baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2391998-A (GB)
Title: Post mounted display unit with movable display carrier.
Inventor: HODGES KEVIN NEVILLE
IPC: G03B21/00
Filed: 2003-06-13
Abstract: A display unit for mounting on a post, particularly a lamppost, comprises a mount mountable on the post and a display carrier 41 for displaying a poster or a sign. The display carrier is movably coupled to the mount so that it can be moved from a first display position for displaying the poster or sign, to a second lower position for changing the poster or sign. The display carrier is preferably suspended from the mount by means of wires connected to a retraction mechanism biassing the display carrier to the first position. The retraction mechanism may comprise spring units and/or counterbalance weights. Illumination means may also be provided to provide rear illumination of the poster or sign, the power for the illumination means being taken from the lamppost power supply. The mount is preferably mounted to the post by bolts passing through holes in the post.
Patent GB-2400025-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable leg extension sleeve
Inventor: HAMBLIN STEVEN RODNEY
IPC: A47B9/18
Filed: 2003-07-29
Abstract: A sleeve fits firmly over various sizes of round or square desk/table legs to allow the desk/table to be adjusted in height. The sleeve can be removed and placed onto other desk/table legs very quickly, easily and without damage to the desk/table. In use the sleeve (A) fits over the leg (B). A height pin (C) is placed securely the designated height position. eg clamps (D) are then tightened securing the adjustable leg extender to the desk/table. The adjustable leg extenders have a non-slip base (E) fitted to them for further stability.
Patent GB-2405807-A (GB)
Title: Prediction game
Inventor: READ CHARLES HENRY
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2003-09-12
Abstract: Apparatus for playing a game between at least two players comprises data means (40), the data means (40) comprising a plurality of data records, with each record relating to a separate event such as a football match. The apparatus further comprises submission means (40) arranged to record a prediction made by each player relating to one event selected by the said player, and comparison means for comparing the submission means (40) to determine the winning player of the game, the comparison means comprising a set of rules in which points scores are allocated to each player on the basis of two different aspects of the selected events.
Patent GB-2395846-A (GB)
Title: High power permanent magnet hybrid alternator rotor
Inventor: YORK MICHAEL TIMOTHY
IPC: H02K1/24
Filed: 2003-09-30
Abstract: A rotor assembly for an alternator includes an electrical wire defining an excitation winding. A first pole piece and a second pole piece each have a generally circular body defining an axis of rotation and an outer radial periphery. A plurality of pole fingers are spaced radially about and extend axially from the outer radial periphery of each pole piece parallel to the axis of rotation. Each pole piece includes a plurality of mounting surfaces spaced radially about the outer radial periphery between the pole fingers. A plurality of permanent magnets are positioned on the mounting surfaces. A plurality of straps include tabs extending there from which are fastened to the pole pieces to secure the permanent magnets to the mounting surfaces.
Patent GB-2396562-A (GB)
Title: Cover for a medical probe
Inventor: TYRRELL NICHOLAS JAMES
IPC: A61B19/08
Filed: 2003-12-29
Abstract: A disposable cover 20 for a heated medical probe (10 fig 6) comprising a sheath of protective material with a first open end 22, a second closed end 24 and a body portion 26. The cover finds particular application when used in conjunction with vaginal probes for use in thermal coagulation therapy of the cervix. The sheath is ideally composed of a flexible silicone rubber which can resist the heat generated by such probes while still allowing the heat transfer necessary to enable effective treatment. The end 24 may be profiled to minimise an air gap around the tip of the probe. The open end 22 may have a resilient retaining ring 22a for securing the cover to the probe. The cover may include a lubricant and a disinfecting agent.
Patent GB-2399004-A (GB)
Title: An arcuate carrying handle for use when carrying shopping bags
Inventor: WHEELER JEFFREY JAMES
IPC: A45F5/10
Filed: 2004-01-22
Abstract: A carrying handle comprises an arcuate member having projections at either end, the projections being adapted to retain the handles of shopping, grocery or carrier bags being carried by the user. The carrying handle may be made more comfortable by padding or sheathing the arcuate member with a softer, flexible material. The carrying handle may be fabricated from any of plastic, metal and wood, or a combination thereof. In use, the carrying handle may be held in the hand or worn over a shoulder.
Patent GB-2399939-A (GB)
Title: A method of operating a mass spectrometer in which ions are sent an even number of times though the same mass filter/analyser
Inventor: BATEMAN ROBERT HAROLD
IPC: H01J49/04
Filed: 2003-05-15
Abstract: In one embodiment a mass spectrometer is used which includes an ion detector 4 positioned upstream of a quadrupole mass filter/analyser 2. Ions are passed through the quadrupole mass filter/analyser 2, are stored in an ion trap and are then passed back through the same mass filter/analyser 2 before being detected by the upstream ion detector 4. MS/MS experiments can be performed using apparatus having only a single mass filter/analyser 2.
Patent GB-2397150-A (GB)
Title: Interactive television tracking system
Inventor: BARONE SAMUEL T
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 2002-08-16
Abstract: An interactive television system tailoring delivery of interactive content includes a request processing engine (40) accepting user interactions with an interactive television (ITV) application. A user profiling engine (42) associates the user interactions with an individual profile or profile group. The profile group defines events that may be triggered upon receipt of certain user interactions. A trigger/event engine (44) monitors, in real-time, whether the user interactions correspond to any of the defined events. If an event is to be triggered, an action engine (46) transmits an ITV command associated with the event to an encoder. The encoder performs a real-time of encoding of the ITV command for providing viewers with dynamic ITV experience. The ITV experience provided to the viewers may also be customized based on the profile information obtained for each individual viewer.
Patent GB-2412441-A (GB)
Title: Imaging apparatus and method
Inventor: COWARD PETER RUSSELL
IPC: G01V8/00
Filed: 2004-03-26
Abstract: A millimetre wave imaging apparatus and method capable of identifying the presence of relatively thin dielectric materials is disclosed. The method involves taking a plurality of millimetre wave images of a scene at different frequencies and analysing the images at different frequencies to look for frequency dependent effects in the scene. Relatively thin dielectric materials can lead to interference effects which can be detected. In one embodiment the imaging apparatus comprises a millimetre wave imager (2) connected to a processor (16) and at least one variable frequency illumination source (22a...d, 24a...d). The or each illumination source sweeps the illumination frequency across a reasonably wide bandwidth and the imager captures radiation returned from the scene at a number of different illuminating frequencies.
Patent GB-2400211-A (GB)
Title: A method of creating software that is portable across different operating systems
Inventor: KARDASH ANATOLY
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2004-03-31
Abstract: The invention provides a technique for producing software that is 'portable', i.e. is compatible with two or more different operating systems. First and second software applications are generated from source code written for a first OS; both software applications can however run on a second OS when each referencing interface libraries that (a) mimic the APIs for the first OS and (b) also interface to APIs that are native to the second OS. It is stated that the applications are each tightly integrated with different instances of interface libraries that are not shared between the first and second applications.
Patent GB-2401803-A (GB)
Title: A woven wire screen
Inventor: ROBERTSON GRAHAM
IPC: B07B1/46
Filed: 2004-04-07
Abstract: An integral screen for use in a vibrating machine for separating solids from liquid comprises woven wire cloth of orthogonal warp and weft wires, tensioned and bonded to a support structure defining a rectangular opening. The cloth extends across the rectangular opening and is orientated with the warp wires extending across the shorter dimension of the rectangular opening and the weft wires extending across the longer dimension of the rectangular opening. The cloth may have a rectangular or square mesh and may be bonded to a lattice of struts included in the support structure. Advantageously less cloth is wasted during manufacture of the screen and the orientation of the cloth is not detrimental to screen performance. A further invention directed to a hook-strip screen having a plurality of hooks along two opposite parallel edges of a sheet of woven wire fabric is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2416872-A (GB)
Title: System for managing tasks on a network by using a service discover, a task manager and a service publisher
Inventor: ALLDAY PETER MICHAEL
IPC: G06F9/46
Filed: 2004-07-30
Abstract: Network apparatus that controls the execution of a task is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a service discoverer to find the types of and locations of the services available on the network, a task manager to control the carrying the task by the services, an operation manager to control the operations related to the services and a service publisher which makes the services discoverable by the other devices on the network. The operations controller may receive requests to run a service, determine whether the service is a local to the apparatus and thus can be run by the controller or pass the request onto the location found by the service discoverer. The service publisher may store a list of service descriptions defining the functions of the discovered services. The task manager may select a service using a set of criteria, such as the location, a required processing time, a current status or service cost.
Patent GB-2401970-A (GB)
Title: Consolidated online assessment system
Inventor: KUNTZ DAVID L
IPC: G09B3/02
Filed: 2003-03-14
Abstract: A Consolidated Online Assessment System (COLA System) that creates, manipulates, and distributes an objected-oriented paradigm that represents the scoring and related activities as a unified integrated family of loosely coupled objects, most notably a "Case" representing a state-machine that replaces the constructed response from the test taker as the unit of work. (FIG. 2). The Scoring Model and associated Properties that encapsulate the business rules associated with what actions are appropriate or required for a unit of work and the Responses to the unit of work which represent the test-taker-contributed content (e.g., essays or other text-based responses, audio responses, digitized video responses, scanned images, diagrams, lessons plans, etc.) and ties that content to its creator are linked to a Distinct Scorable Unit (DSU) which represents a tree-based mechanism that connects and provides inheritability for the other primary system objects. The abstraction of the DSU allows the system to distinguish between the constructed response as test-taker contributed content and the constructed response as the carrier of state or status information as it passes through the assessment process.
Patent GB-2404119-A (GB)
Title: Operating a radio module in accordance with first and second wireless communication protocols during first and second time periods respectively
Inventor: KARDACH JAMES P
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2002-03-01
Abstract: A method of operating a radio module partitioned to meet government regulations with protocol flexibility operates the module in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol during a first period of time, the radio module meeting with LMA approval by the FCC or similar type approval relevant to the U.K. independent of the computer system. The method further enables the computer system to operate the radio module in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol during a second period of time.
Patent GB-2419898-A (GB)
Title: Stirring unit for a w.c.cistern
IPC: E03D9/02
Filed: 2004-11-05
Abstract: A stirring unit for a W.C. cistern provided with a float arm, wherein the unit comprises a flexible corrugated bar having one end attached to the float arm and the other free end arranged to be substantially adjacent the bottom of the cistern such that, in use, movement of the float arm causes movement of the bar. Suitably, the unit is arranged such that movement of the free end of the bar stirs the flush water in the vicinity of a toilet block on the bottom of the cistern.
Patent GB-2421584-A (GB)
Title: Optical device with converging and diverging elements for directing light
Inventor: MONTGOMERY DAVID JAMES
IPC: G02B27/09
Filed: 2004-12-21
Abstract: An optical device is provided for directing light from a light source (1), eg. LED, to a region of space, such as the field of view of a camera when the optical device is used as a camera flash unit. The device comprises a first optical element (3) which converges light from the light source (1) towards an inner portion of the region to be illuminated, and a second optical element (5) which diverges part of the light from the first element (3) outwardly towards an outer portion of the region to be illuminated so as to achieve adequate central illumination with improved uniformity of illumination across the region to be illuminated. One optical element may be a microlens array (Fig 10). The divergent element (5) may be reflective (Fig 11).
Patent GB-2417568-A (GB)
Title: Method of measuring motor supply line capacitance in AC drives
Inventor: CARTER ROBERT
IPC: G01R31/34
Filed: 2005-01-12
Abstract: A method of measuring the capacitance of electric supply leads for an AC motor comprises measuring current and relating this to the capacitance of the said leads. The current may be measured over at least one asymmetric time period of a pulse width modulated supply signal. The current measurement may be performed via current detection systems which are already present for other purposes, such as a sigma-delta converter used in the over-current protection circuit of an inverter. A method of measuring motor supply line capacitance in AC drives may involve operating a drive with zero output voltage whilst reducing the trip level of a safety protection circuit until it operates. The current trip level may be used to give an indication of the current needed to charge the capacitance of the supply leads. The AC motor supply line capacitance measurement may be used in calculating the switching losses of an inverter and/or compensating the dead time which may arise in open and closed loop control circuits.
Patent GB-2412080-A (GB)
Title: Bearing removal device
Inventor: KLANN HORST
IPC: B25B27/06
Filed: 2005-03-21
Abstract: A device for ejecting a bearing such as a damping bush 27 that is press-fitted into a bearing eye 25 disposed on a support link 29 of a motor vehicle axle, comprising a thrust piece (49, fig.4), a support bell 1, and a pressing device (46, fig.4) by means of which the bearing is ejectable via the thrust piece from the bearing eye 25, wherein the support bell 1 during the ejection operation is supported axially on the bearing eye 25. The support bell 1 for receiving the bearing eye 25 comprises a support wall 4, which projects in the direction of the bearing eye 25 and is provided with a recess 5, which receives the support link 29 , and the support wall 4 is provided with a radially effective clamping device 12, 14, by means of which the support bell 1 is fixable by its support wall 4 tightly on the bearing eye 25. The pressing device may be a hydraulic cylinder (46, fig.4) with a piston rod (45, fig.4).
Patent GB-2427506-A (GB)
Title: Battery conducting device for motorized scooter
Inventor: CHUANG FENG-CHU
IPC: H01M50/249
Filed: 2005-06-22
Abstract: A battery conducting device for a motorized scooter includes a fixing seat 30, permanent magnet 20 movably mounted in the chamber 31 of the fixing seat, a bolt 10 movably mounted on the fixing seat and having a flat plate 11 rested on the permanent magnet, and an electrode contact member 61 rested on the flat plate and attracted by the permanent magnet so that the electrode contact member is bonded on the flat plate closely. Thus, the flat plate is connected to the electrode contact member constantly, so that the bolt is connected to the battery constantly, thereby connecting the battery to the motor power supply input successively so as to supply an electric power to the motorized scooter successively without interruption due to a shock or vibration.
Patent GB-2417638-A (GB)
Title: Coordinating monitoring of network transmission events
Inventor: MONK JOHN M
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2005-06-24
Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinated monitoring of network transmission events. Predetermined information for the network transmission event is obtained at a first network location and the network transmission event predetermined information is provided to a predetermined monitoring location (or server). From the predetermined monitoring location, the predetermined information is provided to other network monitoring devices at one or more other network locations. At the one or more other network locations, the network transmission event, corresponding to the predetermined information obtained at the first location, is monitored. Network transmission event information, corresponding to the predetermined information obtained at the first location, is provided to the predetermined monitoring location from the first location and the other network locations. The monitoring of network transmission can be thereby coordinated. The network transmission events maybe a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) transmission.
Patent GB-2428382-A (GB)
Title: Hand disinfector using ultraviolet light
Inventor: ROSENTHAL RICHARD A
IPC: A61L2/10
Filed: 2005-07-20
Abstract: A hand disinfecting unit 10 comprises a body 12 having a chamber 14, accessible via an opening 16 and irradiated by ultraviolet (UV) light sources 30. The UV hand sterilising lamps preferably irradiate with a wavelength shorter than 350 - 300 nm, e.g. around 254 nm. A timer may turn off the UV sources after a preset time period such as three seconds - protecting the hands - and turn on the UV light upon detection of hands entering chamber 14; hand presence sensor may comprise an LED light source reflected 40 onto a light detector (50, Figure 2). Plural UV sources, for example groups of five or six, may be arranged in opposing banks 26, 28; the UV lights may have curved or parabolic reflectors 32, and UV absorbers may be provided. A barrier such as wire gauze 20 may be provided to prevent the user's hands from touching the ultraviolet lamps.
Patent GB-2429043-A (GB)
Title: Clip
Inventor: HARPER CEDRIC BRETT
IPC: F04D29/66
Filed: 2005-08-13
Abstract: A clip 200 comprises platform means 202, 204 having inward and outward faces, the inward face 202a, 204a being configured to receive a panel 80, and engagement means 210b for engaging a panel 80 received on the inward face 202a, 204a, the platform means 202, 204 further being provided with spacing means 210a to support the outward face at a predetermined spacing from a mounting member 89. The clip 200 may be U-shaped and may be used to support an acoustic panel in a gas turbine engine.
Patent GB-2415644-A (GB)
Title: Geosynthetic composite
Inventor: ROLFE HARRY
IPC: E01B19/00
Filed: 2004-04-13
Abstract: A composite device comprising two or more layers of geosynthetic material or any other similar laminate material, and a granular, filter, material. The composite device consists of pockets or cells, in which the granular material is contained, and is provided with a means or mechanism for folding the device; thereby making it easy to transport and install. One or more layers of the geosynthetic or laminate material can be provided with pores or perforations to encourage the flow of water through the filter material. The device is especially useful in railway trackbed, to assist in curing subgrade erosion, but can be used in any engineering application where a filtering or barrier layer is required.
Patent GB-2432393-A (GB)
Title: A device for the support and positioning of items above head height.
Inventor: O'REILLY MILES
IPC: E04G21/16
Filed: 2005-11-21
Abstract: A device to hold and stabilise items at a height or an angle that could be considered awkward for a user working alone, comprises an extendable arm supported by a heavy wheeled base. The arm may be set at any angle from the vertical to the horizontal and may be fixed at any one position by a removable pin. The arm is formed from a number of sections which are telescopically arranged, each section fitted with a platform or shelf. The free end of the arm is fitted with a gripping means.
Patent GB-2422718-A (GB)
Title: Novel molecular hydrogen gas laser
Inventor: MILLS RANDELL L
IPC: H01S3/00
Filed: 2004-10-22
Abstract: This PCT Application to be published without Abstract.
Patent GB-2437481-A (GB)
Title: Implement for cultivating soil
Inventor: STRINGER JASON
IPC: A01B23/06
Filed: 2006-04-26
Abstract: An implement for cultivating soil, the implement comprising a disc 10 having a radially outer region 14 with a radially outer edge, wherein said outer region is curved in the circumferential direction of the disc to form a plurality of troughs 18 and peaks 16. The radially outer edge is formed with at least one tooth for engagement with the soil. The troughs and peaks may be triangular or sinusoidal in circumferential cross-section, and may be uniformly spaced.
Patent GB-2433822-A (GB)
Title: Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
Inventor: LEE CHANG DEOK
IPC: G02F1/13
Filed: 2006-06-14
Abstract: An LCD and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The LCD includes a gate pad (130). The gate pad (130) includes a gate ITO electrode (115) formed on a substrate, a first (114a) and a second (114b) gate pad bottom electrode formed on a predetermined region of the gate ITO electrode, a gate insulating layer (111) formed on the first and the second gate pad bottom electrode (118), a passivation layer (113) formed on the gate insulating layer, a gate pad top electrode formed on the passivation layer, and at least one contact hole (H1, H2). The LCD further comprises a liquid crystal panel having a gate line that is integrally formed with the first gate pad bottom electrode and the second gate pad bottom electrode.
Patent GB-2429066-A (GB)
Title: A gas permeable electrode comprising an electrocatalyst
Inventor: DAWSON DARRYL HIRST
IPC: G01N27/30
Filed: 2006-07-03
Abstract: A gas permeable electrode 21 comprises an electrocatalyst which is permeable to a reactant or reactant product. The said electrocatalyst comprises particulate boron-doped diamond. The electrode may be provided with a gas diffusion means, permeable to the gas but not to an electrolyte. The boron-doped diamond may be mixed with a hydrophobic material such that it is permeable to a gas but impermeable to an electrolyte. The electrode may be doped with between 10<19> or 10<21> boron atoms per cubic centimeter of solid. The boron-doped diamond particles may be between 0.1 and 50 microns in diameter. Also disclosed is a method of making an electrode comprising an electrocatalyst, and a method of making the electrocatalyst via a chemical vapor deposition technique (CVD).