baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2350388-A (GB)
Title: A driver primarily for posts
Inventor: HOOPER STUART GEORGE
IPC: E04H17/26
Filed: 1999-11-24
Abstract: The driver comprises a guide (12) having a hammer (18) thereon and an actuator (62) for urging the hammer along the guide (18) to a position where it can apply a driving force to a post or other member. A valve (68) is provided for reversing the operation of the actuator (62) after the driving force has been applied so as to urge the hammer (18) back along the guide. A cap is also provided through which striking load is applied by the hammer (18). The guide (12) is mounted on a mast (10) which can be raised and lowered by means of a further actuator. The actuator may be arranged to apply a load to the cap during the operation of the hammer. The actuator (62) drives the hammer (18) through an arm (48) and a resilient device (56).
Patent GB-2354120-A (GB)
Title: Electrical accessory boc cover and frame mounting
Inventor: CLAUS FRANK M
IPC: H02G3/14
Filed: 2000-09-08
Abstract: A cover plate 1 has latches 2 which engage rebates 4 in an accessory 3 mounted in a wall box 8, the plate trapping a frame 6 between itself and the wall. Means 5 on the plate resiliently bias the frame onto the wall. The biassing means 5 take up tolerance in the position of the accessory relative to the wall.
Patent GB-2371751-A (GB)
Title: Reaction tester
Inventor: SMITH RACHEL
IPC: A61B5/16
Filed: 2000-10-20
Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing the reaction time of humans is disclosed. A moving shape 13,14 on a monitor 11 is caused to change shape, and a user signals the change of shape by a click of a computer mouse 12. The speed of the moving shape increases over time, and in a preferred embodiment not less than 15 changes of shape occur.
Patent GB-2355599-A (GB)
Title: Generation of a force on a rotating body such as a superconductor
Inventor: WORSLEY ANDREW PETER
IPC: H02N11/00
Filed: 2000-11-24
Abstract: A method for generating a force acting on a body, preferably made of superconducting material, comprising the steps of rotating the body and causing an electron flow through the body simultaneously in the direction of rotation and contrary to the direction of rotation, so that a flow of gravitons are released. Preferably the body is spherical. The currents flow in one direction in the upper hemisphere of the body and in the opposite direction in the lower half. In accordance with the space-time lattice model, this will result in a greater release of gravitons in the upward direction and a lesser release in the downward direction, which distorts space-time, impelling the body upwards.
Patent GB-2356878-A (GB)
Title: A fluid cut control device
Inventor: WILLAUER DARRIN L
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 2000-11-28
Abstract: A fluid cut control device (10) comprising a packer/bridge plug (12) appended from and actuatable by a tool body which houses a setting tool (14), a fluid inquiry tool (16), a locator (18) and a wireline cable head (20). The device (10) allows an operator to selectively set the packer/bridge plug (12) at a position checked with the locator (18) and immediately analyse the result of the placement using the fluid inquiry tool (16). If the desired result is not achieved, the plug (12) may be unset, moved to a different position via a wireline attached to the cable head (20), reset and analysed again. This can continue until the desired effect is achieved. Once the operator is happy with the result, the plug (12) can be released from the device (10).
Patent GB-2358914-A (GB)
Title: Steering angle dependent lighting system for vehicles
Inventor: HAYAMI TOSHIHISA
IPC: B60Q1/12
Filed: 2001-02-01
Abstract: A lighting system for vehicles including headlamps 7 irradiating the area ahead of the vehicle and a plurality of dimmer lamps 8, 9, 10, a steering sensor 3, a speed sensor 4, and an electronic control unit 5. The dimmer lamps are provided at the front of a vehicle, their irradiating ranges differ from each other and their quantity of radiation is varied according to the detected steering angle. The electronic control unit sequentially turns on/off the dimmer lamps according to changes in the steering angle and increases/decreases the corresponding quantity of radiation in proportion to the magnitude of the steering angle. The headlamps 7 may have optical axes that are controlled in relation to the steering angle. All of the lamps in the system may be controlled in modes dependent on the speed of the vehicle, the detected weather conditions or the nature of the surrounding area.
Patent GB-2375014-A (GB)
Title: Neighbour discovery in a communication network
Inventor: MIKLOS GYOERGY
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2001-04-27
Abstract: In a communication network such as Bluetooth, beacon signals containing the identity of the node from which they originated are transmitted on a pseudo random frequency and/or timeslot. The node receiving the beacon signal maintains channel node connectivity information on the basis of the received beacon signals. Nodes may scan for beacon signals using timeslots and scanning frequencies determined in a pseudo random manner.
Patent GB-2376891-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for interacting with bone tissue using illuminating radiation
Inventor: KIERNAN MICHAEL NOEL
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 2001-06-27
Abstract: A device comprising an illuminating radiation source 3, and control means 4, to regulate the intensity and/or duration of the radiation emitted from the source which is internally implanted in tissue adjacent to the target bone and illuminating it in a controlled regime comprising at least one period of illumination. The radiation source may be LEDs or laser diodes and the wavelength may be in the range 400 nm-1000 nm and be emitted in pulses. The apparatus may comprise a power source 10, connected to the implanted radiation source. Other embodiments specify that the radiation source and control means are both implanted, or the radiation source, control and a power source be implanted. The implanted device may be powered by converting electromagnetic signals received 9, from outside the body 7, 8, into electricity. Methods of implanting and using the device are described.
Patent GB-2377233-A (GB)
Title: Safety mechanism for tubular gripping apparatus
Inventor: PIETRAS BERND-GEORG
IPC: E21B19/07
Filed: 2001-07-02
Abstract: A spider 102 and an elevator 103 have slips 104, 105 for gripping and releasing a tubular. Valves 108, 120 control a supply of pressurised fluid for moving the slips and these valves interengage in order to prevent opening of the spider slips when the elevator slips are not in a gripping position. The valves may be cylindrical or ball valves, with arcuate cut-away sections to engage with the periphery of the adjacent valve so that one valve may move only when the other is stationary and in a predetermined position. Sensors 129, 130 may be mounted on one or both sets of slips to determine when they are securely closed, the sensors triggering a mechanism to lock the other valve closed if one set of slips is open. The sensors may comprise a piston 132 rigidly coupled to the slips. The invention reduces the risk of opening both sets of slips at once and dropping the drill or casing string.
Patent GB-2361668-A (GB)
Title: Heat shrinkable elastomeric laminate material
Inventor: TAYLOR JACK D
IPC: D04H13/00
Filed: 1999-11-04
Abstract: A laminate having improved extensibility is made of an elastic sheet layer prestretched and bonded to at least one extensible layer. In a first embodiment, the elastic layer is bonded in selected locations to an extensible layer and then heated. The latent extensibility of the prestretched elastic layer and the extensibility of the extensible layer produce desired extensibility useful as waistbands, side panels and side tabs in diapers and training pants. Diapers and training pants made with such a material can fit a larger number of body sizes because of the improved extensibility. In a second embodiment the film is prestretched in the cross direction and the machine direction, then laminated to an extensible layer, resulting in two-way extensibility. The elastic layer can be apertured. Aperturing produces a laminate that is breathable, while maintaining improved extensibility.
Patent GB-2378274-A (GB)
Title: Distributing electronic content
Inventor: RODGERS PETER JAMES
IPC: G06F21/10
Filed: 2001-07-31
Abstract: A method of distributing electronic content such as music or books via the internet involves transmitting licence data with the content. The licence data includes status information indicative of whether the licence is a full licence for content purchased from a content distributor, or temporary for content passed from a full licence owner to a new consumer who has not yet paid for the content. In one embodiment of the invention, content is transmitted from one consumer to another for example for PDA wireless transmission, with appropriate licence status data. Connection of a PDA on which content having only temporary licence status is stored to the internet automatically actives the content management program on the PDA to connect to the content distributor and transmit all stored licence status information. Detection of temporary licences by the content distributor triggers a request for payment of the content, and payment results in transmission of replacement licence data having a full licence status back to the consumer. Upon receipt of payment a reward is sent from the distributor to the person who transmitted the content (thus creating the temporary licence) to another consumer, as a kind of sale commission. In another embodiment, the first consumer sends only licence data (perhaps with a sample portion of the content) to a second consumer, who is then given an opportunity to buy a legitimate copy of they wish, as in the first embodiment.
Patent GB-2369999-A (GB)
Title: Golf putter head and method of making same
Inventor: SOLHEIM JOHN K
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2001-10-10
Abstract: A golf putter head 10 includes a metal body 11 with a heel 16, toe 14, and front striking face 20; the front face of the metal body is provided with lateral cavities 24, 26 at heel and toe, and optionally a central cavity 22, or with a single elongated cavity, Fig 7 (not shown). A blind bore 38, 40 extends backwards from the front face at heel and toe to accommodate weights 42, 44 which reduce the tendency for head rotation when the point of impact is slightly off-centre on the striking face. Non-metallic material, eg polyurethane 36, 46, 48, is inserted into the cavities after positioning of the weights, in order to retain the weights in the bores and to provide striking faces with a softer feel than metal. The front face of the head can then be milled to ensure a flat surface.
Patent GB-2363714-A (GB)
Title: Herbal composition and medicament against diabetes mellitus type II manufactured thereof
Inventor: LEKO VLADIMIR
IPC: A61P3/10
Filed: 1999-04-22
Abstract: The invention refers to the herbal composition which consists of: the plant of centaury (Centaurii herba) 12.3 % by wt., the root of dandelion (Teraxaci radix) 9.7 % by wt., the fruit of juniper (Juniperi communis fructus) 6.2 % by wt., the plant of nettle (Urticae herba) 7.4 % by wt., the root of nettle (Urticae radix) 7.0 % by wt., the root of chicory (Cichorii radix) 17.7 % by wt., the leaf of black mulberry (Morus nigra folium) 7.4 % by wt., the flower of yarrow (Achilleae millefolii flos) 3.5 % by wt., the leaf of bilberry (Vaccinii myrtilli folium) 6.6 % by wt., the pod of beans (Phaseoli fructus sine semeni) 14.4 % by wt. and the root of valerian (Valerianae officinalis radix) 7.8 % by wt., and to the medicament against diabetes mellitus type II obtained from it. The medicament is anticipated to be administered perorally in form of tea, a tincture and a pill.
Patent GB-2365028-A (GB)
Title: Steam generator iron with audible warning means
Inventor: KUPLAS HARBEY
IPC: D06F75/12
Filed: 1997-11-03
Abstract: A flap valve 21 is used to generate a whistle when steam pressure builds up within a filler knob 7. The valve also allows steam to exit from the knob along a steam exhaust tube 23 to a steam exhaust outlet 8. The valve is dome-shaped and integrally formed with a radially extending part 18 of a sealing member 12. The valve overlies an opening 20 in the sealing member which, in turn, overlies an aperture 22 in an outer casing 9 of a steam generator (2, figure 1). The steam exhaust tube is connected to the apertured housing 22. The filler knob closes a filler orifice 11 and is sealingly engaged via the member 12 when there is a pressure build-up. The filler knob also contains a pressure relief valve 15. The steam generator feeds steam to an electric pressing iron (1, figure 1) via a connecting tube.
Patent GB-2364475-A (GB)
Title: A device and a method in a switched telecommunication system
Inventor: JOHANSSON MATHIAS
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 2000-06-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a telecommunication system enabling a user to select services. The Figures show a telecommunication system having a switched domain (2A) comprising switches (SW1, SW2). Service networks (A11-F11) are connected to the switches and users (G1-L1) are also connected to the switches using lines (G11, L11). An IP path selector (3) and an operator (OP11) are also connected to the switches. The operator forms service network groups by means of selection among the service networks (A11-F11). The service network groups are allocated a virtual local network (VLAN1) each by means of configuring the ports in the switches (SW1, SW2) and the IP path selector (3). The users (G1-L1) can select services by means of selecting one or several of the virtual local networks. By means of configuring their devices (G21-G23) to their chosen virtual local network (VLAN1) the user (G1) receives the services desired. The user can also change his selection of services by means of reconfiguring and thus connect to an alternative virtual local network.
Patent GB-2372261-A (GB)
Title: Bleaching composition
Inventor: ADRIAANSE AREND JAN
IPC: D06L1/00
Filed: 2001-12-11
Abstract: A bleaching composition is provided comprising <SL> <LI>a) a bleach-effective amount of an oxidoreductase; <LI>b) 0 to 10 wt% of a surfactant; <LI>c) less than 20 wt% of a modifier; and <LI>d) an effective dry cleaning amount of densified carbon dioxide. </SL> It is particularly useful for removing stains from textiles.
Patent GB-2372176-A (GB)
Title: Displaying advertisements on a mobile communication terminal
Inventor: KIM MOON-YOUNG
IPC: H04M1/72445
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: Displaying an advertisement on a display of a mobile communication terminal comprising; receiving advertisement data through a wireless internet network 201, comparing the received advertisement data with advertisement data already stored in a storage area of the mobile communication terminal 202 in order to allow updating of the stored advertisement data 203, determining the whether the mobile communication terminal is activated or deactivated 207 and selecting an advertisement to be displayed accordingly 208, 209, and displaying the advertisement on the mobile communication terminals' display 210. The method may further comprise determining the reliability of the received advertisement data 204 and storing only approved advertisement data 205, 206 and may also comprise searching a version and priority of the received advertisement data 202 and updating accordingly the stored advertisement data 203.
Patent GB-2385039-A (GB)
Title: Railway vehicle with extendable end housing
Inventor: LOTZ PAUL
IPC: B61F19/06
Filed: 2002-02-11
Abstract: The vehicle C has the housing A coupled to it by telescopic pistons B which extend the housing from the remainder of the vehicle body dependent upon the speed of the vehicle. The housing has associated laser sensors N, P for detecting any obstruction on the track and an actuator for initiating braking of the vehicle upon impact with such an obstruction. The housing A provides for deflection of an obstruction to avoid impact with the vehicle itself.
Patent GB-2386912-A (GB)
Title: Drainage conduit assembly
Inventor: JANESKY LAWRENCE MARK
IPC: E02D31/10
Filed: 2002-02-14
Abstract: A sub-floor water control drainage conduit assembly having an elongate peripheral conduit section (10) and one or more branch conduit sections (40) interfaced therewith. The conduit sections are somewhat-rectangular in cross-section and have a flat base or floor, and a roof wall and/or sidewall. The floor wall of the peripheral conduit section is designed to be supported on the top surface of a footing at the wall-footing interface or in an excavation at the base of a wall. The peripheral conduit section is open to admit groundwater, such as from the wall-footing interface, and contains an upper vertical wall portion (16) which is designed to extend above the basement floor surface and is spaced from the basement wall to provide a wall drain gap down to the conduit section. The branch conduit sections interconnect with the peripheral conduit section and extend beneath the floor to drain interior water accumulations outwardly to the peripheral conduit sections, or to a sump pump or to a dry well.
Patent GB-2387984-A (GB)
Title: Display of enhanced content
Inventor: VAN NOETSELE ROBERT
IPC: H04N7/16
Filed: 2002-03-07
Abstract: A method for controlling presentation of items of enhanced content in an interactive television system comprising at least one distribution unit and a plurality of decoder units arranged to store items of enhanced content and cause them to be presented to a user on receipt of a trigger signal from the distribution unit, the method comprising: storing the items of enhanced content at the decoder units; storing at the distribution unit a schedule indicating a desired synchronisation between the items of enhanced content and a running program with which the enhanced content is associated, the running program comprising a timing stream and a series of periodic indications of the identity of the running program; transmitting the running program to the decoder units over a transmission channel via the distribution unit; and at the distribution unit analysing traffic passing over the transmission channel so as to determine whether the said periodic indications of the identity of the running program continue to be detected as passing over the transmission channel, and generating trigger signals in respect of the enhanced content associated with the running program only whilst it is determined that the said periodic indications continue to be detected as passing over the transmission channel.
Patent GB-2386596-A (GB)
Title: Packaging for the Transport of Hazardous Materials through the Mail
Inventor: WILLIAMSON ALISTAIR JOHN
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2002-03-19
Abstract: Packaging (1) for the transport of hazardous items, such as blood samples, though the mail; comprising first (3) and second (5) components that can be assembled to define a storage cavity for the item to be transported, and means (13,15), operable to open the outer packaging (1) where said components (3,5) cannot be reassembled once said means (13,15) has been operated to open the packaging. The item to be transported is wrapped in an absorbent covering, which can exhibit a colour change if the contents of the item leak, and put in a sealable plastic bag before being placed in the inner receptacle of the outer packaging (1). The inner receptacle can be part or completely transparent.
Patent GB-2373482-A (GB)
Title: Embossing assembly and relative movement system
Inventor: BARTESAGHI ANGELO
IPC: B26D7/26
Filed: 2002-03-19
Abstract: An embossing assembly (100) comprises at least one embossing module (1, 1', 1'') which comprises two counter-rotating embossing rolls for embossing a sheet material, particularly for the production of paper napkins or serviettes and the like, the embossing module (1) being disposed in line with a folding plate (3) for folding of the sheet material leaving or approaching the embossing module, and being mounted so that it can be translated on a supporting plate (2) to be able to be moved from its working position during changes in production. The plate (2) has track grooves to accept balls in the module base to allow module movement. The module (1) can be moved to an aligned carriage 30 to allow a replacement module (1') to move from a standby position on the plate (2) to the working position; a further module (1'') then being able to move from a reserve position on the plate (2) to the standby position.
Patent GB-2377737-A (GB)
Title: Grip ring including a plurality of grip ring segments
Inventor: SANDERSON BRYAN
IPC: F16L23/028
Filed: 2001-07-18
Abstract: A grip ring (14, Fig.1) comprises a plurality of grip ring segments 28 that are hingedly secured to one another to define a continuous or substantially continuous ring. The segments each include a body 29 having a plurality of teeth or barbs 27 protruding from a first face thereof and on a second face a plurality of pockets that terminate in respective pocket openings 31, 32, 33. In use the pockets permit controlled deformation of the segments while the teeth grip eg. a water pipe.
Patent GB-2373768-A (GB)
Title: Overhead conveyor
Inventor: SHIMIZU TOSHIHARU
IPC: B65G17/20
Filed: 2001-09-12
Abstract: An overhead conveyor, comprising a pair of front hanger arms (2a, 2a) for supporting the bottom surface part of a body front part thereon and a pair of rear hanger arms (2b, 2b) for supporting the bottom surface of the body rear part installed on a hanger body (2d) moving along a traveling rail (R) installed on a ceiling side, wherein either of the pair of front hanger arms (2a, 2a) and the pair of rear hanger arms (2b, 2b) are movably installed on the hanger body (2d), a locking groove (13) for locking the pair of movable hanger arms on the hanger body (2d) at each body supporting position through a locking lever (14), and a locking lever operating actuator (16) is provided to engage and disengage the locking lever (14).
Patent GB-2378514-A (GB)
Title: A flow measurement system providing an indication of barometric pressure
Inventor: KOTWICKI ALLAN JOSEPH
IPC: F02D21/08
Filed: 2002-06-11
Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system having an upstream valve 200 and a downstream orifice 205, with a gauge pressure sensor 207 upstream of the orifice and an absolute pressure sensor 206 downstream of the orifice. A method for measuring flow through the orifice 205 in which atmospheric pressure is determined when flow through the orifice 205 is substantially zero, or less than a predetermined value. This estimate is then used along with the outputs from the upstream and downstream pressure sensors 206, 207 to measure flow through the orifice 205.
Patent GB-2390039-A (GB)
Title: Filtering material
Inventor: MORIMURA TADAKI
IPC: B01D39/20
Filed: 2002-10-11
Abstract: A filter comprises large diameter nodes 3 integrally formed on a linear fiber 2 at an appropriate interval to form a fiber body 1 so that multiple fiber bodies 1 are attached to a support member in a state where slits 4 are formed between adjoining fibers 2 due to the large diameter nodes 3, by arranging multiple fiber bodies 1 in parallel with one another or laminating the multiple fiber bodies 1 with one another. It is preferable that the thickness of the fiber 2 is set to range from 0.003 to 0.05 mm, and the outer diameter of each large diameter node 3 is set to be 1.03 to 1.50 times as large as the thickness of the fiber 2, and an interval of the large diameter nodes 3 is set to be 5 to 100 times as large as the thickness of the fiber 2. The material of the fibre body 1 may be a synthetic resin, metal or other inorganic material and may be arranged in parallel to form a screen (fig 5)or a cylindrical type filter (fig 3).