baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2459448-A (GB)
Title: Anti-theft structure of a coin acceptor
Inventor: CHIEN TIEN-YUAN
IPC: G07D3/00
Filed: 2008-04-21
Abstract: An anti-theft structure of a coin acceptor is disclosed having a sliding way 111 disposed at the bottom side of a coin passage 11, a coin-return passage 112 extending from the front side of the sliding way 111, a gate 22, and a solenoid valve 21 controllable to move the gate 22 between a first position where the gate 22 is extended out of the sliding way 111 for allowing the inserted coin/token to pass through a slot 223 on the gate 22 and a second position where the gate 22 is received in the sliding way 111 for enabling the inserted coin/token to pass to the coin-return passage 112. The gate has an anti-theft flange 225 upwardly extending from the rear side thereof for blocking the coin-return passage 112 to prevent a user from stealing the coin/token with a spring strip or tool when the gate 22 is moved out of the sliding way 111.
Patent GB-2462290-A (GB)
Title: Printed article
Inventor: STONE KATE JESSIE
IPC: B42D3/12
Filed: 2008-07-31
Abstract: A printed article 1 comprises a substrate 2 and an image 3 printed on the substrate. The image includes line art 4 formed of conductive ink. The image includes representations of at least two items (61, 62) which overlap such that line art of a first item is joined at least at one point (71) to line art of a second item. This avoids the conductive tracks crossing the image allowing a circuit to be formed without spoiling the visual appearance of the article. The printed article can be a book, a greetings card, a postcard, a poster, a calendar, packaging, a board game, a folder or file, an in-store display, a promotional item or wallpaper. The circuit can include discrete electronic components and light and/or sound emitting devices.
Patent GB-2451949-A (GB)
Title: 3D surface related multiple elimination for wide azimuth seismic data
Inventor: MATSON KENNETH H
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 2008-08-13
Abstract: A method of removing multiples using SRME uses wide azimuth seismic data to directly compute a multiple prediction via a mixed space-wavenumber-frequency domain implementation. A plurality of seismic traces are selected 202, at least one of the traces including a multiply reflected event. The traces are transformed 204 into a first transform domain (e.g. using a Fourier transform). A shot record is accessed 206 comprised of a first plurality of the transformed traces, and a receiver record is accessed 208 comprised of a second plurality of the transformed traces. A 2D transformed (e.g. 2D Fourier transformed) shot slice and a 2D transformed receiver slice are calculated, wherein the shot slice and the receiver slice correspond to the same selected coefficient (e.g. Fourier coefficient) of the first transform. The 2D transformed slices are used to obtain an estimate of the multiply reflected event.
Patent GB-2463490-A (GB)
Title: Marked up plasterboard
Inventor: EVANS MARK
IPC: E04C2/04
Filed: 2008-09-13
Abstract: A planar board having a first planar face section and a second planar face section is marked up. The first and second planar face sections each comprise an array of line markings to facilitate accurate cutting of the board and/or the positioning of fasteners so that the fasteners can be passed through the board to engage with a wall or ceiling frame. The board may be plaster board. The array of markings may include first and second sets of markings which are parallel to edges of the board and mutually perpendicular. The array of markings may include third and fourth sets of line markings which are at an acute angle to edges of the board. Markings comprising a measurement scale may be provided along side edges of the board. At least one of the sets of markings may be provided as a first subset of markings spaced at 400mm intervals and a second subset spaced at 600mm intervals.
Patent GB-2450070-A (GB)
Title: Nanopore electrode, nanopore membrane, methods of preparation and surface modification, and use thereof
Inventor: WHITE HENRY S
IPC: G01N27/26
Filed: 2007-05-04
Abstract: Provided are fabrication, characterization and application of a nanodisk electrode, a nanopore electrode and a nanopore membrane. These three nanostructures share common fabrication steps. In one embodiment, the fabrication of a disk electrode involves sealing a sharpened internal signal transduction element ("ISTE") into a substrate, followed by polishing of the substrate until a nanometer-sized disk of the ISTE is exposed. The fabrication of a nanopore electrode is accomplished by etching the nanodisk electrode to create a pore in the substrate, with the remaining ISTE comprising the pore base. Complete removal of the ISTE yields a nanopore membrane, in which a conical shaped pore is embedded in a thin membrane of the substrate.
Patent GB-2466201-A (GB)
Title: Regeneration of wideband speech
Inventor: ANDERSEN SOREN VANG
IPC: G10L25/90
Filed: 2008-12-10
Abstract: Provided is a method and system for processing a narrowband speech signal comprising speech samples in a first range of frequencies. The method comprises generating from the narrowband speech signal a highband speech signal in a second range of frequencies above the first range of frequencies; determining a pitch of the highband speech signal, using the pitch to generate a pitch-dependent tonality measure from samples of the highband speech signal and filtering the speech samples using a gain factor derived from the tonality measure and selected to reduce the amplitude of harmonics in the highband speech signal.
Patent GB-2468868-A (GB)
Title: Shift position transmitter
Inventor: STUTZER KLAUS-JUERGEN
IPC: F16H63/48
Filed: 2009-03-24
Abstract: A vehicle Shift Position Transmitter device and method is provided. The Shift Position Transmitter (52) comprises a shifter position input (20), a Parking Mechanism Actuator output (54), and a Transmission Control Module output (55). The shifter position input (20) is intended for detecting a position of a shifter whilst the Parking Mechanism Actuator output (54) is intended for controlling an interlocking of gears of a transmission of the vehicle. The Transmission Control Module output (55) is intended for transmitting shifter position signals to a Transmission Control Module (12) of the vehicle.
Patent GB-2455260-A (GB)
Title: Improved dispenser assembly
Inventor: FREEDMAN WILLIAM
IPC: A47F1/08
Filed: 2007-08-31
Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser for fast moving consumer goods such as canned or bottled beverages. The dispenser, according to the invention, includes a storage means and dispensing means within a main body for dispensing items wherein a substantial proportion of the storage means is located above head height of an average consumer. The invention also provides a dispenser for items including a main body storage means and dispensing means wherein the dispenser is mounted in an elevated position, supported from below and/or above. The invention also further provides a dispenser for items including a main body, storage means, dispensing means, and rotation means, wherein in use the rotation means presents items to one or more openings.
Patent GB-2455685-A (GB)
Title: Rotating fluid measurement device and method
Inventor: MAUTE ROBERT E
IPC: E21B47/10
Filed: 2007-11-09
Abstract: Fluid flow measurement device and method. In one embodiment, a tool comprises a rotating arm with a sensor pad to measure fluid flow into or out of the casing wall. The arm maintains the sensor pad in close proximity to the casing inner wall. The tool diameter is variable to allow the tool to traverse variable diameter casings and pass obstacles. The sensor pad comprises flow channels to direct the flow of fluid by electromagnetic sensors configured to detect conductive fluid flow.
Patent GB-2470606-A (GB)
Title: Electronic reading/pronunciation apparatus with visual and audio output for assisted learning
Inventor: SIANI PAUL
IPC: G10L13/04
Filed: 2009-05-29
Abstract: An electronic device is provided which can be used, for example, by a user who is learning to read, to input a word in question and be provided with visual and audio output of the phonetic components of the query word, thereby assisting the learning of pronunciation of the word. The electronic device includes a plurality of word databases corresponding to different predefined classifications, such as reading level, age group or reading syllabus.
Patent GB-2472048-A (GB)
Title: Roofing felt material with markings for locating battens
Inventor: O'BRIEN THOMAS
IPC: E04C2/52
Filed: 2009-07-22
Abstract: Roofing felt material 1 with a plurality of equally spaced markings provided thereon to indicate the correct location of battens 9 for hanging roofing tiles. Preferably the markings are parallel lines 6 printed on the material. There may also be lines 5 printed on the material which indicate where one material may overlap another. The material may be provided in a roll having a width of 1600mm and wherein the markings are parallel to the long edges 3, 4 of the roll and are spaced apart by 100mm. A method of use is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2465043-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for tracking a moving person including determining a body offset angle based on spectral analysis of acceleration data
Inventor: BERADI STEPHEN A
IPC: A61B5/103
Filed: 2009-07-28
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for tracking a moving person. The system comprises a controller configured to receive acceleration data that characterizes an acceleration of the moving person in three dimensions. The controller comprises a step rate component that determines a step rate for the person based on a vertical component of the acceleration data. The controller also comprises a body offset component that determines a body offset angle (the angle which the persons torso is twisted from their direction of travel) based on a spectral analysis of the acceleration data and the step rate. The controller further comprises a velocity component that determines a reference velocity vector based on the body offset angle and the step rate. A navigation velocity of the moving person may be determined based on an integration of at least a portion of the acceleration data. A stride length error may be determined based on a Kalman Filter recursive comparison of the navigation velocity and the reference velocity. A position of the moving person may then be determined based on a last known or calculated position of the moving person, the stride length error and the reference velocity.
Patent GB-2472868-A (GB)
Title: A device to steam food within a pan
Inventor: BELMONT SIMON
IPC: A47J27/04
Filed: 2009-08-22
Abstract: This invention is a device that can be placed within a pan (see figure 2) and can steam as well as fry the food. It comprises a clear heat and shatter proof lid 4, a handle 6, steam vents 1, drainage slots 3, and base rim 2. Different depths of interchangeable rim 7 can be used to adjust the depth of the steaming vessel, thus catering for a variety of sizes of food. The device creates an intense localised heat within the vessel, turning moisture within the food source into steam.
Patent GB-2474461-A (GB)
Title: Noise reduction in ambiguous beam-steering directions of sensor arrays
Inventor: COTTERILL PHILIP ANDREW
IPC: G10K11/34
Filed: 2009-10-14
Abstract: A method and system is described for an electronic baffle, which aims to reduce unwanted noise components detected through an ambiguous beam-steer direction, such as the ambiguous back-lobe of a sensor array. The sensor array comprises two groups of sensors. The first group may comprise a pressure sensor array 52, such as a hydrophone array, and the second group may comprise a plurality of pressure gradient sensor sub-arrays 541-N, such as accelerometers or displacement sensors. The two sensor groups are beamformed individually at processing stages 56, 581-Nto derive beam signals indicative of directional responses, one from each group. Pairs of beam signals, one from each group, having corresponding steer directions are combined 64 to form cardioid beams 66 with nulls pointing in the ambiguous beam-steer direction.
Patent GB-2461464-A (GB)
Title: A method for transmitting downlink control channel in a mobile communication system and a method for mapping the control channel to physical resource using bl
Inventor: YUN YOUNG WOO
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 2008-04-14
Abstract: A method for transmitting a downlink control channel in a mobile communication system and a method for mapping the control channel to physical resources using a block interleaver are provided. In order to transmit a downlink control channel in a mobile communication system, information bits are modulated to generate one or more modulation symbols according to a specific modulation scheme, the modulation symbols are interleaved using a block interleaver, and the interleaved modulated symbols are mapped to resource elements allocated for transmission of at least one control channel in a subframe, thereby transmitting the at least one control channel.
Patent GB-2475708-A (GB)
Title: A collapsible scooter
Inventor: LIN YONG SIANG
IPC: A47C4/14
Filed: 2009-11-27
Abstract: A scooter comprising front 11 and rear 12 frame sections which are connected by a rod 111 and a corresponding sleeve 121, a seat 22 is supported sides on the rear frame on each of its sides by collapsible, pivotally connected crossed links 211 and 212, the two ends of the cross links located at the rear of the rear frame are respectively pivotally connected to the rear of the seat 22 and the rear of the rear frame and the ends of the cross links located at the front of the rear frame have connecting links between the ends at each side which are mounted in retaining slots 213 and 214. The rod 111 and sleeve 121 which connect the two frame portions and the retaining slots 214 and links may utilise holes and locking pins 122 and 225 to secure them. A retractable auxiliary wheel may be deployed at the rear of the rear frame and include an elastic biasing means. A motor may be connected to a rear axle.
Patent GB-2467622-A (GB)
Title: Cable management unit for sliding data storage array can be moved to disconnect cables from power supply panel
Inventor: JEFFERY ALAN
IPC: H01R13/62
Filed: 2009-12-03
Abstract: A rack mountable housing 101, 113 for an array of a data storage elements 401 (figs 1, 11, 13) has a plurality of sliding sub-units 112 each carrying a cable module 212 (see fig 7-9, 10a-c for detail) that connects the sub-unit to a power supplies 205,207 via panel 201 within the housing. First end cable connectors 414 are for the sub-unit connectors 415 (fig 6), with second end cable connectors 413 for the panel connector 342, the second connectors preferably mounted on the cable module 212 (fig 7). The cable module 212 provides a barrier against manual access to the second connectors 413 and panel 201 connectors 413, unless the module is moved, preferably by sliding outwards from the housing. Preferably the movement will disconnect or reconnect the cable to the panel (see figures 15a,b or 15g,h for before/after). Figure 3 shows the panel 201, second panel connectors 342 and shows three cable modules 210,211,212 for three sub-units 110,111,112. The cable modules may be moved by pulling or pushing handles and a sprung button (723 figs 15a,b,g,h) extends when the module moves out and the button must be retracted to allow the module to return and reconnect the power.
Patent GB-717979-A (GB)
Title: Improved sheets of building material
IPC: E04C2/38
Filed: 1952-04-21
Abstract: 717,979. Building panels; walls. MILLER, T. H. April 21, 1952 [April 27, 1951], No. 10035/52. Classes 20 (4) and 87 (1)..[Also in Group XXV] A building panel comprises a sheet 27 of hardboard or pressed wood reinforced by wood or metal strips 28 of right-angled isosceles triangular section secured to one face of the sheet around its edges, further strips 32 being provided, if desired, transversely and/or longitudinally of the panel. The ends of the strips are bevelled. Oppositely arranged panels may be secured together by separate triangular strips or by spring clips 66, Fig. 10, engaging with grooves 65 in the reinforcing strips.
Patent GB-215175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in file handles and the like
IPC: B25G1/00
Filed: 1923-04-13
Abstract: 215,175. Griffiths, F. W. April 13, 1923. Strengthened handles with self-grip sockets. -A wood handle A for a file or the like is provided with a comparatively thick flat disc C of tough metal such as iron secured on the end. The disc mav be held in position bv the turned-over ferrule B. The disc and handle are bored so that when the tang D is driven in it is gripped tightly by the disc and handle, and the disc prevents the wood from splitting.
Patent GB-232621-A (GB)
Title: Closures for collapsible tubes and the like
IPC: B65D47/20
Filed: 1925-04-17
Abstract: 232,621. Lingner-Werke Akt.-Ges., (Assignees of Zels, H., and Zerbst, H.). April 17, 1924, [Convention date]. Stopper with. valves.-A collapsable tube or the like is closed by a cap b which is slidable in the mouth thereof and is formed with a central aperture normally closed by a stepped portion of an intermediate member c fixed to the tube a. The cap is held in the closed position by. a spring d disposed between the member c and the bottom of the cap. b, the arrangement permitting the cap to beraised and the contents of the tube to be discharged when pressure is applied to the tube. In the closed position the cap may be locked by rotating it until projections e on the cap and the member c interengage.
Patent GB-253295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in turning, stopping and like indicators for road vehicles
IPC: B60Q1/36
Filed: 1925-04-20
Abstract: 253,295. Sutton, E. F. April 20, 1925. Road-traffic signals on vehicles; semaphore signals. - In motor-vehicle stopping and turning indicators of the kind which are operated by the pressure of the working fluid of the motor, the difference in pressure existing between the fluid in the induction pipe and the atmosphere is utilized in the actuation of the signals. In the arrangement shown the indicating members, which include " right and " left " turn signals 1, 2 and a " slow " signal 3, Figs. 6 and 7, are pivotally mounted in a casing 5a at the rear of the number-plate 5 and are adapted to be moved to display position by means of rods 12, 15, 17 connected respectively to pistons 9, 10, 11 working in cylinders 6, 7, 8, the cylinders in turn being connected through flexible pipes 10, 20, 21, control members 24, 42, Fig. 1, and further pipes 38, 51 to the induction pipes 39 of the motor 40. The control member 24 is preferably in the form of a hand mounted on the dashboard and adapted to be moved to the right or left by hand to operate the turning signals 1, 2, while the control member 42 is operated whenever the brake pedal 22 is depressed to display the " slow " signal 3. In order to place the pipe 38 in communication with either the pipe 19 or pipe 20 as desired, the back of the hand or member 24 is provided with an arcuate groove 28 which, in the normal or vertical position of the hand, does not extend to the sockets 25, 26 on the base-plate 23 receiving the ends of the pipes 19, 20, but which, when the hand is displaced, establishes communication between the pipe 38 and pipe 19 or 20 and causes the desired signal to be displayed by movement of the piston 6 or 7 due to the excess pressure of the atmosphere over that in the induction pipe 39. A similar arcuate groove on the control member 42 places the pipes 21, 51 in communic.ation when the brake pedal 22 is depressed. Additional signals such as " stop " and " reverse " signals may be provided and operated either automatically from the vehicle controls or by hand, e.g. the " stop " signal may be associated with the hand-brake lever. According to the Provisional Specification, the signals may be operated by the pressure of the motor exhaust.
Patent GB-537460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fluid pressure remote control systems
IPC: F15B9/08
Filed: 1940-03-13
Abstract: 537,460. Fluid-pressure servomotor control system. AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CO., Ltd., and THORNHILL, P. W. March 13, 1940, No. 10268. [Class 135] A relay valve device for use in connection with a liquid pressure remote control system comprises a pair of main valve members which control the flow of pressure liquid into the respective ends of a double acting power cylinder and which are spring pressed towards their closed positions and a pair of valve heads which engage seats formed in the main valves to control the flow of liquid from the power cylinder to a reservoir. The relay valve device 18 is actuated by pressure transmitted from a remote point acting on a piston 48 against the action of a spring 77 tensioned by the movement of the power piston and acting through a lever 78 and bent link 81. The device 18 comprises a spindle 49 formed with a pair of opposed lift valve members 69, 70 adapted to seat alternately on two telescoping members 58, 59 normally urged apart by a spring 61 to engage fixed seats. The valves 69, 70 control the exhaust from the two ends of the power cylinder which exhaust passes through a longitudinal passage and radial ports in the spindle to an annular chamber 54 between two pistons on the spindle. The chamber 54 is in permanent communication with the reservoir 12 through a passage 56 and pipe 20. The valves 58, 59 are housed in a chamber 57 connected by a passage 85 and pipe 17 with the outlet from an hydraulic accumulator 16 supplied by a pump 10 from a reservoir 12, and are opened to admit pressure to one end or other of the power by the continued movement of the actuating spindle after the corresponding exhaust valve has been closed.
Patent GB-167813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sofa beds
IPC: A47C17/22
Filed: 1920-04-13
Abstract: 167,813. Marks, E. C. R., (Seng Co.). April 13, 1920. Bedsteads convertible into sofas; bedclothes, securing in position.-In a sofa convertible into a bed, the sofa seat and its supporting-means, together with the folding mattress support, are assembled independent of the sofa frame, and can be releasably mounted as a whole therein. Linksupporting plates 14, connected by a front board 13, are provided with openings 16, 17 with which engage hooks 11 and bolts 19 respectively, while plates 40, carrying stops 42, 43, are provided on the sofa ends, and pivotally and detachably support links 44, carrying pivoted locking-dogs 48. Bell-crank levers 22, pivoted at 21 to the plates 14, together with links 24, 27, 29 and 33 are provided, to invert the seat 6 as it is unfolded, springs 36 assisting this motion, while the section 4 carries a cross brace 59 which rests on the links 24 when the device is opened out, or in stirrups 60 when folded. Fixed legs 7 may be provided on the seat 6, and a swinging wire bail 63 may be held by the spring 66 in an upright position to act as a pillow rest, or in a horizontal position to act as a device for holding the bedding in position.
Patent GB-610268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to optical objectives of the telephoto type
IPC: G02B13/02
Filed: 1946-04-03
Abstract: 610,268. Optical objectives. TAYLOR, TAYLOR, & HOBSON, Ltd., and COX, A. April 3, 1946, No. 10298. [Class 97 (i)] In a telephoto objective of the type comprising a convergent front member separated by an airspace between .20 F. and .35 F. from a divergent meniscus doublet, F being the equivalent focal length of the objective, the convergent member consists of two meniscus doublets with outer surfaces convex to the front and separated by not more than .01 F., the internal contact surface of the front doublet being dispersive and that of the other doublet of the front member being collective, concave to the front and having a radius between .25 F. and F., and the rear doublet has its outer surfaces concave to the front and its internal contact surface collective and convex to the front. Data are given for an example of the objective shown in which the contact surface in the front doublet is broken and convex to the front.