baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2484907-A (GB)
Title: Data processing system with a plurality of data processing units and a task-based scheduling scheme
Inventor: MCCONNELL RAY
IPC: G06F9/48
Filed: 2010-10-21
Abstract: Data processing system 5 includes a cluster of data processing units 521-52N, shared storage 56 and bus system 54. Each data processing unit 52 comprises scalar processor device 101, heterogeneous processor device (HPU) 102 and local memory device 103. The scalar processor executes a series of instructions including instructions for execution on the HPU which it forwards automatically. Task-based scheduling includes the maintenance of a task descriptor list TL to hold task information and a free list FL of data processing units available to perform tasks. Each data processing unit is operable to retrieve PB a task descriptor from the list and to update that task descriptor PC,PD based upon a state of execution of that task. Upon completion of a task PG a data processing unit may append PH the address of its wake-up mechanism to the free list and enter a low-power mode. A data processing unit on the free list may be awoken PF to perform a task by writing the address of a task descriptor to the address of the wake-up mechanism.
Patent GB-2486704-A (GB)
Title: Spray booth ventilation system with nozzles for blowing air transverse the main airflow
Inventor: WILLIAMS MICHAEL
IPC: F24F11/00
Filed: 2010-12-23
Abstract: A method of controlling a spray booth 100, the booth comprising a roof portion and first and second end portions, 102, 104 which in part define a work space having a longitudinal axis, an air input region 106 arranged for introducing a substantially uniform air flow 120 into the workspace parallel to the longitudinal axis (i.e. horizontal flow / cross-draught), an air extraction aperture 128, air input ducting 110 linking air handling equipment to the air input region, and a plurality of air injectors / vents 112, 114 arranged to blow in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis, wherein the method comprises controlling the input air handling equipment to provide a predetermined airflow having a desired temperature, and controlling the perpendicular-airflow nozzles to provide a predetermined temperature and air flow distribution. An independent claim relates to a control system comprising a controller suitable for controlling the temperature and airflow distribution within the booth. Figure shows top view.
Patent GB-2480397-A (GB)
Title: Bidirectional sealing mechanically shifted ball valve for downhole use
Inventor: BEALL CLIFFORD H
IPC: E21B34/14
Filed: 2010-01-22
Abstract: A downhole ball valve is mounted n a string and features a rotating ball that turns on its axis as it is held against an upstream and a downstream seal by a cage. The cage accepts a slide that engages the ball off-center to rotate it between the open and closed positions. The slide is operated by a sleeve attached to a piston assembly. The sleeve is mechanically operated in opposed directions such as by a wireline shifting tool. Differential pressure on a closed ball does not affect the actuation piston because pressure across the actuating piston is balanced while holding pressure differential across the closed ball. A check valve allows the actuation piston to be in pressure balance as the ball stays closed.
Patent GB-2493733-A (GB)
Title: Tunable laser
Inventor: CHAKRABORTY SUBHASISH
IPC: H01S5/10
Filed: 2011-08-16
Abstract: A tunable laser comprises a grating arranged to provide distributed feedback. The grating comprises an aperiodic series of grating elements arranged such that the laser is tunable to emit radiation centred at any selected one of at least three output frequencies. The grating may be arranged such that a Fourier transform of the spatial distribution of the grating elements comprises at least three peaks, each peak corresponding to a respective one of said frequencies. The grating elements may be arranged such that a reflectivity characteristic of the grating comprises three Bragg reflection resonances.
Patent GB-2482257-A (GB)
Title: Improved gravity sensing instrument
Inventor: MEYER THOMAS J
IPC: G01V7/16
Filed: 2010-05-13
Abstract: An instrument for determining the second and/or third-order components of the gravity tensor includes a group of six accelerometers arranged at an equal radius from a spin axis and positioned at 60 degree intervals about the spin axis with the sensing axis of each accelerometer aligned tangentially to the circle subscribed by the accelerometers as they rotate about the spin axis. A gyro-stabilized platform maintains the accelerometer arrangement at a preferred alignment relative to the local gravity vector. As the accelerometers orbit about the spin axis, each accelerometer outputs a sinusoidal signal that is offset by 60 degrees from its immediately adjacent leading and trailing accelerometers with the outputs thereof processed to provide the second-order component and the third-order tensor component. In another arrangement, a group of eight accelerometers arranged at an equal radius from a spin axis and positioned at 45 degree intervals about the spin axis can provide second, third, and fourth-order tensor components. The higher-order tensor components are of use in "de-cluttering" the lower- order tensor components.
Patent GB-2488428-A (GB)
Title: A wire support arrangement
Inventor: DESMOND JOHN
IPC: H01R13/58
Filed: 2012-02-22
Abstract: A lampholder wire support arrangement 1 is connected to a lampholder 2, the lampholder 2 able to receive a lamp by a press fit connection. The arrangement 1 has an attachment member (9, fig 2) for removable attachment to a lampholder; and cuffs 4,5 coupled to the attachment member (9, fig 2), the cuffs 4,5 receiving wires 13 and restrict movement of the wires 13. The attachment member (9, fig 2) secures the cuffs 4,5 in a fixed position with respect to the lampholder 2 so that movement of the wires 13 in the cuffs 4,5 is restricted with respect to the lampholder 2.
Patent GB-2489565-A (GB)
Title: Birdcage RF resonator with two operating frequencies
Inventor: FREYTAG NICOLAS
IPC: G01R33/34
Filed: 2012-03-19
Abstract: An RF resonator for magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy having a birdcage resonator with two electrically conducting ring elements 33 and N electrically conducting bars 11, where N > 4 and is even and each ring element is electrically connected with all N bars, is characterized in that additionally at least one pair of electrically conducting ring segments 32a, 32b is provided such that the ring segments of a pair are spaced from each other with respect to the Z-axis and form an additional electrical connection between two bars 11, wherein the pair of ring segments 32a, 32b forms a current path with these two bars, wherein the current path is capacitively interrupted at at least one point and the ring segments 32a, 32b and the bars 11 are symmetrical with respect to the yz-plane. This optimizes field homogeneity and efficiency even when the two frequencies are far apart.
Patent GB-2490217-A (GB)
Title: Authorising data access based on the mutual rights of a user and a terminal
Inventor: BRADLEY CHARLES B II
IPC: G06F21/20
Filed: 2012-04-13
Abstract: A method comprises receiving a session login request by a user from a computer/client/workstation/terminal 110; determining the access rights 321-1 of the user; determining the access rights 331-1 of the computer, determining session access rights as an intersection or overlap of the common or mutual user and computer access rights; and authorising access to files based on applying dependent on whether the session access rights satisfy file permissions of the files. The file permissions may be stored in metadata of the corresponding files. The computer might be identified based on a unique address or PKI signature. The user might be identified based on a user session or PKI signature. Also claimed is a system where access to data files is authorised by applying session rights to file permissions of the files and confirming that the unique address of the workstation used is held in a clearance database.
Patent GB-2502967-A (GB)
Title: Method of checking the compatibility of a mobile device connector and a vehicle connectivity port
Inventor: DUSTERHOFF KURT
IPC: G06F13/40
Filed: 2012-06-11
Abstract: A mobile device (10) is connected to a first of a plurality of connectivity ports (23) in a vehicle (20). A compatibility checking unit (25) connected to the port receives identification from the mobile device and determines whether the port meets a connection requirement for the mobile device. If the port does not the requirements then a notification is issued that the port is no compliant. The notification may be a sound, voice message or visual signal. The connection requirement may be a power supply characteristic, connection capability or a throughput. The port may be a USB, Firewire, HDMI, MHL or audio jack. The notification may identify a second port that meets the connectivity requirements.
Patent GB-2491991-A (GB)
Title: Tent
Inventor: ZHOU NANQING
IPC: E04H15/48
Filed: 2010-02-05
Abstract: A tent includes a tent cloth and a tent frame for supporting the tent cloth. The tent frame consists of a top module pivoted radially with multiple supporting poles. The top module contains a modular main body, a top cap and a quick-pitch subassembly.The modular main body forms several pivot sockets, and each socket pivots with a connector by which the socket connects with the supporting poles separately. The pivoting end of the connector forms an abutting part matched with the quick-pitch subassembly. The top cap locks and fixes with the modular main body to form a middle space, and the quick-pitch subassembly is set in this middle space and can move up and down.
Patent GB-2497666-A (GB)
Title: Swinging sheave bracket with force control
Inventor: THOMAS TERRY
IPC: B65H75/44
Filed: 2012-12-12
Abstract: A sheave bracket 46 for use with and directing a trailing cable 22 of a mining vehicle is secured to the vehicle and includes a plate having one or a plurality of sheaves 54,58 coupled to and extending from the plate. The sheaves are arranged to guide the cable. The sheave bracket also includes a force control mechanism 100 movable between two positions to adjust tension in the cable. The force control mechanism dampens strain in the cable when the direction of the bracket is changed such as when the vehicle passes the cable tie-off point and an associated cable changes direction. The sheave bracket may comprise a single sheave (217, figure 3) and is associated with a second sheave bracket (146). The sheave guide is preferably pivoted to the vehicle by a joint 47. The force control mechanism preferably comprises a cylindrically shaped liquid medium strut.
Patent GB-2510594-A (GB)
Title: Revolving Multiple Footwear Holder
Inventor: BRIDGER GARY JOHN
IPC: A47G25/00
Filed: 2013-02-07
Abstract: A footwear holder comprises a fixed base and a revolving stand portion having a plurality of upright pegs each for holding an item of footwear. The stand is able to rotate through 360 degrees allowing easy access to the footwear, which may be boots or shoes for example.
Patent GB-2497062-A (GB)
Title: Induction heater system for electrically heated pipelines
Inventor: LINEY DAVID JOHN
IPC: H05B6/10
Filed: 2011-11-07
Abstract: An induction heater system, comprising an induction heating coil, wherein said induction heating coil has a first end and a second end, and a circumference; a power source electrically connected to said first end and said second end; an electrical connection through said induction heating coil and between said first end and said second end and said power source; and a gap located along said circumference of said induction heating coil, wherein said gap extends substantially longitudinally along the induction heating coil and divides said circumference of said induction heating coil into a first section and a second section.
Patent GB-2515346-A (GB)
Title: The new look and transformation of barclays cycle hire
Inventor: ANTONIO JOSE
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2013-06-21
Abstract: An improved cycle hire system includes shelters 20 with advertisements 29. Hired bicycles 38 include two side mirrors mounted on the handle bar, front and rear indicators, bright colours, and large front and rear lamps. Shelters 20 are provided to park and protect the cycles 38 from bad weather conditions, vandalism etc. CCTV may also be installed. Glass doors 35 for entry into shelters also improve security. Safety helmets 43 with an operators logo can be included. Satellite navigation systems may also be installed on the bicycles.
Patent GB-2503817-A (GB)
Title: Spring force nodal mounting method for resonator sensor
Inventor: DIFOGGION ROCCO
IPC: E21B49/10
Filed: 2012-04-27
Abstract: A resonator in the fluid for displacing the fluid has a sensing section and a non-sensing section. A compression contact member coupled to the mounting body compressively secures the resonator non-sensing section in a mounting body. The apparatus may further include a pressure feed through module received in the mounting body that is in signal communication with the resonator.
Patent GB-2517463-A (GB)
Title: Plaque marker for a garment hanger
Inventor: WARREN MICHAEL JAMES
IPC: A47G25/14
Filed: 2013-08-21
Abstract: A plaque marker 20 for a median portion of a garment hanger with suspending means, the plaque marker being generally U-shaped and comprising a bridging portion 21 bridging a first leg 22 and a second leg 23. The bridging portion comprises a central indent 211 for receiving a portion of the suspending means of the garment hanger as a sliding fit, the indent dividing the second leg into a first portion and a second portion. At least one of the first portion and the second portion is provided with a latching means for latching onto an edge or projection of the garment hanger in use, with an inner face of the bridging portion of the plaque marker in abutment with an outer face of the median portion of the garment hanger.
Patent GB-2519333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to lightning protection systems for wind turbine blades
Inventor: WHITEHOUSE DANIEL
IPC: H02G13/00
Filed: 2013-10-17
Abstract: A method of fabricating a pre-formed component 20 of a lightning protection system for a wind turbine blade, the method comprising providing a first fabric layer 82; applying a conductive layer 86 to the first fabric layer; and applying a second fabric layer 84 so as to sandwich the conductive layer between the first and second insulating layers. The stage of applying a conductive layer to the first fabric layer may comprise applying multiple conductive layer portions that overlap each other. Preferably reinforced zones are created by applying first and second metallic elements to either side of the conductive layer so that they are in registration. The conductive layer may be a metallic foil. A wind turbine blade comprising a conductive layer sandwiched between a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer is also claimed.
Patent GB-2520974-A (GB)
Title: Wax heater inner
Inventor: RAGBIR JAI I
IPC: A45D26/00
Filed: 2013-12-05
Abstract: An inner 2 for a wax heater, comprising a base 22 and a frame 24, wherein the base has a flattened underside 36 and a perimeter 4 and is so sized and shaped as to, in use, secure the retention of the inner inside the cavity of a wax heater and wherein the frame comprises at least one holder, the holder being configured to releasably retain a wax container 20 within the perimeter of the base, wherein the base and the frame are displaceably connected to one another, such that the base and the frame may be moved from a first position of retraction, wherein the base and the frame are near to one another, to a second a second point of extension, wherein the base and the frame are relatively far away from one another. The displacement of the frame may be done by a telescopic system comprising a first rod 26 and hollow second rod 14. The telescopic system may also a releasable locking mechanism 28 that allows the frame to be retained in the in at least one of the two positions.
Patent GB-2512442-A (GB)
Title: Regulated oil cooling system for a turbine engine with deicing of the nacelle
Inventor: PATSOURIS EMMANUEL
IPC: F01D25/02
Filed: 2014-01-22
Abstract: An oil cooling system of a turbine engine installed in an aircraft comprising a circuit suitable for circulating the oil between the engine and at least one external heat exchanger 10 placing the oil in thermal communication with a part of the lip 4 of the nacelle 5, so that it can remove ice from the housing intake, wherein it also comprises at least one air/oil heat exchanger 9 placing the oil in thermal communication with the air circulating in the cold zone of the turbine engine, equipped with a device suitable for varying its oil cooling capacity, and with a control means for said cooling capacity variation device. The capacity varying device may be a scoop (13 figure 4) with variable geometry which may be able to completely close the opening supplying the air/oil heat exchanger. The system may comprise a sensor measuring pressure in the external heat exchanger and a bypass circuit with a valve capable of isolating the external heat exchanger.
Patent GB-2509408-A (GB)
Title: A method of containing a spill in an aqueous environment and/or a spill containment apparatus
Inventor: STRATTON MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: E02B15/04
Filed: 2012-06-07
Abstract: A method of containing a spill in an aqueous environment, comprises the steps of: â placing a polymeric pipe under the surface level of the aqueous environment in the vicinity of a site of potential spillage; and â raising the pipe from under the surface level to a containment level; wherein the pipe forms, when raised, at least a partial boundary around the spill for containing the spill.
Patent GB-2507449-A (GB)
Title: Antifoam agents
Inventor: WESTWOOD KEITH
IPC: C12C3/00
Filed: 2012-08-02
Abstract: The present invention relates to antifoam agents. We describe an antifoaming agent comprising a carbon dioxide or organic solvent extract of a beer or brewing related material, such as at least one material selected from hops, yeast, rice and brewing-related cereals such as barley, wheat, millet, spelt and oats. Preferably, the agent further comprises an extract of hops comprising a mixture of lipids, waxes and hard resins obtainable by removing essential oils from a solvent extract of hops.
Patent GB-2526867-A (GB)
Title: Gene expression system
Inventor: KOUKIDOU MARTHA
IPC: C12N15/90
Filed: 2014-06-05
Abstract: A polynucleotide sequence useful for control of insect pests (such as the Medfly Ceratitis capitata) comprises at least two gene expression systems, each comprising a dominant lethal gene operably linked to a promoter, a gene encoding an activating transcription factor, and a splice control sequence (wherein each of these components may be the same or different between the two expression systems), wherein each of the activating transcription factors is capable of activating at least one of the promoters, provided that both of the promoters are activated when both of the transcription factors are expressed, and each of the splice control sequences mediates female-specific expression of the respective dominant lethal genes by alternative splicing, and the activity of each of the activating transcription factors is repressible by an exogenous control factor. Preferably, in each of the systems the activating transcription factor and the dominant lethal gene are one and the same, and may comprise a tetracycline-repressible transcription activator (tTA) gene or variant (e.g. tTAV and/or tTAV3), the promoters may be derived from the hsp70 and/or sryÎ± genes, the construct also contains a tetO (e.g. tetOx7) enhancer linked to both systems, and the splice control sequences are derived from an insect tra gene, e.g. Cctra and/or Bztra. Lethality is induced at an earlier stage of development and the risk of biochemical resistance is reduced, compared to a single dominant lethal gene expression system.
Patent GB-2531730-A (GB)
Title: Radiotherapy apparatus
Inventor: STEPHEN SANKEY
IPC: A61N5/10
Filed: 2014-10-28
Abstract: Radiotherapy apparatus comprising: a source of therapeutic radiation, a first detector for the therapeutic radiation; a support for locating a patient between the source and the detector; a second detector for deriving an internal image of the patient and a controller in receipt of the detectors output. The control apparatus is adapted to: use the output of the first detector to reconstruct a volume image representing the radiation dose delivered to the patient by the source; and display the volume image against a background of an image derived from the second detector. The first detector may be flat-panel scintillation detector. The volume image may be a difference image showing a difference between a pre-planned dose and a delivered dose derived from the first detector. The second detector may comprise a source of diagnostic radiation of lower energy than therapeutic-radiation. The second detector may comprise a magnetic resonance imager or possibly an ultrasound apparatus. The second detector image may be a two-dimensional radiograph. The second detector image may be a section taken from one of several volume images created using the output of the second detector, each depicting the patient at a different phase of a breathing cycle.
Patent GB-2533808-A (GB)
Title: An apparatus and method for issuing access requests to a memory controller
Inventor: ANDREAS HANSSON
IPC: G06F13/16
Filed: 2014-12-31
Abstract: Apparatus 10 issues requests to DRAM memory controller 60 via interface 20, e.g. a requesting agent. The memory comprises substructures 72, 76 (e.g. parallel blocks as ranks and banks) and 74, 78 (e.g. locality blocks like rows). Information about the memory substructure (e.g. parallelism/locality masks) is stored in storage 40, while outstanding requests issued from the interface are stored in record 35.Candidate access requests in buffer 30 are selected by applying a function to the memory addresses of the candidate access requests and to outstanding requests using the information about the memory substructure. The latter is generated when initialising the memory controller. This way apparatus 10 assists memory controller 60 optimizing the access stream without needing dynamic state information. One optimization consists in ordering access requests by apparatus 10 according to locality blocks already used by earlier requests, given that only one locality block can be accessed at a time.
Patent GB-2519026-A (GB)
Title: Preparation of 18F-fluciclovine
Inventor: SVADBERG ANDERS
IPC: C07C229/48
Filed: 2013-08-07
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the production of [18F]-FACBC which has advantages over know such methods. Also provided by the present invention is a system to carry out the method of the invention and a cassette suitable for carrying out the method of the invention on an automated radiosynthesis apparatus.
Patent GB-2523467-A (GB)
Title: A dual capping layer utilized in a magnetoresistive effect sensor
Inventor: OKAWA NORIHIRO
IPC: G11B5/39
Filed: 2015-01-26
Abstract: A read head sensor comprises a lower shield S1, an upper shield S2 and a sensor stack including a pinned layer 304, a spacer layer 306, a free magnetic layer 308, and a dual capping layer 314. The capping layer includes a magnetic layer 312 which may be NiFe, CoFe or NiCoFe and a non-magnetic layer 310 which may be Ta. Side shield 322 is disposed adjacent the sensor stack and may have a coil structure to enhance bias field generation in the read head sensor. The dual capping layer may reduce magnetic coupling so as to enhance magnetic bias field, e.g., domain control, in the read head sensor. The upper shield S2 may also be utilized to enhance bias field generated to the read head sensor and may have a composite multiple film stack of magnetic layers 406, 407, 401, 402, 403, a nonmagnetic spacer 318 and an antiferromagnetic layer 330.