baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2475178-A (GB)
Title: Hand and armpit support stair rail
Inventor: GOODENOUGH CLIFFORD
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 2011-01-04
Abstract: The rail assembly comprises a handrail 1; a plurality of cantilever arms 2; and a mounting board 4; wherein the cantilever awns are each pivotally attached to the base plate at a first end and are each secured to the underside of the handrail at an opposing end such that the rail assembly is configurable between a folded out position and a retracted position. The rail assembly may include a locking pin 6. A screw adjuster 5 may be located on each cantilever arm to align consecutive rail assemblies with one another. Channels 3 may provide the pivotal attachment between the cantilever arms and the base plate. The cantilever arms may be telescopically extendable. The rail assembly may be mounted with similar assemblies on opposed stairway walls or balustrades in successive pairs to provide underarm support to elderly or infirm persons, thereby aiding their ascent or descent along the stairway.
Patent GB-2478380-A (GB)
Title: Hanging electric warming pad
Inventor: CAMPBELL STEPHANIE ELIZABETH
IPC: D06F59/02
Filed: 2011-01-21
Abstract: A heating device is comprises a flexible enclosure 208 having a first end 106, a top surface and a flexible heating element 202 within the enclosure. Either a hanging portion 104 connected to the first end can hang the enclosure in a direction that is normal to the top surface or a rigid grip portion connected to the first end can be grasped by a user to move the flexible enclosure. The heating device can further comprise: two sheets 206,208 that can comprise a polymeric material; a hook 104; a series of resistive heating elements. Power can be applied to the element by a power source such as a power cord 108, connector 110 a timer, a thermostat and a switch. The heating device can be used to preheat fabrics including heavy garments (fig 7) such as coats and jackets and bed coverings (fig 11).
Patent GB-2477412-A (GB)
Title: Financial institution check-out system
Inventor: BLACKHURST JASON
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 2011-01-27
Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing a financial institution checkout system for processing online transactions using a customer's pre-existing online financial institution profile. A customer desiring to checkout from an on line vendor's electronic marketplace is given a choice to checkout using a financial institution's secure checkout widget, which is rendered alongside the customer computer system's web browser application by a financial institution server 115. The widget 160 authenticates the customer as a financial institution account owner, and the financial institution server displays to the customer his or her available payment accounts and receives customer input regarding the desired payment account. The server runs a payment service engine 170 that controls payment for the transaction, and then the widget communicates proof of successful payment to the vendor server 105. The vendor server receives payment confirmation from the financial institution server and thereafter communicates successful payment confirmation to the eustorer via the vendor's checkout interface.
Patent GB-2489940-A (GB)
Title: Reflective pixel element for reflective display devices
Inventor: CAIN PAUL
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 2011-04-11
Abstract: A component for a reflective display device (e.g. a reflective liquid crystal display / LCD) comprises an array of electronic switching devices (e.g. TFTs) arranged upon a substrate 2. An electrically insulating layer 14 is formed over the switches and has an upper surface formed with an ordered, regular 3d pattern / profile, such as an array of hemispheres or domes formed by laser ablation of the insulation material. A layer of reflecting conductive material (e.g. a metal) is deposited upon the 3d pattern in a conforming manner, such that its upper surface exhibits the same profile as the 3d pattern of the underlying insulating layer. This conformal deposition may be performed using a vapour deposition technique such as sputtering. Selected regions of the reflecting conductive material are removed to define an array of independently controllable pixel electrodes 16, each connected to a respective drain electrode 6 via an interlayer connect 26. By providing the reflective display element with such a 3d surface profile, incident light from any given direction may be reflected across a range of angles, thereby making the reflective display more easily visible from a range of viewing angles.
Patent GB-2491178-A (GB)
Title: Spacer for inhaler
Inventor: ROONEY SIMON JOHN
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2011-05-27
Abstract: A compact, portable and universal asthma spacer 1 which allows the use of all major brands and designs of Inhaler by means of interchangeable end caps 2. The main body of the unit consists of two or three interlocking cylinders 4,5 which extend and retract in a similar way to that of a telescope. The smallest cylinder 5 contains the mouthpiece 7 and the largest cylinder 4 is where the end cap 2 is connected and the metered dose inhaler is attached. When retracted the unit 1 will be not much larger than the metered dose inhaler itself and able to store the inhaler inside thus preventing any accidental discharge.
Patent GB-2481529-A (GB)
Title: Congestion control for streaming data
Inventor: HALL EDWARD
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2011-06-22
Abstract: In a wireless network for streaming video media content 2 to mobile users adaptively by reducing quality in busy periods, a Media Presentation Description (MPD) comprising alternative representations of the stream (audio only, video + subtitles etc.) is modified by a network element 6 (eg. a firewall, proxy or cache server), before being presented to the client 4. The modification may comprise removing or replacing the highest bit-rate alternatives in the list, based on network variable 7 such as congestion or whether the user is a subscriber or the alternative has been blacklisted.
Patent GB-2492601-A (GB)
Title: Separator
Inventor: PIKE ANTHONY RICHARD
IPC: B01D45/04
Filed: 2011-07-08
Abstract: A separator (1) comprises at least one flow directing member protruding upwardly to intercept and direct a flow of liquid. Preferably the flow directing member comprises a plurality of vanes (2) which protrude upwardly from a lower surface (43) of an air intake duct (41) to separate a flow (6) of water from air. The separator may also include a hydro-cyclone (4) that increases the separation of the water and air using a vortex effect. Advantageously the separator may be made from aluminium, steel or plastics and may remove 20 litres of water per second per meter width of duct. Also disclosed is a further invention directed to an air intake system characterised by a duct in which a first water/air separator is positioned in an upstream location and a second water/air separator is positioned downstream of the first separator.
Patent GB-2497294-A (GB)
Title: Operation of a Fuel Injection System for an Internal Combustion Engine
Inventor: RAMUNDO FABIO
IPC: F02D41/40
Filed: 2011-12-05
Abstract: Operation of an internal combustion engine (110,fig.1) comprising determining a target value of a torque generated by a fuel injection (preferably an after-injection) in a cylinder, and using the target value to determine a nominal value of fuel that is used to determine a nominal value of an energizing time (ETnom) and a nominal value of a start of injection timing (S0Inom). Applying a correction factor to the nominal value of fuel to obtain a fuel quantity corrected value that is used to determine a corrected value of the energizing time (ETadj), subtracting the difference between the corrected value of the ETadj and the nominal value of the ETnom from the nominal value of the SOInom to obtain a start of injection timing corrected value (SOIadj), and activating the fuel injector for the ETadj and at the SOIadj detecting an actual value of the engine torque, and adjusting the correction factor for a subsequent engine cycle using the difference between the actual value of engine torque and the target value thereof.
Patent GB-2483408-A (GB)
Title: Music display system
Inventor: HARDY DOUG
IPC: G09B15/00
Filed: 2010-06-01
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of displaying a musical composition for a musical instrument, comprising displaying at least a portion of the musical instrument; displaying, on the musical instrument, a fingering position indicator, indicating a fingering position that is becoming due to be played; and displaying a timing indicator indicating when the fingering position is due to be played. The fingering position indicator may comprise one or more marks on the musical instrument, and the timing indicator may comprise an object moving towards the fingering position indicator on the musical instrument, wherein the object reaches the musical instrument when the fingering position is due to be played. The object and/or the mark may be shaped to indicate an articulation to be played.
Patent GB-2497809-A (GB)
Title: A method of servicing a gas turbine engine
Inventor: BROUGHTON PAUL
IPC: F02C7/00
Filed: 2011-12-22
Abstract: A gas turbine engine 10 is provided with rigid raft assemblies 290, which may be electrical harness raft assemblies 290 comprising electrical conductors embedded in a rigid composite material. The rigid raft assemblies 290 can be provided with engine dressings, such as pipework and ECUs to produce an electrical raft assembly. In order to assemble or dress the gas turbine engine 10, the rigid raft assemblies can be pre-prepared to incorporate at least a part of at least one gas turbine engine system/component before being installed on the gas turbine engine 10. During maintenance, whole raft assemblies can be removed and replaced with corresponding, pre-prepared assemblies. This can save considerable time during engine build and maintenance.
Patent GB-2492186-A (GB)
Title: Environment Monitoring Using Augmented Reality Overlay
Inventor: O'CONNOR NEIL
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2011-12-22
Abstract: A camera captures a field of view of a contact/call centre environment (316) and displays the captured field of view on a screen. An identifier (e.g. barcode, QR codes, JAGTAG, RFID, GPS/WiFi location or face detection) is determined from an element (e.g. agent or terminal) in the captured and displayed field of view. An interface transmits a request including the identifier to a contact/call center server and receives information (e.g. statistics), which may be filtered, associated with the identifier from the server. The screen (204) displays an overlay (322) e.g. including graphs, charts, images, text, of the information on the captured field of view to create an augmented reality of the environment on the screen. A user, e.g. supervisor, may connect to and participate in a contact session involving the identified agent or terminal. A secondary identifier may be used in addition to the first for verification purposes.
Patent GB-2498928-A (GB)
Title: A cable tidier for electric cables
Inventor: TOGONU-BICKERSTETH PHILIP
IPC: B65H57/16
Filed: 2012-01-19
Abstract: A cable tidier 2 for electric cables 4 comprises a first side 6, a second side 8, and a periphery 10, with a plurality of holes 12 extending through the cable tidier from the first side to the second side, and a plurality of slots 14 extending from the periphery to the holes. Each hole can receive a cable, and the slot enables the cable to be slid into and out of the hole. An optional cover 20 can conceal the cables between tidiers     these can attach to the tidier using a hook-and-loop fastening strip 24 or may clip on. The tidier is preferably resilient, for example being made of silicone rubber, but may be rigid. The tidier may include colour-coded inserts (16, Fig 8) to identify the holes. The tidier may be disc-shaped, or may be rectangular with a slot in each edge.
Patent GB-2498762-A (GB)
Title: Computing user traffic at the website based on user actions
Inventor: AMER-YAHIA SIHEM
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2012-01-27
Abstract: The application relates to a computer-implemented method for analysing user traffic at a website 100. The website includes an article on at least one page, wherein the or each page includes a file stored at a website file server 103. The method comprises determining a set of topics for the article 105, and generating a graph 109 representing actions performed on the article, such as whether they    sharedâ   it, or â  likedâ   it. A set of shortest paths between respective ones of nodes of the graph is determined, and a statistical measure for user traffic at the website is then computed. The method provides social network analysis.
Patent GB-2502824-A (GB)
Title: Axial piston variable stroke hydraulic machine
Inventor: MARKHAM TONY
IPC: F03C1/06
Filed: 2012-06-08
Abstract: An axial piston variable stroke hydraulic machine includes pistons 2 acting in cylinders which are rotatable around an axis. A swash plate 3 has a planar face in contact with the pistons and opposed to a curved surface which is mounted rotatably in a correspondingly-shaped bearing surface 8 so that the angle between the face of the swash plate and the axis can be varied. An actuation mechanism 13-16 is provided for selectively rotating the swash plate to a desired angle in the bearing surface and a valve arrangement controls flow of fluid into and out of the cylinders. The bearing surface is formed with recesses 11, 12 which is in fluid communication with the output of the cylinders, where the machine is a pump, or the input to the cylinders, where the machine is a motor.
Patent GB-2503895-A (GB)
Title: Reporting information relating to a wireless network and determining a service status for one or more services
Inventor: MOCKFORD STEPHEN
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2012-07-10
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reporting information relating to a wireless network, comprising: monitoring at least one wireless device capable of connecting to the wireless network, sending data from the at least one wireless device regarding one or more services delivered by the wireless network, receiving data from the at least one wireless device regarding one or more services delivered by the wireless network, analysing data received from the at least one wireless device; and determining a service status for each of the one or more services based on data received from the at least one wireless device. There is also provided a reporting system for a wireless network, comprising at least one wireless device capable of connecting to the wireless network. The system further includes a monitor for the at least one wireless device, a central data collector capable of receiving data from the monitor of the at least one wireless device regarding one or more services delivered by the wireless network, and a central data analyser capable of analysing data received from the at least one wireless device. Furthermore, the central data analyser determines a service status for each of the one or more services based on data received from the at least one wireless device.
Patent GB-2493089-A (GB)
Title: Cutting insert for tooth cutters
Inventor: GESELL REINHOLD
IPC: B23C5/20
Filed: 2012-07-17
Abstract: The cutting insert 18, in particular for tooth cutters, includes a substantially cuboid basic body. The basic body has two top surfaces 20 on sides opposite each other. The basic body also has four circumferential surfaces 22 which extend in each case from an edge portion 24 of the one top surface 20 to an edge portion 24 of the other top surface 20. A cutting edge 26 is formed at at least one transition from each circumferential surface 22 to one of the top surfaces 20. The cutting insert may have a total of eight cutting edges 26. The cutting edges may also be curved.
Patent GB-2489372-A (GB)
Title: Control for and method of pulsed gas delivery
Inventor: MENEGHINI PAUL
IPC: C23C16/455
Filed: 2011-01-06
Abstract: A mole delivery system and method provide pulses of known molar quantities as a function of the time duration of each pulse, which in turn is derived as a function of the ideal gas law. In one embodiment of the system, the system comprises: a chamber of known volume and controlled and known temperature; a pressure sensor to measure the pressure in the chamber; an outlet valve to a process tool; an inlet valve to charge the chamber with the delivery gas; and a control system configured and arranged so as to control the operation of the outlet valve, control the amount of each gas pulse by controlling the timing of the valve to the process tool.
Patent GB-2504497-A (GB)
Title: Armour
Inventor: DAVIES CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F41H5/04
Filed: 2012-07-27
Abstract: Armour comprises one or more ceramic plates. Reinforcement is applied to a face of the plate to separate regions of low reinforcement by regions of higher reinforcement.
Patent GB-2493842-A (GB)
Title: Segmented fan assembly
Inventor: BHARADWAJ MADHU
IPC: F04D17/16
Filed: 2012-08-15
Abstract: A fan assembly, especially for cooling dynamoelectric machines, has an element 100 formed of an axially inner shroud segment 122 which forms a portion of an annular assembly about a rotor of a dynamoelectric machine; a set of fan blades 120 extending axially from a face of the axially inner shroud segment 122; and an axially outer shroud segment 124 connected to the fan blades. The axially inner shroud segment 122 includes a rotor hub interface which connects to a complementary portion of a rotor hub 102. Preferably the axially inner shroud segments are bolted to the hub through counter bored holes and the surfaces between each shroud segment include complimentary mating surfaces which form a seal.
Patent GB-2505713-A (GB)
Title: Lawn maintenance apparatus
Inventor: SMITH IAN ZETTERSTROM
IPC: A01D34/71
Filed: 2012-09-11
Abstract: A lawn maintenance apparatus, such as a lawnmower, comprises a housing 1 defining a cutting chamber 3 open on a bottom surface of the lawn maintenance apparatus, a plurality of wheels 2, and a cutting element 4 mounted in the cutting chamber for rotation about an axis, in which the housing further defines an impeller chamber 7, separated from the cutting chamber by at least one wall 8, and an intake passage 13 leading from the cutting chamber towards the impeller chamber, the lawn maintenance apparatus further comprising an impeller 6 in the impeller chamber mounted for rotation about the axis, rotation of the impeller about the axis causing air to be drawn into the impeller chamber through the intake passage. The apparatus may also comprise a grass collection device having a grass collection chamber 10 interposed between the intake passage and the impeller chamber.
Patent GB-2507280-A (GB)
Title: A frying plate
Inventor: SHAW KENO
IPC: A47J37/10
Filed: 2012-10-23
Abstract: A frying plate suitable for use with a frying pan having a central hub 2 with blades 4 extending therefrom for partitioning the pan into separate cooking areas. Each blade has a rigid spine 6 and is supported by a spoke 10. The blades can be detached from the hub and can be perforated in order to allow mixing of fluids and flavours. The frying plate can be inserted into a conventional frying pan or may be integrally formed. The plate has a rim 9 and a perforated surface 8, and is ideally suited to frying separate foodstuffs, e.g. pizza fritta, in the separate compartments.
Patent GB-2510098-A (GB)
Title: Fluid dispensing surgical instrument with priming means
Inventor: MAXWELL VHAIRI
IPC: A61B17/00
Filed: 2012-11-07
Abstract: A surgical instrument 10 for dispensing a fluid comprising a housing 20, a dispensing shaft 30 which is elongate and which has a proximal end 31 and a distal end 32. Wherein, the proximal end 31 of the dispensing shaft 30 is received in the housing 20 and the distal end 32 defines a dispensing opening 33 for dispensing the fluid and the dispensing shaft 30 includes a through bore 37 which extends along the dispensing shaft 30 from the proximal end 31 to the dispensing opening 33 at the distal end 32. A dispensing assembly connected to the housing 20 which includes a dispensing chamber 82 which holds the fluid 12 before it is dispensed, wherein the dispensing chamber 82 is in fluid communication with the bore 37 of the dispensing shaft 30 and the dispensing assembly is operable to move the fluid 12 from the dispensing chamber 82 along the through bore 37 and dispense the fluid 12 for the dispensing opening 33. A priming assembly (60, Fig 12) connected to the housing 20 which is operable to move an amount of the fluid 12 into the through bore 37 of the dispensing shaft 30 to prime the though bore 37 with the fluid 12 before the dispensing assembly is operated. The device can be used to dispense cyanoacrylate adhesive
Patent GB-2513541-A (GB)
Title: Device for improving aerodynamics of vehicles
Inventor: DHIR ASHWYN
IPC: B62D37/02
Filed: 2013-02-08
Abstract: A device 500 to manipulate a flow around a towed vehicle. The device comprises a deflector portion 600 and an attachment portion 700. The attachment portion is configured to connect the device to the towed vehicle. The deflector portion is configured to manipulate flow upstream of a wheel 282 of the towed vehicle such that the drag on a front face of the wheel is reduced. There are two embodiments included, figure 4 shows a wedge shaped deflector portion and figure 5 shows a flat plate 650 deflector portion. The wedge lowers a stagnation portion 272 and reduces the amount of flow that enters the channel (figure 4, 281) between the wheel and the wheel arch 288. The flat plate of figure 5 produces a low energy wake 652 which deflects the high energy flow lower, and reduces the amount of flow which enters the channel between the wheel arch and the wheel.
Patent GB-2498149-A (GB)
Title: Battery management system and method
Inventor: NORTON KENNETH HAMILTON
IPC: H01M10/42
Filed: 2010-11-25
Abstract: A battery management system comprises a plurality of battery management units (U1-Un) connected in series and a host controller (101). Each battery management unit (U1-Un) comprises a battery cell (A1-An), an isolation element (B1-Bn) and at least one bypass element (P11-P1n, P21-P2n). The isolation element (B1-Bn) is connected with the battery cell (A1-An) in series and the battery cell (A1-An) is isolated by turning off the isolation element (B1-Bn). The bypass elements (P11-P1n, P21-P2n) are in parallel connection with the battery cell (A1-An) and the isolation element (B1-Bn) and the battery cell (A1-An) is bypassed by turning on the bypass element (P11-P1n, P21-P2n). A battery management method comprises: activating the battery cell (A1-An) of the battery management unit (U1-Un) by turning on the isolation element (B1-Bn) and turning off the bypass elements (P11-P1n, P21-P2n) of the battery management unit (U1-Un); and deactivating the battery cell (A1-An) of the battery management unit (U1-Un) by turning off the isolation element (B1-Bn) and turning on the bypass elements (P11-P1n, P21-P2n) of the battery management unit (U1-Un).
Patent GB-2521995-A (GB)
Title: Elastomeric blend composition and use in window spacers
Inventor: PATERSON GWAIN
IPC: E06B3/663
Filed: 2013-08-16
Abstract: An elastomeric blend composition comprises ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) or ethylene-propylene (EPM) copolymer with silicone rubber (VMQ) and one or more of a desiccant and blowing or foaming agent. The composition may be formed into a spacer for use in sealed multiple glazing units, wherein the spacer may also be provided with a gas barrier. The gas barrier may be in the form of a tape and be made of metallised polyester, metal, or polymer.