baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2458668-A (GB)
Title: Animal leash with openable handle
Inventor: MATTHEWS NICHOLAS STEWART
IPC: A01K27/00
Filed: 2008-03-27
Abstract: An animal leash <B>2</B> has an openable handle so that an animal can be secured around an object without removal of the leash <B>2.</B> The handle is able to be attached to itself to form a complete loop by means of a hook and loop <B>3, 4</B> fastening and is therefore also easily releasable to attach to the desired object, such as a tree, post, etc. The end opposite the handle has a clip to enable it to be secured to a dog collar.
Patent GB-2448823-A (GB)
Title: Wheel clamp
Inventor: WALTON JAMES DEREK
IPC: B60R25/09
Filed: 2008-04-24
Abstract: A wheel clamp 1, preferably for a motorbike, comprises (i) a ground engaging base member 5 that may be secured to the ground, (ii) a pair of retaining members 6, 7 that are pivotally coupled to the base member 5, (iii) an actuating means that is responsive to a wheel being urged into a wheel receiving area (10, Figure 3) defined by the retaining members 6, 7 and in turn urges the retaining members from a release state to a captive state, and (iv) a locking means for locking the retaining members in the captive state. The actuating means comprises a spring urged wheel engaging member 27 that is pivotally coupled to the base member 5 and also coupled to the retaining members via a linkage mechanism. The locking means comprises a lock (43, Figure 8) that may include a U-shaped housing 42 and a locking bar 56 that is engageable with a bore 57 in a latch 39 extending from retaining member 6, and can engage with a receiver 40 located in retaining member 7. The locking means is preferably removably located in the receiver 40.
Patent GB-2459681-A (GB)
Title: Deploying an application program in a computer system
Inventor: BRANNEN SAMUEL HUGH
IPC: G06F9/40
Filed: 2008-04-30
Abstract: A computer's runtime environment has a deployment system to deploy an application comprising bundles containing metadata having export statements defining exported packages. A deployment unit receives the bundles, examines them and extracts export statements. Each export statement is converted into a corresponding import statement, and an additional synthetic bundle is created with these import statements inserted into its metadata. The deployment unit sets a thread context class loader to delegate class loading to a class loader of the synthetic bundle, such that classes of the application are only loaded when they are explicitly exported packages as defined by the synthetic bundle. The synthetic bundle's class loader will preferably fail loading of a class not found in an imported package of the import statements. The runtime environment may be Java, the deployment unit may be a Spring framework layer, and the bundles may be OSGi bundles or JSR 277 modules.
Patent GB-2459534-A (GB)
Title: Television-enabled messaging system
Inventor: AUSTIN KENNETH
IPC: H04H20/38
Filed: 2008-04-30
Abstract: A network messaging system includes a mobile phone network 12, a message processing system 14 and a television broadcast network 16. The network systems allows messages to be created (eg from mobile phones 30) which are processed and grouped before being broadcast over a dedicated television broadcast network (see figure 1). Notably, messaging system terminal includes a digital television receiver 44 comprising a processor 50 and memory 52. The receiver is connected to a television 68. Messages received by receiver 44 are decoded 56 and handled by a central processing unit 58 and conveyed for display to television 68. The systems allows the user of a conventional television to access messaging systems, such as social networking environments, without the requirement for an internet-connected computer.
Patent GB-2448262-A (GB)
Title: Electrically operated THRT
Inventor: BARTLETT CHRISTOPHER D
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: An electrically operated tubing hanger running tool (THRT) comprises an elongated body which includes a first end that is positioned adjacent a tubing hanger 12 and a second end that is connected to a running sting 18, at least first and second locking pistons 42, 44 which are each movably supported on the body, and an electrically operated actuator 70, 78 for moving each of the first and second locking pistons between respective first and second unlocked and first and second locked positions. In the first locked position the first locking piston is engaged with a first locking device to secure the body to the tubing hanger. Also, in the second locked position the second locking piston is engaged with a second locking device to secure the tubing hanger to the wellhead. The electrically operated actuator may comprise electric motors coupled to the locking pistons. Alternatively, the actuator may comprise an electric motor and a hydraulic pump which is driven by the motor. The power for the motor may be supplied by a trickle charged battery.
Patent GB-2463024-A (GB)
Title: A method for controlling an actuator using MOSFETs
Inventor: CASASSO PAOLO
IPC: F02D41/20
Filed: 2008-08-28
Abstract: A method for controlling an actuator (L), particularly for an injector, in an internal combustion engine, the actuator (L) comprising an excitation circuit connected between a first pin (HS) and a second pin (LS), the method comprising the steps of:- applying a predetermined voltage (Vcc) across the excitation circuit, through a supply voltage source (2);acquiring signals representative of the actual voltage (VL) present across the excitation circuit of the actuator (L) and the actual current (IL) flowing into the circuit;- setting a current setpoint and a voltage setpoint based on said actual voltage (VL) and actual current (IL); andforcing the actual voltage (VL) to be equal to the voltage setpoint and the actual current (IL) to be equal to the current setpoint. The method is characterized in that it further comprises the steps of:- providing a control circuit arrangement for the actuator (L) having a first MOSFET (M1) connected between the supply voltage source (2) and the said first pin (HS) of the excitation cicuit, an inductance (6) connected between the first MOSFET (M1) and the said first pin (HS), a second MOSFET (M2) connected between the second pin (LS) of the excitation circuit and a voltage reference, a third MOSFET (M3) connected between the said second pin (LS) and the supply voltage source (2) and a fourth MOSFET (M4) connected between the said first pin (HS) and the second pin (LS);and forcing said actual voltage (VL) and actual current (IL) by controlling the switching of the four MOSFETs (M1-M4) according to at least one of a predetermined set of operating modes.
Patent GB-2451976-A (GB)
Title: Subsea flowline jumper containing ESP
Inventor: LAWSON PETER F
IPC: E21B43/013
Filed: 2007-04-05
Abstract: A subsea production system on a sea floor has a pump flowline jumper with a straight intermediate portion (35) and two end portions (29,31). Each end portion has a connector for ROV assisted connection between production units. A submersible pump assembly (37) is mounted in the straight portion of the flowline jumper (35) and is lowered along with the flowline jumper into engagement with the production receptacles (13,21). The pump assembly boosts pressure of fluid flowing from one of the receptacles to the other. A gas separator (45) may be mounted in the same flowline jumper or in a separate flowline jumper.
Patent GB-2454990-A (GB)
Title: Polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam compositions
Inventor: BLAIR EAMONN
IPC: C08G18/42
Filed: 2008-11-21
Abstract: A composition for producing a polyurethane or polyisocyanurate rigid foam wherein the composition comprises at least one polyol, at least one isocyanate and an extender. The at least one polyol may comprise a polyisocyanurate which reacts with the isocyanate to produce polyisocyanurate rigid foam for use, particularly, in insulation application in walls and roofs. The extender used preferably comprises castor oil and the composition also preferably includes a reinforcing material which may be a fibre-reinforcing material or a particle reinforcing material.
Patent GB-2465788-A (GB)
Title: Copper keyboard
Inventor: HOBDAY IAN GUY
IPC: A61L2/00
Filed: 2008-12-01
Abstract: A keyboard is manufactured from copper in order to prevent the transmission through touch of bacterial or viral infection. The keyboard is made from a flat copper sheet backed by rubber or plastic. The keys are provided on the copper face through etching. In an alternative embodiment, a copper keyboard overlay is provided for use with existing standard keyboards. Both the copper keyboard and overlay have no indentations or gaps to prevent the ingress of liquids or dirt.
Patent GB-2452200-A (GB)
Title: Flooring system
Inventor: ANDERSON PAUL ANTHONY
IPC: E04F15/00
Filed: 2007-05-14
Abstract: A floor covering system is described comprising at least two layers in which one of the layers is a base layer made from a multitude of interlocking base elements having a multitude of raised hollow tubes with tapering sides on the upper surface and the other layer is a top covering layer, preferably made from a vinyl material, preferably having a simulated wooden appearance, to which is adhered a fabric backing layer having a multitude of loops. In use the base elements are placed on a floor with the tubes uppermost and the top covering layer with the loops lowermost placed on the base elements such that the loops engage around the tapering side surfaces of the tubes to releasably attach the two layers together so that when required, such as for example, when the top covering layer is worn, the top covering layer can be removed from the base layer without having to also remove the base layer thereby allowing the floor covering layer to be readily replaced with a new floor covering layer.
Patent GB-2466504-A (GB)
Title: Water heater for a shower
Inventor: HARVEY DAVID
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 2008-12-24
Abstract: An instantaneous water heater 2 comprises a heater tank for heating water flowing through the tank, and a diverter valve 8 downstream of the heater tank for selectively directing water from the heater tank to at least one outlet. In a further aspect, a control unit for an electric shower is disclosed, where the control unit has an inlet for connection to a water supply and at least two outlets for connection to respective spray fittings. The diverter valve may be configured to maintain water flow substantially constant when the diverter valve is operated to switch between the spray fittings, such that the outlet water temperature is unaffected. One of the outlets may be connected to a handset 4 via a flexible hose 24 and the other outlet may be connected to a showerhead 6 via a supply pipe 26. The handset may be magnetically located in a parked position on a casing 16 of the water heater. In a preferred embodiment, an electric shower has an instantaneous electric water heater with a diverter valve arranged to direct water from a heater tank to a selected one of two spray fittings.
Patent GB-2452897-A (GB)
Title: Color image sensor
Inventor: AUDET YVES
IPC: H01L27/146
Filed: 2007-06-05
Abstract: The present invention is based on the principle of depth of penetration of electromagnetic rays. In the case of semiconductor mono-crystalline materials, such as silicon, the depth of penetration of a light ray is proportional to its wavelength. Using this phenomenon, the present invention consists of a pixel having three electrodes that can discriminate between the colors red, green, and blue, and thereby reconstruct a color image.
Patent GB-2468528-A (GB)
Title: Vibration damper for use with hollow turbine blades
Inventor: MILLER DAVID
IPC: F01D5/16
Filed: 2009-03-13
Abstract: A vibration damper for use with hollow turbine blades is provided. The damper is formed from a tube of deformable material 1 which can be located within a hollow cavity. The tube 1 is at least longitudinally slotted to define a deformation profile comprising a number of cuts or grooves 2, 2a in the tube 1. The tube 1 is then placed upon an expandable element and inserted into a cavity in a hollow turbine blade whereupon the expandable element expands the tube 1 to frictionally retain the tube 1 within the hollow cavity. The expandable element is then retracted from the tube 1 whereby the deformation profile is defined to provide through differential movement in the hollow cavity a desired level of vibration damping by frictional engagement with part of the hollow cavity.
Patent GB-2460332-A (GB)
Title: Insulator for a floor assembly for acoustic insulation
Inventor: WOOD NICHOLAS
IPC: E04F15/18
Filed: 2009-05-22
Abstract: An insulating sheet 30 for a floor assembly comprises a foam layer 40 and one or two moisture or water-proof layers 42, 44, which may be made of polypropylene film, affixed to at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the foam layer 40. The floor assembly may comprise an underlying floor layer (24, Fig 1). The floor assembly may include a further flooring layer such as a screed (32, Fig 1) located on the insulating layer 30. The insulating sheets may be laid side by side in abutting relationship with each other, with the moisture-proof layer of a first sheet overlapping a second, adjacent sheet, to form a continuous moisture-proof layer. The insulating sheets 30 may turn up through 90 degrees at a wall (22, Fig 1) to acoustically insulate the flooring layer (32, Fig 1) of the floor assembly from the wall.
Patent GB-2457417-A (GB)
Title: Public markets for economic indicators
Inventor: MCCONNEL ANDREW
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2007-12-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to a financial instrument, system and method that enables public trading in spot and forward markets of any Index, and in particular to spot and forward markets for the trading of a Price Index on a Recognised Exchange or Exchanges, using the financial instrument as "good delivery", without having to create and list managed index funds that invest in the underlying security comprising the subject Index. The invention has been developed primarily for use as a means for creating spot and forward markets for trading of a Price Index on a Recognised Exchange and will be described hereinafter with reference to this application. However, it will be appreciated that the invention is not restricted to this particular field of use.
Patent GB-2461983-A (GB)
Title: Water turbine with unidirectional rotation
Inventor: BIRKETT HAROLD
IPC: F03B13/22
Filed: 2009-07-14
Abstract: A water powered turbine 6 is housed in a duct 9 which narrows 4 to accelerate the flow and direct it onto the appropriate side of the rotor 6 to cause unidirectional rotation. The turbine 6 may drive a generator, and may be housed in a dam (figures 4 and 5), in a floating unit which may receive flow due to wave action (figure 6 and 7), or in a vertical duct through which flow is deflected (figure 8). The turbine blades may be made from extruded plastic.
Patent GB-2472876-A (GB)
Title: Short Range Wireless Control Device for Barcode Scanner
Inventor: CHANG TING-LIN
IPC: G06K7/10
Filed: 2009-09-23
Abstract: A wireless triggering control device 10 utilising the Bluetooth (RTM) short range wireless standard for enabling a data collection host 21, such as a barcode reader, to execute a functional action such as an instruction to scan. The triggering control device comprises a Bluetooth (RTM) communication module 202, a control module 201 (such as a press button switch), and a power supply module 203 (such as a rechargeable battery) contained in a housing 20. The housing may comprise a handle. The control module instructs the Bluetooth communication module to output a triggering signal which corresponded to the functional action and the data collection host is then enabled by this triggering signal to perform the functional action. The functional action maybe a scanning action or image capturing action.
Patent GB-2460576-A (GB)
Title: Wagering game environment including an ad server
Inventor: PACEY LARRY J
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2008-03-19
Abstract: A wagering game machine network including wagering game machines and other devices includes an ad server operable to receive and store ads having ad components. The ads may be sent to any device on the wagering game machine network. Ad components for ads and the ads themselves may be selected based on the capabilities of the device receiving the ad. Ads and ad components may be received from remote ad servers connected to the ad server via a network such as the Internet. Ads may be directed to devices at particular locations, such as a location where a particular wagering game player is located, or where a group of wagering game players having similar demographic characteristics or preferences is located. Ads may be selected based on statistics related to time, ad popularity, payment etc.
Patent GB-2464620-A (GB)
Title: A hydraulic prosthetic joint
Inventor: BOENDER JACOB QUINTUS LAURENCE ANTHONY
IPC: A61F2/58
Filed: 2009-10-27
Abstract: A prosthesis comprises a first artificial limb component 32, a second artificial limb component 34, a joint 33 pivotally coupling the limb components and a hydraulic damper 35 comprising a variable volume chamber 42 for hydraulic fluid coupled between the limb components. The damper utilises a valve 47 placed between the chamber and an accumulator 40. The valve has a variable effective aperture 47a-b responsive to the rate of flow through the valve. This can achieve a natural walking gait corresponding with that of a knee joint which resists flexion when under load. The valve may have a vortex flow chamber (47f, fig 4f) to cause fluid to circulate about an aperture (476f, fig 4f), so that at a critical speed of flow the vortex defines a void which reduces the size of the effective aperture. The valve may have a moveable cap (472a, fig 4a) that abuts a spring (475, fig 4a), which reduces the size of the aperture (476a, fig 4a) as the hydraulic force increases. In another aspect, a prosthetic device including a vortex chamber is provided.
Patent GB-1221948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sound-deadening material
Inventor: WESTON MICHAEL ANDREW
IPC: C04B26/26
Filed: 1967-03-03
Abstract: 1,221,948. Bituminous laminates. BOSTIK Ltd. 4 March, 1968 [3 March, 1967], No. 10085/67. Heading B5N. [Also in Division C3] A sheet of sound-deadening material comprising a mixture of bitumen, filler (preferably ground limestone), and minor amounts of a synthetic hydrocarbon rubber (e.g. butadienestyrene, butyl rubber, polybutadiene, polybutene, polyisobutylene) and polystyrene is laminated to a steel panel by coating one side of the sheet with a heat activateable adhesive, e.g. polyurethane or rubber-wax emulsion, contacting the coated sheet with the steel panel and heating. The material may include natural resins and may be grooved or perforated.
Patent GB-888439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for the measurement of magnetic fields by magnetic resonance
Inventor: ABRAGAM ANATOLE
IPC: G01V3/08
Filed: 1958-03-28
Abstract: 888,439. Magnetic testing apparatus. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. March 28, 1958 [April 6, 1957; June 1, 1957], No. 10093/58. Class 37. A nuclear-resonance magnetometer suitable for measuring the earth's field H or other weak fields comprises a container 11 carrying a paramagnetic substance having at least one unpaired electron in the s-state, dissolved in a solvent having a well-determined gyromagnetic ratio and a high-frequency generator 12 supplying coils 14 for saturating the electronic resonance band of the paramagnetic substance. The apparatus includes means for determining the nuclear resonant frequency of the solvent whilst excited by the high-frequency generator, the frequency being proportional to the strength of the unknown magnetic field. The apparatus may be mounted in an aircraft and used for geophysical prospecting. If the circuit comprising the pick-up coil 13, tuned by capacitor 20, has a sufficiently high Q, detectable energy at the nuclear Larmor frequency is received and amplified at 24. The frequency is measured at 25 by means of a decade counter operating during a predetermined period to give the field strength with an accuracy approaching 10<SP>-7</SP>. The Q-factor may be improved by the use of a third coil having a ferrite core, coupled to the sample 11. In Fig. 5 (not shown), the Q-factor is improved by retroactive feedback from a two-stage amplifier. In another arrangement (Fig. 3, not shown), the unknown field is varied synchronously with the sweep of an oscilloscope displaying the selective absorption about the Larmor frequency. The Specification includes a theoretical discussion of the invention and a list of appropriate paramagnetic substances and solvents.
Patent GB-352018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in explosion and dust proof electric motors
IPC: H02K9/24
Filed: 1930-03-29
Abstract: 352,018. Dynamo-electric machines. JACKSON, L. MELLERSH-, 28, Southampton Buildings, London.-(Allis Co., L. ; 133, Stewart Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) March 29, 1930, No. 10107. [Class 35.] Casings ; cooling ; cores.-In an explosionproof motor having an outer casing 5 which provides a passage 6 for air to flow over the inner casing formed by the stator core and closed end-brackets 2, elongated closed joints 10, 16 are formed between each end plate and the stator core and shaft respectively. The stator laminµ 1 are bound together between end rings 7 by a thin binding plate 8. In an alternative form, the plate 8 and rings 7 may be omitted, the end brackets being in direct engagement with the core and the laminµ may be held together by welding them at intervals around their outer edges.
Patent GB-560291-A (GB)
Title: Improved means for controlling the flow of fluids to pipe lines
IPC: F16K17/36
Filed: 1942-07-21
Abstract: 560,291. Emergency shut-off valves. ABBEY, A. (General Spring Corporation). July 21, 1942, No. 10143. [Class 135] [Also in Group XXXVII] An emergency actuating means for pipe line shut-off valves or the like particularly adapted for use in naval vessels has an electric controlling circuit including a normally open switch arranged to be closed by the movement of an inertia member in a guide, means being provided to secure said member to said guide for positive movement therewith for all applications of force to said guide up to a predetermined dynamic limit. In the form shown in the Figures the valve is operated by a motor 36 controlled by a switch 32 actuated by a solenoid 30 controlled by a switch mounted in a cylindrical housing 2 clamped to the steam pipe by bolts &c. The switch comprises a fixed contact 20 and movable contact 18 actuated by an inertia weight. This weight is normally held in its raised position by four spaced shear pins 12 adapted to resist dynamic or shock forces of the intensity normally produced by gun fire or the pounding of heavy seas but adapted to shear by the force or shock produced by the explosion of a mine or torpedo. When the pins have been sheared the weight is retained in its lowered position with the switch closed by spring catches 38. Switches 18, 20 or 32 may be tiltable mercury tube switches which remain in the circuit closing position when tipped thereinto.