baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2466278-A (GB)
Title: Water or throwing game with knock-down targets
Inventor: TAYLOR SEAN MICHAEL
IPC: A63F9/02
Filed: 2008-12-18
Abstract: A water squirting or throwing game comprises knock-down targets and a surrounding board to which the targets are mounted. The targets are connected to the board by a hinge positioned at the base of the targets and attachable to the board at the top of the targets by the releasable fastener Velcro(RTM). The arrangement is such that when the targets are struck with sufficient force to overcome the grip of the Velcro the targets will be knocked-down by pivoting about the hinge. The surrounding board may be a printed to represent a house that is on fire, while the targets represent fires to be extinguished at the windows, front door and garage door of the house. The idea of the game is to extinguish the fires by knocking-down the fire representing targets from a short distance using water or by throwing an object at them in the quickest time. If water is used it can be collected and recycled into a water container by using guttering, which is fixed to the bottom of the printed board. The game increases the awareness of children and adults to the fire and rescue services and to have a better understanding of house fires.
Patent GB-2460288-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic wave shielding material and electromagnetic wave absorber
Inventor: SAKAI SATOSHI
IPC: H01Q15/00
Filed: 2007-06-19
Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding material is provided for blocking only electromagnetic waves in a specific frequency band, passing through electromagnetic waves having other frequencies, and furthermore, for eliminating troubles in construction, for electromagnetic wave shielding construction for blocking electromagnetic waves inside and outside a building. On one surface of a nonflammable surface material (1), an electromagnetic shielding material is configured by a plurality of conductive sections (4, 4 and so on) by arranging frequency selecting layers (2) for selectively blocking electromagnetic waves in at least one frequency band.
Patent GB-2457164-A (GB)
Title: Water heating system for a motor caravan
Inventor: REDCLIFFE PETER
IPC: F02G5/00
Filed: 2009-02-09
Abstract: A water heating system for a motor caravan comprises a heat exchanger 11 and supply lines 12, 13 which are connected to an engine coolant system for the supply of hot water from the engine coolant system to the heat exchanger and subsequent return to the engine coolant system. A cold water supply tank 18 is provided with and a pump 19 for delivering cold water from the supply tank to the heat exchanger so that it flows through the heat exchanger in heat exchange relationship with the hot water supplied from the engine. The heated water is then supplied from the heat exchanger to a tap or shower 16. Preferably, the heat exchanger comprises a coil 14 where the volume of the coil makes up a significant proportion of the volume of the heat exchanger. A thermostatic control comprising a sensor 21 and a valve 22 may be provided for controlling the maximum temperature at which the water is supplied.
Patent GB-2470549-A (GB)
Title: Recycled-can heater
Inventor: POPSYS BRIAN PHILLIP JOHN
IPC: A47J36/24
Filed: 2009-05-15
Abstract: A heating device is envisaged that makes use of recycled cans, by using one as a housing for a candle with another on top of it if the heater is to be used to heat food or drink. Holes or other perforations are made in the side of the can to ensure that the candle has enough air. The candle may be fitted with a sleeve for easy insertion and removal. The heater may have an outer sleeve to enable more or less holes to be exposed to control the rate of burning of the candle. A handle for the can being heated can be made from a large paper clip and a plastic rim may also be attached to the can to allow fluid to be drunk directly from it without burning the user's lips.
Patent GB-2471137-A (GB)
Title: Adjusting for non optimal viewer-to-display distance in a 3D stereoscopic system as a function of display size
Inventor: GODAR ANTHONY WILLIAM
IPC: H04N13/122
Filed: 2009-06-19
Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) image processing method comprises receiving data describing the size of a 3D image display s10, optically estimating the viewer to display distance s20, evaluating whether, as a function of display size, this distance is closer to or further than a preferred distance s30, and enacting a function in response; an equivalent entertainment system to perform such a method is also claimed. Optical estimation of viewer and display separation may be by video camera coupled with a remote, infrared distance measuring system, e.g. a `z-cam'; alternatively, a stereoscopic camera, or camera with face recognition processing, may be used. If a user is too close (near) or far (distant) from the stereoscopic display, the following may be performed: informing the viewer; reducing image display size; or adjusting stereoscopic parallax. Also, relative displacement between corresponding image elements in a stereo image pair may be obtained by evaluating a cross-correlation between image elements; this allows computation of new relative positions between image objects to restore correct depth separation between parts of the image for non optimum viewer positioning. Alternatively, pre-recorded 3D image versions may be selected to suit image size and viewer distance.
Patent GB-2506570-A (GB)
Title: A defence system comprising a net layer and a buffer layer
Inventor: LEEMING DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: F41H5/02
Filed: 2009-07-09
Abstract: A defence system 2 comprising a net layer 4 and a buffer layer 6, wherein the buffer layer 6 is provided in front of the net layer 4. The buffer layer 6 may comprise a layer of foam material. Preferably, the foam material has a density of less than 80kg/rn3. The buffer layer may alternatively comprise a layer of lightweight fabric. A layer of reticulated foam 110 may be placed between the net layer 72 and the rear buffer layer 76, to act as a spacer and maintain a gap between the net layer and the rear buffer layer. The invention is particularly effective against IEDs and shaped charge munitions.
Patent GB-2474231-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for producing an EPG
Inventor: GRAD JOEL
IPC: H04N5/445
Filed: 2009-09-25
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing an EPG from program information in an EPG database for a plurality of channels. The EPG 30 displays items 30 relating to the programs available on a plurality of channels at a specified time. When the specified time is changed, the EPG updates the items corresponding to channels on which the available program is not the same at the newly specified time as at the previously specified time. The program information item may comprise a still image, a moving image and or text. The updated program item may be highlighted 42. Also disclosed comprising the said apparatus is a television set, a computer display and a mobile telephone.
Patent GB-2462384-A (GB)
Title: POS keyboard comprising two movably interconnected modules
Inventor: HOCHGESANG GERHARD
IPC: G06F3/02
Filed: 2009-10-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a POS keyboard (1) comprising two modules (2, 3) that are movably interconnected. The second module (3) is connected to the first module (2) so as to be pivotable on the keyboard plane. The second module (3) encompasses a card reader (7) and a numerical keypad (6).
Patent GB-805416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to phase control of television and other broadcast transmitter installations
Inventor: ROBSON THOMAS SNOWDON
IPC: H01Q21/08
Filed: 1954-04-06
Abstract: 805,416. Automatic phase control systems. ELECTRIC & MUSICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. April 4, 1955 [April 6, 1954], No. 10005/54. Class 38 (4). Two or more television or other transmitters 1, 2 controlled by the same crystal oscillator 14 broadcast in parallel from different aerial arrays 4, 6 arranged one above the other and their relative phase is retroactively controlled by a phase discriminator 7 so that the directivity of the radiation pattern in a vertical plane is stabilized. In addition, one input to the phase discriminator 7 may include a phase adjuster 15 so that the directivity may be adjusted. The phase discriminator may be of the balanced diode type relatively insensitive to modulation or amplitude changes at its inputs, or may be preceded by limiters, and may act through a servomotor 11 to adjust the phase-shift of at least one network 13 between the common oscillator 14 and transmitters to restore correct phasing. The network 13 may be of capacity goniometer type deriving by four R-C networks four phase quadrature inputs to quadrant electrodes capacitively coupled to a rotor, driven by the servo 11, whose output is thus variable over 360 degrees.
Patent GB-398276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in spring clips
IPC: B43K25/02
Filed: 1932-04-07
Abstract: 398,276. Spring clips. PERL, A. H. F., 46, Oxford Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham. April 7, 1932, No. 10038. [Class 44.] A clip for fountain pens &c. comprises a lever 1 having a fulcrum 2 engaging the pen 3, and a resilient member 4, 5, 6 embracing the pen and pressing the lever against it at the fulcrum and at the end 8. The end 8 is disengaged from the pen by pressing the other end 9 of the lever towards the pen. The clip may be in one piece formed from the blank shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-452670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric arc welding
IPC: B23K35/04
Filed: 1935-04-01
Abstract: 452,670. Uniting by fusion. HENDERSON, H. M., 7, Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. April 1, 1935, No. 10150. [Class 83 (iv)] In metallic-arc welding, the electrode is fed to the work through and relatively to a previously formed rigid ' thick - walled consumable tube of combustible, fusible, or volatilizable protective material such that the tube is consumed at a considerably lower rate than the electrode. If desired, an auxiliary arc may be formed between the tube and the work. The tube may consist of carbon or may contain carbon and /or fluxing materials, which, if necessary, may be mixed with materials to render it conductive. The tube 9, which may be lined with flux is of such internal diameter that the electrode passes freely through the tube. The tube may be secured to a holder 8 which may be fed at lower speed than the electrode by a screw 10 rotated by bevel gear from a hand wheel 12, or through reduction gearing connected to the electrode feed, or through relays controlled by the main or auxiliary arc. The holder may be provided with a duct 15 for the supply of a gas such as carbon monoxide or powdered flux. The electrode 4 may be fed from a reel 5 by rollers through gearing from an electric motor 3, the current being supplied through the rollers.
Patent GB-541820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in gearing for counter-rotating airscrews, and like transmissions
IPC: B64D35/04
Filed: 1940-06-11
Abstract: 541,820. Toothed gearing. DAY, B. I. June 11, 1940, No. 10184. [Class 80 (i)] [Also in Group XXXIII] Consists in gearing for driving two coaxial elements, e.g. airscrews, in opposite directions at a lesser speed than that of the driving shaft. The driving shaft 1 is connected to a hollow shaft 2 whereon are mounted two gears 3, 4 preferably of identical size and tooth formation. The inner gear 3 meshes with idlers 5 mounted in bearings 6 in the casing 7, the bearings being received in an extension 8 of the casing. The idlers mesh also with an annulus 9 carried on a cone-like extension 10 which itself is carried by a hollow shaft 11 of the inner airscrew 12 mounted in bearings 13. Within the shaft 11 is another shaft 15 of the outer airscrew 16. This shaft extends towards the engine and at its inner end carries planets 17 which mesh with the sun gear 4 and also with a fixed annulus 20. The shafts of the planets 17 are carried at their outer ends by the shaft 15 and, at their inner ends, by an extension 18 of the shaft 15 which takes a bearing at 19 in the structure 8. The shafts of the idlers 5 may be provided with gears 22 for driving engine accessories. When applied to a variable-pitch airscrew, the oil feed for varying the pitch can be sealed between the two shafts 11, 15 with piston rings such as 23.
Patent GB-1030838-A (GB)
Title: Thrust bearing
IPC: F16C27/08
Filed: 1965-03-15
Abstract: 1,030,838. Bearings. ROTRON MANUFACTURING CO. Inc. March 15, 1965 [May 14, 1964], No. 10922/65. Heading F2A. A thrust bearing assembly comprises a relatively rotatable shaft 10 (Fig. 1, not shown),  and housing 12, an annular groove 16 in the shaft with an end shoulder sloping axially and radially outward, and a resilient diaphragm 18 secured to the housing with an aperture 18a whose periphery surrounds the bottom of the groove, an increase in relative axial thrust in a direction to urge the shoulder and diaphragm together producing increased contact between them. The groove may have two sloping shoulders 16a, 16b of part-spherical or frustoconical form. The diaphragm has a slot to facilitate assembly or the shaft is formed in separable portions. The shoulders and diaphragm are made respectively of steel and plastics material, which may be lubricant impregnated, or vice versa, or are both of metal. The bearing is particularly applicable to use in electric motors where vibrational thrust forces occur.
Patent GB-117614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Casings for Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F01M11/06
Filed: 1918-06-20
Abstract: 117,614. Motosacoche Soc. Anon. and Isliker, A. July 4, 1917, [Convention date]. Force-feed lubricating. -Oil is drained from the separate compartments a, b &c. of the crank casing of a two-stroke-cycle internal-combustion engine by a single rotary pump s provided with a rotary distributor u which places the suction side of the pump in communication with the compartments successively. The oil is delivered by the pump to a filter and reservoir. The pump and distributor are driven by gearing t, so arranged that each compartment is drained at the same period in the cycle of the corresponding piston.
Patent GB-976205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to injection moulding machines
IPC: B29C45/16
Filed: 1963-03-15
Abstract: 976,205. Injection moulding machines. LEGO NEDERLAND N.V. March 15, 1963 [March 16, 1962], No. 10324/63. Heading B5A. The invention relates to an injection moulding machine comprising at least two moulds, each comprising at least two parts, viz. a nozzle mould part (12 or 21) and a counter mould part 13. According to the invention at least two nozzle mould parts 12, 21 are mounted some distance apart and facing each other, a movable support 14 carries at least one pair of counter mould parts 13 and is adapted to move each counter mould part 13 into a position opFo3ite a nozzle mould part, and a closing device operating on one of the mould parts is adapted to close both moulds through the movable support 14. As shown, an hydraulic motor 7 operates a toggle 6 to move an injection cylinder 8, mould part 12, support 14 and mould part 21 towards a second injection cylinder 20 which is fixed. Support 14 is rotatable about a shaft 16 and carries e.g. six mould parts 13. The arrangement may be such that material of one colour is injected by cylinder 20 at station A and material of a second colour at station D. Ejection of moulded articles may be effected at station F by a pneumatic cylinder 29. The machine is provided with adjustable stops, and springs for returning the parts to their starting positions (Fig. 2, not shown).
Patent GB-215929-A (GB)
Title: Process for the prevention of the formation of emulsions
IPC: C10G33/04
Filed: 1923-04-16
Abstract: The formation of emulsions is prevented by dissolving or colloidally dispersing in one of the liquids a colloid tending to disperse that liquid in the other.  For example, water leaking into oil-storage tanks is prevented from forming a water-in-oil emulsion by dispersing in the oil a "hydrophile" colloid, e.g. sodium resin soap; and the formation of oil-in-water emulsions during the water-washing of lubricating or other oils treated with alkali is prevented by dispersing in the water a "hydrophobe" colloid, e.g. iron oleate. Other "hydrophile" colloids specified are glue, gelatine, starch, gums, sulphonic acids, sulphonates, and sodium oleate mixed or not with oleic acid. Other "hydrophobe" colloids specified are fatty acids of high molecular weight, asphalts, clays, and a solution of calcium oleate and gelatine in alcohol and glycerine.
Patent GB-921109-A (GB)
Title: Continuous roller train with replaceable roller stands
IPC: B21B13/06
Filed: 1960-03-24
Abstract: 921,109. Rolling. DEMAG A.G. March 24, 1960 [March 28, 1959], No. 10409/60. Class 83 (4). In a continuous roller train the individual housings are removed and replaced by displacement means operating transversely of the direction of rolling, a transport device e.g. a carriage or truck which is movable parallel to the direction of rolling being provided for carrying at least two roller housings. The vertical housing 1 is removed along rails 5 from its supporting stand W by an hydraulically operated piston rod 2 which loads the stand on to a truck 4. The truck 4 is traversed parallel to the rolling line i.e. in the direction a by a piston rod 7 to bring a replacement stand 6 in position for the piston rod 2 to move it into the rolling position on the support stand W. In a modification a similar piston rod is arranged on the driving side of a horizontal rolling stand.
Patent GB-1138956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods of prefabricating room units for buildings
IPC: E04B1/348
Filed: 1966-03-09
Abstract: 1,138,956. Prefabricated room units. C. VAN DER LELY N.V. 9 March, 1966 [11 March, 1965], No. 10434/66. Heading E1A. A prefabricated room unit for a bungalow or a multi-storey building has the floor 6, the ceiling or roof 12 and at least one pair of walls 11 constituted by metal beams such as 13, 14, 15, 16 between which material such as foamed concrete is cast. The metal beams of the various components are welded to-gether and for details of cross-sections of same to-gether with mode of attachment to concrete, Figs. 7-11 (not shown) should be referred to. The room units are supplied with internal finishes such as wallpaper.
Patent GB-105550-A (GB)
IPC: F01M9/06
Abstract: 105,550. Horning, H. Le-Van. April 7,1916, [Convention date]. Lubricant conveyed by mechanical means; liquid level, maintaining; indicating. - In a splash lubricating system for internalcombustion engines, a pump operated from the crank shaft forces oil from a reservoir 7 through a number of nozzles 17 to pans 20 separated by divisions 24, and scoops 32 on the connecting-rods or cranks splash the oil into a common overflow passage 27 leading to the reservoir. The capacity of the scoops is such that the pans are only partly filled with oil when the engine is running, and the lubrication is consequently less affected by tilting. A float 8 serves to indicate the oil level in the reservoir. Deflecting-plates 36<1>, Fig. 5, cause some of the splashed oil to enter the adjoining pans. Pockets 35 receive oil to lubricate the shaft bearings. Plates 37 control the amount of oil splashed on to various parts of the engine.
Patent GB-716316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the separation of the skin or peel from the flesh of fruits and vegetables
IPC: A23N7/02
Filed: 1951-05-04
Abstract: 716,316. Potatoes mashing and skinning. TEMPLETON. R. A. S. May 1, 1952 [May 4, 1951], No. 10588/51. Class 28(2) Cooked potatoes are freed from their skins by passing them into the nip between two rolls or two adjacent converging surfaces 8 and 26 at least one of which is moving and at least one of which has perforations 34 through which passes the shredded flesh but little of the skin. The skin separating surfaces forming the nip comprise a freely mounted perforated roll 26 and a driven endless steel belt 8, the freed skins passing down between them. A scraper blade 31 bears on the roll 26. The potatoes cooked (but not baked) in a tunnel are delivered to the lower run of the belt 8 driven by a pulley 6. From the belt 8 they run down inclined guides 18, 18<SP>1</SP> into the radial pockets 20, 20<SP>1</SP>. Other guides 24, 24<SP>1</SP> feed the potatoes from the top pockets to the V nip between 26 and 8. The 'shreds of potato flesh which have passed through the perforations of the roll 26 are carried up by radial vanes 35 and drop on to ridge plates 36 which deflect them on to conveyer belts 37 for delivery. Instead of, or additional to, the perforations 34, gaps may be provided at the side walls of the nip to allow exit of the potato and narrow enough to trap the skin. The surfaces 8 and 26 may be roughened to increase the grip on the potato.
Patent GB-249692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the suspension of illuminating lamps
IPC: F21V21/10
Filed: 1925-04-24
Abstract: 249,692. Wardle Engineering Co., Ltd., and Hopwood, E. E. April 24, 1925. Supporting.-In suspension means for lamps wherein a rigid stem 3 carrying the lamp is secured across two horizontal, or approximately horizontal, wires 4, 6, one above the other, such as transverse span wires of an overhead tramway system, the stem 3' being suspended by a runner 3<a> or the like from the wire 4 and passing through a guide ring 5 carried by the wire 6, the ring 5 is angularly movable in relation to the wire 6 so that, if either wire becomes slack, it will not bind on the stem. The ring 5 may be secured in a clamp 8 pivotally mounted upon a clip 7 secured adjustably on the wire 6.
Patent GB-269904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in friction roller transmission gear
IPC: F16H13/08
Filed: 1927-04-20
Abstract: 269,904. Zadow, W. April 21, 1926, [Convention date]. Friction gearing. - In friction roller epicyclic or non - epicyclic reducing or multiplying gearing, concentric rings a, b are geared together by two or more rows of friction rollers c, which may differ in size as shown and which are pressed into gripping relation by a roller g forced in a radial or inclined direction inwards or outwards between two of the rollers in any of the rows.
Patent GB-576157-A (GB)
Title: Production of synthetic latex
IPC: B01J19/24
Filed: 1942-07-30
Abstract: <PICT:0576157/IV/1> An emulsion comprising a partly polymerized monomer is freed from unpolymerized material by mixing steam with a continuous stream of the emulsion in a confined space, such as a pipe and subjecting the emulsion to flash distillation by leading the mixture into a relatively large space while reducing the pressure. In an example, an emulsion containing the following ingredients is allowed to polymerize: butadiene, acrylonitrile, aqueous sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium perborate, carbon tetrachloride, acetaldehyde and potassium cyanide, and after the polymerization is stopped by the addition of a mixture of (a) benzene or toluene, aqueous sodium laurylsulphate and phenylbetanaphthalene or (b) an emulsifying agent and an antioxidant formed by the condensation of aniline and cresylic acids, the excess butadiene is removed by releasing the pressure and the resulting synthetic latex flash distilled.  In the Figure, the latex containing the unreacted monomer enters the still 1, through the pipe 5 and steam through the pipe 6, adequate mixing taking place in the U-tube 7.  The de-foamed latex collects at the bottom of the still and passes to a cooling trough 13.  The gases and vapours liberated in the still pass to a condenser 21.  The recovery from latices of the following unreacted monomers is mentioned - acrylonitrile, isoprene, dimethyl-butadiene, vinylchloride, vinylidenechloride, styrenes vinylfurane, esters of acrylic, methacrylic, a -chloracrylic and dichloracrylic acid, a  - chloracrylonitrile, dichloracrylonitrile, itaconates, chlorstyrene and cyanobutadienes.  Specification 408,689 is referred to.