baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2405324-A (GB)
Title: Multi-positional interlocking plank furniture
Inventor: TOBIN JONATHAN
IPC: F16B12/10
Filed: 2003-08-16
Abstract: A modular furniture arrangement comprises a kit of planks with each plank 1 having two or more evenly spaced holes along the plank length. The planks are interlocked by pegs 2 which are received in selected holes of the planks to create a variable supporting surface, e.g. a bench or underframe for a table top. The pegs may act as supporting legs for the supporting surface. Spacer planks 3 may also be provided.
Patent GB-2397596-A (GB)
Title: Gel pig
Inventor: SMITH KEVIN W
IPC: C09K8/24
Filed: 2003-12-10
Abstract: An aqueous gel pig has a shear viscosity of at least 45000 or a "10/100 20/40" settling rate result at 60 minutes of no more than 8 millimetres. The gel is formed from a composition of an anionic or cationic polymer, a lesser amount of a counterionic surfactant, a hydrophobic alcohol, an amphoteric surfactant and amine oxide, where the gel has a Zeta potential of 20 millivolts or higher or -20 millivolts or lower.
Patent GB-2391878-A (GB)
Title: Brick slip fixture system
Inventor: KING DAVID
IPC: E04F13/08
Filed: 2002-05-22
Abstract: A brick slip cladding panel is provided for fastening a support structure such as a wall, to provide the appearance of a brick wall. The panel comprises brick slips (6) fixed to a backing layer, wherein the backing layer comprises a foam layer (1) having a front face and a back face and a metal frame (2) disposed adjacent the fort face of the foam layer(1). The metal frame (2) comprises spaced, parallel, horizontal wires (2a) for supporting a row of brick slips (6), and non-horizontal wires (2b) fixed to the horizontal wires (2a) for supporting the horizontal wires (2a) and maintaining the horizontal wires (2a) in spaced, parallel orientation. The foam layer (1) comprises non-horizontal channels (1e) in the front face of the foam layer(1) for accommodating the non-horizontal wires (2b) therein. The horizontal wires (2a) protrude at least partially from the front face of the foam layer (1), and the non-horizontal wires (2b) are accommodated in the channels (1e) so as not to protrude from the front face of the foam layer (1). The metal frame (2) is fastenable to the support structure through the foam layer, for example with fasteners (3). Pointing mortar (5) may be applied in the grooves between adjacent brick slips (6).
Patent GB-2401016-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for rapidly outputting a waveform template
Inventor: LEE NICHOLAS CHARLES
IPC: H04B1/69
Filed: 2001-06-23
Abstract: A 256-sample representation of a short-duration Ultra Wideband (UWB) pulse is generated faster than would be possible via a Digital Analogue Convertor (DAC) by rippling a pulse (xn) several times along a delay bank (10). The output template yn comprises the summed output from 16 mixers (9), each fed by one input from the delay bank 10 and one from a bank of 16 memories (12) via a DAC (11). The first memory contains taps b0,16,32...240, the second b1,17,33...241 etc. After the first pass yields taps 0-15, a counter (13) is incremented, its value C fed into the memories and the pulse rippled though the loop once more, further yielding taps 16-31. After completing a full sequence of 16 loops yielding 256 values, Y is output and the next impulse X arrives. Reconstructing the pulse via an equivalent Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter would require some 256 mixers and DAC's, ie. 16 times more hardware.
Patent GB-2412438-A (GB)
Title: Leak locator
Inventor: THOMPSON MARTIN
IPC: G01L3/24
Filed: 2003-12-24
Abstract: A method of determining the presence and location of leaks in a pipeline (2) comprising inserting a leak location device capable of detecting and recording the occurrence of noise into the flow of fluid (1) within the pipeline (2); allowing the leak location device to travel through the pipeline (2) with the fluid flow; causing the leak location device to detect and record noise in the fluid; and causing the leak location device to record the time at which noise is detected. Generally the leak location device is retrieved from the pipeline (2) downstream to its insertion point.
Patent GB-2431213-A (GB)
Title: An electrically isolating, thermally conducting mechanical joint
Inventor: BELTON NEIL JOHN
IPC: F16B43/00
Filed: 2005-10-14
Abstract: An electrically isolating, thermally conducting mechanical joint (10) includes first and second thermally conductive parts (12, 14). A thermally conducting, electrically isolating body (16) is placed between the first and second thermally conductive parts (12, 14). A through fastener (18) passes through aligned holes (20) in the first and second thermally conductive parts (12, 14) and the thermally conducting, electrically isolating body (16) to hold the joint together so that the first thermally conductive part (12) is in thermal contact with but electrical isolation from the second thermally conductive part (14). The thermally conducting, electrically isolating body (16) may be a planar or "top hat" washer having a thermal conductivity of at least 1.25 W/m.K and a volume resistivity of at least 1015   L  .cm at a temperature of 25{C.
Patent GB-2416233-A (GB)
Title: Publishing system and method
Inventor: FARRAN HOWARD E
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2004-03-19
Abstract: A publishing system for creating a printed publication with input and content from a substantial portion of the readership via an online forum (303), and a method of obtaining and selecting content that will be highly likely to interest readers of a subject area.
Patent GB-2420361-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus, casing and method for heating a material used for sealing faults within cement used for sealing an oil or gas well
Inventor: SPENCER HOMER L
IPC: E21B33/13
Filed: 2003-02-27
Abstract: An apparatus, casing and method is disclosed for heating a material used for sealing faults within the cement used for sealing an oil or gas well. The apparatus comprises a heating tool 312 (e.g. an induction type or resistive type), a hollow core within the tool for carrying meltable material 313 and for allowing the material to liquefy upon heating by the heating tool, a piston 320 within the heating tool for applying pressure to the material following the liquefying of the material within the tool and for forcing the liquefied material from the tool through perforations 304 and into adjacent well cement 300 and formation 303. When the material cools and solidifies any faults in the cement/formation become sealed. The casing 301 may have a meltable material of a predetermined thickness over a predetermined length of the casing.
Patent GB-2417115-A (GB)
Title: Managing synonymic searching and ranking results
Inventor: SIMSKE STEVEN J
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2003-09-12
Abstract: A system and method for computerized searching for desired information from a corpus of information receives a query for desired information at a synonymic search application. Also received is an input for tuning the amount of synonymic broadening, ie the number of synonyms used, to be applied to the received query for constructing a synonymic search query to be utilized for searching for the desired information. A synonymic search application performs a synonymic search query for desired information from the corpus of information, wherein the synonymic search query comprises a plurality of queries that are synonymous in meaning. Identification of resulting documents responsive to each of the plurality of queries is received, and such received documents are ranked based at least in part on a weighting assigned to each of the plurality of queries, which ranking may be related to the co-occurence of synonyms in the corpus.
Patent GB-2432654-A (GB)
Title: Work lamp with pivoting light tube and mounting magnet
Inventor: HUANG TONY
IPC: F21L4/04
Filed: 2005-11-25
Abstract: An adjustable working lamp includes a base 10 incorporating a circuit board (11, fig 2), a battery (12, fig 2), and having a pivot portion (15, fig 2) at one end and a magnet (14, fig 4) at the other. The magnet allows the working lamp to be mounted to an appropriate surface. A pivot base 20 is pivoted about the pivot portion of the base. A switch 27 is provided on the pivot base. An illuminating tube 30 is enclosed by lids (33, fig 2) at either end. A shaft (35, fig 2) through one lid is attached to the pivot base and enables the tube to be rotated to direct the light. A rotatable hook mount 40 is provided on the other lid. The illuminating tube may contain a fluorescent tube or LEDs.
Patent GB-2432897-A (GB)
Title: Controlled rate freezer for biological material
Inventor: BUTLER STEPHEN JAMES
IPC: F25D17/04
Filed: 2005-12-02
Abstract: A controlled rate freezer 10 for the controlled freezing of biological material, the freezer comprises a first chamber 14 for holding biological material to be frozen, a second chamber 20 for holding a cryogenic substance, forced convection means 22, 24 for lowering the temperature of the first chamber 14 by forcibly moving air present in the first chamber 14 towards the second chamber 20 whereby heat transfer occurs at the second chamber 20, and control means 26 for monitoring the temperature of the first chamber 14 and controlling the forced convection means 22, 24 based on the monitored temperature, so that in use the lowering of the temperature of the first chamber 14, and thus the freezing of the biological material, follows a material-dependent predetermined optimum or substantially optimum freezing profile. The forced convection means includes two recirculating flow paths 32, 40 along which air in the first chamber 14 is movable at a rate controlled by the control means 26. The first flow path 32 is solely located in the first chamber 14 and spaced from the second chamber 20 so that air travelling on the first flow path 32 is not subjected to direct cooling at the second chamber 20, and the second flow path 40 meets the first flow path 32 and extends to the second chamber 20, so that air travelling on the second flow path 40 is subjected to cooling at the second chamber 20 and feeds the air thus cooled onto the first flow path 32.
Patent GB-2420971-A (GB)
Title: Foldable clothes hanger
Inventor: NATHANMANNA AMEYRTHARATNARAJAH
IPC: A47G25/40
Filed: 2005-12-13
Abstract: A foldable clothes hanger comprising two foldable arms (17,22) mounted pivotably on a common axis (8), each arm (17,22) having a part provided with a toothed arcuate rack (14,19) engaging a pinion (24,23) that is mounted pivotally on an adjacent parallel axis (9). Each of the arms (17,22) carries a generally arcuate limb provided with arcuately extending latch means (13,18). The hanger comprises arcuately extending catch means (5,4) to engage with the latch means (13,18); means to effect resilient engagement between the latch means (13,18) and the catch means (5,4); and release means (6,28) manually operable to counter the resilient engagement and permit disengagement of the latch means (13,18) and the catch means (5,4). The latch means are provided adjacent one another towards one end of a generally arcuate rib (35) resiliently displaceable in a generally arcuate direction about a relatively fixed opposite end of the rib(35). The rib (35) is mounted upon a carrier member moveable arcuately about said common axis (8).
Patent GB-2427557-A (GB)
Title: Alopecia healing apparatus using laser and led
Inventor: LEE HAN-KYO
IPC: A61N5/067
Filed: 2003-10-17
Abstract: Disclosed is an alopecia healing apparatus. The alopecia healing apparatus has a case provided at a first end thereof with a handle section, and a second end thereof with a massage section having a plurality of massage protrusions, a light radiating section including a plurality of LEDs, which are regularly aligned behind the massage protrusions of the case in equidistance, a laser radiating section aligned in the case corresponding to the massage section so as to radiate low-level laser beam, a vibration device installed in the case so as to vibrate the case, a control section including a microcomputer for controlling operations of the light radiating section, the laser radiating section and the vibration device, and a power source for supplying power to the light radiating section and the laser radiating section. The alopecia healing apparatus radiates low-level laser beam and optical pulses of the LEDs onto the scalp, so that the hair-root cells are activated, thereby promoting hair growth. Due to optical pulse of the LEDs and the vibration massage of the vibration device, the scalp is stimulated, so laser beam and drugs are effectively absorbed into the scalp.
Patent GB-2434915-A (GB)
Title: Phosphoescent OLED for full colour display
Inventor: GRIZZI ILARIA
IPC: H01L51/30
Filed: 2006-02-03
Abstract: A phosphorescent organic light emitting device (OLED) is characterised by a cathode comprising an alkaline earth metal oxide. The cathode includes an electron injecting layer 20 and reflective layer 22. The electron injecting layer 20 is made of an alkaline earth metal oxide such as Barium oxide while the reflective layer 22 preferably comprises aluminium or silver. An organic light emissive layer 18 is formed in direct contact with the electron injecting layer 20. The light emissive layer 18 may comprise an organic semiconductor host in which an organic phosphorescent dye is dispersed. Phosphorescent OLEDs of different colours can be arranged to form a full colour display using inkjet printing techniques.
Patent GB-2423420-A (GB)
Title: Device for cooling the control electronics of a power tool
Inventor: KRAUTER JOCHEN
IPC: H02K9/06
Filed: 2006-02-16
Abstract: The control electronics of, for example, a power tool such as a hand-held drill are cooled using air that emerges from cooling the electric motor of the drill. A power tool has an electric motor 26 and a rotating shaft 24 to which is connected a cooling fan 16. The fan draws air flow 28 across the motor to cool it. Once the air exits the motor, at least some of it is redirected by flow deflectors 17 to cool electronic control components 10. A heat sink 21 may also be provided. Although the air flow emerging from the motor is heated to some degree, it is still sufficient to cool electronic control 10.
Patent GB-2431508-A (GB)
Title: Whistle with airway that can be variably tapered
Inventor: KUBOTA ISAO
IPC: G10K5/00
Filed: 2006-03-31
Abstract: A whistle 1 includes a main body 10 and a mouthpiece 20. The main body 10 has a resonating chamber 11 and an air release opening 12 connecting the resonating chamber 11 with an outside. The mouthpiece 20 has an airway 21 for feeding air to the resonating chamber 11. The airway 21 has 0.3-1.0 mm height at an outlet 23 communicating with the resonating chamber 11 and 0.8-3.5mm height at an inlet 22, and a height of the airway 21 becomes gradually smaller from the inlet 22 to the outlet 23. The inclination of the tapered airway can be altered by way of a sliding part to one of the walls of the airway.
Patent GB-2425752-A (GB)
Title: Material for providing impact protection
Inventor: HARDING MONTGOMERY G B
IPC: F41H5/04
Filed: 2004-11-22
Abstract: A material and method for production of ballistic armor. One or more absorbing layers (2,4,6) are inserted between layers (1,3,5,7) of woven cloth made of high strength fibers. Mechanical energy absorbing layers (2,4,6) are of two types, either a large number of small objects in loose contact with one another which will dissipate energy by moving traversely to the direction of impact, embedded in a matrix (13) along with randomly oriented high strength fibers (10), or a large number of small objects in a matrix (13) along with parallel oriented high strength fibers (12). A method for production of such a layered device is also taught. The material may be used in body armor including vests and helmets as well as applied to construction of shields and armored
Patent GB-2428835-A (GB)
Title: Inter-operable logic devices and reconfigurable systems
Inventor: QUAGLIATTI ANDREA DE
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2006-06-28
Abstract: A method, apparatus and articles of manufacture used to build heterogeneous inter-operable logic devices which communicate with each other wirelessly or otherwise. Any combination of those interchangeable inter-operable logic devices can be used to build variously complex re-configurable logic systems. The reconfiguration process happens both through the usual means of software and hardware reprogramming of the logic comprised within one or more inter-operable logic devices - as with currently available computers and reconfigurable logic. Also by the means of substitution of one or more inter-operable logic devices, the number of inter-operable logic devices, within a system, is not fixed. This way, both the amount of maximum aggregate bandwidth and processing-power are only related to the number of inter-operable logic devices included within the re-configurable logic system, which in turn has data paths not fixed at design stage thus letting the inter-communication bandwidth to be allocated where needed at run-time. The inter-operable logic devices can be placed in a container allowing a plurality of spatial configurations.
Patent GB-2433442-A (GB)
Title: Tray with Bottle Support
Inventor: SMITH ALEX
IPC: A61J9/06
Filed: 2006-11-21
Abstract: A tray (2) is provided with protrusions (12) or apertures for locating and supporting one or more bottles in a required position during sterilization. Protrusions and apertures can be in the form of protruding sleeves, skirts (12) or crescent shaped apertures. A number of apertures in the tray (2) enable circulation of steam.
Patent GB-2444777-A (GB)
Title: A detector array for gamma ray energy
Inventor: JOYCE MALCOLM JOHN
IPC: G01T1/16
Filed: 2006-12-13
Abstract: An invention is disclosed for the determination of the three dimensional distribution and activity levels of radioactive substances within a three dimensional piece of heterogeneous material in decommissioned nuclear power plants. The human portable apparatus includes arrays of gamma-ray detectors (22) and uses signal-processing techniques in a subsystem (41) to obtain a radiation distribution (12). The detector array (22) is moved across the surface (11) of the radiation source (12) to obtain a plurality of measurements.
Patent GB-2447981-A (GB)
Title: Time delay measurement for global navigation satellite system receivers
Inventor: CHEN NONGJI
IPC: G01S19/30
Filed: 2007-03-30
Abstract: A method is provided for processing first and second signals having a delay therebetween, whereby at least the first signal is an irregular binary signal having chip boundaries. The method comprises introducing a plurality of different delays between the first and second signals, the successive delay amounts differing from each other by less than the interval between chip boundaries. For each introduced delay, summing the samples of the second signal which are obtained at the times when the chip boundaries between bits of the first signal have the same state (i.e. a transition from 0 to 1, from 1 to 0, from 0 to 0, or from 1 to 1), in order to obtain a value, and thereby obtaining a representation of how the value varies according to the introduced delay, such that the representation contains a level change associated with an introduced delay which bears a predetermined relationship to the delay between the first and second signals. Values corresponding to different transitions may be subtracted from one another. The method is particularly suited for processing signals in GPS or other similar positioning signals, for example in a tracking loop phase error discriminator for DLL code alignment, or in LoS signal timing recovery from multipath contamination.
Patent GB-2446474-A (GB)
Title: Analogue active noise reduction system for a lavatory
Inventor: KASSAM JONATHAN
IPC: E03D9/00
Filed: 2007-07-12
Abstract: Unwanted sounds produced by the use of a lavatory are reduced by an active noise reduction system employing analogue circuitry. The system can be placed or affixed in the vicinity of a toilet or toilet bowl, incorporated into a toilet or bathroom accessory or d’cor, including being incorporated or affixed to a toilet seat lid or inside the bowl itself. An automatic gain control feature may be included to make sure that sounds generated for noise cancellation do not exceed in amplitude the sounds they are intended to cancel. The system may be activated by a noise sensor, motion sensor or other proximity sensor, and the system may include toilet bowl illumination preferably activated by the or those sensors.
Patent GB-2437901-A (GB)
Title: Inverse solid phase peptide synthesis with additional capping step
Inventor: SHARMA RAM PRAKASH
IPC: C07K1/04
Filed: 2006-03-13
Abstract: A process for preparing a peptide by solid phase synthesis in the N to C direction comprising a capping step after an amide bond formation step to prevent or reduce deletion artefacts.
Patent GB-2455756-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for establishing a call between a mobile terminal and a called party terminal
Inventor: OLIVIER NICHOLAS JAMES
IPC: H04M1/72403
Filed: 2007-12-20
Abstract: The invention provides a mobile telephone which simulates a land-line telephone when making a call. On receiving a predetermined input at a user interface (UI) of the mobile telephone, a dialling tone is provided. Subsequently a called party number can be dialled and a call between the mobile telephone and a called party terminal can be established. The predetermined input can be a key press or opening of a clamshell type telephone. The mobile telephone may provide a choice between call set-up modes. Number analysis is carried out to determine a valid called party number before dialling out.
Patent GB-2457431-A (GB)
Title: Interference mitigation method in a wireless network
Inventor: ABEDI SAIED
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2008-01-28
Abstract: A wireless network comprises a plurality of nodes sharing an available frequency spectrum with wireless communication carried out on sub-channels defined within the available spectrum. The nodes are grouped into clusters, each cluster having a leader. Preferably, every node in the cluster is a transceiver equipped to act as leader and this leader role is rotated around the cluster. A first part of the method is a distributed or cluster-wide sub-channel allocation, performed on short time scales. For each cluster in turn, the leader finds a required number of sub-channels for its wireless communication. Then it monitors all the sub-channels to obtain a received interference level representing interference received from the other nodes on each of the sub-channels, and determines possible combinations of sub-channels for its own use, taking into account the interference levels found. Next, the leader determines (for example, by sending a test signal and requesting other nodes to provide the results) an inflicted interference level expected to be caused to the other nodes by some of the possible combinations of sub-channels, which may for example be tried at random. One of the combinations of sub-channels is then adopted, based on the received interference level and the inflicted interference level. Control then passes to another node in the cluster (for example by making it the new leader) and, if all nodes in one cluster have had their turn, the same process takes place in another cluster.
Patent GB-2458674-A (GB)
Title: Fire extinguishing device
Inventor: FULLER DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: A62C13/00
Filed: 2008-03-27
Abstract: A fire extinguishing device comprises a bag 10 of flexible material filled with powder 20 and connected to a source of compressed air 32 whereby the bag can be burst to disperse the powder. Preferably the bag 10 has a mouth 26 fitted to an enclosure 30 in which a tank 32 of compressed air is mounted. The enclosure has a dish-shaped member 12 which is in communication with the interior of the bag and which is provided with apertures 18. The dish-shaped member is covered by an air-pervious fabric cover (14) at its side facing the interior of the bag in order to prevent clogging of the apertures. The extinguisher may be activated remotely using radio transmission. The powder may be polytetrafluoroethylene and the bag constructed from a thermoplastic elastomer.