baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2402769-A (GB)
Title: Maintaining resource integrity without a unified transaction manager in a software environment
Inventor: DORRANCE DANIEL M
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2004-05-26
Abstract: An apparatus and method for maintaining integrity of data in a software environment are provided. The individual software resources associated with a transaction are identified and the processing of these resources is started. As the processing of these resources terminates, their associated APIs return messages indicating either that the software resource committed or was unable to commit and the reason why the software resource was unable to commit. Based on this reason, appropriate error resolution and recovery operations are performed and the transaction is resubmitted only to those software resources that were unable to commit. The software resources that already committed have their states maintained. In this way, roll back of committed software resources is avoided.
Patent GB-2415121-A (GB)
Title: Insect trap with removable folding glueboard
Inventor: MILLER DANIEL JAMES
IPC: A01M1/14
Filed: 2004-06-14
Abstract: A method of removing a panel 5 from an insect trap housing 20, wherein the panel has a first side 6 to which insects adhere and the housing comprises a first opening 22 through which the panel 5 is removable from the housing. The method comprises the steps of removing the panel 5 from the housing 20 through the first opening 22 by folding the panel 5 and causing a first portion 8 of the panel to collapse towards a second portion 9 of the panel as the panel is being removed from the housing through the first opening; wherein the insects adhering to the first side 6 of the panel are intermediate the first and second portions of the panel as the panel is removed from the housing. Means by which the panel can be pulled through the opening include a pull tab (55, Fig 5) or one or more holes 10, 11.
Patent GB-2410926-A (GB)
Title: Cover for a transport container
Inventor: ROGERSON ALAN STEPHEN
IPC: B60J7/08
Filed: 2004-07-21
Abstract: A transport container has a cover 14 which is fixed to the container along one longitudinal edge and can be rolled up at that longitudinal edge to open the container. A central pole 28 extends the length of the container and a motor 30 rotates this pole to roll up the cover. To unroll the cover, ie to close the container, a fixed length rope 60 runs through an edge pole on the longitudinal edge of the cover which is not fixed. Pulling on this rope drags the edge pole across the top of the container. The rope is pulled by a hydraulic ram 70, and the rope is pulled by the ram into a rope accumulator arrangement 66, from which it is withdrawn when the cover is next rolled up.
Patent GB-2405493-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for automatically adjusting direction of the light axis of vehicle headlights
Inventor: NISHIMURA KENICHI
IPC: B60Q1/12
Filed: 2004-08-27
Abstract: An apparatus for automatically adjusting the light axis direction of a vehicle headlight 10L, 10R includes a steering angle sensor 18, a vehicle speed sensor 16 and a memory 22 for storing a plurality of control maps each of which defines a relationship between the steering angle and a lamp swivelling angle. A processing unit performs a map switchover in which one of the plurality of control maps is selected depending on the vehicle speed and the steering angle. An actuator 11L, 11R is provided for swivelling the light axis of the vehicle headlight by the swivelling angle defined by one of the plurality of control maps selected by the processing unit. The processing unit may perform the map switchover when the steering angle is changed to outside a predetermined angular range around a neutral angular position of the steering wheel. Alternatively, the swivelling angle may change gradually when the map switchover is performed, or may temporarily stop at a mid value between values taken from the maps.
Patent GB-2403817-A (GB)
Title: Optical device with alignment compensation
Inventor: CASE STEVEN K
IPC: G02B6/42
Filed: 2003-04-22
Abstract: An optical device (120) is provided which includes a plurality of optical modules (122, 126) and alignment compensation modules (152). The alignment compensation modules (152) remove residual alignment errors of the optical device.
Patent GB-2420162-A (GB)
Title: A seal arrangement for sealing between turbine blades
Inventor: CROSS RODNEY ALAN
IPC: F01D11/00
Filed: 2004-11-16
Abstract: A seal arrangement for sealing between turbine blades 1, 2 comprising a filler subassembly 3 which spans the space between adjacent turbine blades 1, 2 in order to isolate the annular gas intake area 4 from the central machinery space 5. The filler subassembly comprises a filler member 7 and seal members 10, 11 located in slots at either end of the filler member. Each of the seals 10, 11 engages a respective blade 2, 1. The seal members 10, 11 and slots have cooperating inclined surfaces 12, 8 whereby when the turbine rotates in use, an upward force is generated on the seal members 10, 11 as a result of the cooperation of the surfaces 12, 8, so that they move upwardly to close the respective gap 13 between the respective edge of the filler member 7 and the associated blade 1, 2.
Patent GB-2420903-A (GB)
Title: Display apparatus
Inventor: MAJOE DENNIS
IPC: G02B5/24
Filed: 2004-12-01
Abstract: A display apparatus having an array of pixels (10). Each pixel has a chamber having a chamber wall (12,16) and containing an optical filter liquid (22) and driving means (20) operable to move at least a portion (16) of the chamber wall. Each chamber has a viewing portion any content of which is visible in normal use and a reservoir portion (44) any content of which is hidden from view in normal use. The chamber and driving means are arranged so that, upon operation of the driving means, at least some of the filter liquid is caused to move from the viewing portion to the reservoir portion or vice versa so that the appearance of the viewing portion changes. Because of the use of movement of at least a portion of the chamber wall, rather than, for example, electric fields, to move the filter liquid, the use of conductor tracks that obscure the viewing portion can be avoided.
Patent GB-2423623-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic guitar maintenance protective cover
Inventor: CAPELLA SUZANNA
IPC: G10G7/00
Filed: 2005-02-28
Abstract: A cover to protect the front face only of the sound box of an acoustic guitar is made from a single piece of cushioned waterproof fabric with felt backing which is cut to follow the contours of the sound box. The cover slides under the strings and covers the whole of the front face of the sound box, including the sound hole. Slits are provided to allow the cover to be fitted around the bridge and fretboard. Two straps which can be fastened by means of hook and loop fasteners secure the cover to the instrument around the neck of the guitar. Six slots may be provided in the upper surface of the cover to store pins used to secure the strings and a pocket may be provided to store plectrums. The cover is intended to be used while maintenance, such as string changing, is being performed or during periods of non-use, for example, when the guitar is supported on a stand or is stored in a case.
Patent GB-2425030-A (GB)
Title: Managed network render targets for routing graphical information
Inventor: FARIA RICHARD STEVEN
IPC: G06T1/20
Filed: 2005-04-09
Abstract: Using a matrix switch and render target controller 1 as a mechanism to provide a convenient and organised way of handling render targets 5, 4, 3 comprises of a software or hardware switch that can be used to connect shaders 8, 7, 6 together to enable more complex shaders to be run without exceeding the graphics card maximum pixel shader instructions. The switch can be used to connect render targets into programs and to image processors that can use the render target's contents as a controller for other programs. The render target switch and its controller create a unified video memory architecture, which can be used as a connection point between programs and shaders running on the GPU and CPU and may also incorporate a hi speed buss.
Patent GB-2415674-A (GB)
Title: Marine jet drive outlet with pressurised air injection
Inventor: BOOTH GRAHAM MERVYN
IPC: B63H11/103
Filed: 2005-04-12
Abstract: An outlet channel A of a marine water jet drive has pressurised air injected into the stream of water exiting said outlet channel. The air is injected from a number of air injection ports D3, mounted on and equally spaced around the circumference of said outlet channel. The air injection ports may be connected to a source of pressurised or compressed air by pressure air lines C1. Cowl plates 1A may be fitted to the jet drive outlets to protect them from damage.
Patent GB-2416184-A (GB)
Title: Building panel repair
Inventor: PATRICK ALAN JOHN
IPC: E04G23/02
Filed: 2005-05-18
Abstract: A building panel repair apparatus (201, fig 3) comprises a substantially planar back plate 202 for insertion through a hole in a building panel 502 to be repaired. A front face 204 of the back plate is provided with adhesive (205, fig 3) for mounting the back plate to the rear side of a building panel. At least one flap (213, fig 8) is defined in the back plate movable between an open position which provides an operative with back plate positioning means 601 to facilitate mounting of the back plate to a building panel; and a closed position shown in figure 8, which provides for a substrate surface for hole repair material. A method of building panel repair using the apparatus and a method of manufacture of the apparatus are also included.
Patent GB-2426828-A (GB)
Title: Solid-state colour-wheel comprising polymer stabilised cholesteric textured (PSCT) liquid crystal shutters
Inventor: EZRA JACOB
IPC: G02F1/1333
Filed: 2005-06-03
Abstract: This invention relates to the replacement of a mechanical colour wheel with a non-moving or solid-state method of producing the primary colours of Red, Green and Blue and further secondary colours like cyan, magenta and yellow, and also black and white, by switching on and off a plurality of polymer stabilised cholesteric textured (PSCT) liquid crystal shutters (1,2,3), at high speed, within a light box or beam-splitter assembly. Primarily this assembly would be used with projectors using the sequencing method for producing colour on DLP, LCoS, fLCoS or other reflective or transmissive LCD image chips, where the light from the lamp or lamps, passes through the assembly, and is diverted in fast sequence, though the appropriate colour filter (R,G,B) on to an image chip, before projection via a projection lens.
Patent GB-2416463-A (GB)
Title: Detecting noise due to rotating wellbore tubular and cancelling it from an electromagnetic signal received from a downhole logging device
Inventor: YOUNG ALLEN
IPC: E21B47/12
Filed: 2005-06-13
Abstract: Rotating tubular elements (10) associated with wellbores can become magnetised and thence induce noise into signals transmitted from downhole logging/measuring while drilling (LWD/MWD) devices (30, 32, 35). The inventors propose systems utilising multiple sensors in order to measure the noise so that it may be cancelled from the signal. In one particular system the magnetic field proximate to the tubular is measured and the processed to create a noise signal for cancelling. In another the electromagnetic signal receivers (151,152) are placed equidistant from and on opposite sides of the wellbore (10). Thus the noise induced by the rotating tubular should be in antiphase at each detector and the noise can be cancelled by simple summation.
Patent GB-2427821-A (GB)
Title: Combined camera support and walking stick
Inventor: HARDING JOHN CEDRIC KAY
IPC: F16M13/08
Filed: 2005-06-30
Abstract: A device acting as an instrument support and a walking stick comprises a central column 1 with a member 2 which slides along the outside of the column. Attached to the sliding member by hinges 8 are three legs 3 arranged equidistantly around the column. A strut 4 is attached to the lower extremity of each leg and all three struts are hinged to a sliding anchor member 5 which moves within the central column. A secondary column 13 is inserted into and slides within the central column and carries a threaded stud 12 for the attachment of an instrument 14. A handle 10 and handgrip 11 are mounted on the central column, while a ball grip 17 may be screwed onto the threaded stud. When the device is folded the struts lie within the central column while the legs lie around the it.
Patent GB-2429751-A (GB)
Title: Axially removable flanged wearplate for lobe pump
Inventor: CARGILL SIMON
IPC: F04C2/18
Filed: 2005-08-31
Abstract: A rotary lobe pump 1 comprises a housing 2 enclosing a chamber 3, rotors 10 positioned in the chamber and at least one curved radial wear plate 13 positioned in the chamber between a rotor and a housing wall 4. The wear plate comprises a surrounding edge 17-20 with straight 19, 20 and curved 17, 18 parts and a protrusion or flange 21 along part of the edge. The protrusion sits in a housing groove 26 for retention in use by an endplate 7 and has holes 28 in an end face for receiving friction fit or threaded pins which are then used to apply axial force to the wear plate to withdraw it axially from the housing without the need to displace the rotors. The curved edge 18 opposite the protrusion has a notch 25 for engaging a tongue 27 of an axial wear plate.
Patent GB-2430948-A (GB)
Title: Tunnel Lining Bracket
Inventor: KLIPPEL SIMON FRANCIS
IPC: E21D11/14
Filed: 2005-10-07
Abstract: A bracket for attachment to the flange of a bolted section of a tunnel lining. The bracket comprises a base (fig. 1, 11) having a large aperture 15 to hook over the headed fasteners of tunnel tubing sections such as bolts 34, and upstanding flanges (fig. 1, 13) with adjustable length struts 23 for biasing the side of the aperture 15 against the fastener 34. The brackets may be mounted back to back for lateral retention, and are adjustable in angle by the struts 23.
Patent GB-2431867-A (GB)
Title: A digital display accessory
Inventor: BAGHERZADEH-SAFFARIAN ALI
IPC: F16M11/04
Filed: 2005-11-02
Abstract: A flat computer display screen or projector accessory comprising a housing configured so that the housing can be attached centrally to the rear of a display screen, and also to a mounting arm; the housing being fixed between the display screen and the adjustable mounting arm, and where the housing contains electronic hardware, preferably a PC. The housing is secured by a locking system, configured so the mounting arm only can by secured or detached when the housing lid is open.
Patent GB-2433197-A (GB)
Title: Padded seat with integral resilient bending region
Inventor: TEMPLE MARK
IPC: A47C7/24
Filed: 2005-12-15
Abstract: A padded seat 14 for a chair 10, comprising: a member 20 including a first part 19 for attachment to a body 12 of a chair 10, and a second part 18 extending from the first part 19 and moveable relative thereto for relieving pressure on a user's legs when a user is sat in the seat 14, wherein the first and second parts 19,18 are one piece with a resilient integral bending region (26,Fig.3B) formed therebetween. One or both of the first and second parts may be substantially rigid, and may include a peripheral flange (34,35, Fig.3B).
Patent GB-2433938-A (GB)
Title: Fire retardant coating
Inventor: WARD DEREK ALFRED
IPC: C09D5/18
Filed: 2006-01-30
Abstract: A flame retardant coating for inter alia a wall, the coating comprising a combination of a blowing agent, a charring agent, a plasticising agent, a dispersing agent, a coalescing agent, a vinyl acetate dispersion, a biocide, a defoaming agent acrylic co-polymer dispersion, a biocide, a defoaming agent, ammonia, a flame retardant ingredient, and a acrylic associative thickener, whereby the acrylic associative thickener has a dispersion of more than 50% solids in water.
Patent GB-2438005-A (GB)
Title: Transcoding compressed video and inserting graphics
Inventor: PASKINS ADRIAN CHARLES
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2006-05-08
Abstract: A module 1 transcodes a compressed input video stream encoded by a first encoding scheme into a compressed output video stream encoded by a second encoding scheme. A decoder 19 performs decoding of the input video stream into an uncompressed video stream and an encoder 21 performs encoding of the uncompressed video stream into the output video stream. A graphics generator 25 generates graphics data representing graphics for display on the video images of the output video stream. The uncompressed video stream is supplied through insertion logic 22 which inserts the graphics data generated by the graphics generator into the uncompressed video stream. This facilitates insertion of graphics onto the video stream within the transcoder device 1 without the need to send external commands to cause insertion downstream of the transcoder device 1. Similar advantages are achieved in a DVB-CI module 40 which outputs an uncompressed video stream through a video interface 41.
Patent GB-2438162-A (GB)
Title: Reclining aircraft seat convertible into bed
Inventor: DERBYSHIRE MARTIN
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2006-05-19
Abstract: An aircraft passenger seating arrangement comprises a seat (3), having a seat back (3a) and a seat pan or cushion (3b). The seat may be surrounded by a cowl (4). The seat may move from a first substantially upright seating position see Figure 4a to a substantially horizontal or prone position see Figure 4d where the seat is converted to a bed. The seating arrangement also comprises a side surface (5b) and an end surface (5a). The seat may also have one or more armrests (8) which may be raised or lowered. In the sleeping position the seat back, pan and the side surfaces form a substantially flat surface for sleeping thereon. The seat may have a headrest (9) and a lower leg support (3c).An auxiliary / secondary seat or ottoman (7) may be provided. Lighting may be provided in the side surface 5. In an alternative embodiment the seating arrangement lacks the end surface (5a).
Patent GB-2441832-A (GB)
Title: Flexible helical container with connection means for a linear non planar object
Inventor: PELLEREAU THOMAS ROBERT ETIENN
IPC: F16G11/02
Filed: 2006-09-18
Abstract: A helically wound spiral container 5 has a series of coils 16 that surround a linear non planar object (Fig 3 item 20). Said container is flexible and has at least one connection means 12 at one of its ends, said connection means may be a ring connector or a vacuum sucker 14. Said container may flex and may be biased to a first position. The turns of the container and the cross section of each of the turns may be substantially circular, square, oval or rectangular in shape. Said helical member may have a textured finish. Said helical member may act as a spring to grip said linear member and may distort to at least partially assume the shape of said object. Brushes or fins or bristles may be provided on the inside of said container to clean an item placed therein. Said container may be attached to another object such as a key ring or necklace. The individual coils of said container may be hollow and a liquid may be stored therein. A number of containers may be attached to each other.
Patent GB-2433746-A (GB)
Title: Steel sheet with excellent weldability
Inventor: SHOSHIRODA TETSUO
IPC: C22C38/06
Filed: 2006-11-29
Abstract: A steel sheet which comprises (by weight) : Si: 0.20-2%, Mn: 1-2.5%, a total mass of Si and Mn being 1.5% or more, C: 0.02-0.25%, Al: 0.02-0.2%, N: 0.0015-0.015%, 0: 0.002% or less (exclusive of 0%), P: 0.1% or less (exclusive of 0%) and S: 0.05% or less (exclusive of 0%). The steel may also contain Cr: 0.03-2%, Mo: 0.03-1%, B: 0.0003-0.005%, Nb: 0.005-0.1%, Ti: 0.005-0.3%, V: 0.005-0.5%, W: 0.005-0.5%, Cu: 0.03-0.5%, Ca: 0.0005-0.005%, REM: 0.0005-0.005%, Zr+Mg: 0.0005-0.005% total, Co:0.03-1% and/or Ni: 0.015-0.5%. The sheet has oxide layer of 5 microns or less and can be advantageously used for forming wide beads even in high speed arc welding of 100 cm/min or higher.
Patent GB-2436790-A (GB)
Title: Cleaning device for window glass
Inventor: JAMES MARK STEPHEN
IPC: A47L1/00
Filed: 2007-01-26
Abstract: The present invention relates to a device 1 for washing glass windows, and in particular a portable device having a wheeled container 2 for holding a quantity of window cleaning liquid 50 and a hand-held cleaning implement 4 including a cleaning head 6 supplied through a powered pump with the cleaning liquid when used to clean glass windows. The device comprises a housing 12, at least one wheel 14 connected to the housing 12 for transporting the housing across the ground, a divider 44 dividing the housing into an upper portion 40 and a lower portion 42. The upper portion 40 of the housing forms a liquid container 41, 41' for holding a quantity of cleaning liquid. The device 1 also has an electrically driven pump 52 for pumping cleaning liquid from the liquid container 41, 41', a battery power source 49 for powering the pump 52, a hand-held cleaning implement (4, fig 1) including a cleaning head (6, fig 1) for cleaning engagement with window glass, and a liquid conduit 10, 70 leading from the pump 52 to the cleaning implement (4, fig 1) by which cleaning liquid pumped from the liquid container 41, 41' reaches the cleaning head (6, fig 1) for cleaning window glass. The lower portion 42 of the housing houses beneath the liquid container 41, 41' both the battery power source 49 and the pump 52.
Patent GB-2446222-A (GB)
Title: A computer camera periscope
Inventor: DANCY CHARLES
IPC: G02B23/08
Filed: 2007-02-02
Abstract: A computer camera periscope device has two mirrors D, E set at 90 degrees to each other, held by side brackets C, which attach the device to the top of a laptop computer lid S over the lens of a built in camera B at the precise angle necessary to reflect the view in front of the laptop and away from the compute operator effectively reversing the original view of the camera.
Patent GB-2440607-A (GB)
Title: Portable tool for cutting and grinding
Inventor: STAFFORD COLIN
IPC: B23D61/02
Filed: 2007-04-27
Abstract: The tool comprises a directly driven drive shaft 13 on which is mounted a cutting blade 24 by means of a flange nut and further comprising a blade guard 25 and 26. The blade 24 has a central indentation in which the flange nut is located. As a consequence the blade 24 can be pressed flush against an object which abuts a workpiece that is to be cut at 90{. The drive shaft 13 is driven by a two speed motor 11 and 12. The blade 24 is changed after depressing a brake pin and locking an inner part of the guard 26 in an open position against the action of a spring 27 which biases the inner part of the guard 26 into a closed position.
Patent GB-2450904-A (GB)
Title: Wall socket faceplate with additional port
Inventor: DELAMARE ANDREW
IPC: H01R13/719
Filed: 2007-07-11
Abstract: The present invention provides for a power socket fascia 10 arranged to be fitted to a power socket box, comprising at least one power socket 12, 14, 16 for receiving a plug of an electrical device and including coupling elements for electrically coupling said power socket to a power-line; and at least one port 20 for the transmission and/or reception of a signal, which is coupled to a processor electrically coupled to said power-line and arranged to transfer a signal between said at least one port and said power-line so that said signal can be transmitted to and/or received from said power-line. The port may be an RJ45 or USB data socket or may be an audio socket.