baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2368790-A (GB)
Title: Foot spa with water heater and foot massaging facilities
Inventor: YU KING KEUN
IPC: A61H35/00
Filed: 2001-07-20
Abstract: A foot spa comprising a chassis mounted container, having left and right parts separated by a foot rest (40), a central massage means including an axle and massage accessory (5 and Figures 5-9), a plurality of motors for driving the central massage means and producing hydraulic vibrations and bubbles in water in the container, water heating means, control means (13, 14) for controlling the driving and heating means, a plurality of holes and bulges distributed around the base surface (3) and a plurality of releasable, rotatable massage rollers (4 and Figures 10 and 11) located in a plurality of recesses in the base surface. Preferably the massage accessory is an acupuncture point massager.
Patent GB-2380054-A (GB)
Title: A pulsed nuclear power plant
Inventor: USTINOW NIKOLAI
IPC: H05H1/24
Filed: 2001-09-20
Abstract: A pulsed plasma jet, created within an extraterrestrial power plant as a result of detonation of nuclear devices 10 in a chamber having an ice layer 12, passes through a plurality of superconducting coils 2 with a vortex-like magnetic field which causes the separation of the hydrogen from oxygen both of which are main portions of the plasma.
Patent GB-2369033-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for supplying animal feed
Inventor: ALLEN PETER WILLIAM
IPC: A01K5/01
Filed: 2001-10-12
Abstract: An apparatus for supplying animal feed comprising a trough 1 for containing animal feed 4, the trough 1 being movable about a pivot 3. The trough 1 may also comprise spaced bars 5 which are configured to allow animals to feed from the trough 1 whilst restricting the flow of feed between the bars 5. The apparatus may comprise a wind shield 9 to shield animal feed 4 that has fallen out of the trough 1 from the wind. The trough 1 may also be mounted over a platform 7. The trough 1 may be movable between a first position and a second position in which one side of the trough 1 is lower than in the first position and the movement of the trough 1 may be by electronic means which is controlled by a timer.
Patent GB-2382123-A (GB)
Title: Quick mount stock gun extensions
Inventor: GREIG MICHAEL PAUL
IPC: F41C23/14
Filed: 2001-11-15
Abstract: A quick mount vari stock gun extension 2, made from a suitably rigid and non-collapsible material, comprises partially countersunk guide bushes 6 and attachment clips 4 which have bevelled leading edges and which engage with retaining hooks 3 within a firearm stock 1. Hooks 3 are countersunk into stock 1 and may be fitted by screw thread, glue or by sweated natural expansion. Stock gun extensions of various styles and sizes may be easily and universally added and removed from the stock of any accommodating firearm.
Patent GB-2384644-A (GB)
Title: High sensitivity fibre optic vibration sensing device
Inventor: THOMAS SEAN DORMER
IPC: G01P15/093
Filed: 2002-01-25
Abstract: A vibration sensing device 10 comprises a flexible disk 11 that is mounted symmetrically about a radial plane and has a mass 12 located on the disk 11 substantially symmetrically about this radial plane which exerts a force that is greater towards the edge than it is towards the centre of the disk 11. The movement of the disk 11 causes optical fibre coils 13 & 17 to compress and expand, changing the phase of the signals in the fibres 13 & 17. A plurality of sensors can be used, connected serially, or in parallel.
Patent GB-2372725-A (GB)
Title: Filling an ink jet printer supply system involving the formation of an air bubble in a subspace of a print head tank having two subspaces divided by a mesh
Inventor: FRUNDER HENNING
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2002-02-07
Abstract: A method and apparatus for filling an ink supply system in an ink jet printer is disclosed, a nozzle print head tank 3 (Fig.1) of which is fed from an ink reservoir 2 (Fig.2) via a feed valve 9. Nozzle outlets 8b of a print head 1 are arranged to contact a cleaning station 4 including a suction pump 5 which cleans the nozzles. The nozzle print head tank is filled with ink 6 which may be mixed with air. The nozzle print head tank is divided into two subspaces 3a,3b separated by a fine-mesh screen 7. In a filling operation, the feed from the ink reservoir is closed by the valve and suction applied through the nozzles 8 of the print head by the pump to produce a reduced, small air bubble 11 which forms in the space 3b before the nozzle inlets 8a. The pump is then stopped and the valve opened to replenish the tank through a suction effect which compresses the air bubble due to ambient pressure. A compensating air bubble remains in the tank subspace 3b as a cushion against pressure fluctuations in the ink supply caused by vibrations/oscillations of a carriage (not shown) on which the print head tank may be mounted.
Patent GB-2385300-A (GB)
Title: A stencil device
Inventor: EVERINGHAM SIMON JOHN
IPC: A01K11/00
Filed: 2002-02-13
Abstract: A stencil device has a first portion (1) comprising a stencil (3), and a second portion (2) providing a handle for the stencil device. The first and second portions (1, 2) are provided by a single piece of material which is cut or otherwise formed from a sheet of material, and the second portion (2) is provided by material which is or can be deformed into a substantially tubular handle. The second portion (2) comprises means (6, 7) for interconnecting surfaces and/or edges thereof, so that the handle can be made to retain its substantially tubular shape.
Patent GB-2386487-A (GB)
Title: Coding method where a sequence of reference bits indicates weight type of each block
Inventor: ROH JAE-WOO
IPC: H04N19/423
Filed: 2002-02-27
Abstract: A block coding algorithm uses an original block group having n+1 original blocks of m-bit message, which a first original block of m-bit message is encoded as a reference block of n-bit codeword and n original blocks of m-bit message placed after the first original block of m-bit message are encoded as n weighted blocks of n-bit codeword, based on a bit sequence of the reference block. A block decoding algorithm decodes n weighted blocks to generate corresponding original blocks of m-bit message and reconstructs the first original block of m-bit message from a sequence of reference bits, wherein each reference bit implies whether each of n weighted blocks is an A type weighted block or a B type weighted block.
Patent GB-2377376-A (GB)
Title: Securing duvets inside duvet covers
Inventor: MACKINNON ROBERT KENNETH
IPC: F16B21/12
Filed: 2002-06-05
Abstract: A plurality of pairs of attachment elements 10, 30 attach a duvet 33 to the inside of a duvet cover 21 at its closed end. Further pairs may be arranged along the sides as shown. The attachment elements may be press fasteners fitted to an existing duvet and cover, or stud and socket connectors (Figs 3 and 4) with the socket built into the duvet. The attachment element 30 comprises two triangular shaped components 31, 32 on opposite faces of the duvet, each carrying three press studs 34. The attachment element 10 is attached to the inside of the duvet cover and comprises a backing strip 11 and two triangular shaped components 13, 14 attached to it by elastic strips 15, 16 and carrying sets of press studs 17, 19 which cooperate with the press studs 34. In Fig 3, a square head (44) on the stud 40 fits through a square hole (56) in the socket and is then rotated. Disengagement is prevented by a spring loaded piston (55). In Fig 4, spring loaded wedges (64) on the stud engage in recesses in the socket.
Patent GB-2379862-A (GB)
Title: Display support for tubular items
Inventor: SCHUMACHER RICHARD
IPC: A47F7/00
Filed: 2002-06-18
Abstract: An article comprising a tubular member, eg the steerer tube 7 of a bicycle fork, is mounted for display on a wall bracket 1 which includes an elongate threaded rod 4 which passes through the tube and is clamped to it by a pair of opposing conical members 6,6', the lower of which is threaded on the rod. In alternative embodiments, conical members may be replaced by expanding grippers (12, Fig 4) or by a simple cylindrical sheath (15, Fig 5) which is gripped by a retaining member, eg a quick release lock, of the tubular member. The rod 4 may be replaced by a simple shaft, which may be pivotally mounted in its support bracket and may penetrate only one end of the tubular member.
Patent GB-2389534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to catheter control
Inventor: RICHARDSON MARGARET PAMELA
IPC: A61M39/28
Filed: 2002-11-13
Abstract: Apparatus 1 for controlling the operation of a catheter, the apparatus including an inlet 2 for receiving the output end of a catheter and an outlet 3 for discharging liquid received from the catheter, valve means 7,7ab between the inlet and the outlet for controlling the flow of liquid through the apparatus. Sensing means 8,9 for sensing one or more properties of the liquid in the apparatus, and control means (10,12,13; Fig 2) for controlling operation of the valve means in response to a sensed property of the liquid, such as pressure, and/or in response to a predetermined criteria, such as a time interval having elapsed. The application also discloses a flexible tube 1a which is intended to be disposable and having deformable side walls to allow regulation of fluid flow therethrough. A slow-release sterilisation pellet 15 for insertion into the flexible tube is also disclosed. The pellet is typically in the form of an O-ring or annular in shape.
Patent GB-2385891-A (GB)
Title: Sealed compressor housing with reduced noise emission
Inventor: PATEL TAPESH
IPC: F04C23/00
Filed: 2002-12-13
Abstract: A sealed compressor assembly, eg for refrigerant, includes a compressor 12 eg of the scroll type, driven by a motor 14 mounted within a sealed housing 20 which comprises an upper shell 28, a centre shell 22 and a lower shell 30. The lower shell 30 is generally square shaped with mounting feet 68 extending diagonally from each corner. A predetermined amount of material removed is removed from the lower shell 30 to shift the resonance frequency of the sealed housing outside the operating frequency range of the motor and compressor; this may be done by forming notches 66 and cutouts 58 in the skirt 64 and upper surface 62, respectively, of the shell 76. Alternatively, notches (82, fig. 5) may be arranged asymmetrically about the perimeter of the shell (80) or cut-out slots (62, fig.6) may be formed in the upper surface of the shell (90). The axial extent of the skirt (46, fig.2) may be no more than four times the thickness of the material (49) forming the shell 30.
Patent GB-2397385-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for measuring the rate of flow of an unpressurised medium in a closed conduit
Inventor: DAVENPORT BRYAN FREDERICK
IPC: G01F1/52
Filed: 2003-01-08
Abstract: A flow measuring apparatus for measuring the rate of flow of an unpressurised non-gaseous medium in a closed conduit comprises level coaxial pipework sections 2, 3, 4 for location in or as a section of the closed conduit. The sections comprise an approach section 2, an entry section 3 joined to a downstream end of the approach section 2, and an exit section 4 located downstream of the entry section 3. The entry section 3 converges uniformly along its length towards the exit section 4, and the exit section 4 diverges uniformly along its length away from the entry section 3. A level sensor 8 is mounted in an upper portion of the approach section 2. The apparatus may additionally comprise a further throat section 5 of pipework with uniform cross-sectional area located between the entry and exit sections 3, 4.
Patent GB-2400802-A (GB)
Title: Hosiery article incorporating raised ridges for use in reflexology
Inventor: FISHER SAMANTHA JANE
IPC: A61H39/04
Filed: 2003-04-24
Abstract: A reflexology massager <B>3, 4</B> comprises at least one hosiery article such as a sock or stocking which is provided with a plurality of spaced apart elongate ridges <B>5.</B> The position of these ridges <B>5</B> is arranged to correspond with reflexology regions of the foot, so that as the wearer walks or stands, the ridges <B>5</B> serve to linearly massage the reflexology regions with which they correspond. The elongate ridges 5 may be formed out of piping which maybe formed integrally with the textile material from which the sock is made or attached to the sock. There may be either three or five ridges <B>5</B> on each sock running from toe to heel.
Patent GB-2390784-A (GB)
Title: System for interconnecting a remote server with a short message server centre (smsc) via the internet
Inventor: SORDO MIRALLES ARTURO
IPC: H04L12/58
Filed: 2002-02-15
Abstract: The inventive system is used to send short messages (SMS) between a remote server (1) and the user of a mobile phone (7) which is connected to a short message server centre (5) via the GSM network (10). Said system is characterised in that the remote server (1) communicates with the short message server (5) via a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http), for which both the server (5) and the remote server (1) use means for the bi-directional transmission/reception (2, 3, 8 and 9) of the short message via the Internet protocol (http).
Patent GB-2398065-A (GB)
Title: Dispensing apparatus
Inventor: BELL PHILLIP
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 2003-10-16
Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed for metered dispensation of a medicament. The dispenser comprises a housing 3, a pressure sensor 22, a processing means 23, and a display means 27. The housing 3 is shaped to receive a container 5 containing a medicament. The container 5 has a valve means for dispensing a medicament in metered volume doses. In use, the pressure sensor 22 detects a pressure signature produced on dispensation of medicament from the container 5. The pressure sensor 22 relays signals indicative of the pressure signature to the processing means 23 which analyses and compares the detected signals against stored pressure signatures. The processing means 23, as a result of the comparison detects the quantity of medicament dispensed compared to the intended volume of the metered dose volume. The display means 27 may be arranged to provide an indication as to whether a metered volume dose has or has not been dispensed, and may further indicate the proportion of the intended volume actually dispensed. The display means 27 may be arranged to indicate the accumulated volume of medicament dispensed and/or the quantity of medicament remaining in the dispensing container 5. The pressure sensor 22 may be an acoustic sensor, a vibration sensor, a strain sensor, a compression sensor, a deflection sensor or a flow sensor. The pressure sensor 22 may be located within a chamber 20 isolated from contact with the product during dispensation.
Patent GB-2392079-A (GB)
Title: Electric water heating appliance with a water filter
Inventor: JOHNSTON SIMON RICHARD
IPC: C02F1/28
Filed: 2000-12-20
Abstract: A water heating appliance 102 comprising a water heating vessel 104, a water receiving hopper 200 removably mountable on said vessel 104, filter means 116 for treating water to be heated, and valve means 214 operable to release water from the hopper 200 into the vessel 104 when the hopper 200 is positioned thereon. A predetermined amount of filtered water may be released into the vessel as the hopper is placed thereon. The appliance may have a relatively high power heating means for bringing water to boiling and a relatively low power heating means to maintain it at boiling for a predetermined time thereafter.
Patent GB-2399308-A (GB)
Title: Vacuum cleaner cyclone
Inventor: NORTH JOHN HERBERT
IPC: A47L9/19
Filed: 2001-07-05
Abstract: A multistage air-particle separator comprises at least two separation stages in (18, fig 1) 114 which particle-laden air is drawn through a succession of chambers in turn by suction applied to the last of the chambers. Heavier than air particles are separated from the airstream in each chamber by centrifugal force, and conveyed to a collecting bin (26 or 66, fig 1) and particle depleted air is drawn from each chamber by suction. An intermediate separation stage comprises a cylindrical chamber, having a port (48, fig 10) through which air from an earlier stage enters the chamber. The port is arranged so that air entering the chamber does so generally tangentially, and a hollow spindle 90 extends centrally of the chamber and communicates with an opening in a closed end wall of the chamber, leading to the next separation chamber. This chamber is configured with a first cylindrical region 40, a first frusto-conical region 64 and a second frusto-conical region 38. A turbine 94, 96 is mounted for rotation about the chamber axis and is generally aligned with the port through which air enters the chamber, the incoming air causing the turbine to rotate. At least one opening 62 is provided at or near the end of the hollow spindle through which air can leave the chamber to pass therealong into the next separation stage, and a particle collecting bin (66, fig 1) is provided at the end of the chamber remote from the turbine. The hollow spindle may be stationary and the turbine rotates therearound, or the turbine is attached to the spindle so that the two rotate together. Small openings may be provided in the spindle wall around one end thereof, in which event the turbine is mounted at a position axially distant from the openings. The turbine containing region of the chamber may be separated from the region of the chamber which communicates with the interior of the hollow spindle, by means of an annular baffle 88 containing at least one opening therein through which air can pass from the one region to the other. The rotating spindle imparts rotation to the air passing into the next chamber. In this last chamber the air enters axially and is deflected on entry. A first exit port 118 removes clean air to the suction source 10. A second port 112 may be provided in the wall of the chamber circumferentially spaced from the first port, to allow particles separated in the final stage to be returned via a passage for separation in the rotating airstream in the intermediate chamber. Collecting bin (26, fig 1) is separated from the cyclone chamber (18, fig 1) by a baffle (56, fig 1) to prevent the re-entrainment of particles. Collecting bin (66, fig 1) may be replaced by a valve (see fig 4) which is constructed such that downstream suction forces it in a closed position during operation of the unit, but allows the valve to open when no suction is present. On opening of the valve the collected particles are able to fall into the collecting bin (26, fig 1).
Patent GB-2410412-A (GB)
Title: Dough improver
Inventor: REES ROBERT
IPC: A21D2/36
Filed: 2004-01-28
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dough improver, comprises the steps of; <SL> <LI>(a) mixing flour, water and a source of fermentation enzymes; <LI>(b) allowing the mixture to ferment; <LI>(c) co-mixing further flour and water with the fermented mixture; and <LI>(d) allowing the co-mixture to ferment. </SL> The fermentation enzymes may be yeast or grapes or grape skins. Salt and gluten may be added to the mixture.
Patent GB-2394547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to detection of impaired fertility
Inventor: COLEY JOHN
IPC: G01N33/74
Filed: 2002-09-18
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting a retarded cycle in a human female subject experiencing same, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a sample of body fluid from the subject on each of a plurality of, but not less than three, days; testing each of the plurality of samples to determine the concentration therein of at least one analyte of significance in the ovulatory cycle; comparing a result determined from said testing with a predetermined threshold value; and, if said determined result is different from the threshold value; declaring the cycle, during which the samples were taken, to be a retarded cycle.
Patent GB-2430278-A (GB)
Title: Global neural network for conflict resolution of flights
Inventor: IORDANOVA BLAGA N
IPC: G06N3/02
Filed: 2004-06-08
Abstract: A network of integrated ground systems which monitor, allocate (in real time in response to requests, using a neural network) and control global air-space time (AST) and airport resources to automatically plan, monitor and keep clear paths in AST, communicate decision support information directly to pilots, controllers, airlines and airport operators, using direct channels of communications between the integrated ground systems and equipment on aircraft and terminals at airports and airlines.
Patent GB-2403296-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle occupant presence detector
Inventor: YOUNG OLIVER J
IPC: B60R21/01
Filed: 2004-06-25
Abstract: A sensor assembly (20) for use in a vehicle seat for detecting the presence of an occupant comprises a first member (50) defining an internal bore, a second member (52) slidably disposed in the bore, a spring (56) for biasing the second member relative to the first member, a magnet (58) and a hall effect sensor (40). A plurality of such sensor assemblies may be mounted on a mat (30) placed in the vehicle seat and the occupant is sensed as the magnet is urged towards the sensor thus generating a sensor signal. Each assembly (20) on the mat may have springs with different spring constants or magnets with different strengths such that the mat response may be tuned.
Patent GB-2409106-A (GB)
Title: Double-channel silicon carbide jfet
Inventor: KUMAR RAJESH
IPC: H01L21/337
Filed: 2004-11-12
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a junction field effect transistor (JFET) made from silicon carbide (SiC). A plurality of channel layers 7, 9 is disposed in each cell such that the JFET has a low on-state resistance. The device includes a silicon carbide substrate 1, a first silicon carbide layer 2, a first gate layer 3, a first channel layer 7 adjacent the first gate layer 3, a first source layer 4 electrically connecting to the first channel layer 7, a second gate layer 8 adjacent the first channel layer 7, a second channel layer 9 adjacent the second gate layer 8, a third gate layer 10 adjacent the second channel layer 9, and a second source layer 11 electrically connecting to the second channel layer 9. The source 4, 11, channel 7, 9 and gate 3, 8, 10 layers are all formed of silicon carbide. A method of manufacturing a double-channel SiC JFET is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2410784-A (GB)
Title: Throttle device
Inventor: BIESTER KLAUS
IPC: F16K11/074
Filed: 2003-09-01
Abstract: A throttle device (1) comprises a device housing (15) with an inlet (2) and an outlet (3) and a throttle element (5) arranged in a connecting duct (4) connecting the inlet (2) and the outlet (3), said throttle element comprising at least two throttle components (6,7) to be adjusted relative to one another and by the relative position of which an opening surface of the throttle element (5) is determined, at least the first throttle component (6) being actively connected with a drive means (8) for an adjustment relative to the second throttle component (7). In order to guarantee with a simplified construction a safe operation of the throttle device without the risk of a choking of the corresponding throttle element and to simultaneously realize a simple possibility of movement for the throttle components, the throttle components are throttling discs to be rotated relative one to another, at least one of which being movably connected with a rotary adjustment device (11) of the drive means (8), the throttling discs (9, 10) each comprising at least one throttle opening (12, 13, 40, 41) the overlap of which determines the opening surface depending on the relative position of the throttling discs (9, 10).