baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2571998-A (GB)
Title: An animal feed supplement comprising an extract of Melissa officinalis and L-Theanine
Inventor: DAVID LEE MITSON
IPC: A61K36/53
Filed: 2018-03-16
Abstract: Animal supplements comprise Melissa Officinalis (lemon balm) and L-Theanine in combination. The Melissa Officinalis may be present as an extract of Melissa Officinalis, or as one or more parts (such as leaves) of Melissa Officinalis. The active constituents may be mixed with excipients or carriers, and the supplement may comprise a powder, suspension, solution, paste, pellet, powder, granules, tablet, capsule, gel, syrup, parenteral dose, beverage, or foodstuff. The supplement may be used to modify animal behaviour, preferably by calming the animal. The supplement may be used to treat itchiness. The animal may be a cat, dog, cow or horse. The supplement is preferably used for horses, and may be used to improve gait and performance of horses in dressage. The Melissa Officinalis and L-Theanine are preferably in a ratio of 1:1.
Patent GB-2568990-A (GB)
Title: A condenser device for a refrigeration system and method of controlling thereof
Inventor: JOHN MICHAEL WALMSLEY LAWRENCE
IPC: F25B9/00
Filed: 2018-08-29
Abstract: A condenser device 100 for use in a refrigeration system comprises a first refrigerant 1, a plurality of condensing stages 111a – 111e in series connection, and a second refrigerant 2 for cooling and condensing the first refrigerant. The plurality of condensing stages may be switched on or off independent of each other. The first refrigerant has a flammability class 1 such as carbon dioxide R744. The second refrigerant is different from the first refrigerant and has a flammability class 1 or class 2L such as a hydrofluorocarbon R32 or R1234 or a combination thereof. The second refrigerant may comprise of a further second refrigerant of class 1 refrigerant. The condensing stages may comprise a regulating device to vary the heat removed by each condensing stage and may comprise of plate heat exchanger 112a – 112e. The regulation device may be a modulation system that intermittently blocks the suction of the compressor stage. The device may comprise a dry cooler 103 and one or more sensors that measure temperature and/or pressure of both refrigerants. A refrigeration system and a method of controlling a refrigeration system comprising the condenser device are claimed. The device may be used for cabinets in supermarkets.
Patent GB-2578287-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible container system
Inventor: SHAUN DAVID MOORE
IPC: B65D25/20
Filed: 2018-10-05
Abstract: A collapsible container system 10 or liquids and/or dry goods comprises a container 12 having a base 14, a sidewall 16 which is movable between an extended position for use and a collapsed position for storage, a lid (18, fig. 1) and a connector 20 near the upper end of the sidewall. In a first independent claim, the container comprises a trolley 22 with a frame 24 having a handle 26, wheels 34a, 34b and a co­operating engagement means 36 for connection with the connector. The frame may also be collapsible: preferably it is telescopic and automatically locks in an extended position. A drain 46 may be provided in the container base, preferably with a plug 48. In a second independent claim, the container comprises a ball valve (60, fig. 7) for receiving and controlling a mains flow of water into the container and a pump for supplying water from the container.
Patent GB-2580131-A (GB)
Title: Threaded fastener assembly
Inventor: BARRY FLEMING
IPC: F16B35/04
Filed: 2018-12-21
Abstract: A threaded fastener assembly 2 has an axis, and comprises a head 12, a cylindrical section 17 and a threaded section 10. A first fixed outwardly extending support, such as a washer 5 is located between the head 12 and the cylindrical section 17 at a first fixed axial position. A second moveable outwardly extending support, such as a releasable clip 3, is located between the cylindrical section 17 and the threaded section 10 and has a constrained range of axial movement.
Patent GB-2569460-A (GB)
Title: Perforating systems with insensitive high explosive
Inventor: JAMES MARSHALL BARKER
IPC: F42B3/08
Filed: 2014-09-03
Abstract: The method comprises detonating a detonator, a booster, and a shaped charge in a perforation system in the wellbore to form a perforation in the casing of the wellbore. The shaped charge comprises a main insensitive high explosive charge, a detonator and at least one booster comprising insensitive high explosive. Detonation transfer from detonating cord to the booster area 500a of the shaped charge 600a uses an embedded anvil 420b and flyer plate 430b or with the addition of an external flyer plate 510a and spacers along with embedded anvil 420c and flyer plate 430c (Fig 11). The shaped charge 600a contains insensitive high explosive 110k and 110j. The insensitive high explosive may be superfine high explosive. Insensitive high explosives may improve the safety of perforation methods as compared to methods using traditional high explosive because traditional high explosives may detonate inappropriately, particularly in accident scenarios.
Patent GB-2581164-A (GB)
Title: Fluid pump, pump assembly and method of pumping fluid
Inventor: NORBERT JAEGER
IPC: F04B49/00
Filed: 2019-02-06
Abstract: A fluid pump 100 comprises a pump chamber 3 having inlet and outlet valves 1’,2’, a linearly reciprocable pumping member 4 arranged in the pump chamber, a linear hydraulic actuator 9,10 connected to the pumping member, and a controller 15 operatively connected to the linear hydraulic actuator for controlling the linear hydraulic actuator. The pump may have a hydraulic supply 20, which may consist of a hydraulic pump 12, drive motor 13 and a storage tank 11. The pump may operate using either a direct piston or through a diaphragm. The pump may be double acting such that it pumps fluid through one of two outlets on each direction of the stroke. There is also provided a pump assembly comprising a plurality of fluid pumps and a method of pumping fluid comprising providing a fluid pump and operating the linear hydraulic actuator to generate a cyclic, reciprocating movement of the pumping member.
Patent GB-2576809-A (GB)
Title: Capacitive unit for local power factor correction and system comprising multiple capacitive units
Inventor: STEVEN A BOURN
IPC: H02J3/18
Filed: 2019-04-18
Abstract: A capacitive unit for local power factor correction of a multi-phase inductive load 200. The capacitive unit comprises at least one capacitive module 105. Each capacitive module comprises a contactor and a multi-phase capacitive load arranged to connect to the contactor via relay modules 134 such that, in use, the multi-phase capacitive load can be connected in parallel with the multi-phase inductive load 200. The capacitive unit further comprises a central control unit 130 configured to control each of the contactors of the at least one capacitive module 105 so as to control the multi-phase capacitive load applied to the multi-phase inductive load 200 in dependence on the current or the reactive power in at least one phase cable 201a-c, preferably in all phase cables, providing electric power to the multi-phase inductive load. The central control unit comprises a wireless communication device 136 configured to send operating data of the capacitive unit to an external device 500.
Patent GB-2583480-A (GB)
Title: Image processing method and apparatus
Inventor: IAN HENRY BICKERSTAFF
IPC: H04N9/75
Filed: 2019-04-29
Abstract: The presence of a key colour (500) for image positions in an input image (300) is detected (e.g. by comparing the input image with a reference image of the key colour background), and an image texture is generated. The generation comprises setting a texture background (535) of the image texture to a background colour (e.g. black) and generating transparency (alpha, α) values (525) at image positions of the image texture, the transparency value at an image position being dependent upon a detected property (e.g. brightness) of the key colour in the input image. A texture foreground of the image texture is also provided during the generation. The image texture is applied to the input image at image positions at which the key colour is present. The applying may comprise applying the texture background and the texture foreground and setting a transparency of the texture foreground at an image position in response to the transparency value at that image position. Shadow (520, 560) effects in chromakey composited images may thus be provided.
Patent GB-2574122-A (GB)
Title: System and method for monitoring an industrial vehicle
Inventor: TAYLOR SMITH
IPC: B66F9/075
Filed: 2015-12-18
Abstract: An analytics subsystem for monitoring an industrial vehicle receives information from a driver detection subsystem 175, a power detection subsystem 150, a cargo detection subsystem 140 and a motion detection subsystem 155. The cargo detection subsystem 140 receives images of a load-carrying portion of the vehicle from first camera 130 and determines if cargo is being carried. The driver detection subsystem receives images from a second camera 165 and determines if a driver is present at a driver compartment having operating controls for the vehicle. The power detection subsystem indicates whether the vehicle is running. The analytics subsystem calculates the amount of time that the industrial vehicle is running, the amount of time that the industrial vehicle is running and the driver is present at the driver compartment, the amount of time that the industrial vehicle is running while cargo is positioned on the load-carrying portion, the amount of time the industrial vehicle is in motion, and the amount of time the industrial vehicle is in motion while cargo is positioned on the load-carrying portion. The driver detection subsystem may implement a facial recognition module to identify a face in the driver compartment image.
Patent GB-2583539-A (GB)
Title: Structural web
Inventor: MICHAEL DEWHURST
IPC: B29C70/08
Filed: 2019-05-03
Abstract: A structural web comprises a fabric element which is stitched or embroidered with reinforcing fibre 24, such as glass, carbon, aramid, natural or ceramic fibre. Fibre 24 extends onto a peripheral region 28a, 30a, of the fabric material element. The fabric and fibre 24 are bent to take on a non-planar form with the peripheral region 28a, 30a angled to a main plane of the element to define a face for cooperation with another component (12, 14, figure 2) and upon which part of the reinforcing fibre 24 is located. Peripheral regions may be adjacent inner and outer peripheries which respectively cooperate in use with an inwardly facing surface of an outer ring (14) and an outwardly facing surface of an inner ring (12). The outer and inner rings may respectively be a gear toothed rim and a gear hub. The fabric element 20 may comprise stacked layers. The reinforcing fibre 24 extends generally radially and an additional fibre 32 may be stitched or embroidered into a ring pattern 34. The fabric 20 may be incorporated into a composite moulded to shape and press fitted to a micro-splined hub and rim.
Patent GB-2584347-A (GB)
Title: Inter-ontology mapping process for distributed ledger technologies
Inventor: EVANDRO PIOLI MORO
IPC: G06F16/36
Filed: 2019-05-31
Abstract: A distributed ledger (blockchain) process wherein a node operates in two or more ontologies. The blockchain node receives a query 20 in a first ontology, searches for the data in a second (different) ontology (step 21), translates the response (22) to the first ontology and returns the translated response. The ontology mapping may be performed by the node using a process outside the blockchain (off-chain), by a smart contract running on the blockchain network (on-chain) or by a node dedicated to ontology mapping. After the response is provided with the mapped ontology, the system may decide whether to store the mapped version on the blockchain or to simply respond one time only. For example, the node that performed the ontology mapping may store a mapping mask or mapping proof onto a blockchain and this mask is used by any of the other peers to either reproduce or verify the results of the transform (mapping proof). A dedicated node may be a light node and may be implemented in a local server or in the cloud.
Patent GB-2571226-A (GB)
Title: Capsule filler
Inventor: THOMAS BAILEY
IPC: B65B1/46
Filed: 2017-12-05
Abstract: There is described apparatus for filling a material into a receptacle, said apparatus comprising: (i) a material; (ii) a receptacle handling unit comprising a pair of axially aligned bushes for collecting a receptacle; and (iii) a bush pair handling system comprising: (a) a means for separating the receptacle into a receptacle body and a receptacle closure; (b) means for temporarily attaching and detaching the one or both of the bushes from the bush pair handling system; (c) means for transporting the receptacle body to the filling station and aligning the receptacle body with a filler nozzle at the filling station; (d) means for transporting the filled receptacle body from the filling station to a closure unit for refitting the receptacle closure; and e) means for segregating compliant receptacles from non-compliant receptacles
Patent GB-2584899-A (GB)
Title: A wound monitoring apparatus and associated method
Inventor: ABDULRAHMAN BAKI
IPC: A61B5/00
Filed: 2019-06-21
Abstract: Monitoring apparatus 201 for a wound 206 comprises a substrate having a wound region 203 and a detection region 204 connected by one or more fluid channels 205. The detection region 204 comprises a plurality of distinct sensing markers 207a-d (e.g. a dye) each configured to undergo a detectable optical change (e.g. colour, absorption, reflectance, transparency etc.) in response to a different wound parameter (including e.g. temperature, pH, moisture, or a pathogen). The sensing markers are tethered, for example by electrostatic or chemical vapour deposition, within the detection region of the substrate to inhibit removal. The markers may be tethered to a cover configured to overlay the substrate. The fluid channels may have different volumes, cross-sections or tapering to provide different transfer rates. Reference markers for comparison, as well as light sources and photodetectors may be present. The monitor may facilitate early-warning of wound deterioration and avoid costly medical inspections.
Patent GB-2585667-A (GB)
Title: A fibre optic cable connector
Inventor: GLEN ANSELL
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 2019-07-10
Abstract: A fibre optic cable connector comprising a body 1 made of a plastic, defining a through bore and having a connector 2 at either end for connection to a respective tube. The body has an outer sleeve 5 and an inner sleeve 6 configured to receive the distal end of a respective tube. The inner sleeve is spaced from the outer sleeve to define an air gap 12. The inner sleeve is supported on the outer sleeve by at least one discrete web 7 of material, which maintains the air gap. The outer face of the connector body 1 is devoid of ribs and the connector body id made of a non-opaque plastic. There may be more than one web and they may be angularly offset from one another.
Patent GB-2578214-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method
Inventor: NEIL ERNEST BAGLIN
IPC: E06C5/00
Filed: 2019-09-10
Abstract: Adaptor 2 for facilitating safe access to a vehicle roof, having means for detachably mounting the adaptor to the side a vehicle, and means for securing a ladder to the adaptor. The mounting means may be two projections (fig 1, 6) or a flexible elongate element (fig 2, 4’) which correspond to the awning groove 14 of a caravan or motorhome. The securing means may be two straps 10 which surround a horizontal rung of the ladder; a further strap 12 may surround the whole width of the ladder to keep it in place. The adaptor may further comprise an apron 8 against the side panel 16 to protect the panel from the feet of a user. Second aspect is the method of using the apparatus to access the roof of a vehicle: which involves mounting the apparatus to a vehicle and securing a ladder to the adaptor.
Patent GB-2575198-A (GB)
Title: Data processing method and apparatus
Inventor: STUART MARLOW
IPC: H04L9/06
Filed: 2015-07-03
Abstract: A method of compression is disclosed in which an input sequence of bits is divided into a plurality of portions Each portion is sub-divided into a plurality of sub-divisions. Frequency analysis is performed to determine the number of occurrences of each sub-division permutation and new values are assigned. based on the frequency analysis, to each of the sub-division permutations. For each portion a label representing the permutation of bits in that portion is assigned. The label comprises a representation of a combined value resulting from combining the new values associated with the sub-division permutations of that portion. A processed sequence of bits is generated by replacing, within the input sequence of bits, bit portions with the respective label representing the permutation of bits in that portion.
Patent GB-2580221-A (GB)
Title: Method for upgrading waste oil
Inventor: BLANKA TOUKONIITTY
IPC: C10M175/00
Filed: 2019-12-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method comprising subjecting a feedstock having an oxygen content of at most 5.0 wt. % (on a dry basis) to a heat treatment, separating solids from the heat-treated material to produce a metal-depleted feed, subjecting the metal-depleted feed, optionally together with a co-feed, to hydrocracking and recovering at least one hydrocarbon fraction boiling in the liquid fuel range from the hydrocracked material, wherein the step of separating solids from the heat-treated material comprises at least one of centrifugation, filtration and sedimentation.
Patent GB-2590084-A (GB)
Title: Pole sander
Inventor: DOMINIC ZIMMERMANN
IPC: B25G1/04
Filed: 2020-01-29
Abstract: A power tool and locking mechanism for the power tool comprising first and second telescopic poles (196, 198). The second pole comprises at least one recess (694). The locking mechanism (200) is capable of locking the position of the first pole relative to the second pole and comprises: a first section (602) capable of connecting to the second pole and a second section (604) capable of connecting to the first pole The first section comprises: a sleeve (670) which is capable of mounting on and surrounding at least part of the second pole, a resilient tab (678) connected to the sleeve and a catch (682) formed on the tab. The catch locates within the recess when the sleeve is mounted on the second pole.
Patent GB-2587042-A (GB)
Title: Method for optical measurement
Inventor: MARKUS FINKELDEY
IPC: G01B11/24
Filed: 2020-03-19
Abstract: A method for the optical measurement of a workpiece comprises at least; · providing a workpiece with cyclically symmetrical geometry 2,42 having a quantity to be measured such as a splined shaft, planar clutch, toothing or the like, · specifying the at least one measurand to be measured on the workpiece · providing a measuring device 6 having an optical measuring system 8, with an optical sensor 18, for the contactless measurement of the measurand on the workpiece · measuring the at least one measurand using the optical measuring system characterized by providing at least one geometrical parameter of the workpiece to be measured; and · determining at least one measurement parameter for carrying out the optical measurement on the basis of the at least one measurand to be measured on the workpiece and/or the at least one geometrical parameter of the workpiece to be measured and wherein the optical axis of the measuring system and the rotational axis of the workpiece may be offset from one another.
Patent GB-2593924-A (GB)
Title: Control system for a vehicle
Inventor: Samuel Joseph Goodchild
IPC: E05F15/40
Filed: 2020-04-09
Abstract: A control system for controlling vehicle door movement along a door sweep trajectory between a first position and a second position, the control system comprising one or more controllers (16, 18), the control system configured to receive a sensor signal; based on the sensor signal, generate an obstacle detection map 70, e.g. an array 72 of elements, preferably square, of a sensor region in the vicinity of the vehicle, the obstacle detection map comprising a location of an obstacle 40, determine an overlap of the obstacle detection map 70 and a projected door sweep region, and generate an output signal based on the determined overlap to control movement of the door – e.g. limit opening including possible dampening of the movement prior to stopping and/or a user alert system, e.g. an alarm. The sensors may be ultrasonic sensors mounted on the door trim panel or may also use a wade sensor (water depth) or parking sensor. The pitch or roll angle of the vehicle may be taken into account when controlling the door.
Patent GB-2582106-A (GB)
Title: Display device and display device control method
Inventor: HIROICHI YAMAGUCHI
IPC: H04N5/64
Filed: 2018-09-26
Abstract: In the present invention, motion information indicating the motion of a display device is acquired, and a warning is issued in the case where the motion information is information indicating a sickness movement preset as a motion that causes sickness easily.
Patent GB-2593553-A (GB)
Title: Machine-learning data handling
Inventor: David Packwood
IPC: G06N20/00
Filed: 2020-06-04
Abstract: The application relates to producing an annotated dataset suitable for training a machine learning model. A datum of an object is captured, such as an image of the object. An additional characteristic of the object is also obtained such as by looking up a data record. An annotation linking the additional characteristic with the datum is created, and both the annotation and datum are stored in a dataset. The dataset is then supplied as a machine learning input. In one embodiment, the datum may be an image of a vehicle and the additional characteristic may be the vehicle’s registration, weight or emissions class. The annotated data may be used to train a machine learning system dedicated to traffic pollution or road-load control. In an alternative embodiment, the datum may be an image of a retail product at a self-service point of sale, and the additional characteristic may be the product’s universal product code, barcode or value. The annotated data may be used to train a value classification model which identifies deceptive misclassification of products at checkout and alerts an operator to such discrepancies.