baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2384700-A (GB)
Title: Folding worksurface assembly
Inventor: STADEN DAVID ALEXANDER
IPC: A47B5/04
Filed: 2002-10-31
Abstract: A foldable work surface assembly which is convertible between a substantially horizontal working position and a substantially vertical storage position. The assembly may be rigidly secured to a vertical support surface, such as a wall, and includes a planar member 10 having a work surface 12, a support frame 14, a hinge, and a locking bar 24. When the assembly is in the working position the locking bar 24 is wedged between a cross beam 20 or stop member of the support frame 14 and a rear portion 13 of the planar member 10. The support frame 14 can be adjustably mounted on bracket supports, allowing the position of the work-surface to be vertically adjusted to any desired height. The bracket supports may also mount shelves, cupboards, lighting equipment or electrical power supply equipment, providing an ergonomically convenient work area with a sturdy work surface.
Patent GB-2382813-A (GB)
Title: Porous, fine inorganic particles
Inventor: SATOU SEIJI
IPC: C01B33/18
Filed: 2001-06-26
Abstract: A porous material comprising amorphous inorganic particles which have pores of uniform pore diameter and an average particle diameter (D L ) of 10 to 400 nm as measured by the dynamic light scattering method and exhibit a difference (S B  - S L ) of 250 m<SP>2</SP>/g or more wherein S L  represents a reduced specific surface area calculated from D L  and S B  represents a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area by the BET method; a method for preparing the porous material; and a use of the porous material.
Patent GB-2399779-A (GB)
Title: Grader
Inventor: HAITH DAVID
IPC: B07B13/00
Filed: 2003-01-29
Abstract: A separating device for solids, especially produce such as potatoes from debris such as soil, including an apertured grading element, preferably in the form of an endless belt 18, and a detritus separator, preferably in the form of a at least one driven roller 50, 55 providing a rotating rebounding surface. A bypass element such as a reversible conveyor belt 26 may be provided between the grading element and the detritus separator to selectively divert produce and detritus either towards or away from the detritus separator, preferably by moving the bypass element between two positions. Receptacles such as conveyor belts 36, 37 may be provided for the separated material. Rotary brushes 53, 58 may be provided to clean the rollers.
Patent GB-2398755-A (GB)
Title: An extensible and height adjustable DIY table
Inventor: JOLLY RONALD
IPC: A47B3/10
Filed: 2003-02-25
Abstract: A decorators table extensible from a closed, travelling configuration (figure 1) to a table configuration (figure 4). The table configuration B is extensible through the unfolding of leaves A to provide a larger work top surface (figure 3). The table configuration is also height adjustable through the use of a lever and peg mechanism locating in cut outs of the telescopic legs (figure 3, J). Casters E may be provided to enable portability and a storage area may also be provided in the base H of the unit.
Patent GB-2382832-A (GB)
Title: Profile formation in tubing by expansion of a ring insert
Inventor: METCALFE PAUL DAVID
IPC: E21B29/00
Filed: 1999-12-22
Abstract: A profile is formed in a section of tubing 32 by placing a ring of material 34 inside the tubing and expanding the ring into contact with the tubing by use of an expansion tool 36. Preferably the tool has rollers (24, figure 1) that rotate and extend radially. The ring may contain a preformed profile 30 to engage with a corresponding latch on a downhole tool or it may simply provide a narrow section in the tubing. Bands of tungsten carbide chips 38 on the outer face of the ring improve the interference fit with the tubing. The ring may comprise a malleable part 34a and a rigid part 34b, in which case only the malleable part is expanded.
Patent GB-2390449-A (GB)
Title: An arrangement in which an unconfigured peripheral sends a request over a network for configuration information
Inventor: HENRY STEVEN G
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2003-04-03
Abstract: Message data 404 requesting configuration data is sent 406 from an unconfigured digital transmitter device (peripheral) (102) to a network address. The unconfigured digital transmitter device receives and interprets 412 the requested configuration information to effect a configuration 414.
Patent GB-2384802-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for isolating zones
Inventor: COOK ROBERT LANCE
IPC: E21B33/10
Filed: 2000-02-23
Abstract: An apparatus for isolating zones includes one or more solid tubulars (3335), each solid tubular (3335) including one or more external seals (3340), one or more slotted tubulars (3345) coupled to the solid tubulars (3335) and a shoe (3355) coupled to one of the slotted tubulars.
Patent GB-2384358-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing unit for use in dispensing game playing tokens
Inventor: CURTIS ALAN
IPC: G07F11/44
Filed: 2001-10-30
Abstract: A dispensing unit (1) for dispensing game playing tokens, including a hopper section (2) for holding tokens, a dispenser section (3) arranged to selectively receive a predetermined number of tokens from the hopper section and a release mechanism (4) for dispensing the tokens from the dispensing section.
Patent GB-2390357-A (GB)
Title: Web material dispenser having a plurality of dispensing openings.
Inventor: SUNDBERG PETER
IPC: A47K10/32
Filed: 2003-06-03
Abstract: A dispenser 1 for a core-less roll of web material 2 comprises a casing 3 with first and second openings, the first 8 arranged so as to allow web material to be axially drawn from the axial centre of the roll and the second 12 so as to allow web material to be unwound from the periphery of the roll. The openings may be provided with cutting devices 10,15 to sever the free ends of the web material and may have a length considerably exceeding their width, which may vary along the length of the openings. A third opening (not shown) may be provided in the periphery of the dispenser. The roll of web material may be rotatably mounted within the casing and the casing may be provided with a support allowing it to be mounted on a substrate such as a wall.
Patent GB-2402643-A (GB)
Title: A welding process using a cooling chamber
Inventor: HODGSON MICHAEL STEWART
IPC: B23K37/00
Filed: 2003-06-10
Abstract: A welding region is cooled by a coolant in a chamber 44 achieved by sealing (30) housing 28 to a workpiece 4. The process and apparatus may be used when welding a passage element 10 to a workpiece 4 having a metallic substrate 24 provided with a thermal barrier coating 26, to prevent spalling of the coating. The workpiece 4 may be a wall of a combustion engine of a gas turbine engine, and the passage element 10 may comprise a dilution chute which is to be welded to the wall 4. A passage 16 in the passage element 10 is preferably plugged by a closure element 48 to prevent the coolant the passage 16. The housing 28 is preferably clamped on the workpiece 4.
Patent GB-2391859-A (GB)
Title: Chemical injection method for oil wells
Inventor: WATSON RICHARD ROY
IPC: E21B37/06
Filed: 2003-06-26
Abstract: A chemical injection system 10 controls the distribution of a chemical fluid into one of a number of petroleum wells at an adjustable rate. The injection system includes a bi-directional control valve 14 connected to a supply conduit 12; a hollow cylinder (30, fig 2) having a bore with input-output ports 34, 36 at each end; and a floating piston 50 within the bore. The chemical fluid flows from the supply conduit through the control valve to one end of the cylinder forcing the barrier to displace a fixed volume of fluid from the other end, then through the control valve to an injection point. Each operation of the control valve reverses the travel of the piston within the cylinder.
Patent GB-2403478-A (GB)
Title: Piperazine-based sensitisers
Inventor: DAVIDSON ROBERT STEPHEN
IPC: C07D295/112
Filed: 2003-07-04
Abstract: Piperazine-Based compounds of formula (I): <EMI ID=1.1 HE=45 WI=123 LX=373 LY=637 TI=CF> <PC> where: R<1> is methyl, ethyl, cycloalkyl or optionally substituted aryl; Z is arylene or a group of formula -(CHR<4>)n-, where R<4> is hydrogen, hydroxy or alkyl, and n is a number from 0 to 6; Y is carbonyl or a -CH2- group; Q is a residue of a mono- or polyhydroxy compound having from 1 to 6 hydroxy groups; and x is a number from 1 to 6; and esters thereof  are useful as sensitisers for use in radiation-curable compositions.
Patent GB-2403953-A (GB)
Title: Water dispersible closure for containers
Inventor: GIBIS KARL-LUDWIG
IPC: B32B27/08
Filed: 2003-07-12
Abstract: A closure for a bottle comprises 2 components which are dispersible in an aqueous medium and which are activated by different means. The bottle is preferably one which is to be used in for example a dishwasher, for dispensing washing aids. The first component is preferably insoluble in water and is activated by e.g. melting at an elevated temperature, suitable materials being waxes. The second component is preferably soluble in water and can be a water soluble polymer such as PVA, polylactic acid or polyvinylpyrrolidone. The polymer is preferably pH sensitive such that it is only soluble at pH below 9, and to this end contains a basic group such as an amine grouping. In one embodiment the bottle is compartmentalised into two separate chambers each being closed by a different one of the two components.
Patent GB-2404798-A (GB)
Title: A two-phase current comparator using a current memory, for a thin-film active matrix image array suitable for fingerprint sensing
Inventor: TAM SIMON
IPC: H04N5/335
Filed: 2003-08-04
Abstract: The input stage of a current comparator in a thin-film sensor array comprises a one-transistor current mirror T1,C1 which is activated to store the reference current IREF in the first clock phase. In the second clock phase the difference between the stored reference current output by T1 and the sensor current is obtained at the node C, which is coupled to the comparator output stages. The use of a single transistor current mirror avoids the need to match mirror transistors. Both the reference and input signal currents may be output from a single current source under control of reference and input signal voltages in alternate clock phases (figure 10). The circuit may be used in a fingerprint sensor.
Patent GB-2407805-A (GB)
Title: Package for delivering different beverages
Inventor: BHIMANI ALAN
IPC: A47G21/18
Filed: 2003-11-06
Abstract: A conduit arrangement 1 for the separate but simultaneous delivery of different beverages from a package to different parts of the mouth comprises side-by-side tubular members 2, 3 and 4 joined along the majority of their length and separated at one end into three spaced regions 2a, 3a and 4a each having an opening 5, 6 and 7 for immersion in three different beverages contained in respective, mutually isolated compartments in the vessel. At the opposite end, the tubular members 2, 3 and 4 have respective openings 8, 9 and 10 positioned such when that end is placed in the mouth and sucked by the consumer, the liquid flowing through opening 9 is delivered to the front of the mouth and the liquids flowing through openings 8 and 10 are deposited to the left and right sides of the mouth respectively, allowing the different beverages to be delivered to the areas of the mouth most sensitive to their respective flavours. Alternatively, the conduits may be concentric and may lead to a mouthpiece.
Patent GB-2408874-A (GB)
Title: Reduction of blind-spots using in-vehicle displays
Inventor: INCH DAVID
IPC: B60R1/00
Filed: 2003-12-03
Abstract: A vehicle (3) incorporates an external miniature video camera (1) mounted on the windscreen pillar (2) for capturing the scene external to the vehicle which is obscured from the driver's view by the presence of the pillar (2). Images from the camera (1) are relayed to and displayed on a flexible display panel (5) which is mounted on the interior trim of the pillar (2). The invention has the advantage of increasing safety by maximising driver visibility.
Patent GB-2398090-A (GB)
Title: Dry mix for water based drilling fluid
Inventor: HAYES JAMES
IPC: C09K8/12
Filed: 2002-09-19
Abstract: A drilling fluid or mud having several components, including leonardite (humic acid); potassium acetate; partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (PHPA); polyanionic cellulose polymer (PAC); sulfonated asphalt; sulfoalkylated tannin; polystyrene maleic anhydride copolymer; micronized cellulose fiber; calcium carbonate; and calcium carbonate. These components are preferably premixed in a dry formulation as a powder or as pellets, and shipped to the site in bags or bulk barrels. This offers substantial advantages over the prior art in that the drilling mud of the present invention may be formed simply by adding the dry mix to a predetermined amount of water, and is thus much easier to make than the prior art wet mix drilling fluids, which typically require precise ratios of several different powders and liquids to be mixed together. The humic acid serves as hydration buffer to help keep the powder or pellets dry and flowable.
Patent GB-2402645-A (GB)
Title: Ear area comb attachment for a hair clipper
Inventor: MCCAMBRIDGE JAMES E
IPC: B26B19/38
Filed: 2004-06-07
Abstract: An ear area comb attachment 20 for attachment to a hair clipper 10 having a bladeset 14 with a moving blade 18 laterally reciprocating relative to a stationary blade 16 includes a base 22 configured for attachment to the clipper 10 and a guard formation 32 associated with the base 22 for blocking access to a central portion 34 of the bladeset 14 and defining a cutting area 36, at at least one end portion 38. At least one hair feed guide 44 is associated with the base 22 for guiding hair strands toward the cutting area 36.
Patent GB-2403489-A (GB)
Title: A method of completing a wellbore
Inventor: HARRALL SIMON JOHN
IPC: E21B33/10
Filed: 2004-06-29
Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore 400 comprises the steps of running a first tubular 410 into a wellbore, suspending the tubular at a selected depth within the well, and expanding a portion 420 of it. Thereafter, a second tubular 425 is run into the well, located at a region proximate the first tubular so that part of the tubulars overlap, before a portion of the second tubular is also expanded. The inner diameter of the mating portion 415 of the first tubular is configured to sealingly receive the outer diameter of the second tubular, and may be a polished bore receptacle (PBR). The first tubular may be expanded against an unlined portion of the wellbore, or against a cased portion, and frictional or anchoring means in the form of slips may be employed to hold the first tubular against the casing 405. In a separate embodiment, the first and second tubulars are expanded concurrently. Also disclosed is a tubular assembly for forming an anchor.
Patent GB-2405161-A (GB)
Title: Tent
Inventor: MUSGRAVE PAUL BARNABY
IPC: E04H15/48
Filed: 2004-08-18
Abstract: A tent has a supporting framework 10 which comprises side support members and roof support members, hingeably connected together about a horizontally-disposed axis for movement between a splayed apart ground-supported condition and an erected condition wherein the roof members are supported by the side members and are locked in position by cooperable lock means on the members. The members may comprises prefabricated triangular shaped frames 11, 12. The hinged connection preferably comprises a pivot bar 14 which passes through apertures formed in plates. The lock means may comprise formations on the members which define apertures adapted to be in paired aligmnent when the tent is erected and a through bar 15 which can be clamped to the pivot bar 14. The formations preferably comprise extensions of the members. An outer fabric membrane may have channels to receive the locking bars 15 and the pivot bar 14 may suspend an inner fabric membrane.
Patent GB-2405887-A (GB)
Title: Downhole well tool debris removal system using a discharged fluid
Inventor: DU MICHAEL H
IPC: E21B34/12
Filed: 2004-09-10
Abstract: A well tool has a debris removal system for clearing debris from the vicinity of a flapper valve (20) as it opens. A chamber (26) holds a fluid (16) which is expelled or squirted through a discharge port (30) as a sliding sleeve (22) is lowered into the chamber (26) as the flapper valve (20) opens. The expulsion of the fluid (16) tends to move any debris (25, figure 1) that may be trapped at the back of the flapper (25) and which may otherwise prevent the flap from opening fully. The fluid (16) can be a high-density or high-viscosity fluid, or include a lubricant. The system may also incorporate a pressure equalising system across the valve or a two-step system for higher pressure environments (figure 3).
Patent GB-2421389-A (GB)
Title: Distributed image processor
Inventor: BRETT STEPHEN DAVID
IPC: H04N3/36
Filed: 2004-12-17
Abstract: The invention provides a digital image processing system comprising: a first workstation at which a first set of digital image data can be analysed to determine a first set of colour correction parameter data corresponding to colour corrections to be made to the first set of image data; a second workstation at which a second set of digital image data can be analysed to determine a second set of colour correction parameter data corresponding to colour corrections to be made to the second set of image data; and a digital image processing module connected to the first and second workstations so as to receive correction requests containing the first and second image data sets and first and second colour correction parameter data sets respectively from the first and second workstations, wherein the digital image processing module comprises a programmable logic device. The system includes the facility for prioritising instructions from multiple workstations and calculating whether all instructions can be carried out in real time.
Patent GB-2409709-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder liner retention system
Inventor: KENNEDY GEORGE COULTER
IPC: F04B53/16
Filed: 2004-12-30
Abstract: Apparatus and method for aligning and securing a cylinder liner 3 to a reciprocating pump. The apparatus typically comprises four arrangements 20 positioned around the liner. Each arrangement comprises a housing 7 and a clamping lug 13. The housing includes a piston 8 having a stem 11 which extends through a bore in the lug and terminates in a bolt 12. The lug is rotatable about the stem to selectively engage the cylinder liner. The piston is hydraulically operated to move away from the pumping module 2 to allow rotation of the lug to engage the liner, removal of the hydraulic pressure on the piston allows the piston to be biased towards the pumping module by elastic member 10 causing the lug to forcibly compel the cylinder liner towards the pumping module.
Patent GB-2423164-A (GB)
Title: Variable timestep matching in fluid flow algorithm
Inventor: CARE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2005-02-12
Abstract: A method of modifying a Lattice Boltzmann algorithm to perform a variable simulation time step on each Lattice Boltzmann algorithm step, the method comprising specifying a reference time step as a largest time interval required between simulation steps, determining an interpolation factor as the required time step divided by said reference time step and interpolating from a previous simulated density to obtain an intermediate density corresponding to the simulation at the required time.
Patent GB-2423230-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable saddle tree
Inventor: HITCHEN JAMES
IPC: B68C1/02
Filed: 2005-02-18
Abstract: A saddle tree (10) having a longitudinal axis (A), and including a front portion (12), a rear portion (14), two generally longitudinally extending side bars (16, 16') which connect the front portion (12) and the rear portion (14), and two bearing parts (18, 18') which extend from opposite sides of the front portion (12) generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (A) of the saddle tree (10), wherein the bearing parts (18, 18') are pivotally connected to the front portion (12) of the saddle tree (10) such that pivoting of each bearing part (18. 18') relative to the front portion (12) is permitted. An adjustment mechanism (30, 32) secures the bearing parts at a desired orientation relative to the front portion.
Patent GB-2416412-A (GB)
Title: Branch target buffer memory array with an associated word line and gating circuit, the circuit storing a word line gating value
Inventor: PARK GI-HO
IPC: G06F9/38
Filed: 2005-07-15
Abstract: The disclosed branch target buffer memory array has a word line and an associated word line gating circuit. The gating circuit has memory circuit for storing a word line gating value. The memory array may store a data entry related to the word line. The gating circuit may be gating logic circuits, which may be responsive to a word line voltage applied to the word line gating value to enable an access operation. The memory array may be static RAM, with the memory circuit being a 1-bit SRAM cell. The data entry may comprise a branch target tag and a target address. The gating logic may comprise a first logic gate that receives the WRITE signal and the word line gating value as inputs, and a second logic gate that receives the first logic output and the word line voltage as its inputs. The word line may comprise a selection word line receiving the word line voltage and a corresponding gated word line portion, which may be connected through the word line gating circuit. The branch target buffer memory array may output it data in response to a READ request and conditional on the gating value.
Patent GB-2431114-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible respirator
Inventor: HINE JUSTIN
IPC: A62B25/00
Filed: 2005-10-13
Abstract: A respirator which has a collapsible air guide 2 and two filter supports 3,the filter supports 3 each having a first end joined to the first end of the other, and a second end opposite to the first end. The air guide 2 is in a collapsed state when second ends of the filter supports 3 are adjacent to one another, and is in a deployed state when the second ends are further apart. The air guide 2 may be located between the filter supports 3 when the second ends of the filter supports 3 are adjacent to each other.
Patent GB-2431151-A (GB)
Title: Coin dispensing apparatus
Inventor: BELL MALCOLM REGINALD HALLAS
IPC: G07D9/00
Filed: 2005-10-14
Abstract: A coin dispensing apparatus, which ejects coins by squeezing them substantially chordally between an element on a rotor and an ejector, has a variable height rotor 3, an improved two-part coin ejector 10a, 10b and an optical sensor for detecting coins being ejected detects both the presence and absence of coins in a coin path. Also, a payout device comprising a first coin dispensing device (61) including a dispensed coin type detector and a second coin dispensing device (62). The first coin dispensing device (61) is used to store coins of plurality of large denominations and is used initially for paying out an amount. The second coin dispensing device (62) is used for a single low denomination coin type and coins are dispensed from the second coin dispensing device (62) after the first coin dispensing device has been used as much as possible.