baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2498685-A (GB)
Title: Closed rotary maze device for animal memory training system
Inventor: ZHU QIWEN
IPC: A01K15/02
Filed: 2011-03-16
Abstract: A closed rotary maze for animal memory training system includes a round case (1) and a circuit control system. The bottom of the case (1) is provided with a rotary plate (6) actuated by a motor (4). The motor (4) is installed on a central post, and the output shaft of the motor (4) is fixedly connected with the rotary plate (6) along the axis of the central post so that the rotary plate (6) is rotated around the central post by the action of the motor (4). The lower peripheral of the frame of the case (1) is provided with several pulleys (12) for supporting the rotary plate (6). A screen-like support net (5) is provided on the rotary plate (6). The present maze adopts the design of using a rotary plate to rotate the round case so that the experimental animals need not be put back to starting-point and the whole session of experiment can be completed uninterruptedly. The maze device abandons the configuration of maze being driven by gradient voltage in prior art. The maze is equipped with an automatic flush and drainage system so as to effectively prevent animals from depending on smell to complete a test. The maze is provided with a remote monitor so as to perform detection under control of programs according to living behaviors of the experimental animals at night. A visual stimulation unit and an odor release unit in the maze work simultaneously, such that the experimental animals feel stimulation as if in a real environment, which facilitates acquirement of the experimental data.
Patent GB-2504829-A (GB)
Title: Flow connector for a Boosted Internal Combustion Engine
Inventor: MAGEE SAMUEL
IPC: F02M35/10
Filed: 2013-06-10
Abstract: Disclosed is a flow connector for a boosted internal combustion piston engine, the connector comprising a toroidal chamber having inlet 116 and outlet 118 flow connections, at least one of the connections being substantially on the axis of symmetry of the toroid and another of the connections being substantially tangential to the toroidal chamber. The connection on the axis of symmetry of the toroid may be the inlet 116 and the tangential connection may be an outlet 118 to an intercooler. Two tangential outlets may be provided, each leading to an intercooler. The connector provides a tight turn, such as a ninety degree bend, with minimal pressure drop allowing for a more compact engine arrangement. A method of turning air through a right angle is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2516049-A (GB)
Title: Vertical flexible or rigid hanging or free standing planter
Inventor: HAWKINS DAVID NEIL
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 2013-07-09
Abstract: A vertical hanging or free standing planter comprises a tube C having apertures D marked on the outside of the tube. The tube may have a flexible net liner and the liner may have a plurality of open ended pockets attached to the inner surface thereof. A collar A having four holes may be positioned on the top of the planter (in use) and the inner circumference may have a U shaped trough which may be perorated with holes. A bowl E may be attached to the bottom of the tube by means of flexible clips with barbed ends.
Patent GB-2519087-A (GB)
Title: Spout for a fuel container
Inventor: WEBSTER SIMON
IPC: B67D7/44
Filed: 2013-10-08
Abstract: The spout for a jerrycan comprises: a conduit element 12 including a fluid channel 16 and an air channel 17; a slideable element 11 which is slidable relative to the conduit element between an open and closed position, this slideable element can be a sleeve. The air channel includes an opening 19 which is alignable with an opening (18, figure 1 or 2) in the sidewall of the slideable element, such that in use when the slideable element is in the opened position the openings 18 and 19 are aligned an airway is created between the internal space of the fuel container and the external space. The sleeve can be biased towards a closed position ensuring that the fluid channel is closed and the openings are unaligned.
Patent GB-2512435-A (GB)
Title: Three Wheeler Drive Train
Inventor: REEVES MARK ASHLEY
IPC: B60K5/02
Filed: 2013-12-24
Abstract: A drive train for a rear wheel driven three wheel motor vehicle (100 see fig 1) comprises, a front mounted V-configuration engine 130, a gearbox (120 see fig 1) behind the engine 130 having an input connected to the crankshaft through a torque damper 300, and a driveshaft (140 see fig 1) connected to an output of the gearbox (120). The torque damper 300 comprises an inner member 320 having an outward facing surface, and a cup-like outer member which has an inward facing surface 315 defining a cavity, the inner member 320 being located partially within the cavity. Each member includes a plurality of pockets 330, 395 arranged as opposing pocket pairs, and a resilient barrel-like connector 400 is located in each pocket pair, deforming as torque is applied and restricting rotational movement of the outer member relative to the inner member 320. The invention copes with torque spikes which occur for instance with high output v twin engines.
Patent GB-2522712-A (GB)
Title: Contact processing
Inventor: DORRICOTT MARTIN REX
IPC: H04M3/523
Filed: 2014-02-04
Abstract: A call routing apparatus comprises a detector, operable, in respect of incoming calls which are routed to respective agents selected from a cohort of two or more agents, to detect, as a parameter of the agent to whom a first call was routed, whether an incoming call represents a second or subsequent call by the same caller within a predetermined time period; and a call router operable to route incoming calls to respective agents selected from the cohort of two or more agents, the call router being operable to select an agent to which an incoming call is to be routed according to whether the incoming call is detected to represent a second or subsequent call by the same caller within the predetermined time period. The call router is operable to select an agent to which an incoming call is to be routed according to the detection of whether the call represents a second or subsequent call by the same caller within the predetermined time period
Patent GB-2522716-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacture
Inventor: BROUGH ASHLEY EDWARD
IPC: C22F1/043
Filed: 2014-02-04
Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article by casting the article from a hypo-eutectic aluminium-silicon alloy comprising (by weight): 8.5-11 % silicon, 0.6-0.85 % manganese, >0.15-0.6 % iron, up to 0.25 % zinc, up to 0.1 % magnesium, not more than 0.05 % strontium, not more than 0.001 % molybdenum, up to 0.25 % other alloying and/or refining elements including one or more of Cr, Ni, Cu, Pb, Sn, Ti, with the balance being aluminium and impurities, and then annealing the cast alloy at a temperature in the range 300-400 0C for 15-35 minutes. The Fe:Mn ratio preferably lies in the range 1:5 to 4:5. The alloy can be cast into an ingot or into a vehicle component such as a front shock tower or an engine mount bracket. The article can have a yield strength of 90 MPa or more, a tensile strength of 175 MPa or more and an elongation of 8 % or more.
Patent GB-2508112-A (GB)
Title: Platform for the delivery of content and services to networked connected computing devices
Inventor: KERSHAW RICHARD WILLIAM
IPC: H04W4/50
Filed: 2012-05-24
Abstract: Platform for the delivery of content and services to networked connected computing devices, in which the platform stores content by arranging nodes in a hierarchical data format that is capable of semantically representing content, with each node including a unique ID. The hierarchical format acts as an abstraction layer that insulates a content or service creator and the connected computing devices from being restricted (i) to any specific, predefined data format for the content or (ii) to any specific, predefined transport media for exchanging data over the network.
Patent GB-2507917-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for tightening threaded fasteners
Inventor: JUNKERS JOHN KURT
IPC: B25B21/00
Filed: 2012-08-30
Abstract: Apparatus for supplying a fluid to a device for tightening or loosening fasteners including a first fluid-transmitting element (130) having a first axis connectable with a housing of the device; a second fluid-transmitting element (140) rotatably connectable with the first element (130) about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis; a third fluid-transmitting element (150) rotatably connectable with the second element (140) about a third axis substantially perpendicular to the second axis and connectable with a fuid-transmitting line; and first and second fluid conduits that transfer fluid to and from the device and the fluid-transmitting line through the first, second and third elements. The first element is rotatable 360Â° about the first axis; the second element is rotatable 360Â° about the second axis; and the third element is rotatable less than 360Â° about the third axis.
Patent GB-2514456-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for generating a video clip and associated closed-captioning data
Inventor: HUNDEMER HANK J
IPC: H04N21/488
Filed: 2014-03-14
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating a stand-alone video clip from a video sequence while ensuring that the correct closed-caption (CC) data remains associated with the new clip. Caption data may be generated manually or by a speech recognition system. The caption data may thus be offset in time with respect to the video frames to which it relates, possibly causing editing problems when a stand-alone clip is created. The method involves: accessing a first video clip comprising frames 206; accessing CC data 208 demarcated into CC blocks; identifying a starting frame and determining a first set of frames within a range of the starting frame; determining a first set of CC blocks related to the first set of frames; receiving a selection of a starting position from the first set of CC blocks; identifying an ending frame and using it to identify an ending position; and generating a second video clip and associated CC data. The second video clip thus includes frames spanning from the starting frame to the ending frame, and the generated CC data includes CC blocks spanning from the starting position to the ending position.
Patent GB-2524811-A (GB)
Title: Accessory device for a quench valve of a cryostat
Inventor: RETZ PATRICK WILLIAM
IPC: F17C13/04
Filed: 2014-04-03
Abstract: A cracking pressure raising device 14, features a main body 15, a spring arrangement 24, a number of spring elements 26, and attachments means 22. The device 14 in use is attached to a container valve 9, the spring elements 26 bearing down upon the valve 9, thereby raising a cracking pressure of the valve 9. The container 2 may be a cryostat container 2 of liquid helium for the superconducting magnets of an MRI scanner. Placing the device 14 on the container 2 before air transport of the cryostat container 2, may reduce the chance of the valve 9, opening or bursting, under the reduced pressure transport conditions of an aircraft storage hold.
Patent GB-2509656-A (GB)
Title: Patient-specific partial knee guides and other instruments
Inventor: CATANZARITE JOSHUA B
IPC: A61B17/15
Filed: 2012-10-08
Abstract: A patient-specific unicompartmental tibial guide (100) has a patient-specific body (102) with an inner surface (104). The inner surface is preoperatively configured to nestingly conform and mate in only one position with an anterior portion and a proximal portion of a tibial bone (70) of a specific patient. The tibial guide includes a vertical resection channel (136) having a variable width preoperatively configured for guiding a vertical resection through the proximal portion of the tibial bone.
Patent GB-2526087-A (GB)
Title: Waste treatment process for a fossil-fuel extraction site
Inventor: PARKINSON DAVID JOHN
IPC: E21B21/06
Filed: 2014-05-12
Abstract: There is disclosed a waste treatment process for a fossil-fuel extraction site 18, 40 (e.g. an oil well or drilling site), comprising: processing extracted waste (e.g. drilling fluid waste or cuttings) generated by a fossil-fuel extraction process to produce primary waste having a higher calorific value than the extracted waste; mixing the primary waste with secondary waste to generate pyrolysis feedstock, the secondary waste having a lower calorific value than the primary waste; pyrolysing the pyrolysis feedstock in a pyrolysis unit 32 to form pyrolysis char; and gasifying the pyrolysis char in a gasification unit 36 to form syngas and ash.
Patent GB-2510526-A (GB)
Title: Method and composition for inhibiting foam in a hydrocarbon mixture
Inventor: HUO ZHONGXIN
IPC: C09K23/18
Filed: 2012-12-17
Abstract: A method of inhibiting the formation of foam in a mixture comprising water and hydrocarbons, the method comprising contacting the mixture with a composition which comprises at least one ionic liquid. The ionic liquid is preferably a poly(hydroxycarboxylic acid) amide salt derivative or an alkyl ethoxylate phosphate salt.
Patent GB-2529615-A (GB)
Title: Artist's implement
Inventor: THANI FATIMA EL
IPC: G06G1/14
Filed: 2014-07-16
Abstract: An artist's implement comprises an elongate handle 14 and an indicator 20; the indicator 20 holds a mark 23 at a chosen location along the handle 14; the mark 23 is temporary and can be moved or removed. The indicator 20 may comprise a malleable material; heat sensitive material; a pressure sensitive material or an elongate array of switches and light emitters; the mark 23 may be removed after a predetermined time. Also disclosed is an artists implement in the form of a pencil or paint brush including an elongate handle; an LCD display (20, fig 5) extending along the handle and at least one switch for controlling the display. A sheath comprising a cylinder that can receive a pencil or paintbrush and including an exterior surface capable of holding a mark is also disclosed. The implement can be used to help gauge the relative size of different parts of a scene.
Patent GB-2515679-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for optical sensing
Inventor: FARHADIROUSHAN MAHMOUD
IPC: G01H9/00
Filed: 2010-05-27
Abstract: An apparatus comprising a distributed acoustic sensor (DAS) system having a fibre optic cable 1701 deployed along a fluid carrying structure 1702 to be monitored, where at least one portion of the structure has the cable wrapped around it to increase the spatial resolution of the DAS in the at least one portion. The cable may be helically wrapped. The cable may be clamped to the structure between the at least one wrapped portion of the structure. Preferably the cable is wrapped around the structure at a plurality of portions 1704, where the portions are connected by non-wrapped portions of the cable. The system may monitor fluid flow which may comprise tracking vortices induced pressure waves and/or tracking acoustic waves generated and propagated along the structure. Fluid flow monitoring may further comprise: determining the speed of sound in one or both flow directions, where the determined speed may be used to determine the fluid composition; or determining the flow rate from tracking eddies generated within the flow. The apparatus may be used for in-well perforated zone monitoring or sand production monitoring in oil or gas wells or flowlines. The DAS system may further comprise an interferometer.
Patent GB-2532030-A (GB)
Title: Method and facility for user navigation in a target portal
Inventor: TIMO KUSSMAUL
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2014-11-05
Abstract: A system for identifying appropriate navigation paths for user navigation in a target portal (10) with at least two portal pages (12, 14, 16) comprises the steps of: Creating at least one query including uniform resource loca­tors (URLs) of selected portal pages (12, 14, 16) and/or content of selected portal pages (12, 14, 16) as search terms in a first search level; repeating the following steps until a certain abort criterion is reached: Receiving and analyzing search re­sults of the at least one query including external websites (W1, W2, W3, W4) containing search terms as part of their content; selecting a set of uniform resource locators (URLs) from the re­ceived search results; creating a node in a graph-like-model for each selected uniform resource locator (URL) if not already con­tained in the graph-like-model and associating the node with the selected uniform resource locator (URL); creating and issuing a further search query including selected uniform resource loca­tors (URLs) of external websites (W1, W2, W3, W4) in an addi­tional search level; in case the certain abort criterion is reached performing the following steps of: Computing the graph-like-model containing nodes (12,14,16, W1-W4) and edges (L1-L6) representing direct or in­direct references between said external websites (W1, W2, W3, W4) and portal pages (12, 14, 16) of said target portal (10) based on said created nodes; defining a threshold value for a maximum distance for pairs of portal pages (12, 14, 16) in the graph-like-model (9); calculating distances in the graph-like-model for the pairs of portal pages (12, 14, 16) of the target portal (10); comparing calculated distances for the pairs of portal pages (12, 14, 16) with the defined threshold value; cre­ating an additional navigation path for pairs of portal pages (12, 14, 16) whose distance is smaller than the threshold value; and displaying the additional navigation path in the target por­tal (10).
Patent GB-2532953-A (GB)
Title: Overlay display
Inventor: SOPHIE DANIELLE GREEN
IPC: H04N9/64
Filed: 2014-12-02
Abstract: System and method that overlays an output (eg. text, images or video on a coloured background) on a background (eg. screen, billboard) (14, Fig. 1) comprising: determining a desired colour 22 for the output; analysing the actual colour 20 of the background; calculating what output colour 28 will give the desired colour when superimposed on the background colour. The system includes a display such as a head-mounted display (HMD) (16, Fig. 1) and a camera (18, Fig. 1) that detects the background. The computed output colour may vary at a per pixel or per pixel block level according to background colour variations. A mathematical formula may be used to generate red, green and blue values for the adjusted foreground overlay colour based on background RGB values. The augmented reality display may be see-through, semi-transparent or translucent and a display transparency value 26 may be used in the correction of the foreground colour.
Patent GB-2517383-A (GB)
Title: Method for improving overall airport air quality during aircraft ground operations
Inventor: COX RODNEY T
IPC: B64C25/50
Filed: 2013-05-18
Abstract: A method is provided for improving overall air quality at airports during ground operations that includes providing a plurality of aircraft landing and taking off from an airport with onboard drive means controllable to move the aircraft on the ground without reliance on aircraft main engines or external tow vehicles while significantly minimizing operating time of aircraft engines after landing and/or prior to takeoff. As the number of aircraft equipped with onboard drive means for ground movement increases, levels of undesirable engine exhaust components in airport exterior ambient air, in airport ground facilities interior air, and in geographical areas surrounding the airport decrease as a result of the replacement of both the aircraft engines and the operation of external tow vehicles by the onboard drive means. Aircraft engines are not started until the aircraft reaches a takeoff runway where engine exhaust emissions are more readily dissipated by the taxiing aircraft.
Patent GB-2536063-A (GB)
Title: Electric generator and/or motor for vehicle
Inventor: JOHN RICHARD KELLY
IPC: B60L50/10
Filed: 2015-03-06
Abstract: An electrical generating apparatus for a road vehicle having first and second DC electrical systems, each respectively comprising first and second DC circuits 29,33 and first and second batteries 27,31 for providing first and second voltages, the first voltage being at least twice the second voltage, comprises an electrical machine 35 operable in first and second modes to generate electricity at either voltage and a switch 37 for connecting the electric machine 35 to either DC electrical system for providing power to the respective DC circuits 29,33 and/or charging the respective batteries 27,31. The apparatus may be an electric starter and/or traction motor for the road vehicle. The switch 37 may have a third state in which the electric machine is not directly connected to either DC system but is connected via a resistance to a voltage source, allowing a capacitance of the electric machine 35 to be charged or discharged to either voltage (figures 8-10). The electric machine 35 may be a switched reluctance machine. A DC-DC converter may be connected to both DC systems in parallel with the switch 37 and electrical machine 35 and may allow voltage conversion between the DC systems.
Patent GB-2527893-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft airframe assembly
Inventor: BICKERSTAFF JOHN
IPC: B64F5/00
Filed: 2015-04-21
Abstract: An assembly process for assembling portion of an aircraft airframe (4, Figure 1), typically an aft fuselage section, comprises providing two assemblies, each including a part (6, Figure 2) of the airframe attached to a reference structure 64. Each reference structure 64 is received by a receptacle (154, Figure 15), and the receptacles are moved using an actuator to move the first and second airframe parts into a predetermined configuration. The airframe parts are then fixedly attached. The reference structures 64 comprise protrusions 64a each having a shank and a head intended to cooperate with a keyhole aperture (156, Figure 15) in a receptacle. Optionally, each airframe part may comprise components, such as frames, spars and longerons.
Patent GB-2540528-A (GB)
Title: A sports board and method of manufacture
Inventor: PETER ADAM BLADD-SYMMS
IPC: B63B35/79
Filed: 2015-05-15
Abstract: A board 200 for use in sports comprises an outer shell 210, comprising a deck (212, Fig 2A) and a hull (214, Fig 2A) defining a volume therebetween. A plurality of reinforcement sections 216 are arranged within the volume and extend between the deck and the hull. The remaining portions of the volume are at least partially filled with a buoyant material 218, 220. The reinforcement sections may comprise a plurality of pillars formed from a foam, resin or resin composite. The buoyant material may be a foam or a gas. A method of manufacture such a board where a body of buoyant material is formed, a plurality of reinforcement sections are formed through the body and then an outer shell is formed to enclose the body and reinforcement sections is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2538772-A (GB)
Title: Beam scheduling
Inventor: MAZIAR NEKOVEE
IPC: H04W72/12
Filed: 2015-05-28
Abstract: The invention aims to solve the problem of coexistence interference between base stations (300, 302, 304) which employ beam steering, e.g. between base stations of a macro cell and a small cell. One of the base stations 302 determines a set of beam directions (b1, b2), which can be used to communicate with multiple mobile terminals. During communication each beam direction is transmitted in sequence, one after the other. This application determines the optimal beam sequence which mitigates interference with beams from other base stations. This is achieved by generating an initial sequence of the set of beam directions, and then generating permutations of this sequence to produce a plurality of beam sequences. The base station uses these beam sequences to generate probe signals (600, Fig. 6), which it transmits to the mobile terminals. The mobile terminals use the probe signals to generate link quality measurements (602, Fig. 6), which are fed back to the base station to facilitate selection of the optimum beam sequence. The invention does not require coordination between base stations.