baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent CH-505163-A (CH)
Title: Plant for continuous poly condensation
Inventor: HAHN WOLF-DIETHER DIPL CHEM
IPC: C08G63/78
Filed: 1965-10-14
Abstract: The plant is used for the precondensates arising from alcoholysis of dimethylerephthalate with ethyleneglycol or the esterification of terephthalic acid with ethyleneglycol, opt. with the addition of catalysts. The reaction is carried out in open, indirectly heated troughs, typically arranged in labyrinthine form as the individual floors of a column, the flow of heating medium being opposite to that of the reaction liquids and with exhausts from each stage for the volatile products which are fed back to teh top floor of the column. The reaction product is condensed from the vapours by fractionation.
Patent EE-9400085-A (EE)
Inventor: HEINRICH SAGEL
IPC: A47B88/00
Filed: 1994-10-12
Abstract: The ironing board has a rear board part (3) and a front board part (4) pivotably connected by a hinge (5), where the front board part (4) can be folded on top of the rear board part (3) into the resting position or can be folded away from the rear board part (3) into the working position opened out and on the same plane as the rear board part (3). The rear board part (3) is supported in such a way that it is pivotable from the lower resting position into the higher working position by parallel guide rods (8) seated in displacement guide (6) of a slider (7). A guide support (11) is disposed between and connect to the front board part (4) and the displacement guide (6) in a hinged manner and is pivotable with the front board part (4). When the front board part (4) is manually displaced, it forms a forced guidance for the rear board part (3) and its parallel guide rods (8), which, in conjunction with the guide support, support the front board part (4) in the operating or working position of the ironing board.
Patent EE-9700332-A (EE)
Inventor: GUENTER H KISS
IPC: B01D53/86
Filed: 1997-10-29
Abstract: Complete material emission-less utilisation of all components of communal or industrial waste comprises: (a) converting the contents contained as pollutants in the synthesis crude gas into useful materials in separated wet treatment steps; (b) feeding the solutions containing the converted useful materials and condensates to the conversion steps and removing the useful materials by stepped precipitation and ion exchange reactions and separation reactions with recovery of the process water; and (c) cold drying the purified synthesis gas and recycling the recovered process water together with the condensate from cold drying to the individual conversion steps. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also claimed.
Patent FR-748474-A (FR)
IPC: D06L1/04
Filed: 1933-01-04
Granted: 1933-07-04
Abstract: 393,886. Electric lamp bulbs with internal reflectors. NAAMLOOZE VENNOTSCHAP PHILIPS' GLOEILAMPENFABRIEKEN, 13D, Emmasingel, Eindhoven, Holland. Jan. 6, 1933, No. 532. Convention date, Jan. 16, 1932. [Class 39 (ii).] In a multiple filament electric lamp for vehicles, wherein one filament 3 surrounded by a screen 4 has one end 7 secured to the screen and the other end 5 to a pole wire 6, the premature destruction of the filament 3 due to vibration is prevented by anchoring together the pole wire and. screen by rigid metal wires 8, 9 respectively secured thereto at one end and terminating in an intermediate insulator such as a glass bead 10. The main filament 2 is arranged substantially at the focus of a parabolic reflector 11.
Patent GB-2364157-A (GB)
Title: Display device
Inventor: HANDS MICHAEL ANTHONY
IPC: G02F1/01
Filed: 2000-02-10
Abstract: A display comprises a permanently reflective layer 3 and a switchable layer 4 which may be switched between a reflective and a transmissive condition. The system is illuminated by one or more light emitters positioned behind the layers. Polarised radiation 1a from the emitters undergoes multiple reflections between the layers 3 and 4 until such time as it arrives at a position in the switchable layer 4 which has been set to the transmissive state or a gap in the reflective layer 3. Preferably the incident light is circularly polarised, the permanently reflective layer is cholesteric and the switchable layer a cholesteric liquid crystal.
Patent GB-2360994-A (GB)
Title: Stairlift having variable length rail
Inventor: STEEL KENNETH JOHN
IPC: B66B9/08
Filed: 2000-02-22
Abstract: A stairlift is provided having a rail 13, 14 formed in two axially aligned parts 11, 12, one part being axially displaceable with respect to the other 18. A carriage 7 is driven along the rail 13, 14 in the conventional manner. However, when the carriage is in position on the moveable rail part 12, operation of the carriage drive mechanism causes the moveable rail part 12 to be displaced with respect to the fixed rail part 11.
Patent GB-2362210-A (GB)
Title: An engine temperature management system
Inventor: THOMAS TSOI HEI MA
IPC: F01M5/02
Filed: 2000-05-08
Abstract: An engine temperature management system comprises a liquid filled coolant circuit 12, a thermostat 16 for regulating the coolant temperature which increases the rate of flow of the coolant in the coolant circuit when the coolant exceeds a first predetermined temperature, an oil filled lubrication circuit 22 and means for enabling the transfer of heat from the liquid coolant to the lubricating oil to occur only when the liquid coolant exceeds a second predetermined temperature which is less than the first predetermined temperature. The means for transferring heat from the liquid coolant to the lubricating oil may comprise a heat pipe containing a working fluid having a boiling point equal to the second predetermined temperature. The means for transferring heat from the liquid coolant to the lubricating oil may comprise a heat exchanger 26 which has the coolant flowing in its primary circuit and the oil flowing in its secondary circuit and a second thermostat 28.
Patent GB-2362900-A (GB)
Title: Friction reduction means for downhole equipment
Inventor: MALE ALAN LESLIE
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2000-05-31
Abstract: A component for use in a wellbore WB, e.g. a casing centralizer 10, comprises friction reduction means including a ball 28 mounted in a ball bearing race 27. The ball 28 contacts the wall of the wellbore to allow the component to be repositioned in any direction. The friction duction means are mounted in the blades 12 of the centralizer 10.
Patent GB-2369855-A (GB)
Title: Scaffold board fastener
Inventor: CARROLL GARY
IPC: E04G7/28
Filed: 2000-12-05
Abstract: A device for fastening scaffolding boards to the main scaffolding structure consists of a narrow strip of material preferably made from metal or plastic or a combination of these materials. The narrow strip of material includes a flange 4 which can be placed beneath toeboard 6 and a flange 5 which can be secured to vertical scaffold tube 7 with a normal scaffold fitting.
Patent GB-2370189-A (GB)
Title: Radio link monitoring in a Radio Access Network
Inventor: WINBERG MIKAEL JAN ARE
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2000-12-13
Abstract: In a method of inspecting a communication link between a UE and a Radio Access Network (RAN) of a mobile telecommunications network a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) containing a loop request is sent from an RLC entity located at a serving RNC of the RAN to a peer RLC entity located at the UE. The loop PDU is received at said peer RLC entity and recognised as containing a loop request. In response to the loop request, the receiving RLC entity automatically sends a response PDU from the RLC entity at the UE to the RLC entity of the RAN.
Patent GB-2362177-A (GB)
Title: Flood prevention air brick faceplate
Inventor: PRICE JOHN
IPC: E06B9/00
Filed: 2001-01-30
Abstract: A faceplate to prevent water entering an air brick is formed from an alloy plate with a pleated rubber skirt, preferably filled with mastic, where the plate is fixed to the wall using L-shaped cavity wall clamps. To install the face plate, a groove is cut around the air brick and tightening of the wall clamps causes the skirt to be pressed into the groove and the mastic to be extruded. To complete the seal, rubber slats are installed in mastic filled grooves present in the faceplate.
Patent GB-2361934-A (GB)
Title: Boron containing aluminium alloy
Inventor: ARUGA YASUHIRO
IPC: C22F1/04
Filed: 2001-03-01
Abstract: An aluminium alloy which contains 0.5-10 mass % of boron where <SP>10</SP>B/(<SP>10</SP>B + <SP>11</SP>B)   /   30 %, with the boron being present as particles of a boron compound (e.g. a boride) with at least 80 % of the particles having a size of 300 žm or less. The boron compound may comprise aluminium and at least one of Mg, Mn, Si and Cu. The alloy is made by melting at a temperature in excess of 950{C, cooling from 950{C to the casting temperature in 60-1800 seconds, casting at a temperature in the range of 800-950{C and then cooling as quickly as possible (e.g. at a rate of 0.05{C/second or above). The alloy is processed either by hot rolling or forging at a temperature in the range 250-600{C with the reduction per pass being 40 % or less and the total reduction being 50 % or more or by extruding at a temperature in the range 400-550{C. 1XXX, 2XXX, 3XXX, 4XXX 5XXX or 6XXX series aluminium alloys may be used.
Patent GB-2373679-A (GB)
Title: Accessing bookmarks on a mobile communications device
Inventor: HIRANI VISHRAM LALJI
IPC: H04M1/72445
Filed: 2001-03-22
Abstract: A mobile communications device such as a WAP-enabled mobile phone 10 has browser software 14, and has a memory 24 in which it can store bookmarks for use by the browser software. The device also has a smart card reader 26. Bookmarks are stored in the phone in association with an identifier stored on a SIM card 28 connected to the reader at the time of storage. The browser is then only able to use a bookmark if the stored identifier matches the identifier stored on a SIM card connected to the reader at the time of intended use. This provides security for the subscriber's confidential information because the bookmark, which may relate to a subscriber's personal information, cannot be used if the subscriber has removed his SIM card from the phone.
Patent GB-2374191-A (GB)
Title: Gaming machine payment system
Inventor: WILLIS NIGEL
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2001-04-02
Abstract: Gaming machine payment apparatus 4 arranged in use to be physically attached as a separate unit to a gaming machine, the gaming machine having a coin mechanism 2 for receiving a gaming fee from a player and a control board 8 having an input for receiving a signal from the coin mechanism 2 when a player has inserted a correct gaming fee. The gaming machine payment apparatus comprises a smart card reader/writer 5 for reading data from and writing data to a player's smart card inserted into the reader/writer, said data representing a monetary value, a processor 7 arranged to receive data read from the smart card and to deduct a gaming fee from the corresponding monetary value and to write the new monetary value to the smart card, and to generate a replica of said signal produced by the coin mechanism 2, and an output coupled to said input port of the gaming machine control board 8 for providing said replica signal to the control board 8. Preferably the apparatus 4 is connected via a LAN to a control computer 6.
Patent GB-2374755-A (GB)
Title: Remote data transfer without establishing a call connection
Inventor: MAHMOUDAZEH KAMRAN
IPC: H04M11/00
Filed: 2001-04-18
Abstract: A system is disclosed for transmitting data between a remote unit and a central data processor or storage device. The system comprises at least one remote transmitter unit 1, a central unit 2 having at least one line accessible by the or each said remote transmitter unit, a call logging unit 3 for registering and recording particulars of any incoming call, including a caller identification, without the establishment of a call connection, and a processor 3 for generating an output signal in response to an incoming call or a sequence of incoming calls from a said remote unit. The central unit may have a single incoming line in which case data is transmitted by monitoring the duration for which a ringing tone is allowed to subsist. Alternatively, the central unit may comprise a plurality of different lines in which case the data may be linked to the number of the line called and/or to the sequence in which several lines are called. Telephone exchanges and cellular units having appropriate call logging units are disclosed, as are processor units and data bearing media carrying algorithms for programming such units for use in connection with the system. Remote transmitter units in the form of cellular telephones or modems for use in the system are also disclosed.
Patent GB-2374947-A (GB)
Title: Reaction system with adjustable heat transfer surface area
Inventor: ASHE ROBERT
IPC: F28F27/02
Filed: 2001-04-27
Abstract: The reaction system comprises a process (reaction) fluid and a heat transfer fluid which passes in a conduit through the process fluid wherein the heat transfer surface area of conduit available to the process fluid may be varied. Temperature measuring device determine the temperature change of the heat transfer fluid across the reaction fluid and flow measuring devices determine the mass flow of the heat transfer fluid. Means are provided for assimilation of the information provided by said measurements and the information is used for adjusting the surface area of the conduit available to the process fluid. The conduit may comprise a number of pipes or coils which can be selected by operation of valves 23-29.
Patent GB-2380602-A (GB)
Title: Wafer alignment device
Inventor: FITZPATRICK JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: H01L21/68
Filed: 2001-05-19
Abstract: The device 1 picks up and aligns a sawframe 30 for handling and aligning silicon wafers 31. The device 1 includes at least one resiliently moveable locating arm 11 which is adapted to engage co-operably with a notch 35, 36 on the periphery of the sawframe 30 when the device 1 is moved into contact therewith. The sawframe 30 is thus urged into alignment with the device 1, and may be held in position relative to the device 1.
Patent GB-2361730-A (GB)
Title: Closed loop chemical injection and monitoring system for oilfield operations
Inventor: KOHL KRISTOPHER T
IPC: E21B37/06
Filed: 1999-12-17
Abstract: A system is provided that monitors at the wellsite injection of additives into formation fluids recovered through well bores and controls the supply of such additives from remote locations. A pump supplies the selected additive from a source at the wellsite into the wellbore via a suitable supply line. A flow meter in the supply line measures the flow rate of the additive through the supply line and generates signals representative of the flow rate. A controller at the wellsite determines the flow rate from the flow meter signals and in response thereto controls the pump to control the flow rate of the additive to the well. The wellsite controller interfaces with a suitable two-way communication link and transmits signals and data representative of the flow rate and other parameters to a second remote controller. The remote controller transmits command signals to the wellsite controller representative of any change desired for the flow rate. The wellsite controller is microprocessor based and may be programmed at the wellsite or by the remote controller to adjust the flow rate. The system of the present invention may be configured for multiple wells, with each well having a separate wellsite controller or a common wellsite controller.
Patent GB-2369439-A (GB)
Title: Determining engine oil temperature
Inventor: HOLMES JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: F01M5/00
Filed: 2001-07-04
Abstract: Engine oil temperature at start-up is inferred or computed by using an engine coolant temperature value, a value for engine oil temperature when last shut down, and a value for elapsed time (soak time) between shut down and start up.
Patent GB-2377610-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for scribing a groove in hard bait
Inventor: LOCKE MARTIN DAVID
IPC: A01K97/04
Filed: 2001-07-16
Abstract: The apparatus (2) for scribing a groove (4) in hard bait (6) comprises a body (8) having a receiving area (10) for receiving the bait (6), and a scriber (12) which is mounted on the body (8) and which is for scribing the groove (4) in the bait (6) when there is relative movement between the bait (6) and the scriber means (12).
Patent GB-2370415-A (GB)
Title: Multi-spectrum photodiode
Inventor: BAUER ANDREAS
IPC: H01L31/10
Filed: 2001-07-20
Abstract: A multi-spectrum photodiode 1 for infrared radiation consists of a substrate 2, a first semiconductor layer 3 of first conductivity type having a large band gap disposed on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer 4 of first conductivity type having a small band gap disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a first diode region 5 which is formed with the first semiconductor layer by a zone of second conductivity type, and a second diode region 6 which is formed with the second semiconductor layer by a zone of second conductivity type. To provide surface area ratios of the diode regions which are matched to the ratios of the photon fluxes of the associated wavelength ranges at the temperatures under consideration the first diode regions is disposed concentrically around the second diode region 6.
Patent GB-2378159-A (GB)
Title: Bicycle inner tube
Inventor: COWIE PAUL
IPC: B60C5/10
Filed: 2001-07-30
Abstract: The inner tube 1 is straight and is sealed at both ends; it forms a circle when inserted between the rim 3 of the bicycle wheel and the tyre.
Patent GB-2367040-A (GB)
Title: An integrated grab handle and seatbelt support assembly
Inventor: RUTHINOWSKI RICHARD EDWARD
IPC: B60R21/232
Filed: 2001-09-06
Abstract: A grab handle 20 is provided on a height adjustable seatbelt support assembly 10. The assembly includes an elongated track 16 in which the seatbelt support 18 and handle portion 20 are movably and slidably disposed, and a detent assembly 22 which selectively engages and disengages track 16 to lock the assembly in desired position. Part of the detent assembly may be housed within the handle (102, Fig.6).
Patent GB-2380668-A (GB)
Title: A walking stick
Inventor: FOREMAN LOUIS
IPC: A45B3/04
Filed: 2001-10-06
Abstract: A walking stick constructed by the stacking of used plastic drinks bottles having first removed the bottoms of those bottles. The walking stick may be used to display advertising material from inside the bottle/s. A torch may be fitted to allow the user to see and be seen. The walking stick may even be used to store small personal items.
Patent GB-2373685-A (GB)
Title: Digital interface between analogue rf hardware and digital processing hardware
Inventor: FERRIS GAVIN ROBERT
IPC: H04B1/28
Filed: 2002-02-14
Abstract: A digital interface between analogue RF hardware and digital processing hardware which (a) defines how the analogue RF hardware and digital processing hardware send and receive digital data to one another and (b) is open in order to decouple the design of the analogue RF hardware from the design of the digital processing hardware. The adoption of such an interface will facilitate the uptake of software defined radio (SDR), both as a design-time and run-time technology, as it enables the production of analogue/RF components independently from the digital domain hardware and software.
Patent GB-2375472-A (GB)
Title: Switchgear cabinet with a framework with spaces at the corners for the panel edges
Inventor: KLASSEN SAMUEL
IPC: H05K5/03
Filed: 2002-03-14
Abstract: Switchgear cabinet with a rectangular framework 10 has free spaces 12 at the corners where the angled edges of double-walled side panels 21 and doors 21' edges meet. There is a hinge 30 for the door provided on the framework and closure means on the framework. The covering panels comprise interior 20i and exterior 20a walls with a cavity 25 extending over the free space. The hinge for the doors is received in the door's cavity 25' such that the hinge points 32 are inside or outside the cavity and the closure points are always inside the cavity. The covering members of the walls and doors might be angled over on the vertical sides into the free space of the vertical frame member 11. The angled end portions 22 could extend parallel to the angle bisector 16 between the outer planes 13, 14 of the framework, which butt against each other at right angles.
Patent GB-2387155-A (GB)
Title: A road vehicle suspension unit, and a method of constructing such a suspension unit and fitting the unit to a road vehicle
Inventor: BINGHAM JOHN KENNETH
IPC: B60G21/055
Filed: 2002-04-05
Abstract: A suspension unit for a road vehicle which is pre-assembled prior to attachment to a road vehicle, the suspension unit comprising: a wheel hub 10; spaced apart first and second mounts 20, 21 attachable to the road vehicle structure; upper and lower suspension arm arrangements 18, 19 connecting the wheel hub 10 respectively to the first and second mounts 20, 21. The upper and lower suspension arm arrangements 18, 19 are pivotally attached to both the wheel hub 10 and the first and second mounts 20, 21 such that when the suspension unit is attached to the road vehicle structure the wheel hub 10 can pivot about the mounts 20, 21 to move vertically relative to the road vehicle structure. A method of assembling several suspension units at a remote location and subsequent fitment of such pre-assembled suspension units to the road vehicle structure is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2378038-A (GB)
Title: Ion source vaporizer
Inventor: MIYABAYASHI KENJI
IPC: H01J37/08
Filed: 2002-04-18
Abstract: An ion source vaporiser comprises a hollow main body 2 with a heater 30 disposed around its outside, and a nozzle 10 to feed vapour to an arc chamber 40. The device further comprises an removable crucible 50 disposed within the main body 2, for holding a solid sample to be evaporated 31, such as aluminium or antimony powder, and connected to a collar 11 of the nozzle 10 by a screw and thread arrangement 13, 51, which ensures good thermal conductivity between the two. A pressing unit 20, engaging with the main body 2 via another screw and thread arrangement 5, 21, presses against the nozzle collar 11, and hence presses the crucible bottom 52 against the bottom of the main body 2 to ensure good surface contact and heat transfer between the two. The pressing unit may alternatively comprise a spring. Preferably the nozzle 10 and crucible 50 are made of graphite.
Patent GB-2375705-A (GB)
Title: Toothbrush with individually embedded bristles
Inventor: LUCHINO THOMAS PATRICK
IPC: A61C17/00
Filed: 2002-05-23
Abstract: A toothbrush comprises bristles which are individually embedded in the toothbrush head and mutually spaced apart by a distance 0.5-10 times the bristle diameter. The head may include: (i) bristles of diameter 0.25-0.6 mm; (ii) bristles 5 of diameter 0.08-0.35 mm and free length 7-16 mm; (iii) bristles 6 of diameter 0.15-0.4 mm and free length 5-14 mm; (iv) bristles 7 of diameter 0.15-1.0 mm and free length 9-15 mm; (v) a dense tuft of bristles 8 at the end of the head distal from the handle.
Patent GB-2392594-A (GB)
Title: Self-similarity editing to modify textures across an image
Inventor: CARDLE MARC
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 2002-07-22
Abstract: An interactive techniques for texture editing on a image. It utilizes self-similarity to replicate intended operations globally over an image. Any type of digitized image medium is supported for use with this invention, be it computer generated, hand drawn, painted, scanned, or such like. This invention uses multi-scale neighbourhoods to assess the similarity of pixels within a texture. However, neighbourhood matching is not employed to generate new instances of a texture. Instead, the present invention locates similar neighbourhoods for the purpose of replicating editing operations on the original texture itself, thereby creating a fundamentally new texture. This general approach is applied to texture painting, cloning and warping. These global operations can be performed interactively, most often directed with just a single mouse movement.