baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2435427-A (GB)
Title: Dental elevator or luxator
Inventor: KHAN-SULLMAN RUSSELL
IPC: A61C3/14
Filed: 2006-02-24
Abstract: A dental elevator and/or luxator which comprises a handle 15, an elevating/luxating tip 11 incorporating a bend 14 and a rigid interconnecting member wherein: the handle 15 and elevating/luxating tip 11 have a different longitudinal axis; the bend 14 has an angle of 150 degrees or less; the outer curve of the bend incorporates a groove 12A, 12B; the groove extends from the tip 11, along the bend 14 and onto the interconnecting member and the groove 12A, 12B faces away from the user. The device may incorporate one or more finger or thumb rests or additional means of handling. The elevating/luxating tip 11 may incorporate known components or more than one active surface. More than one bend 14 may be included.
Patent GB-2421360-A (GB)
Title: Synchronous Motor
Inventor: KOMATSU FUMITO
IPC: H02K29/10
Filed: 2004-05-31
Abstract: The invention provides a synchronous motor in which the share of space for a coil winding wound on a stator core through a bobbin is improved. A stator core (26) is dividably assembled to the axial opposite sides of a bobbin (29) having a coil winding (28) wound thereon.
Patent GB-2424390-A (GB)
Title: Moulded trim panels with cover portions
Inventor: COWELCHUK GLEN A
IPC: B60R21/04
Filed: 2006-03-22
Abstract: A method of making an interior trim panel (10), a mold (60) for forming the interior trim panel (10), and the interior trim panel (10), in which the vehicle trim panel (10) comprises a substrate portion (20) comprising a substrate shell layer (24) and a substrate core layer (28) substantially disposed within the substrate shell layer (24), and a padded cover portion (26) integrally molded onto at least a portion of the substrate portion (20). The padded cover portion (26) comprises a cover shell layer (48) and a cover core layer (42) substantially disposed within the cover shell layer (48).
Patent GB-2424909-A (GB)
Title: Directional drilling apparatus
Inventor: HEWSON JAMES ADAM
IPC: E21B7/06
Filed: 2005-04-05
Abstract: A directional drilling apparatus 10 comprises at least part of a body of the apparatus configured to resist rotation within a bore. This may be in the form of retractable blades or knives. Movement of another part of the body causes relative movement of further components and introduces an offset in a lower part of the body relative to the main axis of the body, thereby enabling directional drilling. Each of the parts may include an offset, and in one relative orientation the offsets are compounded, and in another they are cancelled out. The relative rotation may enable the lower part of the body to rotate through 180{. The coupled parts may be normally biased to a position to provide no offset.
Patent GB-2616817-A (GB)
Title: Device and method for winding filaments onto a moveable mandrel
Inventor: THOMAS BÄUMER
IPC: B01D53/24
Filed: 2006-04-27
Abstract: A device for laying fibers onto a rotating and movable mandrel comprises a rotating mandrel 20 located on a carriage 40 which can be traversed in a machine bed 11. The device comprises two functional sections. A first guide thread 30 is positioned in a first functional section and the rotating mandrel can be moved along the first thread guide on the carriage in order to lay down filaments 21 on the mandrel in a first angle α relative to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel. The carriage, together with the mandrel, is then traversed into the section functional section in which at least one further guide thread 31 is positioned, so that filaments can be laid on the mandrel with this second guide thread in a second angle β relative to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel.
Patent GB-2440146-A (GB)
Title: Railway track panels
Inventor: COTTRELL DAVID ARTHUR
IPC: E01B3/40
Filed: 2006-07-14
Abstract: An upper surface (10) of a precast concrete railway track panel (1) to which railway rails may be secured is transversely inclined with respect to the lower surface (20) of the panel and is formed with a drainage channel (30), e.g. of part circular Cross-section, which extends along the panel adjacent to a lowermost side of the upper surface. Alternatively, or in addition, the upper surface (10) of the panel (1) is provided with an upstand (10A, 10B) along at least one side thereof for inhibiting the flow of water from the panel (1) onto an underlying foundation. The channel (30) is covered by gratings and accepts clay channel inserts with a fall, provided by varying thickness mortar bed, leading to a junction with a cross-channel communicating with an adjacent external sump. Sumps are provided at intervals along the line of panels. Rails are supported on baseplates on plinths (50) to allow easy debris removal. Adjacent panels are coupled by male and female joints.
Patent GB-2441168-A (GB)
Title: A cover for a duvet or pillow
Inventor: DRMOLOVA GBOLAHAN NOIMOT
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 2006-08-22
Abstract: A cover (2) for a duvet <B>(4)</B> or pillow, which cover comprises four sides (6, 8, 10, 12), two of the sides (6, 8) are opposite each other and are permanently sealed, and two of the sides (10, 12) are opposite each other and are openable and closeable by fastener means (14) provided at each of the two sides (10, 12) which are openable and closeable. The cover is rectangular in plan and the openings may be in either the shortest or longest side. Fasteners can include zips, press studs, buttons, clips, ties, draw strings, hook and loop type fastenings. The arrangement is to enable easier fitting of a pillow or duvet.
Patent GB-2430715-A (GB)
Title: Ratcheting One-Way Clutch
Inventor: KIMES JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: F16D41/12
Filed: 2006-09-05
Abstract: An overrunning one-way clutch includes a cam plate formed with cam surfaces angularly spaced about a central axis, and a rocker plate including pockets angularly spaced about the axis, each pocket including a surface that closes the pocket at an axial end, an opening located at an axial end opposite the surface, and an aperture facing the cam surfaces. Each pocket contains a rocker supported for pivoting a portion of the rocker through the pocket aperture toward the cam surfaces. Springs supported on the rocker plate, urging each rocker toward an aperture and engagement with the cam surfaces.
Patent GB-2430119-A (GB)
Title: Method of downloading data to a mobile terminal
Inventor: ALLAN ADRIAN
IPC: H04W4/50
Filed: 2006-09-12
Abstract: A method for providing download data to a mobile terminal comprises the steps of: receiving a download request from a mobile terminal: determining characteristics of the mobile terminal: generating download data in dependence upon the characteristics of the mobile terminal, the download data relating to an image with which a user can interact; and transmitting the download data to a mobile terminal. The downloaded data can be an electronic scratch card displayed as an image on the mobile terminal. User input removes a portion of this image to reveal a second image.
Patent GB-2429795-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic drive apparatus of work machine
Inventor: NARUSE MASAMI
IPC: F02D29/04
Filed: 2005-04-28
Abstract: A hydraulic drive apparatus of a work machine capable of securely providing a fuel cost reduction effect also in an actual work in which working conditions vary every hour. The apparatus comprises a working condition discriminating part (41) discriminating working conditions and a hydraulic pump controller (40b) controlling the absorption torque of a hydraulic pump (18). When the working conditions discriminated by the working condition discriminating part (41) an specific ones, the hydraulic pump controller (40b) controls the absorption torque of the hydraulic pump (18) so that the absorption torque characteristic line of the hydraulic pump (18) matches the absorption torque characteristic line (PLb) of the hydraulic pump which makes equal the output torque of an engine (17) to the absorption torque of the hydraulic pump (18) at an engine output torque point (Mb) where a fuel consumption is approximately minimized.
Patent GB-2430287-A (GB)
Title: Method for generating a 3D earth model
Inventor: MADATOV ARKADY G
IPC: G06T17/05
Filed: 2005-06-01
Abstract: A method is provided for generating an invertible 3D hydrodynamic earth model suitable for defining target characteristics of a subsurface area formed by a plurality of formations and comprising drilling positions of potential and real wells. The method comprises constructing an initial 3D earth model by combining solutions for a set of single 1D models, each of the models corresponding to a real or potential well drilling position and covering the entire respective aggregate of formations along the wellbore, with solutions for a relevant set of 2D earth models which are constructed only for single formations, and optimizing the constructed initial 3D earth model by defining an optimal set of formations and an optimal set of calibratable model parameters. A method and system are also provided for application of the earth model construction method for predicting overpressure evolution before and during drilling. As the earth model constructed in accordance with the above method provides efficient inversion of data, in particular gathered while drilling, the prediction can be updated in real-time while drilling. The invention can ensure optimization of the drilling process and improves its safety.
Patent GB-2434375-A (GB)
Title: Immersed electrode assembly
Inventor: PERRINS MALCOLM JOHN
IPC: C23F13/18
Filed: 2007-01-19
Abstract: An immersed electrode, such as a sacrificial anode for use in cathodic protection of underwater metal components on boats, or as a grounding electrode is described. The electrode 22 is located on the structure 58 via a though hull fitting 10. The fitting 10 may also possess a valve (not shown) to prevent water ingress, and the electrode 22 can have a line of weakness 56 to prevent damage to the metal structure 58. The electrode 22 can also be retracted through the hull fitting 10 without being removed from said fitting 10.
Patent GB-2435752-A (GB)
Title: Efficient partitioning of control and data field
Inventor: SAMPATH ASHWIN
IPC: H04Q7/38
Filed: 2006-06-30
Abstract: Embodiments describe efficient tradeoff of latencies with processing times. A single control field can be placed within a frame to tradeoff encoding time with decoding time. Alternatively, a control field can be split into two portions to achieve good latency performance while maintaining sufficient processing time for scheduling, encoding and decoding. In accordance with some embodiments, a ACK/NACK field on one hop can serve the dual purpose of being a request for resources on the next hop in a multi-hop system. Also described is implicit acknowledgment monitoring that can improve latency performance.
Patent GB-2449070-A (GB)
Title: Cocktail dispenser
Inventor: CROWTHER DAVID
IPC: B67D1/00
Filed: 2007-05-08
Abstract: An apparatus 10 for automatically dispensing a beverage comprising at least one liquid ingredient, the apparatus comprising at least one dispenser 18, 20, 22 for dispensing a desired quantity of a liquid ingredient from a reservoir 12 into a receptacle 30 and a control circuit 16 operatively connected to the dispenser and being arranged to stop dispensation when the desired quantity of ingredient has been dispensed. The control circuit 16 is adapted to control the rate of dispensation such that the desired quantity of ingredient is dispensed within a predetermined time interval. The dispenser may comprise a peristaltic pump controlled by a speed controller. A dc motor speed controller is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2437005-A (GB)
Title: Valve
Inventor: EDDISON ALAN MARTYN
IPC: E21B34/06
Filed: 2007-07-10
Abstract: A downhole valve (10) comprises a tubular body (12) and a valve member (20) . The valve member is normally closed and in the closed position may prevent or restrict passage of a working fluid through the body. The valve member is movable to an open position, a first working fluid pressure differential being necessary to move the valve member from the closed position and a lower second working fluid pressure differential being necessary to maintain the valve member in the open position.
Patent GB-2450887-A (GB)
Title: Horse riding training aid
Inventor: GREENWOOD WILLIAM RONALD
IPC: A63B69/04
Filed: 2007-07-10
Abstract: A horse riding training aid comprises a dummy horse 10 for seating of a rider, a screen 14 for producing a visual image to the rider which simulates the riding of a horse, sensors A to H which generate signals in response to predetermined actions taken by the rider and a computer to adjust the visual image in response to the generated signals. Also disclosed is a training aid having a base portion 12 on which the dummy horse is displaceably mounted and a motor (46, figure 3) for displacing the dummy horse 10 with respect to the base portion 12. The dummy horse 10 has a seating portion 18 and a neck portion 20 which is pivotally mounted with respect to the seating portion. A linkage (64) extends between the neck portion 20 and the base portion 12, which provides an extremely realistic movement of the dummy horse and enhances the experience for the rider.
Patent GB-2439233-A (GB)
Title: Electrophoretic Separation Method
Inventor: NAKAMURA SHIN
IPC: G01N27/447
Filed: 2004-09-21
Abstract: An electrophoretic separation method comprises the steps of filling a sieving medium into at least one separating channel of an electrophoretic member, electrophoretically introducing a sample into the channel by injecting the sample from one of the first reservoirs at a sample injection side to a second reservoir, filling a migration buffer into the other of the first reservoirs, immersing one of electrodes into the second reservoir, and applying. a voltage between the second reservoir and the other end portion of the separating channel, filling the migration buffer into the first reservoir at the sample injecting side while leaving the sample in the second reservoir after the sample is introduced, and carrying out migrating separation by applying the voltage between the two end portions of the separating channel.
Patent GB-2445860-A (GB)
Title: Hollow submersible electric pump assembly
Inventor: HEAD PHILIP
IPC: E21B43/12
Filed: 2008-01-16
Abstract: An assembly for downhole applications comprises an electric motor 10, a pump 20driven by the electric motor, the assembly being suspended from and lowered through the well on a deployment tube 90, the electric motor and the pump both being hollow such that a bore 25 passes from the tube past the motor and the pump opening at the bottom of the assembly such that a device 95 suspended on a wireline 98 may be lowered through the deployment and pass through the electric motor and pump.
Patent GB-2441947-A (GB)
Title: Aflatoxin production inhibitor, and method for control of aflatoxin poisoning using the same
Inventor: SAKUDA SHOHEI
IPC: A01N37/46
Filed: 2006-06-13
Abstract: Disclosed are: an aflatoxin production inhibitor which can inhibit the production of aflatoxin specifically and effectively and is highly safe and practically useful; a process for producing the inhibitor with good efficiency; and a method for controlling the aflatoxin poisoning using the aflatoxin production inhibitor. An aflatoxin production inhibitor comprising at least one of a dioctane represented by the structural formula (I): (I) wherein R represents a hydrogen or a methyl group, and a derivative thereof as an active ingredient; a process for preparing an aflatoxin production inhibitor by culturing a dioctane-producing bacterium and then performing a method for separation/purification of the aflatoxin production inhibitor from a culture by centrifugal liquid-liquid partition chromatography or by chemical synthesis; and a method for controlling the aflatoxin poisoning comprising inhibiting the production of aflatoxin by an aflatoxin-producing bacterium using the aflatoxin production inhibitor.
Patent GB-2448050-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for extracting face images from video data and performing recognition matching for identification of people.
Inventor: WOO JUNG-SU
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2008-03-20
Abstract: A face region detecting apparatus and method comprising a face detection and recognition unit that (a) extracts a face image from an inputted image, (b) encodes the face image into a "feature code" and (c) stores the feature code in a database; and another unit/piece of apparatus (a face detection server in claim 1 or a face recognition module in claim 9) which (d) compares the face feature code with previously stored face feature codes, (e) determines whether the features of the codes match and (f) transmits a recognition result to the face detection and recognition unit. The inputted image may be from a digital video recorder, particularly one which records in infrared (IR) and has an infrared iris filter. The apparatus may comprise an light emitting diode (LED) emitting infrared light to illuminate subject people. The extraction of the face image may comprise searching and measuring information on a front face in real time, for example by: extracting a face screen from the video data input; deriving data values from the face screen by repeating course and fine inspections using an 'Ada Boost' calculation method; using these to determine face features; using these to determine geometrical positions of parts of the face and to derive a final face screen by equalising variation of brightness between left and right sides of the face; and deriving an image matching to a standard face screen by rotating, enlarging, and reducing the final face screen.
Patent GB-2459138-A (GB)
Title: Wire preparation device
Inventor: DUFF DAVID ALEXANDER
IPC: B25B11/02
Filed: 2008-04-12
Abstract: The device allows a user to prepare wires to wire a plug. The device ensures the wires a cut and stripped of their insulating cover by the correct amounts so that the wires fit perfectly in the plug. The device is made up of a hinged body with cutting blades which acts, when wires are placed into the body, to hold and cut the wires to the required length, and which strips the wires when a user pulls the wires out of the body.
Patent GB-2452112-A (GB)
Title: Power distribution socket which monitors data traffic
Inventor: BROWNE IAN
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 2005-06-21
Abstract: A power distribution apparatus 1 includes a master device 14, such as a desk-top computer, connected to a master electrical socket 2, and peripheral devices 10-13, such as printers, scanners, and monitors, connected to slave electrical sockets 3. Monitoring means are included for remotely monitoring data traffic via wireless communications, for example, between the computer and a wireless router or ADSL modem using WiFi or Bluetooth. A controller interrupts power to the peripheral devices 10-13 if the monitoring means determines that the computer has changed operating state. Preferably, the monitoring means monitors multiple wireless channels.
Patent GB-2459877-A (GB)
Title: Die for paperboard blanks, including selectively operable pins
Inventor: WESTBROOK JIM
IPC: B26D3/08
Filed: 2008-05-08
Abstract: The array (figures 3A-3F) of pins 108A-108L is held within a frame. In the clamped F2 state the parallel pins are fixed relative to each other. The position of each pin is adjustable along its longitudinal axis when the frame is in an unclamped state. Preferably the pins have mutually engaging splines, a textured surface, a screw thread (128, figure 6) or a resilient coating (126, figure 5). The die preferably also includes a gas flow and adjusting mechanism 116. The pins cut, score and crease the blanks 118.
Patent GB-2460249-A (GB)
Title: LED illuminated picture display unit
Inventor: WHITTLE JOHN ALFRED
IPC: A47G1/06
Filed: 2008-05-21
Abstract: The illuminated picture display unit comprises a box frame and LED (light emitting diode) illumination. The LED's are mounted in strips 3 along two opposite internal sides of the frame perimeter. This allows the mounted image 5 to be lit, exploiting the wide-angle beam of light emitted from each LED, together with the reflection of light by the glass pane mounted in the front of the frame 2. The display unit is supplied with 12V d.c. using an appropriately rated power supply unit. The item for display is accessible by removal of the frame backing-board 6. The front apertures 1 and 4 are also interchangeable to suit the subject dimensions. A number of display units can be powered simultaneously from one power supply.
Patent GB-2456357-A (GB)
Title: Router cutter with first and second oppositely angled cutting edges
Inventor: HOWELL EDWARD JAMES
IPC: B23C5/10
Filed: 2008-06-05
Abstract: A router cutter 10 comprises a shank 12 and a cutting portion 14, the cutting portion 14 having first and second flutes 22,24 and respective first and second cutting edges 26, 28. The first cutting edge is inclined at an angle to the central axis 16 of the cutter, and the second cutting edge is inclined at a substantially equal negative angle to the central axis of the cutter. A roller bearing 18 may be mounted for rotation at a distal end of the cutter. The first and second cutting edges may be inclined at between 0.5 to 6 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the cutter.
Patent GB-2460715-A (GB)
Title: Mini Fuel Cell
Inventor: HYDE KRIS
IPC: H01M8/24
Filed: 2008-06-10
Abstract: The present invention is a combination of a first fuel cell containing a gaseous reactant e.g, hydrogen and oxygen , and a second fuel cell containing at least two liquid reactants e.g. sodium borohydride, formic acid or methanol with hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate which react to produce a product gas, wherein the first fuel cell consumes the product gas from the second fuel cell and produces power.
Patent GB-2456190-A (GB)
Title: A method for operating a multipoint control system.
Inventor: WEI MENG-HSIU
IPC: H05B37/02
Filed: 2008-06-10
Abstract: The method comprises providing the multipoint control system 1, wherein the multipoint control system includes a plurality of controlled units serially connected. Each of the controlled units has a execution unit and an interpretive unit; each of the interpretive units has a data processing unit and a memory unit. An information stream 2 is transmitted by a controller, wherein the information stream includes a first start packet and a plurality of first data packets, the first start packet includes a first leading message, a first address, and a first length message. The first address is modified by each of the data processing units included in each of the interpretive units according to the first leading message and transmitting to the next stage. The first data packet corresponding to the first address is retrieved 4 by each of the interpretive units according to the first address, and the first length message. Each of the execution units included in each of the interpretive units is enabled according to content of each of the first data packets. The multipoint controllers may be light emitting diode (LED) drivers or controllers. The information stream may comprise a clock signal and a data signal.
Patent GB-2447599-A (GB)
Title: Thermal compensation of pressure measurements
Inventor: SATO SHIGERU
IPC: G01L19/04
Filed: 2007-01-24
Abstract: Methods and systems for thermal compensation of pressure measurements by a pressure gauge. Errors in pressure values are reduced by utilizing a predetermined correlation between the error in pressure measurements, due to temperature gradient in a pressure gauge, and the temperature gradient caused by temperature at a surface of the pressure gauge and temperature at an inner portion of the pressure gauge. Thermally corrected pressure values are derived based on the correlation between the pressure errors and the temperature gradients in conditions such as due to fast and large pressure variations in oil wells.