baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2314187-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle roll detector and safety arrangement
Inventor: BOSTROM OLA
IPC: B60R21/01
Filed: 1996-06-12
Abstract: A roll detector for detecting a roll in a motor vehicle, for activating a safety arrangement, comprises a sensor(10) adapted to sense at least one variable relating to the roll angle and to provide a first signal representing roll angle * small Greek alpha * and a second signal representing angular velocity * small Greek omega *, these signals being provided to calculating means (11) to perform calculations involving the first signal and the second signal to generate a third signal to activate a trigger (12) which initiates operation of a safety arrangement. An angle sensor (13) associated with an inhibitor(14) may prevent activation of the safety device if the vehicle has not executed a predetermined angular movement. A further angle sensor(15) may activate the trigger (12) whenever a second predetermined angle of movement has been exceeded.
Patent GB-2299986-A (GB)
Title: An article for insertion into an opening
Inventor: POPSYS ROBERT STEVEN
IPC: B65D39/16
Filed: 1994-05-18
Abstract: An article 10 for insertion into an opening, for example for use as a closure plug in a screw-threaded hole, comprises a body 18 and two projections 22 extending outwardly from the body 18. The outer extent of the projections 22 is circular about the axis of the body 18 except for two gaps 24 which are oppositely disposed. The body 18 is tapered backwards to enable the projections 22 to fold backwards in a compact fashion so that the article can fit large and small diameter openings.
Patent GB-2302971-A (GB)
Title: Method of erasing a flash memory device
Inventor: SIM HYUN SOO
IPC: G11C16/16
Filed: 1996-06-27
Abstract: A method of erasing a chip having a plurality of planes of a flash memory device, comprising erasing a first plane 102, performing an erasure verification for the first plane and an erasure operation for a second plane at the same time 103, performing an erasure verification for the second plane and an erasure operation for a third plane at the same time 104 and performing an erasure verification for the third plane and an erasure operation for a fourth plane at the same time 105. The erasure verification for the fourth plane is then performed 106. The method can reduce the erasure time by performing an erasure and an erasure verification on a plane by plane basis.
Patent GB-2308519-A (GB)
Title: Position sensing of a remote target
Inventor: BEALE MARC IVOR JOHN
IPC: G06F3/042
Filed: 1995-10-10
Abstract: Apparatus for the position sensing of a remote target. A preferred embodiment is used to control the position of a graphical pointer on a computer screen. A light emitting diode illuminates the head of the computer operator and an array of detectors detect radiation returned by a retroreflector attached to the head of the operator. Signal processing means is included to derive information about the position of the operator's head from the detector outputs and convert it to a form suitable for input to computer.
Patent GB-2327762-A (GB)
Title: MRI magnet with shuttling HTSC prepolarising block
Inventor: YOUNG IAN ROBERT
IPC: G01R33/48
Filed: 1997-07-29
Abstract: Interventional MRI has led to the use of open H or C magnets 1, but these have relatively low main fields. To overcome this, a prepolarising unit 7 is provided in which an HTSC magnet, such as a YBCO or BSCCO block 8, is brought adjacent to the patient 5 and then withdrawn to position 8' by a linear motor (figure 3), which may use an HTSC rotor. The NMR signals then evolve in the homogeneous field of the main magnet 1. There may be prepolarising units on each side of the patient (figure 2).
Patent GB-2318397-A (GB)
Title: Two part connector
Inventor: WILSON JAMES BRIAN
IPC: H01R13/523
Filed: 1997-10-17
Abstract: The connector (10) comprises a pair of support members (15, 26) defining respective bores (14, 25) supporting respective pistons (11, 22) for movement along respective parallel axes. Pre-loaded springs (21, 32) react between the support members (15, 26) and the pistons (11, 22) to bias the pistons (11, 22) axially outwardly as far as respective stops so that their mating surfaces (12, 23) project slightly past each other. Movement of the support members (15, 26), in a direction at right angles to the two axes, causes the mating surfaces (12, 23) to wipe each other until the two axes are aligned, and a fluid connection (35, 36) admits pressurised fluid behind each piston (11, 22) to press the mating surfaces (12, 23) together when the two axes are aligned. In this manner the mating surfaces (12, 23) shear across each other, thereby wiping off any contaminants as their axes are aligned, and the pistons (11, 22) ensure that the cleaned mating surfaces (12, 23) are held tightly together to prevent either the ingress of contaminants between them, or the leakage of any fluid if the two part connector (10) is used to interconnect fluid passage ways. Alternatively the two part connector (10) may be an electrical or optical connector.
Patent GB-2319045-A (GB)
Title: A knitted filament
Inventor: HILL DAVID MACKENZIE
IPC: D04B21/20
Filed: 1997-11-04
Abstract: A knitted filament (10), which may be in the form of a dental floss, comprises a first thread (12) of a non-elastomeric material, and a second thread (14) of an elastomeric thread, knitted together. The filament (10) can be formed by knitting the threads together using a single needle to knit each thread alternatively through a loop formed by the other thread.
Patent GB-2333836-A (GB)
Title: Particle size distribution dilution
Inventor: JENNINGS ROBERT J H
IPC: G01N1/38
Filed: 1998-01-28
Abstract: A particle size distribution analysis sample dilution apparatus 10 in which a sample consisting of a batch of a slurry of particles is deposited on an inclined plate 58 of a progressive sample delivery system from which a continuous supply of water progressively washes off the sample and dilutes it. The initially diluted sample is further diluted with water continuously supplied in a funnel 56 from which the further diluted sample passes under gravity along a conduit 30 to a particle size distribution analyser 18 through which the diluted sample flows continuously. The conduit may include a mixing chamber 28 to which water is continuously supplied to further dilute the sample prior to analysis.
Patent GB-2321997-A (GB)
Title: Optical disk
Inventor: NAKANE KAZUHIKO
IPC: G11B7/007
Filed: 1997-04-15
Abstract: The invention provides an optical disk medium having a recording spiral formed by connecting groove tracks and land tracks alternately, and permitting detection of a connecting point between a groove track and a land track reliably is provided, and a method of tracking the optical disk medium and an optical disk drive apparatus for driving the optical disk medium. One part of an identification signal area is shifted by a predetermined distance in one radial direction from the center of a groove, while another part of the identification signal area is shifted by the same distance in the opposite radial direction from the center of the groove. A land/groove polarity of a sector is determined by the polarity of a tracking error signal and the order of the polarities during reproduction of an identification signal.
Patent GB-2336529-A (GB)
Title: Musical potty
Inventor: ODUNUGA ADEBAYO OLUSESAN
IPC: A47K11/06
Filed: 1998-04-20
Abstract: A potty trainer has a contoured seat (11) with a built in musical device (13) is responsive to the weight of a person seating on the contoured seat (11) by producing singing entertainment for the child. The contoured seat (11) can be removed from the base (12) and placed on an adult toilet. The musical device (13) will be activated in response to the weight of a child seating on the seat by producing singing entertainment.
Patent GB-2337710-A (GB)
Title: Exhaust system
Inventor: HARTICK JOHANNES
IPC: F01N13/02
Filed: 1998-05-15
Abstract: An exhaust system or an engine (12) includes a lean NOx catalytic device (18), and a heat exchanger (70) positioned upstream of the catalytic device (18). Control means (44, 46) controls a valve (36) to regulate exhaust gas flow through the heat exchanger (70) or along a bypass path (26). The heat exchanger (70) can cool the exhaust gases to ensure that the maximum operating temperature of the catalytic device (1) is not exceeded. During use, the heat exchanger (70) can be bypassed to allow high temperature purge cycles.
Patent GB-2326285-A (GB)
Title: Communication system
Inventor: CHEN CHUN-HONG HARRY
IPC: H01Q13/20
Filed: 1998-05-21
Abstract: A communication system comprises a slotted waveguide transmitting antenna array which is mounted on a spacecraft and a mobile quadrifilar helical receiving antenna. A plurality of thin parallel plates may be arranged perpendicular to the surface of the transmitting antenna to provide a parallel-plate polarizer to provide a circularly polarized signal. The transmitting antenna may be made from aluminium or a metal composite material with good thermal conductivity such that it is capable of handling signals with a high RF power level of 1.5 kW. The signal beam may be shaped by adjusting the amplitude and phase of the signal applied to the antenna array elements. Different models of mobile quadrafilar helical antennae are proposed to suit widespread use or use in different regions. The transmitting antenna my use a torsion spring for rotation during the satellite deployment. The system may be used to provide a digital audio radio service at S-band frequencies using two geosynchronous satellites with diversity signals to improve the signal quality.
Patent GB-2336158-A (GB)
Title: Flameproof thermoplastic resin composition
Inventor: JANG BOK-NAM
IPC: C08K5/523
Filed: 1998-06-25
Abstract: A flameproof thermoplastic resin composition comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a rubber modified styrene-containing base resin composed of 20#100 % by weight of a styrene-containing graft copolymer resin and 0#80 % by weight of a styrene-containing copolymer resin; (B) 5#40 parts by weight of a phenolic resin; (C) 3#40 parts by weight of a PPE resin having a hindered phenol structure; and (D) 5#30 parts by weight of an aromatic phosphoric acid ester having a hindered phenol structure. Said flameproof thermoplastic resin composition may further comprise 0.01#2.0 parts by weight of a fluorine resin to 100 parts by weight of said rubber modified styrene-containing base resin.
Patent GB-2329473-A (GB)
Title: Interventional device positioning system for NMR tomograph
Inventor: KNUETTEL BERTOLD
IPC: A61B90/00
Filed: 1998-07-27
Abstract: An NMR tomograph, the magnet system 2 and gradient system of which permit access to the investigation volume along at least two essentially orthogonal axes, comprises a positioning system for the exact determination of the position of a manually guided manipulator 12, e.g. a biopsy needle, relative to the measuring object 6 which is investigated by means of imaging MR measurement and located in the investigation volume 3 of the NMR tomograph 1; with a mounting frame 11 with which the manipulator 12 is connected via movable mechanics comprising a measuring means through which the respective spatial position of the manipulator 12 relative to the mounting frame 11 can be determined, wherein the measuring means of the movable mechanics does not utilize any MR signals and wherein the measured position of the manipulator 12 is displayed on the MR image. At least one marking point 13 containing an MR measurable substance is provided on the mounting frame, such that the spatial position of the frame in the MR image can be determined via imaging MR measurement.
Patent GB-2343635-A (GB)
Title: Wendyhouse
Inventor: PEARCE STEVEN ALEXANDER
IPC: A63H33/16
Filed: 1998-11-11
Abstract: A wendyhouse formed from a single sheet of cardboard material comprises opposite first and second walls (2,6) and opposite third and fourth walls (4,8) extending between the first and second walls (2,6). Each of the third and fourth walls (4,8) has a respective triangular gable (38,40) extending therefrom, each gable being arranged to pivot between a vertical position, to support a pitched roof (22,24), and a horizontal position, to allow the pitched roof to be flattened. The wendyhouse is thus readily reconfigurable to form part of a modular system for constructing larger structures. Wendyhouses may be interconnected side-by-side by folding a door of one such house through the doorway of another house (Figure 7). There is also described a brace to secure some or all of the doors of a wendyhouse (Figure 17 and 18).
Patent GB-2344237-A (GB)
Title: Digital control of cross-over distortion in push-pull amplifiers
Inventor: SMITH GRAEME ROY
IPC: H03F1/32
Filed: 1998-11-28
Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the output stage of a push-pull amplifier is described. Control is performed digitally which can pre-warp and shape an input waveform to take account of changing transfer characteristics of the analogue output stage(s). Shaping is applied to reduce crossover distortion and improve overall linearity of the amplifier. Feedback is continually applied by sampling, using a high resolution Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC) and monitoring the amplifier's output transfer characteristics. The digital means can also be employed to perform volume control and tonal control by implementing the appropriate digital filters. Output transistor bias and pre amplification are determined and performed by digital means, the output transistor input voltage being provided via a Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) and a buffered low pass filter. This leads to a reduction in noisy analogue circuitry.
Patent GB-2337490-A (GB)
Title: An absorption arrangement
Inventor: ROACH ALAN
IPC: B60R22/24
Filed: 1999-04-22
Abstract: An absorption arrangement for a hard protuberance (1; 27; 34) within a motor vehicle comprises a furcated assembly (2; 22; 32) defining a respective plurality of petals (5; 25; 35). These petals (5; 25; 35) splay and diverge under impact with a body in order to dissipate impact energy prior to abutment of that body with the hard protuberance (1; 27; 34). The splay divergence either being radial about the hard protuberance (1; 27; 34) or bulge splaying intermediate the petals (5; 25; 35) length. Typically, slits (6; 26; 36) are provided within the furcated assembly (2; 22; 32) to facilitate resistive splay divergence of petals (5; 25; 35) and so precipitate dissipation of impact energy prior to impact with a vehicle occupant.
Patent GB-2350594-A (GB)
Title: Immobilising wheel clamp
Inventor: DENMAN PHILIP
IPC: B60R25/09
Filed: 1999-05-29
Abstract: An immobilising device for immobilising a vehicle comprises first and second limbs 10,12 rigidly connected together, the limbs being spaced apart sufficiently to receive a vehicle wheel between them, one of the limbs comprising lockings means 18 adapted to be releasably securable to a nut or bolt by which a wheel is secured to a vehicle. The locking means may be key operated such that a locking arm is pivoted so as to engage the wheel nut or bolt.
Patent GB-2342331-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle security device
Inventor: DIX VICTOR GEORGE
IPC: B60R25/022
Filed: 1999-10-01
Abstract: A vehicle security device comprises a securing device which is an elongate member 2 which has a first end 6 located in the foot pedal area of the vehicle and a second end which is passed through an aperture in the steering wheel. The member 7 is passed around one of the foot pedals, through the holes 3 and is locked in place by padlock 9. The end that passes through the steering wheel is preferably of such a size that it extends into the driver's position. In an alternative arrangement, the end 6 of the elongate member is formed such that at least one pedal is enclosed. Also disclosed is a security device comprising solely a pedal lock (see figs 49-51) wherein walls are attached to the vehicle with a locking member extending between the walls and preventing use of the pedals.
Patent GB-2342302-A (GB)
Title: Cap for sealing used oil filter
Inventor: LOFFREDO DARIO PELLEGRINO
IPC: B01D27/08
Filed: 1999-10-11
Abstract: When a used oil filter is removed from an engine, it is sealed with a cap 10 to prevent leakage of oil. The cap 10 may be supplied as part of a new oil filter. In use, the oil filter is attached to the engine (not shown) via a threaded bore 5 and sealed by gasket 3. Oil to be filtered enters housing 1 via ports 6 and passes to the outside of the cylindrical filter element, through the element and out through central bore 4. The sealing cap 10, which is made of plastics material, has a shank 12 which screws into the threaded bore 5. Alternatively the shank has serrations, so that the cap can be pushed into engagement with the filter.
Patent GB-2356537-A (GB)
Title: Silence suppression/insertion buffer management
Inventor: BEAUCOUP FRANCK
IPC: G10L25/78
Filed: 1999-11-22
Abstract: A method of compensating for clock jitter by regulating the number of frames of packetized voice in a buffer, comprises the steps of receiving at least one frame of packetized voice, detecting a period of silence (41), determining the number of frames in the buffer (44), discarding the received frame from the buffer in the event the number of frames in the buffer exceeds a first predetermined threshold (45,46), and duplicating the received frame within the buffer in the event the number of frames in the buffer is less than a second predetermined threshold (45,47,48). An algorithm for detecting a period of silence comprises comparing the energy level and noise level of frames to discriminate silent and voiced frames, incrementing a silent frame counter and detecting a period of silence when the counter reaches a predetermined value.
Patent HU-T73902-A (HU)
Title: Shell resonant membranophone
Inventor: VOLPP STEVEN W
IPC: G10D13/02
Filed: 1994-01-10
Abstract: A drum having improved acoustic characteristics comprises a rigid annular bridge at one or both ends of a thin resonant annular shell attached to the bridges. A drum head is mounted on the bridge by a tension mechanism attached only to the bridge, and the drum is mounted on a drum stand by mounting hardware attached only to the bridge, leaving the shell free of load bearing and tensive and compressive forces and making the shell resonate more effectively. The bridge is machined from a solid block of wood formed of horizontal laminations. A microphone can be mounted on the inside of the bridge, with electrical leads exiting the drum through the mounting hardware. A snare drum having a thick body instead of a resonant shell is machined in the same way and has internal head tension members that make it possible to have a thicker body.
Patent HU-T74455-A (HU)
Title: Pharmaceutical composition containing estradiol penetration intensifier agent for transdermal administration
Inventor: MECONI REINHOLD
IPC: A61K9/70
Filed: 1995-01-05
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/EP95/00032 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 11, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 11, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 5, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/19162 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 20, 1995An active substance-containing patch for the controlled release of estradiol or its pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives alone or in combination with gestagens from a backing layer, an active substance-containing reservoir connected thereto and produced by using pressure sensitive adhesives and at least one penetration enhancer, and a removable protective layer is characterized by the fact that the penetration enhancer is selected from substances based on carboxylic acids.
Patent IL-48453-A (IL)
Title: Substituted 6-oxa-1-azatricyclo-(6.2.2.0 )dodecan-5-ones and 1,4-ethano-5-oxo octa (or decahydro)quinoline,their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
Inventor: FISHER A
IPC: C07D491/04
Filed: 1975-11-11
Abstract: Compounds of the general formula    <IMAGE>  I  wherein X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen CH2 and CH radicals, and when X designates oxygen, R designates alkyl, isoalkyl, aralkyl, and substituted aryl groups and when X designates   <IMAGE>  then R designates alkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl group, and A-B is a single bond and when X designates >CH, and A-B is a double bond, R designates alkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl groups and physiologically acceptable salts of these, and pharmaceutical compositions containing same as active ingredient.
Patent IL-71950-A (IL)
Title: 1,-4-dihydropyridines,their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
IPC: C07D401/12
Filed: 1984-05-29
Abstract: A 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative of the formula   <IMAGE>   in which R and R1 each independently is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1 to C12-alkoxy, C1-C4-halogenoalkoxy, halogen, nitro, trifluoromethyl, <IMAGE>   <IMAGE>  X is oxygen or sulphur, R4 and R5 each independently is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl, amino or nitro, and R2 and R3 each independently is hydrogen, a C1-C10-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl or C3-C10-alkinyl radical which is optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, amino, mono- and di-C1-C4-alkylamino, carbo-C1-C6-alkoxy and/or nitro, a C3 to C6-membered cycloalkyl radical, a phenyl radical which is optionally substituted by C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, halogen, amino and/or nitro, or a phenyl-C1-C3-alkyl radical, or a carbohydrate radical which is optionally bonded via a C1-C8-alkyl chain to the amide nitrogen atom or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, which improves the contractility of the heart, raises the blood pressure, lowers the blood sugar, reduces the swelling of mucous membranes and affects the salt and fluid balances of a patient.
Patent IL-73583-A (IL)
Title: Penetrator for a driving-cage projectile and the process of manufacturing the same
IPC: F42B12/06
Filed: 1984-11-21
Abstract: The invention relates to a penetrator (1, 11) made of heavy metal, such as, for instance, tungsten heavy metal or depleted uranium, for driving-cage projectiles which have the penetrator led by the driving cage in the gun barrel. The driving cage (6, 12) detaches itself from the penetrator after the launch. The penetrator (1, 11) shows lower strength and higher ductility in the middle portion (d) of its length than in its head portion (c) and, in its tail portion, it shows higher strength and lower ductility than in its middle portion (d) and lower strength and higher ductility than in its head portion (c). This shall decrease the risk of fracture when striking an armour. The varying strength values in the head portion (c), in the middle portion (d) and in the tail portion (e) are obtained by cold-hammering under varying degrees of deformation, by sintering from various powder mixtures or by varying partial heat-treatment in the various portions (head portion c, middle portion d and tail portion e), and these measures can be applied individually or in combination. At least one pilot core (14, 15) which is only loosely connected to the penetrator (1, 11) can also be fitted to the head portion.