baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0604859-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MARTIN THOMAS WILLIAM C O EAST
IPC: B41M5/50
Filed: 1993-12-17
Abstract: A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer includes a support having on one side thereof a polymeric dye image-receiving layer and on the other side thereof a backing layer wherein the backing layer comprises a mixture of an ionic polymer as a polymeric binder comprising an addition product of from about 0 to 98 mol percent of an alkyl methacrylate wherein the alkyl group has from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, from about 0 to 98 mol percent of a vinylbenzene, and from about 2 to 12 mol percent of an alkali metal salt of an ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic or carboxylic acid, the polymer components being selected to achieve a glass transition temperature of at least about 30°C for the resulting polymer; submicron colloidal inorganic particles; and polymeric particles of a size larger than the inorganic particles.
Patent EP-0598469-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DUNLEVY DANIEL P
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 1993-04-20
Abstract: The INTERACTIVE CREDIT CARD FRAUD CONTROL PROCESS system utilizes a computer with telephone interface, memory, voice recognition software and hardware, and an information archive and retrieval process. A computer program (10) is used to automatically and electronically control the determination of the caller as the authorized credit card holder, or conversely an unauthorized perpetrator attempting to make a credit card transaction. The telephone interface is connected to a telephone line and the caller dials a number that connects the caller with the present invention (12), which then captures certain information about the incoming call (14 & 16) and creates a permanent Record Stamp (18) of the call to which transactional information is added as the call progresses. The caller is asked question prompts, and the system receives voice and touch tone responses from the caller from which the system determines if a VoicePrint is applicable (20). The caller responses are managed by the present invention in a method that determines if the caller is the authorized credit card holder, and if the caller is not the authorized credit card holder the present invention captures information that can lead to the capture and conviction of the caller as a credit card fraud felon. The present invention uses the caller's spoken voice print of the card holder's name as one of the determining factors to determine if the caller is the authorized credit card holder (22). The VoicePrint, included in a claim in the present invention, uniquely and positively identifies a single person, and therefore becomes a valuable tool and evidence in the apprehension and conviction of perpetrators of credit card fraud. With a VoicePrint of the authorized credit card holder on file, the present invention prevents any other person except approved persons from making credit card transactions with that card number. Even without the VoicePrint, the control process is highly effective in limiting fraud risk and the present invention creates a VoicePrint of the caller, ties that identifier to the Record Stamp, and can thereafter identify that person as the person who was the caller. Additional claims relate to using the present invention for security and access control, including the gathering of positive identifying evidence of perpetrators.
Patent EP-0577326-A2 (EP)
Inventor: POLLOCK THOMAS J
IPC: C12N1/20
Filed: 1993-06-23
Abstract: A novel enzyme composition capable of lysing or digesting cells or cellular debris of polysaccharide-producing bacteria in the presence of the exopolysaccharides without any significant degradation of the exopolysaccharides. Methods for preparing the enzyme composition, using the composition to clarify mixtures of polysaccharides and cellular debris, and pure cultures for making the enzyme are disclosed.
Patent EP-0589592-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FACCIOLI GIOVANNI
IPC: A61B17/58
Filed: 1993-09-07
Abstract: A jig is detachably secured to the proximal end of an installed intramedullary nail having a transverse bolt hole near the distal end of the nail. The jig comprises an offsetting arm which so mounts the proximal part of hinged elongate template structure as to render the distal part thereof angularly movable in a geometric plane substantially parallel to the nail. One or more spaced guide bores near the distal end of the movable distal part is on an axis perpendicular to the geometric plane. When the jig is chucked to the nail, the axes of the one or more guide bores of the template are parallel to the axes of one or more bolt holes of the nail ; and corresponding guide-bore axis and bolt-hole axes are at identical distance from the offsetting arm. The distal end of the template is adapted to removably mount a metal-detector establishing a magnetic field about a directional axis, such that the metal-detector can be scanned on one side and then the other side of a central position in which the directional axis of the detector locally intersects the axis of the nail. Associated electronic circuitry takes note of template positions at which equal detector signals occur on opposite sides of the central position has been achieved, and a microprocessor component of the circuitry automatically calculates and displays a value representative of the calculated "center" position. Meanwhile, a second display continuously indicates the instantaneous position of the directional axis of the metal-detector, so that the scanning distal part of the jig can be positioned to a displayed instantaneously indicated position which accords with the displayed value of the calculated "center" position. Whereupon, the central position and the distal template guide bores are in axial alignment with the corresponding distal bolt holes of the nail.
Patent EP-0596622-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ABBEY KIRK J
IPC: C08G59/56
Filed: 1993-10-19
Abstract: A structural adhesive composition containing an epoxy compound, an amine hardener and a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound having a pKa ranging from about 5 to 9.7 and a boiling point greater than about 210°C. The utilization of a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound having a pKa and a boiling point within the stated ranges provides for an adhesive composition which develops significant green strength, undergoes minimal sinkage during the bonding and curing process, and is capable of withstanding high temperature conditions.
Patent EP-0618075-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ARGYRES DIMITRI
IPC: B41J2/355
Filed: 1994-03-22
Abstract: 5 n7 An integrated printhead (10) which includes an M row by N column array of groups (18) of ink jet elements (30) wherein each group (18) has a unique row and column address; a first addressing control (12) coupled to the array of groups (18) for selecting one of the M rows of the M row by N column array of groups (18) of ink jet elements (30); and a second addressing control (14) coupled to the array of groups (18) for selecting one of the N columns for the M row by N column array of groups (18) of ink jet elements (30). One individual group (18) of ink jet elements (30) is addressed by the first addressing (12) and the second addressing (14) controls. In a specific embodiment a third dimension of addressing is provided by a plurality of address line controls (16) that are coupled to the ink jet elements (30) in each group (18). In an alternate specific embodiment the resistance (26) between the first addressing control (12) and the second addressing control (14) for each group (18) of ink jet elements (30) can be adjusted to balance the energy dissipated between the groups (18) of ink jet elements (30). The unique three dimensional addressing system provides for high density integrated printheads (10) that have significantly fewer interconnect pads, which minimizes cost and increases reliability.
Patent EP-0638877-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LAUCHT HORST DR
IPC: G07C5/08
Filed: 1994-08-09
Abstract: A data acquisition system, e.g. a tachograph, is described which is capable of automatically detecting that the speed sensor signals (101) have been tampered with and indicating this as a report (61), and if appropriate initiating measures, by means of an acceleration sensor (2) which measures in the direction of travel of the vehicle and by means of corresponding evaluation of the acceleration sensor signal (201) and comparison with the recorded speed sensor signals (101). <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0616775-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMASHITA TSUYOSHI C O KYOWA M
IPC: B65G23/44
Filed: 1994-03-17
Abstract: A track apparatus for egg breaking mechanisms is provided which comprises a pair of endless chains (5) extending along an endless moving path and carrying the egg breaking mechanisms (21), a pair of drive sprockets (2) held in driving engagement with the chains (5), a pair of idle sprockets (3) held in engagement with the chains (5), and a chain tensioning mechanism (CT) for slidably guiding the chains (5).
Patent EP-0639332-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAUTH KAISER RAJINDER
IPC: A23C19/072
Filed: 1994-07-28
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for making a higher moisture, reduced fat natural cheddar-type cheese product from partially or wholly fat reduced milk. The cheddar-type cheese product of the present invention has from about 45% to about 58% moisture and from about 1.3% to about 15% butterfat. In the method of the invention for making a reduced fat natural cheddar-type cheese, milk is standardized in fat content to produce a milk substrate having from about 0.05% to about 2% milkfat. A culture system is added to the standardized milk. The culture system comprises a lactic acid starter culture and a ropy culture. Thereafter, the milk is fermented and set with a milk coagulating enzyme. The coagulum is cut to provide curd particles and whey and the curd particles are cooked in the whey at a temperature below the optimum growth temperature of the ropy culture. The whey is drained from the curd and the curd is rinsed, salted and filled into containers. The curd is pressed and vacuumed to remove additional whey, the container is sealed and the curd is cooled in the container. Thereafter, the curd blocks are cured to provide a natural cheddar type cheese product having a reduced fat level which is from about 40% to about 60% of the fat level of conventional cheddar-type cheese products.
Patent EP-0642810-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DREHER EBERHARD L
IPC: A62D3/37
Filed: 1994-11-21
Abstract: Organic feedstocks (1) containing thermally unstable compounds and a halogen component are treated by catalytic hydrogenation (2) in admixture with a gaseous recycle stream (7) containing hydrogen and a hydrogen halide compound and, optionally, a recycle stream (14) containing unreacted halogenated organic compounds. The resulting effluent (3) is condensed (4) and separated (6) to produce said recycle stream (7) and a stream (8) containing hydrogenated carbonaceous compounds. An anhydrous hydrogen halide product (10) can be recovered. The stream (8) can be separated (9,12) to provide a product stream (13) containing hydrogenated hydrocarbonaceous compounds and the optional recycle stream (14) containing unreacted halogenated compounds.
Patent EP-0653469-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIRSH MARC STEPHEN
IPC: C09D133/06
Filed: 1994-10-21
Abstract: The aqueous coating composition according to the invention is based on latex of a polymer derived from the polymerisation of the following monomers:     (a) acetoacetoxyethyl acrylate or acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate;   (b) glycidyl acrylate or glycidyl methacrylate; (c) one or a number of polymerisable acids containing ethylenic unsaturation and   (d) one or more monomers copolymerisable with the above; in which the total percentage by weight of (a), (b) and (c) in the polymer latex composition is between approximately 2 % by weight and approximately 60 % by weight relative to the total quantity of solids contained in the latex and in which the total percentage by weight of (d) in the composition of the latex is between approximately 97 % by weight and approximately 40 % by weight relative to the total quantity of polymer solids contained in the latex. The aqueous compositions according to the invention can be employed especially in glues, pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions, industrial paints, decorative paints and coatings for wood.
Patent EP-0652045-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SIMMONS JOHN WARREN
IPC: B01D53/22
Filed: 1994-11-03
Abstract: Novel alkyl-substituted aromatic polyethersulfone gas separation membranes and the process of using such membranes to separate one or more gases from a gaseous mixture is disclosed. The polyethersulfones are formed from aromatic alcohols of the formula
      where Z is independently alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, most preferably a tertiary butyl group, n is an integer from 1 to 4, preferably 1.
Patent EP-0700981-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KELLY STEPHEN
IPC: C07C69/92
Filed: 1995-09-02
Abstract: Cpds. of formula (I) are new. In the formulae, A<1>-A<3> = photochemically oligomerisable or polymerisable mesogenic residues. Also claimed are polymerisable liq. crystalline (LC) mixts. contg. at least 2 components, at least one of which is a cpd. of formula (I).
Patent EP-0701046-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KONDO TOMOHARU
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 1994-03-21
Abstract: A heater unit comprising (1) a honeycomb heater comprising (a) a metallic honeycomb structure having a large number of passages parallel to the direction of a gas flowing through the heater unit and (b) at least one electrode for electrification of the honeycomb structure, attached to the honeycomb structure, and (2) a metallic casing for holding the honeycomb heater (1) therein via at least one metallic supporting member, in which heater unit an insulation portion is provided at least either at the connection area where the honeycomb heater and the supporting member are connected or at the connection area where the supporting member and the casing are connected, and the supporting member has such a structure as to be able to absorb the displacement of the honeycomb heater which appears in a direction substantially perpendicular to said gas flow direction, and has a function of fixing the honeycomb heater against its displacement which appears in the gas flow direction. The heater unit, when exposed to severe driving conditions of automobiles, etc. and subjected to vibration and the expansion and contraction caused by thermal shock, gives rise to neither breakage of honeycomb heater nor peeling.
Patent EP-0713291-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MIYAKE JIRO
IPC: H03H17/02
Filed: 1995-11-15
Abstract: A plurality of processing elements are connected in cascade so as to constitute a single signal processing apparatus. The signal processing apparatus has a first path for transferring an input data signal and a second path for transferring a processing result of the input data signal. Each of the processing elements has a first input disposed on the first path, a data holding circuit for holding the data signal supplied through the first input, a product-sum circuit for executing a product-sum operation between the data signal held in the data holding circuit and another data signal, a second input disposed on the second path so as to supply the other data signal to the product-sum circuit, a result register for holding the result of the operation calculated by the product-sum circuit and supplying the held result of the operation to the second path, an output selecting circuit for supplying either one of the data signal held in the data holding circuit and the result of the operation held in the result register, and a processing control circuit for controlling respective operations of the data holding circuit, product-sum circuit, result register, and output selecting circuit. Since a route extending from the result register to the output selecting circuit forms a bypass from the second path to the first path, a flexible process can be performed by the signal processing apparatus by using or not using the bypass depending on control information.
Patent EP-0714779-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NISHIMOTO KAZUNARI
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 1995-11-28
Abstract: Upon adjustment of an ink level of an air buffer in an ink supply system supplying an ink to a printing head via the air buffer from a sub-tank, by driving a pressuring motor of the sub-tank, the ink is fed under pressure. When the ink is reached at the position of a connection opening of the air buffer, the excess amount of ink is discharged for adjustment of the ink level. At this time, the ink discharged through the connecting opening is returned to the sub-tank via the ink tube. Thus, the ink consumed during the ink level adjustment can be avoided. With a construction set forth above, the shown case, the in the ink-jet cloth printing apparatus, in which the ink is supplied to the printing head via the air buffer, the ink amount to be consumed during the ink level adjustment of the air buffer is eliminated so that the ink consumption of the overall can be reduced.
Patent EP-0719644-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NISHIWAKI MASAYUKI
IPC: B23K26/064
Filed: 1995-12-21
Abstract: An illuminating apparatus for manufacturing a nozzle plate used for ink-jet printers is disclosed. This illuminating apparatus exposes two workpieces to light through a mask on which two mask patterns having nozzle-hole strings are formed to form nozzle-hole strings on the two workpieces at the same time. 
     This illuminating apparatus comprises an Excimer laser, a pair of prisms for dividing light emitted from the laser into three beams of luminous flux on a first plane including the optical axis and for directing the three beams of luminous flux in different directions so that they intersect at a first position, and a pair of prisms for dividing each of the three beams of luminous flux, which intersect at the first position, into two segments on a second plane including the optical axis and perpendicular to the first plane and for directing the two segments in different directions so that the two segments intersect at a second position. The apparatus further comprises a cylindrical lens having a refractive power only on the first plane and a lens system having the same refractive power on both the first and the second planes. The cylindrical lens brings the three beams of luminous flux into focus on the plane perpendicular to the optical axis and disposed at the second position, and the lens system superimposes the three beams of luminous flux emitted from the plane on the mask (substrate) and brings them into focus on the mask in the second plane. The three beams of luminous flux overlap with each other for each segment and the two line-shaped illuminated areas corresponding to the two mask patterns are formed on the mask at the same time. Therefore, one mask pattern (nozzle-hole string) is illuminated by one line-shaped light beam at the same time when the other mask pattern (nozzle-hole string) is illuminated by the other line-shaped light beam.
Patent EP-0669780-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ZHENG LIU
IPC: H04L12/407
Filed: 1995-01-30
Abstract: A method provides for priority data transmission utilizing medium access control protocol with a fair cell-access scheme having a two-level priority for access in a local area network having a unidirectional looped bus and a plurality of network stations coupled to the bus for asynchronous cell transmissions from one network station to other network stations. A head-of-bus is used to generate continuously time slots to the bus. Each of the time slots includes a busy bit, a high priority slot reserved bit, a low priority slot reserved bit, a high priority slot reservation bit, and a low priority slot reservation bit. The method further extends the two-level cell access to n-level cell access. Each of the time slots thus includes a busy bit, n priority slot reserved bits, and n priority slot reservation bits. The medium access control protocol makes use of the busy bit, the priority slot reserved bits, and the priority slot reservation bits so as to provide fair bandwidth sharing by all of the network stations connected to the bus.
Patent EP-0726332-A2 (EP)
Inventor: STASKO WILLIAM
IPC: C22C38/24
Filed: 1995-04-11
Abstract: A powder-metallurgy produced tool steel article of a hot worked, fully dense, consolidated mass of prealloyed particles of a tool steel alloy having a sulfur content within the range of 0.10 to 0.70 weight percent and a maximum sulfide size below about 15 microns.
Patent EP-0676579-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CANT RICHARD SAMUEL
IPC: F16L55/165
Filed: 1995-04-11
Abstract: The present invention provides:- 
   a lining material comprising 
   a flexible fabric tube which is a circularly knitted fabric comprising a ground and a plurality of tufts of fabric projecting from the ground on the inside thereof, and 
   a flexible sleeve within the tube, 
   the flexible sleeve being substiantially impervious to at least one of a gas and a liquid and being capable of being inflated in use to generally radially outwardly bear on the tube to force the tube in use into general conformity with a tubular passageway.
Patent EP-0690608-A2 (EP)
Inventor: EDGAR ALBERT DURR
IPC: H04N1/06
Filed: 1995-06-16
Abstract: A scanner housing encloses a rotatable cylindrical drum (28), the outer surface having opposing rims supporting respective outer edges of a film strip. The edges are releasably held flat against respective rims by means of bands (52, 54) contacting respective radially outer edges of the film to maintain them against the respective outer rim surfaces. A scanner assembly (72) is disposed internally of the housing adjacent one outer side of the drum (28). 
     A light source (114) is located adjacent an opposing outer side of the drum (28) at a location substantially diametrically opposed from the scanner assembly (72). 
     A focusing lens assembly (42) is disposed internally of the drum (28) between the light source (114) and the scanner assembly (72). The film being carried on the outer circumference of the rotating drum (28) as the drum rotates, passes adjacent the light source (114). Light from the source (114) thereby is directed through the film, the lens assembly (42), and impinges upon the scanner assembly (72) whereupon the portion of the film adjacent the light source is thereby scanned (172).
Patent EP-0707945-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MARINACK ROBERT J
IPC: D21H27/40
Filed: 1995-10-09
Abstract: The present invention is directed to cellulosic fibrous creped tissue having a novel biaxially undulatory structure comprising crepe bars extending in the cross-machine direction and undulations defining ridges and furrows extending in the machine direction. The products have highly desirable bulk, appearance and softness characteristics and are produced by utilizing a novel undulatory creping blade 10 comprising a body 22 having an undulatory cutting edge 23 defined by serrulations 26 formed in its rake surface 14 which presents differentiated creping angles and/or rake angles to the web as it is being creped. The blade may have a multiplicity of alternating serrulated sections of either uniform depth or a multiplicity of arrays of serrulations having non-uniform depth.
Patent EP-0767623-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRIGGS KEITH A
IPC: G01S7/52
Filed: 1995-05-12
Abstract: A transmitter (24) transmits ultrasound signals towards a region to be imaged (22). The reflected ultrasound signals from the region are detected by a receiver (34). The transmitter (24) and/or receiver (34) is/are moved relative to the region to create Doppler phase shift. The time compression/expansion caused by the Doppler phase shift is de-warped by filtering in order to recover the amplitudes of the ultrasound signals reflected from different portions of the region for imaging.