baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2504960-A (GB)
Title: Providing wagering games from a number of gaming operators via a third party system
Inventor: LANG ASHLEY
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2012-08-14
Abstract: Providing gambling games to users where the games are not tied to a particular gaming operator. Specifically, a third party gaming system 102 provides central access to a library of gambling games offered by a plurality of gaming operators 104. Players connect to the third party gaming system and select a game from the library of gambling games. Once a player has selected a game, the third party gaming system provides the player 106 with a game client for the selected game and operator configuration parameters for a suitable gaming operator system. The game client then dynamically reconfigures itself using the configuration parameters to connect to the gaming operator system to play the game. In some cases after the user has selected a game they are provided with a list of gaming operators that offer the selected game and the player can select which operator that they wish to play with. Player attributes, such as language and currency, may be used to filter a list of gaming operators. Whether or not a gaming operator is licensed to operate in a players location and jurisdiction can further be used to filter the list of available games.
Patent GB-2499862-A (GB)
Title: Wrist container for drinks
Inventor: PARKER RODNEY JULIAN
IPC: A45F3/16
Filed: 2012-08-16
Abstract: A wrist container 10 for liquids includes a mouthpiece or nozzle 11 to permit drinking on the move. The container is typically a blow moulding and may be retained on the wrist by inherent resilience or by an adjustable strap 13. The mouthpiece may comprise a projection 17 on an inner wall which is engageable within a flexible nozzle 19. The container may be in the shape of an incomplete torus. The container may further include an electronic condition monitor having an input for a physiological signal which maybe blood pressure or heart rate. The container may be prefilled, the prefilling may comprise a concentrate.
Patent GB-2494047-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for determining actions to be performed
Inventor: BOOKLESS JOHN PATERSON
IPC: G06Q10/06
Filed: 2012-08-22
Abstract: A method and system is for determining actions to be performed by a plurality of assets such that a predetermined task is performed. The method comprises i) receiving, by a task decomposition module 105, task information that specifies the predetermined task; ii) using the task information, determining, by the task decomposition module 105, a plurality of sub-tasks, the sub-tasks being such that if each of those sub-tasks were performed, the predetermined task would be performed; iii) using information relating to the plurality of assets and the determined sub-tasks, assigning, by an assignment module 115, each sub-task to an asset; for each asset to which a sub-task has been assigned, and iv) for each sub-task assigned to that asset, determining, by a planner module 120, one or more actions, an action determined for an asset and sub-task being such that, if that action is performed by that asset, that sub-task is performed. The method enables the automation of mission planning such that an operator can control larger teams of autonomous assets; assets within the framework having an ability to decompose high level goals into lists to be handled, select tasks from the list, generate a plan autonomously, identify and resolve conflicts, communicate with other assets and negotiate plans.
Patent GB-2508923-A (GB)
Title: Inductive power transfer system having inductive sensing array
Inventor: CZAINSKI ROBERT
IPC: B60L5/00
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: A safety system for an inductive power transfer system for inductively supply power to a vehicle, comprises at least one primary winding 7 in a charging surface of a route (e.g. road or railway) for the vehicle. The primary winding generates an electromagnetic primary field for the inductive power transfer. The safety system comprises at least one inductive sensing system comprising multiple detection windings 2 arranged in an array structure 27 where the array structure at least partially covers the charging surface. The multiple detection windings may be connected to an evaluation unit 6 via a connecting means 3 e.g. a de-multiplexing unit. The detection windings may be part of an LC oscillating circuit and a predetermined number of oscillation circuits may be connected parallel to each other. The inductive sensing system may also include excitation windings arranged such that a foreign body located on the charging surface is between the excitation windings and the detection windings. The detection windings may be circular, hexagonal or rectangular shaped. The safety system may comprise a microwave or radar transmitting and receiving device and/or an acoustic sensor.
Patent GB-2509177-A (GB)
Title: Packaging and labelling films
Inventor: HEWITT JONATHAN CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: B29C48/08
Filed: 2012-12-24
Abstract: A transparent, dimensionally stable, biaxially oriented PLA film has a haze value of less than 3% and exhibits strain induced crystallinity having been oriented by stretching the film from a substantially nonÂ­crystalline state by at least three times its original areal dimensions. A processes for making such films comprises: extruding a blend a PLA rich in L-lactate repeat units (PLLA) and a PLA rich in D-lactate repeat units (PDLA) at a temperature of at least about 220Â°C to provide an extrudate; quenching the extrude directly after extrusion to a temperature below about 65Â°C to hinder or prevent crystal formation in the extrudate; reheating the quenched extrudate to a temperature of at least about 65T, and stretching the film by at least three times its starting dimensions simultaneously or sequentially in each of the transverse and longitudinal directions to introduce orientation and crystallinity into the film, crystallinity being in the form of a stereocomplax of P1..LA and PDLA and optionally as well in the o-crystaillne form of PLLA end/or PDLA; and heat setting the stretched and oriented crystalline film at a temperature of at east about .170C to melt out at least a proportion of any a-crystallinity in the film and optionally introduce further stereocomplex crystallinity into the film.
Patent GB-2505018-A (GB)
Title: In-vehicle apparatus with plurality of sections each detecting an operation with a distortion detect element and can restrict malfunction caused by vibration.
Inventor: SANMA NORIO
IPC: B60K35/00
Filed: 2013-02-15
Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of operations sections, a detection section, and a cancellation section. The operation sections are configured to receive an operation by a user while driving of a vehicle and respectively include distortion detection elements that respectively transmit detection signals in accordance with loads generated due to the operation. The detection section detects the operation to the operation sections based on the detection signals. The cancellation section determines whether loads are generated in the operation sections in a same period based on the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements and cancels the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements in the same period when the loads are generated in the same period. The plurality of operating sections may be attached to a steering wheel. The plurality of operating sections may include operation planes configured to receive a touch operation from the user.
Patent GB-2500121-A (GB)
Title: Drumstick holder comprising clips and protective walls
Inventor: CHAMBERS RICHARD IAN
IPC: G10D13/00
Filed: 2010-04-08
Abstract: A drumstick holder comprising: a member providing a surface 2 that may be planar; one or more clips 8 arranged to prevent or restrict free movement of a drumstick (40, Fig. 4) across the surface 2; means for fitting the member to a rim (42, Fig. 6) of a drum (48, Fig. 6); and a protective member protecting the clips 8 from breakage. The protecting member comprises one or more walls along at least part of respective sides of the drumstick holder. Each wall is configured to impede an object from impacting the retaining clips 8. The clips 8 may grip a drumstick (40, Fig. 4) around its shaft. The drumstick holder may include protrusions 10 that engage the drum (48, Fig. 6) at different positions around its circumference. The drumstick holder may include a clamp comprising two jaws the first 18 of which may hook over a drum hoop (42, Fig. 6), the second 20 may engage a drum head ring (46, Fig. 6) and may comprise sections at an oblique angle to one another. The clamp may be tightened using a drum key.
Patent GB-2513109-A (GB)
Title: Solar energy collecting apparatus
Inventor: LAYCOCK ANTHONY
IPC: H01L31/048
Filed: 2013-04-08
Abstract: Solar energy collecting apparatus 10 comprising a window frame 12 having interior and exterior surfaces 14, 16 defined by a sill 22, a head 24 opposite the sill 22, and first and second jambs 26, 28 positioned at opposing sides and interconnecting the sill 22 and the head 24, a solar collector 18, and mounting means 20 for positioning the solar collector 18 for example photovoltaic cells or at least one fluid transfer conduit to be heated by solar radiation at or adjacent to the interior surface 14 of the window frame 12. There may be a blind or a shutter for controlling the amount of solar radiation transmissible from the exterior surface to the solar concentrator.
Patent GB-2514409-A (GB)
Title: Device for holding apparel
Inventor: PIZZOCHERI CRISTIANO
IPC: B65D85/18
Filed: 2013-05-23
Abstract: The device (10) for holding apparel (30) such as a shirt or blouse comprises a central base (11); a first flap (13) hingedly connected to the central base (11) along an upper edge (22); and a second flap (12) hingedly connected to the central base (11) along an opposite lower edge (21) thereof. A width of the first flap (13) is less than both a width of the central base (11) and width of the apparel (30). This means that, in use, apparel (30) is positioned on the central base (11), the first flap (13) is closed against the apparel (30), side parts (31,32, fig 3) of the apparel (30) are folded inwardly over the first flap (13), and the second flap (12) is closed against the central base (11). An aperture (16) may be provided to engage a collar. Fastening means in the form of troughs and ridges (50, 51, fig 8) may be provided secure the second flap to the base and the flap together.
Patent GB-2514565-A (GB)
Title: Design to reduce vibrations in a field hockey stick when striking the ball
Inventor: MACKRILL EVAN ALUN HARRISON
IPC: A63B59/12
Filed: 2013-05-29
Abstract: A number of indentations or dimples are formed into the rounded reverse side of a hockey stick to increase the overall surface area of the stick and to reduce the level of vibration transmitted through the stick to the player.
Patent GB-2511148-A (GB)
Title: Grill arrangement
Inventor: BAKO-BIRO ZSOLT
IPC: F24F13/06
Filed: 2013-06-18
Abstract: A grill arrangement 10 of a ventilation system comprises a support structure located in an opening in a surface (ceiling), a plurality of spaced curved vanes 14 mounted to the support structure whereby the vanes urge a flow of air entering the grill arrangement from outside the surface to be turned towards a direction parallel to the surface. The grill may comprise of four 12, two (24, fig 3) or one section(s) (32, fig 5). The vanes may comprise an arcuate portion 16 and a tangential portion 18, and arranged sequentially towards a centre of the arrangement. Arcuate portions of the vanes may have an equispaced gap and the gap may reduce in size at the tangential portion to accelerate the air. An angle of a line connecting the top of the arcuate portions relative to the horizontal may be 10 degrees. The vanes may be configured with no line of sight through the arrangement. A central section of the arrangement may provide direct ventilation therethough or may be closed. The ventilation system may be a natural ventilation system or hybrid system (fig 12) comprising a fan. Modular extensions (74) may be used to make the grill larger.
Patent GB-2515474-A (GB)
Title: Button structure for game controller
Inventor: LEE TSUNG-SHIH
IPC: H01H19/58
Filed: 2013-06-20
Abstract: A game controller button structure includes front button body 10 pivotally connected to a base frame 20 located in the controller parallel to a circuit board 90. The base frame includes a curved guide slot 24 extending in a rearward direction. A slider 40 can slide rearwards and forwards along the base frame, with a front end 41of the slider being pivotally connected to the button body 10 via driver 50. A spring (not shown) between the base frame and driver biases the driver towards the button body. The slider includes transverse guide channel 44. A rotating switch 60, sandwiched between the base frame and circuit board, includes guide pillar 63 spaced from its axis of rotation (not shown) and extending through guide slot 24 and into the guide channel 44. Pressing the button causes the driver to push the slider rearward against the force of the spring, thus driving the guide pillar around the guide slot to effect rotation of the switch in one angular direction (see figure 4). Upon releasing the button, the driver pulls the slider forward under the return action of the spring, causing rotation of the switch in the other angular direction.
Patent GB-2502452-A (GB)
Title: Method for cleaning drill cuttings
Inventor: QUINTERO LIRIO
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2012-01-10
Abstract: One method for treating cuttings from a subsurface formation may include treating the cuttings with at least one surfactant and at least one stabilizing agent. The method may include contacting the cuttings with the stabilizing agent(s) before contacting the cuttings with the surfactant(s). Another method for treating drill cuttings includes returning the drill cuttings to a substantially water-wet condition by using at least one stabilizing agent to remove at least a portion of a hydrocarbon from the drill cuttings.
Patent GB-2508469-A (GB)
Title: Identifying common restriction conditions between scripts operating on target devices
Inventor: KIKUCHI SHINJI
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2013-09-03
Abstract: A restriction condition unit (1) first identifies a first target and a related target (11) eg a list of servers (22) that are operated on by a first procedure or script (21). The unit identifies the procedures related to the target and generates relation information indication an execution order (12). The system repeats the identification and identification procedure for a second target set (Fig 5) and second procedure (Fig 6a). The resultant relation information can then be compared (15) to identify common restrictions between the two procedures, the common information being stored as a restriction condition(16). Restriction conditions may be identified as common by comparing a given rate of occurrence across the relation information to a given rate (Fig 16).
Patent GB-2519095-A (GB)
Title: Improving XML communication
Inventor: BENKE OLIVER
IPC: G06F17/22
Filed: 2013-10-09
Abstract: A distributed system includes a client (102) and a server (120). The client includes a serialization module for serializing data (e.g. XML data) into a first communication format to communicate the data to a server. The server includes a communication format parser for de-serializing the data received into a server-internal communication format. The serialization module is also adapted for transforming the data into the server-internal communication format for a communication to the server. The client is adapted for indicating to the server that the client is capable of sending data in the server-internal communication format, and the server may be able to indicate its readiness to receive such data. The data may be sent either in the first or, alternatively, in the server-internal format.
Patent GB-2525142-A (GB)
Title: A method & apparatus for detecting and measuring the level of liquid within a channel
Inventor: BACK BRIAN
IPC: G01F23/22
Filed: 2013-11-19
Abstract: A method / apparatus is described for detecting the presence and level of fluid 14 in a channel based on the premise that there exists a temperate difference between the fluid and the air/gas above it. The method uses an array of temperature sensors 1. The temperature sensor array 1 may be suspended in the channel such that it is free to move. The temperature sensor array may be activated in response to detection of the presence / flow of fluid in the channel using a second sensing means. The second sensing means may comprise an accelerometer which detects movement of the sensor caused by movement of the liquid in which it is immersed or a capacitance sensor that detects change in dielectric permittivity. During bouts of heavy rain it is common for sewers to become overwhelmed. To prevent a backlog that could cause customers' homes to be flooded, the sewer system is provided with overflows that carry excess rainwater/effluent to a discharge point, usually a local watercourse or the sea. The system may be used to detect the presence and level of fluid in the sewer system.
Patent GB-2522889-A (GB)
Title: Toaster
Inventor: GORT-BARTEN LESLIE
IPC: H02H5/04
Filed: 2014-02-07
Abstract: A toaster 1 comprises a housing 2 having at least one slot 3, 4 for receiving bread into a toasting cavity, wherein there is a first saturation temperature range for toasting bread in a predetermined slot or number of slots and a second saturation temperature range corresponding to a thermal runaway condition. The toaster is provided with a thermal fuse with an actuation temperature range, the bottom of the actuation temperature range lying above the first saturation temperature range and the top of the actuation temperature range lying below the second saturation temperature range.
Patent GB-2523825-A (GB)
Title: Fabrication of annular microfluidic probe heads
Inventor: BUERGE MARCEL
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2014-03-07
Abstract: A method of fabrication of microfluidic probe (MFP) heads 100 comprises providing a set of n probe head layouts 14 on a bilayer substrate 10 which comprises a first layer 11 and a second layer 12 wherein the layouts are annularly distributed on the substrate and each layout comprises at least one micro-channel 123, 124 defined by an open groove on an upper surface 120u of the second layer 12 and closed by a portion of a lower surface 110l of the first layer 110, machining a hole 16 substantially at the centre of the substrate to create a cylinder wall 18 that intercepts each of the micro-channels such that at least one the micro-channels of each layout extends up to at least one respective aperture 121, 122 formed at an end of the groove at the level of the cylinder wall 18, and separating the layouts to obtain n MFP heads. Prior to machining the hole, the micro-channels maybe filled with a removable malleable material such as a wax or photoresist material which protects the micro-channel from debris during cutting. The cylinder wall may be polished before dividing the layouts.
Patent GB-2525845-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle moving device
Inventor: CHRISTIE ANDREW
IPC: B60S13/00
Filed: 2014-04-01
Abstract: A vehicle moving device comprises a first part 12 attachable to a wheel 2, and a second part 14, a drive means 24, 26 acting between said first and second parts to impart rotation to said first part with respect to said second part, said second part having ground engaging means whereby a rotational driving force of said drive means can be transferred between the first and second parts of the device to rotatably drive the wheel to which the device is attached. The ground engaging means may comprise at least one reaction arm 16, 18 to which is attached a wheel or roller 20, 22 on a distal end of the arm. At least one of the reaction arms may have an adjustable angular position and/or height. Alternatively the second part of the device may comprise a substantially triangular body having an uppermost apex and a base, where the ground engaging means are wheels provided at either end of the base. The first part of the device may be attached to the rim, hub or spokes of the wheel, for example using hooks 32. The device is intended to enable a vehicle to be readily moved without its engine running.
Patent GB-2525616-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle, striker assembly and damper
Inventor: RAMANAN BALAJI
IPC: E05B85/04
Filed: 2014-04-29
Abstract: An elastomeric latch damper for a vehicle closure striker assembly 100 has a damper portion 4 for engagement with a latch, and a covering member 6 integrally connected to the damper portion by a live hinge (8, fig.1). In use the damper is mounted to a striker bracket having a striker plate portion (104, fig.2B) attached to a vehicle by means of fasteners in a mounting region of the striker plate portion. When the striker bracket is being fitted, adjusted or removed, the covering member 6 is raised to allow access to the mounting region. After fitting and adjustment, the covering member 6 is lowered to cover the striker plate portion and the fasteners. The cover may have two apertures 26 connected by a slit 28 to allow passage of a staple striker 110.
Patent GB-2518259-A (GB)
Title: System or method for stacking containers
Inventor: LINDBO LARS SVERKER TURE
IPC: B65G60/00
Filed: 2014-06-06
Abstract: Disclosed is a container 1 array storage and retrieval system, in which containers 1 are accessible from above by one or more overhead load handlers 4, by one or more lifters 71. The handlers 4 and lifters 71 engage with one or more clamps 72 to hold and displace one or more containers 1, in particular, lifting multiple containers, when engaged with a bottommost container 1 in a stack. Also disclosed is a method involving generating a control signal for coordinating a lifter 71 and clamp 72 to add incoming containers 1 to the bottom of a stack, and a control signal for a lifter 71 to lift container 1 from the top of a stack.
Patent GB-2517568-A (GB)
Title: Scissor magnetic sensor having a back edge soft magnetic bias structure
Inventor: KEENER CHRISTOPHER D
IPC: G11B5/39
Filed: 2014-06-24
Abstract: A magnetic read sensor has a soft magnetic bias structure 406 located at a back edge of a sensor stack 302. The sensor stack includes first and second magnetic free layers 306 and 304. The soft magnetic bias structure extends in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface and has a shape that allows it to have a magnetization that is maintained in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface. The sensor may be a scissor type with the first and second magnetic free layering being anti-parallel coupled across a non-magnetic layer 308. The length of the bias structure may have a length as measured perpendicular to the air bearing surface that is greater than its width parallel with the air bearing surface. The bias structure may be separated from the sensor stack by a non-magnetic electrically insulating layer 408. An antiferromagnetic material 2902 may be exchanged coupled with the soft bias structure. A method of manufacture uses first, second and third masking and ion milling processes to define stripe height, sensor width and bias structure length.
Patent GB-2518271-A (GB)
Title: Kettle
Inventor: CAVE PIERS ST JOHN SPENCER
IPC: A47J27/21
Filed: 2014-07-07
Abstract: The present invention provides a kettle that has a portable container body, a top opening and a spout for pouring. The container has a plurality of chambers comprising at least a boiling chamber 3c having a heating element and a pre-heat chamber 3a for pre-heating liquid prior to liquid being boiled in the boiling chamber. The kettle has a heat transfer feature to transfer thermal energy from the boiling chamber and/or a boiling plate to the pre-heat chamber for recovering and storing thermal energy in the pre-hear chamber. The kettle may have at least two pre-heating chambers. Also disclosed is an insulated kettle which has a processor or controlled that is programmed to manage the kettles use of energy.