baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2556639-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for livestock feed production
Inventor: JAMES ROBERT JENNINGS
IPC: A23K10/30
Filed: 2016-12-08
Abstract: A method 100 of producing livestock feed using a hydroponics apparatus comprises the steps: (i) using an experimental arrangement 102 to measure plant growth characteristics of seeds grown in the hydroponics apparatus as a function of physical parameters that influence the measured plant growth characteristics, wherein a harvesting arrangement is employed for receiving a plant growth material and processing the plant growth material to generate the corresponding livestock feed; (ii) generating a mathematical model 104 based upon the measured plant growth characteristics; and (iii) applying the mathematical model in a data processing arrangement 106 for controlling input resources into the hydroponics apparatus when growing seeds therein. Also disclosed is a system for operating the method. The advantage is a highly efficient technology for producing feed for livestock which is higher in fibre and more nutritious than conventionally grown crops.
Patent GB-2548477-A (GB)
Title: Active fuel control system for aggressive drivers
Inventor: John w jensen
IPC: F02D41/22
Filed: 2017-02-14
Abstract: A vehicle includes a fuel pump configured to deliver fuel to an internal combustion engine. The vehicle also includes an accelerometer configured to detect acceleration of a vehicle component. A plurality of sensors are provided about the vehicle for detecting conditions that would indicate aggressive driving. A controller is provided and is in communication with the fuel pump, the accelerometer, and the sensors. The controller is programmed to adjust a fuel pump shutoff threshold to an adjusted, eg raised, shutoff threshold in response to one or more conditions indicating aggressive driving, eg to avoid giving false positives as to the occurrence of a collision. The controller shuts off the fuel pump in response to the acceleration exceeding the adjusted shutoff threshold. Conditions indicating aggressive driving may include strength of grip on the steering wheel; shifting of weight on the drivers seat; body, facial or eyesight movements; acceleration demands; brake demands; steering demands; powertrain temperature; engine speed; antagonistic road profiles. More than one shutoff threshold may exist. A warning may be given to the driver if aggressive driving is indicated.
Patent GB-2544440-A (GB)
Title: Rewritable tablet book and method of use
Inventor: Gabriel Shalom
IPC: B43L21/00
Filed: 2015-10-02
Abstract: A rewritable tablet book includes a front cover, a back cover, and a spine connecting the back cover to the front cover. The rewritable tablet book includes a rewritable surface that extends across an inside surface of the front cover, the spine, and the back cover. The rewritable tablet book also includes a fastener. The fastener joins the front cover to the back cover in a closed position to hold a marker in a hollow region defmed by the rewritable surface and the spine. The marker is locked in the hollow region.
Patent GB-2562099-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatuses for random-access
Inventor: UMER SALIM
IPC: H04W74/08
Filed: 2017-05-05
Abstract: User equipment performing random access to a base station generates a random access preamble comprising a sequence of OFDM symbols, each symbol containing a base sequence of the same length. The base sequences may be Zadoff-Chu sequences, and in a given preamble each may be unique. The user equipment may receive an indication of the PRACH configuration from the base station, and this may include an indication of the base sequence set. The preamble may be detected over a plurality of fast Fourier transform FFT windows, and the difference in starting time between consecutive windows may be less than the length of the cyclic prefix. The FFT window which most closely corresponds to the preamble symbols will give the best correlation results and hence indicate the correct timing for the user equipment. The sum of the delay spread and round trip delay may be larger than the length of one PRACH symbol. The base station may perform beam sweeping, and may be a gNB in a new radio 5G network.
Patent GB-2554844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ceramic femoral resurfacing head prosthesis
Inventor: Carolina Avila Carrasco
IPC: A61F2/36
Filed: 2017-11-01
Abstract: A ceramic femoral resurfacing head prosthesis 110 comprising a convex outer surface 112, a concave inner surface 114, and a ceramic stem 120 projecting from the inner surface 114. In one arrangement the stem is provided with a base 122 comprising at least a two-part angular transition 138 in a longitudinal direction of the stem 120 (Fig 9). Alternatively, or additionally, the free end of the stem 126 may be at, or spaced inwardly of, a plane defined by the prosthesis rim 116 (Fig 8). In another arrangement the rim 160 defines an asymmetrical profile between the prosthetics inner 114 and outer 112 surfaces, the rim having two or more different arcs 148, 150 having a radius (R5, R6, Fig 14) of 0.2-1.5mm. The inner surface 114 may alternatively, or additionally, comprise at least one circumferentially elongate recesses (136, Fig 11). A system is also taught which provides two groups of prosthetics (152, 154, Fig 15 & 16), each prosthetic having a stem with a lateral extent that is common to all prosthetics within that group but different to the prosthetics in the other group. Each prosthetic also has a unique outer surface geometry, .i.e. circumference.
Patent GB-2557122-A (GB)
Title: Liner for a vessel
Inventor: PAUL NICK GEORGELOS
IPC: B65D77/06
Filed: 2016-08-25
Abstract: A liner for use with a fluid dispensing vessel. The liner includes a flexible pouch defining an interior region and configured to be placed in a fluid dispensing vessel. The pouch includes a top end that is partially sealed and that includes a first opening. The pouch includes a fluid passageway defined by at least two sealed boundaries and that leads from the opening to the interior region. The pouch includes a bottom end that includes a second opening. The liner includes a fluid dispensing fitment connected to the pouch and configured to be in fluid communication with interior region via the second opening. When fluid is poured into the interior region of the pouch through the opening, it can be dispensed from the pouch through the fitment.
Patent GB-2557530-A (GB)
Title: Low solids oil based well fluid with particle-stabilized emulsion
Inventor: RAVI SHARMA
IPC: C09K23/00
Filed: 2016-09-09
Abstract: A well fluid has a particle stabilized emulsion that has a first phase containing hydrocarbon fluid, a second phase containing brine, such as an aqueous alkali metal brine, and solid particles, wherein at least a portion of the solid particles are arranged at an interface between the first phase and the second phase to stabilize the emulsion. The well fluids can be used for drilling, completion, and/or workover fluids. A method of preparing the well fluid, which can be done in the absence of a surfactant, is also described.
Patent GB-2565888-A (GB)
Title: Optical measurement cell and particle properties measuring instrument using the same
Inventor: TETSUJI YAMAGUCHI
IPC: G01N21/05
Filed: 2018-06-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical measurement cell 2. The optical measurement cell includes a pair of light transmitting plates 21, 22 respectively having opposite surfaces 21a, 22a facing each other and containing a fluid (e.g. test liquid) between them. In addition, one of the opposite surfaces 21a is formed with a spacer film 25 that contacts with the other opposite surface 22a to define the distance between the pair of opposite surfaces. The spacer film may be an evaporated film, a plating film, a sputtered film or a printed film. The plate with the film may be provided with an introduction part 26 for introducing the fluid between the surfaces and a lead-out part 27 for leading out the fluid. At least one of the plates may be formed with an electrically conductive film serving as a heat generation part. The plates may be different in thickness.
Patent GB-2594430-A (GB)
Title: Probiotic feed for post-larval abalone
Inventor: Karis Moxley
IPC: A61K9/16
Filed: 2018-12-24
Abstract: The invention provides a method of aquaculture comprising supplying Vibrio midae SY9 as a food source to abalone. A feed composition comprising Vibrio midae SY9 is also provided. The Vibrio midae SY9 is provided on or within an alginate film which may be formed on a support.
Patent GB-2574494-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytes
Inventor: SHANWEN TAO
IPC: H01M10/36
Filed: 2019-01-30
Abstract: An electrolyte for an electrochemical device comprises an aqueous salt solution, wherein a sufficient quantity of the salt is dissolved therein for the solution to be saturated; and a water-absorbent polymer. The water-absorbent polymer may be dissolved in the aqueous solution, or may absorb water, optionally swelling in the process. The solution may be an over-saturated aqueous salt solution. The electrolyte, which may be in the form of a gel, may be incorporated into an electrochemical device comprising electrodes. The electrolyte may be made by heating a water-containing liquid to a temperature near and below its boiling point; maintaining the temperature of the liquid whilst adding a water-absorbent polymer to the liquid and dissolving a salt into the liquid until a saturated solution is formed; and cooling the solution to room temperature. An electrolyte comprising a saturated aqueous salt solution without the water-soluble polymer is also claimed. The water absorbent polymer is preferably polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polypropylene alcohol or polyethylene glycol. It may be or comprise a super-absorbent polymer, such as a polyacrylate salt, a polyacrylamide, a polysaccharide, a polypeptide, polyacrylonitrile or a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer. The addition of the polymer increases the electrochemical window of the electrolyte.
Patent GB-2571225-A (GB)
Title: Wettability-patterning method and designs for pumpless transport and precise manipulation of liquid volumes on and through porous materials
Inventor: LISHA YU
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2017-11-16
Abstract: A material for manipulating liquid includes a porous substrate having first and second surfaces; and a wedge-shaped transport element disposed on one of the first and second surfaces, wherein the wedge-shaped transport element has a narrow end and a wide end, the wide end connected to a first reservoir, wherein the wedge-shaped transport element is configured to pass liquid from the narrow end to the wide end to the first reservoir, regardless of gravity, and wherein the first reservoir is configured to pass liquid away from the substrate in a z-direction opposite from the surface on which a liquid is deposited. The surface on which the wedge-shaped transport element is disposed is one of hydrophobic or superhydrophobic, and the wedge-shaped transport element is one of a) superhydrophilic when the first surface is hydrophobic, b) superhydrophilic when the first surface is superhydrophobic, and c) hydrophilic when the first surface is superhydrophobic.
Patent GB-2584639-A (GB)
Title: Hydrostatically driven vehicle with a secondary braking or steering supply
Inventor: NIALL MC NAMEE
IPC: B62D5/30
Filed: 2019-06-04
Abstract: A vehicle 1 including: a set of wheels 3 or tracks 4; a first hydraulic circuit 10 including a first hydraulic pump 11 and a hydraulic motor 12, the first pump being arranged to supply hydraulic pressure to drive the motor, the motor being arranged to drive the wheels or tracks to drive the vehicle over a ground surface 2; a second hydraulic circuit 20 including a second hydraulic pump 21 for supplying hydraulic pressure for braking or steering the vehicle; and a third hydraulic circuit 30 for supplying hydraulic pressure – which is generated by the hydraulic motor 12 driven by momentum of the vehicle in motion over the ground surface – for braking or steering the vehicle in the event of a failure of the second hydraulic circuit. This provides a fail-safe wherein the hydraulic motor supplies pressure as long as the vehicle remains in motion, such that the braking and/or steering systems will remain operational until the vehicle comes to a stop. Also provided is a method for controlling a vehicle.
Patent GB-2586879-A (GB)
Title: Silicone Fingers
Inventor: ROBERT DAY
IPC: A61G7/057
Filed: 2019-09-09
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mat 1 comprising a base 3 and a plurality of flexible fingers 2 extending from one surface of the base. Each finger comprises: a base first diameter section 10 being adjacent to the base, a second diameter section 11 at the distal end of the finger and an intermediate section 12 located between the first section and the second section, the intermediate section comprising a diameter which varies from the first diameter to the second diameter. Preferably the first diameter is larger than the second and the intermediate section is tapered. Optionally the distal end of the fingers is hemi-spherical. The mat can be either a one piece construction or made from different materials with a shore hardness in the range of Shore A 30 – 60. The fingers or base could be made from silicone or polyurethane elastomer and comprise silver powder. Preferably the first diameter section is 2 – 5 mm long, 6 – 12 mm in diameter, the second section is 24 – 33 mm long and 4 – 10 mm in diameter and the intermediate section 5 – 20 mm long.
Patent GB-2585390-A (GB)
Title: Pixel sensing device and organic light emitting display device including the same
Inventor: SEOKHYUN HONG
IPC: G09G3/3275
Filed: 2019-09-18
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel sensing device for an organic light emitting display device OLED which minimize the influence of panel noise and improves sensing accuracy and reliability. A current integrator CI is connected to a pixel through a sensing line of a display panel which may be a data line (Fig. 5: 140) or a reference voltage line (Fig. 3: 150), and configured to integrate a pixel current IPIX flowing through the pixel to generate an integrator output voltage CI-OUT; a sample and hold unit SH configured to sample and hold the integrator output voltage; an analogue to digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the integrator output voltage output from the sample and hold unit into a digital signal; and a first capacitor CX1 configured to minimize a distortion of the integrator output voltage CI-OUT due to panel noise mixed to the pixel current. A data driving unit (Fig. 1: 25) comprising the sensing unit 22 and a driving voltage generator (Fig. 1: 23) may be embedded in the driver IC (Fig. 1: 20). Image data is adjusted to compensate for changes in driving characteristics among the pixels. Image data may also be compensate for an amplifier offset.
Patent GB-2587652-A (GB)
Title: Tuning pin tool
Inventor: JAMES BOUSTEAD SEERY
IPC: G10G7/00
Filed: 2019-10-03
Abstract: A tool 901 for fitting to a tuning pin of an instrument for inhibiting movement of the tuning pin, especially for a piano. The tool comprises: a tuning pin engaging member comprising a through hole for engaging a tuning pin and a plurality of flexible resilient arms 903, preferably made of copper wire and at least 5cm in length, coupled to the tuning pin engaging member. The flexible resilient arms are configured to engage with other tuning pins adjacent to the tuning pin to inhibit movement of the tuning pin. The through hole may be tapered and may have a square or hexagonal cross-section. A grip screw may extend into the through hole. A method of tuning an instrument string of an instrument using the tool is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2590891-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method of user analysis and content selection
Inventor: Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer
IPC: G06Q10/04
Filed: 2019-10-24
Abstract: A method of predicting a game objective completion time for a particular user by: for a corpus of other users who have completed the particular game objective, determining a plurality of completion time deciles for a preceding predetermined number of other game objectives completed by users in the corpus s710, deriving a representative completion time decile from the plurality of game objective completion time deciles for each user in the corpus s720, and generating a time band classification using the representative decile values as input variables and corresponding completion times for the particular game objective as the output variable s730; for the particular user, determining a completion time decile for the preceding predetermined number of other game objectives completed by the user s740, deriving a representative completion time decile from the plurality of game objective completion time deciles for the user s750, and identifying a time band classification of the user using the representative completion time decile for the particular user as input to the generated classification s760; and outputting predicted completion time data for the game objective for the user based upon the identified classification s770. Also, a server (610; fig 6) which implements the method.
Patent GB-2588446-A (GB)
Title: A separator
Inventor: JEREMY PAUL LECORNU
IPC: E03F1/00
Filed: 2019-10-24
Abstract: A hydrodynamic separator (100, fig 2) feeds a first filter 48 with first inlet 55 at level A1, and a second filter (448, figure 5) with second inlet (455, figure 5) at level A2 higher than level A1. Each filter 48 (448, figure 5) has a backwash device 300 (500, fig 5) alternately preventing and allowing liquid through the backwash device. When water passage is prevented, filtered water can pass back through the filter 48 (448, figure 5) to clean the respective filter. Back wash arrangements may include a siphon pipe 84 with air brake pipe 94; or an eccentrically pivoting flap (figure 9). Back flushing arrangements may allow downstream water levels to rise, thus cleaning the filter screens by back flooding. During low flow rates, the higher filter may be redundant, allowing regular cleaning/backflushing of the lower filter. Both filters can be used at high flow rates, increasing capacity.
Patent GB-2580524-A (GB)
Title: Method of characterising molecules
Inventor: JAKUB UJMA
IPC: H01J49/00
Filed: 2019-11-29
Abstract: A method of identifying or characterising ions comprises separating analyte ions according to a physico-chemical property (e.g. using an ion mobility separator or high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility (FAIMS) separator), selecting precursor ions from the analyte ions, activating, fragmenting or reacting the precursor ions to produce product ions, and separating the product ions according to the same physico­chemical property (e.g. ion mobility) to determine a pattern of the product ions. The pattern is used to identify or characterise the precursor ions e.g. to determine structural information. The analyte ions may comprise isomeric polymeric analyte ions of a particular order (e.g. monomer, dimer, trimer, tetramer) and the product ions may comprise ions of a plurality of different orders less than the order of the analyte ions. The pattern of the product ions may comprise the number of isomers of that order that are present. Product ions may further be activated, fragmented or reacted to produce second generation product ions.
Patent GB-2590945-A (GB)
Title: A poll strap for a head collar and a head collar comprising the same
Inventor: MARGARET DONNELLY
IPC: B68B1/02
Filed: 2020-01-08
Abstract: A poll strap, crownpiece or headstall for the headcollar or halter of a horse comprises snap fasteners at both ends of the strap for releasably fastening the strap to the headcollar. Each end 11 of the strap 2 may be folded back on itself to form a loop closed by a snap fastener 10 and may comprise a respective keeper 12 for holding together the doubled-up part of the strap, the keeper being movable to vary a release load of the strap according to its position. For example, the keeper may be positioned away from the folded-back end portion, between the stud fastener and the fold, and/or at one or more locations between the fastener and the tip of the folded back portion, with each keeper position marked by indicia 13, 14, 15 to signify the different release loads or coupling strengths. The snap fastened strap ends provide a safety release under excessive tensile loads that could otherwise injure the horse.
Patent GB-2591492-A (GB)
Title: Opposed, free-piston engine
Inventor: JAMES WILLIAM GRIFFITH TURNER
IPC: F02B71/00
Filed: 2020-01-30
Abstract: An opposed, free-piston engine comprises a first cylinder 20 having a pair of opposed free pistons 40, 50 and an adjacent second cylinder 30 also having a pair of opposed free pistons 60, 70. A first link rod 120 interconnects the piston 40 towards one end of the first cylinder 20 with the piston 70 towards the opposite end of the adjacent cylinder 30 while a second link rod 130 interconnects the remaining pistons 50 and 60, in order to transfer movement of the pistons in one cylinder to the pistons in the other cylinder. This helps to obviate the need for bounce chambers and provides for a more compact arrangement with fewer parts. The power take-offs may be electric, hydraulic or pneumatic. Bounce or pumping chambers (eg 180B, 185B, 190B, 195B, fig.11A) may be provided. The pistons and cylinders may be stepped (fig.12). The interconnecting link rods 120D, 130D, fig.13 may each have a toothed central portion 125D, 135D meshing with a central pinion gear 200D. Alternatively, a pair of pinions may be provided (fig.14), or the linear central portions may comprise linear magnets and coil, respectively (fig.13B).
Patent GB-2594912-A (GB)
Title: A sensor and/or control system for conveyor applications
Inventor: RICHARD DEAN LEDGER
IPC: B65G61/00
Filed: 2020-02-27
Abstract: Calibration system 14 determines the position of a product support surface 16 relative to a robotic actuator (fig. 7), the product support surface may be a conveyor belt and the robotic actuator may be a delta robot for engaging articles travelling on a belt. A limb 22 rotatably mounted 17 to a support structure 20 of the robotic actuator may comprise a contact formation 26 that engages the product support surface, where variations in the support surface cause rotation in the limb, the rotation of the limb may be determined by a sensor, where a controller for the robotic actuator may receive information from this sensor to align the robot with the support surface. The contact formation may comprise a wheel that rotates as a conveyor belt passes by to determine relative height differences. A method of determining the position of a product support surface relative to a robotic actuator is further disclosed.
Patent GB-2589939-A (GB)
Title: Hydrotherapy apparatus
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JOHN TRUMAN
IPC: A63B22/02
Filed: 2020-04-30
Abstract: A hydrotherapy apparatus comprises a treadmill conveyer mounted within a tank (10, Fig. 4), the conveyer comprising a belt 32 over a drum 36 having a drive shaft 38 and being supported by a conveyer frame 34 that extends from the drum, perpendicular to the drive shaft. The frame rotates around the drive shaft axis to tilt the treadmill. The apparatus may comprise a pair of bearing housings 40 fixedly mounted on and extending into the tank, and a pair of blocks 50 fixedly mounted on the conveyer frame, each block comprising an aperture therethrough arranged to receive a respective bearing housing and forming a clamp adjustably gripping the bearing housing to selectively allow or impede pivoting rotation of the treadmill. Tilting of the treadmill may be effected by an actuator moving a glider or slider along a guide rail (202, Fig. 20).