baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2263601-A (GB)
Title: Motion compensated video signal processing
Inventor: SAUNDERS NICHOLAS IAN
IPC: H04N5/14
Filed: 1992-01-24
Abstract: Video signal processing apparatus for interpolating output images of an output video signal 40 from corresponding pairs of temporally adjacent input images of an input video signal 8 is described. The apparatus comprises a motion vector processor 22, 24, 26, 28, 36 for generating, for use in interpolation, sets of motion vectors from pairs of temporally adjacent input images comprising some but not all of the pairs of temporally adjacent input images corresponding to output images; selecting means 14 for selecting a set of motion vectors for use in interpolation of an output image; and a motion compensated interpolator 38 for interpolating the output image from a corresponding pair of temporally adjacent input images using the selected set of motion vectors. In the embodiment shown the direct block matcher 22 receives only those pairs of down-converted input frames selected by the time base changer 14 for the interpolation of even output fields. Thus by using the same set of motion vectors for adjacent odd and even output fields the size of the apparatus has been reduced by one direct block matcher 22, one motion vector estimator 24 and one motion vector reducer 26. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2264741-A (GB)
Title: Ceiling access door and method for its fitting
Inventor: FARMER CHRISTOPHER
IPC: E06B5/01
Filed: 1992-03-06
Abstract: A ceiling access door assembly for providing access to either conventional timbered and plasterboarded ceilings or suspended ceilings comprises an access door 1 and a frame 2. The frame 2 is a rigid metal frame with an out-turned metal flange 7 around its lower outer edge, the flange 7 preferably being formed as a tapering fillet provided with a bead 8 as a plastering guide. The door 1 is pivotally mounted in the frame 2 so that when closed a metal edge bead 13 of the door is coplanar with the lower outer edge of the frame 2. The access door of the invention reduces the degree of on-site skill necessary to produce the aesthetically pleasing appearance of a nearly invisible access door. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2251944-A (GB)
Title: Sonar for detection in horizontal direction
Inventor: YOSHIDA TAKASHI
IPC: G01S7/62
Filed: 1992-03-09
Abstract: A PPI sonar which probes underwater sectorial area at the center of which the ship mounted with the sonar is located by rotating a transmitter/recorder, which transmits and receives ultrasonic signals in one direction, within a predetermined range in one and reverse directions in a horizontal plane, and displays the underwater situation on a corresponding wide sectorial displaying region on the screen of the display, with the position of the displayed ship being off the center of the screen. The PPI sonar is provided with means (3, 65) for setting the reference point (B) of rotation around which a transmitter/receiver (4) is rotated clockwise and counterclockwise in a horizontal plane within a probing range of a predetermined direction, or a means (103) for setting the position of the displayed ship; and is so designed as to set a region for displaying the probed underwater state on the screen of a display (14), according to the signal outputted from either one of the means (3, 65) and the means (103).
Patent GB-2266868-A (GB)
Title: Run-flat tyre with solid internal member.
Inventor: HUNG YUNG-FENG
IPC: B60C17/04
Filed: 1992-05-06
Abstract: A tyre structure to protect the tyre from blowing out completely comprising a solid inner member (30) having a round or oblong cross-section which is attached or integrally moulded to the inner surface (101) of an outer tyre (10). On suffering rapid deflation the solid member provides a means of preventing the steel rim from coming into direct contact with the ground surface and/or the outer tyre so as to protect the steel rim from suffering deformation. One embodiment provides an inner seat (201) to locate the solid member in the event of a deflation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2266903-A (GB)
Title: Roof tile
Inventor: LAW FRAZER WILLIAM TIMOTHY
IPC: E04D1/04
Filed: 1992-05-06
Abstract: A concrete roof tile having a front edge surface, that is, that surface of the tile which faces downwardly of a roof in use, of progressively greater depth as between a relatively thin profiled central portion (46) and thicker profiled side portions (52, 54). In use, horizontal rows of such tiles are laid in half-bond relationship with adjacent horizontal rows to give a pleasing appearance in which the combined overlapped thicknesses of the tiles in one such row of tiles and the tiles of adjacent rows of tiles thereabove and/or therebelow at overlapped headlap and tail portions are the same or substantially so. (Fig. 2) In addition to the aesthetic effect, the tiles are advantageously up to 15% lighter than conventional concrete roof tiles. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2257667-A (GB)
Title: A casing for holding components in vehicles
Inventor: HABERSTROH RUDOLF
IPC: H05K5/00
Filed: 1992-07-08
Abstract: A casing, particularly for holding electronic components, is provided on each of its side walls 16, 18 facing away from one another with two fastening lugs 24, 26 which project laterally therefrom and are each provided with an opening 28 for the passage of a screw. The openings 28 for the passage of a screw which are provided in fastening lugs 24, 26 lying opposite one another and associated with the same side wall 16 or 18 of the casting are in each case free from overlap. The fastening lugs 24, 26 enable a number of casings to be joined together. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260525-A (GB)
Title: Propeller protector
Inventor: JENKINS DAVID ROBERT
IPC: F02B61/04
Filed: 1992-07-14
Abstract: A removable propeller protector comprises a shield 18 which surrounds the aft face of the propeller and prevents access thereto. The shield 18 may be secured in position by guide surfaces which engage the lateral fins 14 found on most outboard propeller drive shafts. The protector may be locked in position by a suitable strap, and have an integral handle 24. Alternatively the protector may be secured by bolts and a fixing head. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2269558-A (GB)
Title: Covering panels
Inventor: BEAUMONT JOHN VICTOR ROBERT
IPC: E06B3/70
Filed: 1992-08-11
Abstract: A covering panel 1 for changing the appearance of an interior surface such as a door or drawer front comprises a sheet of plastics material comprising a planar portion 2 and a raised portion 4, formed by deformation of a portion of the sheet. The sheet may be deformed by vacuum forming. The thickness of the sheet is between 0.5 and 1.5 mm, and preferably between 0.8 and 1.2 mm. The sheet may have a plastics foil applied to it to give a wood-grain effect or the like. The sheet may be attached to the surface by means of an adhesive sheet (18, fig 3), or by liquid adhesive, and it may be trimmed to size before attachment. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2270063-A (GB)
Title: Hose lifting collar.
Inventor: COWIE RONALD
IPC: B66C1/62
Filed: 1992-08-26
Abstract: A hose (12) is provided with a lifting collar (10), one end of the hose including a hose end connector (26) having a central portion (34), a hose nipple (32) at the free end of the connector and a hose union portion (36) for connection with the hose body (28) at the other end of the connector. The lifting collar (10) comprises a collar member (16) for location over the central portion (34) and dimensioned to allow the collar member to rotate thereon, and a shackle (18) pivotally mounted to the collar member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2260816-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring fluid quantities
Inventor: VOWLES DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: G01M3/32
Filed: 1992-10-19
Abstract: Determination of the total quantity of a fluid, for example refrigerant, in a system utilizing the fluid is made by monitoring the level of the fluid in a reservoir 2, and by monitoring one or more operating parameters at at least one operating station 6 at which the fluid is used. The total quantity of fluid, or its rate of change, can be monitored and an alarm given if the total quantity falls below a predetermined threshold, or if the rate of loss is sufficiently high to indicate leakage or unauthorized abstraction. A processor 30 processes through suitable software signals from an opto-electrical reservoir level sensor 26 and sensors 32, 34 and 36 sensing ambient air temperature at condenser 10, temperature of refrigerator unit 6, and operating mode of the unit 6 respectively to assess the total quantity of fluid in the system. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272091-A (GB)
Title: Aligning texts
Inventor: O'DONOGHUE TIMOTHY FRANCIS
IPC: G06F17/28
Filed: 1992-10-30
Abstract: A plurality of source text files are read, representing similar information but in different natural languages. The files have correlated layouts, in that the same layout commands are employed at similar points in the files. Similar text, from respective files, is aligned by identifying its position between equivalent word processing commands. Preferably, intermediate files are produced in which the word processing commands are converted into identifiable form. Aligned text, which differs between the intermediate files whereas WP commands will not differ, is identified by a differential comparison operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2277232-A (GB)
Title: Timing of transmission from a mobile unit in a TDMA communications system
Inventor: HEUVEL TONY VAN DEN
IPC: H04W92/18
Filed: 1993-03-20
Abstract: A communications system comprises a base station (10) and a mobile radio (11) arranged for communication over a TDMA channel having a predetermined frame reference. The base station receives signals from the mobile radio, measures the timing of those signals relative to the frame reference and transmits a timing advance signal to the mobile radio. The mobile radio receives the timing advance signal, and by means of control circuitry (28) adjusts the timing of transmissions in response to the received timing advance signal. The mobile radio has means (26, 25) for estimating change of distance from the base station since last receiving a timing advance signal and for requesting a new timing advance signal from the base station if it is decided one is required. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276592-A (GB)
Title: Transporting wheelchairs in road vehicles
Inventor: OSMOND EDWARD
IPC: A61G3/06
Filed: 1993-04-03
Abstract: A rear access vehicle is provided with a pair of parallel laterally spaced troughs (10) extending longitudinally of the vehicle floor adjacent the rear access opening. Each trough (10) has a generally horizontal base below the level of the vehicle floor. A rear bumper section (24) is pivotally mounted to be movable between a raised normal position and a lowered position providing unimpeded access to the rearwardly directed opening in each trough (10). Detachable or telescopic ramps (22) are connectable to the vehicle to extend from the rearwardly directed openings in the troughs (10) to the ground. Since the level of the base of each trough (10) is lower than the level of the vehicle floor the ramps may be positioned at an acceptable angle to the horizontal to permit a wheelchair and its occupant to be wheeled comfortably up or down the ramps. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280599-A (GB)
Title: Portable workstation:easel and table
Inventor: GOSS JOHN
IPC: A47B83/04
Filed: 1993-08-04
Abstract: A portable workstation comprises an artist's easel 1 one leg of which is replaced by a folding table 2. For transport, the easel hinges flat against the table top and locks in position, upright 13 then lying on the table top and in gap 6 of table rim 5. Flap 7 secures folded upright 13. A handle is provided for carrying the folded station. Detachable rear leg 14, stowable on the table's underside, may be shortened to lower upright 13 to the horizontal (Fig. 4, not shown) to support a flat member to extend the table surface. Rim 5 and bar 8 can hold articles. The workstation may be especially suitable for disabled, e.g. wheelchair-bound, people. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2271956-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing resin member
Inventor: JOGAN NORIO
IPC: B29C70/76
Filed: 1993-10-29
Abstract: A resilient surface sheet element 14 is vacuum molded from a resilient laminate sheet member 13 including a skin sheet 10 and a foam sheet 12 (Figs 3 and 4, not shown). The resilient surface sheet element 14 is placed in a predetermined recess 16 of a female mold 15 for molding an instrument panel. After a first thermoplastic resin 18 is fed into a space between a male mold 17 and the resilient surface sheet element 14 placed in the female mold 15, the female mold 15 and the male mold 17 are closed tightly. The first thermoplastic resin 18 then flows through a first cavity section formed on a rear face of the resilient surface sheet element 14 to be integrated with the resilient surface sheet element 14. Before the first plastic resin 18 completely hardens in the first cavity section, a second thermoplastic resin 21 (not shown) is injected from an injection gate 20 into a second cavity section adjacent to the first cavity section to securely fuse and join with the first thermoplastic resin 18. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2273820-A (GB)
Title: High-frequency switch
Inventor: CHIGODO YOSHIKAZU
IPC: H04B1/48
Filed: 1993-12-22
Abstract: A high-frequency switch 10 serves to connect an antenna ANT either to a transmitting circuit TX, via a first diode 14, or to a receiving circuit RX by means of strip line 26 and a second diode 30. The diodes 14, 30 are turned ON by applying a positive voltage to a first control terminal 22. In this state, a signal from the transmitting circuit TX is transmitted from the antenna but the signal is not transferred to the receiving circuit RX due to a series resonance circuit established by the inductance of the second diode 30 and a capacitor 32. When the switch is used for reception, either the positive voltage applied to the first terminal 22 is removed or a positive voltage is applied to a second control terminal (46, Fig 8) to hold the diodes in the OFF state. Isolation between the transmitting circuit and the antenna is improved further by a parallel resonance circuit formed by the capacitance of the first diode 14 and an inductor 36. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2276278-A (GB)
Title: Cable stripping method and accessories for use in the method
Inventor: DOYLE STEPHEN TREVOR
IPC: H02G1/12
Filed: 1994-03-11
Abstract: To facilitate precision stripping of an outer layer 3 (more especially semiconducting dielectric screening layers) from a cable core, a depth knife 6 made at least partly from ferromagnetic material is used in conjunction with a guide 7 also made at lest partly from magnetic material temporarily secured to the core. At least one of the knife and the guide is magnetized, and magnetic forces keep the knife flat on a surface of the guide, enabling a knife to be of smaller dimensions and to be manipulated accurately in smaller spaces than if the orientation of the knife is controlled by hand alone; the position of the hand can be changed without disengaging the knife from the cut. The method has major advantages in making circumferential cuts on non-circular cores. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282808-A (GB)
Title: 3-substituted heterocyclic indoles as inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase
Inventor: BRITCHER SUSAN F
IPC: C07D403/04
Filed: 1994-10-07
Abstract: Certain 3-substituted heterocyclic indoles are useful in the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase (including its resistant varieties), the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and the treatment of AIDS, either as compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical composition ingredients, whether or not in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.
Patent GB-2287871-A (GB)
Title: Seat belt retractor with a clamping mechanism
Inventor: OSUMI SADANORI
IPC: B60R22/42
Filed: 1995-03-09
Abstract: When in an emergency a tension acting on belt webbing (26) exceeds a predetermined value, a clamp member (6) is moved along a guide (20) and holds the webbing (26) against a plate member (16), thereby preventing the draw-out of the webbing. When a tension acting on the webbing (26) after the webbing (26) is held exceeds a predetermined value, plastic deformation of a support (19) for the guide member (20) commences, whereby the clamp member (6) remains clamped against the webbing (26) as it moves in the direction of webbing pull out. Thus, kinetic energy transferred from the occupant to the webbing (26) is absorbed to thereby hold back an increase of the tensile force acting on the webbing (26). Other forms of deformable supports for the guide member are disclosed. Furthermore, the clamp member may have pointed and flattened teeth thereon and may be associated with a stop which acts to limit the movement of the clamp member in the webbing pull-out direction. When the clamp member engages the stop the pointed teeth penetrate the webbing to hold the latter. Further increases in the tensile force shears the pointed teeth but the clamp member still exerts a clamping force on the webbing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2287565-A (GB)
Title: Card charging system
Inventor: STANFORD CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: G07F7/02
Filed: 1995-03-17
Abstract: A security device for use in a card charging system where a service or product providing facility issues services or products by the use of credit from a card. The security device comprises signal transmission means for delivering signals to a purchasing facility to enable a user to acquire a service or product dependent on the credit debited from a card, a record keeping subsystem to certify the credit debited from the card and to identify which account is to receive the debited credit and signal processing and output means for generating signals indicating a successful transaction. The signals are encoded by use of encryption techniques. A separable security subsystem is provided to ensure a record of transactions is available if power fails on the main security device.
Patent GB-2299306-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable airbag for a vehicle
Inventor: PIKE ANTHONY BRUCE
IPC: B60R21/231
Filed: 1995-03-25
Abstract: An inflatable airbag for incorporating in the headrest (1a) of a seat (1) in a vehicle and actuable in the event of crash, the airbag having a first portion (5) with a connecting portion (4) for connection to a source of pressurised gas (2) releasable into the airbag upon crash. A second portion (7), remote from the connecting portion (4), is arranged to face, and receive the impact of, a vehicle passenger upon crash in the seat behind. The first portion (5) comprises a plurality of flexible, inflatable tubes (6) each extending from the connecting portion (4) to the second portion (7), which presents a substantially continuous face (7A), when inflated, to receive a passenger impact. The skeletal form of the airbag reduces air pressure problems upon inflation in the confined space of a vehicle.
Patent GB-2294204-A (GB)
Title: Catheter with multiple lumens
Inventor: MARTIN GEOFFREY S
IPC: A61M25/00
Filed: 1994-06-03
Abstract: The invention provides a catheter assembly (20) including a catheter (21) having an elongate main body (22) extending longitudinally between proximal and distal ends. A top structure (26) is attached to the distal end of the main body and also extends longitudinally. The main body and tip structure combine to define side-by-side intake (28) and return (30, 51) lumens and the intake lumen terminates at a transverse intake opening (44) at the distal end of the main body. The return lumen terminates at the distal end of the tip structure at a transverse return opening (46) and a side opening (52) is provided adjacent the return opening. The assembly also includes a tubular applicator (54) which passes through the intake lumen, through the side opening and into the return lumen. This permits the assembly to be passed over a guide wire (55) by engaging the guide wire inside the tubular applicator and sliding the assembly over the guide wire. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2296577-A (GB)
Title: Mask for semiconductor devices
Inventor: MOON SEUNG CHAN
IPC: G03F1/00
Filed: 1995-12-13
Abstract: A light exposure mask for a semiconductor device having different line/space pattern widths at different mask portions in such a manner that its repeated patterns disposed at the central mask portion corresponding to the memory region of the semiconductor device have a minimum line/space width whereas those disposed at the peripheral mask portion have a line/space width larger than the minimum width, such that its non-uniform patterns disposed at the peripheral mask portion have a space width larger than the minimum width, and such that its independent pattern has a line width larger than the minimum width. With such line/space pattern widths, the light exposure mask is capable of preventing a short circuit caused by the residue of a photoresist film material after a light exposure according to the modified illumination method or caused by an excessive light exposure, forming a precise micro pattern, increasing the process redundancy, and thereby achieving an improvement in process yield and operation reliance.
Patent GB-2298771-A (GB)
Title: Fishing tackle
Inventor: HAIGH LEONARD
IPC: A01K91/18
Filed: 1996-03-11
Abstract: A fishing tackle comprising, a long line (10), an attachment member (12) comprising a sleeve (16) rotatably mounted on the line (10), stop means (30) axially fixed relative to the line to limit movement of the attachment member (12) along the line (10), and an intermediate member (13) which is connected to the attachment member (12) by a connection means C, the intermediate member (13) having coupling means (45) for a snood (15) for connecting a hook (14) to the intermediate member (13), wherein the connection means C connects the intermediate member (13) to the attachment member (12) for rotation of the intermediate member (13) relative to the attachment member (12) about an axis Y-Y which extends in a longitudinal direction of the intermediate member (13) and about an axis Z-Z which is transverse to and spaced from a longitudinal axis X-X of the line (10).
Patent GB-2302666-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of fireboxes
Inventor: TYRER PETER ANTHONY
IPC: B28B1/38
Filed: 1996-06-25
Abstract: A method for making a firebox comprising a frame and a ceramic fireback, the method comprising forming a "green" ceramic fireback from a slurry of ceramic, and thereafter drying the "green" fireback in said frame. The "green" fireback can be deposited in the frame after forming. Alternatively, the frame may be reticulated to allow passage of the slurry therethrough, such that the "green" fireback can be formed within frame.
Patent GB-2314842-A (GB)
Title: Protein/oxidised regenerated cellulose complexes
Inventor: WATT PAUL WILLIAM
IPC: C07K14/78
Filed: 1996-06-28
Abstract: There is disclosed materials such as powders, films, flakes or sponges comprising a protein complexed with oxidised regenerated cellulose (ORC). The preferred protein is collagen. Processes for the preparation of the complexes comprise dispersing or dissolving protein in aqueous solvent, adding soluble or insoluble ORC, followed by removal of the solvent. The complexes are used especially for wound dressings and the like, and exhibit useful binding to growth factors and matrix metalloproteinases.