baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2380003-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for executing stack based programs using a register based processor
Inventor: KUBICZEK MACIEJ
IPC: G06F7/78
Filed: 2001-07-03
Abstract: A method of executing a stack-based program using a processor having a register-based architecture, the processor having means for simulating a stack using a subset of its registers such that the processor may operate in a simulated stack-based mode as well as a register-based mode. The method comprises the steps of fetching stack-based instructions from a program memory, translating individual stack-based instructions or sequences of stack-based instructions into register-based instructions, and including in at least certain of the translated instructions an indication that these instructions are to be executed using the simulated stack-based mode. Translated instructions, including said indication, are executed using the simulated stack-based mode, and other translated instructions are executed using the register-based mode. In one embodiment the stack based programme is a JVM and the register based architecture is a RISC processor.
Patent GB-2361671-A (GB)
Title: Diamond marking
Inventor: SMITH JAMES GORDON CHARTERS
IPC: B44B7/00
Filed: 1998-05-22
Abstract: An information mark invisible to the naked eye is applied to the polished facet of a diamond gemstone by irradiating the diamond gemstone surface, and cleaning the diamond surface with an oxidizing agent (e.g molten potassium nitrate) to reveal a mark having an appropriate depth, which does not detrimentally affect the clarity or colour grade of the diamond.
Patent GB-2368023-A (GB)
Title: A bougie possessing a lumen with hollow stiffening means
Inventor: WALLACE STUART IAN
IPC: A61M25/06
Filed: 2001-07-30
Abstract: A bougie or guide catheter possessing an obturated tip 6 adjacent the distal end which is non-traumatising to nasal or pharyngeal tissues, connection means 2 at the proximal end for connection to a device <I>e.g</I>. a syringe, a cap or a CO2 meter and a lumen 3 through the majority of its length into which is inserted a hollow stiffening element. A further bougie has a proximal region which cannot coil up in register with the lumen. The catheters tip may possess one or more apertures 5 connecting the lumen to the exterior and the internal rigid stiffening tube 23 may terminate before the tip and be made from malleable material. A method of determining whether the bougie is in the oesophagus or trachea by monitoring carbon dioxide output is disclosed. It assists in placing an endotracheal tube.
Patent GB-2380273-A (GB)
Title: Inventory management system
Inventor: LEE JEN-FU
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2001-09-26
Abstract: In an inventory management system having a database and a network connection interconnected a product manufacturer and at least one component part supplier, a process comprising estimating the quantity of component parts to be supplied from the component part supplier based on a spare part records of the component part supplier stored in the database, writing the estimate into one of a plurality of documents in which a quantity, a description, and a proportion of the component parts of a product required in a forthcoming period of time are listed in fields of the document; and informing the component part supplier of the proportion of the component parts listed in the document through the network connection for confirmation.
Patent GB-2381491-A (GB)
Title: Forming composite structures
Inventor: BACKHOUSE ROBERT CHARLES
IPC: B29C70/44
Filed: 2001-10-30
Abstract: A method for forming a composite article, comprising: placing a sheet of a pliable material in a mould; injecting particles into the mould to as to force the sheet of pliable material against the interior wall of the mould; and reinforcing the pliable material.
Patent GB-2381771-A (GB)
Title: Long nail extraction device
Inventor: O'TOOLE TERENCE EDWIN
IPC: B25D1/04
Filed: 2001-11-08
Abstract: A long nail extraction device comprises an additional claw attached to the shaft of a normal claw hammer or nail bar. The additional claw may be permanently fixed or movable along the shaft of the hammer or nail bar. Two or more such additional claws may be provided.
Patent GB-2369977-A (GB)
Title: Decoding of information in audio signals
Inventor: NEUHAUSER ALAN R
IPC: G10L19/018
Filed: 2000-05-22
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for decoding a message symbol in an audio signal. This message symbol is represented by first and second code symbols displaced in time. Values representing the code signals are accumulated (116) and the accumulated values are examined to detect the message symbol (120).
Patent GB-2376372-A (GB)
Title: Personal audio listening device
Inventor: KETTLEY LESLIE
IPC: H04R1/10
Filed: 2002-01-08
Abstract: The device provides means whereby sound from radio, TV and similar sources can be heard by one person only without that person being in contact with the device, and consists of two speaker enclosures 1 flexible tubes 2 and adaptor 3. Both flexible tubes each with a speaker enclosure attached is attached to adaptor 3 which allows the whole speaker/flexible tube assembly to be releasably attached to telescoping tube 4 or base attachment 7 in one of two positions so that the flexibles when straight are either vertical or horizontal. The base attachment (7) is in such a position relative to the base 6 so that the base can be placed under items which could be used with the device eg.chairs. Wires from the speakers pass through the flexible tubes and adaptor and incorporate at a suitable distance from the adaptor a Volume/balance control unit.
Patent GB-2380248-A (GB)
Title: Helium management control system for controlling helium refrigerant
Inventor: DRESENS PAUL E
IPC: F25B9/00
Filed: 2002-07-05
Abstract: A helium management control system for controlling the helium refrigerant supply from a common manifold (18) supplies a plurality of cryogenic refrigerators with an appropriate helium supply. Each cryogenic refrigerator is able to operate in a cryopump (10). The system employs a plurality of sensors (14<U>a</U>-14<U>n</U>) to monitor and regulate the overall refrigerant supply to deliver an appropriate refrigerant supply to each of the cryogenic refrigerators depending on the computed aggregate cooling demand of all of the cryogenic refrigerators. An appropriate supply of helium is distributed to each cryopump (10<U>a</U>-10<U>n</U>) by sensing excess and sparse helium refrigerant and redistributing refrigerant accordingly. If the total refrigeration supply exceeds the total refrigerant demand, or consumption, excess refrigerant is directed to cryogenic refrigerators which can utilize the excess helium to complete a current cooling function more quickly. Similarly, if the total refrigeration demand exceeds the total refrigeration supply, the refrigerant supply to some or all of the cryogenic refrigerators will be reduced accordingly so that detrimental or slowing effects are minimized based upon the current cooling function. Slave controllers (215<U>a</U>-215<U>n</U>) each control a displacer drive motor (216) which drives a displacer which reciprocates in the cold finger as the helium gas expands. The vacuum network master controller (VNC,12) is connected to each of the slave controllers and is used to increase or decrease the quantity of helium refrigerant supplied to the pump (10).
Patent GB-2391557-A (GB)
Title: Forming fabric for papermaking
Inventor: STONE RICHARD
IPC: D21F1/00
Filed: 2002-08-06
Abstract: A forming fabric having a paper side layer (upper in Fig 1) and a machine side layer comprises a first set of paper side layer wefts, a second set of machine side layer wefts and a single set of warp yarn triplets (X,Y,Z). In the fabric weave pattern, each member of each triplet set of warp yarns interweaves with the paper side weft yarns to occupy in sequence segments of an unbroken warp path in the paper side surface, and each triplet in each set of warp yarns interlaces alone with at least one single machine side layer weft yarn. Each segment in the unbroken warp path is separated from the adjacent segments by at least one paper side layer weft yarn. The machine side layer interlacing points are regularly spaced. After heat setting, the fabrics typically have an air permeability typically from about 7,500 to about 10,500 m<3>/m<2>/hr. Paper products made using these fabrics have enhanced printability.
Patent GB-2392438-A (GB)
Title: Programmable dispenser
Inventor: OVENDEN JUSTIN
IPC: A61L9/14
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: A dispensing apparatus 100 comprises a container 108 for holding material to be dispensed, a nozzle 110 actuatable to dispense an amount of material from the container 108, a controller for selectively actuating the nozzle 110 wherein the controller is (i) programmable with a replacement rate for the container 108, (ii) includes a calculation means for deriving a dispensing frequency from the selected replacement rate, a container volume measure, and a dispensed amount, and (iii) is adapted to actuate the nozzle in accordance with that frequency. The apparatus 100 can be programmed to operate in a specific pattern, such as between certain hours of the day or on certain days of the week. Temporary or alternative patterns of operation can obviously co-exist with the calculated frequency-based pattern of operation. In such cases, these additional factors will affect the life of the refill and should be taken into account in calculating the frequency. In addition, the running cost of the dispenser is directly proportional to the number of refills per annum.
Patent GB-2394499-A (GB)
Title: Air brick flood barrier
Inventor: HOBSON ROGER
IPC: E06B9/00
Filed: 2002-10-22
Abstract: An air brick flood barrier has a cover 1 with at least one finger 5 on its rear face which is inserted in an appropriate aperture of the air brick. The fingers are preferably tapered and arranged in a rectangular array and may be rectangular in cross-section. The fingers and cover are preferably integral and may be formed from a single molding.
Patent GB-2395652-A (GB)
Title: Shin pad
Inventor: BALDWIN BRIAN RICHARD
IPC: A63B71/12
Filed: 2002-11-29
Abstract: A shin pad 2 has releasable securing means 4 for releasably securing a sock 6 to the shin pad, so that the sock stays up during wear and can then be removed from the shin pad to be washed. The releasable securing means is preferably positioned at an upper part of the shin pad and may comprise a male portion, such as a curved bar 14, and a female portion, such as a complementary shaped channel 16 in the shin pad. The male and female portions may further comprise interlocking plastic release members, such as hook and loop fastening tape which co-operate through the sock. At each end of the male portion there may be retaining means 20 though which ties may be passed. The inner side of the shin pad may be provided with a layer of foamed polyvinyl chloride having a smooth anti-slip surface.
Patent GB-2396246-A (GB)
Title: Turntable apparatus
Inventor: FORD ADRIAN JASON
IPC: G11B17/028
Filed: 2002-12-10
Abstract: A turntable apparatus that simulates the action of a vinyl music record turning on a vinyl music turntable and which may be optically coupled to a computer for the purpose of controlling computer-music playback as though the music source is the turntable, and where the record is represented by a member 5 that lays over the platter 2 of the turntable, wherein the turntable itself comprises a platform 1 with a motor 7 fixed underneath such that the motor's drive shaft 6 passes up through the platform 1 and is engaged with the hub 3 and 4 of the platter 2 that lays over the platform 1, and wherein the platform 1 has a view-pod (a transparent or partially transparent section or hole) 9 and the platter 2 has an area which is transparent so that a view is always provided (regardless of the position of the platter 2) through the view-port 9 onto the member 5, and thereby the view-pod 9 provides a source for the suggested optical coupling through which movement of the member 5 may be detected by a computer.
Patent GB-2393133-A (GB)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: TSUJINO HIROSHI
IPC: A63F13/08
Filed: 2003-02-28
Abstract: A game machine, particularly an arcade game machine, has a modular construction including provision for electrically detaching the player control(s) unit from the processing control device contained within the main body of the machine to allow replacement or exchange of the player controls, eg for different types of game, (Fig 5, not shown) and wherein the processing control device accommodates replaceable game software memories to allow a service engineer to readily exchange both the game and the operational controls. The processing control device may be contained in a casing 45 such that the display controller, a game memory and a central control unit are each configured as circuit modules in cartridge form with connectors 39a,, b, c in recesses 41a, b, c establishing electrical contact with similar connectors in cartridges 64a, b, c (Fig 3, not shown); lateral finger recesses 47a, b, c assist in easy removal of the cartridges.
Patent GB-2400779-A (GB)
Title: Creating video sequences representing transitions from a first view of an original asset to a second view of an original asset
Inventor: GREEN STUART ANTONY
IPC: H04N7/24
Filed: 2003-04-17
Abstract: Authoring visual content by creating at least one video sequence which comprises a set of visual assets having data derived from at least one original asset, the video sequence representing a transition between at least one view of the original assets to another view of the original assets. Also disclosed, producing, from data representing a visual asset having defined dimensions, a set of visual assets where each member of the set has data unique to that member and data in common with that member and another member of the set. Further disclosed, a DVD comprising data representing a video sequence comprising a set of visual assets, the visual assets being derived from an original asset, and each successive visual assets comprising data that is unique to that visual asset and data in common with the next visual asset, allowing a scrolling effect to be emulated when pairs of assets are successively displayed.
Patent GB-2392267-A (GB)
Title: Voltage management in a multiprocessor system.
Inventor: BARR ANDREW H
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2003-06-27
Abstract: An arrangement includes receiving an input signal, which contains instructions for modulating a voltage of a blade (or card), generating a control signal, which is determined by the instructions contained in the input signal, generating an output voltage, and providing the output voltage to the blade.
Patent GB-2392904-A (GB)
Title: Motor vehicle fuel system
Inventor: OWEN LYNFEL JAMES
IPC: B60K15/03
Filed: 2003-07-10
Abstract: A motor vehicle fuel tank 11 has a filler neck connector 12, a filler neck 14 and a filler head 15 which incorporates a conventional valve (fig 4 and 5) to avoid fuel spillage, the filler head 15, filler neck 14 and neck connector 12 together forming an inlet duct for the tank 11. A tubular support cage 24 of moulded plastics material is secured to the connector body 18 and supports and retains one end of a tubular sock 26 of porous flexible nylon mesh equivalent to 50 micron (žm) filtration. The sock 26 is open at its other end, i.e. the end remote from the filler neck 14. The flexibility of the sock 26 is such that it hangs down limply when the tank is empty (as depicted in Fig.2) but when the tank 11 is being filled the fuel tends to fill out the inside of the sock so that a substantial proportion of the fuel is ducted through it. As the fuel level rises the sock 26 floats to the surface 27 of the fuel 28 contained in the tank 11 to allow the fuel to flow onto the fuel surface 27 rather than splash down onto it.
Patent GB-2404074-A (GB)
Title: Steel guitar changer
Inventor: HARVEY EDWARD THOMAS
IPC: G10D3/14
Filed: 2003-07-17
Abstract: A steel or pedal guitar changer having a large C-shaped spring A attached between the base of the changer and a point on the opposite side of the changer, such that a line between the two attachment points also passes through the central pivot point F of the changer. The C-shaped spring can be adjusted from the top of the guitar by adjustor screw B, and in use causes backwards or forwards motion of the changer, thereby raising or lowering the strings C of the guitar. The changer may be one of a series of changers arranged on the surface of the guitar. Use of the changer results in easier and lighter movement of the strings, and reduces stresses on the guitar body D and pedals.
Patent GB-2404949-A (GB)
Title: Vapour lock suppression system for i.c. engine fuel injector
Inventor: MA THOMAS TSOI HEI
IPC: F28D15/04
Filed: 2003-08-12
Abstract: A fuel pipe 12 supplying liquid fuel, eg LPG, to a fuel injector 10 exposed to high temperatures passes through a heat exchanger 16 and has a capillary lining 14 so that the fuel pipe 12 can act as a heat pipe. When fuel flow is slow or stationary, fig. 1, heat is transferred from the hot injector 10 to the cool heat exchanger 16 by the heat pipe so that vapour bubbles beginning to form at the injector are rapidly subdued as they move toward the heat exchanger and vapour lock is suppressed especially during heat soak after the engine is switched off. When fuel flow is greater (fig.2) the heat exchanger 16 pre-cools the fuel to prevent vapour lock at higher speeds and loads. The heat exchanger 16 may be cooled by a refrigerating pipe 18 from an on-board air conditioner or thermoelectric cooling device.
Patent GB-2389701-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for electrochemical cell components
Inventor: FITTS BRUCE B
IPC: H01M8/02
Filed: 2002-01-18
Abstract: A component for an electrochemical cell comprises a thermally and electrically conductive core with an active area substantially covered by an electrically and thermally conductive polymeric composite, wherein the conductive polymeric composite is adhered to the core by an adhesion promoter. The electrically conductive polymeric composite preferably comprises a thermosetting polybutadiene-or polyisoprene- based resin system and an electrically conductive filler. The component is resistant to chemical attack and hydrolysis, and has excellent mechanical strength and toughness. Components may be manufactured having a volume resistivity of about 0.500 ohm-cm or less and a thermal conductivity of at least about 5 watts/meter {K.,. In addition, the component is economical to produce due to inexpensive starting materials as well as the use of conventional processing equipment.
Patent GB-2394756-A (GB)
Title: Method of and device for up-dating a bite point of a clutch
Inventor: EGGERT THOMAS
IPC: F16D48/06
Filed: 2003-09-16
Abstract: A clutch is actuated by a hydraulic actuator which has a snifting bore (45, fig 2) and is operated by an electric motor (43) having a position indicator (32) which provides an underlying reference position of the clutch to a control device (14). The method comprises a routine which, in step 100, checks if torque at the clutch input shaft (17, fig 1) or output shaft (18) is less than a limit value GW. If this is the case then in step 102 a snifting process is carried out and the position of a piston (38) as it passes over the snifting bore (45) and which corresponds to fully closed position of the clutch is stored in the control device (14). Steps 104 to 110 relate to whether or not counters Z1, Z2 have been up-dated and if so a new torque GP and position RP are stored. If the torque in step 100 is above the value the method uses another emergency routine 112-120.
Patent GB-2406831-A (GB)
Title: Writing instrument with elastically tethered cap
Inventor: BRUCE RALPH
IPC: B43K23/08
Filed: 2003-10-07
Abstract: A writing implement 10, such a pen, has an elongate barrel 12 with a writing tip or nib 20 at one end, and a removable cap 24 that can be fitted, for example with a snap-fit, to cover the writing tip. A tether 48 extends outside the barrel from the cap to the other end 16 of the barrel. The tether is elastic and arranged such that when the cap is removed from the barrel, the tether moves the cap to a position at or adjacent the other end of the barrel. To use the implement, the user to dislodges or otherwise removes the cap from the barrel, and the tether then moves the cap to the other end of the barrel. Single-handed operation is possible, and the tether prevents the cap from being mislaid. The cap may be snap fitted to either end of the barrel.
Patent GB-2407526-A (GB)
Title: Box spanner with shock absorbing handle
Inventor: COPAGE MICHAEL
IPC: B25B23/00
Filed: 2003-10-27
Abstract: A box spanner comprises a socket 2 with a handle 3 in part captive within the socket 2, and frictional means for retaining the handle 3 within the socket 2 whilst damping movements of the handle 3. The means for retaining and damping the handle 3 may include a pressure pad 4 and spacer 6 located within the socket 2 and separated by a compression spring 5, so that friction between the pressure pad 4 and the handle 3 prevents free rotation of the handle 3. A split ring 7 or circlip may be located within an undercut in the socket 2 to hold the spacer 6 in place. Further embodiments include a rubber or nylon material in place of the spring 5.
Patent GB-2391368-A (GB)
Title: Frameworks for efficient representation of string objects in java programming environments
Inventor: SOKOLOV STEPAN
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2002-05-08
Abstract: Alternative techniques for representation of Java string objects are needed. The techniques are especially useful for representing Java objects in Java computing environments and can thereby improving the performance of a virtual machine, especially those with relatively limited resources (e.g., embedded systems with relatively smaller memory and computing power).
Patent GB-2407773-A (GB)
Title: Connector for blood vessels
Inventor: LISTER MARTIN
IPC: A61B17/11
Filed: 2003-11-06
Abstract: A connecting tube for severed blood vessels has a rim 2 and section 3 for insertion into the vein or artery 1. The connector to blood vessel connection is secured using clip 8.
Patent GB-2408043-A (GB)
Title: Drinking bottle guard
Inventor: FOAKES JANINE
IPC: B65D47/06
Filed: 2003-11-14
Abstract: A plastic guard which will have holes for the drink to flow through 2, acting as a guard and not allowing objects to be pushed into the bottle. This guard will slot flush into the opening of a drinking bottle 1, the accessory will be made from a plastic.
Patent GB-2395975-A (GB)
Title: Sash window assembly with transverse displacement means
Inventor: TROMPERT MICHEL NICOLAS
IPC: E06B3/44
Filed: 2003-12-05
Abstract: A sash window assembly comprises a frame 1 with a sash window 2 being vertically slidable therein. A guiding device between the frame and the sash window is configured to displace the sash window transversely to the direction of sliding over a relatively small distance, which is sufficient to bring the sash window at least in the closed condition into a sealing contact with the frame with a sealing structure 10 provided in between, and to bring the sash window, while opening it, out of sealing contact with the frame. The guiding device may comprise a first guide 4 connected to one of the frame and the sash window for sliding the sash in an essentially vertical manner and a second guide 9 connected to the other of the frame and the sash for guiding the sash at an angle to the direction of sliding.