baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2422302-A (GB)
Title: A table for catering
Inventor: TIRANINI CLAUDIO
IPC: A47B83/00
Filed: 2005-01-19
Abstract: The table (1) comprises a main planar resting surface (2), supported by a load-bearing structure (3, 4) and having an opening (5) in which there is located a basin (6) equipped with means (7) for delivering a stream of water which may be used for cleaning the hands of those eating at the table. Said delivery means comprise a delivery pipe (7) which extends close to the upper rim of the basin (6) and which has a plurality of openings (8) capable of delivering respective jets or sprays of water towards the central region of the basin (6).
Patent GB-2407418-A (GB)
Title: Remote mirroring and a system for connecting the storage units in a switched environment
Inventor: ARNON DAN
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: Disclosed is an arrangement of storage systems each adapted to control at least one group of devices, supported in a mirrored configuration with a corresponding group of devices controlled by one of the other storage systems. Each device group has a first port associated with it and the corresponding group has a second port associated to it. One of the first ports is connected to one of the second ports for the exchange of data between the device groups. The ports may be configured to control more than one device group, with the port linked to selected ports controlling the device groups that mirror the device group controlled by the port. Also disclosed is a remote data mirroring arrangement in which the ports of the data storage devices are connected by a switch fabric and use configuration topology information to establish logical links between the ports.
Patent GB-2430603-A (GB)
Title: A peaked hat or cap incorporating a pouch
Inventor: GANNON PAUL MARTIN
IPC: A42B1/06
Filed: 2005-03-18
Abstract: A hat or cap defines a peak <B>1</B> and a pouch characterised in that the peak forms part of the pouch. The hat or cap may comprise reinforcing members <B>1A, 1B</B> arranged so that one can fold over another to define the pouch. At least two of the reinforcing members may form part of the peak or form part of a main body <B>2</B> of the cap. The at least two reinforcing members <B>1A, 1B</B> may be hinged along a line <B>X-X</B> from front to back of the peak <B>1</B> and/or front to back of the cap body <B>2</B>. The reinforcing members forming part of the main body of the cap may be hinged along a line <B>2G</B> running perpendicular to the line <B>X-X</B> from front to back of the cap.
Patent GB-2417306-A (GB)
Title: Tensioner lever having an auxiliary lever
Inventor: KUROHATA JUNYA
IPC: F16H7/08
Filed: 2005-05-24
Abstract: In a tensioner lever assembly for a chain transmission, an auxiliary lever 120, arranged to pivot relative to a main tensioner lever 110, engages a free span of the chain approaching the main lever from a driving sprocket. The auxiliary lever 120 can be pivoted coaxially with the main lever, and can extend either toward the center of the main lever fig 1 and 2, or toward the driving sprocket fig 3. Alternatively, the auxiliary lever can be pivoted on the main lever at a location remote from the pivot axis of the main lever, and engaged with a free span of the chain moving away from the main tensioner lever and approaching a driven sprocket fig 4.
Patent GB-2427464-A (GB)
Title: Mobile telephone featuring an ultra violet detector
Inventor: COLLIN RICHARD
IPC: G01J1/44
Filed: 2005-06-22
Abstract: A mobile telephone equipped with a digital camera is provided with Ultra Violet (UV) metering technology so that a user of the device can be provided with an indication of exposure to UV radiation. In one embodiment a fluorescent filter 8 is arranged over the lens of the camera which converts UV radiation 14 in the ambient radiation 10 to visible light 16.
Patent GB-2416619-A (GB)
Title: Determining dose uniformity of a scanning ion implanter
Inventor: WAGNER DENNIS W
IPC: H01J37/244
Filed: 2005-07-22
Abstract: To determine dose uniformity of a scanning ion implanter, base beam current is measured at the beginning and/or the end of a complete scan over the whole substrate area. This base beam current is measured at a time when the measurement should be unaffected by outgassing from a substrate being implanted, and a base dose distribution map is then calculated for the scan in question. During the scan itself beam instability events such as 66 are detected and the magnitude and position in the scan of the detected instability events is measured. Corresponding deviations in the calculated base dose map are determined and subtracted from the previously calculated base dose distribution map to provide a corrected distribution map. By determining overall dose uniformity sub tractively in this way, good overall accuracy can be obtained with lesser accuracy in the measurement of the beam instability events.
Patent GB-2429767-A (GB)
Title: Banknote output control device that prevents supply of stacked banknotes
Inventor: CHANG HUNG-YI
IPC: B65H7/14
Filed: 2005-09-06
Abstract: A banknote output control device includes an optical transmitter module 3 arranged to emit light across a banknote delivery path 14 to an optical receiver module 2 and a control circuit which receives a signal from the receiver module and compares the received signal with a predetermined reference value. If the received signal is approximately equal to the reference value the device allows the delivery of a banknote to continue. However, if the received signal is significantly different to the reference value, indicating a possible condition in which multiple banknotes are being delivered simultaneously, the device stops banknote delivery and reverses the banknote delivery direction. The reference value may be obtained by calculating a mean value of signals received from the receiver module during multiple banknote output tests.
Patent GB-2434566-A (GB)
Title: Reminder device for vehicle fuel type at inlet
Inventor: REYNOLDS JOHN
IPC: G09F17/00
Filed: 2006-01-25
Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle having a fuel input compartment 11 for housing of at least one fuel inlet, a door 12 for closing the compartment 11 and a fuel type indicator 15 bearing a visual indication mounted in the compartment 11 so that it becomes visible when the door 12 is opened to provide a visual indication of fuel type. Preferably, the fuel type indicator comprises a head 16 bearing the word "DIESEL", the head 16 being adhered to a flexible leg (17, see fig 3) formed from a plastic, such that the device 15 can be bent with the head 16 at least partly obscuring a fuel filler cap 14, ready to resiliently extend when the door 12 is opened.
Patent GB-2421667-A (GB)
Title: Queuing and load balancing of voicemail for intelligent transcription into text message
Inventor: DOULTON DANIEL MICHAEL
IPC: G10L15/00
Filed: 2004-04-22
Abstract: A caller initiates a voice call to a mobile telephone, which is diverted to a voicemail server where the caller leaves a voice message. The voice message is converted into an audio file format, which is sent or streamed over a wide area network to a voice to text transcription system comprising a network of computers. One of the networked computers plays back the audio file to a human operator and the operator intelligently transcribes the original voice message into the computer to generate a transcribed text message, which is then sent to the mobile telephone. Queuing and load balancing between the networked computers enables 90% of all text messages to be received at the mobile telephone within 5 minutes of the caller leaving the associated original voice message.
Patent GB-2425073-A (GB)
Title: Catalytic converter and method
Inventor: ZIDAT SAID
IPC: B01D53/88
Filed: 2006-03-17
Abstract: The invention relates to catalytic converter apparatus having a catalytic substrate core and a first sleeve 20 which surrounds the substrate core 10. An intermediate member 22 surrounds the first sleeve and substrate core. A second sleeve 24 surrounds the intermediate shell member, the first sleeve and the substrate core. The apparatus allows assembly of the catalytic substrate core within a catalytic converter with minimal risk of damage whilst ensuring that the substrate core is held securely within the can of the converter. A method of installing the substrate core in the catalytic converter is also provided. The first sleeve (inner mat) and a second sleeve (outer mat) are arranged to expand on heating to securely retain the substrate. The inner mat is relatively thin to allow rapid heating and is compressed around the substrate such that the gap bulk density will secure the substrate within the intermediate shell member. The outer sleeve is thicker and has a higher gap bulk density so that arrangement is firmly secured in a outer shell 14.
Patent GB-2424551-A (GB)
Title: Determining the need for a relocation start in a mobile communication system
Inventor: KUWANO HIROAKI
IPC: H04W60/00
Filed: 2006-03-20
Abstract: In a mobile communication system that has a plurality of service areas, each covered by a radio network controller (50, 60) and each of which comprises a plurality of cells (e.g. 301), a method is provided for determining the advisability of starting relocation processing when a mobile unit (40) moves from one service area to another. When a mobile station (40) moves into a different service area it is determined whether relocation processing should be inhibited based on a first set of pre-stored data 501 relating to the new service area. If the new service area is found not to be a 'relocation inhibition target' then it is determined whether the new cell (e.g. 301) in which the mobile station (40) exists is a 'relocation inhibition target', based on a second set of pre-stored data 502 relating to the new cell. The advisability of starting relocation processing is then based upon the results of the determinations.
Patent GB-2427419-A (GB)
Title: Method to improve perforating effectiveness using a charge perforator
Inventor: WESSON DAVID S
IPC: F24B1/00
Filed: 2004-09-28
Abstract: A non-linear shaped charge perforator (10) for use in perforating an oil and gas formation into which a wellbore has been drilled comprises a monolithic, axisymmetric metal case (12) in which is disposed a main explosive charge between the front of the case, which is closed with a concave metal liner (24), and the closed back end (14) of the case. The main explosive charge contains multiple initiation points (30), preferably two initiation points located about 180{ apart on the outside surface of the charge, so that when the perforator is detonated the main charge is initiated such that the metal liner is collapsed into a non-circular jet, preferably a fan-shaped jet, that pierces the casing of the wellbore and forms non-circular perforations, preferably slot-shaped perforations, in the surrounding formation.
Patent GB-2427193-A (GB)
Title: Process for 2-amino-5-aryl-5-arylsulfonylcyclohexylmethanol derivatives
Inventor: BRANDS KAREL MARIE JOSEPH
IPC: C07D285/15
Filed: 2006-06-14
Abstract: The invention provides a convenient route to compounds of formula I: <EMI ID=1.1 HE=50 WI=44 LX=840 LY=823 TI=CF> <PC>which are intermediates in the synthesis of gamma-secretase inhibitors VII: <EMI ID=1.2 HE=65 WI=42 LX=867 LY=1487 TI=CF> <PC>useful in treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Patent GB-2441591-A (GB)
Title: Fuel deck filler and gauge
Inventor: COWARD BRUCE ADRIAN
IPC: G01F23/36
Filed: 2006-09-07
Abstract: The present invention relates to a deck filler and gauge 1. A plate 2 is provided for mounting against a surface of a boat, and plate 2 has an aperture 4 therein to receive a fuel nozzle. A projection 6 extends on one side of the plate 2 from the aperture for engagement with a fuel pipe. A cap 5 is provided for sealing the aperture 4. A fuel gauge having a display 10 is provided adjacent said plate aperture. Also disclosed is a fuel gauge for connection to an analogue fuel gauge system having a float controlled variable resistor.
Patent GB-2445969-A (GB)
Title: Display board with three attachment mechanisms
Inventor: COWELL TRISTAN
IPC: G09F7/02
Filed: 2007-01-24
Abstract: A pin board-type panel 15 capable of accepting a penetrating object 26 comprises a paper backing layer 17, a magnetic material layer 14 adapted to receive magnetic objects on top of said pin board-type panel 15, and a fabric material layer 18 adapted to receive objects having a hook and loop type fastening. An object to be displayed on the panel can be retained by any of the said three attachment mechanisms.
Patent GB-2447465-A (GB)
Title: Electrical power consumption monitor
Inventor: PLEDGER RICHARD
IPC: G01R19/165
Filed: 2007-03-13
Abstract: An electrical power consumption monitoring unit is attached to an electrical supply and compares the power consumption with a threshold and annunciates the comparison result. The device may be attached to a supply by a clamp ammeter or a parallel ammeter, and the comparison system may comprise analogue or digital electronics and include multiple thresholds. The comparison result may be indicated, by a lamp, multiple coloured lamps, LEDs, an audible sounder, a buzzer, or a mechanical indicator and the annunciation device may be remote from the comparator, linked by a direct electrical connection or a wireless radio connection. The device is used to indicate when action should be taken to reduce electrical consumption, for example by turning off appliances and fittings.
Patent GB-2447473-A (GB)
Title: Seal face ring with grooves to create lines of weakness; for use with a split mechanical seal
Inventor: CARMODY CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16J15/34
Filed: 2007-03-14
Abstract: A seal face ring 1 for use with a split mechanical seal, the ring 1 having diametrically opposed grooves 3,5 along at least a portion of its surface 7. The grooves 3,5 provide lines of weakness for splitting the ring 1 segmentally and are inclined relative to each other. The grooves 3,5 may be inclined longitudinally relative to each other, and also relative to the axis of the ring 1. The grooves 3,5 may be along the inner circumference 7 of the ring and may be inclined between 2.5 and 10 degrees.
Patent GB-2452047-A (GB)
Title: Diaphragm for use in a fluid pump comprising a disc of resilient material whose curvature is formed from a plurality of steps
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JOSEPH ANTHONY
IPC: F04B43/02
Filed: 2007-08-21
Abstract: A diaphragm 100, which may be circular or oval, for use in a fluid pump comprising a disc of resilient material, which is preferably elastomeric or rubber, having a substantially dished shape. The curvature of the disc is formed from a plurality of steps 101 a,b which may be a series of flat annular rings 101 of increasing diameter joined at their adjacent edges by shoulder portions 102 extending in an axial direction. The diaphragm 100 may have a coating of a substantially inelastic chemically resistant coating 103, such as PTFE, on at least one side, preferably on the side which is concave when the diaphragm is at rest.
Patent GB-2455489-A (GB)
Title: High thermal performance mounting arrangements for optoelectronic devices
Inventor: MCKENZIE JAMES STUART
IPC: H01S5/00
Filed: 2007-08-22
Abstract: The LED optoelectronic device 607 is mounted on an insulating metal substrate (IMS) 605 so that the heat dissipation and electrical conduction paths are separate. The IMS comprises a stress matching layer 601, and electrically insulating high thermal conductivity layer (eg AlN, DLC etc) 602, an adhesion layer 603, a circuit trace layer 604. Passivation material 611, 610 is deposited over the circuit layer and divides the circuit trace to define traces for the n and p contacts of the LED device. Encapsulation and lens layers may also be formed over the LED and other circuit components can be mounted on the IMS.
Patent GB-2441091-A (GB)
Title: Methods and systems for putting analysis
Inventor: LINDSAY NORMAN MATHESON
IPC: A63B69/36
Filed: 2006-05-02
Abstract: Analysis of a golfer' s putting stroke towards a target-hole (2) is derived by an analyser (12;50) from sensor-signals representative of initial ball-speed and direction,, using accumulated sets of historical putting-data, each set of historical data including initial putted ball-speed and direction and the resultant ball-speed and direction in approach to the target-hole (2), together with representation of whether the putt was successful. Initial ball-speed and direction is sensed by opto-electronic sensors (45) responding to back-reflection of infrared beams (13) from retro-reflectors (22-26) on the putted ball (1;20;52), or, is predicted from putter-speed and orientation using retro-reflectors (71-73; 77, 75) on the putter (3; 51; 70; 74). Resultant ball-speed and direction in approach to the target-hole (2), and whether the putt is successful, is sensed by a monitor (7) from infrared beams (8-10).
Patent GB-2448012-A (GB)
Title: Mobile computer system boots up a first operating system when connected to a home or office network and second OS when operating as a stand alone PC
Inventor: CROMER DARYL CARVIS
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2007-12-17
Abstract: Disclosed is a system for booting up mobile computing devices. The system has a supervising virtual machine monitor called a hypervisor, loaded onto the computing device. The hypervisor acts to place the computing device into one of a plurality of operating modes depending on the operating environment, particularity when the device boots up. Each mode being associated with a particular environment. One mode may be diskless with an external environment eg a network, internal or external (internet), or a local environment. The local environment being the operating system preloaded onto the device. The hypervisor may run two modes at the same time for example an external and local modes, with the hypervisor accepting input from the external environment for the local operating system.
Patent GB-2456834-A (GB)
Title: Temporary platform
Inventor: BUSBY GEORGE
IPC: E04F15/024
Filed: 2008-01-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a temporary railway station platform 10 comprising a plurality of generally flat panels 12, each of which is supported on a plurality of generally vertical support legs 14. The panels 12 are formed from a glass reinforced polymer, with an uppermost side 12a and a lowermost side 12b. The uppermost side 12b is spaced from and generally parallel to the lowermost side 12a, with a plurality of connecting webs 12c extending between and generally perpendicular to the uppermost and lowermost sides 12a, 12b. The connecting webs 12c form a plurality of elongate cells between the uppermost side 12a and the lowermost side 12b of the panel 12. A later embodiment relates to a kit of parts for assembling into a platform.
Patent GB-2442417-A (GB)
Title: Pressurized bearing system for submersible motor
Inventor: KNOX DICK L
IPC: F16C33/10
Filed: 2006-08-15
Abstract: Pressurized lubricant is used for stabilizing shaft bearings in an electrical submersible pump motor. A lubricant pump is located within the motor housing. The lubricant pump has a set of impellers attached to a lower end of the shaft and rotating with the shaft, the impellers being located in the flow path of the lubricant. A diffuser is located upstream of and adjacent each impeller. The impellers increase the radial velocity of the lubricant, and this velocity is converted into a pressure head at the impeller outlet. The lubricant flows through the first diffuser, through the first impeller, through the second diffuser, and then flows through the second impeller and out into a reservoir. The shaft has an axial flow passage with an outlet at each bearing. The outlet has at least three ports arranged symmetrically around the shaft for discharging lubricant into a clearance between the shaft and bearing to create a fluid film.
Patent GB-2458312-A (GB)
Title: Fence Panel Support Apparatus
Inventor: MCLEAN JAMES
IPC: E04H17/16
Filed: 2008-03-14
Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for supporting a fence panel 102 in an upright orientation. The apparatus comprises a stabilising member 108 having a first end and a second end, and a foot 105 defining a pair of holes (609, 610 figure 7). Each hole is configured to receive an end of a tubular leg of a fence panel. The foot further comprises a locating means for receiving the first end (501 figure 5a) of the stabilising member 108 at a position spaced apart from the holes (609, 610 figure 7). When a lower end of a leg (305 figure 3) of a fence panel 102 is located within a hole (609 or 610 figure 7) the second end (502 figure 5a) of the stabilising member is locatable adjacent to an upper part of the leg to provide support. Alternatively the second end of the stabiliser may be retained within a fence coupler 114 connecting a pair of fence panels. Later embodiments relate to a method of constructing a fence using said apparatus; and apparatus for supporting a fence panel in an upright orientation comprising an elongate member and a stabiliser.
Patent GB-2455377-A (GB)
Title: An ion trap with radially dependent axial ejection
Inventor: GREEN MARTIN
IPC: H01J49/42
Filed: 2008-07-14
Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a quadrupole rod set ion trap 2 and 3 wherein a radially dependent DC potential barrier is created at the exit of the ion trap 4 and 5 , said potential decreasing with increasing radius in one radial direction (see Figure 3). Ions within the ion trap are mass selectively excited in a radial direction until they experience a potential field which no longer confines the ions axially within the ion trap, but which instead acts to extract the ions and hence causes the ions to be ejected axially from the ion trap. Alternatively, or additionally, the linear quadrupole ion trap is provided with axially segmented vane electrodes (6 and 7 in Figures 4 and 5) disposed between the main rod electrodes 2 and 3, to which transient DC voltages are applied (see Figure 6 and 7) such that radially excited ions are urged through the ion trap, while ions located upon the central longitudinal axis experience no net force.
Patent GB-2462471-A (GB)
Title: Latch release handle
Inventor: WOLLACOTT MARTIN
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 2008-08-08
Abstract: A handle 10 for fitment to a closure comprises a manual input 12 to be actuated by a user to transmit a release output to a latch mechanism via a release linkage 28, and a locking mechanism to selectively inhibit the release output when the locking mechanism is in a locked state. The locking mechanism comprises a power actuator 60 mounted on the handle and attached to a locking linkage (70, Fig. 4), the locking linkage being configured to interact with the release linkage 28 to switch the handle between a locked and an unlocked state. The locking linkage displaces linearly to move between a locked and unlocked position. The power actuator may be a solenoid. The locking linkage may comprise a sliding locking plate comprising a tooth configured to engage an abutment on the release linkage to block actuation of the release linkage in the locked state (Figs. 3-5). Alternatively, the locking linkage may be configured to cause a break in the transmission path of the release linkage in the locked state (Figs. 6-7).