baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2508629-A (GB)
Title: Automatic failover of nodes of a middle-tier layer
Inventor: JONES ROBERT CONROY
IPC: H04L69/40
Filed: 2012-12-06
Abstract: Automatic failover is provided between multiple nodes in a middle-tier layer (130) between client applications (101) and a back-end service (111,112). A first node (131) receives a request from a client application, determines that the first node cannot service the request successfully, forwards the request to a second peer node (132), receives a response on completion of the request by the second peer node and forwards the response from the first node to the client application. An original path of communication between the client application and the first node is therefore maintained. The failover of the request from the first node to the second peer node is transparent to the client application. Nodes may be registered in a group, wherein a node in a group has awareness of other nodes in the group. The peer node may access a different back-end service to that of the first node.
Patent GB-2503058-A (GB)
Title: Container monitoring device
Inventor: EGERTON BRIAN
IPC: B65D51/24
Filed: 2012-06-11
Abstract: A monitoring device 10 monitors a container for transporting cargo and comprises a transmitter to transmit data provided by sensors 20, 60, that sense container variables and an electrical storage device 40 to provide electrical power to the sensors and data transmitter. The monitoring device selects from plural sensors an available sensor having an accuracy greater than a threshold. An energy transducer 50 may provide power to the sensors, data transmitters and electrical storage devices that is converted from thermal, kinetic or solar energy and can provide power to the sensors and the transmitter in preference to the storage device. Thermal energy can be converted from inside or outside the container using a heat engine having a fluid in a thermodynamic cycle, a thermoelectric generator or a Peltier device. Kinetic energy can be converted using a movable mass or a piezoelectric accelerometer and exploit movement of the container in a range of directions. Monitoring devices can sense door position, mounting, tampering, light levels, temperature, pressure, altitude, acceleration, battery level, humidity and position using a GPS, GSM WPS or RF location device. Data transmitters can communicate with a server using GSM, GPRS, SMS, Wi-Fi, or a satellite transmitter and receive data to configure the monitoring device.
Patent GB-2499496-A (GB)
Title: A method of dispensing a beverage, a beverage preparation machine, and a system
Inventor: HANSEN NICK
IPC: A23L23/10
Filed: 2012-12-19
Abstract: A method of dispensing a beverage comprises the steps of: inserting a beverage ingredient tablet into a beverage preparation machine; measuring a characteristic associated with the thickness of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet to identify the beverage ingredient tablet; configuring one or more dispense parameters of the beverage preparation machine based on the identification of the beverage ingredient tablet; and operating the beverage preparation machine to dispense a beverage by contacting the beverage ingredient tablet with an aqueous fluid. The one or more dispense parameters may include the temperature, volume, flow rate or pressure of the aqueous fluid and the presence of a pre-wet stage. The beverage preparation machine comprises a brew chamber 31 for receiving a beverage ingredient tablet 20. Sensor 37 is mounted to or formed as part of brew chamber 31 and may comprise an optical detector.
Patent GB-2512352-A (GB)
Title: Nursery apparatus
Inventor: VARLEY CARL
IPC: A47D13/02
Filed: 2013-03-27
Abstract: A carry cot or similar baby carrying apparatus comprises a baby receiving receptacle 120, a carry handle 130, and integral support means in the form of two u-shaped, c-shaped, part-oval or similarly shaped members 130a, 130b which pivot about a common axis 160 on either side of the receptacle so as to be moveable between a transport position where the members are substantially aligned forming a protective hoop which surrounds the receptacle along a substantially horizontal plane, and a standing position where the members extend downwardly from the receptacle to form a support stand for the receptacle. The receptacle may include at least one transparent portion 150 allowing a baby in the carrier to be viewed from alongside the carrier. The transparent portion 140 is preferably detachable and replaceable with a portion comprising a baby monitor, a thermometer, a night light, or a fabric portion dosed with decongestant. In a preferred embodiment pivot connections between the support members and the receptacle allow the receptacle to be rocked when in the standing position. The baby carrying apparatus is preferably formed substantially of moulded plastics material, and may include a canopy or sun shade 140.
Patent GB-2512358-A (GB)
Title: Printable film
Inventor: READ SIMON JAMES
IPC: B29C59/14
Filed: 2013-03-27
Abstract: A process for producing a printable film comprises subjecting at least a first surface of a film web to a modified atmosphere dielectric barrier discharge (MADBD) treatment at a first location; winding the film web onto a reel; transporting the wound film web to a second location; unwinding the film web from the reel; and subjecting the first surface of the film to corona treatment. The corona treatment restores printability characteristics such as surface energy and relative atomic concentration of polar chemical species of the first surface which diminish with time following MADBD treatment, and so is preferably conducted just prior to printing. The film may be printed on and may be used for packaging or labelling. The film web is at least about 1cm wide and/or at least 1m long and/or weighs at least about 1g. The film may be food contact approvable by virtue of limited amounts of migratory additives or substances. The film has a radiocarbon content of at least about 10pMC or per cent modern carbon. Also disclosed are films characterised by the concentration of polar functional groups, by ink being bound to a substrate by at least one carbon-nitrogen bond and by the relative concentration of a functional group.
Patent GB-2512912-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and Method for Signal Predistortion
Inventor: AALTO JUHANI KALERVO
IPC: H03F1/32
Filed: 2013-04-11
Abstract: A baseband distortion signal is generated 430 from a baseband input signal 410 and added 440 to the input signal with a weighting factor to form a predistorted signal 450 for input to a power amplifier. The combining circuit 440 comprises mixers to upconvert the input and distortion signals to radio frequency. The distortion signal generator may 430 may generate the distortion signal from the input signal by cancellation around an inverting and distorting transistor amplifier (figure 8). The current-mode combining mixer circuit 440 may comprise series coupled transistors driven by the baseband and local oscillator signals (figure 7). The distortion signal generator may be arranged in a series cascade which feeds a set of parallel mixers (figure 9).Â  The distortion and input signals may be subject to filtering appropriate for each of the two paths (figure 6).Â  The overall predistorter has a low power consumption and produces low noise in reception bands.
Patent GB-2505045-A (GB)
Title: Dual Generator Supercharger Assembly
Inventor: DALE-JONES GRAHAM
IPC: F02B39/12
Filed: 2013-06-14
Abstract: A vehicle supercharger assembly comprises a dual generator comprising two co-axial relatively rotatable armatures 14, and a disengageable clutch 32 between the armatures. The first armature 14a being permanently driven from a source of motive power, such as the vehicle engine, and the second armature 14b is driven by the first armature on engagement of the clutch. The assembly also comprises a supercharcharger impeller 24, the second armature driving the impeller mechanically via a gear train comprising an epicyclic gearbox. An electric motor 28 is coupled to the gear train to adjust the rotational speed of the impeller. In use, the electric motor is electrically driven on demand from a generator comprising the second armature. The assembly allows for both mechanical and electrical connection of the supercharger on demand, thus avoiding rotation of the impeller when not required and reducing engine load and fuel consumption; the assembly also allowing easy variation to suit any derivatives of the same basic engine configuration.
Patent GB-2505780-A (GB)
Title: Rotational moulding of bumpers
Inventor: MEHTA DARSHAN
IPC: B29C41/04
Filed: 2013-08-28
Abstract: A method for producing bumpers 14, 18 for vehicles comprises producing at least one component 10 by rotational moulding, the component 10 comprising at least two bumpers 14, 18 for vehicles, and splitting the component 10, thereby separating the bumpers 14, 18 from one another. The component 10 may incorporate at least one trim line 22 to assist in splitting the component.
Patent GB-2518198-A (GB)
Title: Method for fabricating a dental appliance
Inventor: KHAN WAJEEH
IPC: A61C7/08
Filed: 2013-09-13
Abstract: The present. invention is related to a method for fabricating a dental appliance, said method comprising: i) providing a digital data set representing a modified tooth arrangement for a patient; ii) controlling a fabrication machine based on the digital data set to produce a negative model of the modified tooth arrangement which can be used as a mold; iii) creating a positive model of the modified tooth arrangement by casting said mold with a curable material, and producing the dental appliance as a negative of the positive model.
Patent GB-2520571-A (GB)
Title: A data processing apparatus and method for performing vector processing
Inventor: PEDERSEN RONNY
IPC: G06F15/80
Filed: 2013-11-26
Abstract: In vector processors implementing a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) approach, input operands are assigned up to a maximum number of lanes of parallel processing. A same processing operation in a group of execution threads indicates the data elements of the input operands subjected to the operation, e.g. using masks. Based on the indication, a vector merge circuit determines 205 the number of lanes for performing the operation: if the number is less than or equal to half the maximum number, a plurality of threads in the group is allocated to the lanes. The operation is then executed in parallel for each thread of the plurality 225, 230, avoiding multiple execution of the same operation, i.e. once per thread. Applications include processing 2x2 pixel quad fragments at rasterisation stage in a shader unit of a graphic processor, where the same operation needs to be executed for each of the pixels.
Patent GB-2521150-A (GB)
Title: Skin pricking lancets
Inventor: CALVERT JACK
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 2013-12-10
Abstract: In a first embodiment a skin pricking lancet and a method of manufacturing a skin pricking lancet, comprises providing a lancet mechanism 7 and an enclosure 8 containing the mechanism; the enclosure comprising one or more thermoformed plastic components which are hermetically sealed together and defining a housing 9 and a cap 10, where permanent removal of the cap from the housing can be achieved by breaking the cap from the housing. In a second embodiment a skin pricking lancet is provided where a lancet mechanism is supported substantially within the housing and comprises of a needle (16b, Fig 4), a drive spring (17, Fig 4) for driving the needle along a drive axis and through an opening in the housing, a trigger (15, Fig 4) which is pressed against a users skin to move the trigger along the drive axis and one or more features (30a, 30b, Fig 4) cooperating with the trigger to lock it into a retracted position following movement of the trigger to the said retracted position.
Patent GB-2528828-A (GB)
Title: Activity monitors
Inventor: SHARPE TIM
IPC: G07C1/22
Filed: 2014-04-25
Abstract: An activity monitor 34 comprises at least one motion sensor; a water sensor; a memory and a processor; the processor is operable to run an algorithm to calculate activity data based on an output from the motion sensor and to save the activity data to the memory; the processor can be triggered to operate by an output from the water sensor to indicate that the monitor is immersed in water; in use the activity monitor 34 is worn by a user for monitoring water-based activities such as swimming. Also disclosed is a swimsuit including an activity monitor 34; an activity monitor 34 that is worn on a mid line of a torso of a user and an activity monitor 34 and method of monitoring including the use of a sleep mode, a standby mode and an active mode.
Patent GB-2528281-A (GB)
Title: Singulating and validating money items
Inventor: BLYTHIN ROBERT JAMES
IPC: G07D9/00
Filed: 2014-07-16
Abstract: An apparatus comprising a money item singulator and a money item validator. The money item singulator and the money item validator may each comprise a rotatable money item conveying element and are connect via a transfer path. The rotatable conveying elements may rotate synchronously so that money items are singulated on the rotatable element of the singulator and fed directly to be validated on the rotatable element of the validator. The singulator and the validator may be mounted parallel to one another, sharing the same axis of rotation and may be separated by a static plate which includes an aperture that forms the transfer path. The money items are preferably coins or disc-like tokens. The rotatable element of the coin singulator 5 may have different sized pockets 7 for different sized coins. Further disclosed is a money item singulator comprising a rotatable money item conveying element 5 with the singulator providing stable regions for a money item at both outer 11 and inner 12 parts of the conveyor element, with the stable region at the inner part 12 only supporting a single money item. Chamfered money release surfaces 13 may be provided to release excess or surplus coins from the pockets 7.
Patent GB-2531501-A (GB)
Title: Safety device for a gas fire
Inventor: STEVEN THOMAS BARSON
IPC: F24C3/12
Filed: 2014-09-15
Abstract: A gas fire which is operated by a sliding mechanism (b fig 1) that regulates the flow of gas. The sliding mechanism also opens and closes a baffle g in the flue, which reduces the loss of heat when the fire is not lit. When lighting the fire, the lever moves the baffle to the open position and connects with a valve (e fig 1), which opens the gas supply. If the baffle is jammed shut the valve does not open, and a hook j on the baffle mechanism forces the baffle to the open position.
Patent GB-2521519-A (GB)
Title: Radiation detector, and x-ray analysis apparatus and radiation detection method using the same
Inventor: SAKUMURA TAKUTO
IPC: G01T1/24
Filed: 2014-10-29
Abstract: Two, three or more pulse counters (140a, b) are used with a solid state radiation detector and apparatus having an X-ray source, such as for X-ray crystallography or production line inspection apparatus. A control circuit (160) responds to a trigger signal external to the detector to switch the counter used allowing read out from the other counter without dead time. The selection of pulse counting is synchronised with the rotation of a goniometer or movement of a conveyor belt.
Patent GB-2525695-A (GB)
Title: A method of, and apparatus for, direct injection composting
Inventor: ROJO JAVIER
IPC: C05F17/02
Filed: 2014-11-06
Abstract: A composting unit which may be a conventional wheeled bin or dumpster has a lid sides and base which may be insulated with a heat retaining means therein. An electrically driven air compressor or pump 50 may be situated in a housing 52 located on the composting unit. A hose 54 delivers air to a Y shaped distribution head 56 situated inside the base of the composting unit. The supply of pressurised air acts upon the vegetation etc inside the unit to aid in its breakdown into compost. The unit may be fitted with a drainage aperture 22,which may be located below an internal horizontal floor 70. A programmable logic controller PLC may be fitted to monitor the temperature of the unit and deliver air as required to promote breakdown of waste matter.
Patent GB-2517619-A (GB)
Title: Real time measurement of virtualization I/O processing delays
Inventor: YUDENFRIEND HARRY
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 2013-05-21
Abstract: A computer system includes memory divided into a plurality of logical partitions (LPARs), each LPAR running one of a plurality of instances of an operating system (O/S). The system also includes a processor configured to run a hypervisor program to manage operation of the plurality of LPARs. The processor determines a reference I/O service time of an I/O operation on a server, measures an actual I/O service time of the operation, and determines a delay time of virtualization on the server based on the reference I/O service time and the actual I/O service time.
Patent GB-2533640-A (GB)
Title: Valve assembly
Inventor: HANS PAUL HOPPER
IPC: F16K47/04
Filed: 2014-12-24
Abstract: A gate valve assembly 202 is provided, the assembly comprising a gate valve having a gate assembly 220 moveable between a closed position and an open position, in use the gate valve having an upstream side 212 and a downstream side, 214 the gate assembly comprising a pressure equalising assembly for equalising the fluid pressure across the gate valve 250, the pressure equalising assembly comprising a pressure equalising valve assembly 254/256, wherein the pressure equalising valve assembly comprises a valve housing; a first port 212 for fluid to enter or leave the valve housing, a second port 214 for fluid to leave or enter the valve housing, a flow control assembly disposed within the valve housing between the first and second ports, whereby fluid entering the valve housing is caused to flow through the flow control assembly 260, the flow control assembly comprising a cage 262 having apertures therethrough to provide passage for fluid passing from the inlet to the outlet; and a closure assembly 264 having a closure member 266 moveable with respect to the cage between a first closed position, in which the closure member closes the apertures in the cage, and a second open position, in which the apertures in the cage are open.
Patent GB-2527635-A (GB)
Title: Liquid extraction matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation ion source
Inventor: BROWN JEFFERY MARK
IPC: H01J49/16
Filed: 2015-03-18
Abstract: A flow of liquid solvent is provided onto the surface of a sample 2 to be analysed so that the liquid forms a liquid junction 5 on the surface of the sample 2 and wherein analyte molecules to be ionised are extracted into the liquid junction 5. A laser energy source emits a laser beam 6 which causes analyte ions or an analyte plume 8 to be desorbed from the liquid junction 5. Alternatively, acoustic or thermal energy source can be used to desorb analyte ions from the solvent - analyte mixture. The flow of liquid onto the sample may be matched with the ablation rate of the liquid-analyte mixture. An electro-spray arrangement may be provided to enhance analyte ionisation prior to mass analysis.
Patent GB-2524421-A (GB)
Title: Motor cooling system for chillers
Inventor: ROESLER CHUCK
IPC: F25B31/00
Filed: 2013-12-09
Abstract: Cooling systems and methods for controlling the temperature of motors of gas compression systems of chillers are disclosed. Certain systems utilize a centrifugal, two stage compressor equipped with a motor between the stages. The cooling system provides a low velocity refrigerant spray on at least one or both ends of the motor without requiring additional pumping energy from the motor to deliver the refrigerant spray.
Patent GB-2541224-A (GB)
Title: Mirror assembly
Inventor: CHRISTOPHER BROWN
IPC: B60R11/00
Filed: 2015-08-13
Abstract: A vanity mirror assembly 12 for an interior of a vehicle cabin, such as in a vehicle door 14, is disclosed, the vanity mirror assembly comprising; a mirror unit 18 configurable to display the reflection of a user; and, a coupling means 30 configured to couple the mirror unit to the cabin interior to permit movement of the mirror unit about more than one axis, and so as to allow positioning of the mirror unit in a range of deployed positions from a stowed position. The mirror unit may be movable about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis as a result of hinges 34a, 34b, 36a, 36b being provided at both ends of the coupling means. In an alternative arrangement a ball and socket joint (figures 5, 6) connects the coupling means to the vehicle interior. When stowed the mirror assembly may lie flush with the vehicle door. The mirror assembly may also be provided in a vehicle seat, ceiling or dashboard.
Patent GB-2544036-A (GB)
Title: A planet carrier assembly for an epicyclic gearbox
Inventor: GIDEON DANIEL VENTER
IPC: F16H57/08
Filed: 2015-09-30
Abstract: A planet carrier for an epicyclic gearbox comprising a planet gear cage having first and second separate end plates 422, 424 axially displaced along the principal axis, the first and second end plates providing a mechanical connection between a plurality of planet gears 416 when part of an assembled gear box. The first and second end plates have a plurality of radially outer walls extending therefrom towards the radially outer walls of the other of the first and second end plate, the plurality of radially outer walls being circumferentially separated around the perimeter of the respective first and second end plates to provide planet gear openings through which the planet gears are exposed for engagement with the ring gear when part of an assembled gear box. An attachment member includes a support ring having a plurality of arms 430 extending axially therefrom, the arms including an attachment portion 434 which is clamped between the radially outer walls of the first and second end plates. The planet carrier may find use in gas turbine engines (fig. 1).
Patent GB-2544504-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable bracket
Inventor: EMILY BROOKE
IPC: B62J6/04
Filed: 2015-11-18
Abstract: A bracket 1 - preferably for attachment of a bicycle light (14, Fig 3a) to a cycle - comprising an inner portion 11, the inner surface of which conforms to an outer surface of an elongate member 13 - preferably the handlebars or seat post of a cycle - and an outer portion 2 comprising a clamping means 3 operable to clamp the outer portion 2 to the inner portion 11 such that the outer portion 2 at least partially surrounds the inner portion 11. The outer portion 2 further being clampable to the inner portion 11 at a plurality of orientations about an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member to define a bracket 1 having three degrees of freedom, i.e. adjustable in pitch, roll and yaw. Further claims are also directed to a bracket for a bicycle light (14, Fig 3a) comprising an attachment means including a magnet (17, Fig 3b), wherein the bicycle light (14, Fig 3a) is attached to the bracket 1 via magnetic force.