baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2588797-A (GB)
Title: Surgical device and method of construction thereof
Inventor: Wilhelmus Adrianus Petrus Maria Gommeren
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2019-11-07
Abstract: A surgical, preferably electrosurgical, instrument comprising a handpiece 220, a shaft 102 having a surgical end effector on the distal end thereof, and a shaft housing part 202. The shaft housing part has an axial bore channel formed therein into which a proximal end of the shaft is received, and a cavity 302 extending from a lateral surface of the shaft housing part into the interior thereof so as to encompass and extend beyond the axial bore channel. The handpiece has a projection 222 formed thereon which, when the instrument is assembled, projects into the cavity to an extent beyond the axial bore channel, a part of the shaft within the cavity being bent so as to be angled around the projection, thereby securing the shaft within the shaft housing part and permitting the shaft housing part to be received fully onto the handpiece. The shaft may either be bent into the cavity prior to the mounting of the shaft housing part to the handpiece, or may be bent by the action of mounting the shaft housing to the handpiece, the bending being affected through extension of the projection into the cavity.
Patent GB-2580519-A (GB)
Title: Reconfigurable piston and method of manufacture
Inventor: SAMUEL BRENDAN DIXON COOKE
IPC: F41B11/70
Filed: 2019-11-28
Abstract: A piston 10 for adjusting muzzle velocity of an airsoft gun. The piston 10 has a tubular piston rod 11; ballasts 13a, 13b, 13c inserted into the rod 11; and retention means, which may be threaded end plates 12a, 12b for securing the ballasts 13 within the rod 11. The ballasts increase the mass of the pistons, thus reducing acceleration of the piston, and vice versa, as required when using different types of airsoft bullets. The ballasts may have threaded protrusions 14 for interlocking with recesses of adjacent ballasts. The piston rod 11 may be attached to a coil spring (fig 3, 16) when in use in an airsoft gun. Second aspect of the invention relates to a method of manufacturing the said reconfigurable piston rod.
Patent GB-2594243-A (GB)
Title: A bone cement
Inventor: KADEM AL-LAMEE
IPC: A61L27/58
Filed: 2020-04-15
Abstract: A two part hardenable composition comprising a solid first part and a storage stable liquid second part is provided, wherein the solid first part and storage stable liquid are operable to form a resorbable and injectable bone cement which hardens to a solid mass upon mixing of the parts together, the solid first part comprising (i) a filler and/or polymer particles, wherein each of the filler and polymer particles, when present, have an average size of up to 200µm and wherein the polymer particles, when present, have a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 10,000 Da; and (ii) 0.01 to 15wt % of an initiator based on the total weight of the solid first part; and the storage stable liquid second part comprising: (I) a monomer component, wherein the monomer component is operable to undergo free radical polymerisation in the presence of the initiator to form a polymer upon mixing of the parts together; and (II) 0.5 to 50 wt% of a crosslinker material based on the total weight of the storage stable liquid part, wherein each of the polymer particles, when present, and the polymer formed from the free radical polymerisation of the monomer component are resorbable. Preferably, the filler comprises tricalcium phosphate, and preferably the polymer particles comprise polyvinyl alcohol. The initiator is preferably benzoyl peroxide and the monomer component preferably comprises N-vinyl pyrrolidone.
Patent GB-2603504-A (GB)
Title: Deployment method and apparatus
Inventor: HOWARD SISWICK
IPC: G07C9/20
Filed: 2021-02-05
Abstract: A system (1) for controlling at least one handle deployment mechanism (9-n) associated with an aperture closure member (door or tailgate, 7-n) of a vehicle (3) includes a transceiver (29) for communicating with at least one device (33); and a control unit (20). The control unit (20) has one or more controller (21) to identify one of the at least one device (33) as an authorised device (33). The control unit (20) may determine the location of authorised devices in relation to the vehicle (3). The determined location(s) of authorised devices is compared to one or more target zone (Zn, Fig 4). The control unit actuates the handle deployment mechanism (9-n) to deploy a handle (11-n) in dependence on a determination that the authorised devices are/is located within one or more target zone(s). The controller may receive a vehicle velocity reference signal and the location of the authorised device is initiated based on receiving the velocity reference signal. The location of authorised devices can be based upon polling signals having a transmission rate based upon vehicle velocity and may be determined from a response to the polling signal received from the authorised device. The invention may aid passenger pick-up.
Patent GB-2605146-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder head joint gas leakage mitigation
Inventor: Robert Harries
IPC: F16J15/02
Filed: 2021-03-23
Abstract: An internal combustion engine system 10 includes a cylinder block 16, a plurality of bite rings 20, a cylinder head 12 coupled to the cylinder block covering the combustion cylinder, and a head gasket 18 between the cylinder head and block. The cylinder block defines a combustion cylinder. The plurality of bite rings encompass the cylinder. The head gasket is structured to engage with the plurality of bite rings. There may be a liner 15 disposed in the cylinder comprising a flange on which the bite rings are disposed. The cylinder head may further include an expansion groove that is disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of bite rings and extends in a circumferential direction around the cylinder head. A channel may be arranged in the liner to direct leaked gases from the upper side of the liner to a low pressure region of the cylinder. There may be an expansion groove, and a vent fluidly coupling the expansion groove to an exhaust port.
Patent GB-2605452-A (GB)
Title: Improved Door Lock
Inventor: Richard Sehdeva
IPC: E05B47/00
Filed: 2021-04-01
Abstract: A lock assembly 500 comprising a lock mechanism 1 having at least one bolt 4 and an automatic actuation mechanism. The automatic actuation mechanism has a trigger 10 configured to fire the at least one bolt 4 when the trigger is actuated. The lock assembly has a handle assembly comprising: a spindle 300, connectable to a handle 100, 200, and connected to the lock mechanism 1 such that rotation of the spindle retracts the at least one bolt 4; and a spindle locking mechanism 71 configured to prevent rotation of the spindle 4 when engaged; wherein the lock assembly 500 comprises an electronic mechanism 600 for engaging and/or disengaging the spindle locking mechanism. The device may include a biasing means to bias the restrictor into an engaged position wherein the restrictor portion is engaged with the spindle. Also claimed is a door with the lock assembly.
Patent GB-2606147-A (GB)
Title: Mooring renewable energy systems
Inventor: Brice Helier Viellard
IPC: F03D13/25
Filed: 2021-04-26
Abstract: A mooring system for a floating electric power producing unit 24, such as a wind turbine or a wave energy converter, comprises a buoyant element 10 held beneath the surface and a swivel (38, Fig 1) supported by the buoyant element. The swivel comprises a static part (40, Fig 1) that is held against angular movement about an upright axis and a rotating part (42, Fig 1) that is movable angularly relative to the static part about the upright axis. A mooring link 28 extends between the power producing unit and a mooring point (46, Fig 1) supported by the buoyant element. A conductor link 30 extends between the power producing unit and a connector supported by the buoyant element. The mooring point and the conductor link are movable angularly about the upright axis together with the rotating part of the swivel. Angular movement of the mooring link about the upright axis drives corresponding angular movement of the conductor link about the upright axis. A method of mooring a floating electric power producing unit to a sub-surface buoyant element is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2613132-A (GB)
Title: Device for termination of a rope
Inventor: NEIL SCHULZ
IPC: F16G11/12
Filed: 2021-05-21
Abstract: Device 1 for termination of a rope 2 comprises a cylinder 8 extending longitudinally from a base 9 to a cone or pyramid 10, wherein the cylinder 8 defines at least one channel 11 for receiving a pair of subropes 12 substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The cylinder 8 may be a solid cylinder or tubular. The cylinder may have a circular cross section or an oval or polygonal cross section. The cone or pyramid may taper to a point or the cone or pyramid may be frustrocone or frustopyramid. The cylinder may define a plurality of channels perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. Each channel may be curved between the openings, wherein the curve extends towards the base of the cylinder between the openings. Each channel may be located along a diameter of the cylinder. Each channel may be defined by a wall having a circular cross section. Each channel may define a bearing point. The bearing point may be located where the inner curve of the channel is proximate to the base of the cylinder. The bearing point may be equidistant from each opening.
Patent GB-2606774-A (GB)
Title: Decentralised carbon negative electricity generation on demand with no air and water pollution
Inventor: PRAKASHKUMAR NARASIMHAMURTHY
IPC: B01D53/96
Filed: 2021-05-21
Abstract: A method for wet mineral carbonation by: quenching hotter flue gas (in 002) with cooler treated leachate; continuously interfacing the quenchant with a bed of CO2 capturing mineral (in 003); removing the collected leachate for treatment (in 004); and recirculating the treated leachate solution to quench the hotter gas. The method achieves a constant temperature and pH in the quenchant. The method also saves water, reduces the cost of CO2 capture, produces carbon negative electricity on demand, and prevents air and water pollution in a decentralized energy generation process that is integrated with a wet mineral carbonation process. The method produces green H2, food and beverage grade CO2, carbonated mineral aggregates, and supplies the remaining electricity to the grid.
Patent GB-2603974-A (GB)
Title: Recombinant varicella-zoster virus vaccine
Inventor: JIAN KONG
IPC: C12N15/28
Filed: 2020-05-14
Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a recombinant varicella-zoster virus vaccine, comprising a fusion protein formed by an amino acid sequence of a recombinant glycoprotein gE extracellular region of an attenuated live VZV strain (OKA strain) gene and a human immunoglobulin Fc region. The present invention further comprises preparation for and an application of the fusion protein, and a corresponding recombinant gene, a eukaryotic expression vector, etc. The fusion protein in the present invention has good immunogenicity, and can induce yield of high-level serum neutralizing antibodies
Patent GB-2594215-A (GB)
Title: Visually indicating on a user interface lengths, types of content, structure and current user location within a corpus of electronic content
Inventor: MICHAEL PACE
IPC: G06F3/14
Filed: 2020-01-08
Abstract: Systems and methods of visually indicating on a user interface of an electronic reader the lengths, types of content, structure and current location of a user within a corpus of electronic content are presented. The corpus of electronic content may be converted into contiguous visual sections and contiguous thumbnails (of the visual sections). The user interface includes a content strip tray displaying a viewable portion of the thumbnails and a main viewing area displaying a viewable portion of the visual sections. An accent effect may be displayed over the viewable portion of the thumbnails that corresponds with the viewable portion of the visual sections currently displayed in the main viewing area to indicate a location of the user in the electronic content. Additionally, headers, location markers, assignments and notes may be displayed on the viewable portion of the thumbnails.
Patent GB-2601596-A (GB)
Title: Surge control system for managed pressure drilling operations
Inventor: Kyle O'Keefe
IPC: E21B21/08
Filed: 2021-08-09
Abstract: A managed pressure drilling (MPD) system 58 includes a work string 30 having one or more tubulars having an internal flow path 54. The work string supports a liner string 50 terminating in a liner float 52. A liner hanger running tool 62 is coupled to the work string uphole of the liner string and the liner float. A selectively operable surge control sub is arranged uphole of the liner hanger running tool, and a selectively operable MPD sub 66 is positioned uphole of the liner hanger running tool and the selectively operable surge control sub. The selectively operable MPD sub is operable to close off the internal flow path to fluid pressure passing uphole from the liner float in a first position during MPD operations and opens the internal flow path to fluid pressure after the liner string reaches a target depth.
Patent GB-2596936-A (GB)
Title: Chute pipe for particle transportation
Inventor: Keishi SANO
IPC: B65G11/20
Filed: 2020-05-19
Abstract: A chute pipe is provided that can easily transport and distribute particles. The chute pipe for particle transportation has: a loading chute 10 that has a loading port 11 for particles; a discharge chute 35; and an intermediate chute 20 that diagonally connects between the loading chute 10 and the discharge chute 35. The intermediate chute 20 has a groove 23 not having steps and being formed from the combination of a first inclined plane 21 and a second inclined plane 22. The groove 23 has a cross-section in the shape of two adjacent sides of a triangle.
Patent GB-2597193-A (GB)
Title: Absorbent article
Inventor: MINA TOMITA
IPC: A61F13/56
Filed: 2020-05-25
Abstract: This absorbent article: comprises an absorbent body (1A) that includes a liquid-permeable surface sheet (2), an absorber (4), and a leakage prevention sheet (3); has a longitudinal direction (X) corresponding to a front-back direction of a wearer, and a width direction (Y) that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and comprises, along the longitudinal direction (X), a ventral region (F), an inseam region (M), and a dorsal region (R). The absorber (4) is arranged so as to extend across the dorsal region (R) from the ventral region (F). An exterior sheet (5) is disposed on a non-skin-facing surface side of the absorbent body (1A). The exterior sheet (5) has a longitudinal ridge-groove shape (5A) in which a longitudinal ridge section (51) and a longitudinal groove section (52), which extend in the longitudinal direction (X), are alternately arranged. The longitudinal ridge-groove shape (5A) is formed in a region of the inseam region M which overlaps the absorber (4) in a thickness direction (Z).
Patent GB-2615293-A (GB)
Title: A cover for a junction box for electrical wiring for lighting
Inventor: DAVID BROOK RICHARD
IPC: H02G3/08
Filed: 2021-12-17
Abstract: A cover 2 for a junction box 4 for electrical wiring 6 wherein the junction box comprises: a body portion 8 having receiving formations 10 for receiving lever-action screwless connection blocks (i.e. lever actuated connector) 12; the lever-action screwless connection blocks 12 are not fixed in position in the receiving formations 10 in the body portion 8, and the cover 2 comprises: tabs 14 which extend into the body portion 8 when the cover 2 is closed on the body portion 8; the tabs 14 extend into the body portion 8 by sliding adjacent levers 16 of the lever-action screwless connection blocks 12 when the levers 16 are in a closed position thus preventing disconnection of the levers 16 of the lever-action screwless connection blocks 12; and the tabs 14 will engage connection blocks other than the lever-action screwless connection blocks 12 and prevent the cover 2 from being closed on the body portion 8 thus impeding use of the connection blocks other than the lever-action screwless connection blocks 12 .
Patent GB-2617348-A (GB)
Title: Scope and monocular
Inventor: ALIAKSANDR ALSHEUSKI
IPC: F41G1/32
Filed: 2022-04-05
Abstract: An optical imaging system 200 that has a sighting device 202 and a secondary imaging device 222 configured to obtain images in primary and secondary wavelength bands respectively where the primary and secondary wavelength bands are different. A mounting element 224 that mechanically attaches and aligns the two devices. The sighting devices are configured to electronically link with each other and display a composite image 238 of the images produced by the primary sighting device and the secondary imaging device. The mounting element may have a connection component 234 that detects the presence of the secondary imaging device. The imaging system may be configured to electronically link the two devices when the secondary imaging device is connected to the sighting device on the mounting element. The sighting device may have a communication element 220D to engage with the communication element that may be in the secondary imaging device. The sighting device may be a sighting scope for a projectile weapon (104 fig 1) and the secondary imaging device may be a handheld monocular.
Patent GB-2617620-A (GB)
Title: A System & Method of Simulating Radar Ground Clutter
Inventor: BEN HOPSON
IPC: G01S7/40
Filed: 2022-04-15
Abstract: A method of simulating radar ground and/or sea clutter for a pulse doppler radar. The method comprises providing a terrain model comprising discrete flat ground patches each having a reflectivity, area, surface normal vector, and position within a global coordinate frame. Further calculating triplet values of reflected energy, range and Doppler shift for each discrete patch of the terrain model for a given position and pose of an antenna with known gain and phase characteristics within the global coordinate frame. For a given radar receiver sample rate and Pulse repetition frequency (PRF), resampling and integrating over all patches through carrying out a 2D transformation using a non-uniform Fast Fourier Transform followed by a further transformation of the output of the first transformation using an inverse fast Fourier transform to derive either energy within each discrete range-Doppler pair bin of a set defined by the PRF and sample rate; and/or receiver signal level at discrete time samples for each pulse. The process may include scaling the range and doppler shift values prior to resampling to normalise the range values so that an ambiguous range and an ambiguous doppler related to PRF are equal to 1.
Patent GB-2607711-A (GB)
Title: Method of retaining a sleeve with low force
Inventor: Chad M Clark
IPC: F16B5/02
Filed: 2022-04-22
Abstract: A fastening system 100 to engage a first component 104 to a stud 112 via a component opening comprises an upper sleeve component 102a, a lower sleeve component 102b, and a nut 116. The upper sleeve component 102a defines an upper sleeve opening, while the lower sleeve 102b component defines a lower sleeve opening. The lower sleeve component 102b comprises one or more flexible tabs configured to engage the upper sleeve component 102a via the component opening. The nut 116 is configured to pass through a sleeve opening to engage the stud 112. The sleeve opening is defined by the upper sleeve opening and the lower sleeve opening.
Patent GB-2604771-A (GB)
Title: Event log tamper resistance
Inventor: MICHAEL KUAN
IPC: G06F21/64
Filed: 2020-09-21
Abstract: Embodiments are described for generating, by the processor, a first event record in response to an event being performed by the computer and generating, by the processor, a first tamper resistance record in response to the first event record being generated. The first tamper resistance record includes a first signature is created based at least in part on the first event record and a second signature is created based at least in part on the first event record. Aspects also includes validating the first event record based on the first signature and the second signature in the first tamper resistance record in response to a request to detect tampering of the first event record.
Patent GB-2619772-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and methods for identifying compounds of interest
Inventor: ROBERTO STEFANO PASQUALE KING
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2022-06-17
Abstract: Three ultraviolet light sources 203, 204, 205, each with a discrete wavelength providing an excitation light, a sample holder 202 with a window, and a detector 201. The detector is substantially perpendicular to the sample holder window and each light source independently has an angle of incidence less than 90o to the window. The first discrete wavelength is between 190 nm-250 nm, the second discrete wavelength is between 240 nm-280 nm and the third discrete wavelength is between 250 nm-260 nm. The first UV light source may be a krypton chloride excimer lamp with a wavelength of 222 nm, the second a light emitting diode with a wavelength of 280 nm and the third a mercury discharge lamp with a wavelength of 254 nm. The detector may be a photodiode array detector or a camera with a detection range greater than 190 nm. There may be a bandpass filter 206 between the sample and detector. The compound of interest may be synthetic cannabinoids in a matrix e.g., paper.
Patent GB-2616325-A (GB)
Title: A side-shift fork carriage for a material handling machine
Inventor: EDWIN RATCLIFFE
IPC: B66F9/14
Filed: 2022-11-01
Abstract: A side-shift fork carriage 10 for a material handling machine (701 fig.7) has a frame 12 with a coupling portion 14a, b for attaching the sliding fork carrier to the material handling machine. Shuttles 16a, b have fork attachment members 22a, b for receiving forks 19 and fork actuators 18a, b, are operable, in a first mode, to side-shift the shuttles relative to the frame and alter the distance therebetween. The actuators are located above the fork attachment members to improve visibility of the forks from the cab (713 fig.7). The carriage may act in a second mode where the distance between the shuttles remains the same but their position moves off centre. Forks may be attached to a common member 22 with the shuttles being urged under load against a running surface 46 using bearings 48 and guide members 38, 40, 42.
Patent GB-2609169-A (GB)
Title: System, device facilitating scheduling of irrigation and method thereof
Inventor: PRIYAN SHAH
IPC: G06Q50/02
Filed: 2021-04-03
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system(s), electronic device and method(s) facilitating scheduling of irrigation. Controller, configured to receive irrigation scheduling data from one or more sources and generate one or more commands, according to the irrigation scheduling data for scheduling the irrigation. The control assembly is having an irrigation set-up connected to an external flow system. The irrigation set-up is configured to set, the one or more scheduling parameters for scheduling the irrigation through the external flow system, according to the one or more commands and initiate irrigation, after the set, according to one or more scheduling parameters in real-time.
Patent GB-2611471-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic insulating panel using recycled material
Inventor: PAUL CHARLES DOWNEY
IPC: G10K11/168
Filed: 2022-03-21
Abstract: The panel comprises an acoustic insulator 304 adhered to a plastic layer 306. The plastic layer 306 comprises plastic flakes adhered together using a binding agent. The preferred panel includes an external decorative layer 302 of wood veneer, carpet, vinyl or artificial grass adhered to the insulator 304, which is rubber, with a hot melt adhesive, and a second sound insulation layer 308. The flakes are preferably directionally aligned polycarbonate or bisphenol A (BPA). The preferred panelling includes interlocking features coupling adjacent panels. The panels reduce sound transmission in buildings. The method of producing the flooring is also disclosed.