metering apparatus is typically located at substations in the supply network and monitors at least one parameter relating to the electricity at that location and transmits data relating to that parameter to allow the data to be used in conjunction with further data, typically received from metering apparatus at the end consumers to allow analysis of the network to be performed.
Patent GB-2487674-A (GB)
Title: Cats eye that controls a property of combined reflected and emitted light
Inventor: DICKS MARTIN
IPC: E01F9/06
Filed: 2010-03-09
Abstract: Road stud 10 comprises reflector 20, light source 18, light sensor 24 and microprocessor 30. The reflector reflects incoming light from a vehicle. The light source emits light from the road stud. The microprocessor adjusts the light emitted by the light source based on data from the sensor so as to control a property of the combined reflected and emitted outgoing light from the road stud. The road stud may sense incoming light colour and adjust emitted light colour accordingly     e.g. to output different colours at different times; or to output a constant colour despite reflecting different coloured vehicle headlights. Alternatively the road stud may detect the amount of incoming light from a vehicle and adjust the amount of emitted light based thereon     e.g. producing a constant amount of outgoing light despite variable incoming light; or reducing power requirements according to the available reflected light.
Patent GB-2499677-A (GB)
Title: Preventing incorrect fuelling of a vehicle
Inventor: HARKER TIMOTHY CHARLES
IPC: B60K15/04
Filed: 2012-02-27
Abstract: To prevent putting the wrong fuel into a diesel fuel tank a fuel neck flap 3 is prevented from opening by means of a sprung lock that will be activated by inserting the correct diesel fuel filler nozzle into the filler neck 1. The nozzle will push in three sprung fuel neck flap retainers 8 and then the fuel neck flap 3 will be released to open as normal. If a smaller unleaded nozzle is inserted into the fuel filler neck 1 it will not activate all three retainers 8 thus the fuel neck flap 3 will remain locked. The product can be fitted to an existing diesel filler neck or developed for new vehicles.
Patent GB-2504452-A (GB)
Title: Manhole cover with set back seat engaging portion
Inventor: PRICE PAUL SPENCER
IPC: B66F19/00
Filed: 2012-05-30
Abstract: A manhole cover 100 has an upper face 106 that is arrangeable in use to extend across manhole opening. The cover has a seat engaging portion 102 that is arrangeable in use to rest on a manhole supporting seat 110. The manhole cover seat engaging portion is set back from an outer edge 104 of the upper face. The seat engaging portion may extend inwardly from a depth-setting flange 108, and the flange may have an outward-facing surface that extends downwardly and inwardly from the upper face and inwardly from the upper face. The surface may be frusto-conical surface which is a portion of a right circular cone. There may be a seal, a locking device and a pressure relief valve. Other inventions include a manhole cover with a sealing member, a lifting structure, a coupler or lifting head, and a method of raising a manhole cover using a lifting trolley.
Patent GB-2493071-A (GB)
Title: Electric pruner with removable blade
Inventor: Yamaoka toshinari
IPC: A01G3/037
Filed: 2012-07-11
Abstract: An electric pruner includes a housing 1, a motor 3 accommodated within the housing, a transmission mechanism 31, a movable blade 21, and a fixed blade 22 extending from the front end of the housing. The fixed blade is fixedly mounted on the housing, and the movable blade is rotatably connected to the fixed blade via a shaft 4 and driven by the motor via the transmission mechanism. A groove 23 or slot is formed on the movable blade and comprises a first 24 and a second 25 groove portion, the size of the first portion being greater than that of the second portion. The shaft comprises a first mating portion 41 and a second mating portion 42, and is movable between a first position wherein the movable blade is locked and a second position in which the movable blade can be released.
Patent GB-2491996-A (GB)
Title: Use of autotransformer-like antennas for downhole applications
Inventor: SIGNORELLI JACK
IPC: G01V3/12
Filed: 2011-03-01
Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a property of an earth formation penetrated by a borehole, apparatus including: a carrier configured to be conveyed through the borehole; a transducer disposed at the carrier and configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic energy into and/or from the earth formation to estimate the property; wherein the transducer includes a plurality of inductively coupled elements in a series, each element configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic energy and at least a first connection to a first element in the plurality and a second connection to a second element in the plurality with at least one of the first element and the second element being disposed between end transducer elements in the series.
Patent GB-2495635-A (GB)
Title: Shower and like curtain storage device
Inventor: WHITTAKER CHARLES GEOFFREY
IPC: A47H1/08
Filed: 2012-10-12
Abstract: A device    A    for the deployment and storage of a curtain or the like comprises an openable and closable housing 60 having a panel 60B accommodating an elongate curtain or like support movable from a first, stored or collapsed position within the housing to a second erected or deployed configuration outside the housing and a biasing or like urging mechanism 61 for moving the elongate curtain support from the first configuration to the second configuration. The biasing mechanism may be a piston. The piston may act to urge the elongate support to the second, erected position and also to the first collapsed configuration when it subtends less than a preset angle, such as 15Âº, to the vertical. The housing may comprise one or more panels, one of which 70B may be movable with the elongate support and one of which 72 may be hingedly attached to the housing in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing. In use, the device is especially suited for use with a shower curtain or screen.
Patent GB-2507501-A (GB)
Title: Turbomolecular pump with orientation sensor
Inventor: PATEY ALEXANDER JAMES
IPC: F04D19/04
Filed: 2012-10-30
Abstract: A vacuum pump 10 comprises a turbo molecular pumping mechanism 14 and has an orientation sensor 28 for sensing the inclination or tilt of the pump 14. An operative characteristic of the turbomolecular pump 14 is dependent on the orientation of the vacuum pump. A controller may control operation based on the sensed orientation, e.g. preventing operation or reducing speed in an unsuitable orientation, or may compile data corresponding to the orientation e.g. to determine a next maintenance event. Certain orientations may be unsuitable because the lubrication system uses gravity drainage to return oil to the sump (30, figures 2-4). The sensor may be an accelerometer, and may also determine whether the pump is subject to a force of sufficient magnitude to cause the rotor to contact a back-up bearing.
Patent GB-2512812-A (GB)
Title: Method to reduce heat loss up a chimney or flue
Inventor: BARSON STEVEN THOMAS
IPC: F24B1/189
Filed: 2013-02-06
Abstract: A gas fire (c, fig 2) having a system for opening and closing the passage to the flue (a, fig 2) to restrict air from being drawn up the flue from the room when the fire is not being used. The system involving a controller (r) for a gas supply and a controller (n) for a flue damper (f) where the operation of the controls is linked to the operation of a single control (o). The link is preferably provided by a single control (o) which slides along a slot (p). The movement of the control turns a lever mechanism (q) which operates the gas supply valve (j) and also moves a bar (n) which operates the damper. Preferably the damper is a baffle (f) pivotally mounted in the top portion of the fire chamber to close the passage (e, fig 2) from the fire chamber to the flue (a, fig 2).
Patent GB-2497057-A (GB)
Title: Hair styling appliance
Inventor: FORD TOM
IPC: A45D1/06
Filed: 2011-08-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling appliance (100, 100 ', 100") comprising at least one heater (103, 104) having a plurality of heating zones (Z1 - Z5). The heating zones are independently operable arranged along the length of the heater. The sequential arrangement of the independently operable heating zones helps to improve the thermal control of the hair styling appliance. The hair styling appliance may be a hair straightener, curling tong, curling wand or a crimping iron.
Patent GB-2502205-A (GB)
Title: A mounting bar for an underwater acoustic reflector
Inventor: TILTMAN CARL PETER
IPC: G10K11/20
Filed: 2011-07-11
Abstract: A mounting bar 40, for an underwater acoustic reflector 50 for use under water, comprises means for engaging the bar in a hole or recess in the shell of an acoustic reflector which comprises a shell surrounding a core. Preferably the mounting bar is made from the same material as the shell of the acoustic reflector, suitable materials include: glass fibre reinforced polypthalamide; epoxy impregnated carbon fibre; epoxy impregnated aramid fibre; epoxy impregnated poly(p-phenylen-2,6-benzobisoxazole) fibre; epoxy impregnated polythene fibre; aluminium; or aluminium alloy. The bar may be tapered at one end to be received, and optionally friction welded, in the hole or recess of the shell. The bar may include external threads at one end, for engaging with threads in the hole or recess of the shell. At least two bars may be mounted in close proximity to each other, each having an acoustic reflector mounted thereon to provide distance information to a scanning sonar system 54. The mounting bar may be mounted on a frame 48, in combination with other similarly mounted acoustic reflectors, to reflect location identification information such as letters or numbers to a scanning sonar system.
Patent GB-2516245-A (GB)
Title: Method of determining the thermal state of a substance in cold condition
Inventor: DAVID GIOVANNI
IPC: F01N11/00
Filed: 2013-07-15
Abstract: A method of determining a thermal state, or a thermal state transition, of a substance (e.g. a diesel exhaust fluid) in a tank of an aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine. The thermal state can be 100% solid phase, 100% liquid phase, or a mixture of solid and liquid phases. The method comprising the following steps: When the internal combustion engine is switched on, determining a current thermal state of the substance based on a tank temperature and a time interval during which the engine was switched off; if the thermal state is a mixture of solid and liquid phase, calculating a percentage of the liquid phase based on a total mass of the substance in the tank, a heat amount supplied to the tank, and a heat exchange of the tank with an external environment; detecting the thermal state transitions based on the tank temperature and its time derivative, and on the percentage of the liquid phase.
Patent GB-2518238-A (GB)
Title: Engine starting system
Inventor: BAKER STEPHEN CLARKE
IPC: F02P11/02
Filed: 2013-09-17
Abstract: A starting system for an engine comprises a sensor means suitable for sensing the speed, position and direction of the engine, and a control unit adapted to receive speed, position and direction information from the sensor means and to disable fuel supply and/or ignition to the engine if the engine is rotating in a reverse direction. Further remedial action may include opening an exhaust port and disengaging the starter drive. The sensor means includes a toothed wheel 10 attachable to the crankshaft. The position of the toothed wheel 10 may be provided by a "signature tooth" equivalent to two normal teeth with the gap between them filled in. Two detectors 16,18, eg sensors may be Hall effect sensors or variable reluctance sensors, are positioned adjacent the wheel 10. The angle Î¸d between the detectors may be an integer and a half times the tooth angle Î¸t. The sensor means is particularly suitable for use on an engine in an unmanned aerial vehicle, where it allows the engine to be started by a small motor and power source, protecting against kickback.
Patent GB-2508083-A (GB)
Title: Photomultiplier and Radiation Detector
Inventor: BROOKES STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: G01T1/202
Filed: 2013-09-20
Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus (2) is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a housing (20), a window (26) and a photomultiplier tube (24) for generating an electrical output signal dependent on the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation. A resiliently deformable optical coupling (28) is located between the window and the photomultiplier tube for allowing at least some electromagnetic radiation passing through the window to enter the photomultiplier tube. A scintillator element 8 converts gamma radiation into visible light entering the photomultiplier tube. Sealing silicone casting (56) is used to isolate the HV electrical terminals (34) of the PMT from the window.
Patent GB-2512161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of vacuum switching devices
Inventor: FALKINGHAM LESLIE THOMAS
IPC: H01H33/662
Filed: 2013-12-03
Abstract: Vacuum switching or similar devices are loaded and sealed off in a vacuum furnace with their axes horizontal rather than in a vertical orientation to allow more efficient use of vacuum furnaces. The vacuum switch comprises an evacuated envelope, an insulating component, fixed and moving electrodes that mechanically engage to perform switching and a venting arrangement or pumping port which allows the device to be vented and sealed in a vacuum furnace while the device is laid with its axis in a horizontal orientation. The pumping port can be attached to an end cap (figure 4), an electrode (figure 7) or an insulator (figure 8). The pumping port can comprise a recess having holes to allow gases to evacuate the device and braze to fill the holes; a separate part having holes that are sealed by braze or a plug (figure 6) that fits into a hole and is sealed by braze. The pumping port may also employ the principle of a U-bend or water trap (figures 9 & 10), whereby a passageway that dips down then up is filled by melted braze, sealing it against the passage of gases.
Patent GB-2513478-A (GB)
Title: Circuits and methods for driving light sources
Inventor: LIN FENG
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2014-03-21
Abstract: A dimming controller 2308 can operate in a first mode or a second mode to control dimming of a light source. A voltage control terminal DRV provides a driving signal 2352 to control a control switch Q23 of a buck-boost converter 2310. When the dimming controller operates in the first mode, the driving signal controls the control switch in a first state and a second state alternately to adjust a first current ILED1 flowing through a first light element 2312 of the light source to a target level. When the dimming controller operates in the second mode, the driving signal controls the control switch to cut off the first current. A high voltage terminal HV of the dimming controller conducts a current I4 flowing through a control circuit 2301 and a second light element 2311 of the light source when the dimming controller operates in the second mode.
Patent GB-2513255-A (GB)
Title: Device, program and method for clustering documents
Inventor: INAGAKI TAKESHI
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2013-01-11
Abstract: The present invention provides a device comprising: a selector for selecting sample documents from a plurality of documents to reduce computational costs; a first parameter generating unit for generating an initial parameter matrix indicating the probability of each of a plurality of topics for each of a plurality of words in the sample documents based on an analysis of the sample documents; and a second parameter generating unit for generating a parameter matrix indicating the probability of each of the plurality of topics for each of the plurality of words in the sample documents based on an analysis of the documents using each value in the initial parameter matrix as an initial value.
Patent GB-2517309-A (GB)
Title: Riser stabilisation
Inventor: HAUGOM FRODE
IPC: E21B41/04
Filed: 2014-08-13
Abstract: Method of stabilising a riser 106 comprises applying an oscillating force to the riser 106, using one or more subsurface thrust units 108, 120, 122, possibly in pairs, which are mounted on the riser 106, possibly in a frame, so as to provide thrust to counteract the oscillating movement of the riser 106 detected by a sensor, which is connected to the thrust unit by a controller. The thrust units 110a, 112a, 114a or 120, 122, 208 may be positioned at antinodes of the oscillating movement, arranged in pairs and preferably each comprise three pairs of thrusters 110, 112, 114 respectively configured to provide thrust in three evenly spaced directions. Provision of computer programme product to perform a method comprising receipt of movement indications from at least one sensor, which causes a thrust unit to apply a oscillating force to the riser to counteract the movement detected by the sensor.
Patent GB-2521750-A (GB)
Title: Point-of-sale display for use by a beverage vendor
Inventor: EAGLE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 2014-11-11
Abstract: A point-of-sale display system (701, Fig.7) for use by a beverage vendor, comprising: a plurality of point-of-sale display apparatus 101, each comprising an electronic device 102 comprising a display screen 103 and a data processor (201, Fig.2) with access to data storage (202, Fig.2) for controlling content presented by the display screen 103, and each associated with a unique device identifier to allow content to be presented by an individual electronic device 102 to be set by an authorised user. Another aspect relates to a point-of-sale display apparatus 101 for use within the point-of-sale system comprising: an electronic device 102 comprising a display screen 103 and a data processor with access to data storage for controlling content presented by the display screen 103, and securing means (302, Fig.3) for mounting the display screen 103 in fixed relation to a draught beverage dispenser 104, 105. A further aspect relates to a method of providing a point-of-sale display for a draught beverage dispenser 104, 105. The authorised user may have a publisher authorisation level and be authorised to edit and publish content to be presented by one or more of the display apparatus.
Patent GB-2532800-A (GB)
Title: Telecommunications control with service aware optimization in a self-organizing network
Inventor: ZHANHONG LU
IPC: H04W24/02
Filed: 2014-11-28
Abstract: A self-organizing network (SON) engine 202 in a telecommunications network is configured to: receive one or more quality of service indicators 404 describing a quality of service experienced by a user equipment device when receiving a service from a telecommunications network comprising the self-organizing network engine; obtain, from a profile 504 relating to the user equipment, one or more quality of service requirements for the service being received 506; determine a network reconfiguration for the telecommunications network according to the one or more quality of service requirements and the one or more quality of service indicators; and command the telecommunications network to implement the network reconfiguration 406. In a second embodiment, the self-organizing network engine is configured to: identify a service being provided to a user equipment (UE); determine a network reconfiguration for the telecommunications network according to the service being provided; and, command the telecommunications network to implement the network reconfiguration. Network reconfiguration may comprise: directing the user equipment device to a selected radio access technology, a selected network layer, or, reallocating network resources available to the user equipment. Network reconfiguration is determined by optimizing one or more network parameters.
Patent GB-2526409-A (GB)
Title: Umbrella dispenser
Inventor: MASKILL LEE
IPC: G07F17/00
Filed: 2015-03-19
Abstract: An apparatus (1) for receiving and dispensing umbrelÂ­las comprises one or more umbrellas (3) and a storage system (40) for storing the umbrellas (3). The storage system (40) is enclosed within a housing (10), the housing (10) having a first opening (20) and a second opening (30). The first and second openings are in communication with the storage sysÂ­tem (40). The first opening (20) comprises a portal to receive the umbrellas (3) and deliver them to the storage system (40). The second opening (30) comprises a portal to receive the umbrellas (3) from the storage system and deliver them to the exterior of the housing (10). The apparatus (1) further comprises a controller for controlling the receiving of the umbrellas (3) through the first openÂ­ing (20) and dispensing of the umbrellas (3) from the storage system (40) through the second opening (30). The first port can receive an umbrella through a first opening which may be adapted to receive only one type of closed umbrella. The apparatus may have an umbrella identification reader. The apparatus may be used to rent of umbrellas, with apparatuses at different locations for the supply and return of the umbrellas at different locations.
Patent GB-2521328-A (GB)
Title: Outer protective tube for electrical wire
Inventor: SUGIMOTO MASAHISA
IPC: H02G3/32
Filed: 2013-11-21
Abstract: The non-bendable straight tube part (20) of at least one segment has longitudinal movement restricting protrusions (30) which are provided on and protrude from the outer peripheral surface (20a) of the non-bendable straight tube part (20) and which are provided with a gap provided therebetween, the gap having a width equal to the width of an affixation member (50). In order to restrict the circumferential movement of the affixation member (50) relative to the non-bendable straight tube part (20), the non-bendable straight tube part (20) further has a circumferential movement restricting protrusion (40) which is provided on and protrudes from the outer peripheral surface (20a) so as to rectilinearly extend from one end to the other end of the non-bendable straight tube part (20).
Patent GB-2537907-A (GB)
Title: Speech synthesis using dynamical modelling with global variance
Inventor: RANNIERY MAIA
IPC: G10L15/02
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A text-to-speech (TTS) system is trained according to a linear dynamic model (LDM) whereby text is converted to a sequence of linguistic units (eg. phonemes, sub-phonemes), each state of which is looked up in an acoustic model table to produce a sequence of speech vectors which is adjusted to increase the variance of the speech vectors vi(d) based on a predefined global variance v before being output as speech. A predefined number T of hidden vectors xt evolve according to a state equation involving an observation matrix H, state transformation matrix F, covariance matrices Q & R and mean vectors m. Second order LDMs may be constrained to be critically damped towards a target q, and speech parameter trajectories Y may be calculated according to a steepest ascent method.