baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2580955-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for extruding curved profiles
Inventor: JUNQUAN YU
IPC: B29C48/255
Filed: 2019-01-31
Abstract: Apparatus for extruding a material comprising an extrusion die 1 arranged to receive material to be extruded from a first direction X and from a second direction. The extrusion die comprises an orifice 6 from which material is extruded in a third direction Y. The first, second and third directions are not all in the same plane. None of the first, second and third directions is parallel to any other of those directions. Preferably the three directions are orthogonal. The die may receive material from a fourth and a fifth direction, preferably opposed to the first and second directions, respectively. There may be compression elements or punches 19, 20, 21 to apply a force to the material and their movement may be controlled by a controller. The controller may direct at least two compression elements to move simultaneously at varying speeds so that a curved material is extruded. Preferably the material is an aluminium alloy and the curved material profiles produced are used as frames for aircraft or window frames and roof rails for the automotive industry. A method is also claimed.
Patent GB-2582570-A (GB)
Title: Stabilising apparatus for vehicles and vehicle trailers
Inventor: Mark Andrew James Perry
IPC: B66C23/80
Filed: 2019-03-25
Abstract: Stabilising apparatus for a vehicle comprises a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder (30) whose housing is connectable at one end through a pivot (32) to said vehicle and whose piston rod is connected through a pivot (26) to a ground engaging member (20) of said apparatus. The ground engaging member may have guides (38,44) which allow the ground engaging member to move in an arcuate manner. In a further embodiment the guide is an arcuate shaped leg which runs along an arcuate shaped track for the leg to deploy.
Patent GB-2569715-A (GB)
Title: A thermostat
Inventor: Mark Fredrick Allewell
IPC: H01H37/52
Filed: 2019-04-04
Abstract: The thermostat 1 has an input 5 and output 9 terminal, and a switch contact 11 actuated between open and closed states. In the closed state the switch contact electrically connects the input and output terminals, and in the open state the connection is interrupted. The thermostat has a bi-material actuator, e.g. bi-metal stem actuator 13, that causes the switch contact to open/close in response to a temperature of the actuator. The thermostat also has an electromagnetic actuator 30 to open/close the switch contact in response to energising of its coil 31. An electrical connector 43 provides an electrical connection to the coil. Ideally the bi-material actuator is responsive to a temperature of water in a hot water cylinder and expands when cooled below a user selected temperature threshold. Expansion of the stem may push a lever 21 about a fulcrum 23 to urge a finger 25 against the switch contact, pushing it against the output terminal. An external electronic controller may energise the electromagnetic actuator’s coil based on a temperature sensed by a thermistor 50 in the stem. This ideally pushes the switch contact into the output terminal via movement of an L-shaped arm 35 and plunger 39.
Patent GB-2582185-A (GB)
Title: Composite thermistor material, and preparation method therefor and application thereof
Inventor: LI NI
IPC: C04B35/505
Filed: 2018-12-25
Abstract: A composite thermistor material, and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. A perovskite structure oxide and a pyrochlore structure oxide are composited, a solid phase reaction method is used for ball milling, drying, forming and calcining to produce a disc-shaped blank body, a thermistor ceramic having high temperature resistance and a controllable B value is formed by high temperature sintering, a thermistor disc is produced by coating a platinum paste, and a thermistor element is formed by performing slicing and soldering a platinum wire to act as a lead wire. The thermistor can implement temperature measurement from room temperature to 1000°C, has good negative temperature coefficient thermistor characteristics, and can adjust the thermistor coefficient B by changing a two-phase ratio so as to meet requirements in different systems.
Patent GB-2584145-A (GB)
Title: Gasket assembly and seal carrier
Inventor: DAVID ERNEST MCKAY
IPC: F16L21/00
Filed: 2019-05-23
Abstract: The present invention concerns a gasket assembly (1) for sealing between conduits passing through two respective bodies. The gasket assembly comprises a primary seal (10), wherein the primary seal comprises a first sealing surface (14) adapted to form a seal with the first body of said respective bodies, and a second sealing surface (15) adapted to form a seal with the second body of said respective bodies. The primary seal is coupled to a primary seal carrier (30), the primary seal carrier comprising one or more secondary seals (43a, 43b), the one or more secondary seals being adapted to form a seal with one or more of the first and second bodies. The coupling of the primary seal and the seal carrier may be adapted to restrict axial movement of the primary seal with respect to the carrier. The primary seal may be annular and the coupling of the seal with its carrier may restrict radial movement with respect to the carrier.
Patent GB-2586203-A (GB)
Title: Decking tile base
Inventor: LEE CAVALIER
IPC: E04F15/02
Filed: 2019-05-29
Abstract: The decking tile base 10 comprises a frame 12 having plural fixing regions each having a planar support plate 22, 32, 34 for supporting the base on an underlying surface and one or more through holes 36 for receiving a mechanical fixing, each through hole having an internal shoulder against which the fixing bears when received therein. The base may be square. The support plates nay be separated from one another by channels 26 to allow liquid such as rainwater to pass between them. The frame may comprise frame members 12, 14 that form sides of the frame and first and second sets of intersecting lattice members 16, 18. The base may comprise plural internal fixing regions 20 at the intersection of the lattice members and plural corner 32 and side 30 fixing regions at the intersection of the lattice members and the frame members. The frame may comprise interlocking T-shaped projections 40 and sockets 42 which slide into one another for interlocking two or more bases. Also claimed is decking comprising plural decking tiles mounted on one or more of the bases. The base may be injection moulded from plastic or polymer. The mechanical fixing may be a screw.
Patent GB-2577597-A (GB)
Title: A System for configuring an environment to provide mobile computing
Inventor: Ninotschika Anna Titchkosky
IPC: H02G3/30
Filed: 2019-07-30
Abstract: A system 10 suitable for configuring an environment, for example a workspace or office, to provide mobile computing, the system 10 comprises one or more booms 12 suspended from a soffit of the environment 11. Each of the booms 12 include a moveable arm 14 in a plane parallel to the soffit and the moveable arm 14 having a proximal end 16 connected to power and data cables 18, and a distal end 20 where the power and data cables 18 are suspended from. The system 10 further includes one or more switching hubs 28, each hub 28 arranged to be removably mounted to a mobile station 22, and to be removably connected to the power and data cables 18 suspended from the distal end 20 of the moveable arm 14 of one of the booms 12. Each switching hub 28 is also removably connected to at least one computer 24 in the environment 11 to distribute power and data to the at least one computer 24. A method of configuring an environment 11 is also specified. Preferably the switching hubs 28 have an inverted U-shaped bracket (figure 2, 52).
Patent GB-2584500-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing method and apparatus
Inventor: COLIN RAY BULLED
IPC: G01B21/04
Filed: 2019-08-16
Abstract: A method is disclosed of manufacturing an article, with the method comprising using a coordinate measuring machine both to obtain three-dimensional point coordinate measurements of a first part (70) of the article that is already in place and to position a second part (80) of the article in a predetermined spatial relationship relative to the first part (70) in dependence upon the measurements of the first part (70). The predetermined spatial relationship is defined in more than three degrees of freedom. Positioning the second part (80) relative to the first part (70) comprises controlling the machine to move the second part (80) relative to the first part (70) m more than three degrees of freedom. The machine is controlled to hold the first and second parts (70, 80) in the predetermined spatial relationship while performing an operation to fix the first and second parts in the predetermined spatial relationship. The second part (80) is not in direct contact with any other part of the article when the first and second parts (70, 80) are in the predetermined spatial relationship, at least not in a manner which would interfere with or influence or affect the predetermined spatial relationship.
Patent GB-2586297-A (GB)
Title: Data structures, methods and tiling engines for storing tiling information in a graphics processing system
Inventor: XILE YANG
IPC: G06T15/00
Filed: 2020-02-10
Abstract: A control stream (402) used in tile-based rendering (TBR) is stored in a memory. The stream comprises a fixed sized (i.e. length) primitive block entry (408, 410) for each primitive block (i.e. a grouping of primitives) which is relevant to a tile group (i.e. includes a primitive which falls at least partially within a tile within that group). Each primitive block entry identifies a location in memory of the control data block for the corresponding primitive block. Variable length control data blocks (404, 406) for primitive blocks are also stored, separately from the stream. These blocks allow obtaining the primitives in the block that are relevant to rendering a particular tile in the group. Each primitive block entry may comprise valid tile information (e.g. mask) identifying which tiles of the group are valid for the corresponding block. A tile is valid for a primitive block if at least one primitive in the block intersects it. The control stream may include a termination entry as a last entry identifying stream end. Consistent length primitive block entries allow rasterization logic to quickly identify valid tiles for each block without processing each block entry to identify where the next block entry starts.
Patent GB-2592977-A (GB)
Title: Generator accessory drive
Inventor: ANTHONY KELLY
IPC: F16D11/14
Filed: 2020-03-12
Abstract: An input drive arrangement 1 of a generator 3 arranged to be driven by an aircraft engine 2 such as a gas turbine engine. The input drive arrangement comprises a disconnect device 100, such as a clutch, comprising a drive transfer means having a connected configuration and a disconnected configuration. The drive transfer means is configured to transfer a rotational drive between an input shaft of the generator and a rotor of the generator when in the connected configuration, and to disconnect the input shaft from the rotor when in the disconnected configuration. The input drive arrangement further comprises an accessory drive member 128, arranged to rotate with the input shaft to output power to at least one accessory of the generator; wherein the accessory drive member is connected to the input shaft such that it continues to rotate with the input shaft when the drive transfer means is in the disconnected configuration. The accessory drive member may drive a fluid pump, a further generator 194 or a pulley. The pump may be used for providing lubricating or cooling fluid to the system. A further aspect of the present invention provides an aircraft engine assembly and an aircraft comprising the input drive arrangement.
Patent GB-2594494-A (GB)
Title: Improved heat shield
Inventor: LEE SHAUN WAGSTAFF
IPC: F16P1/06
Filed: 2020-04-30
Abstract: A flexible heat shield 1 comprises a flexible layer 2 and a plurality of discrete ceramic tiles 3. The flexible layer may be heat resistant e.g. calcium silicate cloth, or fibre plys e.g. glass, carbon, aramid, imides. The ceramic tiles may be nitrides, borides, or carbides, especially silicon carbide. The ceramic tiles may be polygonal and when arranged on the flexible layer, a gap 9 may be present between tiles to allow articulation. A further layer of ceramic tiles may be provided and off-set over the gaps (figure 1b). The ceramic tiles may be affixed by high temperature adhesive, silicone sealant, magnets, electromagnets or mechanical fasteners. Hot particulates 11 can be captured in a capture device 7 e.g. a tray, lip or ridge. The shield can be used in processing of metal e.g. cutting, welding and may be draped over a workpiece 12 or person.
Patent GB-2597269-A (GB)
Title: Antenna apparatus
Inventor: ZIED CHARAABI
IPC: H01Q21/00
Filed: 2020-07-17
Abstract: An antenna array apparatus 1 comprises a first antenna array 100 with first radiators 120, 140, 160, 180 arranged at certain locations and a second antenna array with second radiators arranged at certain locations, wherein a first subset 120, 140 and a second subset 160, 180 of the first radiators, and second radiators, operate at different polarisations, and wherein a first radiator 180 is located within an area 211 defined by the second radiators 220-280 and one or more of the first radiators are located outside of the area 211. The first and second arrays may operate at respective first and second frequency bands. The first subset of first radiators may be diagonally separated in a first diagonal direction and operate in a first polarisation and the second subset of first radiators are diagonally separated in a second diagonal direction and operate in a second polarisation, and this may be likewise for the second radiators 220-280. There may be four or more first radiators and three or more second radiators, where a radiator 180 may extend towards two other radiators along two respective edges 116, 118. The radiators may be elevated above a ground plane, where each radiator may be formed on a folded L-shaped upstanding substrate. A third antenna array operating at a third frequency band may partially overlap with the first and second antenna arrays. The apparatus may be used in a cellular base station.
Patent GB-2597717-A (GB)
Title: A locking device to inhibit loosening of screw action fasteners
Inventor: MICHAEL MARCZYNSKI
IPC: F16B39/10
Filed: 2020-07-30
Abstract: A locking device 100 to inhibit loosening of screw action fasteners includes a resilient wire forming a single coil 102 for releasably mounting the device 100 onto a first fastener. The wire also has first and second end portions 103, 104 extending tangentially from the coil 102 and across one another to provide first and second lever portions 130, 141, respectively. The lever portions 130, 141 can be pressed together to loosen the coil 102, in order to enable its location over, or removal from, the first fastener. Otherwise, the coil 102 grips the first fastener when it is located thereover, thereby to mount the device 100 onto the first fastener such that movement of the device relative to the first fastener is inhibited. The first end portion 103 has a hook 131 configured to abut and partially surround an adjacent, second fastener in the plane of rotation of the first fastener.
Patent GB-2598335-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle ramp assembly
Inventor: SIMON CHACKSFIELD
IPC: B60P1/43
Filed: 2020-08-26
Abstract: A ramp assembly for providing wheelchair access from ground level to the interior of a vehicle, the floor of which has an angled pan secured thereto. The ramp assembly includes an elongate, ground-engaging first section 14, a second portion 16 and a third section 18. The first and second portions 14, 16 and middle and third sections 16, 18 are connected by first and second hinge mechanisms 26, 20 respectively. The innermost edge of the third section is pivoted to the pan. The hinges 26, 20 may be secured to opposing surfaces of the sections 16, 18, 20. When folded, the top surface of the midsection 16 may rest on or within the pan with the undersides of the ground engaging 14 and middle 16 sections lying in contact with each other and the third section 18 pivoted upright. The ground engaging 14 and middle 16 sections may include mutually engaging projections and recesses. The opposed edges of the middle section 16 and the vehicle-engaging portion 18 may be inclined away from each other, defining a V-shaped channel.
Patent GB-2598901-A (GB)
Title: Depth control for drilling
Inventor: DANIEL CASPAR BAMFORD
IPC: B23B49/00
Filed: 2020-09-16
Abstract: A system for use in drilling a hole includes a unitary component 10 with a mounting portion 12 of planar material, and loop formations 30. Each loop formation 30’ is interconnected by severable connecting elements 40, 42 to one or more other loop formations or to the mounting portion. Each loop formation may be a ring of circular cross-section. The connecting elements may be frangible and may include a line of weakness to promote fracture of the connecting element. The unitary component may be a one-piece moulding formed of a resilient plastic material. The loop formations may be of a bright or distinctive colour. Instructions for use 46 may be formed on the unitary component by surface marking. The system is used in a method of drilling a hole to a required depth by selecting a drill bit of the required diameter, detaching one loop formation that corresponds to the size of drill bit by severing one or more connecting elements, positioning the loop onto the shank of the drill bit at a distance from the drill tip at the required depth, and drilling until the loop formation is at a point of making contact with a surface.
Patent GB-2590542-A (GB)
Title: System and method for training of a software agent
Inventor: SUNDAR RAMAN BALACHANDER
IPC: G06F9/46
Filed: 2020-11-05
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for training of a software agent for execution of multiple executable instructions. A set of data packets related to multiple executable instructions are received by the software agent, and a second set of data packets is selected from the first set of data packets. Iterative execution of the set of tasks associated with the one or more executable instructions is determined as training data. The software agent is trained using the training data and the trained software agent performs the executable instructions. The data packets may be determined from a real-time video, where the video is related to simulation of the one or more executable instructions. The trained software agent may automatically initiate execution of one or more executable instructions without receiving human input.
Patent GB-2598417-A (GB)
Title: Power plug
Inventor: Lian Guan Lin
IPC: H01R13/04
Filed: 2020-12-09
Abstract: A power plug comprising a housing 1 and a plurality of pins attached to the housing. The pins include a live-wire pin 200, a neutral-wire pin 100 and an earth-wire pin 2, the earth-wire pin comprising a plug-in part 21 and a pivoting part 22 that extends from the plug-in part and is perpendicular thereto. The pivoting part is in pivoted connection with the housing. When the power plug is not in use, the plug-in part may be rotated about the pivoting connection with the housing and inserted into a holding aperture 11 in the housing to decrease the volume of the whole power plug. Preferably, the plug-in part has a groove 42 capable of engaging with a protrusion or pin 41 in the holding aperture that releasably retains the plug-in part in the holding aperture. Preferably the plug-in part has a protrusion, or tab 211 extending beyond the junction with the pivoting part to assist in releasing the plug-in part from the holding aperture.
Patent GB-2588339-A (GB)
Title: Heater-Cooler System
Inventor: STEPHEN TURNER
IPC: A61M1/36
Filed: 2017-07-19
Abstract: A heater-cooler apparatus for an extracorporeal perfusion system that comprises a first and second device N and O requiring temperature-control. The apparatus comprises a thermal generator unit A simultaneously providing separate supplies of heat transfer fluid, one at a higher temperature and one at a lower temperature to respective hot and cold flow circuits. The apparatus also comprises first and second controlled off-takes from each hot and cold flow circuits. The first controlled off-take is configured to provide a first flow of heat transfer fluid to a first intermediate heat exchanger L and the second controlled off-take is configured to provide a second flow of heat transfer fluid to a second intermediate heat exchanger M. The first intermediate heat exchanger L exchanges heat between the first flow of heat transfer fluid and a first intermediate fluid that circulates in a closed loop through said first device N. The second intermediate heat exchanger M exchanges heat between the second flow of heat transfer fluid and a second intermediate fluid that circulates in a closed loop through said second device O.
Patent GB-2603513-A (GB)
Title: Ostomy collection device
Inventor: MARCUS ALLEN
IPC: A61M39/10
Filed: 2021-02-05
Abstract: An ostomy collection device comprises a housing 12 which defines a collection volume suitable for holding waste and a connector member 30’ for connection to an ostomy appliance. The connector member comprises an inlet 40’ and an outlet fluidly connected to the collection volume and is pivotably and/or rotatably supported relative to the housing. A support formation 50’ may engage and support the connector member. The connector member may form a spherical/round part and the support formation may form a socket which receives the spherical/round part. The support formation may include a retaining portion that prevents the connector member being removed and may include a threaded engagement portion that engages with a corresponding threaded portion of the housing. The support formation may be formed from first 50a’ and second 50b’ support pieces, wherein the support pieces have engagement formations which interact to hold the first and second support pieces in place. The engagement formations may comprise at least one projection 54’ and at least one recess 56’. The connector member may include an attachment formation for connecting to an ostomy appliance. In use, the connector member may have zero degrees of translational freedom.
Patent GB-2605403-A (GB)
Title: Thermally conductive composition
Inventor: THOMAS FLETCHER
IPC: C08K7/00
Filed: 2021-03-30
Abstract: A composition comprising a conjugated polymer and thermally conductive flakes. The flakes are ideally boron nitride, while the polymer preferably contains -(Arn-Y1=Y2)- units, where one of Y1 or Y2 is N and the other is CR. A thermally conductive film may be formed from the composition. The film may be used in an electronic device, for example as an underfill.