baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2485786-A (GB)
Title: Snow ploughing system
Inventor: ROSS-MARTIN TORQUIL JAMES
IPC: B60B39/00
Filed: 2010-11-23
Abstract: The snow ploughing assembly, primarily for occasional use on wheeled ground vehicles, comprises a plough blade 3 which may be connected to the tyre, road wheel, stub axle, half shaft or hub assembly 5 of the vehicle via a mechanical linkage. The linkage is preferably arranged to secure the blade to the wheel fixing bolts/studs/lugs of the vehicle, the linkage including a rotational bearing 8 which, in use, is aligned with the wheel rotational axis so that the wheel and blade can rotate independently of one another. The blade is preferably significantly narrower than the width of the vehicle, with a number of wheels on a vehicle being provided with an assembly. The blade may bear upon the ground under the action of gravity or may be pushed down by a friction or spring element. The blade may alternatively comprise a brush or auger. Also claimed is a vehicle and snow plough arrangement.
Patent GB-2474170-A (GB)
Title: Transistor with embedded si/ge material having enhanced boron confinement
Inventor: HOENTSCHEL JAN
IPC: H01L21/265
Filed: 2009-07-31
Abstract: By incorporating a diffusion hindering species (256A) at the vicinity of PN junctions of P-channel transistors comprising a silicon/germanium alloy, (255) diffusion related non- uniformities of the PN junctions may be reduced, thereby contributing to enhanced device stability and increased overall transistor performance. The diffusion hindering species (256A) may be provided in the form of carbon, nitrogen and the like.
Patent GB-2487425-A (GB)
Title: Gesture input on a device a first and second touch sensitive area and a boundary region
Inventor: JOHNSTONE KENNETH FORBES
IPC: G06F3/0488
Filed: 2011-01-21
Abstract: An electronic device for receiving gesture input includes a first touch sensitive region (e.g. display screen area 12) for receiving user gesture input and a second touch sensitive region (e.g. control area 14) for receiving user gesture input, a processor for interpreting the user gesture input; a boundary region (15) located between the first touch sensitive region and second touch sensitive region. If a start of the gesture input is inside the first or second touch sensitive region and the completion of the gesture input is inside the boundary region, the processor is adapted to interpret that the gesture has been completed in the first or second touch sensitive region from which the gesture entered the boundary region, and if the start of the gesture input is inside the boundary region and the completion of the gesture input is inside the first or second touch sensitive region, the processor is adapted to interpret that the gesture input has started in the first or second touch sensitive region in, which the gesture enters after exiting the boundary region. The present invention also provides a method of interpreting gesture input from a user of an electronic device and computer program product carrying a computer program embodied in a computer readable medium adapted to perform the method.
Patent GB-2478193-A (GB)
Title: Barrier panel for crowd control
Inventor: WILSON ANDREW
IPC: E01F13/02
Filed: 2011-02-24
Abstract: The barrier panel comprises a frame with upper 2 and lower 3 members bridged by side members 4,5, the panel including at least two support members 6 which are each adjustably secured to the panel. The support members preferably serve as feet for contacting the ground and may include a vertical portion for engaging support blocks. Two support members are preferably provided for each barrier panel, adjustably secured to respective side members. The upper portions of the support members serve as spigots which slidably fit into correspondingly shaped socket attached to the side members, with spring-loaded pins acting to lock the support members in one of a number of positions. The support members are preferably detachable and rotatably mounted. The area within the barrier panel preferably a security element such as an array of spaced poles or a wire mesh panel. The panel may, in use, be angled relative to the vertical.
Patent GB-2478423-A (GB)
Title: Anti-lock brake with piezo actuator and independent optical measurement of the instantaneous wheel velocity
Inventor: OHNESORGE FRANK MICHAEL
IPC: B60T8/1761
Filed: 2011-03-03
Abstract: A strong piezo-actuator is inserted between brake piston and back side of the brake pad and is included in a regular anti locking brake system's feedback loop normally acting only on the hydraulic brake pressure system. Furthermore a laser scanner velocimetry is proposed to achieve a more accurate measure of the vehicle speed or respectively the longitudinal and lateral (drift) speed of each wheel axis. Both concepts together should enable a feedback response time roughly of the order of 10 microseconds which is much shorter than the nowadays achievable 10 milliseconds response time of solely hydraulic brake force generating systems which should make the anti locking brake system much more effective. Upon emergency breaking a vehicle can be held much closer to the limit of the elastic slip regime of the wheel slip (static friction regime) where the highest deceleration can be reached just before the vehicle transitions into sliding friction wheel slip.
Patent GB-2491371-A (GB)
Title: Product carrier for items in an automatic retailing, vending or retrieval machine
Inventor: MITCHELL RODERICK LESLIE
IPC: G07F11/46
Filed: 2011-06-01
Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier 1 with specific features that support and display products in an optimum manner for the secure storage, transfer, and presentation of the products to the user within an automatic retailing, vending or retrieval machine. Multiple sub-spaces 2 can be included. Side bars 3 and drive points 4 may be used to locate and guide the carrier 1 within the machine and also extract the carrier 1 from the machine. The carrier 1 may be formed of an outer enclosure with inserts which divide the carrier into an array of storage spaces 2. The spaces 2 may be shaped to securely grip and hold the products in the carrier 1. An edge lip 5 may be included to help prevent products accidentally falling out and cut-outs 6 provide improved access to grip the product for removal. The carrier spaces 2 may have hinged caps to prevent cooling losses. The carrier 1 may also have a lighting system to illuminate the stored products.
Patent GB-2481148-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for filling a target volume with ions of different masses
Inventor: RATHER OLIVER
IPC: H01J49/02
Filed: 2007-07-30
Abstract: A method for filling a target volume with ions of different masses and equal energy from a distant storage device involves dispatching the ions to the target volume as sorted ion swarms with essentially equal energy in a time controlled order. The ions are extracted from the storage device at the same time or in the order of light to heavy ions , the light ions flying ahead of the heavy ions with equal energy. The order of the flight of the ions of different masses is subsequently reversed by bunching and after the order of flight has been reversed the ions are again brought to their original kinetic energies by reverse bunching. The target volume may be a pulser of a time of flight mass spectrometer with orthogonal ion injection. Alternatively the target volume may be a measuring cell of an ion cyclotron resonance spectrometer.
Patent GB-2484378-A (GB)
Title: Electrical machine component monitoring system and method
Inventor: XIA HUA
IPC: G01D5/26
Filed: 2011-09-27
Abstract: An electrical machine component monitoring system 100 includes a light source 101 that provides an optical signal through a fibre optic cable 107 and a fibre optic sensing component 106 positioned on or at a standoff distance from the electrical machine component 109 to obtain a condition responsive optical signal wrt grease, particles, oil and/or dust/dirt contamination on stator end windings. The system further includes a photo detector 104 to receive the responsive optical signal from the fibre optic sensing component 106 and to convert the responsive optical signal to an electrical signal. A processing circuitry 105 is also provided in the system for determining information regarding dirt on the electrical machine component 109 by analyzing the electrical signal. The optical sensing component comprising a fibre grating sensing module including short (FBG) and long (LPG) period Bragg gratings and a central fibre core of germanium dioxide or fluorine co-doped silica (fig 2 not shown) is described. Alternatively standoff fibre sensing probes 180,200,220 may optically monitor the component 184 using reflected light from representative contamination on the windows 190,210,230. Lenses 208, 228 may be incorporated. This arrangement also detects loosening of end windings.
Patent GB-2496101-A (GB)
Title: Selectively disseminating trading data
Inventor: READ MICHAEL
IPC: G06Q40/04
Filed: 2011-10-14
Abstract: A system, method and computer program is provided which selectively disseminates information relating to executed trades among users of a computer implemented trading system. The system comprises one or more computers 401,402,403 implementing one or more trading platforms and a host computing system comprising one or more computers 400 implementing the dissemination of information. The users include tracking users tracking the executed trades of one or more other users and tracked users permitting tracking of their executed trades and usually users doing both. The host computing system is configured to receive requests, from client computers 420,422,421, to be notified of the trades of one or more selected traders using the trading platforms. Data relating to the executed trades of traders is received, and notifications of the trades of the selected traders are then sent to the requesting clients. The host also receives data relating to executed trades and filters the executed trade data to provide a selection of executed trades. An instruction to execute the trade is then sent to a computing device.
Patent GB-2483411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to lighting systems
Inventor: SUMMERLAND DAVID
IPC: H05B44/00
Filed: 2010-06-01
Abstract: A power adaptor for a solid state light source is disclosed. The power adaptor comprises an input (10) for connection to a mains power supply, a drive circuit (60) for providing an output suitable for driving the solid state light source, and a discharge circuit (50) adapted to drain power by providing a discharge current path. The discharge circuit (50) is adapted to be active during at least a portion of the period in which the drive circuit (60) is inactive, and the discharge circuit (50) is adapted to be inactive during at least a portion of the period in which the drive circuit (60) is active.
Patent GB-2483424-A (GB)
Title: 5-Phenyl-[1,2,4] triazolo[1,5-A] pyridin-2-yl carboxamides as JAK inhibitors
Inventor: MENET CHRISTEL JEANNE MARIE
IPC: A61K31/437
Filed: 2010-06-25
Abstract: A novel compound able to inhibit JAK is disclosed, this compound may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6. (I)
Patent GB-2498737-A (GB)
Title: Solar energy capture system
Inventor: CAMFIELD TONY
IPC: F24S10/70
Filed: 2012-01-24
Abstract: A solar energy capture system comprises a board 5, a loop of pipe 2 containing fluid, and a roofing surface 3, where the loop is situated between the board and surface. Preferably, the board is a form of heat retention or insulation board, such as is commonly used for insulating roofing spaces, and may be formed from compressed fibres or may alternatively be an aerated fibre board. The board edges may be rebated or scalloped so as to fit to another opposingly disposed board edge. The loop may comprise metal, rubber or plastic tubing. Preferably, the roofing surface is formed by cladding, such as ridged metal sheeting, where the cladding forms a weatherproof upper facing surface. The system may also include steam generation apparatus to allow for electrical production. The system is preferably utilised in the construction of a roof 1.
Patent GB-2500366-A (GB)
Title: Media exposure device system and method
Inventor: ELWORTHY TREVOR
IPC: B41J2/447
Filed: 2012-02-01
Abstract: A media exposure device 10 includes a plurality of radiating elements 22; radiation emitted by one or more of the radiating elements 22 corresponds to one of a set of aligned points located on an outwardly facing surface of the device; the radiating elements 22 being operable to cause radiation to be emitted from one or more points of the set one after the other in the order in which the points of the set are aligned such that, cumulatively, radiation of a predetermined power is emitted from the points of the set within a predetermined time. The points preferably form a two dimensional array; the radiating elements are preferably infrared micro light emitting diodes and the device forms part of a printhead.
Patent GB-2488405-A (GB)
Title: A floor care apparatus
Inventor: MUHLENKAMP ERIC E
IPC: A47L5/36
Filed: 2012-02-13
Abstract: A floor care apparatus comprises a body including a nozzle assembly 34 and a canister assembly (14, fig 1). A suction generator and a dirt collection vessel are carried on the body and a control handle (42, fig 1) is provided. A swivel assembly connects the control handle (42, fig 1) to the nozzle assembly 34 with said swivel assembly including a first member 60 pivotally mounted to the nozzle assembly 34 and a second member 66, which includes a receiver 80 for receiving and holding the control handle (42, fig 1), is rotatably mounted with respect to the first member 60. A swivel lock 12 is provided to lock the handle (42, fig 1) in an upright storage position, the swivel lock 12 including a slide 90 that includes a locking slot 92 and which is displaceable between a use position and a control handle centering and locking position, carried on the first member 60 and a cooperating and locking projection 112 carried on the second member 66. Both the slot 92 and the projection 112 may be V-shaped.
Patent GB-2502096-A (GB)
Title: A phased-array RF pulse generator
Inventor: SEDDON NIGEL
IPC: G01S7/282
Filed: 2012-05-15
Abstract: A phased-array RF pulse generator 90 comprises a video-pulse generator 20 arranged to generate video pulse, i.e. electrical pulses having a top-hat shape (60, fig.2b). An array of nonlinear and dispersive transmission lines 130a-c is arranged to generate RF pulses (fig.2c) from the video pulses. The RF pulses may be at microwave frequencies. At least one sensor 165a-c is arranged to detect the leading edge of the video pulses after they have passed along the transmission lines 130a-c. A phase controller 160 is arranged to set the velocity of the video pulses (60) in each transmission line (130a-c) to put the detected leading edges, and hence the generated-RF pulses, into a desired-phase relationship. The phase controller 160 includes a time to digital converter (TDC) which calculates the time difference between two or more signals edges which may sensed at an input sensor 155 and at output sensors 165a-c. The arrangement avoids the cost and bulk of a traditional multi-channel ADC based control system.
Patent GB-2508861-A (GB)
Title: Detecting neighbour cells to compile a neighbor cell list in an access point serving a small cell
Inventor: AWAD AKRAM JAMAL MASOUD
IPC: H04W24/10
Filed: 2012-12-13
Abstract: An Access Point 105 serving a small cell 202 in a cellular communication system (100, figure 1) uses the User Equipment (UE) intra-frequency Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) detection mode to detect neighbours inter-frequency by switching its carrier frequency to a frequency on which it is desired to check for neighbours (for a period long enough and/or often enough for its UE to have a reasonable chance of detecting such a neighbour). Received measurements on such neighbour cells 202, 203 may be used to compile a neighbor cell list if no such list has been preconfigured in the Access Point or if network listen results have provided only a limited number of detected neighbour cells. The access point 105 is allocated a set of operating frequencies and selects an operating frequency in turn. Wireless communication unit 113 is instructed to send measurement reports of neighbour cells 202, 203 which are operating on the selected operating frequency. Neighbour cell measurements are repeated until all operating frequencies of the Access Point included in the set have been selected.
Patent GB-2500795-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead assembly having a sinusoidal sealing profile and a method to assemble the same
Inventor: GETTE NICHOLAS PETER
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 2013-03-19
Abstract: An outer tubular wellhead member 11, such as a subsea tree, has wickers in the seal profile 15, formed in a bore 17 of the outer tubular wellhead member, that axially undulate around the bore. Each wicker (21, figs 2 & 6) varies axially in position around the circumference of the bore so that when a seal member engages each wicker, the wicker deforms the surface of an annular seal (47, figs 4 & 5) to form circumferential sealing bands at each wicker from an upper end of the sealing profile to a lower end of the sealing profile, upper portions of each wicker deforming the surface of the annular seal before lower portions of the same wicker so that fluid between adjacent wickers flows from the higher axial location of the wicker to the lower axial location of the wicker to limit hydraulic lock.
Patent GB-2507834-A (GB)
Title: A foldable high chair with a backrest reclining mechanism
Inventor: Hu jun-jie
IPC: A47D1/00
Filed: 2013-03-20
Abstract: A foldable highchair comprising a support leg frame and a seat assembly connected to the support leg frame wherein the support leg frame comprises front and rear pivotally attached leg frames, the seat assembly has a seat plate 21 connected pivotally to the front and rear leg frames with a pivotally connected backrest 22 and wherein there is a backrest supporting device comprising an adjusting unit 44 mounted to the support leg frame and a connecting rod 41 disposed on the rear of the backrest 22 which can be selectively engaged with the adjusting unit 44 to allow pivoting of the backrest 22 or lock it in place. The adjusting mechanism 44 may have a plurality of positioning slots 442 and the rod 41 may be held in a channel adjacent to the slots by a stop block 446 which can be depressed to release it. The rod 41 may be U shaped and have a pair of spring biasing devices 42.
Patent GB-2497250-A (GB)
Title: Method for the use of nitrates and nitrate reducing bacteria in hydraulic fracturing
Inventor: DURHAM DANIEL K
IPC: C09K8/68
Filed: 2011-08-19
Abstract: A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.
Patent GB-2517465-A (GB)
Title: Panel for an aircraft
Inventor: SAKOTA NEBOJSA
IPC: B64D15/12
Filed: 2013-08-21
Abstract: A panel for an aircraft has a body with integral conductors for the transmission of electrical power and/or signals therethrough. A sheet 1 has conducting elements 2 embedded or sandwiched within its structure. The conducting elements may be sandwiched between two thermoplastic sheets 3a,3b with recesses 4 to accommodate the conducting elements. The conducting elements may comprise sheathed or bare conductors. The sheet or sheets are adhered to, attached to or are integrally formed with a surface panel of an aircraft. An aircraft wing 7 may comprise a support structure connected with a rib 8 and include an outer skin layer 13. An intermediate sheet 1a,1b includes conducting and heating elements. The arrangement is primarily intended for in-flight de-icing purposes.
Patent GB-2517801-A (GB)
Title: Garment having less-stretchable support
Inventor: WAN HO YAU
IPC: A41C5/00
Filed: 2013-09-03
Abstract: A garment such as a bra 10 comprises a less-stretchable component 20 formed at various locations on and as a portion of the garment such as the cup 10. The less-stretchable component has less elasticity than that of another part of the garment. The less-stretchable component is screen printed on the fabric from which the garment is made, or it comprises a film of glue applied to the fabric. In use, the less-stretchable component maintains a predetermined shape and provides support to the user. Other garments which may benefit from such a feature are panties and corsets.
Patent GB-2513242-A (GB)
Title: Communications jacks having low crosstalk and/or solderless wire connection assemblies
Inventor: LARSEN WAYNE DAVID
IPC: H05K1/02
Filed: 2014-03-10
Abstract: A communications jack includes a printed circuit board and four pairs of output contacts. The second pair (150-1 and 150-2) and the fourth pair (150-7 and 150-8) are positioned generally opposite each other on opposing edges of the PCB. The first (150-4 and 150-5) and third (150-3 and 150-6) pairs are further forward and are closer together. Conductive paths (160-1, 160-2, 160-7 and 160-8) to the second and fourth pairs can pass outside the first and third pairs, and may cross over to further reduce crosstalk. The contacts may be IDCs, and the circuit board may be flexible or have contacts on both sides. An IDC contact may have an eye of the needle base (172, Fig 6) or opposed tines (282, 284, Fig 11A) for mounting in a PCB without using solder, or may have arms (382, 384, Fig 12) with sharpened ends and edges for pushing through a FPC.
Patent GB-2515906-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for reacting ions
Inventor: BROWN JEFFERY MARK
IPC: H01J49/06
Filed: 2014-06-09
Abstract: A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising: providing a source 2 of precursor ions and reagent ions for reacting with said precursor ions; providing a reaction region 12 downstream of said source 2; providing an ion mobility separator 8 between said source 2 and said reaction region 12; providing a bypass cell 14 between said source 2 and said reaction region 12 for guiding ions from said source 2 to said reaction region 12 without the ions passing through said ion mobility separator 8; guiding said precursor ions from said source 2, through said ion mobility separator 8 so that said precursor ions separate according to their ion mobility, and into said reaction region 12; and guiding said reagent ions from said source 2, through said bypass cell 12 and into said reaction region 12; wherein the reagent ions react with the precursor ions within the reaction region 12 to produce product or fragment ions.