baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2306526-A (GB)
Title: Floor decking
Inventor: KENDAL KEITH
IPC: E04B5/40
Filed: 1995-11-02
Abstract: A profiled decking sheet (10) for use in concrete flooring. The sheet includes embossments or corrugations (15), produced by embossing the sheet (10), which enhance the strength of the sheet (10) at regions thereof which are subjected to the highest levels of stress. Also a method for the production of such profiled decking sheets.
Patent GB-2300057-A (GB)
Title: Selective calling receiver with display
Inventor: OZAKI ICHIRO
IPC: G08B5/22
Filed: 1996-04-17
Abstract: A selective calling receiver includes a relational data memory 108 and a call number display processor 110 in addition to a service area selector 107. The relational data memory stores plural data groups each corresponding to a different service area and specifying area number, area name, call number and channel data. Other groups may lack the area number and name. Repeated pressing of a key 111 causes the call number display processor 110 to cause display 104 of successive call numbers from the memory and in each case if there is a corresponding area number and it is that to which the receiver is tuned display the area name as well. The receiving channel is determined by the service area selector 107, which is a key, selecting a data group from the memory,
Patent GB-2313344-A (GB)
Title: Watercraft
Inventor: CLARKE REGINALD FREDERICK
IPC: B63B1/22
Filed: 1996-05-23
Abstract: A watercraft is provided with a hull 1 which has a planing element 2 the lower surface of which forms a planing surface extending aft from the bottom of the fullest transverse section 3 of the hull to the stem end 5 of the base line 6 of the craft or just above it, and the transverse breadth of which at the fullest transverse section is substantially the same as the fullest transverse section 3 of the craft. The lower surface of the planing element 2 is angled upwardly from its lowermost point to the aft end of the base line by up to 15{. The planing element may have a tapering breadth towards the stern.
Patent GB-2315701-A (GB)
Title: Mould for concrete pipe socket end
Inventor: WILDGOOSE THOMAS WILLIAM
IPC: B28B21/56
Filed: 1996-08-01
Abstract: A pallet 2 for shaping and supporting an inner surface of a socket end of a concrete pipe during moulding comprising:  (i) a first annular mould element 4 having a radially outwardly extending first flange portion 8 for supporting an outer axial face of the socket end and a radially inwardly extending second flange portion 10 for supporting an inner axial face of the socket end connected by a tubular portion 12, the first flange portion 8 being linked to the tubular portion 12 by a radiussed wall portion 22, the radially outer surface of which defines an annular concave region; and (ii) a separate second annular mould element 6 disposed about the circumference of the first annular mould element 4 and secured within the annular concave region thereof; the element 6 having a radially outwardly facing circumferentially extending concave surface 28 for supporting a radiussed radially inner edge of the socket end, and a radially inwardly inclined surface 32 axially inwardly of the concave surface for supporting a leading edge of a sealing member to be moulded into the socket end.
Patent GB-2305115-A (GB)
Title: Lifting devices
Inventor: SMALLWOOD JOHN BRIAN
IPC: B65G7/12
Filed: 1996-09-10
Abstract: A lifting device includes a frame consisting of a pair of arms 2, 4 pivotally connected together, each of said arms 2, 4 having at or near one extremity thereof a gripping member 8, 10. A lifting handle 16 is connected to said arms 2, 4, and an operating means 18 is connected to at least one of said arms 2, 4 and is operable to cause relative movement of said arms 2, 4 and gripping members 8, 10. The lifting handle 16 is a continuous handle connected to said arms 2, 4 at opposite ends to said gripping members 8, 10, and the operating means is either a continuous handle 18 whose two extremities are connected to the arms 2, 4 intermediate their extremities, or an operating rod or finger catch connected to one of said arms (Fig. 5).
Patent GB-2306427-A (GB)
Title: A device for delivering wound bobbins from a textile machine
Inventor: SPINDLER ING ZDENEK
IPC: D01H9/18
Filed: 1996-09-30
Abstract: A device for delivering wound bobbins (2) from a textile machine, in particular from an open-end spinning machine comprising a main conveyer (1) for wound bobbins arranged along the length of said textile machine and having related to its end an ancillary belt conveyer (3) for wound bobbins (2), adjustable in height and having related thereto, on the one hand, storey-like row containers (4) (Fig 2 not shown) for bobbins (2) arranged at each of its two sides and, on the other hand, an adjustment device (34) for displacing the rows of the bobbins (2) from the ancillary conveyer (3) in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the motion of the belt (31) towards one or other of the containers 4.
Patent GB-2305389-A (GB)
Title: Artificial tooth
Inventor: KURA GUENTER
IPC: A61C13/09
Filed: 1995-07-28
Abstract: The invention pertains to an artificial tooth made of plastic or ceramic material. The tooth has a tooth body consisting of a solid inner core (1) and, at least partly surrounding the solid cone (1), at least one first outer layer (2) formed by injection molding.
Patent GB-2311434-A (GB)
Title: Image decompressing apparatus with efficient image data storage
Inventor: TAKABATAKE AKIHIKO
IPC: H04N19/503
Filed: 1997-01-28
Abstract: At most two pixels as one word are alternately stored in first and second banks of a synchronous semiconductor memory device. Respective pixel data of two types of color-difference signals as to the same pixel are stored in the same address position of the banks of the synchronous semiconductor memory device Figs 2B,2C. Necessary data can be transferred by the burst length of the synchronous semiconductor memory device while suppressing overhead of page change to the minimum by alternately accessing the first and second banks.
Patent GB-2323356-A (GB)
Title: Cup dispenser
Inventor: STANLEY LESLIE PAUL
IPC: A47F1/08
Filed: 1997-03-21
Abstract: A nested cup dispenser comprises a plurality of cup support elements 14 which, in an initial position, are adapted to engage and support from below the lip 32a of the lowermost cup, but which, when the lowermost cup is pulled downwardly are pivoted against a spring force (spring 20 fig 2) such that upper portions 38 of the cup support elements engage under the lip 32b of the next lowermost cup to positively prevent withdrawal of the latter cup from the stack. The eventual clearance of the lowermost cup from engagement with the cup support elements enabling the spring forces to return the cup support elements to their initial positions whereupon the next lowermost cup can drop to, in turn, become engaged and supported by said cup support elements.
Patent GB-2312722-A (GB)
Title: Diaphragm spring and release bearing assembly
Inventor: GALLAGHER PAUL
IPC: F16D23/14
Filed: 1997-04-22
Abstract: A diaphragm spring 20, for a pull type friction clutch 10, consists of an outer annular belleville spring portion 21 with a plurality of radially inwardly projecting spring fingers 22 attached to an adapter plate 30 by, for example, axially orientated rivets 40 or bolts (see figs 5 and 6) . The adapter plate 30 is connected to a release bearing 13 by a snap ring 15. Rivets 40 are located in a slot (23, fig 2) by a shank portion 42. The slot 23 is enlarged around the shank portion 41 so as to provide a radial clearance R and a circumferential clearance C which allow for any misalignment between the diaphragm spring 20 and release bearing 13. Also disclosed is a typical order of assembly of an engine and transmission including a diaphragm spring 20.
Patent GB-2318023-A (GB)
Title: Speakerphone
Inventor: KARNOWSKI MARK J
IPC: H04M9/08
Filed: 1996-05-30
Abstract: In a speakerphone, which operates under software control, transmit and receive signal levels are sampled and compared against one another, with hysteresis, to enable one of two speakerphone modes of operation - either a transmit mode or a receive mode. A single peak detector 146 is multiplexed to sense the transmit and receive signal levels. Fixed attenuators 134,138 are switched into either the receive signal path or into the transmit signal path, depending upon the current speakerphone operation mode. Signal compression is used to provide for improved mode determination over a wide dynamic range. The level detection and/or attenuation may be performed in software. The speakerphone functions are readily implemented using standard line interfaces and control circuitry. Automatic gain control in the receive mode ensures a constant level of signals at the speakerphone loudspeaker 152, regardless of telephone line conditions.
Patent GB-2332454-A (GB)
Title: Rope for conveying systems
Inventor: WALTON JOHN MAWSON
IPC: D07B1/16
Filed: 1997-12-19
Abstract: A filler element 18 is located between each adjacent pair of outer strands 17 of a wire rope 10 and interlocks with the adjacent strands. The filler elements provide the rope with a substantially smooth outer surface, reducing vibration of the rope passing over a pulley. Filler elements are disclosed consisting of an elastomeric or polymeric material having an oriented molecular structure aligned along the filler element and also aligned in a generally radial direction with respect to the rope.
Patent GB-2323221-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connectors and connecting parts therefor
Inventor: SKIPP PAUL GARY
IPC: H01R13/44
Filed: 1997-12-22
Abstract: A plug (2) has an insulating housing (4) and two elongate, conductive, connecting pins (6) which each extend within a tubular bore (10). Each pin (6) is wholly within, and does not project relative to, its respective bore (10). Each pin (6) carries a resilient, conductive lantern spring (14) to enable good electrical contact between the pin (6) and a socket (22). The socket (22) has a housing (24) of insulating material defining a tubular sheath which extends around and insulates a substantially cylindrical, tubular, conductive socket (30). This socket (30), with its insulating sheath (26), is receivable within the corresponding bore (10) in the plug (2). In the connected position, the pin (6) is received within the socket (30), and the socket (30) is insulated both by its sheath (26) and by the housing (4) of the plug (2) such that the electrically conductive parts are completely inaccessible from the outside. The pin may have an insulating tip (12).
Patent GB-2319875-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for obtaining certain characteristics of an article
Inventor: PHILLIPS PETER
IPC: G07D5/08
Filed: 1996-08-23
Abstract: Apparatus for obtaining certain characteristics of an article (60, 62), the apparatus including an electromagnet inductor (10, 30) with a first end (20, 54) and a second end (20, 54) with an air gap (24, 58) therebetween, there being at least one arm (12, 32, 34) joining the first end (20) and the second end (20) having electrical windings (14, 52) to generate a magnetic flux in the air gap (24, 58), the arm (12, 32, 34) being a fixed return path for the magnetic flux.
Patent GB-2334802-A (GB)
Title: Bridge protection system
Inventor: CORBETT BILL
IPC: G08G1/01
Filed: 1998-02-27
Abstract: A bridge protection system for stopping a high vehicle before it reaches a bridge comprises traffic lights 2 located in front of the bridge and responsive means 10 located at a predetermined distance from the traffic lights. The responsive means (a swing arm assembly) is adapted to actuate the traffic lights to display a red traffic light in response to the passage of a vehicle having a height at or above a predetermined minimum.
Patent GB-2334906-A (GB)
Title: Laminated metal strip
Inventor: BASTABLE BRIAN JOHN
IPC: B05D7/00
Filed: 1998-03-02
Abstract: A process for producing laminated metal strip which comprises the steps of chemically treating the strip to form on at least one of its surfaces a non-metallic coating, and applying to that coated surface a coating of a thermoplastic resin to form a layer thereon. The first coating is preferably corrosion resistant and promotes adhesion with the thermoplastic resin. Preferably the non-metallic coating layer is a phosphate, chromate, oxalate, arsenate, a 2 component polymer, a combination of chromium, silicon and an organic active species, or silanes or azoles. Preferably the thermoplastic resin is polypropylene, polyethyleneterephthalate or a mixture thereof.
Patent GB-2336884-A (GB)
Title: A hydraulic actuation system with reduced energy consumption
Inventor: HARRIES DAVID ANTHONY
IPC: F15B1/02
Filed: 1998-05-02
Abstract: A hydraulic actuation system, eg for a clutch, includes a pressure accumulator 12, a pump 16 being connected between the pressure accumulator 12 and a reservoir 14, the pump 16 pumping fluid from the reservoir 14 to the pressure accumulator 12. Non-return valves 18, 36 being located between the accumulator 12 and pump 16 and between the pump 16 and reservoir 14 to prevent flow of fluid from the accumulator 12 to the pump 16 and from the pump 16 to the reservoir 14 respectively. A solenoid control valve 20, in a first position, connecting the accumulator 12 to a slave cylinder 34 and, in a second position, connecting the slave cylinder 34 to a point between the pump 16 and the non-return valve 36, so that fluid under pressure may be pumped from the slave cylinder 34 directly to the accumulator, thereby reducing the energy consumption of the pump.
Patent GB-2322227-A (GB)
Title: Method of detecting and isolating defective servo bursts
Inventor: TENG JACK M
IPC: G11B5/596
Filed: 1996-12-17
Abstract: A method to determine defective servo bursts written on a recording medium. Position data portions (10) includes servo bursts (22) providing position error information retrieved by servo control system (2) having servo gate enabling signal (56). First likely defective burst is identified by reading each burst (22), measuring corresponding position error information and comparing to an acceptable range. While first likely burst retrieval is disabled, position error information from subsequent bursts is measured. If acceptable, the first likely burst becomes the first confirmed burst. If not, bursts before the first likely burst are selectively disabled and measured until a skipped burst is concluded as a first confirmed burst. While first confirmed burst retrieval is disabled, subsequent bursts are measured to find a second likely burst. By selectively disabling retrieval of a second likely burst and measuring, a second confirmed burst is determined. Then the first and second confirmed defective bursts are permanently marked.
Patent GB-2329268-A (GB)
Title: Arithmetic apparatus with resume function
Inventor: CHIBA TAKAHIRO
IPC: G06F1/00
Filed: 1998-07-20
Abstract: An arithmetic apparatus (110) for enabling a program (160) to be activated with a shorter startup time afterthe arithmetic apparatus (110) restarts. Data relating to the current state of a predetermined application program (160) is temporarily stored in a volatile main storage device (103) (e.g. RAM). A data saving means saves the current state data to a nonvolatile storage device (106) (e.g. flash memory) while an executing means (101) (e.g. CPU) is still executing the application program (160) under the control of a operating system (161). This data is stored even when the power to the arithmetic apparatus (110) is disconnected. After the arithmetic apparatus (110) restarts and before the application program (160) is executed by the executing means (101), a transmitting means transmits the previously saved data from the nonvolatile storage device (106) to the main storage device (103). A producing means then produces a previous state on the basis of the previously saved data allowing the executing means (101) to execute the application program (160) in the produced previous state.
Patent GB-2329612-A (GB)
Title: Stencil
Inventor: BOLTON TERENCE WILLIAM
IPC: B05C17/06
Filed: 1998-08-04
Abstract: The invention relates to a stencil and an apparatus for applying the stencil to a wall surface. The stencil comprises an elongate carrier sheet coated on one side with an adhesive and formed with a linear sequence of spaced shaped openings, and a removable backing sheet which overlies the adhesive of the carrier sheet and can readily be peeled away from the adhesive surface to enable the carrier sheet to be adhered to a wall surface to be decorated.
Patent GB-2335477-A (GB)
Title: Coil spring insulator and method of molding the same
Inventor: HIKOSAKA MICHIHARU
IPC: B29C45/00
Filed: 1999-03-17
Abstract: A coil spring insulator 40 comprising a boot portion 42 and a spring sheet portion 44 formed at the open end of said boot portion 42 said spring sheet portion 44 characterised by three axial protrusions 68, 70 and 72 for mounting the coil spring (48, fig 1). This is used instead of the conventional setup (fig 10 and 11) to allow removal of the coil spring insulator 40 from the mold without damaging the axial protrusions. A method of producing the coil spring insulator 40 is also disclosed (claim 6 and figs 6-9) using an inner mold (94, figs 6-9) and a split outer mold (96, figs 6-9).
Patent GB-2349084-A (GB)
Title: Fire Extinguisher
Inventor: MELTON DAVID LAURENCE
IPC: A62C35/10
Filed: 1999-03-27
Abstract: The extinguisher 10 has two enclosures 10a, 10b one being within the other. Each enclosure is bounded at least in part by walls of heat softenable material and both contain a pressurised fire extinguishing fluid 16a, 16b. Under high external temperature conditions, the outer enclosure wall softens and is then ruptured by the fluid pressure thus releasing the fire extinguishant. If the external temperature continues to increase, the inner enclosure wall similarly ruptures to release extinguishing fluid. The enclosures are typically in the form of flexible nylon tubing. Also claimed is a temperature detector where each of the enclosures contain a pressurised fluid and there is a means in each enclosure responsive to a change in pressure.
Patent GB-2349543-A (GB)
Title: Signalling in a telecommunications network
Inventor: RAUL MARTIN CABELLO
IPC: H04M7/06
Filed: 1999-04-30
Abstract: A method of reassembling an ordered sequence of Signalling Connection and Control Part (SCCP) message segments at the SCCP of a signalling node of a telecommunications network, where said message segments are received out of order at the signalling node. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first of the message segments at the SCCP and initiating a reassembly process for the sequence to which the received segment belongs. The received segment is stored in a memory as part of said initiated process, and thereafter the remaining segments of the SCCP message are also received and stored in the same memory. The received segments are then concatenated in the correct order to obtain an SCCP user data block. The reassembled SCCP user data block is passed to an SCCP user.
Patent GB-2340710-A (GB)
Title: Control of horizontal frequency selection
Inventor: WILBER JAMES ALBERT
IPC: H04N3/27
Filed: 1999-08-05
Abstract: An apparatus displays pictures from sources having a plurality of horizontal frequencies. A scanning generator is operable at the plurality of frequencies and comprises an oscillator 300 generating a signal 301. A divider 415/415A with two selectable counts is coupled to the oscillator 300 and divides the signal by a first count to generate a horizontal drive signal 401. A horizontal scanning amplifier 500 generates a scanning signal 501 responsive to the horizontal drive signal 401 coupled thereto. A controller 600 is coupled to the scanning amplifier 500 and to the divider 415/415A. In response to selecting another of the plurality of frequencies, the controller monitors the scanning signal 501 and responsive to its presence inhibits selection of a second of the selectable counts. In the absence of the scanning signal 501 the controller 600 enables selection of the second of selectable counts and the divider 415/415A generates a horizontal drive signal 401 representative of the another one of the plurality of horizontal scanning frequencies.
Patent GB-2354677-A (GB)
Title: Copy protection of digital video broadcast data
Inventor: GLASSPOOL ANDREW JIM KELLEY
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 1999-09-27
Abstract: A digital data stream broadcast according to DVB and MPEG-2 standards comprises packets containing data from elementary data streams and corresponding identification codes (PIDs). Packets containing identification information for indicating correspondence between the PIDs and elementary data streams are also formed. To prevent recording and later playback of the broadcast, false identification information is introduced into the packets. At a receiver the time and date information in the multiplexed broadcast data is checked and if it is not earlier than the receiver microprocessor's internal clock and calender then the false PID values are corrected to allow reconstruction of the elementary data stream. If the time and date is earlier then the PID values are not corrected and the recorded data will not be correctly reconstructed. Thus copy protected broadcast programmes cannot be recorded for later viewing but are available for immediate viewing and the need for an in clear signal between a controlled access module 204 and host apparatus 202 can be avoided.
Patent GB-2355162-A (GB)
Title: Data exchange using email with error handling
Inventor: LAI CHENG-SHING
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 1999-10-04
Abstract: An email has a specific character string added at the beginning of the message content to denote that there is attached specific data in the email. A receiving node checks the email for the specific character string to determine whether there is attached specific data. A separation character string separates the normal email content area and specific data area and identifies the type of specific data (e.g. address book or calender of the sender). At the receiving node specific data is identified and passed to a mail operation centre which will display the corresponding icon and ask the user whether to store the specific data or not in the local terminal. The Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension Protocol (MIME) is also extended to include automatic error handling of emails. A return message is sent to back to the transmitting node indicating success or failure to receive so that the email can be retransmitted up to a predetermined number of times. If no return message is received after a certain period of time the email is also retransmitted.