baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2300349-A (GB)
Title: A garment
Inventor: ROUX WILLIAM ISAK
IPC: A41D13/12
Filed: 1996-05-02
Abstract: A garment for use by a patient having an immobilised limb, has at least one tubular portion provided with a closable slit along its length to facilitate reception of the limb. In the case of pair of trousers (Figs. 1 and 2) or a shirt, Fig. 3, the two tubular portions forming the trouser legs (12) or shirt sleeves 32 each has a closable slit (14), 34 extending therealong. Fastening means for closing the slit may comprise press-studs 40 and/or hook and pile fastener strips (22).
Patent GB-2314145-A (GB)
Title: Truncheon Holster
Inventor: CLIFTON JR NORMAN EUGENE
IPC: F41C33/02
Filed: 1996-06-14
Abstract: Holster (FIGS. 1, 5, 8) for a truncheon (28, 40-42, 54-56), the holster being a unitary folded inflexible sheet which is folded along a rear portion (33) and having meeting edges along a front portion (14), and a transverse screw-and-nut combination (51-53) (figure 2, not shown) connecting the two folded portions of the sheet to provide an adjustment to the clamping action of the holster to the truncheon. An optional keeper strap (18) with a quick-opening fastener (19), and a thumb-engageable tab (21) may be included to maintain the truncheon securely in the holster until the tab (21) is pushed to open the holster. A pivotable belt loop member (17) is attached to the holster and is adjustable (26, 27) to provide convenient positions for supporting the holster and truncheon in any position.
Patent GB-2314581-A (GB)
Title: Loop with lockable bracket for securing to a grate
Inventor: SIMPSON PHILIP
IPC: E05B67/00
Filed: 1996-06-26
Abstract: A bracket 1 for securing a vehicle to a grate 24 comprises a first elongate member 2 with a hook 6 on one end, a second member 8 slidably mounted on member 2 with an angled portion 12, and a loop 18 attached to the slidable member 8. In use, the elongate member 1 is inserted between bars 28 of the grate 24 and the hook 6 engaged onto the underside of one of the bars 28, the second member 8 is then slid down member 2 to engage the top of the same bar 28 and locked in position by a lock 15 through one of several holes 14 in the members 2 and 8. Alternatively a ratchet system may be used. A chain or rope can then be secured to the loop 18.
Patent GB-2307760-A (GB)
Title: Isochronal updating of data records
Inventor: LEWIS STEPHEN GERARD
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1996-11-19
Abstract: Records stored in a database are reset on an asaccessed basis. A record in the database to receive new data is identified when new data arrives to be incorporated with existing data in a given field. A next reset date (NRD) stored in the record is read and compared 76 with the current date. If the current date is later than the next reset date, the existing data in the field is replaced with a predetermined default value prior to incorporating or incrementing the new data in the field. Additionally, another next reset date is calculated and substituted for the previous next reset date in the record.
Patent GB-2319868-A (GB)
Title: Pager with two-way communication function
Inventor: HUANG DENNIS
IPC: H04W88/18
Filed: 1996-11-28
Abstract: A pager is provided suitable for use in a group so that members of the group having similar pagers can call one another by their respective pagers. The pager includes a RF switch 14, a transmitter circuit 30, a receiver circuit 40, an encoder 55, a decoder 60, microprocessor 70 and an I/O device 20. The encoder or/and decoder could be also built into the microprocessor. The RF switch can switch the pager between a receiving and transmitting mode. The encoder can process and encode signal and then send encoded signal to the transmitter circuit for transmitting. The decoder can decode signal received from the receiver circuit. The I/O device 20 includes at least one paging pad for paging other pagers, a buzzer 25 for producing sound when the pager is called, an idle pad 24 for forcing the pager into the stand-by mode, and LED indicators to indicate which other pager of the group is calling.
Patent GB-2303854-A (GB)
Title: Helicobacter proteins and vaccines
Inventor: KELLEHER DERMOT
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 1995-07-03
Abstract: A vaccine includes at least one Helicobacter , especially Helicobacter pylori protein to which immunoreactivity is detected in H . pylori negative individuals. The Helicobacter proteins are preferably less than 30 kDa and the vaccine especially includes 24 to 25 kDa and/or 18 to 19 kDa proteins. The vaccine may include interleukin (12) as an adjuvant.
Patent GB-2309861-A (GB)
Title: On demand channel change
Inventor: AZAM ZAFAR UL
IPC: H04W36/06
Filed: 1997-01-29
Abstract: A radiotelephone system 100 includes a radiotelephone 102 and a central device 104 that communicate via radio frequency (RF) signals. The radiotelephone 102 includes a user interface 114 which permits the user to request a channel change by the central device. A signal is communicated, from the central device, to the user if a channel change is denied. If a channel change is permitted, the central device may instruct the radiotelephone as to which channel it should tune to, or may request it to scan for a suitable channel. The channel scan may be limited to a list of possible channels, transmitted from the central device. Also mentioned is the application of the invention to sectored communication systems (fig. 1). Enables user to change channels in the light of a perceived drop in signal quality.
Patent GB-2313222-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for dispensing discs such as coins
Inventor: ABE HIROSHI
IPC: G07D1/00
Filed: 1997-03-10
Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing discs 1-3, such as coins or medals, comprises a passage 12 through which the discs are urged to pass upwardly in an edge to edge arrangement in a plane, and a spring biassed closure member 22,23 which closes an outlet 10 at the top of the passage but is opened by the action of the disc, the closure member being arranged to apply force to a face of the disc once the lower edge of the disc has passed to the level of the outlet (position 4) whereby the disc is urged out of the plane (into position 5) and dispensed from the outlet. The closure member preferably consists of a freely rotatable spherical body 23, biassed by a plate spring 22. A biassed detector may provide a signal when a disc has been dispensed and also act to speed up the ejection of the disc, the detector comprising a sensor 35, a movable bracket 33, a spring 34 and a roller 32 against which the disc engages. The dispensed disc may fall down the back or front of the passage or alternatively a guide (53, figure 7) which is movable between two positions may guide the discs to one or other side of the passage. The passage is preferably mounted on a hopper payout assembly (Figure 9).
Patent GB-2312628-A (GB)
Title: Golf club head
Inventor: GALY PHILIPPE
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1997-04-11
Abstract: A golf club head (1) whose volume is delimited by a crown (3), a sole-plate (11), a belt (4), and a hitting surface (2), junctions between the belt (4) and the hitting surface (2) delimiting a heel (9) and a toe (10). The belt (4) comprises at least one arc-shaped portion (8, 32, 33, 34, 35) which forms a visible layer of the belt (4), while extending along the belt (4) between the heel (9) and the tip (10), the arc-shaped portion (8, 32, 33, 34, 35) being a peripheral weight made of a high-density material.
Patent GB-2314014-A (GB)
Title: Closure-arrangements for loose covers
Inventor: BLACK CRAIG VINCENT
IPC: A47C31/11
Filed: 1997-05-23
Abstract: A closure-arrangement for loose-covers used on furniture takes the form of an overlapping joint between abutting edges 3 and 4 of adjacent first and second panels 1 and 2, which between them form a slit-aperture 5 in the loose-cover. The panel edges 6 and 9 are attached to first and second extension flaps 7 and 10, which run along edges 6 and 9, and extending toward and beyond the other, abutting panel-edge. The first extension-flap 7 is adapted to underlie the panel edge 4 and is provided with one part 8 of a hook-and-loop fastener material. The second extension flap 10 is partially formed of stiffener material 11 and is further provided with the other part 14 of the hook-and-loop fastener. When stiffened second flap 10 overlies the first panel edge 3 it also faces outwards, thus away from the underlying first panel. During closure the panel 10 is folded back under the second panel-edge 4, to which it is attached, thereby bringing the two parts of the hook-and-loop fastener into conjunction, and thus enabling the two parts of the fastener to be united.
Patent GB-2325603-A (GB)
Title: Acoustic horns for loudspeakers incorporate vibration damping material
Inventor: DODD MARK ALEXANDER
IPC: G10K11/28
Filed: 1997-05-24
Abstract: An acoustic horn 10 has a flared one-piece body and incorporates damping material 17 within the body. One or more of the curved walls 11,12,13,14 has a slot 16 therethrough filled with the vibration damping material 17, for example a high loss plastics or elastomeric material.
Patent GB-2327021-A (GB)
Title: Speech coding
Inventor: BRIGHENTI DANIEL
IPC: G10L19/04
Filed: 1997-06-30
Abstract: A CELP speech coder estimates the LPC coefficient values on a continuously adaptive basis, for example using the LMS algorithm. An LPC analysis circuit 4 which may be used in a conventional speech coder (fig.1 not shown) has samples of input speech signal applied to a processor 6 and a predictor 8. The input speech samples are subtractively combined at 10 to obtain a residual value which is also applied to the processor 6 and the processor outputs the LPC coefficients.
Patent GB-2319739-A (GB)
Title: Hole cutting tool
Inventor: SHELDON STEPHEN
IPC: B23B51/04
Filed: 1997-07-08
Abstract: A trepanning tool 1 comprises a hollow shaft 3, a plurality of cutting teeth 4 having carbide tips 8 located around the end rim of the hollow shaft, and fluting 5 between the teeth extending in a spiral fashion down the outside of the shaft. The end faces of the cutting tips are chamfered on both the radially outward and inward sides to form a central circumferentially or tangentially extending ridge, and the radial location of this ridge is offset from tip to tip, which assists in centering. The angle of the chamfering is 20{ c 5{ to make the ridges not too brittle. The thickness of the shaft wall at the floor of the fluting is less than 1.5 mm to avoid swarf blockage. The angle of the fluting helix is 15{ c 5{ to make the cutting edge not too sharp, and hence too brittle.
Patent GB-2328391-A (GB)
Title: Substrate facing by welding
Inventor: RUSSELL MARK ALEXANDER
IPC: C23C26/02
Filed: 1997-08-19
Abstract: Means are provided to increase the current density at the welding junction between a facing body 102 and a substrate 104. Such means may be provided by projections on the body or the substrate. Alternatively a metal mesh may be inserted between the body and the substrate.
Patent GB-2329073-A (GB)
Title: Multi-layer circuit board with layers acting as a "heat capacitor"
Inventor: MEDALSY SHIMON
IPC: H05K3/42
Filed: 1997-09-03
Abstract: A circuit board (1) includes at least one substrate (2) having a first layer (5) and at least one second layer (6), wherein the first layer (5) and at least the second layer 6 are used for heating a component (22) to be soldered to at least one of the layers (5,6), the layers acting as a "heat capacitor" when the circuit board is placed in a reflow oven or the like. This allows the soldering of components which require a larger amount of heat at the same time as other components. The part of the circuit board containing the "heat capacitor" layers may be separated from the rest of the board after soldering, e.g. by means of a frangible connection (32, see Fig. 1).
Patent GB-2329218-A (GB)
Title: Purging a fuel vapour canister of an i.c. engine and cooling air/vapour mixture to provide a saturated flow
Inventor: MA THOMAS TSOI HEI
IPC: F02D41/00
Filed: 1997-09-13
Abstract: Apparatus for and method of purging a fuel vapour canister comprising a canister 20 for collecting fuel vapour from a tank 30, means to provide ambient air to purge the canister and deliver a resulting air/vapour flow to an air intake manifold 16 of an i.c. engine, means 22 to cool air/vapour mixture and condense free fuel vapour so as to leave air saturated with vapour, means 108 to measure temperature and pressure of vapour laden air and estimate fuel content and subsequently compensate the normal fuel supply by a corresponding amount. The cooling may be provided by a Peltier effect thermoelectric element 24 integrated with an air conditioning system. Means may also be provided for either returning condensed fuel to the main tank 30 or to an auxiliary tank (not shown) for subsequent use during cold starting. The fuel vapour may be introduced to the air intake at a venturi 12 upstream of a throttle valve 14 or directly downstream of the throttle valve 14.
Patent GB-2329300-A (GB)
Title: Mobile telephone with handwritten data input
Inventor: HESS JURGEN
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 1997-09-16
Abstract: A pen shaped mobile telephone 1 comprises a display device 5, an aerial/pen clip 8, menu selection button 9 and motion sensor 10. In order to enter data, eg telephone number, address, SMS text, the user simply writes the appropriate text, in response to which the motion sensor(s) sends signals to a character recognition device. The motion may be detected by a roller ball, acceleration sensor, or optical displacement sensor and functions may be selected via the menu selection button 9. In another embodiment, the pen shaped data input device is separate from the main mobile telephone body (fig. 3) and transmits the data from its movement sensor(s) to the telephone for remote character recognition. Device may also be used to supplement short messages with drawings.
Patent GB-2317539-A (GB)
Title: Firewall for interent access
Inventor: STOCKWELL EDWARD B
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 1997-09-17
Abstract: Regulating the flow of internetwork connections through a firewall (10) having a network protocol stack (14,16,18) which includes an Internet Protocol (IP) layer (16). A determination is made of the parameters characteristic of a connection request, including a netelement parameter characteristic of where the connection request came from. A query is generated and a determination is made whether there is a rule corresponding to that query. If there is a rule corresponding to the query, a determination is made whether authentication is required by the rule. If authentication is required by the rule, an authentication protocol is activated and the connection is activated if the authentication protocol is completed successfully.
Patent GB-2314038-A (GB)
Title: Limiting ingress of gas to continuous caster
Inventor: VASSILICOS ACHILLES
IPC: B22D41/42
Filed: 1996-06-26
Abstract: Ingress of gas such as air through the joint of a pour tube (8) and tube holder (7) of a continuous caster, or a similar interface of a slide gate valve (5, 6, 7), is prevented or inhibited by passing an inert gas into a channel (16, 21, 22, 27, 64) around the orifice and at the interface through which air is likely to enter; the gas is evenly distributed within the channel over the entire configuration of a porous refractory insert (17, 23, 24, 28, 65) which contacts the interface in the channel; the porous refractory insert assures even distribution of the gas to the desired location in the interface, thus providing a positive pressure of inert gas to inhibit the entry of ambient gas.
Patent GB-2314039-A (GB)
Title: Continuous roll-casting apparatus
Inventor: THOMAS PHILIP MILROY
IPC: B22D11/06
Filed: 1996-04-04
Abstract: In a two-roll caster a refractory nozzle (3) projects into the roll bite on the entry side of the caster. The space between the tip (7) of the nozzle and the adjacent surfaces of the rolls (1, 2) is closed off with resilient refractory material (11) which is mounted on the nozzle and bears against the roll surface.
Patent GB-2331887-A (GB)
Title: Audio apparatus for providing comfort for infants.
Inventor: FJORDSIDE GITTE
IPC: G11B31/00
Filed: 1997-11-29
Abstract: The invention discloses apparatus for generating a comforting sensory environment for an infant which comprises means for reproducing sound, means for transmitting sound vibrations to the infant and means capable of recording and/or storing and repaying selected sounds such as a mother's heartbeat. There is also disclosed a device for generating a comforting sensory environment for a infant (as shown in Figure 1) which comprises a bed-base, mattress or mattress cover 2 having positioned within means for reproducing sounds 4, means for transmitting sound vibrations to the infant 4 and means capable of recording and/or storing and repaying selected sounds (not shown). Sensory apparatus also provided in childs toy.
Patent GB-2321012-A (GB)
Title: Method for fighting against myases affecting cattle and sheep populations and compositions for implementing same
Inventor: JEANNIN PHILIPPE
IPC: A01N47/02
Filed: 1997-08-19
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for fighting against myases affecting cattle and sheep populations and compositions for implementing same. The composition for topical or parenteral use for fighting against myases affecting cattle and sheep, consists of an effectively larvicidal amount of a compound of formula I, in particular fipronil (I).
Patent GB-2331110-A (GB)
Title: Method of narrowing knitted fabric
Inventor: OKAMOTO KAZUYOSHI
IPC: D04B1/24
Filed: 1997-02-10
Abstract: A method of narrowing fabric knitted on a flat knitting machine includes the steps of a) knitting a course or courses (4,5,7,8) on at least on needle along the edge to be narrowed, b) knitting a course or courses (10,11) on a wider range of needles and c), between steps a) and b), transferring the stitches formed in step a) inwardly (6,9). Steps a) and c) may be repeated a number of times prior to step b). The method has application in knitting a garment such as a pullover.
Patent GB-2325562-A (GB)
Title: Cathode ray tube kept clean by coating
Inventor: SASAKI MIKIO
IPC: B08B17/04
Filed: 1998-05-19
Abstract: During manufacture, a cathode ray tube glass has applied thereto a coating film composed of at least one water-soluble material selected from the group consisting of water-soluble salts, acids being solid at room temperature, monosaccharides and polysaccharides, which is formed on the cathode ray tube glass in an amount of 0.01-100 Ág/cm<SP>2</SP> or to a film thickness of 0.1 - 200 nm. Preferably the film is lithium, sodium or potassium tetraborate. Contaminants stick to the coating and are removed therewith when the coating is washed off before subsequent manufacturing steps.
Patent GB-2337667-A (GB)
Title: Satellite communication system
Inventor: PHILLIPS KEVIN
IPC: H04W28/00
Filed: 1998-05-20
Abstract: A satellite messaging system has at least one earth station 2 which sends messages to mobile terminals 6 either on a TDM channel T or a to-mobile messaging channel MF dependent on the length of the message. Messages are formatted into a variable number of frames each containing a variable but equal number of data packets, to make maximum use of frame capacity. Messages and signalling information are transmitted by the mobile terminals 6 on a signalling channel S in frames comprising long and short slots, the division between such slots controlled by the earth station 2. The mobile terminals 6 may operate in either an earth station registered mode, in which they tune to the earth station TDM channel T when idle, or a network registered mode in which they tune to a network station TDM channel NT when idle. The earth station may operate in a standard traffic mode, in a low traffic mode, in which the network station TDM channel NT and signalling channel NS replace the earth station channels T and S, or in a high traffic mode in which the earth station transmits multiple TDM channels. The channel spacing between frequency channels used by mobile terminals referenced to the same earth station TDM channel is narrower than that between channels used by mobile terminals referenced to different TDM channels. The earth station transmits using a BPSK modulation scheme while the mobile terminals transmit using a #/2 BPSK scheme. The earth station stores lists of addresses which are indexed using a short-form addressing scheme, and can be modified by the mobile terminals. The mobile terminals can request entry into a sleep mode.
Patent GB-2325963-A (GB)
Title: Device for adjusting an electromagnetic actuator eg for i.c. engine gas-exchange valves
Inventor: STOLK THOMAS
IPC: F01L9/20
Filed: 1998-06-04
Abstract: A device for adjusting an electromagnetic actuator for actuating an exhaust and refill valve has both an opening magnet 3 and a closing magnet 4, between which an armature 5 is arranged in a coaxially displaceable fashion and is held in an equilibrium position between the magnets by an upper and a lower biased valve spring 8, 7 in the deenergized state of the magnets 3, 4, the equilibrium position being adjusted via adjusting means 17 as a function of measured variables of the magnets. At least one electrically heatable thermally expanding element, on which at least one valve spring is supported, is provided as the adjusting means 17. An evaluation device 16 records the current profiles (19,20, figs.3,5) of each magnet 3,4 during its operating phase; the area under the current/time curve yields the surface integral (21,22) for each magnet; if these integrals are unequal in the equilibrium position of the armature, the adjusting device 17 is used to correct the equilibrium position.
Patent GB-2329180-A (GB)
Title: Imidazoline 5-one compounds as anti-fungal agents
Inventor: PILKINGTON BRIAN LESLIE
IPC: C07D233/86
Filed: 1998-07-23
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and fungicidal compositions thereof: wherein X<1> is O, S, SO or NR<17>; R<2> is optionally substituted hydroxylamino, hydroxylimino, R<13>C(=O)NHO, R<13>R<14>C=NN=C(R<12>) or R<13>HNC(=X<2>)NHN=C(R<12>); R<3> is a bond or optionally substituted methylene or ethylene; R<5> is NH, NR<11> or NC(=O)R<11> and all other R groups comprise standard substituents, e.g. hydrogen, cyano or optionally substituted alkyl, alkoxy, thoialkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl or alkynyl; processes for preparing said compounds, fungicidal compositions comprising them and methods of using them to combat fungi, especially fungal infections of plants.
Patent GB-2340803-A (GB)
Title: Wheel, roller or track with peripheral rollers
Inventor: STONES KEVIN
IPC: B60B19/00
Filed: 1998-08-21
Abstract: The wheel &c carries at least one peripheral roller (16) which forms at least part of the ground engagement surface and which is arranged so that the wheel &c is capable of moving forward or sliding sideways. Peripheral rollers (16), preferably having surfaces conforming to the ground engagement locus for smooth ground contact, extend around part or all of the wheel &c periphery. Two rows of rollers (16) may be provided, each roller of one row being aligned with a gap in the other row. Each roller may be mounted for retraction radially and controlled for selected free rotation, frictional resistance to rotation and braked against rotation.
Patent GB-2342242-A (GB)
Title: Environmental data collection system
Inventor: HOLDEN NICK
IPC: G01C11/02
Filed: 1998-09-25
Abstract: The invention relates to environmental data containing combined geo-referenced height data and spectrographic data and/or classification data (for example land cover data) derived from spectrographic data, and to a method and system for obtaining such data. The data may be arranged as a file comprising; position (which may be GPS derived), height from which the data is obtained (which may be determined using LIDAR fixed to an aircraft for example), spectrographic data (which may include data obtained from an IR system, video camera or digital camera) and/or classification data (for example vegetation). The invention also relates to uses of such data for environmental analysis.