baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2563129-A (GB)
Title: Internal thread case
Inventor: KYLE M NEUBAUER
IPC: B23G9/00
Filed: 2018-03-29
Abstract: Disclosed is a thread chase or tap capable of being inserted past damaged threads of a female threaded coupling and then rotated back to repair the damaged threads. The tool for repairing or recutting threads of a female threaded component comprises a drive 105 having a shaft and an input, the shaft having a drive cross-section; a cage 110 having a body and an opening with a cross-section complementary to the cross-section of the drive, the body further including a slot 120 extending radially from the opening so as to communicate the opening with an external periphery of the cage; a chase block 165 having cutting teeth adapted to engage the threads of the female component, the chase block further configured to be moved outwardly through the slot when the drive is moved longitudinally into the opening. A method of chasing threads is also claimed.
Patent GB-2563974-A (GB)
Title: Improved sealing mat
Inventor: PAUL FRANCIS DAY
IPC: C12M1/24
Filed: 2018-04-11
Abstract: A sealing mat assembly 10 comprising a plurality of sealing caps 12 for sealing wells or tubes and a carrier sheet 11 incorporating a plurality apertures, each aperture being sized and shaped to accommodate a sealing cap wherein the sealing cap incorporates two spaced apart substantially parallel annular rows of outwardly extending protrusions 15, 16 set around the outer periphery of each sealing cap, the distance between the two opposing annular rows of protrusions being adapted to accommodate and temporarily retain the carrier sheet, such that the sealing caps are detachably fixed to the carrier sheet. The caps are preferably arranged in a matrix pattern and the sealing mat is used to seal an array of microtubes or multiwall plates. In use, the carrier sheet may be detached from the caps once the caps have been pressed into the array of wells or tubes. Ideally the top of the caps are transparent and are made from polypropylene. The caps may comprise a lifting tab 17. A decapping tool and method of decapping a sealing cap as described above using the decapping tool is also claimed.
Patent GB-2573742-A (GB)
Title: A heating element
Inventor: Paul Newlove
IPC: H05B3/48
Filed: 2018-04-16
Abstract: A heating element 30 for a process heater comprises an electrical resistance wire embedded in insulating material and housed in a metallic sheath. The heating element may have an elongated ‘U’ shape and includes a first section or heating zone 30A operating with a first thermal flux and a second section or heating zone 30B operating with a second thermal flux which is lower than the first thermal flux. An inactive or unheated section 30C may also be provided. Varying the thermal flux along the length of the heating element may be achieved by varying the wire diameter or pitch or by the use of more than one wire in one of the sections or zones. A process heater may include one or more such heating elements housed in a vessel with a tubular interior through which fluid can flow.
Patent GB-2577708-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for monitoring events in a data processing system
Inventor: TIMOTHY HAYES
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2018-10-03
Abstract: An apparatus comprising first event monitoring circuitry 105 for monitoring occurrences of a first event within a data processing system, and for asserting a first signal to indicate every m-th occurrence of the first event, and second event monitoring circuitry 110 for monitoring occurrences of a second event within the data processing system, and to assert a second signal to indicate every n-th occurrence of the second event, where m and n are integers of 1 or more. History maintenance circuitry 115 maintains event history information which is updated in dependence on the asserted first and second signals. History analysis circuitry 130 is responsive to an analysis trigger in order to detect a reporting condition when the event history information indicates that a ratio between occurrences of the first and second events is outside an acceptable range. History analysis circuitry is responsive to detection of the reporting condition to assert a report signal.
Patent GB-2577722-A (GB)
Title: Assembly for warping of an aerodynamic structure
Inventor: DAVID BRAKES
IPC: B64C3/52
Filed: 2018-10-04
Abstract: A spar assembly 15 for an aircraft wing (5, fig 1) extends between an upper cover 11 and a lower cover 13. The assembly comprises a multiplicity of linkages spaced consecutively along the length of the spar assembly, each linkage extending from an upper pivot 33a, to a lower pivot 35a, thereby joining upper and lower attachment structures of the spar assembly together. Each linkage comprises a pair of fixed-length links 33, 35 pivotably connected together at one end about a centre pivot 37 and pivotably connected at their respective other ends. The spar assembly 15 further comprises a drive bar 41 connected to the centre pivot 37 of each of the multiplicity of linkages, and an actuator 43 arranged to move the drive bar along the length of the spar assembly. When the actuator 43 moves the drive bar 41 along the length of the spar structure, the links 33,35 in each pair of links are rotated relative to each other about the centre pivot, thereby moving the upper and lower covers and warping the wing. The assembly may be used in warping other aerodynamic structures.
Patent GB-2577884-A (GB)
Title: A vacuum cleaner
Inventor: CAVAN GREY
IPC: A47L9/14
Filed: 2018-10-08
Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing, a motor-fan assembly arranged to generate an airflow between an air inlet and an air outlet, a dirt collection chamber 130 mounted to the housing and having a door 308 and a filter assembly located within the dirt collection chamber. The filter assembly includes a coarse filter 302 having a first gripping portion 320 and a fine filter 304 having a second gripping portion 330, wherein the first and second gripping portions 320, 330 are capable of being gripped by a user, wherein the first gripping portion 320 and the second gripping portion 330 are isolated from an airflow path between the air inlet and the air outlet so that they remain clean and free from dirt entering the cleaner. The first gripping portion 320 is preferably isolated from the airflow by the door 308 and the second gripping portion 330 is preferably isolated form the airflow by the coarse filter 302.
Patent GB-2573357-A (GB)
Title: Detecting irregularities in breast tissue
Inventor: HRAND MAMI MAMIGONIANS
IPC: A61B5/053
Filed: 2019-01-09
Abstract: Irregularities in breast tissue are identified using changes in permittivity measured by electrodes located on a flexible, dome-shaped substrate having an internal surface arranged to accommodate breast tissue. A set of circular electrodes 411, 412 etc are located concentrically on the internal surface of the substrate, along with a set of radial branched electrodes 501, 502 etc on the outside surface. A transmitter electrode is selected from a plurality of electrodes to propagate an electric field through a detection region of breast tissue. A receiver electrode is selected from the remaining electrodes to produce an output signal. Positions are identified within the detection region by coordinates established by the circular and radial electrodes. Comparisons may be made between the left and right breast, or between different regions on the same breast. The flexible substrate may be included in a wearable item such as a bra or vest (101, figs 1 & 2) or on a housing (302, fig. 3). A multiplexing arrangement may control the electrodes to act as transmitters or detectors.
Patent GB-2568173-A (GB)
Title: A silicone rubber impression material equipment
Inventor: YINGTAO TONG
IPC: B29B7/34
Filed: 2019-02-01
Abstract: A silicone rubber impression material equipment, comprising a clamp plate 137; a vertical plate 136 fixedly arranged on the upper end face of the clamp plate; a top cavity (300, fig 3) up and down penetrated through the vertical plate; a motor fixedly set in the lower end wall of the top cavity, wherein the upper end of the motor in the lower end wall of the top cavity is in rotational engagement with the upper end wall of the top cavity; guide rails (301, fig 3) fixedly set on the two end faces of the vertical plate. Sliding plate 138 moves downwards, so that the matrices 117 extend into the third open cavities 134 to dig out the impression materials. Lamp turning equipment may comprise a cushion pad 804, fourth open cavity 806, a transposition motor 803, driving gear 805, a through rod 801, a platform 800 may be arranged on one end face of the through rod, wherein a lamp tube 807 may be fixedly arranged on the platform. A first motor 125 may drive connecting blocks 128, and driving and rotating motors 109 may drive sliding blocks 107 to move so that risers 126 slide into containing cavities 118, and the impression materials in the containing cavities 118 are adhered to end faces. Second motors (406, fig 5) may be operated to enable the connecting blocks 128 to rotate, so that the risers 126 face each other; the first motor drives the connecting sliding blocks to be close to one another to enable the impression materials to be mixed and adhered.
Patent GB-2582934-A (GB)
Title: Turntable and light box for ring photography
Inventor: PENG-CHENG LAI
IPC: H04N5/235
Filed: 2019-04-09
Abstract: A turntable for ring photography includes a vacuum pump, a motor 120 with a hollow shaft 122, an air hose 130 connected between the vacuum pump and the hollow shaft, and a platter 140 with a suction hole 142 providing airtight communication with the hollow shaft. The suction hole provides vacuum suction to enable a ring 20 to stand on a carrying surface 144 of the platter. The platter brings the ring to rotate when the motor is turned on. The turntable may have an air connector 124 connecting at least one of the hollow shaft and the vacuum pump to the air hose. The platter may have a notch formed on the carrying surface extending outward from the suction hole, a depth of the notch being smaller or equal to the platter’s thickness. There may be plural notches symmetrically, radially or asymmetrically arranged around a centre of the suction hole. A light box for ring photography includes the turntable and a box.
Patent GB-2574705-A (GB)
Title: Formwork panel
Inventor: Patrick Micheneau
IPC: E04G17/06
Filed: 2019-04-16
Abstract: A formwork panel comprises a vertical wall 11 having front and rear forming faces F1, F2. The wall comprises at least one strut hole 9 and at least one guiding device 4 for a strut rod 5. The guiding device comprises a support bracket 42 which contacts a clamping nut 6 for locking the rod in place. The guiding device comprises a mechanism in the form of at least one control device 8 for adjusting the spacing of the support bracket with respect to the front forming face, aiding the release and locking of strut rods from formwork panels. The control device, such as a threaded screw, extends orthogonal to the bracket and comprises a proximal end configured to be rotated by a screw gun or similar. The guiding device may comprise a housing 41 mounted in the wall, and the control device may comprise a distal end 82 which rests against the housing. A pivot rod 43 may move the bracket between a first lock position where the support bracket extends parallel to the front face, and a second release position. Also claimed are methods of withdrawing and locking strut rods.
Patent GB-2583914-A (GB)
Title: Accelerometer calibration
Inventor: CALLUM WELSH
IPC: G01P21/00
Filed: 2019-05-07
Abstract: A method for calibrating a vehicle-mounted accelerometer having an unknown orientation comprising the steps of: defining a time period equal to a length of a journey of the vehicle; obtaining a set of acceleration vectors from the accelerometer during the time period, said acceleration vectors comprising x, y and z scalar components; rotating the z-axis of the accelerometer by a polar angle, such that the z-axis is aligned parallel to the direction of gravitational force; and rotating the x-y plane of the accelerometer by an azimuthal angle. This results in the x and y axes of the accelerometer being aligned with the x and y axes of the vehicle. The x-axis may correspond to the vehicle’s forwards/backwards motion, and the y-axis to lateral, sideways motion. The step of rotating the z-axis may comprise rotating each acceleration vector to produce a set of transformed acceleration vectors, such that a z scalar component of a mean acceleration vector is equal to a gravitational acceleration value, said mean acceleration vector calculated from the set of transformed acceleration vectors. The step of rotating each acceleration vector may comprise applying a 3D rotation matrix to the vector.
Patent GB-2588090-A (GB)
Title: A door accessory
Inventor: STEPHEN IRWIN
IPC: E06B3/58
Filed: 2019-10-01
Abstract: A cassette window 10 comprising a first inner member 16 having a first part 24 of a fastening mechanism and a second inner member having a second part (26, fig 2) of a fastening mechanism, the members connectable by the fastening mechanism. The cassette further comprises outer skins 40a, (40b, fig 1b) having a connection mechanism (36, fig 3), (52, fig 4) which connects the skins to the inner members. The fastening mechanism may be in the form of protrusions with guide members which fasten by passing a screw through the parts. The connection mechanism may be a split-pin projection and aperture. The outer skins can be chrome plated to provide a decorative covering.
Patent GB-2583820-A (GB)
Title: Converter lens, interchangeable lens, and image capturing apparatus
Inventor: HIROKI EBE
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2020-02-18
Abstract: A converter lens TCL with negative refractive power is on an image side of a master lens ML, increasing the systems focal length. The converter lens has five or more lenses with a front group FL of positive refractive power and a rear group RL with negative refractive power. The expression 0.10 < fl/(|EXT_f| x β) < 0.36 is satisfied where fl is a focal length of the front lens group, EXT_f is a focal length of the converter lens and β is its lateral magnification. The rear group may include a first A and second B subgroup, the second subgroup consisting of a first cemented lens or a positive lens closest to an image plane in the rear group, the first cemented lens including a positive lens and a negative lens and having a positive refractive power. The conditional expression 0.03 < fa /(|EXT_f| x β) < 0.15 where fa is a focal length of the first subgroup may be satisified. The first subgroup may include a second cemented lens including a positive and negative lens. An image capturing apparatus and an interchangeable lens include a master lens and the converter lens.
Patent GB-2580854-A (GB)
Title: Bulk store and load operations of configuration state registers
Inventor: MICHAEL KARL GSCHWIND
IPC: G06F9/312
Filed: 2018-11-02
Abstract: Bulk store and load operations of configuration state registers. An instruction to perform a bulk operation for a group of configuration state registers having a common characteristic is executed. To perform the bulk operation for the group of configuration state registers, a plurality of operations is performed, and based on performing the plurality of operations, the instruction is completed.
Patent GB-2583857-A (GB)
Title: Method and system providing feeder fault response
Inventor: YOAV SHARON
IPC: H02J3/12
Filed: 2019-03-05
Abstract: A method for determining whether a fault is on a feeder line or a lateral line so as to allow an upstream recloser on the feeder line to immediately open in response to the fault if it determines the fault is on the feeder line. The method includes measuring a downstream voltage on the feeder line at a downstream recloser during the fault and transmitting the downstream voltage from the downstream recloser to the upstream recloser. The method can determine that the fault is on the feeder line or the lateral line by determining whether the fault voltage is approximately the same as the downstream voltage, or by comparing a first distance from the upstream recloser to the fault location using the fault voltage and a second distance from the upstream recloser to a last location of the fault current on the feeder line using the downstream voltage.
Patent GB-2587134-A (GB)
Title: Reel with power advance repositionable level wind
Inventor: DENNIS DION
IPC: B65H75/44
Filed: 2019-04-23
Abstract: In a reel assembly, a repositionable level wind may be selectively coupled to a drum to enable powered rotation of the level wind from a first position to a second position. In some embodiments, the assembly may include two arced guide rails, a rotating adjustment arm, a roller bracket, a winding assembly and two fork plates, which may be adjustably mounted on the drum. In operation, the fork plates may be moved to an engaged position that couples the adjustment arm and the roller bracket to the reel flanges so that rotation of the reel causes the winding assembly to be rotated along the guide rails. Once a desired position is reached, the adjustment arm and roller bracket may be bolted to the guide rails and the fork plates may be moved to a disengaged position to allow the reel to rotate independently of the winding assembly.
Patent GB-2600400-A (GB)
Title: A system controller for supporting media delivered into a telecommunications network from wearable devices
Inventor: DONAL MORRIS
IPC: H04W48/18
Filed: 2020-10-22
Abstract: A system controller to support media delivered from a wearable device over a network. The system controller 101 able to select a set of virtualised resources for compute, network and storage from a physical infrastructure 103 and to dynamically generate a slice containing virtualised functions 113-119. The functions include a gateway function, a switching function, an application manager and a measurement function. The system controller may also comprise a machine learning component that interprets a received media stream and delivers it to a user equipment, 105. The measurement function may be used to measure traffic capacity from a user equipment to a network and to indicate preferred meta parameters for encoding of media. The invention may be used for media streaming in the field of medicine. For example, the wearable device may be a head-mounted camera worn by a paramedic and used to capture a video stream of a patient being treated. The video stream may then be delivered in real-time to a remote medical expert for consultation and assistance.
Patent GB-2589463-A (GB)
Title: Communication circuitry and control circuitry thereof
Inventor: ALASTAIR MARK BOOMER
IPC: G06F13/42
Filed: 2019-04-24
Abstract: Communication circuitry, comprising: N communication nodes being clock-candidate nodes, where N≥2; N communication units for communication using respective communication protocols, and connected or connectable to receive respective clock signals for communication under their respective communication protocols via respective said clock-candidate nodes; and a control unit configured, in a decision operation, to monitor the clock-candidate nodes and decide which of the communication protocols is in use dependent on at which of the clock-candidate nodes a received clock signal is detected, wherein at least one said communication unit is connected or connectable to receive and/or transmit data under its respective communication protocol via at least one said clock-candidate node other than the clock-candidate node via which that communication unit is to receive its respective clock signal.
Patent GB-2594126-A (GB)
Title: System and method for updating map data
Inventor: TAIGO MARIA BONANNI
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2021-01-05
Abstract: An improved technique for updating the map data in a manner that is compatible with revenue-generating use of an autonomous vehicle (e.g. operating a rideshare program). Benefit information is obtained for at least one possible route and a selected or modified route is based on both the travel times and benefit information. The benefit information may be map-age information, i.e. related to the last time that the segment was visited. The route may be modified or selected to allow the vehicle to collect updated map data for an unmapped road or a road that has not been recently surveyed. The route may optimize the performance of sensor calibration while providing a discount to the rider in exchange for agreeing to a determined route that results in improved sensor calibration, but also deviates from the optimal route. The route may be modified to pass by an advertisement and the discount provided to the rider supplemented by the advertising revenue.
Patent GB-2603752-A (GB)
Title: A haircare appliance
Inventor: THOMAS CHRISTOPHER PURNELL
IPC: A45D20/50
Filed: 2021-01-29
Abstract: A haircare appliance (10, fig. 1) has an air inlet, an outlet 222, a generator for creating an airflow from the inlet to the outlet 222, and a curved surface 210 adjacent to and downstream of the outlet 222. A radius of curvature of the arcuate surface 210 is at least 16mm. Airflow from the outlet 222 attaches to the curved surface via the Coanda effect. The appliance may have two outlets located on opposite sides of the device, and two flat surfaces extending rearwardly from these outlets. A switching mechanism, which may operate via gravity, optionally changes the appliance between configurations in which air escapes only from a first and only from a second outlet. Also claimed is an attachment 200 including the outlet 222 and the curved surface 210, the peripheral 200 connecting to an appliance 10 and having an inlet 108 for receiving airflow from the generator of the device 10.
Patent GB-2592765-A (GB)
Title: Perturbation based well path reconstruction
Inventor: DANIEL LUTHER PATTERSON
IPC: E21B23/12
Filed: 2018-12-31
Abstract: A guide having a tubular body with an inner and outer sleeve each coupled with the tubular body at their uphole end and a downhole end having a slanted face, each of the inner and outer sleeves being slidedable relative one another. A hydraulic is formed between each of the first and second sleeves and containing a hydraulic fluid. The first and second sleeves are transitionable between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the downhole end of the second sleeve is extended beyond the downhole end of the first sleeve, and in the second configuration the downhole end of the first sleeve is extended beyond the lower end of the second sleeve. The slanted face of each of the first sleeve and the second sleeves oriented facing different circumferential directions to facilitate engagement with a downhole tool.
Patent GB-2605162-A (GB)
Title: A spinal anchoring element system
Inventor: IOANNIS KARNEZIS
IPC: A61B17/70
Filed: 2021-03-24
Abstract: A spinal anchor system comprises a guide 60 for aligning an instrument for forming a hole for a pedicle screw in the vertebra 10b, the guide having an instrument receiving section 70 and a stem 80 immovably attached to it. Preferably, the receiving section 70 comprises a bore. Preferably, the stem extends generally perpendicularly to the bore. The stem 80 can be inserted in an opening in the head 24 of an installed pedicle screw 20 in an adjacent vertebra 10a. A suitable point on the vertebra 10b for placing a pedicle screw can thus be located. An instrument for drilling or tapping can be used through the bore to form a hole. The guide 60 and instrument are removed, and a connector 100 (fig.1) is then positioned before installing the pedicle screw. The guide avoids damage to the connector, compared to when the instrument is used through the connector itself. Preferably, the guide is radiolucent and comes in various sizes.