baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2519378-A (GB)
Title: A cyclonic separator having a shroud
Inventor: THOMPSON DANIEL JOHN
IPC: B04C5/185
Filed: 2013-10-21
Abstract: A cyclonic separator comprises an outer wall (24, fig 3), an inner wall 26, and a shroud 28 disposed between the outer wall (24, fig 3) and the inner wall 26. The inner wall 26, includes one or more outwardly projecting members 44 and the shroud 28 has upper and lower portions (36, fig 3), 38, and a mesh (40, fig 3) secured between the upper (36, fig 3) and lower portions 38. The lower portion 38 has a flange 46 that extends radially inward towards the inner wall 26, wherein the flange 46 has one or more flexible portions 48, and the outwardly projecting members 44 abut the flexible portions 48 so as to bias the lower portion 38 away from the upper portion (36, fig 3) to thus stretch and tension the mesh (40, fig 3). The outwardly projecting members 44 may be fins.
Patent GB-2519570-A (GB)
Title: A system for providing electrical power
Inventor: TURNER JOHN HENRY
IPC: F03G7/08
Filed: 2013-10-25
Abstract: A system 100 for providing electrical power to a facility 120 comprises a generator 102 which generates electrical power when a drive-shaft 104 is rotated, and an intermittent local source of power 103 which provides driving torque to the drive shaft 104. In order to supplement the intermittent driving torque from the local power source 103, an electric motor 101 powered by e.g. mains electricity, is also configured to drive the drive shaft 104. The system defers to the local power supply, so that the motor only drives the generator when insufficient power is available from the local source. The motor 101 may drive the generator at a lower speed than the intermittent source. The intermittent source 103 may be driven by passing vehicles 122, or may be a renewable energy source such as wind, hydro, wave etc.
Patent GB-2509814-A (GB)
Title: Method of Operating a Mobile Robot
Inventor: PACK ROBERT TODD
IPC: G05D1/00
Filed: 2011-11-16
Abstract: A method of operating a mobile robot 100, the method comprises: maneuvering the robot about a scene 10; emitting light onto the scene about the robot ; capturing images of the scene along a drive direction (F) of the robot, the images comprising at least one of (a) a three-dimensional depth image, (b) an active illumination image, and (c) an ambient illumination image; receiving sensor data 1601 indicative of the scene, the sensor data includes the images; communicating the sensor data to a cloud computing service 1620 that processes the received sensor data and communicates a process resultant 1607, 1609 to the robot, the process resultant comprises a map1607 or a model 1609 of the scene; and maneuvering the robot in the scene based on the received process resultant. Preferably a speckle pattern of light is emitted onto the scene.
Patent GB-2526765-A (GB)
Title: Sealing Seat Arrangement
Inventor: SHILLITO PAUL
IPC: F16K3/02
Filed: 2014-01-17
Abstract: A sealing seat arrangement 16a suitable for use as an upstream sealing seat arrangement of an isolation valve assembly such as a rotary gate valve comprises an annular seat 34 extending along an axis B and comprises a first portion 36, a second portion 38, and a shoulder portion 40 linking the first and second portions. The first portion 36 has a diameter greater than that of the second portion 38. A generally frustoconical seal ring 44 and a first seal arrangement 42 are received on the second portion 38 of the seat 34 such that the seal ring 44 is received between the shoulder portion 40 of the seat and the first seal arrangement 42.
Patent GB-2507937-A (GB)
Title: A solid propellant fire extinguishing system
Inventor: BEREZOVSKY JULIA
IPC: A62C13/22
Filed: 2012-04-20
Abstract: A fire extinguishing system comprises a hermetically sealed storage canister (1 10) fabricated with at least one gas outlet (1 1 1) and defining a hollow (1 12) within; a powder form fire extinguishing agent (120) stored inside the canister (1 10): a solid propellant (130), which is ignitable to generate gases (135); connected to the canister (1 10); and a rupturable seal (140) disposed at the gas outlet (1 1 1), wherein the solid propellant (130) generates gasses to aerate the fire extinguishing agent (120) inside the canister (1 10) and build a positive gas pressure until the gas pressure is sufficient to rupture the seal (140) for discharging the fire extinguishing agent (120) under pressurized gas flow (150).
Patent GB-2515612-A (GB)
Title: Personal units
Inventor: TIGHE JOHN
IPC: B64D11/06
Filed: 2014-04-09
Abstract: A plurality of personal units for aircraft passengers is provided. Each personal unit is arranged to define a longitudinal axis. The personal units are arranged to form first and second columns along a floor to define respective first and second column axes. The personal units in each column are arranged side-by-side in a longitudinally offset relationship at an acute angle to the respective column axis. Each personal unit is arranged to define a personal space for accommodating a person in a seated position and accommodating the person in a recumbent position. At least some of the personal units are arranged such that a portion of the personal space of the respective personal unit is arranged in a stacked relationship, in a direction perpendicular to the floor, with respect to a portion of the personal space of a personal unit in the respective other column.
Patent GB-2527091-A (GB)
Title: Anti-glare mirror
Inventor: MARQUES PEDRO GABRIEL FERREIRA CAETANO
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2014-06-11
Abstract: A dimming system 12 for a vehicle mirror comprises: image capturing means 20 arranged to acquire a captured image that corresponds to a reflected image of a scene appearing in the mirror 14; processing means 22 arranged to analyse the captured image and to determine an image mask (108, figure 6); and masking means arranged to implement the image mask determined by the processing means, wherein the image mask is operable to reduce the brightness of one or more selected zones (112-118) in the reflected image in proportion to the brightness of a respective one or more zones in the captured image. In a further embodiment the dimming system may operate on a vehicle display, such as an LED, LCD or OLED screen which is used to display an image outside of the vehicle. The system is intended to dim only sections of the mirror or display which have areas of glare above a threshold value, thus leaving the remaining areas of the mirror or display undimmed.
Patent GB-2520377-A (GB)
Title: Support film
Inventor: MOAVENIAN ARASH
IPC: A61F5/449
Filed: 2014-07-22
Abstract: An ultra-thin substantially conformable arc-shaped support film for a flange extender for an ostomy bag wherein the film is selected form a polyurethane film, polyvinylchloride film, polyester film and vinyl film, and the film has an adhesive applied to at least one of a body facing surface and an ostomy bag facing surface, and the film has a thickness of about 5Âµm to about 200Âµm.
Patent GB-2517303-A (GB)
Title: Wideband interference mitigation system with negative group delay and method for wideband interference cancellation
Inventor: EGRI ROBERT GYORGY
IPC: H04B1/12
Filed: 2014-07-31
Abstract: A wideband interference mitigation (IM) system divides an input signal 101 into a primary path 114 and an auxiliary path 124. The desired signal is removed from the signal passing through the auxiliary signal path, but interfering signals within a bandwidth of interest are retained. The auxiliary path includes interference cancellation circuitry 106 for generating a signal to combine 116 with the primary path in order to cancel interference from the primary path. The interference cancellation circuitry includes an element with negative group delay (NGD) 110. The negative group delay is to compensate for the group delay of other elements of the auxiliary signal path, to minimise group delay differences between the primary and auxiliary paths. The system may be applied in a receiver, between an antenna and a low noise amplifier (LNA). The cancellation circuitry preferably additionally includes a band-pass filter 108. The auxiliary path preferably includes first and second frequency selective circuits at either end of the path 104, 112, such as down-converters and up-converters respectively. The NGD element may be a band-stop (or notch) filter which not only performs the group delay compensation but also carries out the removal of the desired signal.
Patent GB-2521044-A (GB)
Title: A fish processing apparatus and method
Inventor: CARR EDWARD
IPC: A22C25/14
Filed: 2014-10-23
Abstract: A fish processing apparatus (200 figure 7) comprising a first capturing arrangement 110 comprising a first pair of capturing elements 3 spaced apart defining a gap 32 there between. The size of the gap corresponds to a predetermined range of sizes of a predetermined fish 4 species so that upon delivery of the fish to the capturing elements, the fish is received in the gap and captured between the elements, the elements preventing the fish from passing through and out of the gap. The capturing elements may be movable such as to function as both a capturing device and a transfer device. The capturing elements may comprise a pair of substantially parallel feeder belts spaced apart defining the gap. The apparatus comprises means configured to deliver fish to the capturing elements in random orientation. The apparatus includes a cutting arrangement 34 that is used to remove the head of the fish. The cutting arrangement may comprise a pair of rotating circular blades. Also disclosed is a method of processing fish using the disclosed apparatus.
Patent GB-2527867-A (GB)
Title: Detection of organics in water
Inventor: DEAN WILLIAM FRANCIS HOULTON
IPC: G01N33/18
Filed: 2014-12-01
Abstract: Detection of gaseous volatile analytes includes immersing a sensor element of a gas-equilibrated volatile-in-liquid detector in or close to an aqueous fluid, enabling analyte flow through a vapour-porous membrane 6 into an otherwise closed gas sensing chamber 10b to achieve near chemical equilibrium between the analyte in the chamber and the concentration of analyte in the adjoining liquid, and measuring a signal from the sensor 11 (photoionisation detector (PID)) in response to the partial pressure of the analyte with the gas sensing chamber without the sensor significantly altering such equilibrium. The gas-equilibrated detector comprises chamber 10b having an orifice 11a closed by a hydrophobic, vapour-porous membrane 6, sealed to the periphery 11c of the orifice 11a. Membrane 6 is also sealed 2a to an external wall of a surrounding sensor enclosure 2 and forms an entry point to a second gaseous enclosure 12 external of the gas-sensing chamber 10b.
Patent GB-2535170-A (GB)
Title: Radiotherapy apparatus
Inventor: PER HARALD BERGFJORD
IPC: A61N5/10
Filed: 2015-02-10
Abstract: A radiotherapy ring 26, 28 apparatus features a chassis portion 26 and a source portion 28 containing a source 34 of a radiotherapy treatment beam 40. The source portion 28 is tiltable relative to a vertical face of the ring 26, 28, such as around rotatable connections 30a, 30b on an axis 32. In this manner when the source portion 28 is vertically aligned with the ring 26, 28, a standard treatment can be applied to a patient, with the beam issuing as the ring 26, 28 rotates around a horizontal axis 18. When the source portion 28 is tilted, an alternately directed treatment can be applied, again normally during rotation of the ring 26, 28. The device may further include a diagnostic x-ray tube device 44 and an imaging panel 46, on an axis orthogonal to the beam 40 axis, to take images of the treatment area of a patient 22.
Patent GB-2535736-A (GB)
Title: Gloves
Inventor: BERNARD GARVEY
IPC: A41D19/015
Filed: 2015-02-25
Abstract: A rubber or PVC glove comprises a palm layer and a dorsal layer with an interior space between the two layers. The glove has four fingers, a thumb and an open wrist end. A desiccant comprising calcium chloride is retained within the interior hand-receiving space of the glove. The glove is preferably waterproof and the desiccant may be in powdered form in a porous sachet or in a porous liner layer in the glove. The hygroscopic substance may also be dispersed in a water-absorbent gel. The invention also provides a sealed package for the glove, and a method of donning the glove.
Patent GB-2535774-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle mass estimation
Inventor: ANDREW FAIRGRIEVE
IPC: G01G19/08
Filed: 2015-02-27
Abstract: A system (14) for determining the mass of a vehicle (10) with an engine (12) applying a force output through a powertrain to the wheels (18). The system has an initial mass estimation (34), based on passenger occupants, for example via seat belt sensors. Further force estimation (30) and acceleration (22) measurements are made and used to estimate mass using a recursive least squares (RLS) algorithm (42). User behaviour signals, such as from seat belts or opening of doors (24), fuel port, boot or trunk provides a new initial estimation. Fuel level (28) can be measured to calculate fuel mass (38), providing a fuel independent force value in mass calculation (36). Threshold comparison (40) allows for the disregard of values not meeting predetermined conditions such as meass range, vehicle speed, or time after rest or gear shift operation. Tyre pressure or braking can be monitored or controlled on the basis of the mass estimates.
Patent GB-2536936-A (GB)
Title: Damper
Inventor: JONATHAN DUNN
IPC: F16F9/18
Filed: 2015-04-01
Abstract: A damper 10 is provided. The damper 10 comprises: a tubular body 12 having a first opening 14; and a piston 16 having a shaft 18 and a head 20 connected to the shaft 18. The head 20 is disposed in the tubular body 12 and is sealingly slidable therein. The shaft 18 extends through the first opening 14 and is sealingly slidable therethrough. A liquid 22 substantially fills a first volume 32 in the tubular body 12 between the head 20 and the first opening 14. Under load, the piston 16 may move relative to the tubular body 12 so as to increase the first volume 32 and cause the liquid to vaporise. A vehicle incorporating one or more such dampers is also provided.
Patent GB-2528160-A (GB)
Title: Method for calculating a seismic survey
Inventor: CHENE FABIEN
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2015-05-08
Abstract: Non-constant spatial parameters and/or temporal parameters are assigned respectively to at least one input shots sequence and shots time predictions computed from the input shots sequence, resulting in an adapted shots sequence. The spatial parameter may be a relative offset assigned to a shot, or a relative offset associated with a bearing. The temporal parameter may be a shot time interval. The parameters may be generated before the survey, at line submission and/or during the survey taking account of characteristics of the survey including ground and water properties, geometry of the shooting vessels, sea floor definition and specified depth observation. The adapted shots sequence provides flexibility for how and where to shoot during a multi-source marine seismic survey.
Patent GB-2523024-A (GB)
Title: Drilling apparatus and method
Inventor: CARBERRY JONATHAN MICHAEL
IPC: G05B19/4097
Filed: 2012-02-01
Abstract: An apparatus and method is for countersinking the hole formed in a curved aircraft panel. A drilling apparatus includes a pressure foot and a cutting tool. The foot has a passage for the tool to pass through. The first digital model 104 of the aircraft panel includes a model of the hole 102. The second digital model of the foot 106 includes a model of the passage 44. Processor/s are configured to: arrange the models such that the axes of the models of the hole and passage are aligned; determine a first distance, d; determine a second distance being the sum of a distance between the tool and the foot, the first distance, and a predetermined depth to which to the hole is to be countersunk. A controller is configured to control the drilling apparatus to perform the countersinking process including moving the foot such that its front surface is in contact with the curved surface of the aircraft panel, such that an axis of the hole is aligned with an axis of the passage and moving the tool through the passage to countersink the hole. The distance through which the tool is moved equals the determined second distance.
Patent GB-2539183-A (GB)
Title: A method, an apparatus, a computer program product for augmented reality
Inventor: AKOS VETEK
IPC: G06T19/20
Filed: 2015-06-02
Abstract: The invention relates to a method; an apparatus and a computer program product. The method comprises receiving video frames in electronic form: segmenting a video frame to detect interesting parts 520 such as eyes, mouth or lips: processing the interesting parts, e.g. enlarge them, to obtain altered parts 530; generating an overlay 540 comprising data on the altered parts: and applying the overlay 540 to the video frame to produce a presentation of the video frames including altered parts. The embodiments can be utilized as an augmented reality conversation aid to improve lip-reading by enlarging the mouth of a speaker. In an alternative embodiment the invention may be used to interpret feelings, emotions or gestures of a speaker.
Patent GB-2530633-A (GB)
Title: Method for operating a gaseous-fuel engine for a vehicle as well as drive unit for a vehicle
Inventor: CHENOWETH EVAN
IPC: F02D41/02
Filed: 2015-08-04
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a gaseous-fuel engine 12 for a vehicle, the method comprising detecting a pressure in a gaseous fuel tank 14, 24, 26 for storing gaseous fuel for the gaseous-fuel engine 12, using that data in an electronic control unit, ECU 18, to limit the total amount of torque allowed to be requested from the gaseous-fuel engine 12, and the rate of change of torque to be provided by the gaseous-fuel engine 12. The method may be used to prevent engine stall and may also utilise geographic data when determining the torque limit. A drive unit 10 using the method of operation is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2531875-A (GB)
Title: Screwdriver
Inventor: GONG ZHU
IPC: B25G1/04
Filed: 2015-08-13
Abstract: A screwdriver comprising a handle 1, a toolbar/shaft and tool bit and further comprising a stopping sleeve 2 wherein the stopping sleeve 2 is mounted around the toolbar and free to slide along the toolbar, a limit recess/groove 3 is provided near the bit end of the toolbar and is arranged to keep the stopping sleeve from sliding off the end of the toolbar, the stopping sleeve projects a certain distance further than the tool bit when the stopping sleeve is engaged with the limit recess, magnets are provided in the handle and stopping sleeve to retain the stopping sleeve at the upper end of the toolbar.
Patent GB-2525556-A (GB)
Title: Handle with retractable plunger
Inventor: EDER JAMES RYAN
IPC: F16H53/00
Filed: 2014-01-28
Abstract: An apparatus that retracts a plunger along an axis about which a handle pivots. The handle has two ends that are perpendicular, the second end having a sidewall with a barrel forming a chamber in which the plunger is slidably mounted. The sidewall has elongated slots through which opposing roller bars that extend from the plunger protrude through. A collar body is rotatably mounted to the second end and has opposing openings with triangular surfaces. The roller bars rest on the triangular surfaces, and when the first end of the handle is rotated about the central axis, the slot sidewalls drive the roller bars around the triangular surfaces, thereby causing axial movement of the plunger away toward the first end of the handle without moving the first end to move out of the plane in which it rotates.
Patent GB-2543076-A (GB)
Title: Soil and sediment remediation
Inventor: DOMEN LESTAN
IPC: C02F1/62
Filed: 2015-10-07
Abstract: A batch process for the remediation of soils and sediments contaminated with toxic metals selected from the group consisting of Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Mo, Tl, Cr, U, Cs and Sr, comprises: (a) washing or leaching the contaminated solid phase with a washing solution containing a aminopolycarboxylic acid or salt chelating agent such as EDTA, (b) separating the washing solution from the solid phase to obtain a washed solid phase and used washing solution;(c) rinsing the washed solid phase with one or several rinsing solutions; (d) separating the rinsing solutions from the washed solid phase to obtain a rinsed solid phase and used rinsing solutions; (e) adding a calcium containing base to the solutions obtained in steps (b) and (d) to obtain a pH between 11.5 and 13.5 such that a mixture of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2 ) and toxic metal hydroxides is precipitated; (f) adding a polysaccharide material such as paper to the solutions treated in step (e) for alkaline adsorption of toxic metals; (g) separation of the precipitated mixture and polysaccharide material from the solution of step (g); and re-using of the solution recycled in step (g) for rinsing the solid phase in step (c).
Patent GB-2546961-A (GB)
Title: High side output driver
Inventor: JUSTIN M HANSON
IPC: H03K17/08
Filed: 2015-12-10
Abstract: A high side output driver includes a controller capable of operating the high side output driver in a charging mode by outputting a pulse width modulated voltage signal. The on time of the pulse width modulated voltage signal is less than a minimum value of a blank time range ot the high side output driver. Also disclosed is a high side output driver comprising driver circuitry, current limiting circuitry and a controller including a processor and memory which stores instructions to cause the processor to perform the steps of initializing the high side driver, operating the high side driver in a charging mode and in a standard operations mode. Also disclosed is a method for detecting a fault in a high side output driver which involves placing the high side driver in a charging mode, comparing an output current of the high side driver against a threshold, incrementing a fault counter in response to a fault being detected and returning the high driver to the charging mode in response to the fault counter being less than or equal to a preset value.
Patent GB-2545643-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for plasma synthesis of carbon nanotubes
Inventor: CATHARINA PAUKNER
IPC: H05H1/42
Filed: 2015-12-15
Abstract: Apparatus 12 for plasma synthesis of carbon nanotubes comprises: a plasma nozzle coupled to a reaction tube or chamber 7; and means 5 for supplying a process gas to the plasma nozzle 11, which gas comprises a carbon-containing species. Also provided are means for supplying radio frequency radiation to the process gas within the plasma nozzle in order to cause cracking of the carbon containing species, and also means for providing a catalyst. The plasma nozzle is arranged such that an afterglow of the plasma extends into the reaction tube/chamber. The cracked carbon-containing species pass into the reaction tube/chamber, and recombine within the afterglow so as to form carbon nanotubes in the presence of the catalyst. Preferably, the plasma nozzle is shaped so as to cause, in use, three vortices to be formed in the process gas within the nozzle (see figure 2). The reaction tube/chamber may be cylindrical with curved side walls and an opening 9 for the carbon nanotubes to exit through, and may have means cooling the afterglow.