baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2468637-A (GB)
Title: Hand utility interface
Inventor: POWELL MICHAEL CHARLTON
IPC: A47L13/16
Filed: 2009-02-19
Abstract: A hand utility interface (10, Fig 1) comprises a body with a plurality of finger members or channels, 11b, 11c each sized and shaped to receive one finger of the user's hand, wherein the user's hand is releasably gripped by the hand utility interface when the fingers of the hand are inserted into the members or channels. In use, the underside of the interface body features a foam pad 14 or other media for the application, or working in of, a treatment fluid to a target object. The interface body is characterized by a skirt 16 extending from a perimeter of the body and shields the hand of the user from the treatment fluid carried by the foam pad or other media. The skirt may extend to partially cover the sides 14b of the foam pad or other media.
Patent GB-2471104-A (GB)
Title: Device for transfer of product from refill container to applicator container
Inventor: SINGLETON IAN
IPC: B65D81/32
Filed: 2009-06-17
Abstract: A connector device for transferring the contents of a first container 10 to a second container 12 consists of a cylinder having a first docking port at one end, and a second docking port at the other end. Located within the first docking port is a unidirectional hole cutting/ membrane piercing device 3. Preferably the first container 10 is a donating container, e.g. a refill container, while the second container 12 is a receiving container, e.g. an empty pump dispenser container. Preferably the second docking port carries a screw thread 1, and the first docking port carries a smooth bore 2. The connector device is connected to the second container 12 by screwing onto the second docking port, and connected to the first container 10 by push fit onto the first docking port. Preferably the first container 10 carries a membrane over its mouth, and has that membrane punctured by the cutting/ piercing device 3. The first docking port may be closed with a removable cap 8 and the cylindrical connector used as a screw cap. Preferably the cutting/ piercing device 3 conssits of a plurality of cutting arches 5 circumscribed by an annular band 7. The connector device permits transfer between containers 10, 12 without exposure to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-2462537-A (GB)
Title: A thermostatic control head for a flow valve
Inventor: NORTCLIFFE RICHARD
IPC: F16K31/00
Filed: 2009-08-13
Abstract: A control head (200, figure 1) for a flow valve comprises a housing 230 mounted within the head (200, figure 1) such that by rotation of the housing 230 its axial position relative to a flow valve can be varied; a sensing element 240 operable to expand or contract axially in response to temperature variations, the sensing element 240 provided within the housing 230 and having an abutting pin 244 projecting axially of the housing 230 to contact an operating pin of the flow valve; and a spring 260 retained within the housing 230 and biasing the sensing element 240 towards the operating pin of the flow valve by engagement with the housing 230. The cap (220, figure 7) may contain electronic components for the purpose of signifying the operational state or the presence of a fault. A transceiver may be provided to exchange data with external systems such as a heating controller. A potentiometer (291, figure 11) may be provided in order to determine the rotational position of the control head (200, figure 1).
Patent GB-2459073-A (GB)
Title: A communication network and devices for text to speech and text to facial animation conversion
Inventor: STOREY JOHN
IPC: H04M1/72436
Filed: 2007-09-21
Abstract: A communication system comprises a sending device, a receiving device and a network which connects the sending device to the receiving device. The sending device comprises at least one user operable input for entering a sequence of textual characters, as a message and transmission means for sending the message across the network. The receiving device comprises a memory which stores a plurality of head images, each one being associated with a different sending device and comprising an image of a head viewed from the front, receiver means for receiving the message comprising the sequence of textual characters, text to speech converting means for converting the text characters of the message into an audio message corresponding to the sequence of text characters and animating means for generating an animated partial 3D image of a head from the head image stored in the memory which is associated with the sender of the message. The animating means animates at least one facial feature of the head, the animation corresponding the movements made by the head when reading the message. A display displays the animated partial 3D head; and a loudspeaker outputs the audio message in synchronisation with the displayed head.
Patent GB-1275131-A (GB)
Title: 8-hydroxy steroids
IPC: C12P33/06
Filed: 1969-03-04
Abstract: 1275131 8#-Hydroxysteroids E R SQUIBB & SONS Inc 4 March 1969 [4 March 1968] 10070/69 Heading C2U The invention comprises compounds of formula (wherein C<SP>17</SP> is carbonyl or (α-R)(#-hydroxy)- methylene, R being H, Me or ethynyl), and their preparation from the corresponding #<SP>14</SP>-3-ones by the action of dehydrogenating microorganisms or enzymes thereof. The inventive compounds are said to possess estrogenic, antiestrogenic and gonadotrophininhibitory activities and may be made up with carriers into pharmaceutical compositions for oral and parenteral administration.
Patent GB-274202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the projection of light
IPC: F21V7/04
Filed: 1926-04-16
Abstract: 274,202. Steele, L. J., and Martin, H. April 16, 1926. Optical-projection apparatus; reflector systems. - In a cinematograph projection lamp, two or more ellipsoidal or hyperboloidal reflectors truncated at their rear ends are disposed concentrically one within the other with their foci and major axes coincident, and a source of light is disposed substantiallv at the coincident foci within or at the rear of the reflectors. Fig. 2 shows two ellipsoidal reflectors a, a<1>, whilst Fig. 4 shows the hyperboloidal reflectors a, a<1>, a<2>. A relatively small refractor d or refracting system may be arranged to intercept forwardly directed rays of light which do not fall on the reflectors. An auxiliary hemispherical reflector c may be arranged at the rear of the main reflectors so as to reflect all rearwardly directed rays of light back through the light source. Alternatively, one or more separate projecting systems f, Fig. 6, having for example ellipsoidal reflectors, may be arranged to provide converging beams converging to the coincident foci of the main reflectors. Specification 267,171 is referred to in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-642354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to machines for beading and/or curling receptacle caps
Inventor: PERKINS CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: B21D51/44
Filed: 1948-04-12
Abstract: 642,354. Making hollow-ware. BLISS, CO., E. W. April 12, 1948, No. 10093. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iv)] Curling and beading; corrugating.-A machine for curling and beading closures or caps for receptacles comprises a series of mandrels 9 mounted for rotation in a turret 5 rotatable about a horizontal axis, each mandrel being rotated by engagement with a frictional driving surface 16. The turret 5 is secured on a shaft 4 driven, through reduction gearing 46, by a motor 45 and has a series of brackets 7 in which stub shafts 8 are radially adjustable by screws 14. The mandrels 9 are journalled on the stub shafts by ball and roller or needle bearings and engage segmental arcuate drive surfaces 16 fitted on a stationary housing 18, the segments being pressed radially inwards by springs 20, Fig. 3. The cap shells are delivered by a shoot 36 and are fed into recesses 37 of a register plate 38 rotating with the turret, by means of eccentric surfaces 39 on the plate. Each shell is then held against its mandrel during the curling and beading of the skirt of the cap by a clamp 25 rotatably mounted in a spring-loaded block 28 which is fitted in a slide 29. The slide is axially movable in a sleeve 31 of a spider 32 secured on the driving-shaft and has a roller 34 engaging a face cam 33 on the housing. As the turret rotates, the rotating caps engage without rubbing on segmental arcuate dies 22 of the same extent as the rubbing surfaces 16 and adjustably secured to the housing by bolts 23a and screws 24. The first three segments are eccentric to the axis of the shaft 4, so that the bead and curl are formed gradually, and the last finishing segment is concentric and of a length corresponding to one revolution of the mandrel. At the end of the last segment, a part 33a of the cam 33 withdraws the clamd 25 from the mandrel and a stripper 42 attached to each slide 29 puns off the cap, which then falls on to a shoot 47 or a conveyer belt.
Patent GB-124975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Burners.
Inventor: MARGRETH JOSEPH
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1918-06-19
Abstract: 124,975. Margreth, J. June 19, 1918. Acetylene burners.-In acetylene burners for indoor lighting, the capillary gas outlets a are arranged in very thin metal plates c in the burner tips, the necessity for mixing air with the gas thus being obviated. The thickness of the plates c is not more than two hundredths of an inch. In other burners, (1) a single convex outlet plate is employed, and (2) opposing jets are arranged in the branches of a V-shaped burner. When the burners are not of metal, the tips are exchangeable thin metal plates. Specification 24490/04 is referred to.
Patent GB-808417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to semiconductor devices and the manufacture thereof
IPC: H01L29/00
Filed: 1955-04-07
Abstract: 808,417. Semi-conductor devices. PHILCO CORPORATION. April 7, 1955 [April 12, 1954], No. 10238/55. Class 37. In a semi-conductor device comprising a resilient conducting member in point contact with a semi-conductor body or with an electrode disposed on such a body, the member is firmly secured to the body or some other part fixed relative to the body at a point adjacent to but spaced from the point of contact. In the Ge diode shown in Fig. 1 a pointed Ti wire 6 is formed near its point with an elbow portion which in the mounted position lies close to the Ge surface. The wire is mounted on a threaded plug 7 screwed into ceramic holder 1 and sealed therein by a cement applied to its threads. The crystal 5 is mounted on a splined member 4 which is then forced into a similarly mounted plug 3 to slightly beyond the point at which contact with the point is established. A drop of a epoxy or ethoxy resin containing a hardener and silica or cerium oxide as a filler is then placed on the Ge body so as to fix it to the elbow in the wire. The cement is allowed to set at room temperature, then cured by baking at 125 C. after which the device is formed by passage of a current through it. The holder is then filled with dry air or argon and the splines and aperture 2 are sealed off by neoprene plugs 13, 11 fixed with cement 14, 12. The Ge body preferably contains 0.2 per cent Sb and 0.02 per cent Bi. Connections to the collector and emitter electrodes of an area contact type transistor of the type described. in Specification 805;292 are made by a similar method (see Fig. 3). Emitter 33 and collector 34 are of metal deposited on closely adjacent parallel surfaces of a Ge body 30. Contact members 40, 41 of Pt+10 per cent Ru and body 30 are fixed to members 38, 39, 36 in a glass base 37 which forms with flanged cylinder 44 and cap 45, an enclosure which may be filled with a protective heat-conducting compound. The elbows of the wires 40, 41 the tips of which bear lightly on the emitter and collector are cemented to the Ge before the flanges of 44, 45 are welded together.
Patent GB-139353-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved toy target
IPC: F41J5/22
Filed: 1919-04-24
Abstract: 139,353. Dakin, H. E., and Dakin, Ltd., H. E. April 24, 1919. Targets.-A toy target consists of a body portion formed of two or more substantially rigid parts maintained in their assembled position by a fastening device. The fastener has an enlarged head or projecting portion which when struck by a projectile, causes the two parts of the body to fall away from one another or collapse. The toy is preferably made in the form of an airship, the two parts a, b of the body being connected by a catch g having an enlarged head l, and the part a is formed with a recess d for the reception of one or more toy bombs e or the like. The body is suspended by a cord f attached to eyes f<1> fixed near the ends of the body. When the head l of the catch is struck by a projectile, the catch is released and the weight of the toy causes it to collapse as shown and release the bombs c.
Patent GB-230660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to soap dishes
IPC: A47K5/03
Filed: 1924-04-25
Abstract: 230,660. Pniower, F. April 25, 1924. Soap holders. - A soap dish is constructed of a single piece of buoyant material, such as -cork, or comprises a hollow body of metal such as zinc or tin-plate, in order that it may float on water. The dish a. is formed of cork and provided with ribs c for supporting the soap and drainage holes d. The recess b may be divided to contain other articles than soap, and a ring may be provided for attaching an anchoring chain or cord. Specification 3892/08 is referred to.
Patent GB-1016637-A (GB)
Title: Electric measuring instrument
Inventor: SCHULZE HEINZ
IPC: G03B7/085
Filed: 1964-03-11
Abstract: 1,016,637. Electric measuring-instruments. PENTACON DRESDEN KAMERAUND KINOWERKE VEB. March 11, 1964, No. 10276/64. Heading G1Q. [Also in Division G2]  The moving coil 1 of a galvanometer 2 (which may be arranged as shown to control the setting of a camera diaphragm blade 6 according to the output of a photo-electric cell 3) may be set manually to a selected position by the engagement of a cam surface 11 on a rotatable disc 9 with a pin 4 carried by the coil 1.
Patent GB-805707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in preserved fish food
IPC: A23K1/18
Filed: 1956-04-04
Abstract: Into a plastic mass consisting of plaster of Paris and water is distributed fish meal, such as shredded shrimp, fish or lobster, in proportions which will ensure the preservation and gradual release of the meal immersed in water, and the moisture content of the mixture is removed at a temperature sufficient to prevent spoilage of the meal, preferably 70-100 DEG F.  According to an example, 2 to 3 1/2 oz. fish meal particles were distributed in a paste made from 2 lbs. plaster of Paris with approximately 24 oz. water, the resulting mix was poured into moulds and left to set, then removed from the moulds and allowed to dry.
Patent GB-473148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to gyroscopic navigational instruments
IPC: G01C19/44
Filed: 1936-04-08
Abstract: 473,148. Gyroscopic apparatus. MOSS, D. G. K., and PEIRCE, H. C., (trading as MECHANISM). April 8, 1936, No. 10338. [Class 97 (iii)] In a gyroscopic attitude indicator, particularly for aircraft, the outer gimbal d, Fig. 2, of a gyroscope with vertical axis is supported at the rear by a single trunnion d<1> and carries a dial o<1> with a vertical slot o. A pivoted ring r carrying a representation s of an aircraft is caused to move over the dial o<1> by a rod n carried by the inner gimbal b and extending through the slot o. The gyroscopic element is preferably of the type described in Specification 441,130. The ring r is pivoted to a bracket q on an axis r<2> coinciding with the inner gimbal axis c in normal flight. The end of the rod n slides in a groove in the ring r and carries a coloured diamond shaped indicator n<1> serving to indicate the fore-and-aft inclination when the aircraft is steeply banked. A representation s<1> of the horizon is marked on the dial o<1>.
Patent GB-178443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rotating or oscillating electric furnace plants
IPC: C22B4/04
Filed: 1922-04-11
Abstract: 178,443. Pehrson, A. H. April 12, 1921, [Convention date]. Distilling zinc.-A rotary or oscillating furnace plant for the production of zinc comprises a furnace chamber 1 provided with electrodes 2 and communicating at one end with a condenser 38 and at the other with a reduction chamber 5. The ore is fed through a hopper 14 into a preheating chamber 21 which communicates with the reduction chamber. A pipe conveys carbon monoxide from the condenser to the preheating chamber for combustion theiein. The impurities in the ore collect in the furnace 1 and may be melted and drawn off or removed in the solid state. In a modification for the production of zinc oxide from sulphurous zinc ores, a system similar to that shown in Fig. 1 is utilized. The chambers 6 and 7 are formed by an extension of the neck 5 and the air blast 9 and gas connection 18 enter the neck at a point nearer to the furnace. Finely divided ore is introduced through the hopper 16 and carbon is fed into the furnace through the hopper 15. The zinc fumes and carbon monoxide formed in the furnace pass into the neck 5, the zinc fumes being burnt to oxide of zinc and carried away with the products of combustion through the tube 17 to be utilized in any known manner.
Patent GB-549807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to shipbuilding
IPC: B63B3/14
Filed: 1941-08-15
Abstract: 549,807. Bulkheads. BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. Aug. 15, 1941. No. 10431. Convention date, July 9, 1940. [Clas 113 (ii)] Tankers are provided with walls the intersecting edges of which are welded in a water-tight manner to a connecting bar or plate which is of uniform cross-section throughout its width. As shown in Fig. 6, the longitudinal walls 15, provided with horizontal grooves, are butt-jointed to the faces of the bar 40 the ends of which project beyond the walls. The transverse walls 17, 18 are provided with corrugations with tapered ends and are welded to one face of the projecting parts of the bar. The bar may be considerably wider than the depth of the corrugations. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the transverse walls 17<SP>1</SP>, 18<SP>1</SP> are butt-jointed to the edges of the bar 43, the edges being flush with the longitudinal walls. Fig. 8 shows a form in which the longitudinal walls have tapered corrugations and the walls are butt-jointed to the faces of the bar 44 which is of square cross-section. Specifications 503,416, 505,245 and 507,056 are referred to.
Patent GB-1085619-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine engine
Inventor: PETRIE JAMES ALEXANDER
IPC: F02C7/06
Filed: 1966-03-09
Abstract: 1,085,619. Deflecting propulsive jets. ROLLSROYCE Ltd. March 9, 1966, No. 10462/66. Heading B7G. [Also in Divisions F1 and F2] The invention relates to arrangement of bearings in a gas turbine engine (see Divisions F1, F2) and is described with reference to a three-shaft, forward fan gas turbine ducted fan engine, Fig. 2. A plurality of angularly spacedapart thrust reverser or spoiler members 71 are mounted on the casing 51 and are movable into and out of a position in which they effect reversal or spoiling of the thrust produced by the fan air. Similarly a plurality of thrust reverser members 73 are mounted on the fairing member 72 and are movable into and out of a position in which they effect reversal or spoiling of the thrust produced by the turbine exhaust gases.
Patent GB-678797-A (GB)
Title: Method of manufacturing grinding bodies
IPC: B24D18/00
Filed: 1951-05-04
Abstract: 678,797. Powder metallurgy. METROCUTANIT, Ltd. May 4, 1951 [Dec. 29, 1950], No. 10517/51. Class 83 (iv). A method of making a grinding-tool comprises moulding a body of the desired shape from a mixture of metal powder and an easily vaporizable material such as a solid or liquid hydrocarbon, coating the surface with abrasive grains and then sintering. For example a mixture of tungsten carbide and cobalt powders with paraffin-wax and lubricating oil is compacted to form a cylindrical or conical body which is rolled in abrasive grains such as comminuted fused tungsten carbide and then sintered. After rolling in the abrasive material, the body may be coated with a metal powder such as cobalt to provide a better binding of the abrasive. The abrasive may be silicon carbide, boron carbide, corundum, diamond and the like.
Patent GB-594020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in refractory compositions
IPC: C04B35/48
Filed: 1945-04-26
Abstract: A refractory resistant to temperatures equal to or higher than 2,000 DEG C., is obtained by fusing at 2,200-2,700 DEG C. a mixture of zirconia and lime, the latter being in the proportion molecularly of from 30 per cent. to 70 per cent., and being able to be wholly or partially replaced by strontia, baryta, magnesia or glucina.
Patent GB-975866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to dough making machines
IPC: A21C11/16
Filed: 1963-03-18
Abstract: 975,866. Moulding dough. T. E. BELSHAW. March 18, 1963, No. 10533/63. Heading B5A. A machine for making dough rings comprises a hopper assembly 20 having a cylindrical extension 22, a removable sleeve 27 tapered externally at its upper end 27a mounted within the extension, a removable locking pin 25 passing transversely through the extension into the sleeve, and means, e.g. a spring-ring 24, gripping the extension the ends of said means being anchored to the head of the pin whereby the pin can be withdrawn from the sleeve without being withdrawn from the extension. The pin 25 is rounded at its inner end which seats against the face of a chordal slot 26 in the sleeve. A flange 25a limits the degree of inward movement of the pin. The spring ring 24 fits into a groove extending around the periphery of the extension 22, the ends of the ring being looped through the knurled head of the pin. A plunger 32 and a forming ring 31 are movable within a bushing 29 inside the sleeve 27 by means of rods 33, 34, 35 operated by cams and levers 48, 49.
Patent GB-542169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the shrinking of woollen or worsted goods
IPC: D06M11/05
Filed: 1940-06-18
Abstract: 542,169. Shrinking fabrics. WRIGLEY, J. H., MELVILLE, A., and KELLETT, S. June 18, 1940, No. 10545. Addition to 529,579. [Class 42 (i)] Woollen or worsted fabrics are shrunk by a three-stage treatment comprising subjecting the fabrics to mechanical compression as described in the parent Specification to reduce their length, removing the compressive force to allow them to regain some of their length, and subjecting them while so unconstrained to an atmosphere of steam or water vapour. The reduction in length effected in the first stage may be greater than is necessary to lead to a complete elimination of the potential shrinkage of the fabric. Specifications 359,759, 371,976 and 453,541 are referred to.