baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2553593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in customisable jewellery articles
Inventor: ANDREA PONTI
IPC: A44C5/20
Filed: 2016-09-22
Abstract: A clasp 4 for an article of jewellery 1 having an elongate member 2, e.g. a bracelet or watchstrap, comprises a female end component 5 and a male end component 6 for securing to first 7 and second 8 ends of the elongate member. Both end components comprise a pushbutton fastening means 9, 14. The male end is configured to be releasably secured within the female end. The male end pushbutton is operated by an engaging portion of the female end pushbutton. The female end pushbutton may lie flush with the female end components surface and can be spring biased to keep the engaging portion away from the male end pushbutton. The male end pushbutton can be spring biased to urge a surface portion of it into engagement with an engaging portion of the female end pushbutton. The end components can be formed from a resilient material such as an elastomer like high density polyurethane. An ornamental component having a slot and channel for engagement with the elongate member is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2549815-A (GB)
Title: Gate assembly
Inventor: ERIK NORBOM
IPC: E21B33/06
Filed: 2016-09-26
Abstract: A gate assembly for a blowout preventer having two gates (3 and 4) each comprising a through hole (5 and 6) such that, when the valve is open the holes align concentrically. Recesses (81) are provided in the gates and configured to receive the other, in a closed configuration. Side packer seals (90 and 91) are provided in seal grooves and energized by contact with each other in the closed configuration. Pressure on the side packer seals also energise the gate seal, which seals between the gates when closed and sits in a seal groove (99). The seals may be non-metallic or elastomeric.
Patent GB-2554865-A (GB)
Title: Seismic modeling
Inventor: Ørjan Pedersen
IPC: G01V99/00
Filed: 2016-10-04
Abstract: Seismic modelling using an elastic model. The elastic model comprises a coarse grid such that when synthetic seismic data is generated using the elastic model, synthetic shear wave data exhibits numerical dispersion. The elastic model is used to generate synthetic seismic data comprising synthetic compression and shear wave data, i.e. synthetic S wave and P wave data. The synthetic seismic data is modified by attenuating at least some of the synthetic shear wave data, e.g. using filters. This attenuates at least some of the numerically dispersive data. This method can be used in the forward modelling of seismic data acquired from a geophysical structure. The synthetic compression wave may show no numerical dispersion. Reflection coefficients may be used to generate the synthetic seismic data. The grid spacing may be as coarse as possible subject to the slowest compression wave undergoing no numerical dispersion.
Patent GB-2554719-A (GB)
Title: System for evacuating residual gases from pre-chamber of engine
Inventor: THOMAS MAIER
IPC: F02B19/16
Filed: 2016-10-06
Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber 48 formed in the pre-chamber body 47 of a pre-chamber assembly 18 coupled with the cylinder head 16. An auxiliary passage 60 extends between the pre-chamber 48 and the inlet passage 30 to discharge residual gases from the pre-chamber 48. The outlet end 62 of the auxiliary passage 60 is disposed on the valve seating surface 45 of the inlet valve seat ring 38 so that the inlet valve 34 can open and close communication between the pre-chamber 48 and the main combustion chamber 28 via the auxiliary passage 60. Opening the inlet valve 34 during the suction stroke A causes a flow of residual gases B from the pre-chamber 48 to the main combustion chamber 28. The inlet end of the auxiliary passage 60 may comprise a number of circumferential channels 63 in the pre-chamber body 47 leading to a cavity 64 between the pre-chamber body 47 and the cylinder head 16; the outlet end may comprise a circumferential slot 68 and a number of channels 70 in the valve seat ring 38.
Patent GB-2540690-A (GB)
Title: Antenna device, electricity supply element, and communication terminal device
Inventor: SHINICHI NAKANO
IPC: H01Q1/22
Filed: 2013-06-28
Abstract: A loop antenna device comprising a feed circuit or integrated circuit (RFIC 60, fig 1) connected to a first coil L21 and a second coil L22 magnetically coupled to the first coil and a conductor member 12 wherein the conductor member and the second coil constitute a loop. The loop may also include capacitors C3 and inductor L3. Such an arrangement may allow current i to flow through the following circular path: second coil L22, capacitor C3, mounting portion 61A, connector 22, conductor surface 12, connector 21, casing part 91, connector 24, circuit board 61 (which includes a ground connector) and inductor L3. Thus, this path defines an opening that may act as a radiation portion that allows inductive coupling between the antenna and an RFID reader. The connectors 21, 22 and 24 may be spring connectors. The antenna may be an HF or UHF band antenna and employed in Near Field Communication (NFC).
Patent GB-2540906-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioning system
Inventor: MAMORU HAMADA
IPC: F25B1/00
Filed: 2014-05-13
Abstract: An air conditioning system according to the present invention changes a target discharge temperature on the basis of the magnitude relationship between an operating frequency of a first compressor and a first frequency at which the operating efficiency of the first compressor is highest, and on the basis of the magnitude relationship between an operating frequency of a second compressor and a second frequency at which the operating efficiency of the second compressor is highest.
Patent GB-2541326-A (GB)
Title: Air conditioner and air conditioning system
Inventor: Hayato Horie
IPC: F24F11/76
Filed: 2014-05-14
Abstract: This air conditioner is provided with: an outside air processor having a total heat exchanger that executes heat exchange of exterior air and interior air and discharges the exterior air which has been subjected to heat exchange as exterior conditioned discharge air from an exterior conditioning discharge port into the interior; an interior unit that has an interior heat exchanger that executes heat exchange between interior air and a refrigerant and discharges the interior air which has been subjected to heat exchange as interior discharge air from an interior discharge port; a merging portion which connects the exterior conditioning discharge port and the interior discharge port and at which the exterior conditioned discharge air and interior discharge air merge; an opening/closing portion that is provided in the merging portion and opens/closes the merging portion; an exterior conditioning discharge temperature detection unit that detects the exterior conditioning discharge temperature of the exterior conditioned discharge air; an interior discharge temperature detection unit that detects the interior discharge temperature of the interior discharge air; and a control unit that controls the operation of the opening/closing portion on the basis of the exterior conditioning discharge temperature detected by the exterior conditioning discharge temperature detection unit and the interior discharge temperature detected by the interior discharge temperature detection unit.
Patent GB-2553384-A (GB)
Title: Image processing method and apparatus for x-ray imaging device
Inventor: DEJUN WANG
IPC: G06T7/30
Filed: 2016-12-14
Abstract: The accuracy of automatically aligned sub-images in a stitched X-ray image is assessed by obtaining displacement vectors of two sub-images that are aligned by an auto alignment method and another method where the alignment is determined by position sensor feedback from an X-ray source that is moved in relation to the imaged object. An error value associated with the displacement vectors of the auto alignment sub-images and the relative motion alignment sub-images is determined and compared to a Gaussian error distribution model to give a registration level indicating the relative alignment accuracy of the auto aligned sub-images. The registration level may be a sigma level of the Gaussian distribution model.
Patent GB-2551010-A (GB)
Title: Process for the preparation of a c20 to c60 wax from the selective thermal decomposition of plastic polyolefin polymer
Inventor: MARTIN PHILIP ATKINS
IPC: C10G1/02
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a C20 to C60 wax from the thermal decomposition of plastic polymer, in particular a vacuum pyrolysis process for preparing a C20 to C60 wax from the thermal decomposition of plastic polyolefin polymer, the method comprising the steps of: i) introducing plastic polyolefin polymer, e.g. from an extruder, into a thermal reaction zone of a vacuum pyrolysis reactor; ii) heating the plastic polyolefin polymer at sub-atmospheric pressure, wherein the temperature in the thermal reaction zone of the reactor is from 500 °C to 750 °C, to induce thermal decomposition of the plastic polyolefin polymer and to form a thermal decomposition product effluent which comprises a major portion by weight of a C20 to C60 wax fraction; and iii) condensing a vapour component of the thermal decomposition product effluent from the vacuum pyrolysis reactor in a multistage condensation comprising a plurality of condensation stages connected in series.
Patent GB-2549217-A (GB)
Title: 3-D Graphics rendering with implicit geometry
Inventor: CUNEYT OZDAS
IPC: G06T15/50
Filed: 2014-02-25
Abstract: The application relates to tracing rays in 3-D scenes that comprise objects that are defined by or with implicit geometry. It relates to preparing for a rendering of a 3D scene by first receiving explicitly defined geometry with additional information defining the extent of implicitly defined geometry, applying the additional information to produce the implicit geometry, defining a bounding box element for the implicit geometry, producing an acceleration structure that comprises the bounding box element which places the element in the 3D scene and traversing the acceleration structure, during rendering, with a ray in order to identify a closest intersection for the ray with either implicitly defined or explicitly define geometry located in the 3D scene.
Patent GB-2563638-A (GB)
Title: Cigarette paper dispenser
Inventor: THOMAS BARRY
IPC: B65D83/08
Filed: 2017-06-21
Abstract: A cigarette paper dispenser comprising a structure foldable between a first and second configuration, the first configuration (fig. 3) forming a tray; and the second configuration (fig. 7) forming a pouch for carriage of a rolled cigarette. In the first configuration the structure may comprise a substantially M shaped profile and in the second configuration the structure may form a substantially triangular shaped prism. The structure may comprise a plurality of panels, and at least one of the panels may further comprise the pouch (14, fig. 6). The pouch may be foldable between a closed configuration wherein the pouch is substantially flat and an open configuration forming a void for carriage of a cigarette. The pouch may comprise a pair of foldable collars where are flat in the closed configurations and form end walls of the pouch in the open configurations. The dispenser may further comprise a magnetic clasp to retain the pouch in the closed configuration or elasticated means to retain the structure in the second configuration.
Patent GB-2564852-A (GB)
Title: Garments, heating systems and methods
Inventor: Robin Caird
IPC: H05B3/34
Filed: 2017-07-19
Abstract: A garment (10, figure 2a) comprises an integrated heating system 1. The heating system comprises a resistive heating element 2 formed from a material with an electrical sheet resistance of less than 23 ohms per square, and preferably between 15 and 16 ohms per square. The heating element may include first and second electrodes 3, 4, each running along a length of the heating element with a separation 5 such that, in use, an electric current flows between the electrodes. The garment may also include a closed-loop system controllable by a radio frequency interface to maintain a predetermined surface temperature of the heating element. A garment having a resistive heating element and a closed loop system, a garment having a resistive heating element and a flat-braided electrical conductor and a method of manufacturing an active heating garment is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2565100-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for false start detection
Inventor: ANDREW HARRISON
IPC: A63K3/02
Filed: 2017-08-01
Abstract: A method, a false start detection system, and a false start detection sensor for determining whether an athlete has performed a false start in an event. Force data is received representing the force exerted by at least one upper appendage of the athlete on a surface when in a starting position (S701). The data is processed to determine an athlete start time (S702), which is compared to an event start time to determine whether a false start has occurred (S703). The method may include identifying one or more transition points in the force data and setting the time at which one of these points occurs as the athlete start time. The first transition point may be defined as the beginning of a sequence of increasing forces exerted on the sensor. Also disclosed is a false start detection method in which force data from any appendage is used.
Patent GB-2565844-A (GB)
Title: Storage tank for a motor vehicle
Inventor: CRAIG MAWLAM
IPC: B60P3/22
Filed: 2017-08-25
Abstract: The storage tank 120 is mounted to the vehicle by one or more mounting brackets 140 providing a hinge connection 130, the hinge connection 130 defining a hinge axis H, the hinge axis H being transverse to the vehicle in use. The hinge connection 130 allows the rear of the storage tank 120 to lift away from a load support frame or surface. The hinge connection may be made at the front of the storage tank. The rear of the storage tank may be free to lift away from the support surface in the event of a crash of the vehicle. Also disclosed is a method of mounting a storage tank 120 to a motor vehicle comprising mounting one or more brackets 140 defining hinge guides to the vehicle, and mounting the storage tank 120 to the mounting brackets 140 by coaxially aligning a 1st hinge pin guide (144,146, figure 3) and a 2nd hinge pin guide (134,136,138) and inserting a hinge pin (132) within the 1st hinge pin guide (144,146) and the 2nd hinge pin guide (134,136,138). The tank 120 may be used for bulk storage of liquid such as window cleaning liquid.
Patent GB-2556416-A (GB)
Title: Tap connection
Inventor: PIETRO CHIARELLI
IPC: F16L37/252
Filed: 2017-09-19
Abstract: A tap connector comprises an adaptor element 2, a hollow socket element 3, and a contact element 13. The adaptor element has a cylindrical form with opposing open ends, and stud means 5 extending radially outwardly from an outer surface at a point intermediate the two opposing ends. It is mounted or mountable to an inlet pipe 1 of a tap. The hollow socket element is provided with recess means 10 engageable with the stud means of the adaptor. It is mounted or mountable to an open end of a water supply pipe 14. The contact element is disposed within the socket element to contact a rim of the adaptor, and is mounted to the socket element by compressible spring 12 means which urges the contact element and an adaptor element in contact in an outwardly direction. In use a second open end of the adaptor is inserted into the hollow socket element and the stud means are securingly engaged with the recesses. A spacer element (20, fig. 20) having a hollow body can be positioned over the inlet pipe, such that the adaptor will press against this spacer to clamp the tap to its support surface.
Patent GB-2558038-A (GB)
Title: Displaying content items based on user's level of interest in obtaining content
Inventor: Robin vincent hunter
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2016-08-12
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting content items. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, for each of one or more first applications, a user's level of interest in obtaining content based on a number of user requests for content from the application that result in less than a given amount of content being presented to the user. Based on one or more obtained levels of interest, a content item for a second application that has available content is selected. The second application can be different from the first application. The content item is displayed on a display of a user device.
Patent GB-2567683-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for laminar flow control
Inventor: Vernon Holmes
IPC: B64C21/06
Filed: 2017-10-20
Abstract: A laminar flow control apparatus 2 has a body 8 suitable for receipt into a recess in a skin panel 4,6 of an aircraft. The body has at least one micro aperture 20, connecting an exterior outer portion 14 to an internal cavity (fig.3,18), a support portion supports the outer portion and defines at least one air outlet. In use a suction means may draw air through the micro apertures and out of the outlet to promote laminar airflow over the outer portion. Preferably the micro apertures are located adjacent to, and immediately downstream of, fastener holes or other air flow disturbance features. Preferably the micro aperture diameters are between 45-65 micrometres, and the outer portion is between 0.8-1 millimetres thick. The support portion may have the outlet in a base portion and one or more support members defining fastener holes. The body may form a joint strap (fig.7,8) between two aircraft skin panels, such as a wing leading edge panel (fig.7,4) and wing box skin panel (fig.7,6). Alternatively, the apparatus may be bonded in a recess defined in a single skin panel only, the panel having an aperture for the air outlet.
Patent GB-2558751-A (GB)
Title: An article of clothing
Inventor: PATRICIA ANN HAMILTON
IPC: A42B1/20
Filed: 2017-11-15
Abstract: An article of clothing 10 comprising two layers 11, 12 of flexible material secured together all around a peripheral edge to enclose the space between the two layers. The article has a first, flat configuration and a second configuration in which the two layers are manipulated apart to create a void in between with a portion of the peripheral edge being moved into the void to create an outwardly facing pocket. The flexible material is preferably fabric, and the two layers formed of one single piece of folded material. The remaining edges may be stitched together 13. The article may be worn as a hat.
Patent GB-2560607-A (GB)
Title: Vaporization device systems and methods
Inventor: Ariel Atkins
IPC: H05B1/02
Filed: 2014-12-23
Abstract: A device for generating an inhalable aerosol comprising a cartridge 30 and a body, the cartridge comprises a storage compartment 32 that stores liquid vaporizable material, a heater chamber which comprises a pair of plates affixed at opposite sides of the heater chamber and a pair of flexible tabs that extend from the pair of plates and out of the heater chamber, a wick 34 located between the pair of plates, a heating element in contact with the pair of plates and the wick and a mouthpiece, the body comprises a cartridge receptacle that receives the cartridge and a pair of electrical contacts where the electrical contacts are configured to complete an electrical circuit with the pair of flexible tabs when the cartridge is received within the body. Preferably the cartridge receptacle comprises the pair of electrical contacts. Preferably the heating element is wound around the wick. The heater may be disposed at a first end of the cartridge. The mouthpiece may be attached at a second end of the cartridge which is opposite to the first end. Ideally the mouthpiece comprises a condensation chamber. Preferably the mouthpiece comprises an aerosol outlet in fluid communication with the condensation chamber.
Patent GB-2558426-A (GB)
Title: Microbial analysis
Inventor: GERALD STUBIGER
IPC: G01N33/92
Filed: 2014-10-09
Abstract: A method (and associated MS kit with instructions) concerns the analysis of non-bacterial microbes by extracting lipids and performing MALDI MS analysis. Preferably a protein mass spectrum data is also obtained and preferably the microbe or microbial strain is subsequently identified.
Patent GB-2558822-A (GB)
Title: Headgear for patient interface
Inventor: MARK ARVIND MCLAREN
IPC: A62B9/04
Filed: 2013-08-08
Abstract: An interface includes a mask. The mask includes a frame 182 and a seal supported by the frame. Headgear 190 is connected to the mask. The interface includes a break-fit assembly 180 that can selectively lengthen the loop defined by the mask and the headgear when a predetermined force has been exceeded and return to the use length when the predetermined force is not exceeded. The break-fit assembly comprises a magnetic coupling that resists elongation until a force is applied that exceeds a predetermined force, the coupling comprising two magnetic members 192 and a wherein a flexible sheath 194 envelops the magnetic members. The magnetic members may be fixed axially in the sheath. The sheath may act to return the magnetic members towards each other for reconnection. The elongation of the loop may be sufficient to allow a user to don or remove the assembly. Also disclosed are mechanical break-fit assemblies and adjustment mechanisms.
Patent GB-2558850-A (GB)
Title: Method for associating a group of applications with a specific shape
Inventor: PAWEL JURZAK
IPC: G06F9/451
Filed: 2015-12-02
Abstract: A method of displaying icons in a graphical user interface displayed on a touch screen of a portable electronic device. The method includes associating, with an electronic processor of the portable electronic device, a first subset of icons of a plurality of icons with a first selected gesture. The first selected gesture has a first shape. The method further includes detecting, with the touch screen and the electronic processor of the portable electronic device, whether the first selected gesture is made on the touch screen. The method further includes displaying, with the touch screen of the portable electronic device, the first subset of icons on the touch screen when the first selected gesture is detected.
Patent GB-2574234-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle movement
Inventor: DANIEL WOOLLISCROFT
IPC: B62D15/02
Filed: 2018-05-31
Abstract: A controller 200 is provided with an input 230 for receiving a signal indicating a user request for control of a vehicle. Controller 200 also comprises an output 240 outputting a manoeuvre signal to perform a defined manoeuvre, for example a parking or unparking manoeuvre, to a defined completion position and a control processor 210 for controlling output 240. Control processor 210 can determine a transition phase in which, on request of a signal from input 230, control can be transferred to a user, so that the vehicle can transition to a user-controlled post-manoeuvre movement (such as driving off after having exited a parking space).