baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2551166-A (GB)
Title: Burner
Inventor: IK SOO KIM
IPC: F23D1/00
Filed: 2016-06-08
Abstract: A primary conduit for a burner defines a primary conduit flow channel for conveying pulverous fuel and comburant gas to a primary conduit outlet 7. The primary conduit includes a primary conduit end pipe 3 proximal the primary conduit outlet and an elbow pipe 1 upstream of and in fluid communication with the end pipe. The primary conduit has in its flow channel successively in a downstream flow direction: a first swirler formation 9a comprising at least one swirler vane at a first swirler location 11a and a second swirler formation 9b comprising at least one swirler vane at a second swirler location 11b. The swirler formations counter undesirable flow concentration effects due to the change in flow direction of a fuel and gas at the elbow pipe. The primary conduit is preferably disposed annularly around a core conduit 5 for the supply of core air to the outlet, and the swirlers preferably are located in the primary conduit end pipe in an annular channel about the core conduit. A particle diffuser comprising a bullet formation 15 may be included for stabilising a flow distribution of fuel and gas as it flows towards the outlet.
Patent GB-2552031-A (GB)
Title: RPM disc
Inventor: LEE RONALD WARD
IPC: G01M13/00
Filed: 2016-07-08
Abstract: A plastic disc with a non-cutting edge for use in place of a cutting disc on a power tool. The disc has an inlaid marker, which can be used as a reference point when measuring revolutions per minute (RPM) of the power tool. The disc can be a variety of sizes to suit the appropriate power tool. The tool may be an angle grinder, chopsaw, circular saw, mitre saw, or other type of power tool that may require an RPM test.
Patent GB-2538206-A (GB)
Title: Reliability enhancement in a distributed storage system
Inventor: DMITRY YOSEF SOTNIKOV
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 2015-02-19
Abstract: Machines, systems and methods for enhancing data recovery in a data storage system, the method comprising determining whether one or more data storage mediums in a data storage system are unavailable; determining data that are at a risk of loss, due to said one or more data storage mediums being unavailable; from among the data that is determined to be at the risk of loss, identifying data that is highly vulnerable to loss; and creating one or more temporary replicas of the data that is highly vulnerable to loss.
Patent GB-2538667-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for dynamic location-based group formation for ensuring required responders
Inventor: ALEXEI VLADIMIROVICH IGUMNOV
IPC: H04W4/10
Filed: 2014-03-24
Abstract: ﻿A dynamic location-based group is formed that ensures required responders. A request for a new location-based group call relative to a defined location is received at a controller from an initiating device. The controller determines a plurality of required responder types for responding to the location and forms a group including subscriber units meeting one of a plurality of required responder types and a set of location-based group formation rules. The controller then determines if subscriber units in the formed group meet the required responder types. If not, the controller modifies the location-based group formation rules and re-forms the group including subscriber units meeting one of the plurality of required responder types and the modified location-based group formation rules. The controller then causes audio or data transmitted by the initiating device to be provided to the subscriber units in the re-formed group.
Patent GB-2551224-A (GB)
Title: Agent and method for the temporary deformation of keratin-containing fibers
Inventor: THORSTEN KNAPPE
IPC: A61Q5/06
Filed: 2016-12-13
Abstract: A composition for the temporary deformation of keratinous fibers, comprising; (a) a cosmetic preparation containing; a1) at least one copolymer composed at least of the following monomer units: - styrene - acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid; and a2) at least one copolymer composed at least of the following monomer units: - N-tert-butylacrylamide - acrylic acid - ethyl acrylate, wherein the weight fraction of copolymers al) and a2) in the total weight of the cosmetic preparation is 1.0 to 10% by weight. Also disclosed is the use of such a composition in the temporary deformation of keratin-containing fibers, a method of using these compositions in the temporary deformation of keratin-containing fibers and a cosmetic product comprising the said composition and a dispensing device having a spray valve.
Patent GB-2542302-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods related to time-division and frequency-division duplex protocols for wireless applications
Inventor: DAVID RICHARD PEHLKE
IPC: H04W72/00
Filed: 2015-06-11
Abstract: Systems and methods related to time-division and frequency-division duplex protocols for wireless applications. In some embodiments, a wireless architecture can include a radio-frequency (RF) path configured to support a first modified time-division duplex (TDD) band operation and a second modified TDD band operation. Such a wireless architecture can allow consolidation of signal paths and/or re-use of components such as filters and duplexers, to advantageously reduce or eliminate some paths and/or components.
Patent GB-2547098-A (GB)
Title: Utensil or cutlery item
Inventor: MICHAEL VAIKSAAR
IPC: B65D51/24
Filed: 2017-01-09
Abstract: A utensil or cutlery item 2 is formed from a blank of material 4 which includes a first portion 6 and a second portion 8, with at least one fold line 10 separating said portions. The first portion forms a cutlery piece 18 in use. The second portion at least partially covers the first portion prior to first use of the utensil. The utensil is initially supplied in a flat and closed configuration (fig 4, not shown) and is reconfigured into a utensil by the user (fig 6). The cutlery piece may be a scoop, spoon, knife or fork. The blank may include a third portion 12 and in the closed configuration the first portion may be positioned between the second and third portions. The utensil blank may be part of a larger blank for packaging (fig 18, not shown) and may be detachable from the packaging portions via frangible, perforated or weakened portions (108, 120, fig 18, not shown). The device finds particular application in the fast-food industry and an advantage of the closed configuration (fig 4, not shown) is the eating portion remains clean.
Patent GB-2559610-A (GB)
Title: Separation of liquid droplets from gas
Inventor: Javier Vinuales Navarro
IPC: B01D45/04
Filed: 2017-02-13
Abstract: A separator 2 for separating liquid droplets from a gas comprises an inertial separator array 4 comprising a repeating pattern of elements 6, each element of the repeating pattern comprising a separate inertial separation structure to perform inertial separation of the liquid droplets from a respective portion of the gas. The separator array 4 can be combined with a heat exchanger 20 so that each group of one or more heat exchanger channels 22 has its own separate inertial separation structure 6 for separating liquid droplets from the gas passed by the heat exchanger channel 22. A method of manufacturing a separator preferably formed by additive manufacturing is also disclosed. The separator is of reduced size and may be better suited for use in limited spaces such as in automotive fields where space under a bonnet is limited.
Patent GB-2544435-A (GB)
Title: Water-swellable lost circulation materials
Inventor: Jonathan Paul Walker
IPC: C09K8/514
Filed: 2014-11-21
Abstract: Lost circulation compositions, systems, and methods of using the same are described. A lost circulation composition comprises a water-swellable starch graft copolymer; and a carrier fluid. A method for bridging a lost circulation zone comprises providing a lost circulation composition comprising a water-swellable starch graft copolymer and a carrier fluid. Then introducing the lost circulation composition into a wellbore within a subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation comprises a lost circulation zone. Finally the lost circulation composition is placed into the lost circulation zone.
Patent GB-2563831-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic conveyor
Inventor: PHILIP EDWARDS
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 2017-06-22
Abstract: A telescopic conveyor comprising a conveyor boom 2 with two or more conveyor sections 4, 6 adapted to be extended and retracted with respect to one another in telescopic fashion to adjust the length of the boom. Sections 2, 4 are each curved about a common axis of curvature. Also included is a loading end 10, an elongate support frame 1, a support structure 12 mounted on tracks/wheels to allow frame movement, and a loading chute 8 with discharge end 14. Hydraulic rams 12 are also used to adjust the height of boom 2 and hence adjust the curvature / telescopic extraction/retraction.
Patent GB-2566011-A (GB)
Title: Serving apparatus
Inventor: LAKSHMY PENGELLY
IPC: A47C7/70
Filed: 2017-08-24
Abstract: The serving apparatus 10 has a tray 18 supported by strut 16, the strut 16 being rotatably connected to a rotation mechanism 14. The rotation mechanism 14 is supported by a stand 12 which has a connector 22 to be reversibly coupled to an item of furniture. The rotation mechanism 14 allows the strut 16 to move between a stowed and serving position. The stand 12 may engage with the floor. The connector 22 may have an adjustable opening and couple to a weight-bearing portion of the furniture, e.g. a chair leg. The strut 16 may be parallel to the stand 12 when stowed and perpendicular when deployed. There may be an intermediate position between stowed and deployed and the rotation mechanism may allow rotation about three axes. The rotation may be slowed by a retardation mechanism or powered by a motor. The serving apparatus 10 minimises the risk of falls or injurious spillages.
Patent GB-2568973-A (GB)
Title: Closure member with decorative panel
Inventor: KUEI-YUNG WANG
IPC: E06B3/70
Filed: 2017-12-13
Abstract: A door panel comprises two skins 101, 102, each having an opening aligned with the other opening. A first lip portion 110A is provided on a first of the skins adjacent the opening for holding a glass panel 103. A pair of coupling elements 113A, B are provided on the respective skins and extend therebetween for inter-engagement to fix the relative positions of the skins. The skins define a space between them for receiving filling material to form the body of the door, and include a partition in and extending across the space to delineate a portion of the space separate from the openings for receiving the filling material. A method of making the panel is also provided, with interchangeable mould inserts for optionally adding a second lip.
Patent GB-2560104-A (GB)
Title: A traffic light system
Inventor: PETER HUTCHINSON
IPC: G08G1/08
Filed: 2018-01-17
Abstract: Traffic light system 100 comprises control unit 118 which operates two traffic lights 102 in a synchronized pattern and RADAR sensor 114 that detects vehicles approaching the traffic light(s). Each traffic light comprises a green, an amber and a red light which the control unit illuminates in a repeating sequence. It dynamically varies the duration of a red/amber phase and/or an amber phase of one or both traffic lights in response to information from the RADAR sensor (which may include speed or position of an oncoming vehicle). The amber or red/amber phase duration may be shorter when no oncoming vehicle is detected and longer when a vehicle is approaching, thus improving throughput of vehicles across a junction. The amber or red/amber phase may have a fixed duration when vehicles are approaching, which may otherwise be reduced by 0.25 seconds. The amber or red/amber phase may have a duration of between 2.75 and 3.25 seconds and be set at the lower end of the range when no approaching vehicle is detected and vice versa.
Patent GB-2570887-A (GB)
Title: A system for a vehicle
Inventor: UMBERTO MONTANARO
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2018-02-07
Abstract: A set of reachable vehicle states, which include position, is determined by module 20 depending on a vehicle constraint. Of these, a set of allowable vehicle positions is determined by module 22 using data indicative of a feature of a nearby road segment. One allowable position is set as a target vehicle position by module 24, and a feasible trajectory to that position is determined by module 26. The vehicle may be controlled to follow the trajectory using module 18. The road segment feature may relate to obstacles, lane boundaries or driving rules. The allowable positions may be determined using an artificial potential field, with potential values within a certain range indicating allowable positions. The vehicle constraint may include state variables such as heading, position or velocity, or input constraints such as steering angle or acceleration. The feasible trajectory may be generated using a Model Predictive control (MPC) strategy.
Patent GB-2561961-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical seal
Inventor: ANDREW COLVERSON
IPC: F16J15/34
Filed: 2018-02-23
Abstract: A mechanical seal assembly is provided. The mechanical seal assembly has rotational and stationary sealing members (7a, 7b, 8a, 8b in Figure 2) and a drive unit 17 which is axially adjacent one of the primary rotary sealing members 16. An energising member 22 urges the drive unit 17 towards the primary rotary sealing member 16. A retainer 20 axially and radially retains one of the primary rotary sealing members 16. The drive unit 17 is in contact with the one of the primary rotary sealing members 16 via contacting surfaces 18 which are between 1 and 20 light bands of flatness.
Patent GB-2573168-A (GB)
Title: Micro machining
Inventor: JASON DUFFIN
IPC: G05B19/401
Filed: 2018-04-27
Abstract: A method of micro machining a workpiece includes cutting a test bore in a test piece using a laser beam 50 and measuring the test bore using either a measurement probe 60 or an electrode 44. The electrode is correlated to the laser beam. The laser is then used to ablate the workpiece surface in a first region, which may have a non-conductive coating, to expose a conductive portion of the workpiece. The electrode is used to electrical-discharge-machine the workpiece in the first region to produce at least one bore in the workpiece. The bore portion which passes through the coating has a diameter that is within 0.3mm of, or may be less than, the diameter of the bore in the remainder of the workpiece. Apparatus for the method comprises a EDM head including the electrode, the laser beam, the measuring probe, preferably all mounted on a gantry 34 via a vertical column 70, a component and test piece mounting assembly and a processor 100 configured to do the correlation. May be used to machine cooling bores in coated turbine components.
Patent GB-2576548-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for reconstructing colour and depth information of a scene
Inventor: FABIO CAPPELLO
IPC: G06T7/50
Filed: 2018-08-23
Abstract: A method of reconstructing colour and depth information of a scene is provided. The method comprises receiving a colour image of a scene and obtaining depth information of the scene. The colour and depth images are used to generate a point cloud, which is then projected e.g. using an inverse projection, to an alternative viewpoint and converted to sparse colour and depth images. Colour information is then estimated for at least some parts of the sparse colour image, resulting in a reconstructed colour image. The reconstructed colour image is used with the existing depth information to estimate depth information for the sparse depth image. In this way, colour and depth information of the scene can be estimated, and used to generate colour and depth images of the scene from a desired viewpoint. A corresponding system for reconstructing colour and depth information is also provided. The estimating process may be carried out by machine learning such as fully convolutional neural network model.
Patent GB-2578174-A (GB)
Title: A ground handling concept for a tail-sitting VTOL aircraft
Inventor: ARNAUD DIDEY
IPC: B64C39/08
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: The present invention provides a tail-sitting, tandem wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft 103 (VTOL), the aircraft comprising; a fuselage 200’ pivoted between lateral arms of a yoke (220, figure 2c); the arms of the yoke extending fore and aft and, at or towards the extremities of the arms: the respective fore portions 230' are linked laterally together by an aerofoil (240, figure 1a); and the respective aft portions 230 are linked laterally together by an aerofoil (250, figure 1a). The aircraft further comprises landing skids (400, figures 1c, 1d), 410, 420 and a wheel assembly 450. Additionally, a method for reconfiguring the aircraft between vertical and horizontal configuration is provided.
Patent GB-2581776-A (GB)
Title: Catalytic converter apparatus and method
Inventor: DAVID RICHARD SELLICK
IPC: F01N3/28
Filed: 2019-02-19
Abstract: A catalytic converter core 8, for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine (3, fig 1), comprises a catalytic material 13 disposed on a substrate 12. The composition of the catalytic material and/or the substrate in a first region 20 is different to a second region 21, so that a first thermal inertia I1 in the first region is less than a second thermal inertia I2 in the second region. The composition of the catalytic material can be varied by changing a size or density of pores 19, changing the thickness of the catalytic material or changing the chemical composition. The size of cells of the substrate can be different in the first and second regions. A vehicle (1, fig 1) has a catalytic converter (2, fig 1) comprising the catalytic core disposed in a housing (9, fig 1). A method of manufacturing the catalytic converter core includes applying the catalytic material to the substrate.
Patent GB-2575530-A (GB)
Title: System interacting with smart audio
Inventor: ZHIWEN CHEN
IPC: G10L15/24
Filed: 2019-05-08
Abstract: A wearable device 1 (eg. a sports bracelet or watch with a wireless earphone) paired with a smart audio device 2 (eg. a smart speaker) comprises a wireless module 11 (for eg. BluetoothRTM coupling) and a module 12 (eg. a microphone) which acquires language information from a user (eg. “Hi Alexa”) and transmits it to the smart audio. A motion sensor 13 may also allow gesture recognition without a spoken wake-up command, and a fingerprint reader may identify different users. The volume may be adapted according to the distance between the devices, and text entered via a touch screen.
Patent GB-2579423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to open display refrigerators
Inventor: PAUL MCANDREW
IPC: F25D23/02
Filed: 2018-11-29
Abstract: A cooling unit (refrigerator / freezer) 1 comprises a cooled space 2 separated from air exterior of the unit by an air curtain 10. An air guide 12 coupled to an air outlet 4 or air duct extends from the outlet to bypass a portion of a void 6 between an uppermost shelf 3a and the outlet. The curtain is established between an extremity of a portion of the void proximal to the outlet and an air inlet 5 that recovers the air from the curtain and recirculates the air into the duct. A first temperature difference between a measured warmest and coldest temperature of the interior of the unit before coupling one or more of the air guides to the outlet / duct is determined. After coupling the one or more air guides to the outlet / duct a second temperature difference between the measured warmest and coldest temperature of the interior of the unit is determined. The first and second temperature differences are compared. The refrigerator may be an open display refrigerator. The temperature may be measured by an array of sensors within the cooled space, with a sensor provided proximate the inlet.
Patent GB-2585047-A (GB)
Title: Landing gear support
Inventor: ANDREW MCMAHON
IPC: B64C25/10
Filed: 2019-06-26
Abstract: An aircraft landing gear support 1 is provided comprising a support member (such as a landing gear rib 2) and a plurality of pintle supports typically in the form of lugs 5, 7, 8, which form a pintle support arrangement 17 for holding a pintle on which a landing gear assembly may be rotatably supported. The lugs 5, 7, 8 are removably attached to the gear rib 2.
Patent GB-2588886-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus for temporary flooring or temporary structure
Inventor: DOUG DENNIS
IPC: E04F15/024
Filed: 2019-10-16
Abstract: An apparatus 1 for supporting a floor or temporary structure including a first member 10 for supporting the apparatus on a surface and including an upwardly extended elongate portion, a second member 100 for supporting a floor or temporary structure at a height and defining a space within which the upwardly extending elongate portion is received, and a height adjustment device for changing the height the first member is permitted to move relative to the second member. Also claimed is an apparatus comprising a first member having a first portion which is positioned in use on a surface, a second member for supporting a floor or temporary structure at a height h, the first and second members being releasably fixed relative to each other, and a pivot member which permits the second member to pivot relative to the first. Also claimed is an apparatus including first and second height adjustment members rotatable about an axis to effect linear movement of the height adjustment members relative to each other. Also claimed is an apparatus comprising first and second members and a plurality of interchangeably connectable to the second member. The apparatus may be used in a level floor in a marquee.
Patent GB-2588441-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for estimating the geometry of a scene
Inventor: TIMOTHY BRADLEY
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2019-10-24
Abstract: A method of obtaining real world scale information for a scene comprises obtaining at least one image of a plurality of objects in a scene by first detecting at least some of the objects in the at least one image as corresponding to pre-determined objects and generating a 3D reconstruction of the scene based on the image content of the at least one image. A relative size of each object in the 3D reconstruction of the scene in at least one dimension is then determined wherein the relative size being defined in dimensions of the generated 3D reconstruction and the relative size of each object is determined based on a distance between at least two points corresponding to that object as transformed into 3D space. A size probability distribution function for each object detected in the at least one image is then determined wherein each size probability distribution function defines a range of sizes in at least one dimension that a corresponding object is likely to possess in real world units. The size probability distribution function for each detected object is then rescaled based on a corresponding relative size of that object in the 3D reconstruction and estimating a geometry of the scene in real world units by combining the re-scaled probability distribution function for at least one detected object with the re-scaled probability distribution function for at least one other detected object. The process may also be used to estimate the geometry of a scene.
Patent GB-2580782-A (GB)
Title: Vehicles
Inventor: RUPERT PAUL CATTELL
IPC: B63H16/18
Filed: 2019-12-11
Abstract: A vehicle has a driven element with the drive to the driven element provided by means of a first pivoted lever (a) designed to be moved by the arms of the driver of the vehicle, a second pivoted lever (b) designed to be moved by the legs of the driver of the vehicle, and a four-bar linkage system interconnecting the first and second pivoted levers (a & b) via four pivots (c, d, r, s). The driven element may be a wheel or propeller