baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2567747-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle transportation apparatus comprising storage for buckets and/or a breaker
Inventor: LEE MANGNALL
IPC: E02F9/00
Filed: 2017-04-20
Abstract: A vehicle transportation apparatus (e.g. a trailer) comprising a platform 3, (103, figure 8) for a hydraulic excavator (e.g. mini-excavator) and an equipment retaining unit 5, (105) configured to retain the excavator buckets 6 and/or a breaker (130). The transportation apparatus may comprise an openable lid 9, (109) pivoting about a hinge 10, (110) for retaining the excavator buckets 6, (106) and/or a breaker (130), preventing them from moving around and coming into contact with the hydraulic excavator in transit. Preferably, the equipment retaining unit 5, (105) can be locked to provide an anti-theft function and comprises locking members.
Patent GB-2579173-A (GB)
Title: A gas manifold block assembly
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER MARK JACKSON
IPC: F17C13/04
Filed: 2018-10-29
Abstract: A gas manifold block assembly comprising a housing with a first inlet port 2 connectable to a first gas supply (6, fig 1) a second inlet port 3 connectable to a second gas supply (6’ fig 1) and an outlet port 4, where a valve assembly is provided which comprises a valve element (8, fig 1) movable from a first position in which the first inlet port is in fluid communication with the outlet port and a second position in which the second inlet port is in fluid communication with the outlet port, actuated by a lever 9, and a sensor system 13 comprises a sensor 17, such as a hall effect sensor, to detect the position of the lever, such as by detecting the presence of a magnet 11 attached to the lever, and a controller 18. The gas supplies may comprise gas cylinders
Patent GB-2578463-A (GB)
Title: A sausage cutting apparatus and method
Inventor: Tom Lawrence Thring
IPC: B26D1/60
Filed: 2018-10-29
Abstract: A sausage cutting apparatus for cutting a sausage rope comprises a cutting head (27, figure 3) including a first cutting assembly 28 having a plurality of cutting devices 30 and a second cutting assembly 32 having a plurality of cutting devices 30; and an outfeed system 60 for conveying cut sausage portions 23 away from the cutting head. The cutting assemblies define a feed path for the sausage rope between them, with cutting blades of opposing pairs of cutting devices cutting the sausage rope. The outfeed system 60 includes an outfeed belt conveyor 62 including a belt 68 driven by a motor 72. The belt 68 is driven at a velocity greater than a velocity of the sausage rope along the feed path thereby accelerating the sausage portions away from the cutting devices. The belt conveyor 62 may be disposed in line with and below the feed path such that cut sausage portions drop under gravity onto an operative upper support surface 68 defined by the belt 68. Also disclosed is the corresponding method of cutting a sausage rope using this apparatus.
Patent GB-2578871-A (GB)
Title: Sweat analysis
Inventor: Melanie Jane Bailey
IPC: G01N33/94
Filed: 2018-11-09
Abstract: A method of testing a sweat sample derived from a skin, palm or finger print for the presence of at least one amino acid or derivative thereof, preferably taurine, lysine, ornithine or pyroglutamic acid is used to establish whether a second sample of sweat from the same print may be used to detect a drug or metabolite such as opiates (i.e. heroine, morphine) or a TB medication such as isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin and/or ethambutol. Detection may be achieved via mass spectrometry and optionally, an estimate of sweat volume may be made from an optical image of the print.
Patent GB-2567562-A (GB)
Title: Station platform floor panel
Inventor: THOMAS JAMES BOWMAN
IPC: E04F15/02
Filed: 2014-02-24
Abstract: A panel 100, 200 for a station platform floor has a substantially planar upper surface 102, 202. The upper surface 102, 202 has one or more fixing recesses 116, 216 for respectively receiving one or more mechanical fixings 504. The one or more fixing recesses 116, 216 each have a stepped profile 118, 218 for supporting a cover plate 400, 400y, 400w over one or more mechanical fixings 504 housed therein.
Patent GB-2579857-A (GB)
Title: Behaviour event monitoring system for a vehicle
Inventor: PHILIP ALEXANDER BARBER
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2018-12-18
Abstract: A system for monitoring events in the vicinity of a vehicle 12 comprises one or more controllers 15 configured to receive behaviour data relating to a body 34 external to the vehicle 12. The behaviour data is compared with predetermined behaviour data, and further data (relating to the behaviour data) is output for communication to one or more entities. The External body 34 may be another vehicle. The behaviour data may relate to an image, speed, proximity, heading, or angle. The predetermined behaviour data may be a maximum speed threshold, (user selectable) minimum separation threshold or a heading angle threshold. The one or more entities may be another vehicle, a remote server and/or a law enforcement service. Image data may include a number plate. A user may be able to select a body external to the vehicle, for which the system is to receive behaviour data and make a behaviour comparison.
Patent GB-2569458-A (GB)
Title: Medical tubes for breathing circuit
Inventor: JAMES WILLIAM STANTON
IPC: A61M16/10
Filed: 2017-07-21
Abstract: A breathing circuit for use in respiratory therapy includes an inspiratory tube and an expiratory tube. The inspiratory tube of the breathing circuit has a smooth bore. The expiratory tube of the breathing circuit is corrugated. Preferably, the expiratory tube is vapor permeable. Using the combination of a smooth bore inspiratory tube with a corrugated expiratory tube has the unexpected result of improving the performance of the breathing circuit and its components.
Patent GB-2580674-A (GB)
Title: Coupler for a fall protection device
Inventor: OLIVER AUSTON
IPC: A62B35/00
Filed: 2019-01-22
Abstract: A coupler 10 for connecting a fall protection device to a harness includes a body with distal and proximal ends 12, 14. The far end 12 has a webbing guidance surface with sides 16, 18 providing respective walls 17, 19 which are arranged to retain webbing within the guide. The near end 14 includes engagement means 15 for connecting to a D-ring of a harness. The body of the coupler 10 has a passageway 11 for securing to a shaft of a connector of a fall prevention device. The channel 11 has a bearing surface for acting with an outer surface of the shaft, enabling it to rotate within the passage 11 and allowing the connector to articulate or move relative to the coupler 10. Also claimed are a fall protection assembly including the coupler 10 and a harness, and a method of connecting this assembly to the harness.
Patent GB-2574110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to prosthetic limbs
Inventor: JOEL GIBBARD
IPC: B25J15/00
Filed: 2019-03-29
Abstract: An actuator comprising a driven, mobile tensioner such as a drive nut 70 to which a tendon 60 can be attached, where the tensioner is movable along a shaft 72 in either axial direction to place tension on or relax a tendon of a prosthetic digit. The shaft may be rotated by a motor and may comprise a leadscrew rotatable in either direction to drive the tensioner. The actuator may have a guide rod 74, 76 to prevent rotation of the tensioner as it moves along the shaft. The actuator may comprise a hitchhiker attached to the tendon which is not connected to the shaft but can slide along the shaft or guide rod. The hitchhiker may prevent slack in the tendon as the tendon moves from a more- to less-tensioned position. The actuator may be part of an actuator block or a prosthetic limb.
Patent GB-2584710-A (GB)
Title: Dye transfer printing method and apparatus
Inventor: MAURICE CLARKE
IPC: B41M5/035
Filed: 2019-06-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye printing method and apparatus for printing onto 3D objects preferably utilizing vacuum dye printing. The apparatus comprises a substrate 2 for receipt of an article 4 and a heater arrangement 14 carrying at least one heating element 12. The apparatus is configured to allow relative movement 16 between the substrate and the heater arrangement so as to allow thermal energy emitted by the heating elements to pass across the article to be printed. The apparatus may further include a control system 18 operable to control relative movement between the substrate and the heater arrangement. The control system may be operable to modify the thermal energy output by one or more of the heating elements dependent on an input received from the one or more temperature sensors 20 and/or the speed of movement of the movement of the substrate or the heater arrangement.
Patent GB-2573072-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic alert system in a facility
Inventor: Donald R High
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 2017-11-09
Abstract: Described in detail herein are methods and systems for dynamically transmitting alerts. Sensors disposed in a facility can detect mobile devices roaming around the facility when they are within range of the sensor. The sensor can transmit the location an identification information of the mobile devices to a computing system. The computing system can determine physical objects disposed within a predetermined distance to the mobile devices. The computing system can determine if at least one physical object is of interest to the users of the mobile devices. The computing system can transmit an alert including information associated with the physical object and generate a messaging interface on the mobile devices. The computing system can prompt the users of the mobile devices to input information associated with the physical object. The computing system can dynamically update the database based on the information input associated with the physical object.
Patent GB-2586041-A (GB)
Title: Cladding board
Inventor: LEE CAVALIER
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 2019-07-31
Abstract: The cladding board 100 comprises an upper channel 106 which extends longitudinally along an upper edge of the cladding board. The upper channel is defined by upwardly extending front and rear walls 108, 110. The upwardly extending rear wall further extends to a fixing plate 111. A lower channel 116 extends longitudinally along a lower edge of the cladding board, with the lower channel being defined by downwardly extending front and rear walls 118, 120. When a lower edge of an upper cladding board 100 is placed adjacent an upper edge of a lower cladding board 100, the upper cladding board 100 overlaps the fixing plate 111 of the lower cladding board 100 and interlocks with the lower cladding board 100, with the fixings or fasteners for the lower cladding board 100 being covered by the upper cladding board 100.
Patent GB-2589308-A (GB)
Title: Candle
Inventor: MARTIN BUTLER
IPC: F21S10/04
Filed: 2019-11-05
Abstract: A candle includes a base unit 12 and a candle body 14 which is mounted to the base unit 12. The candle body 14 includes a wick 16 and a fibre optic 18 running therethrough. The base unit 12 includes a light sensor 20 to detect light from the wick 16 when lit. LEDs 22a-22c operate in dependence on detection of light by the light sensor 20 to illuminate the candle body 14. Base unit 12 has an infrared proximity sensor 24 to detect the presence of body 14.
Patent GB-2584924-A (GB)
Title: Exercise device for use while seated
Inventor: ALAN JOSEPH GREEN
IPC: A63B23/035
Filed: 2019-11-15
Abstract: A muscle toning device, for use with a chair, has: an exercise resistance device storing an elastically extendable, elongate resistance element 5 that has a user handgrip 12 attached at an end; a device mounter 2, configured to be attached to a seat portion of the chair, and located below a top surface of the seat portion; characterised in that the muscle toning device has a guide of a roller bearing 8, 16 and guidance channel 17, for locating and guiding the resistance element 5. The resistance element 5 may be held laterally across the underside of the seat portion. The device mounter 2 may be hook and loop and planar, with a seat engagement surface of less than 150 by 70 mm. There may be a second roller bearing or pulley 8, which may be laterally translatable to move in a direction of a pulling force.
Patent GB-2590377-A (GB)
Title: A subterranean excavation machine
Inventor: MAX ARNAUTOV
IPC: E21C45/00
Filed: 2019-12-12
Abstract: A subterranean excavation machine comprising a cutting head, the cutting head comprising inlets for receiving abrasive and cutting fluid, and one or more nozzles 60. The or each nozzle comprises a mixing chamber 88 for mixing together the abrasive and the cutting fluid from the inlets, and a fluid focussing passageway 63b for focussing the mixed abrasive and cutting fluid into a cutting jet that exits the nozzle for cutting into subterranean substrate. The fluid focussing passageway is defined by a plurality of nozzle members 63, 64 that are movable towards and away from one another within a cavity 65 to respectively decrease and increase a width of the fluid focussing passageway.
Patent GB-2593777-A (GB)
Title: Video data encoding and decoding
Inventor: STEPHEN MARK KEATING
IPC: H04N19/85
Filed: 2020-04-03
Abstract: An apparatus comprises a video data encoder configured to receive input video data in a 4:4:4 or a 4:2:2 sampling format, the input video data representing a plurality of video component channels. The video data encoder comprises: detector circuitry to detect a predetermined property of the input video data indicative of high frequency content of at least one of the plurality of video component channels relative to high frequency content of at least one other of the plurality of video component channels; filter circuitry to selectively apply a filtering operation to one or more of the plurality of video component channels in response to the detected predetermined property; and encoding circuitry to encode the input video data, as selectively filtered by the filter circuitry, to generate the encoded output video data. Variable filtering (e.g., low pass filtering, LPF) may be in response to a degree to which the detected property meets a predetermined criterion, e.g. a threshold level high frequency content of at least one channel relative to other channel(s).
Patent GB-2594268-A (GB)
Title: Security device
Inventor: CHRIS NAPTHINE
IPC: E05B73/00
Filed: 2020-04-21
Abstract: A security tag assembly comprises a security device 12 such as electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag, having a housing and a loop of cable extending from the housing for placement around said article, the loop of cable being connected to a rotatable spool within the housing, permitting placement of the loop of cable around said article; and a retaining plate 30 attached to the housing, the retaining plate including two cable guide apertures/slots disposed in corner regions of the retaining plate, and the loop of cable extending through the apertures. The apertures may be holes with a complete perimeter or may be slots/notches with an open perimeter. The retaining plate may be square such as rhombus. A guide member 18 of similar shape may be provided at an opposite side of the article. A kit of parts may include retaining plates of different sizes. The cable guide holes may locate proximate the edge/perimeter of the article and prevent the cables being slipped off the article.
Patent GB-2595467-A (GB)
Title: Image processing
Inventor: JAKE FAIRNIE
IPC: G06T9/00
Filed: 2020-05-26
Abstract: The invention is concerned with converting a bitmap image obtained for example by X-ray, Ultrasound or CT scanning of a human or animal body part to a vector line image for the purpose of detecting an abnormality. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer implemented method for processing a bitmap image of an object, the bitmap image comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a corresponding intensity value. A user input is received at a user interface of a computing device and a number of threshold groups is defined with each threshold group having an upper and a lower intensity threshold. Each pixel of the bitmap image is then assigned to one of the threshold groups, such that the intensity of the pixel of the bitmap image falls within the upper and lower intensity thresholds of the threshold group to which said pixel is assigned. A path is then generated at each boundary between pixels assigned to different threshold groups to generate a vector line image from which areas of interest can be identified. The organ of interest may be the brain and the vector line image may be displayed superimposed on a functional MRI image of the brain.
Patent GB-2596102-A (GB)
Title: Processing device comprising control bus
Inventor: GRAHAM BERNARD CUNNINGHAM
IPC: G06F15/173
Filed: 2020-06-17
Abstract: A device comprises a control bus 700, a plurality of requesting circuits 730 each accessible on the control bus, and a plurality of receiving circuits 720 each accessible on the control bus. Each of the receiving circuits is associated with a storage. Each of the requesting circuits is operable to dispatch a read or write request to the control bus for delivery to at least one of the receiving circuits, each of the read or write requests being a request to read or write from the storage associated with one or more of the receiving circuits to which it is dispatched. Each of the receiving circuits is operable to receive one or more of the read or write requests from the control bus, and service the requests by providing at least one of read or write access to the storage associated with the respective receiving circuit. The control bus provides a ring path configured to support the read or write requests in circulation in the ring path and is configured to propagate each of the requests at least until those requests have been serviced by one of the receiving circuits.
Patent GB-2584238-A (GB)
Title: Electrical power generating unit
Inventor: CATALIN TUTUNARU
IPC: H02K11/00
Filed: 2019-02-06
Abstract: The present disclosure is an electrical power generating and storage unit configured to generate electricity using magnetic forces and gravitational forces. The power generator can be scaled for various applications, including mobile and stationary power production. One example of the power generator includes nano-coated coils placed along the walls of a cylindrical housing around a centrally placed sphere containing a gel compound. The gel compound is produced by an electrochemical reaction between metals and a salt contained in a supersolution.
Patent GB-2598600-A (GB)
Title: Web-cleaning device for cleaning a web
Inventor: JON FERGUSON
IPC: B08B5/04
Filed: 2020-09-03
Abstract: A web-cleaning device for cleaning a web 205 in situ in a web processing machine comprises an elongate aperture through which cleaning air flows and a cover (210, fig 5) comprising one or more moveable members, for example fingers 230. Each member is moveable between an elevated position and a lowered position. When the web-cleaning device cleans a web having a narrow width there is a first region of the aperture that is covered by the web at which one or more of the members are in the elevated position such that the flow of air through the aperture at that region is restricted by the presence of the web. There is also a second region of the aperture that is covered by one or more of the members in the lowered position such that the flow of air though the aperture at that region is restricted by those one or more members in the lowered position. It is thus possible for system pressure to be maintained at a near-constant level, without needing to alter the system settings of the web processing machine to account for webs of different widths.
Patent GB-2593026-A (GB)
Title: Cage for fish farming
Inventor: DAG-OYVIND MELING
IPC: A01K61/65
Filed: 2019-07-09
Abstract: A fish-farming cage (1), the fish-farming cage (1) comprising a first buoyancy element (10) with a first diameter (DIO), a second buoyancy element (20) with a second diameter (D20), a third buoyancy element (30) with a third diameter (D30), a closed enclosure (40) comprising a bottom wall (41) and a top wall (42), and an anchoring (50). In a lowered position, the second buoyancy element (2) is vertically displaceable in a water column relative to the first buoyancy element (10) when the first buoyancy element (10) is positioned in a water surface (0), the first buoyancy element (10) including a first work platform (11) and the second buoyancy element including a second work platform (21).
Patent GB-2595035-A (GB)
Title: Determining potential ranking for petroleum plays
Inventor: Michael Charles Quintrell Treloar
IPC: G06T17/20
Filed: 2021-03-24
Abstract: Geological survey data of a geographical area including a basin is received (904), and predicted values (e.g. probability that a property associated with a characteristic (source rock, reservoir, seal) applies to a portion of the basin) are generated (908) based on the data, each value indicating a probability that a first portion of the basin includes a first characteristic. A set of polygons is generated (912) that represent the basin based on the values, each polygon representing a portion of the basin of the same value. A basin score is calculated (916) for the basin by (i) generating a presence score for each polygon (920) using the value, and (ii) generating the basin score (924) by aggregating the presence score of each polygon (Fig. 5). The basin score is displayed (928) to determine an area where drilling a wellbore would likely result in success. Exploration potential ranking (804 in Fig. 8) for future petroleum plays can therefore be determined by receiving geological survey data of a geographical area. An effectiveness score indicating a predicted effectiveness of the first characteristic may also be generated and combined with the predicted value for a polygon to calculate the basin score.
Patent GB-2605456-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus
Inventor: Satyen Fakey
IPC: B23Q16/02
Filed: 2021-04-01
Abstract: The automated crafting apparatus 100 includes a turret component 102 coupled to multiple tools 104a, 104b, 104c. The tools are for performing one or more actions on a material pertaining to a craft activity. Each tool is mounted in a slot provided on the turret component. An actuating component 110 is operatively coupled with at least one of the turret component and each of the tools. The actuating component is configured to perform an actuation operation selected from at least one of a rotation of the turret component, a selection or deployment of a tool for performing an action of the one or more actions, an independent rotation of each of the deployed tool from each other, a movement of the turret component along a pre-defined axis along the material, an automated selection or deployment of the tool, an automated movement of the tool in any of an upward direction and a downward direction with respect to the material, and a movement of the material along a predefined direction with respect to the deployed tool. The tool may be e.g. a blade, pen, eraser, pencil, brush, additive tool, laserhead, printing nozzle, milling head, or adhesion tool etc.