baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2314830-A (GB)
Title: Tamper evident bag with wetting indication
Inventor: TODMAN VICTOR
IPC: B65D33/34
Filed: 1997-07-04
Abstract: A tamper evident bag shows wetting of the closure area prior to sealing, such wetting if undetected preventing a proper seal and allowing subsequent tampering. The bag comprises a slit 8 which provides access to the interior of the bag, and closure flap 7 arranged to be adhered to the bag over the slit in order to seal the bag. The bag has an indicator strip 15 which is covered by the closure flap 7 when the bag is sealed. This indicator strip 15 comprises a material having a surface tension less than or substantially equal to that of saliva and serves to indicate, via a dye impregnated into it, wetting of the bag or closure flap prior to sealing.
Patent GB-2329850-A (GB)
Title: Liquid filter with slot shaped air vent
Inventor: BRADFORD PETER FRANCIS
IPC: B01D35/01
Filed: 1997-10-03
Abstract: A filter unit includes an air collection chamber 32 arranged to collect air from a flow of liquid flowing through a filter 26, the air collection chamber having an outlet in the shape of a slot 30 that allows air to escape with the filtered liquid. A tubular baffle 28, defines the air collection chamber, and has a narrow slot extending along its length. The slot may be of uniform width, or alternatively may taper or have another profile. Liquid flows through the filter medium and upwardly through the interior of the baffle. Air collected within the air collection chamber escapes through the slot so that the cross-sectional area of the slot available for air to escape through depends on the quantity of air collected within the air collection chamber. The arrangement is suitable for removing contaminants from a flow of fuel.
Patent GB-2320016-A (GB)
Title: Container
Inventor: SHOPTAUGH PHILIP LEROY
IPC: A63F3/02
Filed: 1997-11-10
Abstract: A container includes a top part 16 releasably engageable with a bottom part 14 having an upper surface 20, wherein the top part 16 is engageable with the bottom part 14 in a first position to form a substantially enclosed container, and the top part 16 is engageable with the bottom part 14 in a second position whereby at least one exposed storage area is formed between both the top part and bottom part, the storage areas being defined by wall portions 13 of the inverted top part 16 in conjunction with side parts 11 of the bottom part 14. The upper surface 20 man form a board for a game, the game pieces being accommodated by the container.
Patent GB-2321544-A (GB)
Title: Concurrently executing multiple threads containing data dependent instructions
Inventor: KAHLE JAMES ALLAN
IPC: G06F9/48
Filed: 1997-11-19
Abstract: A processor and method of concurrently executing multiple threads are provided. The processor includes at least one register and an associated memory. According to the method, an execution control facility having first and second states is set to the first state. Execution of first and second threads is initiated such that the first and second threads are executed concurrently. Within the first thread, a first instruction is executed that stores to the associated memory a value that is referenced by a second instruction within the second thread. Thereafter, the execution control facility is set to the second state. Execution of the second instruction is permitted in response to the execution control facility being set to the second state. In another embodiment, the execution control facility is utilized to synchronize execution of multiple instructions within a second thread with execution of an instruction within a first thread.
Patent GB-2320267-A (GB)
Title: One-trip whipstock setting and squeezing method
Inventor: HARDY MEL
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 1997-11-25
Abstract: A one-trip whipstock assembly comprised of a mill 16, a whipstock 10, a whipstock anchor or packer (24, figure 6d) and a valving assembly. The assembly permits running in of all the equipment needed for setting and orienting the whipstock 10 and allows cement to be squeezed into the formation surrounding the borehole in one trip. The assembly includes a flowpath 32,34,42,46 which leads downwards to the whipstock packer (24, figure 6d) where valving (26, figure 6e and 100, figure 1d) is provided which allows for the squeezing to go on after the whipstock packer (24, figure 6d) has been set. Use of tandem valves (26, figure 6e and 100, figure 1d) isolates the squeezed portion of the wellbore from pressure build-ups downhole from the packer (24, figure 6d) or from a lateral further up the wellbore drilled using the mill 16.
Patent GB-2334421-A (GB)
Title: Lawnmower
Inventor: BOWDEN MICHAEL
IPC: A01D43/077
Filed: 1998-02-23
Abstract: A lawnmower comprising a cutter blade 3 rotatable about a substantially vertical axis; a motor 5 for driving the cutter blade; a housing 1 which defines a cutter chamber within which the cutter blade is mounted; an air moving device 4; a grass collector 10 which includes an inlet 11 for entry of grass cuttings from the ground, and an outlet through which air is drawn by the air moving device; characterised by a downwardly facing air channel means 8 disposed outside the cutter chamber around a major proportion of the housing and which leads to the inlet 11.
Patent GB-2336248-A (GB)
Title: Accessory mounting for digital computer
Inventor: BROWN FRASER
IPC: H05K7/14
Filed: 1998-04-08
Abstract: A mounting for a computer accessory such as a hard disc drive comprises a tray 2 for accommodating the accessory 1 which can be inserted into a mounting bay in the computer against the bias of resilient means 4. The tray 2 carries a bezel member 7 movable along the insertion path independently of the tray to latch or unlatch the tray in place, using latching members 6 in association with latching tracks formed in the bezel, by means of a push-push action. In a second embodiment (Fig 5), the resilient means are mounted on the housing.
Patent GB-2321831-A (GB)
Title: Satellite Communication Method and Apparatus
Inventor: HART NICHOLAS
IPC: H04B7/185
Filed: 1994-07-22
Abstract: A satellite (4) communicates with mobile terminals (18) within the coverage area of a beam (50) using a plurality of frequency channels. Each of the frequency channels is allocated to a group of said terminals which fall within a predetermined region (52), such that the variation of propagation delay between the satellite and each mobile terminal in the same group is restricted. Different mobile terminals in each group are allocated different TDMA slots and according to the method, interference between adjacent slots is reduced.
Patent GB-2324533-A (GB)
Title: Polymeric MDI prepolymer compositions and flexible foams prepared therefrom
Inventor: NARAYAN THIRUMURTI
IPC: C08G18/48
Filed: 1998-04-23
Abstract: Prepolymers, comprising (a) a polymethylene polyphenylene polyisocyanate; and (b) a polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl equivalent weight of at least about 700; and having an average viscosity of between about 400 and about 2000 centipoise at 25‹C are useful, for example, for the production of polyurethane foams, more particularly medium-density flexible foams having superior flow characteristics and fast demold times.
Patent GB-2329123-A (GB)
Title: An umbrella with a sleeve used either as a handle or for storing the umbrella
Inventor: HARASAWA KAZUO
IPC: A45B19/04
Filed: 1998-09-09
Abstract: A collapsible umbrella 1 has a cylindrical sleeve (7, fig.1) detachably secured at the lower end of the telescopic shank (2, fig.1) which is arranged to store the folded umbrella or used as a handle for the open umbrella. The sleeve has a double wall tube construction which allows telescopic movement in a longitudinal direction. The cylinder walls 8, 9 of the sleeve can expand and contract in a radial direction, as the tubes have either a bellows construction or comprise a pair of elastically connected half-split members.
Patent GB-2343170-A (GB)
Title: Liquid container
Inventor: YANG MING-TE
IPC: B65D25/38
Filed: 1998-10-28
Abstract: A liquid container includes a hollow body 50 containing an outlet hole 53 formed in the bottom portion thereof, an angled control valve 20 mounted on the bottom portion of the body and having a first tube 21 received in the body 50 and a second tube 25 extending outward from the body 50 via the outlet hole 53, a plurality of drain holes 23 contained in the mediate portion of the control valve 20 and connecting between the body 50 and the second tube 25, a control gasket 45 in the control valve 20 movable between a first position where the control gasket 45 seals each of the drain holes 20 and a second position where the control gasket 45 is released from the drain holes 23, thereby opening the connection between the body 50 and the second tube 25, and a drive device 27 for moving the control gasket 45 between the first position and the second position. The drive device 27 comprises a rod connection 271,272 to a cap 10 for closing a vent hole 56, which cap 10 moves upwards when rotated to open the vent hole (56), thus releasing the control gasket 45 to discharge the contents of the container.
Patent GB-2330567-A (GB)
Title: A burst proof pack
Inventor: FENSHAM NOEL CEDRIC
IPC: B65D75/32
Filed: 1998-03-06
Abstract: A burst-proof pack comprises a blister tray having at least one recess defined therein which houses a sanitizing fluid and at least one swab. The recess is surrounded by a land, and a peelable web is sealed to the land via a sealing arrangement so as to provide a sealed compartment. The sealing arrangement includes an inner peripheral sealing band and an outer peripheral sealing band defining therebetween an intermediate pressure dissipation channel for preserving the overall integrity of the sealing arrangement in the event of one of the sealing bands being broached. The invention extends to a two-part pack including separate wet and dry sealed compartments for liquid and dry goods associated with surgical procedure.
Patent GB-2345198-A (GB)
Title: Subsea cable protection
Inventor: HOWLETT STEVEN
IPC: H02G1/10
Filed: 1998-12-22
Abstract: A protective structure for use in protecting a cable to be laid on a seabed, comprising a body member (2) formed from a structural material. The body member (2) is provided with an elongate culvert (8) which is open at the top for receiving a cable. The structure may be provided with a tunnel (10) which is open at the bottom. The structure is preferably made of concrete. The structure may have a hole (12) for receiving a securing pin.
Patent GB-2330180-A (GB)
Title: Both ends open fluid dynamic bearing having a journal in combination with a conical bearing
Inventor: RAHMAN MOHAMED MIZANUR
IPC: F16C33/10
Filed: 1997-12-19
Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing with shaft (10) and hub (12) in which the bearing is open at both the upper and lower ends, and in which the balance of fluid flow within the bearings is maintained.
Patent GB-2332349-A (GB)
Title: Electrical appliance for thermal conditioning of foods
Inventor: DE JENLIS PASCAL
IPC: A47J37/08
Filed: 1998-05-15
Abstract: The invention concerns an electrical appliance for the thermal conditioning of foods, the food (P) being brought opposite or on a transparent plate (1), coated with a thin, transparent electroresistive deposit (3), capable of being charged.
Patent GB-2340468-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft operation monitoring system and flight report display
Inventor: GERMANETTI SERGE ALEXANDRE MAR
IPC: B64D43/00
Filed: 1999-05-13
Abstract: A system for monitoring the operation of an aircraft, especially a helicopter, said system 1 comprising data acquisition and processing means 2, 3 to provide information relating to the operation of the aircraft, and display means 4, 5 able to display at least the information provided by the acquisition and processing means 2, 3. Data relating to the aircraft is processed as appropriate, and then centralized and grouped together in information pages, and the system 1 furthermore comprises selection means for selecting, from among said pages, at least one page intended to be displayed by the display means 4, 5. Upon detection of conditions indicating the end of a flight, such engines shut down and rotors idle, the selecting means automatically selects for display a flight report page. The system has dual architecture chains 2A,2B and replaceable modules.
Patent GB-2351063-A (GB)
Title: Load carrying body
Inventor: BROWN DAVID JOHN BOWES
IPC: B60P1/36
Filed: 1999-06-15
Abstract: A transverse member or headboard 17 is movable along the upper surface of a load-bearing base 14. A reversible winch 28 is mounted to the base 14, below the level of its upper surface. A floor constituted by a flexible belt 23, resting on the upper surface of the base, has one end connected to the headboard 17 and the other end connected to the winch 28 so that rotation of the winch one direction winds the belt on to the winch, thereby drawing the floor and with it the headboard 17 towards the rear end of the base, and rotation in the opposite direction pays out the wound belt from the winch. A cable 33 has one end connected to the headboard 17 and the other end connected to the winch 28. A guide system (34 to 39) guides the cable 33 along a path such that rotation of the winch in the direction to pay out the belt 23 causes the cable 33 to draw the headboard 17 and with it the floor towards the front end of the base 14. The guide system includes a compensating mechanism (36, 56, 57) which varies the path of the cable 33 during rotation of the winch 28, so as to compensate for a difference between the belt diameter and the cable diameter on the winch, the difference varying as the belt is wound and unwound.
Patent GB-2337783-A (GB)
Title: Removing a waste component from a hydrocarbon fluid
Inventor: DASKOPOULOS PHAIDON
IPC: E21B43/40
Filed: 1998-03-13
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of reducing an amount of a waste component present in a hydrocarbon fluid produced from an earth formation via a wellbore formed in the earth formation, the hydrocarbon fluid flowing in a stream of fluid through the wellbore. The method comprises a) inducing at least part of the amount of the waste component to move into a second fluid present in the stream of fluid as said stream flows through the wellbore; and b) separating the second fluid with said at least part of the amount of the waste component included therein, from the hydrocarbon fluid.
Patent GB-2342690-A (GB)
Title: Pump for a cryogenic liquid
Inventor: LEHMAN JEAN-YVES
IPC: F04D13/04
Filed: 1999-08-18
Abstract: A pump 1 for a cryogenic liquid 3 comprises a hydraulic motor 9 driving a compressor wheel 21 for pumping the cryogenic liquid, which hydraulic motor 9 is adapted to receive a motor liquid 15, and relative sealing means 33 for preventing contamination of the cryogenic liquid 3 by transfer of the motor liquid 15 from the motor 9 to the compressor wheel 21. A parallel arrangement of two such pumps is disclosed (Figs 4, 5), as is the use of one or more pumps in an air distillation plant (Figs 3, 6).
Patent GB-2353638-A (GB)
Title: Low frequency electromagnetic absorption surface
Inventor: LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER ROBERT
IPC: H01Q17/00
Filed: 1999-08-25
Abstract: A microwave radiation absorber comprises a metallic substrate 1 with a dielectric layer 2 coated thereon. The dielectric layer has a textured/patterned surface which is preferably wave like. The preferred dielectric material is petroleum wax and the waveform may then be made by combing the wax after application to the metal surface. The dielectric layer may comprise tape strips, may include doping agents and may be applied to buildings, vehicles or solar panels.
Patent GB-2337900-A (GB)
Title: Communication between DECT mobile terminal and GSM MSC
Inventor: HAKASTE MARKUS TAPANI
IPC: H04W36/14
Filed: 1997-10-10
Abstract: A communication system comprises a GSM mobile switching centre (MSC), a DECT fixed part in communication with the MSC and a DECT portable part in communication with the DECT fixed part. For the provision of data service communications to the DECT portable part, a protocol is applied all the way between the MSC and the portable part. Thus protocol mapping between DECT and GSM is not required in the DECT fixed part. The protocol used end-to end may be the DECT specific LAP protocol or the GSM A-interface LAP protocol.
Patent GB-2344838-A (GB)
Title: Wellhead apparatus
Inventor: REIMERT LARRY E
IPC: E21B33/04
Filed: 1999-10-01
Abstract: Wellhead apparatus is shown to comprise a casing hanger 23 releasably latched to a running tool for lowering, landing and locking within the bore 22 of a housing 20 so as to suspend an inner casing 24 which is suspended from the hanger 23 within an outer casing string 21 to which the housing 20 is connected. The hanger 23 includes a mandrel 33 carrying a lock ring 36 for locking in a recess 29 in the housing bore 22, and a seal sleeve 45 is carried by the mandrel 33 for movement between an upper position to permit cement to be circulated through a space between the mandrel and the bore and a lower closing position. The tool includes a body 56 carrying a latch ring 57 which is held within a groove 58 in the bore of the mandrel 33 as the hanger 23 is lowered and locked within the housing bore 22, and which may be actuated by the tool to lower the sleeve into a sealed position and release the latch ring 57 for retrieval of the tool, from the hanger 23 within the well bore.
Patent GB-2356283-A (GB)
Title: Random sample shuffle controller
Inventor: COHN MATTHEW
IPC: G10H1/00
Filed: 1999-11-13
Abstract: <B>The Random Sample Shuffler Controller</B> is a novel audio re-mixing tool for professional and home use. It allows users to slice up audio samples into equal time slices and randomly reconstitute them. The amount of randomness applied to the audio time slice repositioning, is controlled by the user. Many audio samples may be processed this way simultaneously. Many other features are under similar random shuffle control. For example, audio samples selected for controlled random shuffling and playback, can be automatically selected on a user controlled random basis. The concept of user determined degree of randomness is applied to many audio processes in the <B>Random Sample Shuffler Controller.</B>
Patent GB-2347587-A (GB)
Title: Communication apparatus having a retractable antenna and method of controlling channel connection in response to the position of the antenna
Inventor: NAKAMURA ATSUNORI
IPC: H04B1/3822
Filed: 1999-12-22
Abstract: Extraction of a retractable antenna 10 from a cabinet is detected by a switch 21 in an antenna containing unit 20. When the extraction of the retractable antenna 10 is detected, a control unit 40 controls a communication function unit 30 to request a channel connection.
Patent HU-T65571-A (HU)
Title: Method and device for testing ophtalmic lens
Inventor: EBEL JAMES A
IPC: G01M11/02
Filed: 1993-11-25
Abstract: Disclosed is an ophthalmic lens inspection method and apparatus comprising a camera to capture an image of an ophthalmic lens which has been illuminated by a light source. Location and intensity at each camera pixel is converted to an electrical quantity which is then transferred and stored in a memory. A computer containing instructions for comparing the intensity and location values of the pixels starts near the center of the receptor field and continues toward the edge of the field until an intensity deviation is encountered. By evaluating the pixels containing intensity variation, an outline of the lens edge is attained. An annulus is generated enclosing the actual lens edge. All the pixels are changed from an absolute intensity value to a gradient value, represented by two transition edges. Feature extraction is performed to locate defective pixels and place them into groups. Once the groups have been determined each is given a score based on the number, type and severity of the defective pixels placed into that group. From that, a weighted score can be given to the entire lens and the lens either passes or fails.
Patent HU-T66978-A (HU)
Title: Valve system to remove air from casting die
Inventor: WYSER JOHANN
IPC: A41C3/14
Filed: 1994-01-17
Abstract: A valve assembly for venting diecasting moulds comprises a venting channel, a venting valve communicating with the venting channel and having an axially displaceable valve closure member, and an actuating member for operating the venting valve from an open position into a closed position. The actuating member includes a power pick up member exposed to the liquid casting material escaping during the casting operation from a casting chamber provided in the diecasting mould through the venting channel and being axially displaceable under the influence of the kinetic energy transmitted from the liquid casting material to the power pick up member when the liquid casting material hits the power pick up member. The power pick up member is mechanically coupled to the axially displaceable valve closure member and includes an axially displaceable push member having an operating stroke whose length is limited to only a fraction of the length of the stroke performed by the axially displaceable valve closure member when it is driven from its open position to its closed position. The axially displaceable valve closure member freely moves along a path in addition to the operating stroke of the power pick up member. The actuating member further comprises a power transmission member for the transmission of the impact force exerted by the liquid casting material onto the power pick up member to the axially displaceable valve closure member of the venting valve.
Patent HU-T69993-A (HU)
Title: Vaccine adjuvant
Inventor: MILLER RICHARD L
IPC: A61K39/12
Filed: 1993-04-08
Abstract: An immunogen/vaccine adjuvant composition containing an immunogen in an amount effective to stimulate an immune response and as a vaccine adjuvant a 1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine in an amount effective to increase the immune response to the immunogen.
Patent HU-T74833-A (HU)
Inventor: SUEMEGI BALAZS
IPC: C12N15/01
Filed: 1995-05-05
Abstract: A találmány tárgya eljárás miopátiás és kardiomiopátiás patkánytörzs előállítására, melynek során normális nőstény patkányokat AZT-vel kezelnek, a sérült mtDNS-sel rendelkező egyedeket párosítják, a mitokondriális DNS-ben deléciót mutató anyákat tovább tenyésztik, és a legalább öt generáción keresztül kardiomiopátiás egyedeket kiválasztják. •   -τ' i ■
Patent HU-T75136-A (HU)
Title: Medicament carrier for breathing activated, dry powder inhalator
Inventor: KARG JEFFREY
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 1994-09-21
Abstract: A carrier impregnated at spaced locations along its circumference with a dose of powdered medicament. The carrier is selectively indexed so as to present the impregnated doses of medicament seriatim between a pair of holes in an upper and lower pressure plate in an inhalator. Air is forced through the holes in the pressure plates and the encapsulated dose on the carrier to entrain a dose of the powdered medicament, which is then inhaled through a mouthpiece, by the patient-user. The powdered medicament is embedded in and across interstices in the carrier formed by intersecting and sometimes offset depressions on each surface of the carrier, providing corners and surfaces to cause the medicament entrained in the air stream to break up as it is pressed up against and passed through the carrier infrastructure to aerosol or atomize the same so that the medicament is presented in appropriate particle sizes for maximum benefit when inhaled.