baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2565030-A (GB)
Title: Framed heat sealable strip
Inventor: PAUL FRANCIS DAY
IPC: B65D77/20
Filed: 2015-10-20
Abstract: A support frame assembly 110 for sealing and supporting a single row of individual tubes 113 to 120, the assembly comprising a substantially rigid sealing strip frame 111 adapted to fit over the top of the row of individual tubes and a heat sealable film for sealing to the tops of the individual tubes, the heat sealable film being attached to the rigid sealing strip frame by a plurality of raised attachment points 127 to 132 wherein the top of the attachment points are above the general plane of the top of the frame. In use, heat is applied to the sealing film such that the film seals to the tops of the tubes and to the sealing strip frame such that after the heat sealing process the row of individual tubes and the support frame assembly form an integral unit. Ideally, the attachment points are lugs that melt during heat sealing. The frame may include ribs 125 which form apertures in the frame through which individual tubes fit. The assembly may further include breaking lines to enable the assembly to be broken into shorter sections.
Patent GB-2556385-A (GB)
Title: Swivel prep tool
Inventor: VICTOR J LEVAND
IPC: B44D3/16
Filed: 2016-03-04
Abstract: Provided is a tool that includes a handle assembly including a top and bottom portion and a blade disposed between the top and bottom portion having first and second ends and an opening at its first end. The opening includes first and second notches opposed to one another. The tool also includes a latch assembly disposed between the top and bottom portion that is movable between first and second positions, the latch assembly including a latch having a protrusion that engages one of the first or second notches in the first position and disengages from the one of the first or second notches in the second position. The blade is rotatable about the first end between a closed positioned where the first notch is engaged by the protrusion, and an open position where the second notch is engaged by the protrusion.
Patent GB-2566326-A (GB)
Title: Ion mobility filter
Inventor: DANIEL MELHIRST
IPC: G01N27/62
Filed: 2017-09-11
Abstract: An ion filter 120 for filtering ions in a gas sample, for example a field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry filter. The ion filter has first and second ion channels 122, 124, for filtering ions from the target chemical in the gas sample, which are separate from each other. The filter also has a temperature control region 136 in thermal contact with the first and second ion channels for controlling a difference in temperature between them. The filter may also have a third ion channel 126 separated from the first and second, with the temperature control region in thermal contact to control a difference in temperature between the first, second and third channels. The channels may be located in a monolithic electrode layer 130. There may be a continuous channel dividing the electrode layer into first and second electrode portions with a central channel portion connecting first and second ion channel portions. There may be a thermal insulator 122 comprising a trench that splits the electrode layer into first and second electrode portions containing the first and second ion channels.
Patent GB-2556722-A (GB)
Title: Annulus isolation valve assembly
Inventor: Lars Timberlid Lundheim
IPC: E21B34/10
Filed: 2016-06-27
Abstract: An annulus isolation valve assembly (1) being part of a tubing hanger assembly (100), with a valve bore (5) having a fluid mouth (9), and a sliding sleeve (11) which is arranged in the valve bore (5) and which has an axially extending sleeve bore(13). The sliding sleeve (11) has a radially facing sleeve port (17). A hydraulic piston (21)is functionally connected to the sliding sleeve (11). The sliding sleeve (11) comprises an axially facing fluid port (47) which is in fluid communication with the radially facing sleeve port (17).
Patent GB-2570492-A (GB)
Title: Fold away and self containing platform for boat body maintenance
Inventor: JOHN ALAN SMITH
IPC: B63C5/02
Filed: 2018-01-27
Abstract: A fold-away platform for boat maintenance comprises a pair of hooks 11, which fit over the gunwale 9 of a vessel, and a pair of legs 2, which extend down the side of the vessel, to platform support brackets 15, which support a platform 1. The platform is also supported by shorter folding structure legs 3, 4, which are hingedly coupled to the longer legs and to the platform. In some embodiments, the hooks, 11, may be extendable, and in some embodiments, the entire structure may collapse and be stored within the platform 1, which may be hollow.
Patent GB-2571275-A (GB)
Title: Control of a haptic response of a rotary device
Inventor: JENNIFER ENGLISH
IPC: H01H19/14
Filed: 2018-02-21
Abstract: A controller 4 receives at an input a first signal indicative of an axial position of a rotary device having two or more axial positions. A processor 12 subsequently determines a haptic control profile for the rotary device on the basis of the first signal and generates a haptic control signal at an output for controlling a haptic response of the rotary device in accordance with the determined profile. A rotary control comprises a haptic controller which controls the resistance of rotation in dependence on the received haptic control signal. The two or more axial positions may include push, pull, and neutral positions, and the processor is arranged to determine whether the rotary device is in the push, pull, or neutral positions on the basis of the first signal. The rotary device may be biased to the neutral position. Generating the haptic control signal may include selecting one of a plurality of stored haptic control profiles in dependence on the first signal. The rotary control may comprise one or more switches providing a switch output indicating an axial position. The haptic controller may include a controllable motor implementing a rotation resistance. The controller and rotary control may be implemented in a vehicle.
Patent GB-2558124-A (GB)
Title: Image sensor and image capturing apparatus
Inventor: MIE ISHII
IPC: H04N5/3745
Filed: 2016-08-26
Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel portion in which a plurality of unit pixels each having one micro lens and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions are arrayed in a matrix, a signal readout portion that reads out signals accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portions and converts the read signals to digital signals, a signal processor that processes signals read out by the signal readout portion and has an image capture signal processor that performs signal processing for generating a captured image on signals read out by the signal readout portion and a focus detection signal processor that performs signal processing for focus detection on signals read out by the signal readout portion, and an output portion that outputs signals processed by the signal processor.
Patent GB-2574790-A (GB)
Title: A tobacco industry product component and a method of manufacturing a tobacco industry product component
Inventor: MATTHEW HESFORD
IPC: A24D3/10
Filed: 2018-04-24
Abstract: A tobacco industry product component 3 comprises a cavity 8 containing a plurality of additive capsules 11 and a plurality of cellulose acetate (CA) particles 12. The cellulose acetate particles 12 may promote breaking of the additive capsules 11 upon the application of external force to a wall of the cavity 8 by a user. The CA particles 12 may comprise a plasticiser, may comprise cellulose acetate chips, and/or may comprise one or more surface formations configured to promote breaking of the additive capsules 11. The component 3 may further comprise first and second sections of a body of filtration material, wherein the cavity 8 is disposed between said sections. The component 3 may further comprise a plug wrap with an impermeable coating which circumscribes the cavity 8, and an outer surface comprising an indicator configured to indicate to the user where an external force should be applied. The additive capsules 11 may have a diameter between 0.6-1.4mm, and the CA particles 12 may have a particle size of 1-2.4mm. The component 3 may comprise between 20-100 additive capsules 11, and the cavity may have a length between 4-12mm.
Patent GB-2577104-A (GB)
Title: Viewing data
Inventor: Kevin Moroney
IPC: H04H60/73
Filed: 2018-09-14
Abstract: A method of automatically logging and collating geographic viewing data for broadcast television watched on a media device, comprises: providing the media device with a reporting means to generate viewing data detailing a channel being watched on the media device automatically once received by the media device, and transmitting that viewing data to a remote server using a transport protocol to form transmitted viewing data comprising the generated viewing data and header(s) associated with the transport protocol; processing the transmitted viewing data to identify information comprising at least one of: (i) transmission metadata from a transmitter for the channel being watched; and (ii) an external IP address of the media device; matching at least one of the viewing-data, the transmission metadata, and external IP address to external data; and determining the geographical location from which the viewing-data originated using at least one of the identified information and the matched external data. Further, a method comprises: broadcasting a transmission comprising a (software) reporting means and channel content; running the received reporting means on the media device to generate viewing data detailing a channel being watched; and transmitting viewing data to a remote server over a network connection.
Patent GB-2567744-A (GB)
Title: Prefabricated cove
Inventor: MICHAEL D BREMSER
IPC: F21S4/28
Filed: 2018-09-18
Abstract: First and second ribs 15, 17 are attached to a wall mounting bracket 13, each rib extending from the wall mounting bracket 13 and then turning upwardly to form respective end tips 14, 16. A front piece 19 is shaped to pivotally mount to the wall mounting bracket 13 and then rotate into a position where it snaps on to the end tips 14, 16 of the ribs 15, 17 to form a cove. A LED module (123, Fig. 5) may be mounted to the wall mounting bracket 13 at attachment points 33, 35. Moulded corner piece and sectional joiner components are also provided.
Patent GB-2577863-A (GB)
Title: A scaffold barrier
Inventor: SAMUEL SHERWOOD
IPC: E04G5/14
Filed: 2018-09-20
Abstract: A guardrail 100 for a scaffold 150 comprises a pair of spaced apart and elongate support members 106,108 and at least one elongate rail member 102,104 coupled to the support members and oriented substantially perpendicularly thereto; wherein each support member comprises a foot portion 110 which defines a channel for receiving a ledger of a scaffold. Preferably each channel comprises a substantially curved inner surface. A system comprising a plurality of these guardrails is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2578115-A (GB)
Title: Modular attachment for leading and trailing edge structures
Inventor: Rodney Evans
IPC: B64C9/02
Filed: 2018-10-16
Abstract: Disclosed is an adjustable fixed structure attachment system 200 for an aircraft wing, the attachment system 200 comprising a bracket 210. The bracket comprises a wall 212 for connection to a wing box, a protrusion 214 protruding from the wall, a slot 216 extending through the protrusion, and a bush 220 having a bore 222 extending there through for receipt of a pin, wherein the bush is insertable into the slot. The bush is dimensioned relative to the slot so that the bush is substantially immovable in a width-wise direction of the slot, and is moveable in a height-wise direction of the slot to thereby vary a position of the bush within the slot. There is further disclosed an attachment system for the edge of an aircraft wing comprising two bracket assemblies comprising pivotal connections. Also disclosed are fixed structure attachment arrangements for aircraft wings, modular aircraft wing portions, leading or trailing edge attachment systems for aircraft wings, and aircraft.
Patent GB-2570026-A (GB)
Title: Aluminium alloy for casting
Inventor: SHOUXUN JI
IPC: C22F1/043
Filed: 2018-10-23
Abstract: An aluminium alloy having high Young's modulus which comprises (by weight): 8.5-12.5 % silicon, 2.5-9.0 % nickel, 0.001-0.05 % of nucleant selected from one or more of TiB, TiB2, AlB2, B, NbB, NbB2, TiC and BC; two or more of: ≤3.5 % copper, 0.1-0.8 % magnesium, ≤1.0 % manganese, ≤1.5 % zinc, ≤1.0 % beryllium, ≤1.0 % lithium, ≤0.2 % titanium, ≤0.2 % vanadium, ≤0.2 % silver, ≤0.2 % niobium, ≤0.4 % iron, ≤0.5 % chromium and/or ≤0.2 % zirconium; optionally 10-3000 ppm of at least one eutectic modifying element selected from one or more of Sr, Na, Sb, Y, Yb and Eu; with the balance being aluminium and impurities. The alloy can be made into a cast product which is solution heat treated, quenched and then aged at a temperature in the range 180-230 0C for 1-100 hours. The alloy can be used to make vehicle components.
Patent GB-2579083-A (GB)
Title: Phase difference measurement
Inventor: BRIAN HALSALL
IPC: H03H7/40
Filed: 2018-11-20
Abstract: A method of measuring a phase difference between the current and voltage of a cyclic signal output by a signal generator to a load, is provided. The method, suitable for a plasma processing device, comprises monitoring the current through, and voltage across, a load at a load input S110, and outputting the monitored current and voltage. First and second signals having the same period are respectively derived from the monitored current and voltage, the phase information being preserved in each signal. For each zero-crossing point of the first and second signals within a selected period, a pair of phase intervals comprising the intervals between the zero-crossing point and the last, and last but one, zero-crossing point of the other signal are measured S150. The measured phase intervals are converted to angular phase difference samples S160 in the range ±180 degrees based on the zero-crossing point used and the period of the first and second signals, where a positive value indicates lead and a negative value indicates lag. An average of the phase difference samples is computed S180. The method may further include automatically adjusting the phase difference towards a target value. An apparatus and a method of tracking a phase difference in a plasma processing device are also provided. The phase difference measuring method may be used for impedance matching in a plasma treatment system.
Patent GB-2579375-A (GB)
Title: Steering column assembly
Inventor: MARK ANTHONY WILKES
IPC: B62D1/185
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: A vehicle steering column assembly 12 for a vehicle has an elongate housing 14 in which is rotatably mounted a shaft 16 to which a steering wheel is attachable at one end. Housing 14 is releasably mounted to a support 26 so that housing 14 is constrained to be moveable along an adjustment axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing. A motor 20 is provided for moving housing along the adjustment axis through a linkage (42, Figure 6), for example a crank or a Cardan gear, connected to housing 14 and driven by an output (54, Figure 6) of motor 20. The assembly is particularly suitable for an autonomous vehicle and may collapse in the event of a serious impact to the vehicle; for example a flexible wire may be secured to housing 14 to absorb energy from a collision, and the connection between the linkage and housing 14 may be shearable.
Patent GB-2585334-A (GB)
Title: Method for obscuring or encrypting a voice recording
Inventor: TIM COKER
IPC: H04K1/06
Filed: 2019-02-22
Abstract: A speech recording is obfuscated by processing it with a speech recognition means, identifying individual spoken words, extracting those words, reversing them, and then re-inserting the reversed word in place of where it was extracted from the recording. The reinsertion step may be done so as to neither overwrite unprocessed data nor create new gaps in the modified recording. A word table may be generated (Fig. 4). The method may take place substantially in real-time. The method may be used to obscure an actor’s speech, for example in either a motion picture or in a theatre production, with the word table used to generate subtitles. This method allows a recording to be rendered unintelligible by reversing the time order in which each word is stored whilst retaining the word order in the recording. The original recording may be recovered by using information about the word breaks.
Patent GB-2568188-A (GB)
Title: Geographic area monitoring systems and methods that balance power usage between multiple unmanned vehicles
Inventor: Robert L Cantrell
IPC: G08G5/00
Filed: 2017-09-08
Abstract: In some embodiments, unmanned aerial task systems are provided that comprise multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) each comprising: a UAV control circuit; a motor; and a propulsion system coupled with the motor and configured to enable the respective UAVs to move themselves; and wherein a first UAV control circuit of a first UAV of the multiple UAVs is configured to access power level data corresponding to each of the multiple UAVs, and select a second UAV of the multiple UAVs based at least in part on a power level of the second UAV relative to a threshold power level corresponding to a first task to be performed and a predicted power usage by the second UAV while utilizing a first tool system temporarily cooperated with the second UAV in performing the first task.
Patent GB-2583734-A (GB)
Title: Pairing of devices in a power network
Inventor: PASCAL LAGRANGE
IPC: H04L12/10
Filed: 2019-05-07
Abstract: A method of pairing an adapter or controller with a device, among a plurality of devices, for instance a Power -over -Ethernet device with its controller, each device of the plurality being connected to a controller interconnected to other controllers by a power-over-data linear bus to which an item of power source equipment (PSE, Figure 1) is also connected. The method comprises sending a pairing message comprising a unique identifier of the device to the adapter/controller it is to be paired with, wherein only said device from which the pairing message is received receives power at the time of sending/receiving the pairing message. In response the adapter/controller sends an acknowledgement message to the device to complete the pairing or association. The adapter/controller may be integrated in the same device as the device (301, 302, Figure 3a) or may be a separate device (301, 302, Figure 3b). The method may allow only one device of the plurality to be activated or powered at any one time for pairing by having unique activation times associated with each device, with each activation time being determined according to a measured voltage of the device. The bus may be a power-over-Ethernet or power-over-coax line.
Patent GB-2585955-A (GB)
Title: Limestone processing
Inventor: Clive Stamp
IPC: C04B2/12
Filed: 2019-08-15
Abstract: Apparatus and method for the carbon neutral processing of limestone, comprising a furnace having an annular outer vessel 12 defined by concentric inner 13 and outer cylindrical walls 14, with an inner chamber providing heating element 26 within the inner wall and a reaction chamber between the walls. The outer vessel has an inlet 22 for limestone and outlet 33 for carbon dioxide and calcium oxide, which may comprise a fan to create a pressure depression, a gas-permeable membrane, and gas valves. The reaction chamber may have a curved blade 32, e.g. a spiral, to channel limestone. An energy source 27, which may be carbon neutral, e.g. nuclear, may supply heat and/or electricity to the inner chamber. The invention is designed to allow for CO2 sequestration for carbon-neutral construction.
Patent GB-2586825-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle induced airflow power generation system
Inventor: Jimishkumar Patel
IPC: F03D80/00
Filed: 2019-09-04
Abstract: A barrier system 100 comprising a turbine 10 to be driven by vehicle induced airflow, a generator and an air purifying device e.g. a moveable filter which may be a HEPA filter, NOx filter or metal organic framework filter. The system may comprise a housing (fig.2, 20), wherein the generator may be located within or outside and behind the housing. The turbine may be mounted horizontally within the housing, comprise a rotatable shaft 12 (which may be made of metal or metal alloy) coupled to the generator and/or comprise air capture members 11 e.g. vanes or flaps which are twisted or curved, disposed along the shaft, may be removable and/or formed of a plastic, metal or metal alloy. A resilient member may extend between the air capture members and the shaft. The shaft may comprise a pinion gear coupled to a crankshaft. The purifying device may be located at an inlet 21 or outlet 22 of the housing. The barrier may be 0.15-300 meters long and/or 0.1-5 meters high, partly below ground level, provided along a road/ motorway/ train track/ runway, part of an existing barrier or be a stack of barriers.
Patent GB-2587348-A (GB)
Title: New high-speed railway communication system based on 5G technology
Inventor: JIANGUO MA
IPC: H04W84/00
Filed: 2019-09-23
Abstract: A high-speed railway communication system based on a fifth generation, 5G, technology, comprises a plurality of ground base stations arranged along a railway line, a mobile base station (moving wireless network) contained within the train, and mobile terminals carried by train passengers. The system adopts a two-layer architecture scheme, wherein a mobile terminal is directly linked with the mobile base station, and the mobile base station is directly linked wirelessly with the ground base stations. The train mounted mobile base station comprises two separate antennas, a receiving end and a transmitting end, that are completely separated structures disposed on the two ends of the vehicle body of the train. The receiving (Rx)/transmitting (TX) portions of the ground base station and the mobile base station each adopt large-scale antenna Massive MIMO technology. The Doppler frequency shift effect is fixed and does not increase significantly with the increase of the vehicle speed. Mutually separated receiving end and transmitting end can effectively avoid interference or coupling between the receiving end (Rx) and the transmitting end (TX) during signal high-speed transmission in the high-speed moving scene.
Patent GB-2585720-A (GB)
Title: Flexible printed circuit board and joined body
Inventor: Takumi Nagamine
IPC: H05K3/24
Filed: 2018-04-19
Abstract: This flexible printed circuit board is provided with: a base material (1) that has a first surface; at least one first wiring pattern (2) that is disposed on the first surface of the base material (1) and extends in a first direction; and a first member (3a) and a second member (3b) that are disposed on the first wiring pattern (2) so as to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The first member (3a) and the second member (3b) divide the flexible printed circuit board into a first region (A1) that is positioned oppositely to the second member (3b) with respect to the first member (3a) in the first direction, a second region (A2) that is positioned between the first member (3a) and the second member (3b), a third region (A3) that is positioned oppositely to the first member (3a) with respect to the second member (3b), a fourth region (A4) in which the first member (3a) is disposed, and a fifth region (A5) in which the second member (3b) is disposed. The flexible printed circuit board is further provided with a first joining member (4) that is disposed on the first wiring pattern (2) in the first area (A1).