baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2402747-A (GB)
Title: Self-test system for a medical device
Inventor: MILLS DESMOND BRYAN
IPC: A61N1/39
Filed: 2003-06-14
Abstract: A medical device, particularly an automatic external defibrillator (AED), incorporates a self-test system to test components of the device and display status information to the user. The self-test system comprises one or more self-test units associated with components 5a to 5d of the medical device. In the case of the AED, these components may be electrode pads, communication systems or a battery. The self-test units produce test data which may be sent to summator 6. A processor 3 analyses the output of summator 6 and displays results on indicator 4. The components' self-tests are carried out automatically without the need for direct control from a processor of the medical device.
Patent GB-2392265-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic control of resource usage in a multimodal system
Inventor: BRITTAN PAUL ST JOHN
IPC: G10L11/00
Filed: 2003-06-16
Abstract: The relative average actual or allocated usage of a limited resource, such as communication bandwidth 69, by task entities 65, 67 in different respective input-modality processing stacks 60, 61 is dynamically adjusted. This adjustment is effected by a moderator 70 in dependence on one or more of the actual usage of the different modalities by a user, the confidence in the results of processing of each of the modalities, and pragmatic information on mode usage. Embodiments show different input modalities such as speech and gesture recognition.
Patent GB-2403677-A (GB)
Title: Fixture interface sensor
Inventor: NAYLOR DAVID CHARLES
IPC: B23Q1/03
Filed: 2003-07-10
Abstract: A machine fixture (10) has a support surface (12) and apertures (15) to the opposite side. Push rods (18) extend through the aperture and operate switches (17) to indicate correct engagement of a component (19) on the surface (12). Preferably the switches are pneumatic so as to allow flood cooling of the component during machining thereof.
Patent GB-2404151-A (GB)
Title: The use of ethylene dioxide in providing an item substantially free from DNA
Inventor: ALLEN HEATHER
IPC: A61L2/20
Filed: 2003-12-04
Abstract: A method of treatment in which an item has a first pre-treatment state in which it has or potentially has DNA associated with it and has a second pre-treatment state in which it is substantially free of DNA. The treatment involves contacting the item with a material which includes ethylene dioxide. The method further includes analysing one or more of the treated items to establish the amount of DNA associated with it after treatment. Preferably the material used in a mixture of gases comprising at least 10% by weight of ethylene oxide. The method may be particularly useful in the field of forensic analysis, and item may be a container, tip, tube, automation plate, swab, swab shaft, piece of forensic equipment or part of any of these.
Patent GB-2409034-A (GB)
Title: Interaction-free object detection
Inventor: GHOSE PARTHA
IPC: G01N21/55
Filed: 2003-12-12
Abstract: An interferometer includes a beam splitter BS1 which splits radiation into two paths U, D. The first path U includes a prism TIRU which reflects radiation by total internal reflection creating an evanescent wave at a sensing surface. Radiation from the paths U, D is combined by a second beam splitter BS2 which directs light towards one of two detectors Db, Dd. In the absence of an object O, total destructive interference of radiation from the paths U, D occurs at one detector Dd. The presence of an object O near the sensing surface of the first prism TIRu scatters the evanescent wave resulting in photons tunnelling out of the first prism TIRu This disturbs the total destructive interference at the detector Dd which detects photons with non-zero probability.
Patent GB-2413492-A (GB)
Title: A hair styling device
Inventor: PARKINSON JAMES WALTER
IPC: A45D2/36
Filed: 2004-04-30
Abstract: The device comprises a shaped body that defines a forward surface 3 from which extend hair-curling prongs, or tines, 5. The prongs 5 may be supported on rotatable base plates 6 mounted on the forward surface 3 and they may be arranged equidistantly from the axis of rotation of each base plate 6. Two or more prongs 5 may be fixed to each rotatable base plate 6 following this pattern and may extend from it in parallel, or at an angle, with respect to the axis of rotation. Additionally the base plates 6 may have a central prong 11, (4, Fig.3 and 25, Fig.4) on the axis itself, and this central prong could be thicker and longer than the surrounding ones and taper inwardly from its base to its free end. The plates 6 may be rotated by a manual lever or by an electric motor, and either directly or via a system of cogs and gears (7, 8 Fig.2) one of which can be a ring gear 8. The shaped body may comprise an end 2 adapted for attachment to the nozzle of a hair dryer or, alternatively, the shaped body itself could be made integral with the hair dryer. The blown air could pass through holes (28, Fig.4) in the forward surface 3 or via openings in the prongs. Alternatively the central prong could be provided with a heating element. The device need be attached to a hair dryer and the end 2 could be a solid handle.
Patent GB-2410016-A (GB)
Title: Broadcasting information relating to a consumable product by means of a logo
Inventor: COOMBER LEE JAMES
IPC: A23L35/00
Filed: 2004-05-11
Abstract: A consumable article and a method for broadcasting a company's products and communicating corporate values is disclosed which includes providing a logo constructed as an alphabet letter formed from at least three groups of symbols, a first of the three groups representing one product category, a second of the three groups representing another product category, and a third of the three groups representing corporate values. The article bears the logo applied to a label on a package housing a consumable material.
Patent GB-2415520-A (GB)
Title: Hierarchical 3D data system
Inventor: AHMAD SALMAN
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2004-06-25
Abstract: A computer system for extracting and linking information from a 3D database of three dimensional geometry data and a content store, containing data objects, such as an enterprise database or corporate intranet, the system comprising: hierarchy building means for reading the three dimensional geometry data and constructing a hierarchy of 3D nodes of this data, means for building ontological links between the 3D nodes and related data objects from/in the content store, and means for storing the data hierarchy with built ontological links.
Patent GB-2415870-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive OFDM multi-carrier system using subsets of best quality channels.
Inventor: CHOI HOKYU
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2004-06-30
Abstract: In an adaptive multicarrier Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multi-Access (OFDM) system, the receiver includes index data in the control signals (fig. 8) fed back to the transmitter uplink which identifies a predetermined number Lc of subchannels of the best quality and indicates their Signal to Noise Ratios (SNR), as measured from a pilot signal. The number of subchannels Lc is varied in inverse relation to the number of terminals such that the capacity remains monotonic. The index portion is coded as a multi-bit tuple comprising a number of bits B capable of indicating all possible combinations of the Lc subchannels, and the channel quality metric is indicated by m data bits, thus reducing the capacity required on the uplink channel compared to sending a separate indication of the subcarrier number for each channel.
Patent GB-2403280-A (GB)
Title: Ball valve assembly
Inventor: MILBERGER LIONEL JOHN
IPC: F16K31/524
Filed: 2003-04-17
Abstract: The ball valve assembly 10 includes a valve body 12, a ball 14, a seat ring 30, a support ring 40, and an actuator sleeve 50 surrounding the ball and axially moveable within the valve body for rotating the ball between the open position and the closed position. A plurality of seals seal with the seat ring, the actuator sleeve, the support ring, and the valve body. The actuator sleeve 50 maintains fluid pressure within the valve body. The ball, support ring and seat ring are each formed from a selective material to enhance life of the ball valve assembly. A pair of pins 80, 82 each extend in a slot within the ball and holes in the sleeve, and preferably the pair of pins and the ball rotate with respect to the sleeve as the sleeve moves axially within the valve body.
Patent GB-2419716-A (GB)
Title: Storage of purchase-related information
Inventor: MCDONNELL JAMES THOMAS EDWARD
IPC: G06K19/07
Filed: 2004-10-29
Abstract: Purchase-related information, such as a receipt or a warranty, is stored in a memory tag which is attached to, or forms an integral part of, a product. The purchase-related information is validated if a claim is made.
Patent GB-2420167-A (GB)
Title: Water mains vent
Inventor: SMITH KEVIN JAMES
IPC: F16K24/04
Filed: 2004-11-10
Abstract: A vent valve 10 for a water main comprising a body 12 removably attachable to a hydrant 20, the body 12 having at least one aperture 34 therein and at least one sealing means 32 movable between open and closed positions, the closed position being such that the aperture 34 is sealed by the sealing means 32, wherein, in use, the sealing means 32 is adapted to lie in the open position until water 41 is introduced into the body 12 whereupon the sealing means 32 moves to the closed position to seal the aperture 34. A spaced apart cover plate 36 may be provided over the aperture 34. A gasket 36 may be provided between the body 12 and hydrant 20, which may serve to prevent the sealing means 32 from escaping. The sealing means 34 is preferably a rubber ball.
Patent GB-2421284-A (GB)
Title: Oil tank for dry sump engines
Inventor: RICHARDS MATTHEW JOHN
IPC: B01D19/00
Filed: 2004-12-15
Abstract: An oil tank 10 for a dry sump engine has a housing 11 having an upper region 13 and a lower region 14 in which the oil is contained. The lower region 14 has an oil outlet 19 to feed a pump which supplies oil to the engine. The upper region 13 houses a swirl tube 16 connected to an oil inlet 17 for air to separate from the incoming oil. The upper region 13 includes an air outlet 15 and is provided with two dished baffle plates 30, 31 each shaped to form a collector area which slopes towards the swirl tube 16 in order to reduce droplets of condensation formed in the upper region flowing into the lower region 14. The wall of the swirl tube 16 is heated by the incoming oil to promote vaporisation of droplets of condensation collected in the collector area.
Patent GB-2424595-A (GB)
Title: Computer game electrical stimulation pads
Inventor: WRIGHTSON CLIVE THOMAS
IPC: G06F3/00
Filed: 2005-04-02
Abstract: A computer game accessory which connects to and receives digital instructions from a computer and as a result produces electrical pulses which are fed to pads attached to a players body for the purpose of producing electrical stimulation to the players muscles thereby adding physical effect to the game experience.
Patent GB-2427365-A (GB)
Title: Rebreather with gradual CO2 breakthrough
Inventor: DEAS ALEX
IPC: A62B9/00
Filed: 2005-06-17
Abstract: A rebreather which has a plurality of scrubbers 32, 33 or scrubber regions operating in parallel where the gas flow through the scrubbers or scrubber regions is unequal. Preferably the scrubbers 32, 33 or scrubber regions have independent CO2 sensors or thermal monitors. The unequal gas flow may be created by use of a membrane with perforations or varying permeability, baffles with varying shapes or positions or by a physical offset in the inlet 13 or outlet hoses. The rebreather may have a radial or wide axial scrubber with an uneven backpressure or airflow to provide gradual collapse. The scrubber may use granular material with offset inlet and outlet hoses. Alternatively a laminar scrubber may vary the gas flow using cones. The unequal gas flow may be in the ratio range from 1:5 to 1:1:1 and may indicate the scrubber life or operation.
Patent GB-2427829-A (GB)
Title: Tiltable board game and game pieces of different weights
Inventor: JEFFREYS MATTHEW DANIEL DAVID
IPC: A63F9/00
Filed: 2005-07-01
Abstract: A board game comprises a board 1 balanced on a central pivot 2, so that it may tilt in any direction. Numbered counters (fig 2) with weights which increase proportionally to the numbers thereon are placed on the board. A counterweight (fig 4) is placed on one side of the board while the counters are placed and is removed when all the counters are in place. If the solution of the puzzle is correct the board will be balanced on the central pivot.
Patent GB-2429065-A (GB)
Title: A spanner in which each driving member has a strain guage situtuated in a groove or recess having a force concentrating notch in its wall
Inventor: HSIEH CHIH-CHING
IPC: G01L5/24
Filed: 2005-08-11
Abstract: A hand tool with strain gauges comprises a tool body; and the tool body having a handle; each of a front end and a rear end of the handle being extended with respective driving portions; each driving portion having a driving head for driving a screw means; each end of the handle being formed with a groove near a respective one of the driving portion; each groove being formed with at least one notch for concentrating stress forces; at least one side wall of each groove being installed with a strain gauge; the handle being installed with two integrating elements; each integrating element being electrically connected to a respective one of the strain gauges. The hand tool may be a wrench or a compound spanner.
Patent GB-2415071-A (GB)
Title: Simulating multiple audio beacons for guiding a user along a target path
Inventor: HULL RICHARD
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2003-07-24
Abstract: An audio-based guide arrangement is provided for guiding a user along a target path 120 by the use of multiple virtual audio beacons 127A,B,C. The user's current location 121 is sensed and compared to the target path 120. Sounds are fed to the user, for example through stereo headphones, to simulate multiple audio beacons appearing to be located in a direction at least approximating the direction of the target path 120 onward from the user's current position. In a preferred embodiment, as the user approaches the apparent location of a first one of the beacons, this beacon is removed and a new beacon added beyond the location of the beacon previously furthest along the target path.
Patent GB-2430065-A (GB)
Title: Device for alerting a driver that they have entered a specific area, storing details about the entry with follow up warnings based on the stored data
Inventor: IREGBULEM KELEM ASHLEY
IPC: G08G1/133
Filed: 2005-09-09
Abstract: The portable device and system, for alerting a driver of a vehicle that they have entered a specific controlled area or territory, that is disclosed consists of a receiver to detect the entry of boundary crossing, data storage to record the entry, warning means to alert the driver and a timer to generate further warnings at predetermined times based on the data stored. The device may have a transmitter to transmit a signal to a computer in a network, the signal including identity details stored on a chip in the device's holder. The device could detect entry into the controlled zone by receiving signals from ground based transmitters at the boundary and comparing the detected location with a stored database. The network computer may be a congestion charge computer. The device may also have display for showing messages about payment fees.
Patent GB-2430661-A (GB)
Title: Pulley arrangement with an adjustably-mounted line guide
Inventor: SMITH GILES
IPC: B63B21/10
Filed: 2005-09-17
Abstract: A pulley arrangement, particularly for use on a racing dinghy, has a carrier 12 within which is a sheave 13. The carrier has an arcuate track 19 disposed radially beyond the periphery of the sheave and a line guide, which may include a self-jamming cleat 31 and a fairlead 33, is adjustably mounted on the track. The line guide may be clamped in position by a bolt 29.
Patent GB-2435438-A (GB)
Title: A drill guide
Inventor: HEPWORTH PAUL STEABBEN
IPC: B25D17/14
Filed: 2006-02-28
Abstract: A drill guide 10, for guiding a drill bit towards a predetermined drilling location on an object is described. The guide comprises a guide body 12 which defines an elongate bore 16 for receiving a drill bit to be guided thereby. The guide body 12 includes a support surface 18 which is securable to the object and at least one waste conduit 20 which is formed in communication with the bore 16. The drill guide 10 also includes a collection member 14 which is positioned relative to the or each waste conduit 20 so as to, in-use, retain drilling debris expelled therethrough. The collection member 14 may comprise a transparent portion and an adhesive disc 38 used to secure the guide to the object.
Patent GB-2435987-A (GB)
Title: Detecting interference in a mobile system
Inventor: JAKOBSEN JENS
IPC: H04K3/00
Filed: 2006-03-08
Abstract: A mobile communication system (100) includes an infrastructure (121) including at least a first base transceiver station (123) and a plurality of mobile stations (101, 103), wherein each of the mobile stations is operable to detect interference by jamming to a signal sent on a downlink channel by the first base transceiver station and, when it determines that such interference exists, to send a notification message to the infrastructure. Also described is a mobile station (101) a base transceiver station (123) and a method (300, 400) of operation in the system 100.
Patent GB-2435828-A (GB)
Title: Use of substituted phenyl-piperazine compounds for treatment of food related disorders
Inventor: BUSCHMANN HELMUT HEINRICH
IPC: A61K31/496
Filed: 2006-03-09
Abstract: Use of phenyl-piperazine compounds of general formula I, <EMI ID=1.1 HE=43 WI=88 LX=643 LY=610 TI=CF> <PC>for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders or diseases that are at least partially mediated via 5-HT6 receptors. The compounds find use in the treatment of food disorders such as obesity.
Patent GB-2444733-A (GB)
Title: Fluid delivery device
Inventor: POLLARD JAMES
IPC: F16K11/02
Filed: 2006-12-14
Abstract: Fluid delivery apparatus 10 comprises a first conduit 32 having an inlet arranged to be connected to a first fluid source, the first conduit 32 having a fluid outlet; a second conduit 34 having an inlet arranged to be connected to a second fluid source, the second conduit 34 having a fluid outlet; and fluid flow control means 20. The delivery apparatus 10 further comprises diverter apparatus 30, the diverter apparatus 30 being operable between diverted and non-diverted configurations, wherein in the non-diverted configuration the delivery apparatus 10 is arranged to provide a flowpath between the first conduit inlet and the first conduit outlet when the control means 20 is in a first open configuration, and to block said flowpath when the control means 20 is in a first closed configuration. The delivery apparatus 10 is further arranged to provide a flowpath between the second conduit inlet and the second conduit outlet when the control means 20 is in a second open configuration, and to block said flowpath when the control means 20 is in a second closed configuration. In the diverted configuration the delivery apparatus 10 is arranged to provide a flowpath between the first conduit inlet and the second conduit outlet when the control means 20 is in a first open configuration, and to block said flowpath when the control means 20 is in a first closed configuration.
Patent GB-2444972-A (GB)
Title: Musical instrument support dynamically conforming to a players body movements
Inventor: BILLING HELEN
IPC: G10D1/02
Filed: 2006-12-18
Abstract: A rest for a musical instrument, such as a shoulder rest for a violin or viola, includes a resilient pad 1 disposed between the player's body and the instrument. The resilient pad 1 dynamically conforms to the player's body movements and may be made from a visco-elastic polyurethane flexible foam exhibiting a shape memory effect. The flexible foam may reflect the body contours of the player in response to the player's body temperature. A soft layer (10 may be disposed between the resilient pad 1 and the player's body. The rest may also include a block 2, frame or shell to attach the resilient pad 1 to the instrument.
Patent GB-2444957-A (GB)
Title: Obtaining a pore pressure measurement of a subsurface formation
Inventor: COOK JOHN
IPC: E21B47/06
Filed: 2006-12-22
Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for measuring pressure and temperature (sensor system 30) at a measuring location proximal to the wellbore 10 for a predetermined amount of time, storing the measurements, communicating the measurements and processing the pore pressure form the pressure and temperature measurements. The measuring location may be a location in a channel 50 drilled from the wellbore into the formation 20.
Patent GB-2437375-A (GB)
Title: Electrical or optical connector capable of being mated remotely in a fluid environment
Inventor: LAGATHU CEDRIC
IPC: H01R13/631
Filed: 2006-12-22
Abstract: An electrical or optical connector, for use underwater and capable of being mated remotely, has a ball joint to allow for misalignment of the connectors. A receptacle 3 has a contact pin 7, and a plug 1 has a female contact part receiving this. The plug has a rear handle 11 allowing the coupling or uncoupling of the connector, for example by a remote-controlled vehicle. The rear body part 15 of the plug has a cavity 19, capturing with limited angular displacement in axial alignment a ball-joint element 13 rigidly fixed to the rear handle, the ball-joint element being held in along the axis of the plug by a spring 35, the ball-joint element also comprising at least one longitudinal spline (31, Fig 2) designed to engage into a complementary groove in the rear body part of the plug, locking, with limited play, any freedom for the ball-joint element to rotate relative to the body of the plug.
Patent GB-2446221-A (GB)
Title: A method of determining the density and/or bleachability of teeth
Inventor: CHAN WYMAN
IPC: A61K6/00
Filed: 2007-02-02
Abstract: A method of determining the density and/or bleachability of teeth for selecting an appropriate regime for cosmetic whitening of at least one tooth of a living being. The method includes comparing first and second indicators to estimate the density of a subjects teeth. The first indicator is assigned corresponding to the shade of the subject's teeth prior to dehydration and the second indicator is assigned corresponding to the shade after dehydration. The method also includes determining whether or not bleaching would be noticeably effective based on the density of the at least one tooth. A whitening regime is selected according to the difference between the first and second indicators and, if the bleaching would not be noticeably effective, bleaching of the teeth is preferably avoided.
Patent GB-2436785-A (GB)
Title: Food slicing machines having moveable gates
Inventor: CULLING ALAN
IPC: A22C17/02
Filed: 2007-02-15
Abstract: A food slicing machine is described which has a slicing blade (15) for slicing a food product. A moveable gate (13) is positioned adjacent to the blade and moveable between an operative position in which the gate forms an abutment against which the food product is pressed prior to slicing, and an inoperative retracted position in which the food product can advance towards the blade for slicing. The gate undergoes a downwardly directed movement generally towards the blade when the gate moves from the operative position to the inoperative position so that the food product is advanced above the retracted gate towards the slicing blade.