baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2402679-A (GB)
Title: Automatic washing machine detergent dispensing device
Inventor: MOHRHARD KARL-HEINZ
IPC: A47L15/44
Filed: 2003-06-10
Abstract: The device 1 comprises a body 3 which contains a bar or block 2 of detergent/detergent additive. The body, which may be made of a water resilient or insoluble material, has a channel 4 of circular cross-section to define a cylindrical tube. An open end 5 of the tube is an inlet aperture and a closed end 6 acts as a base. The periphery of the channel has a number of circular drainage apertures 7. A surface 8 of the detergent bar is exposed with the remainder, completely filling the bore of the channel, protected. A barrier in the form of a sleeve (figure 2) may be provided around the body. A funnel may additionally be provided at the inlet aperture to control wash liquor entry. The limited exposure of the detergent bar to wash liquor in a wash cycle allows repeated use with similar metered amounts of detergent being released for each cycle.
Patent GB-2394068-A (GB)
Title: Optical element retracting mechanism with pivot support plates
Inventor: NOMURA HIROSHI
IPC: G02B7/08
Filed: 2003-08-27
Abstract: An optical element retracting mechanism for a retractable lens LG2 or filter (LG4, Fig 9) has the retractable lens swingably held by holder 6 on a pivot (33), the pivot itself extending from a front support plate 36 to a rear support plate 37. The support plates are respectively mounted on a linearly movable ring (8), inside of which is positioned the retractable optical element. The support plates 36, 37 may be fixed to parallel flat surfaces (8c, Figs 106, 107, 113), (8e, Figs 111, 113) on the ring 8. A position controller e.g. cam bar (21a, Fig 103) may guide the holder 6 between a position on the optical axis in use and a retracted off axis position.
Patent GB-2394853-A (GB)
Title: Mobile terminal with TV reception and display function
Inventor: SEONG WON-KYUNG
IPC: H04N21/41
Filed: 2003-09-17
Abstract: A mobile terminal comprises a tuner 50 to enable a user to select a particular broadcast television channel. A decoder 60 decodes the tv signal and separates it into a video signal, audio signal and synchronising signals (see figure 2). Video processing unit 70 converts the video signal into digital video data and acts to process the received video data on a frame by frame basis wherein a presently received frame is stored to memory whilst a previously stored frame is output to display 80. The display unit comprises an area for video image display and a further area designated for display of user data. The video processor of the terminal may also include a format scaler which scales the size of the video images such that they may be appropriately displayed upon the terminal display screen. Also disclosed are methods for displaying television signals upon a mobile terminal wherein a currently displayed video frame image may be captured and stored as a still picture. Additionally a current video frame may be rotated and scaled to display the image at full screen size.
Patent GB-2393684-A (GB)
Title: Laser line generator and power tool
Inventor: HOSKING PETER JOHN
IPC: B23D59/00
Filed: 2002-12-16
Abstract: A laser generator (10) for attachment to a hand-operated power tool (32). The laser generator (10) includes a housing assembly (12), including an aperture (14), and laser means provided within the housing assembly (12). In use, the laser means emits a laser beam (26), the laser beam (26) passing through the aperture (14) in the housing assembly (12) and projecting a laser guide (28) onto a workpiece (30) thereby assisting in guidance of the hand-operated power tool (32). The invention also provides a hand-operated power tool (132), including a tool body (136), the body (136) having a front end (131); a cutting blade (134), located at the underside of the front end; and the laser generator (110).
Patent GB-2412725-A (GB)
Title: A remotely operated vehicle windscreen defrosting device
Inventor: REEVES GORDON
IPC: F24H3/04
Filed: 2004-04-01
Abstract: A remotely operated vehicle windscreen defrosting device comprises a heating element and a fan mounted in a housing 3a and heated air is blown out of the housing 3a via an air egress 1a onto the windscreen. The device may include a timer 2a so that the heater may operate automatically approximately 15 to 20 minutes before a driver plans to use the vehicle. The device may be located on a mounting (6a fig 3) and positioned on a dashboard and may be powered by plugging a lead into a cigarette lighter port or its own rechargeable battery. The battery may be charged from the vehicle electrical system via the cigarette lighter port, a solar panel mounted on the housing 3a, or the device may be taken into a house or office and the battery charged by plugging it into a plug socket.
Patent GB-2402978-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine engine compressor stator arrangement and analysis method
Inventor: PARRY ANTHONY BRIAN
IPC: F01D5/10
Filed: 2004-05-12
Abstract: Within an intake 20 for a gas turbine engine, provision is made through stator vanes 25 in the stator whereby circumferentially varying back pressure 34 from a necessary obstruction 32 can be utilised to balance circumferentially varying forward pressure 21 from the intake 20. A combination of camber variation of stator vanes (45a, Fig 4) and stagger variation of stator vanes (45b, Fig 4) may be utilised in order to achieve a desired momentum balance around the circumference of the intake 20. The obstruction 32, which may comprise a pylon and/or radial drive strut, may be shaped to provide back pressure reflection. A method of analysing a gas turbine in order to determine stator arrangements is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2414381-A (GB)
Title: Safe kitchen appliance which only works when its container is correctly positioned
Inventor: EDEN ROLAND
IPC: A47J43/046
Filed: 2004-05-29
Abstract: The kitchen appliance contains a clutch that selectively engages and disengages the drive between a motor and an implement within the container 23. The clutch only engages the drive when the container 23 is in the correct position. Preferably the container 23 is a bottomless goblet. Preferably drive shafts 10 associated with the motor and implement are connected to each other via saw-toothed plates 4, 13. Preferably the plates 4, 13 are urged apart by a resilient spring (15, figure 1). The goblet 23 can be kept in position by a screw thread or bayonet fixing. The disclosed appliance is a liquidiser.
Patent GB-2404572-A (GB)
Title: A heatable container
Inventor: NGANGA BONFACE
IPC: A47J36/24
Filed: 2004-06-11
Abstract: A heatable container comprises a cylindrical body, a screw-on lid to prevent spillages with an additional hinged lid to cover the screw-on lid and a heating element inside the cylindrical body. The container may be powered by a batteries located on the body of the kettle, via a car battery, mains power or rechargeable batteries that may be attached to the base of the container. A switch allows the user to select the appropriate power source. The rechargeable batteries may be recharged when the kettle is connected to a vehicle battery or mains power and a gauge indicates the amount of power remaining in the batteries. A handle may be attached to the hinged lid and may be used to prevent the lid from being opened. The body and lids of the container may have phosphorescence compounds to allow the container to be identified in the dark and a liquid level indicator may be illuminated when in use. The container may be placed in a waterproof and insulating padded bag to protect the container against damage and insulate the contents of the container in a similar manner to a thermos flask to store hot and cold liquids.
Patent GB-2417083-A (GB)
Title: An electrochemical sensor for detecting carbon dioxide
Inventor: VARNEY MARK SINCLAIR
IPC: G01N27/416
Filed: 2004-08-13
Abstract: An electrochemical sensor for detecting carbon dioxide (for example in a persons breath) comprises at least a working electrode and a reference electrode 3, 4 on a substrate 5. A material that forms an electrolyte is deposited in a solidified, imobilised form on the electrodes 3, 4. The material contains a ligand that is capable of forming a complex with a metal ion. In use the sensor is placed in a flow passage; a portion of the electrolyte forming material dissolves in moisture contained within for example the breath; the carbon dioxide interacts with the ligand facilitating the detection of the carbon dioxide. The concentration of carbon dioxide is related to the concentration of metal ions (a non linear relationship). The electrodes may be for example points, lines, rings or flat planer surfaces, and may be interdigitated. The electrode material may be gold, platinum or any group VIII elements that do not react with the electrolyte. The substrate may be for example ceramic, plastic, glass, or sintered non conducting materials. The ligand may be dicarboxylic acids. The metal ion may be a group VIII transition metal (for example copper, lead, cadmium). A disclosed example of the electrolyte is diaminopropane, copper and Potassium Chloride (KCl). The operating potential may be a linear sweep potential, a stepped potential or a discrete pulse. The electrolyte material may be evaporated onto the electrodes.
Patent GB-2401465-A (GB)
Title: Passenger check-in and monitoring system
Inventor: KNIGHT TONY
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2003-01-27
Abstract: Passenger check-in and monitoring system is disclosed which uses a memory device (10) in the form of an electronic radio frequency tag containing travel and passenger information which is linked to a passenger travel ticket, passenger boarding card or other personal identity item and passenger luggage including hand luggage. The monitoring system can be extended to include all airport staff by including an electronic frequency tag in their identity card. A central computerised storage device (12) containing information relating to all available travel, passenger, staff and airport information and a plurality of suitable transmitter devices (13) which allow information to be exchanged between the data storage device (12) and the electronic tag therefore to allow all airport user and luggage movements to be monitored and, if not in accordance with expected movements or other defined parameters, an alarm to be raised.
Patent GB-2405593-A (GB)
Title: Nebuliser with target
Inventor: MILLER ANDREW
IPC: B05B7/00
Filed: 2004-09-02
Abstract: A nebuliser comprising a liquid entrainment jet is disclosed. The liquid entrainment jet delivers, in use, a jet of gas and entrained liquid via an exit orifice (39) to a target (46) juxtaposed with the exit orifice (39). The target (46) is part of a component (40) that also defines, at least partly, the exit orifice (39).
Patent GB-2418049-A (GB)
Title: Eye drop recorder
Inventor: SILVA DON JULIAN DE
IPC: G06M1/08
Filed: 2004-09-13
Abstract: An apparatus to record eyedrop use. The invention is an adhesive devise that is applied to a typical eye dropper and records the precise timing and squeezing on dropper use. (Fig. 1) The data is stored in the device and periodically downloaded to computer hardware.
Patent GB-2410485-A (GB)
Title: Package for aiding consumption of a medicament
Inventor: CURTIS ROBERT JOHN
IPC: A61J7/00
Filed: 2004-10-25
Abstract: A system for aiding delivery of a medicament includes: a receptacle 2 which includes an edible body 5; and a first removable cover member 4 arranged to substantially seal the body in the receptacle, the first removable cover member having a protrusion 8 thereon arranged to project away from the removable cover member into the edible body when the system is in use. The protrusion 8 forms an indentation in the edible body 5 into which a medicament can subsequently be placed. The medicament may be stored in a chamber in the cover member 4, e.g. inside the protrusion 8, or at the bottom of the receptacle with access from below. This chamber may be sealed by a second removable cover member.
Patent GB-2409202-A (GB)
Title: Diamine terminated primary amine-aldehyde adducts for use in scavenging or converting noxious sulphur species, such as hydrogen sulphide and thiols
Inventor: GATLIN LARRY W
IPC: C07C215/14
Filed: 2004-12-02
Abstract: A new class of sulfur scavenging or convening compositions is disclosed comprising diamine terminated, amine-aldehyde adducts, where the adducts are substantially bimolecular amine-aldehyde adducts and the composition is substantially free of trimer and/or triazines. These are prepared by contacting at least one aldehyde with at least one primary amine under conditions to form a reaction product comprising substantially bimolecular adducts of the amines and the aldehydes having substantially no trimer or triazine adducts; and contacting the reaction product with at least one diamine. Preferred products are of formula (I): <EMI ID=1.1 HE=32 WI=102 LX=667 LY=1402 TI=CF> <PC>where R is an alkenyl group, cycloalkenyl or arenyl group having between about 1 and about 20 carbon atoms, where one or more, of the carbon atoms can be (i) oxygen atoms in the form of carboxy, hydroxy and/or ether moieties and/or (ii) nitrogen atoms in the form of tertiary amine or amide moieties; R' and R'' are the same or different carbon-containing groups having between about 1 and about 20 carbon atoms, where one or more of the carbon atoms can be (i) oxygen atoms in the form of carboxy, hydroxy and/or ether moieties or (ii) nitrogen atoms in the form of tertiary amine or amide moieties; and where k, l, m and n are integers having a value between 0 and 2, provided that at least one has a value of 1 or 2. A plot (figure 1) of weekly average water production (M<3>/day) versus production week shows the beneficial effect of using such a composition after optimization, adjusting amount based on noxious sulfur content, and after multi-point injection of the composition into well fluids. Noxious sulfur species, such as hydrogen sulfide and thiols, which are present in industrial and waste management environments such as oil and gas production, refining, chemical processing and manufacturing, coal gasification and sewage treatment can thus be removed.
Patent GB-2409205-A (GB)
Title: Blue color filter and organic electroluminescence device including the same
Inventor: KAWAGUCHI KOJI
IPC: C09B23/00
Filed: 2003-06-30
Abstract: A blue color filter comprising a first dye represented by the structural formula (1) in the description and a binder resin and further comprising a second dye capable of absorbing fluorescence from the first dye and not exhibiting any fluorescence maximum in the visible wavelength region. This blue color filter realizes high blue color purity and transmission factor, being excellent in contrast and is suitable for use in an organic EL display. There is further provided an organic EL device including the same.
Patent GB-2423191-A (GB)
Title: Antenna using orientation detector to control transmission/reception characteristics
Inventor: PARKER STEVE CARL JAMIESON
IPC: H01Q1/24
Filed: 2005-02-02
Abstract: An antenna unit, preferably for a mobile communications unit such as a laptop computer, PDA or telephone, has an orientation detector so that a transmission or reception characteristic can be controlled in response to the orientation. The antenna may comprise a set of antennas each having a different orientation so that a particular antenna may be selected to maintain a preferred beam pointing direction. Alternatively a phased array antenna may be used. In addition, detected or calculated velocity or acceleration of the antenna may be used to mitigate for Doppler effects by altering the modulation and coding to alter one or more of: data rate, signal power, modulation mode, codec parameters, error protection scheme or the decoder type. Orientation may be detected using accelerometers, inertial trackers, gyroscopes or tilt switches. The acceleration data may be : recorded for crash analysis; parsed to provide a data input means or analysed to set of an alarm warning of potential damage.
Patent GB-2423451-A (GB)
Title: Inserting a watermark code into a digitally compressed audio or audio-visual signal or file
Inventor: GREEN IAN MCDONALD
IPC: G06T1/00
Filed: 2005-02-16
Abstract: A method of inserting a watermark code into a digitally compressed audio or audio-visual signal or file in which samples are stored in discrete frequency bands without decompression, the method comprising:- unpacking an incoming digital bit stream having a given bit rate to provide samples having a first amplitude resolution and/or representation(1); selecting or deriving samples from a frequency band which is narrower than, and located wholly within, one of said discrete frequency bands (2); encoding watermark data into said selected samples by modifying the selected samples according to a scheme in dependence upon said first amplitude resolution and/or representation (3); and optionally re-packing the samples to give an output bit stream having the same given bit rate (4).
Patent GB-2412031-A (GB)
Title: A method and system for proofing of send jobs
Inventor: SESEK ROBERT
IPC: H04N1/32
Filed: 2005-03-01
Abstract: A method or system for managing send jobs from a digital sender device comprises: receiving at least one scanned image; generating a first send job based on the at least one image; generating at least a first proof image from the send job, and preferably a user request, and; communicating the proof image to a printing device. At least a second digital send job may be produced based on scanning of a third proof image which is a user modified printed second proof image. The first proof image is combined with a stored user input template to create the second proof image, which is then printed before modification by a user creating a third proof image. The third proof image is then scanned and processed to determine user instructions. Each send job may include a job identifier, each proof image associated with a corresponding identifier. The sending device may be a multifunctional device, a facsimile machine, or a communications enabled printing and/or scanning device and the system comprises a network of devices.
Patent GB-2412912-A (GB)
Title: Ionic liquids containing protonated primary, secondary or tertiary ammonium ions
Inventor: WALKER ADAM JOHN
IPC: C07C215/40
Filed: 2005-04-07
Abstract: The present invention relates to ionic liquids comprising an anion and a cation wherein the cation is a primary, secondary or tertiary ammonium ion containing a protonated nitrogen atom. The invention also provides processes for the manufacture of ionic liquids. Preferred ionic liquids contain ethanolammonium, diethanolammonium, N-butyldiethanolammonium, N,N-dimethylethanolammonium, N-methylethanolammonium, N,N-di(methoxyethyl)ammonium and 1-(3-hydroxypropyl)putrescinium ions as cations. <CHE>N<+>HRR'R''```(I)</CHE>
Patent GB-2418931-A (GB)
Title: Toilet odour ventilation system
Inventor: BLOUET MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: E03D9/052
Filed: 2005-04-08
Abstract: A ventilation system for removal of foul air from a toilet bowl, where the toilet is of the flush down type having a cistern storing water for flushing the toilet bowl and with a flushing pipe feeding from the cistern to the toilet bowl for flushing the toilet bowl, the system having an air extractor fan communicating with an air extraction pipe which communicates, in turn, with the flushing pipe whereby the air extractor fan may draw foul air from the lavatory bowl via the flushing pipe and air extractor pipe and expel it through a removal pipe, wherein between the air extraction fan and the toilet bowl there is provided a baffle (30') to deter flow of moisture on the internal walls of the overflow pipe from travelling upwardly to the extractor fan. A second independent claim is directed to: A ventilation system for removal of foul air from a toilet bowl, where the toilet is of the flush down type having a cistern storing water for flushing the toilet bowl and with a flushing pipe feeding from the cistern to the toilet bowl for flushing the toilet bowl, the system having an electric motor driven air extractor fan mounted adjacent to, on or within the cistern and communicating with an air extraction pipe which communicates, in turn, with the flushing pipe whereby the air extractor fan may draw foul air from the lavatory bowl via the flushing pipe and air extractor pipe and expel it through a removal pipe, wherein the system is formed or assembled with a flushing means for flushing of the toilet, the flushing means having an electric motor drive.
Patent GB-2413633-A (GB)
Title: Electronic pedometer for mounting on a user's wrist
Inventor: SUGAI YOSHINORI
IPC: G06M3/00
Filed: 2005-04-18
Abstract: For detection of steps during walking in which no arm is swung the pedometer has a walk sensor 203 e.g. an acceleration sensor disposed so that its sensitivity axis is located in a range of 30 or smaller in a counterclockwise or clockwise direction from the direction of 90 with respect to a longitudinal direction of a wrist belt 105 according to use on a left or right wrist respectively. The pedometer may also indicate timing of the walking.
Patent GB-2411403-A (GB)
Title: Transgenic animals with altered NCS-1 expression
Inventor: NEF PATRICK
IPC: A61K48/00
Filed: 2005-04-20
Abstract: A transgenic animal with a reduced level of neuron-specific calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1) activity compared to the corresponding wild-type animal comprises at least one mutant allele of the NCS-1 encoding gene, or a corresponding trans-dominant allele of a different gene. The animal (for example Caenorhabditis elegans) may display differences in behaviour from the wild-type. Transgenic mice and C. elegans are also provided with in enhanced level of NCS-1 activity. These animals may show differences in behaviour, and in particular in learning and memory. Transgenic cells or tissues may be obtained from any of these transgenic animals.
Patent GB-2409821-A (GB)
Title: Golf tee device
Inventor: EMMERSON GEOFFREY
IPC: A63B57/00
Filed: 2003-11-13
Abstract: A golf tee device comprises a tee (4) which has external buttress threading (5) for insertion into the corresponding threading (2) of a housing (1) so that the height of the tee can be adjusted. The top of the threading indicates that the tee (4) is at its maximum working height.
Patent GB-2414592-A (GB)
Title: Decreasing failed disk reconstruction time in a RAID data storage system
Inventor: WOOD ROBERT BARRY
IPC: G11B20/18
Filed: 2005-05-24
Abstract: Failed disk (302) reconstruction time in a RAID storage system is decreased when dealing with non-catastrophic disk failures by using conventional parity reconstruction 216 to reconstruct only that part of the disk that actually failed. The non-failed remainder of the failed disk is reconstructed by simply copying 212 the good parts of the failed disk to the reconstructed copy on a spare drive. Since the good parts of the failed disk are simply copied, it is possible to reconstruct a failed disk even in the presence of disk failures in the secondary volumes (304). The copying and reconstruction starts at the stripe level, but may be carried out at the data block level if a reconstruction error occurs due to secondary media errors.
Patent GB-2426838-A (GB)
Title: Peer to peer network searching using XML metadata to personalise the search query and hit messages
Inventor: FOSTER RICHARD DANIEL
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2005-05-31
Abstract: In a peer-to-peer network of peers 10 which are interconnected for sharing content data, searching peers 10 perform searches for content data by generating and transmitting search query messages which specify search criteria for passage through the network, by receiving hit messages generated in response to the search query message by peers 10 storing content data and by displaying to a user descriptive information contained in the hit messages. The behaviour of each respective searching peer 10 in performing searches is variable in accordance with a predetermined personality of the respective searching peer 10, for example relating to a type of content data which it is desired to locate.