baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2465731-A (GB)
Title: Light-emitting device
Inventor: AKAI TOMONORI
IPC: C09K11/56
Filed: 2008-09-29
Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device having a light-emitting layer composed of a monomolecular film of quantum dots, which is enhanced in luminance and luminous efficiency. Specifically disclosed is a light-emitting device (1) comprising at least an anode (3), a hole transporting light-emitting layer (5) composed of a hole transporting material and a quantum dot (11), an electron transporting layer (7) and a cathode (4) in this order. The hole mobility of the electron transporting layer (7) is lower than that of tris(8-quinolinolato)aluminum complex (Alq3), and the hole transporting light-emitting layer (5) is so formed as to emit light when excitons generated in the electron transporting layer (7) are transferred into the light-emitting layer.
Patent GB-2479161-A (GB)
Title: Aid with low friction surfaces for assistance with putting on footwear
Inventor: SUMNER LINDSAY ANN
IPC: A47G25/82
Filed: 2010-03-30
Abstract: An aid for putting on footwear comprises two flexible sheets (or one sheet folded in two) 6, 7, the opposing faces of which have a low co-efficient of friction when engaging each other. One end of each sheet is joined to the other, and a flexible removal element 5 is connected adjacent the joined ends, passing between the sheets to extend outside their outer edges. The surfaces of the sheets may be composed of silicone, or silicone coated polypropylene. The sheets may be joined in a way which forms a bag with an open top, from which the removal element protrudes. The removal element may also serve to close the bag. When the device is placed in a shoe or boot, the friction between the inner surface of the footwear and the foot of the user is reduced, enabling ease of fitting.
Patent GB-2479568-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle seats and seat structures
Inventor: SCHOFIELD GRAHAM
IPC: B60N2/42
Filed: 2010-04-15
Abstract: A seat structure 10 for a seat for a vehicle comprises a base 12 and a back section 14 extending upwards from the base 12 and defining with the base 12 a seating position for an occupant. The back section 14 comprises two lateral load bearing arrangements 16, 18 each having a pair of load bearing structures 16a, 16b, 18a, 18b respectively, with one structure 16a, 18a being displaced foremost of the other structure 16b, 18b within each pair, so that loads applied to the back section 14 of the seat, in a generally forward direction relative to the seating position, are predominantly transmitted down the load bearing arrangement 16, 18. Also claimed is a seat comprising such a seat structure.
Patent GB-2479573-A (GB)
Title: Bituminous composition
Inventor: HARRIS JOHN
IPC: C08L95/00
Filed: 2010-04-15
Abstract: A bituminous composition comprises bitumen, aggregate and fines, which fines are from the calcination of dolomite. The fines may be Doloflour from the Whitwell Quarry in the UK. The bitumen may be penetration grade bitumen and may comprise a polymer, copolymer and/or natural or synthetic fibres. The aggregate may have a Los Angeles Coefficient of 30 or less. The composition may be manufactured by mixing, may be in shaped form. A pavement may be constructed using the composition.
Patent GB-2477645-A (GB)
Title: Flow diverter for mud saver valves
Inventor: MOHON BRIAN
IPC: E21B21/00
Filed: 2011-02-07
Abstract: Valve assembly comprising a flow diverter ring 130 which directs fluid flow radially away from an upper seat 112 of the valve to reducing wear on the seat. The valve may form part of a mud saver valve assembly. The flow diverter ring may form an annulus optimized to reduce fluid flow velocity. A biasing mechanism (124, FIG 1) may force the upper seat 112 into contact with a lower seat 122 to stop flow through the valve. The flow diverter ring 130 may be removably attached to the valve assembly and can extend over the upper seat 112 to cover and protect it. The invention aims to increase the life of valve seats in mud saver valves by protecting the valve seat from wear and erosion by directing fluid flow away from the seat.
Patent GB-2478050-A (GB)
Title: Goggle attachment for protecting the forehead
Inventor: MUDD PHILIP JOHN
IPC: A61F9/02
Filed: 2011-02-16
Abstract: A goggle attachment 30 is a band of material which is coupled to standard goggles at the frame 12 or goggle strap 16 and is, in use, located above the frame. The band of material may be coupled to the goggles using coupling means 40 (see figure 5) including Velcro RTM, glue, clips, press-studs, knots, buckles, ties, buttons and slots etc. The attachment may be a loop of fabric which is looped around the goggle straps, or a strip of fabric which is attached at the ends to the goggles (see figure 9). The band of material may fill the gap between the goggles and an article of headgear such as a hat or helmet, in order to protect the forehead from the cold, rain or sunlight during outdoor use.
Patent GB-2488591-A (GB)
Title: Image Interpolation Including Enhancing Artefacts
Inventor: SHARMAN KARL JAMES
IPC: G06T3/40
Filed: 2011-03-04
Abstract: Image processing apparatus in which output pixels of an output images are generated by interpolation with respect to an input image comprises an interpolation filter for generating each output pixel from a corresponding group of input pixels derived from the input image. A filter processor modifies the interpolation filter output or the input pixels so as to enhance the generation of oscillatory artefacts in the output image in response to smaller oscillatory transitions in the input image. These artefacts, such as ringing, provide a sharper output image. The interpolation filter may comprise a bicubic filter. Test pixels may be used to control the modification performed by the interpolation filter.
Patent GB-2479231-A (GB)
Title: Toner having polyester resin
Inventor: SACRIPANTE GUERINO G
IPC: C08L67/02
Filed: 2011-03-09
Abstract: A toner comprises a first polyester resin derived from diacids and diesters, in combination with at least one diol, and a crystalline second resin, wherin the diol is selected from 2,2-ethyl-butyl-l,3-propanediol. 3-methylpentane-2,4-diol, 2,4,4,-trimethylpentanediol, 2,2,4-trimethylpentane-1,3-diol, 2-ethylhexane-1,3-diol, 2,2-diethylpropane-1,3-diol, hexane-1,3-diol, 1,4-di(hydroxyethoxy)-benzene, 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)-propane, 2,4-dihydroxy-1,1,3,3-tetramethylcyclobutane, 2,2-bis-(3-hydrox yethyoxyphenyl)-propane, 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxypropoxyphenyl)-propane. In the preferred embodiment 2,4,4-trimethylpentanediol is reacted with dimethyl-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate to form the polyester.
Patent GB-2488999-A (GB)
Title: Cable gland with locking device
Inventor: MOOD GEOFREY
IPC: F16L3/12
Filed: 2011-03-14
Abstract: A device and method for locking an article to an elongate member (e.g. cable), wherein the device comprises: a pair of retaining members 16, 18; at least one flexible elongate gripping member 20 (e.g. metal cables) with a gripping portion 22 extending between the retaining members 16, 18; and a locking device to lock the retaining members 16, 18 in position. When the retaining members 16, 18 are rotated relative to one another, the gripping portion 22 of the elongate gripping member 20 moves closer to an axis of the elongate member until it grips the elongate member. The locking device then locks the retaining members 16, 18 in the rotated position. The device may form part of a cable gland for connecting an article to a cable wherein the gland comprises: a gland body; a seal for sealing the body relative to the cable; and the aforementioned device for locking cable gland to the cable.
Patent GB-2479060-A (GB)
Title: Energy consumption management within selected device and locations
Inventor: BORRETT MARC
IPC: H02J3/14
Filed: 2011-03-24
Abstract: The invention relates to controlling electrical energy consumption in an electricity distribution network, so as to reduce net energy consumption in a given area during a given time period. Conventional methods of controlling electrical energy consumption focus on remotely monitoring electrical energy consuming devices in the network at a central location, and sending commands to disable the devices during times of high demand. However, this approach can cause considerable inconvenience to users, who may be unable to use their devices for extended periods of time. The invention provides a method of controlling electrical energy consumption within an electricity distribution network. The method comprises maintaining a database of information about electric devices, and identifying an area in which, and a time period during which, electrical energy consumption is to be controlled. The method further comprises selecting, based on device information stored in the database, groups of electric devices, and associating one or more time intervals with each of the selected groups. Requests are sent to the electric devices of the selected groups to control electrical energy consumption and/or provision by the electric devices. This enables a reduction in net consumption of electrical energy in a given area, during a respective time interval.
Patent GB-2489708-A (GB)
Title: Selecting threads based on thread performance in a multithreading processor
Inventor: VASEKIN VLADIMIR
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2011-04-05
Abstract: A processor 4 interleaves program instructions from different threads to perform fine grained multithreading. Thread monitoring circuitry 30 monitors the performance of the threads. Issue control circuitry 28 selects a thread based on the performance of the threads and issues instructions from the selected thread. The monitoring circuitry may measure the proportion of clock cycles in which the thread has an instruction available. The instructions may be issued from a combination of threads to ensure that there is always an instruction available from one of the threads. An instruction may be considered unavailable if it has not been fetched or it has a dependency on a result, which is not yet available. For each thread, the monitoring circuitry may have a counter 36 for the number of clock cycles for which there is an instruction available in a predetermined period. The period may be set in a register 38.
Patent GB-2490511-A (GB)
Title: A lawn mower having two auxiliary cutters
Inventor: BETTERIDGE DERRICK THOMAS
IPC: A01D34/685
Filed: 2011-05-03
Abstract: A lawn mower comprises a spinning rotor 2 which defines a primary cutting circle and at least two auxiliary cutters 1 each cutter defining a smaller cutting circle in use. The cutters maybe forward of the rotor in use. The mower may have three wheels one of which 3 may be positioned between the forward facing cutters. The mower may have at least one roller which may be positioned at the rear of the mower and the roller may be split into two parts which may rotate at different speeds.
Patent GB-2490730-A (GB)
Title: Additive release assembly for smoking filter
Inventor: NICHOLLS JANE
IPC: A24D3/04
Filed: 2011-05-13
Abstract: An additive release assembly for a smoking article 10 comprises a plurality of components 15 forming a unitary structure, wherein at least one of the components comprises additive. The assembly is configured to release additive on application of pressure to the smoking article. The plurality of components 15 are preferably retained as a unitary structure by an outer encapsulation 17. More than one unitary structures may be provided (figure 2). In a further aspect, one or more components (38; figure 3) is/are surrounded by first and second outer encapsulations (37, 35; figure 3). Alternatively, the unitary structure may be provided by a large additive containing component (67; figure 6) covered with smaller additive containing components (65; figure 6). The components may be substantially the same size (as shown and figure 7, for example) or may be of different sizes (figures 6 and 8). Additive may also be included within the outer encapsulation(s).
Patent GB-2482414-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft shock absorber with double seal arrangement
Inventor: TORSTEN BLA A
IPC: B64C25/58
Filed: 2011-07-27
Abstract: An aircraft shock absorber 1 has a top end 2 connected to the fuselage of an aircraft and a bottom end 3 associated with a wheel axis. A first outer tubular component 20 forms an oil filled chamber 4. A second inner tubular component 10 is displaceable within the first component along a common longitudinal axis. The shock absorber has at least two seals 31,32 arranged between the outer surface of the second component and the inner surface of the first component. The two seals are arranged in series in the direcÂ­tion of the common longitudinal axis. At least one bypass line 5 can be closed by means of a switching valve 60. The bypass line connects the fluid-filled chamber 4 and the space 6 between the seals. During normal operation seal 31 has full fluid pressure of chamber 4 acting on it and inner seal 32 is pressure equalised and does not experience any wear. Should the outer seal 31 leak then valve 60 can be closed so that the inner seal 32 completely takes over the sealing function until the primary seal 31 can be replaced.
Patent GB-2496155-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Installation Marking Aid
Inventor: SHAW BARRY
IPC: B25H7/02
Filed: 2011-11-02
Abstract: An apparatus for marking the position of an electrical pattress (installation box) on a wall comprises a marking template 10; a distance pole 48 affixable to the template to allow the template to be positioned at the correct height; and a spirit level 16. The template is an outline template for marking around its outside. Preferably the template has several outline sections 12, each one for marking the position of a pattress, in which adjacent outline sections are spaced apart by a distance allowing pattresses to be at a regulation horizontal distance apart. Several distance poles may be provided to allow the template to be positioned at different heights. A distance pole mount 34 may support the pole on either a first or a second side of the template. This allows the template to be used to mark positions close to the corner of the wall.
Patent GB-2497922-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus to measure spinal position
Inventor: WILSON ANDREW
IPC: A61B5/107
Filed: 2011-12-16
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for measuring spinal position of a subject relative to the sides of the body 52 includes a strap 12 for passing around the body 52 and fastening means 14 for holding the strap 12 in position and a measuring tape 16 attached to the strap at an attachment position 18. The measuring tape 16 extends from either side of the attachment position 18. A frame is also provided which includes two plates 26a, 26b, two pillars 30a, 30b and a crossbar 32. Measurements are taken of sternum position (offset) with respect to the sides of the body 52 using the cross bar pointer 44 and measurement scale, height of sternum using the pillar measurement scale, and spinal position (offset) with respect to the sides of the body using measuring tape 16. The measurements are used to calculate chest rotation. This may be used to determine if the condition of a person with body distortion is being improved or exacerbated by remedial care.
Patent GB-2488007-A (GB)
Title: A zoom lens barrel assembly with inlet portion formed in a first zoom ring
Inventor: LEE CHAN-HO
IPC: G02B7/10
Filed: 2012-01-09
Abstract: A zoom lens barrel assembly includes: a first zoom ring 20 having an inlet portion 22 formed in a boundary of one end thereof and a first protrusion 21 protruding to the outside. A guide ring 30 is disposed around the first zoom ring, and has a first guide hole 31 extending in an axial direction, through which the first protrusion passes, and movably supporting the first zoom ring in the axial direction, and a second guide hole, or cam 32 extending in a circumferential direction. A first cylinder 60 is disposed in the first zoom ring, for moving and rotating between a position where the first cylinder is accommodated in the first zoom ring and a position where the first cylinder moves away from the first zoom ring in the axial direction, and has a second protrusion 61 protruding to the outside so as to pass through the second guide hole and engage with the inlet portion.
Patent GB-2498975-A (GB)
Title: Bottle with air bladder to displacing contents
Inventor: BURN COLIN
IPC: B65D81/24
Filed: 2012-02-01
Abstract: A bag E provided in a bottle or can is in fluid communication with the surrounding atmosphere to enable air B to flow into the bag to displace liquid C decanted out of the bottle. The bag is non permeable so the fluid remains isolated from any contaminants or oxidizing agents in the air. A head U of carbon dioxide or other gas may remain undisturbed above liquid C preventing spoilage and conserving the partial pressure of gas dissolved in the liquid. The flow rate from the bottle can be controlled by varying the length, width or a valve V on the tubes F communicating between the outside environment and the bag or the liquid. There is ideally a mechanism to expel contaminating air from the head space of the bottle. The bag may be attracted to the bottle walls by capillary effect, and preferably is provided with a bypass tube or ridge to allow flow between the bag and the wall. The air in the bag can act as a dampener inhibiting sloshing and glugging.
Patent GB-2500373-A (GB)
Title: Object caching for mobile data communication with mobility management
Inventor: NICHOLSON ROBERT
IPC: G06F12/0813
Filed: 2012-03-13
Abstract: Method and system are provided for object caching with mobility management for mobile data communication. The method may include: intercepting and snooping data communications at a base station between a user equipment and a content server 501 without terminating communications; implementing object caching at the base station using snooped data communications 502; implementing object caching at an object cache server in the network 503, wherein the object cache server proxies communications to the content server from the user equipment; and maintaining synchrony between an object cache at the base station and an object cache at the object cache server 504. An object cache may be maintained at each base station in the mobile network which is consistent with an object cache at the object cache server. The object cache at each base station may be of fixed size, with the object cache at the object cache server of a size equal to the sum of all the base station object caches, and the object cache at the object cache server may be partitioned so that the object cache server can separately manage the objects cached for each base station. The communication may be HTTP requests and responses.
Patent GB-2489797-A (GB)
Title: A Gully Grating and a Method of Providing a Drainage Point
Inventor: TYRRELL ALAN
IPC: E03F5/06
Filed: 2012-03-30
Abstract: The invention relates to a gully grating and comprises a grating 14 and a frame 12. A top surface 26 of the frame 12 defines two notional planes (44, 46 figure 2, preferably in a V formation. The grating 14 includes at least one barrier bar (70 figure 2) and a rib (77 figure 2) comprising an elongate raised portion (79 figure 2) which extends in the direction of the length of the barrier bar (70 figure 2) and protrudes above the notional plane (44, 46 figure 2) defined by the portions of the frame 12 which the longitudinal axis of the barrier bar (70 figure 2) extends through such that when water flows in a direction perpendicular to the barrier bar (70 figure 2), the raised portion (70 figure 2) causes deflection of water so that an increased amount of water flows clown through the grating 14 directly before the rib (77 figure 2) in relation to the direction of water flow. Dropped bars (72 figure 4) may also be provided in a later embodiment.
Patent GB-2501125-A (GB)
Title: Providing adaptation parameters to a decoder by including an identifier to a relevant characteristic set in a bit stream portion.
Inventor: OUEDRAOGO NAEL
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2012-04-13
Abstract: Decoding a bit stream representative of video data comprising decoding an encoded image obtained using at least two different encoding processes and in which the encoded image includes a bit stream portion corresponding to a set of coding units. In the case where a parameter set comprising a set of characteristics of one of the used encoding processes (such as an Adaptation Parameter Set , APS) is relevant, the bit stream portion will include an identifier providing a reference to the relevant parameter set. This identifier may be provided in the slice header. The decoder will obtain a set of characteristics for each active encoding process of the encoding processes 1004 and decode the image in using the obtained characteristics 1005. Also disclosed is an encoder in which the bit stream portion is provided with an identifier giving a reference to a relevant parameter set corresponding to the relevant encoding process. The invention relates to the new HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) Standard and is devised to overcome the problem of redundancies that can be introduced between APSs when there are frequent modifications of the filtering parameters during a sequence.
Patent GB-2504918-A (GB)
Title: Method and Apparatus for Spectral Noise Logging
Inventor: ASLANYAN ARTHUR M
IPC: E21B47/10
Filed: 2012-04-23
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing spectral noise logging (SNL) within a borehole are described. In particular an SNL tool is described that comprises an acoustic detector 2, a first channel comprising a gain stage 3a, 3b an analogue to digital convertor 19, a CPU 5 and an internal memory 7. The tool operates over a frequency range of 117 Hz to 60 kHz. A second low frequency channel 21 may be incorporated within the tool so as to further extend the operating frequency range down to 8 Hz. The SNL tool is used to detect and characterise leaks through a casing and detect and characterise fluid flow from behind the casing of channelling or acoustic noise associated with surrounding fractures or matrix formations. In use the device is used to record two or more power-frequency spectrum data sets at two or more positions within the borehole, the data sets are processed to give a single power frequency spectrum at each position. The data sets are calculated for multiple equally spaced points in the borehole to determine the power frequency spectrum variation with depth.
Patent GB-2491684-A (GB)
Title: Using resistance to determine ambient temperature of SMA actuator
Inventor: TOPLISS RICHARD
IPC: F03G7/06
Filed: 2008-12-03
Abstract: An SMA actuator drives movement of a movable element relative to a support structure by contraction caused by heating. A current source 53, 73 supplies drive current through the SMA actuator to heat the SMA based on a detected measure of the resistance of the SMA actuator. A measure of an electrical characteristic is derived which is representative of ambient temperature. The characteristic may be the difference between the resistance of the actuator in the unheated state and the local maximum resistance 60 of the SMA actuator. For improved accuracy, the difference may be divided by the local maximum 60 or local minimum 61 resistance, or a linear combination of the two. Alternatively, the electrical characteristic may be the drive current required to hold the actuator at a predetermined level of resistance.
Patent GB-2489137-A (GB)
Title: Device for a safety connector for a pipe string suspension
Inventor: SKINNES KENNETH
IPC: E21B19/00
Filed: 2010-12-15
Abstract: There is described a device for a release module (4) for attaching a pipe string (3) to a heave compensated, load bearing unit (2) arranged on a floating installation (1), where two or more hydraulic cylinder units (41a, 41b,..., 4In) form an extendable connection between the heave compensated, load bearing unit (2) and a portion of the pipe string (3).