baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2371343-A (GB)
Title: Screw having triangular or polygonal thread turns
Inventor: CHEN CHUN-CHIN
IPC: F16B25/00
Filed: 2001-01-17
Abstract: A screw has a cylindrical shank (3) having an upper portion having spiral circular threads (31) and a lower portion having spiral triangular threads (32). Each turn of the spiral triangular threads (31) includes three bulges(33) each having a sharp edge and a pointed tip (321). The shank (3) has a point at an end of the lower portion.
Patent GB-2361539-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for generating seismic energy in subterranean formations
Inventor: SNIDER PHILIP M
IPC: G01V1/104
Filed: 1999-08-03
Abstract: A method of creating a seismic wave (40), in a subterranean environment (14), wherein solid propellant material is positioned (18), in a subterranean well (11), and ignited thereby generating a seismic wave. The seismic wave is recorded at distance (9), from where the propellant material is ignited by means of geophones or similar recording devices (16). The propellant material (15), is geometrically configured with the assistance of computer modeling. The pressure generated by the ignition is recorded in the well and used to validate the computer model for configuring subsequent propellant (40), material employed as a seismic source.
Patent GB-2364612-A (GB)
Title: Portable terminal device having second display in hinge section
Inventor: SUGAWARA SATOSHI
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 2001-02-21
Abstract: A portable terminal device has a first casing 104 having a first display 101, and a second casing 105 having a key operation part 103. The first and second casings are rotatable around a hinge portion 107, 108, 109, 113 and 114, the hinge portion having a second display 102. When the device is open both displays are visible, and when it is closed only the second display is visible. The orientation of the contents of the second display when the device is closed is the reverse of the orientation when the device is open. The section of the hinge 109 containing the second display 102 is rotatable about the hinge axis by means of a knurled knob 110, and can be rotated to a position where the second display 102 is protected. The device may be a wireless communication terminal device.
Patent GB-2362494-A (GB)
Title: Mirror display
Inventor: BAUER MANFRED
IPC: G09F13/12
Filed: 2001-03-16
Abstract: A mirror unit comprises a mirror <B>3</B> and display <B>4</B> mounted behind the mirror and arranged to project images through the mirror. The images may be moving as well as non-moving with or without sound and in colour. The mirror <B>3</B> may be transilluminated by a light source <B>2</B>. The display is preferably a TFT unit which is controlled by a computer and which can transilluminate the mirror. The mirror unit appears as a display when illuminated and a mirror when not illuminated. The mirror unit may be combined with a mobile wash basin unit and is preferably used for advertising.
Patent GB-2373457-A (GB)
Title: A filter with releasable housing portions
Inventor: FELTHAM NIGEL DAVID
IPC: B01D35/30
Filed: 2001-03-19
Abstract: The filter, such as a fuel filter for use in a vehicle, has two separable housing parts 4 and 6. A cylindrical filter element 8 is accommodated within the housing and is engaged by a closure element 22 at one end cap 10 of the element and by a boss 36 at another end cap 12. The closure element prevents fuel entering the centre of the filter element. An array of barbs (26, figure 3) project from the closure element to engage with a segmented skirt which is formed integrally with housing part 4. Spaces left between segments of the skirt allow a communication between an inlet spigot 14 and a region outside the filter element to enable fuel to flow through the filter prior to exiting the housing via the boss and outlet spigot 16. The housing parts are retained together by means of a screw thread 18 and the inlet and outlet are in axial alignment.
Patent GB-2376734-A (GB)
Title: Domestic tap removably fitted to a base with a sprung shut off valve
Inventor: BROWN ROLAND GEOFFREY
IPC: E03C1/04
Filed: 2001-03-21
Abstract: A domestic tap can be easily be inserted into a base which incorporates a valve 4 preventing the flow of water when the tap is not present. The valve 4 is sprung against a lip 9 when closed, but is depressed by an actuator 7 when the tap is present. Water can then flow through perforations in a valve cage 6 and around actuator 7. The tap is sealed to the base by a rubber O ring 2 and pressure spring 3 in a groove in the base. The tap can be fitted or changed without tools or turning off the water supply by a bayonet type arrangement comprising cooperating grooves and lugs 1. The base may be fitted to, or moulded integrally to a bath, basin or sink. Appliances such as washing machines, dish washers or garden hoses may also be attached to the base in place of the tap. The base may have a speed fit connector (5, fig 1).
Patent GB-2373625-A (GB)
Title: Creating, managing and distributing learning assets.
Inventor: JENNINGS JOHN CHARLES HENRY
IPC: G09B5/00
Filed: 2001-03-21
Abstract: A content object for a learning module, course or programme is produced by: providing a repository of media objects (such as text, graphics, video sequences and audio sequences) and metadata for each media object; selecting a plurality of the media objects and their metadata from the repository; producing metadata for the selection of media objects; and assembling the selected media objects, the metadata for each selected media object and the metadata for the selection of media objects to produce the content object. A learning object may then be produced by: selecting a plurality of such content objects; producing metadata for the selection of content objects; and assembling the selected content objects and the metadata for the selection of content objects to produce the learning object. The learning object has a single assessable outcome, and is delivered in a form complying with a predefined standard or specification. Methods, processes and tools for enabling the above are described.
Patent GB-2375251-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring a region using PIR detectors
Inventor: PORTER STEPHEN GEORGE
IPC: G08B13/191
Filed: 2001-04-30
Abstract: A surveillance system using two or more arrays of passive infrared (PIR) detectors 1,2 onto which energy from a scene under surveillance is focused using optical means 3 and 4 can determine the location of a detected event. Two or more pyroelectric detector arrays with intersecting fields of view 8, 9 locate events in three dimensions by detecting which elements from the respective arrays 1, 2 are stimulated by the occurrence of an event (for example 5 and 7) and determining the location of the event to be at the intersection of the fields of view of the stimulated elements (in this example, in region 8), details of which are stored in a location processor (23, Fig. 2). Only elements whose signal levels are above a predetermined threshold may be used to determine an event location, and the processor may store information on surfaces or objects within the monitored scene relating to the detected event. The device could be used as an intruder detector.
Patent GB-2376385-A (GB)
Title: Method for recognizing and recommending items of merchandise
Inventor: SUZUKI HIKARU
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2000-06-05
Abstract: Each merchandise item is attached to a wireless tag (10) including a product identifier. A fitting room (12) is equipped with an antenna/ receiver unit which interrogates the wireless tag (10) of an item taken into the fitting room to be tried on. A network server (27) retrieves information about the item based on the product identifier, and presents such information to a store clerk through an in-store terminal (28-32). In addition, the server (27) develops recommendations of other products that the customer might be interested in, based upon the items taken into the fitting room. The server (27) includes an analysis and recommendation engine that analyses the style, color, and brand of each of the items in the fitting room, and develops recommendations accordingly. The server (27) presents the recommendations to a store clerk via the in-store terminal (28-32). If the customer possesses a customer ID card (24), the recommendation information is also based on the customer's profile and past trial and purchase history information. An employee ID card or tag (25) also allows the system to track employees assisting the customers. Claims relate to the network server.
Patent GB-2379941-A (GB)
Title: A continuous loop of rope
Inventor: SAVAGE DAVID STEPHEN
IPC: D07B1/18
Filed: 2001-09-20
Abstract: A continuous loop of rope has a cross section that includes a plurality of strands wound about one another, in which at least one stand (10) extends twice around the loop and is wound upon itself, opposite ends of the strand being joined to one another. For example, a loop maybe formed with three strands at any point in its cross-section, being formed with one strand extending three times around the loop. The loop maybe completed with opposite ends of the strand being joined by a swage ferrule (12) compressed by a swaging tool. The rope may be natural or synthetic material. Also described is a swaging tool for swaging a ferrule applied to surround end portions of a strand, in which the swaging tool can be applied to and removed from a continuous length of strand.
Patent GB-2363632-A (GB)
Title: Seal assembly its use and installation
Inventor: RUSSELL LARRY R
IPC: F16J15/02
Filed: 2001-02-20
Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing seals in an interference fit with a comating sealing surface by initially stretching the seal (37) installed in a groove (15) to reduce its cross-sectional thickness perpendicular to a comating sealing surface (Fig. 4). The stretched seal (37) is mated with a comating surface and then relaxed, permitting the seal to return to an unstretched position (Fig. 3) and to passively assume a preloaded position against the comating sealing surface. The seal (37) may be repeatedly disengaged and reengaged by selectably restretching the seal (37) and then selectably releasing it upon completion of repositioning.
Patent GB-2370686-A (GB)
Title: AC tunnel ion guide for a mass spectrometer
Inventor: BATEMAN ROBERT HAROLD
IPC: H01J49/36
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: A mass spectrometer comprising: an ion source 1; an input vacuum chamber 18 containing at least one ion guide 15 comprising a plurality of electrodes having aligned apertures, preferably circular and of the same size; and a mass analyser disposed in a vacuum chamber 20 located downstream of the ion guide 15. The electrodes are connected to an AC power supply such that, at any one time, adjacent electrodes are supplied with equal but opposite potentials, relative to a reference potential. The electrodes may comprise a plate having an aperture therein, or a wire bent to form a closed ring. The ion guide may comprise at least two interleaved comb structures, each comb formed of a longitudinally extending member having a plurality of electrodes extending therefrom (see figs 5 and 6). The apparatus may further comprise an intermediate pressure chamber 19 containing a further ion guide 15.
Patent GB-2383846-A (GB)
Title: Passive biological sensor
Inventor: WHEELER GAVIN V
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 2002-01-02
Abstract: The invention concerns a passive biological sensor 10 comprising: an analyte-sensitive polymer mass 30 arranged so that one or more of its physical characteristics are modifiable in response to concentration of an analyte applied to the polymer mass 30; and a non-electronic sensing assembly 20 for detecting the one or more characteristics of the polymer mass 30 to provide a measure of concentration of the analyte when remotely interrogated. The polymer may be a hydrogel and the sensing assembly may be a magnetostrictive rod or magnetic paddle. The sensor may be remotely interrogated by a processing unit 120. A magnetic field 170 may be applied and the resonant frequency of the rod 20 measured. The frequency depends on, for example, the viscosity or stiffness of the hydrogel 30.
Patent GB-2384552-A (GB)
Title: A hot water boiler which prevents excess heat build-up
Inventor: GOODWILL ROY
IPC: F24D19/10
Filed: 2002-01-24
Abstract: A central heating system is connected to a heater 9 and a pump 10 wherein the pump operates for longer than the heater. This allows the heater to cool down without an excess of boiling water building up in the heater. The heater and pump may be mounted in, or remotely connected to, a boiler. Initiation of heater and pump is simultaneous. The heater may operate continuously or intermittently while switched on. The pump may operate for 20 to 30 minutes longer than the heater. A thermostat 8 may be provided to sense ambient air temperature. A timer 7 may control the operating periods of the heater and pump. The boiler may have a pump override 6 so that hot water is not circulated.
Patent GB-2387099-A (GB)
Title: Method for producing milk with an enhanced content of naturally expressed melatonin
Inventor: HAIGH BARRIE STEVENS
IPC: A23C9/20
Filed: 2002-03-05
Abstract: A method for producing milk with a concentration of naturally expressed melatonin in the range of from 15 to 30 pg/ml, involving the selection of appropriate lactating mammals. The mammals are maintained under conditions of controlled light intensity and duration, defining a dark period and a light period. At least two milkings are carried out in a 24 hour period, with one of said milkings being carried out at the end of the dark period. Separation is maintained between milk collected during this 'dark' milking and milk collected during the other milking(s). The milk collected during the 'dark' milking is then selected for processing and packaging.
Patent GB-2386294-A (GB)
Title: Alleviating denial of service attacks in mobile network
Inventor: MUSTAPHA MAZLYN MONA
IPC: H04W12/12
Filed: 2002-03-06
Abstract: Subsequent call connection requests from a mobile to a base station are ignored for a predetermined period after receipt of an initial set up request. The base station may respond to the first call establishment signal by sending a message to the user terminal. The base station may be a Node B antenna station and a RNC, in a UMTS network. The interval may be set as the T300 period for the user terminal. Thus repeated requests may be ignored by the network avoiding the system being overwhelmed by service requests.
Patent GB-2377097-A (GB)
Title: Electrical induction machine with multi-phase converter
Inventor: GRONBACH ROMAN
IPC: H02P27/08
Filed: 2002-03-15
Abstract: An electrical induction machine comprises phase branches U, V, W connected in star configuration 12 or delta configuration. The electrical induction machine comprises a multi-phase converter with half bridge switches 9 having offset control. The windings 13 of the machine are connected with the half bridges of the converter by way of feed lines 15. The electrical induction machine has pulse width modulation control, which correspond with the phase number n and are displaced by 360{/n, and has at least one star point 20, 21 in the case of a star connection of the windings and separate current circuits in the case of a delta connection of the windings so as to allow a reduction in the pulse width modulation switching frequency, in particular a reduction by half when n = 2. Separating means may be connected between the windings to maximise leakage inductances. Discrete decoupling inductances (7, Fig 2) may be included in the feed lines.
Patent GB-2375114-A (GB)
Title: Polymer composition
Inventor: MAGNIN-ROBERT CAROLINE
IPC: C08F220/14
Filed: 2002-03-25
Abstract: A polymerisable composition comprises one or more monomers having the formula: <EMI ID=1.1 HE=25 WI=83 LX=657 LY=650 TI=CF> <PC>wherein:<BR> ```-X is -H or -CH<SB>3</SB>;<BR> ```-Y is -H or a C<SB>1</SB> to C<SB>10</SB> alkyl group;<BR> ```-Z- is -C(=O)- or is a covalent bond;<BR> ```-Ar is a phenyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more of -CH<SB>3</SB>, -C<SB>2</SB>H<SB>5</SB>, -(n-C<SB>3</SB>H<SB>7</SB>), -(iso-C<SB>3</SB>H<SB>7</SB>), -OCH<SB>3</SB>, cyclohexyl, -F, -Cl, -Br, -I, phenyl, and benzyl; and<BR> ```m is an integer having a value of from 1 to 10, with the proviso that if m is 1 then Z is -C(=O)-.
Patent GB-2389389-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle door operated by compressed gas
Inventor: DOBSON SIMON BLAIR
IPC: E05F15/56
Filed: 2002-06-06
Abstract: A vehicle has a door 10, which may be a sliding door, connected to a flexible piston rod 18 of a piston 22. The piston 22 is mounted in a cylinder 24 which is supplied with compressed gas or compressed air in order to drive an actuator operable to move the door. The actuator may open and/or close the door 10 by means of an electronic control unit (ECU) 42, 44. Also disclosed is a vehicle and a compressor including an engine system having an engine intake, engine exhaust and a pressure tapping on the engine to provide compressed gas.
Patent GB-2381569-A (GB)
Title: Temperature-sensitive safety valve assembly
Inventor: LINDEN SEAN
IPC: F16K17/38
Filed: 2002-06-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to a temperature-sensitive safety valve assembly 10. The assembly 10 comprising a first region 16 for a first pressurised fluid, a second region 20 for a second pressurised fluid, a valve 26, 28, 27, 26a and 26b between the first and second regions 16, 20 designed to be actuated by the pressure of a first pressurised fluid in the first region against biasing means 58 to open an outlet 54, for a first pressurised gas, from the first region, and heat-sensitive sealing means 34 on the second region 20, being de-sealable at high temperature to de-pressurize the second region, thereby actuating the valve 26, 28, 27, 26a, 26b to close the outlet and seal the first region 16.
Patent GB-2391554-A (GB)
Title: A stout manufacturing process
Inventor: COLLINS THOMAS
IPC: C12C11/11
Filed: 2002-10-09
Abstract: A stout manufacturing process includes delivering preset quantities of malt, roast material which includes roast barley and water to a mash tun (45). The materials are mixed in the mash tun (45) to prepare a sweet wort. The sweet wort is delivered through a lauter tun (46) for removing solid materials. Downstream of the lauter tun (46) hops are added to the sweet wort and boiled with the sweet wort in a wort copper vessel (48) to prepare a hopped wort. The hopped wort is cooled in a heat exchanger (52) to about 18{ C and delivered through a cold wort line (53) into a fermenting vessel (54). Sterile air and yeast are injected into the cooled hopped wort in the cold wont line (53). The mixture in the fermenting vessel (54) is fermented in a controlled manner to form a stout which is then matured in a storage vessel (58) at a selected temperature and pressure. The stout is centrifuged (60) to remove solid materials and the thus clarified stout is stored in a bright stout tank (62) from where it is delivered for conditioning (64, 66) and packaging (68) as required.
Patent GB-2394532-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle light testing apparatus
Inventor: MCHALE MICHAEL JAMES
IPC: B60Q11/00
Filed: 2002-10-22
Abstract: Apparatus 2 for testing the functioning of a vehicle light comprises light collection means 4 adapted to collect light emitted from an illuminated light, and light transfer means 10 adapted to transfer said light collected by the light collection means 4 to a position where the collected light is visible from inside the vehicle 14.
Patent GB-2394457-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for mooring two vessels together
Inventor: DE BAAN JACOB
IPC: B63B21/00
Filed: 2002-10-24
Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for mooring a first vessel 10, moored to the seabed by a single point mooring system to a second vessel 12. The apparatus comprises an arm 20 with a proximal end and a distal end mounted on the first vessel for rotation about a vertical axis 22, with the distal end projecting outwardly from the first vessel. An inelastic mooring line 24 is attached to the distal end of the arm and secured to the second vessel. Resilient means 26 and 28 are operable to allow limited rotation of the arm about the axis in a first direction, in response to tension on the mooring line which exceeds a predetermined value, to automatically restore the arm to its former position upon reduction of the tension below the predetermined value. The arm is also freely rotatable about the axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
Patent GB-2386698-A (GB)
Title: Head mounted binocular display with magnifying lenses and waveguide
Inventor: SONG YOUNG-RAN
IPC: G02B27/00
Filed: 2002-04-11
Abstract: A binocular wearable display device having a display panel 910, includes a waveguide 900 for transmitting a signal. Magnifying lenses 930 are attached to a surface of the waveguide 900 in order to magnify a signal transmitted via the waveguide 900, wherein both ends of the waveguide 900 are diagonally cut at predetermined angles in order for a signal generated from the display panel is totally reflected in the waveguide 900. Reflecting plates 1010, 1020 may extend from both ends of the waveguide 900 for reflecting the signal output from the display panel 910 into the waveguide ends.
Patent GB-2386081-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for coordinating an interactive computer game with a broad-cast television program
Inventor: GALYEAN TINSLEY A
IPC: A63F13/12
Filed: 2001-10-17
Abstract: In order to coordinate an interactive computer game with a television broadcast, a central control establishes a large virtual environment in which viewers participate with characteris either controlled or designed by them. Each user can directly control or influence characters within "active region" which encompasses part of the virtual environment that is much less than the total environment. The broadcast portion of the system also has an active region, at least a portion of which is shown on a broadcast television show. The locations of the active regions are controlled by the central control. In accordance with one embodiment, the central control moves the active regions of selected users so that these active regions conincide or overlap the broadcast active region. The selected users are then allowed to control characters that appear on the broadcast television show. In accordance with another embodiment, the central control may transport characters created by a user from the user's active region to the broadcast active region by means of a virtual "portal".
Patent GB-2402494-A (GB)
Title: Integrated optic device with cladding having mesa formations
Inventor: BONAR JAMES RONALD
IPC: G02B6/12
Filed: 2003-06-05
Abstract: An integrated optic device has a substrate 190 with a face of the substrate 10 on which a first cladding layer 20 is formed. A plurality of different optical devices are arranged on the substrate each device comprising a plurality of waveguides each having a waveguide core. A core material 50 is formed on the first cladding layer 20. The waveguide cores are formed in the core material 50 and disposed on respective mesa formations formed in the first cladding layer. The mesa formations have an optimally selected height in order to achieve a desired level of birefringence in the optical devices. The optical devices may be in the form on an arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG) 60, 62 and includes dummy waveguides (80 figure 4). In another embodiment the waveguide cores 50 are formed by using grey scale masking and the mesa formations are formed by etching the first cladding layer 20, where different respective heights of the mesa formations are formed for the respective optical devices.
Patent GB-2390940-A (GB)
Title: Wall mounting electrical devices
Inventor: VERGNE RAPHAEL
IPC: H02G3/08
Filed: 2003-06-11
Abstract: A mounting box 1 for wall mounting an electrical device comprises a hollow plastics material casing 4 which has a back wall 6 bordered by a lateral wall 7 and is adapted to receive the device. A metal insert 12 is removably fixed into a housing formed in the interior of the casing 4 to support and fix the device and be electrically connected to fixing means (30, Fig.6) of the device.