baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2534345-A (GB)
Title: Roll up roll out wheeled shopping bag
Inventor: KARL DARREN COGAN
IPC: B62B3/02
Filed: 2014-11-15
Abstract: A collapsible shopping bag on wheels comprising a bag 1, a tubed frame 2 threaded with an elastic cord 3 which is held in place by a clamp 9 and a plurality of wheels 5 attached to the end of the tubes. The bag will preferably have a handle positioned at the top to facilitate movement when in the opened position. The whole bag will preferably be rolled up into one single small unit when in its collapsed state. The sides of the bag will preferably have elasticated holders to enable the storage of items such as flowers or an umbrella.
Patent GB-2517632-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for thermal printing or embossing
Inventor: KIRCHNER HARALD
IPC: B41J35/38
Filed: 2013-07-09
Abstract: Abstract The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for thermal printing or embossing, comprising a film conveying section (2) for a carrier film (4) coated with a coloring agent (3), a print support (5) for a printable medium (6) and a printhead (7) for selectively heating the carrier film (4) in accordance with a predetermined printed image, so that the coloring agent (3) is transferred from the carrier film (4) to the printable medium (6) in accordance with the predetermined printed image. The apparatus (1) is characterized in that it further comprises a sensor device (9) set up for recording a remaining pattern of the coloring agent (3) on the carrier film (4) after the heating of the carrier film (4) and set up for generating a sensor signal on the basis of the recorded pattern. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding process for printed image inspection in thermal printing or embossing and to a computer program with program code for carrying out the process when the computer program is performed in a computer.
Patent GB-2533608-A (GB)
Title: A time of flight mass spectrometer
Inventor: DIANA KALININA
IPC: H01J49/40
Filed: 2014-12-23
Abstract: A time of flight mass spectrometer including a first electrode 3 and a second electrode 4. The ion source is configured to apply voltages to the first and second electrodes to produce an electric field in a region between the first and second electrodes. A shield 10 is formed on the first electrode and/or second electrode. The shield is configured to inhibit an electric field formed between edges of the first and second electrodes from penetrating into the region between the first and second electrodes when the mass spectrometer is in use. Inhibiting this side field has been found to result in reduced drop in intensity depending upon where the sample is positioned. The shield may be a raised element, or may surround an axis extending between electrodes. The electrode may have a second shield which surrounds an aperture. The two electrodes may be included in the ion source of the mass spectrometer with the electrodes being used to produce an extraction electric field between them so as to extract the ions when in use.
Patent GB-2535441-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable runner apparatus
Inventor: DARREN LORENZO
IPC: E05D15/06
Filed: 2015-01-08
Abstract: An adjustable runner apparatus 1 comprises a main support member 2 having a runner component 3 with one or more runners 24 mounted for adjustable movement relative to the support member. A mounting component 4 clamps the runner apparatus to an article such as a shower screen or door, and comprises a clamping component which is adjustably movable relative to the main support member, thus allowing the height of the runner to be adjusted. The clamping component may comprise a bolt member 12 engageable with a slidable element 13 provided within a channel 14 in the support member. The runner component may comprise one or more wheels mounted on a threaded nut that receives a threaded bolt rotatably mounted relative to the support member.
Patent GB-2519887-A (GB)
Title: Storage
Inventor: HILL-BALDWIN TIMOTHY JAMES
IPC: B62H3/08
Filed: 2013-07-19
Abstract: There is described a storage apparatus for a bicycle comprising a stand, a securing bracket and a support member attached to the stand, the support member comprising a rigid panel and a flexible buffer attached to the rigid panel, the flexible buffer extending about an opening suitable for accommodating a wheel of a bicycle. The wheel of a bicycle can be held by the flexible buffer and a lock can be used to secure the bicycle to the securing bracket.
Patent GB-2536445-A (GB)
Title: Aroma-imparting articles supported by collar stays
Inventor: ROBIN KISBY
IPC: A41D27/06
Filed: 2015-03-17
Abstract: A collar stay with a means of carrying an aroma emitting substance. The aroma emitting substance is carried on or in a part of the collar stay 2 that is not retained within the collar stay pocket so that the aroma is more efficiently dispersed to the atmosphere. The aromatic medium may be a liquid, gel-like or solid substance contained within the body of the collar stay 4 and may be exposed to the atmosphere through perforations 3 in the surface of the collar stay. The collar stays are offered for retail and stored in a box (Fig 24a, X&Y) that has a plurality of collar-stay shaped recesses (Fig 24a, sr) to contain the collar stays (Fig 24a, e.6), which may be sealed into the box by way of a peel-off plastic covering (Fig 24a, s). Packaging for collar stays which includes a recess for a liquid aroma substance is also disclosed (see figure 28a and 28b).
Patent GB-2538742-A (GB)
Title: Downhole milling tool
Inventor: SIMON LEIPER
IPC: E21B37/02
Filed: 2015-05-27
Abstract: A downhole milling tool (100) operable to remove unwanted debris from an interior wall of a pipeline, well casing or other tubular in which the tool (100) is deployable. The tool (100) comprises a hollow tool body (1, 11) mountable on a drill string and an annular element (8) mountable about an outside surface of the tool body (1). The annular element (8) houses at least one elongate milling blade (12). The at least one milling blade (12) is configured such that it always projects from an outside surface of the annular element (8) and includes an elongate cutting face (36). The annular element (8) is configured to be rotatably coupled to the tool body (1) in an active state and rotatably decoupled from the tool body (1) in an inactive state such that the annular element (8) and the tool body (1) are rotationally dependent when coupled and rotationally independent when decoupled. The cutting faces (36) are each configured to be operable to remove unwanted debris only when the annular element (8) and the tool body (1) are rotationally dependent, such that, in use, rotation of the tool body (1) effects operation of the milling blades (12) to remove unwanted debris and to be inoperable to remove unwanted debris when the annular element (8) and the tool body (1) are rotationally independent.
Patent GB-2524424-A (GB)
Title: Lossless buried data
Inventor: CRAVEN PETER GRAHAM
IPC: G10L19/00
Filed: 2011-10-24
Abstract: Methods are disclosed for an encoder to embed a data stream into a quantised PCM digital audio signal and for a corresponding decoder to both retrieve the data stream and losslessly reconstruct the exact original audio. Some methods employ complimentary amplification and attenuation, while others employ gain redistribution. Pre-emphasis and soft clipping techniques are described as methods of losslessly reducing the peak excursion of the PCM audio signal. Also described is the lossless placing of data at predetermined positions within an audio stream.
Patent GB-2540596-A (GB)
Title: Receiver and method of receiving
Inventor: SAMUEL ASANGBENG ATUNGSIRI
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 2015-07-22
Abstract: A receiver comprises a demodulation circuit configured to detect and to recover a received signal comprising one or more frames each with a preamble comprising a plurality of bootstrap Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols. A first of the bootstrap symbols has a first time domain structure (C-A-B) configured so that a receiver can synchronise to a useful part of the bootstrap symbols and one or more of the other bootstrap symbols have at least a second time domain structure (B-C-A) and carry signalling data indicating parameters for detecting and recovering the payload data. The receiver uses all of the bootstrap symbols in synchronisation timing for a more accurate of the optimum FFT trigger point 1790 and fine frequency offset 1792. The receiver detects from the bootstrap symbols synchronisation timing and converts, using an inverse Fourier transform, the temporal length of the bootstrap symbols or the payload symbols from the time domain into the frequency domain in accordance with the identified synchronisation timing. The detection utilises a first (auto)correlator 1703 adapted to the first time domain structure (C-A-B) of the first bootstrap symbol and one or more second correlators 1705 adapted to the second time domain structure (B-C-A) of the one or more other bootstrap symbols, one or more delay units 1710, 1712, 1714, 1750, 1752, 1754 configured to delay results produced by the first correlator and the at least one second correlators so that the correlation results are produced contemporaneously for the first and the one or more other bootstrap symbols of the preamble. A combined signal 1744 from the first and second correlators is used to identify the synchronisation timing.
Patent GB-2531926-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive driver identification fusion
Inventor: MAHMOUD A ABOU-NASR
IPC: G06F21/32
Filed: 2015-10-08
Abstract: A vehicle system includes a driver identification fusion module 815 to aggregate confidence levels from a plurality of identification modules 805,810 and output an aggregated confidence level. Each confidence level indicates the likelihood that a driver of a vehicle is a particular person. The identification modules may include fingerprint recognition, key fob recognition, facial recognition, Bluetooth recognition and voice recognition. The driver identification fusion module may also output a control signal to a vehicle subsystem to control a setting to that associated with the particular person.
Patent GB-2545171-A (GB)
Title: Light source identification apparatus and method
Inventor: PHILLIP ROGERS
IPC: H05B37/02
Filed: 2015-12-03
Abstract: A light source identification system comprises a light source imaging device 200 comprising a light sensor operable to image at least a portion of an environment 400 including controllable light sources 420, 430 and non controllable light sources 440; image data acquired by device 200 is transmitted to a processing device 240 which is configured to identify light sources from received image data and locate them within the environment, thereby creating an illumination map. The operation of controllable light sources 420, 430 is controlled to compensate for changes in non controllable light sources 440, to maintain a desired illumination level in the room; the light sources 420, 430 may be controlled to improve the level of immersion of a user of a display device 410 by modifying the output of lights 420, 430 in response to the type of media displayed.
Patent GB-2545677-A (GB)
Title: Touch catch
Inventor: DAVID GRAHAM DUFFY
IPC: E05C19/02
Filed: 2015-12-21
Abstract: A touch catch, such as a push-push catch requiring push to close and push to open, for an access panel in a wall or ceiling. The touch catch comprising a leaf spring as a bias. Also claimed is a touch catch comprising a catch member and keeper member brought together against a bias wherein the catch is retained against a step/notch 44 in the keeper and subsequently pushing the catch member disengages from the keeper. Preferably the catch member comprises a cylindrical striker 70 biased by integral resilient leg 68 against cam surface on two arms 38, 40 of the keeper during closing movement to locate and retain cylindrical striker 70 in step/notch 44. The catch member forms a T-shape and the keeper includes a gap between the cam surfaces allowing passage of the leg 68 of the catch. The catch member preferably includes two leaf springs 62, 64 biasing the catch and the access panel/door away from the keeper and doorframe.
Patent GB-2546288-A (GB)
Title: Package tracker and method
Inventor: WAYNE SOUTTER
IPC: G01S19/42
Filed: 2016-01-13
Abstract: A tracker module 100 for tracking parcels comprises a satellite positioning module 108, a cellular radio module 106 and a controller 105. The controller is arranged to selectively first supply power from a power source 103 to the satellite positioning module to acquire a position, reduce power to the satellite positioning module and subsequently supply power to the cellular radio module to send the position to a network. A corresponding method for tracking comprises switching on a satellite positioning module, acquiring a position, switching off the satellite positioning module, switching on a cellular radio module and sending the position. The tracker module may be woken up according to a schedule. The method may further comprise counting a number of scheduled wake ups and switching on the satellite positioning module if a satellite positioning counter is less than a threshold value or if the satellite positioning counter above the threshold but an accelerometer has changed since a previous satellite positioning schedule. The cellular radio module may be switched on if the satellite positioning counter is less than a threshold value. The tracker may also include temperature, light, shock or pressure sensors. Packaging for disguising a tracker module is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2532891-A (GB)
Title: Term by term gain calibration of triaxial propagation measurements
Inventor: PAUL BERTRAND
IPC: G01V13/00
Filed: 2014-07-25
Abstract: A method for obtaining gain corrected triaxial electromagnetic propagation measurements with an offset correction includes deploying an electromagnetic logging tool in a subterranean borehole. The logging tool includes at least first and second axially spaced triaxial transmitters and at least first and second axially spaced triaxial receivers. A plurality of full tensor voltage measurements may be acquired and processed tensor term by tensor term to obtain a full tensor, gain corrected quantity. The processing may optionally include (i) removing a full tensor voltage offset from the acquired full tensor voltage measurements to obtain a corresponding plurality of offset corrected voltage tensors and (ii) processing the offset corrected voltage tensor term by tensor term to obtain the full tensor, gain and offset corrected quantity.
Patent GB-2548399-A (GB)
Title: Container closure
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM MYERSCOUGH
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 2016-03-18
Abstract: A rim element 10 for a container (e.g. for paint) has an annular collar 32 and an engagement projection 62, 64. The rim element 32 can create a seal with a lid 76, e.g. allowing the container 10 of paperboard or cardboard to be recycled. The container may have a flexible liner (182, fig 4) for paint. The rim may be attached to the container by applying a force parallel to an axis of a tubular side wall of the container, so that the engagement projection 62, 64 of the rim presses into an inner side surface of the container wall, to hold the rim in place. Many projections 62, 64 may extend circumferentially around the collar 32, creating a tight fit with the container, or may engage in a recess (458, fig 8) of the container. Projections 62, 64 may be a helical thread. The rim may be removed from the container by applying a non-parallel force to an axis of the container, e.g. by twisting. This allows a polymeric rim to be removed from the container for recycling, when the rim is contaminated by any remaining paint. The rim 10 may be a unitary element.
Patent GB-2538637-A (GB)
Title: Threshold barrier system
Inventor: DUANE A GERIG
IPC: A01K15/02
Filed: 2014-11-20
Abstract: An animal containment system is described that comprises a transmitter unit and a receiver, the transmitter unit comprising a transmitter coil and signal generator. The signal generator transmits a modulated activation signal through the coil and generates a uniform magnetic field within a region around the coil. A receiver travels through a portion of the uniform magnetic field and uses information of periodically emphasized positively directed portions of the signal to detect a first polarity of the magnetic field in a first detection area and a second reversed polarity of the magnetic field in the second detection area. A detected reversal of polarity indicates a boundary crossing event including the receiver transitioning across the boundary.
Patent GB-2540106-A (GB)
Title: Robust index correction of an angular encoder using analog signals
Inventor: Alexander kramer
IPC: G02B26/10
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A method for finding a reference correction value of an angular encoder index mark is given. The angular encoder has a first read head, a second read head, and a patterned element that includes incremental marks and an index mark. In a first instance, the first read head detects the presence of the index mark and, in response, the second read head generates a first analog signal. In a second instance, the first read head detects the presence of the index mark and, in response, the second read head generates a second analog signal. A processor determines the reference correction value based at least in part on the first analog signal and the second analog signal.
Patent GB-2559950-A (GB)
Title: Metal alloy
Inventor: ZHIJIAN SHEN
IPC: C22C38/00
Filed: 2017-01-10
Abstract: An oxide dispersed strengthened (ODS) metal alloy comprising oxide particles dispersed in a metal alloy matrix, wherein the metal alloy matrix comprises an intragranular cellular microstructure, and wherein the oxide particles are dispersed in at least some of the cells of the intragranular cellular microstructure; or a method of additively manufacturing a metal alloy with oxide particles. The metal alloy and oxide may be mixed by a ball mill and the oxide particles may be deposited on the surface. Slowing the scanning speed increases the cell size (fig 5). The ODS metal alloy may be stainless steel. The metal alloy matrix may have a structure of a melt pool (fig 4a and 4b) comprising a plurality of grains each comprising the intragranular structure. The oxide particles may be present in between at least some of the boundaries between adjacent grains as well as within at least some of the cells of the structure. The oxide particles may be metal oxides, preferably Yttrium Y2O3 nanoparticles of 1-200 nm. The design is preferably for heat exchanges resistant to neutron damage and high temperatures for nuclear fusion reactors.
Patent GB-2546898-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connection system
Inventor: JEREMY WALTER CHURCH
IPC: H01R13/639
Filed: 2017-01-30
Abstract: An electrical connection system comprising a male connector 12 and a female connector 14. The female connector comprises a biased latching member 20 that has a first tapered protrusion 22 which engages the male connector, forcing it into contact with a stop portion 24 of the female connector, which may be a surface at an end of the socket. The male connector comprises a longitudinal extension 18 in one embodiment. The first protrusion may have a surface 30 which tapers away from the stop at an obtuse angle. The male connector may include a second tapered protrusion 26 which engages the first protrusion and tapers toward the stop at an acute angle. The protrusions may have two tapered surfaces, which may have perpendicular tapering angles. A second electrical connection system is included which may not have the stop portion and requires that the first protrusion is tapered downward along a closed loop to engage an internally extending tapered orifice in the male connector, preventing relative movement of the connectors.
Patent GB-2543005-A (GB)
Title: Electrically operated valve and method thereof
Inventor: GRAEME M KELBIE
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2015-06-01
Abstract: A downhole tool assembly includes a tubular having a flowbore extending along a longitudinal axis of the tubular. An electric actuating mechanism supported by the tubular and distanced from the longitudinal axis of the tubular; and, a valve assembly connected to the tubular and fluidically connected to the flowbore. The valve assembly including: an outer portion having at least one port; and an electrically actuated inner portion concentrically positioned within the outer portion and operable by the actuating mechanism to selectively block the at least one port in a first condition of the valve assembly and unblock the at least one port in a second condition of the valve assembly. A method of actuating a valve assembly in a downhole tubular.
Patent GB-2551649-A (GB)
Title: Geometric shaping of radio-frequency tags used in wellbore cememting operations
Inventor: KRISHNA M RAVI
IPC: G06K19/07
Filed: 2015-03-16
Abstract: Radio frequency Micro-Electro-Mechanical System ("MEMS") tags are geometrically shaped using protective structures. The MEMS tags may be added to wellbore cement, and pumped downhole. In addition to protecting the MEMS tags from the harsh downhole environment, the protective structures produce a more rounded shape which, in turns, increases the flow efficiency of the MEMS tags. An interrogation tool may be deployed downhole to interrogate the MEMS tags, to thereby perform a variety of wellbore operations such as assessing the integrity of the cement seal.
Patent GB-2564096-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, equipment and method for turf treatment
Inventor: RICHARD JOHN CAMPEY
IPC: A01G20/43
Filed: 2017-06-28
Abstract: An apparatus for treating turf, comprising: a cylindrical rotor 20, rotatable about an axis, the rotor having: a first helical track portion 25a having a first helical track 26 extending about the axis in a first direction from a first end 27a towards a central portion thereof; a second helical track portion 25b having a second helical track extending about the axis in a second direction between a second end 27b and the central portion thereof; wherein each helical track portion comprises at least one helical track having a plurality of teeth 24 arranged therealong. The first and second directions may be different and the first and second ends may be opposite ends. The lengths of the first and second tracks may be the same or different. Also disclosed are equipment for the treatment of turf and a method of treating turf using the afore described apparatus.
Patent GB-2553938-A (GB)
Title: Segregating fluids, methods of making, and methods of use
Inventor: SCOTT GREGORY NELSON
IPC: C09K8/42
Filed: 2016-03-02
Abstract: A segregating fluid for use in a wellbore includes an aqueous segregating carrier fluid; and a preformed synthetic polymer swellable in the aqueous segregating carrier fluid in an amount effective to segregate a first fluid from a second fluid in a wellbore.
Patent GB-2567176-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle fastener assembly
Inventor: RASHPAL SINGH SANGHERA
IPC: F16B5/06
Filed: 2017-10-05
Abstract: A fastener assembly ((fig 2, 12) configured to fasten a vehicle trim component 14 to a structural element 16 of a vehicle (Fig 1, 10), the fastener assembly (12) comprising: an attachment feature (Fig 3, 20) affixed to the vehicle trim component 14 and arranged to be fastened to the structural element 16; and a shim component 40; wherein, in use, a tapered feature of the shim 40 is arranged to be located between a surface of the attachment feature (20) and a surface of the structural element 16 such that the surface of the attachment feature (20) and the surface of the structural element 16 are non-parallel with respect to one another when the vehicle trim component 14 is fastened to the structural element 16.