baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0659447-A3 (EP)
Title: Gastrointestinal needle mechanism.
Inventor: WILSON DONALD
IPC: A61M25/06
Filed: 1994-12-19
Abstract: The adjustable needle mechanism comprises a catheter, a first tube slidable within the catheter and a head secured to one end of the catheter. A hollow needle is mounted on one end of the tube in communication with the tube. The tube is slidable in the catheter to a first position. The needle projects out of the other end of the catheter and slidable in the catheter to a second position wherein the needle is withdrawn into the catheter. A handle is fixed to the tube and extending through the head, the handle having a port communicating with the tube. A handle stop member is adjustably mounted on the head in the path of the handle. The handle is movable to move the needle to the first position where the handle engages the handle stop member. The handle stop member is adjustable on the head to change the distance that the needle projects out of the catheter when the needle is in the first position.
Patent EP-0738648-A3 (EP)
Title: Vehicle steering device
Inventor: NISHIZAKI KATSUTOSHI
IPC: G01S13/93
Filed: 1996-04-15
Abstract: The vehicle steering device (1,101,201,301)
comprises a steering inhibition means (50,150,250,390,416), which enables the
steering device itself to be switched between a steering
inhibition application mode and a steering inhibition
release mode, regardless of whether or not the vehicle is
being steered by the driver. Thereby obviating the need
to determine whether or not the vehicle is being steered
before determining whether to inhibit the steering or
not.
Patent EP-0735304-A3 (EP)
Title: Extruded CPVC pipe
Inventor: HARTITZ JOACHIM ERNST
IPC: C08L51/04
Filed: 1992-02-08
Abstract: CPVC compositions, pipe, and a method of preparing a pipe are disclosed and comprise CPVC having 63% to 70% by weight chlorine and preferably 65% to about 69% chlorine; a high rubber impact modifier comprising a graft copolymer of a rubbery polydiene and one or preferably more than one hardening monomer selected from a group consisting of a vinyl aromatic monomer, a (meth)acrylate, and a (meth)acrylonitrile monomer including mixtures. Said graft copolymer exhibits a Shore D hardness of less than about 64, and preferably between about 35 and 45; and a chlorinated polyethylene containing between 30% and 40% chlorine by weight, compression molded placques derived from the powder composition exhibit a minimum tensile strength, modulus, izod impact strength, Tg and dynamic thermal stability specified herein. A pipe extruded directly from said composition meets ASTM-D2846 and exhibits unexpected ductility down to 20 DEG F (-6.6 DEG C) under fixed drop dart impact testing. The invention is useful for example in articles such as hot and cold water distribution system components installed in seasonal environments.
Patent EP-0755121-A3 (EP)
Inventor: ISHIDA RYUJI
IPC: G06F7/556
Filed: 1996-07-22
Abstract: A signal processor includes a normalization
circuit (101, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108) for input data and
a conversion table (110). A higher digit portion of
mantissa portion after normalization is logarithmically
converted by looking up table data stored in the
conversion table (110). By shifting a decimal point
position of the converted data, exponent data can be used
as integer data and added to the converted data so that
the conversion process is achieved.
Patent EP-0767213-A3 (EP)
Title: Thermoplastische Formmassen
Inventor: GUENTHERBERG NORBERT
IPC: C08L25/08
Filed: 1996-09-24
Abstract: Thermoplastische Formmassen aus
   A) 30 bis 98 Gew.-% eines Pfropfpolymerisates aus
   a K ) 30 bis 90 Gew.-% eines kautschukelastischen Pfropfkerns,
erhältlich durch Copolymerisation von
   a K /1) 80 bis 99,99 Gew.-% eines oder mehrerer
(C 1 -C 10 -Alkyl)ester der Acrylsäure,   a K /2) 0,01 bis 20 Gew.-% eines vernetzenden Monomeren, und   a K /3) 0 bis 40 Gew.-% von einem oder mehreren weiteren Monomeren,     a S ) 10 bis 70 Gew.-% einer Pfropfschale aus
   a S /1) 50 bis 100 Gew.-% einer Styrolverbindung der allgemeinen
Formel
 
in der R 1  und R 2  für Wasserstoff oder C 1 -C 8 -Alkyl
stehen, und/oder eines (C 1 -C 8 -Alkyl)esters der
Acrylsäure oder Methacrylsäure, und   a S /2) 0 bis 50 Gew.-% von einem oder mehreren weiteren Monomeren,       B) 1 bis 50 Gew.-% eines thermoplastischen Polymerisate aus
   b 1 ) 50 bis 100 Gew.-% Styrol und/oder α-Methylstyrol,   b 2 ) 0 bis 50 Gew.-% Acrylnitril, und   b 3 ) 0 bis 50 Gew.-% von einem weiteren oder mehreren weiteren
Monomeren,     C) 1 bis 70 Gew.-% eines kautschukelastischen Blockcopolymerisates
aus mindestens einem einpolymerisierte Einheiten
eines vinylaromatischen Monomeren aufweisenden, eine
Hartphase bildenden Block A
   und/oder eines Dienmonomere aufweisenden, eine erste
kautschukelastische (Weich-)Phase bildenden Blocks B   und mindestens einem einpolymerisierte Einheiten sowohl eines
vinylaromatischen Monomeren wie eines Diens aufweisenden
elastomeren, eine (gegebenenfalls zweite oder weitere) Weichphase
bildenden Block B/A,  
wobei die Glastemperatur T g  des Blocks A über 25°C und die des
Blocks B/A unter 25°C liegt und das Phasenvolumen-Verhältnis
von Block A zu Block B/A so gewählt ist, daß der Anteil der
Hartphase am gesamten Blockcopolymerisat 1 - 40 Volumen-% und
der Gewichtsanteil des Diens weniger als 50 Gew.% beträgt, 
und
   D) 0 bis 30 Gew.-% eines Polymeren sternförmiger Struktur, erhalten
durch Verknüpfung mehrerer Blockcopolymerketten aus
   d 1 ) 30 bis 90 Gew.-% Styrol und/oder α-Methylstyrol, und   d 2 ) 10 bis 70 Gew.-% Butadien und/oder Isopren   
über polyfunktionelle Moleküle.
Patent EP-0769865-A3 (EP)
Inventor: RUDD CLARENCE CHARLES
IPC: H04M1/57
Filed: 1996-10-12
Abstract: A caller ID system is disclosed in which a prescaler
(20) is coupled between a source (10) of a caller ID signal and a
caller ID receiver (30), and a processor (40) is coupled to the
caller ID receiver. The prescaler is responsive to the processor for
scaling the caller ID signal.
Patent EP-0780786-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KOAKUTSU NAOHIKO
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 1996-12-18
Abstract: Described is a printing apparatus for printing data received from a host device, said printing
apparatus configured to selectively switch between a first state in which said printing apparatus
is ready to print said data and a second state in which said printing apparatus is not ready to
print said data, and to notify said host device of the currently selected state. The printing apparatus
comprises a detector for detecting depletion or absence and replenishment or presence of
a consumable material, and for causing said printing apparatus to enter said second state in
response to detecting depletion or absence of said consumable material, a switch to cause said
printing apparatus to perform a primary function or a secondary function, wherein said switch
selectively assumes one of multiple modes of control, said modes of control comprising a first
mode for causing said printing apparatus to perform said primary function and a second mode
for causing said printing apparatus to perform said secondary function to switch from said
second state to said first state, and a function selector for selecting said second mode of
control in response to said detector detecting replenishment or presence of said consumable
material after said detector caused said printing apparatus to enter said second state. Thus, the
need for a dedicated on-line selector switch is eliminated.
Patent EP-0742672-A3 (EP)
Title: Verfahren zur Datenreduktion mittels fraktaler Bildkodierung
Inventor: IBENTHAL ACHIM
IPC: H04N19/90
Filed: 1996-05-02
Abstract: Bei einem Verfahren zur Datenreduktion eines Luminanz- und/oder Farbsignals
eines digitalen Bildsignals mittels fraktaler Bildkodierung, bei der jedes Bild des
Luminanz-/Farb-Signals in Rangeblöcke mit jeweils n x n Bildpunkten unterteilt
wird, bei der für jeden Rangeblock ein Domainblock gesucht wird, der unter
Anwendung einer Transformationsfunktion mit möglichst wenig Abweichung auf den
Rangeblock abbildbar ist, wobei die Domainblöcke eine größere Größe als die
Rangeblöcke aufweisen, und bei der Informationen über die Transformationsfunktionen
übertragen werden, aus denen empfängerseitig in einem iterativen Prozeß
die Bilddaten zurückgewonnen werden, ist zur Vereinfachung der Suche vorgesehen,
daß bei der Suche nach demjenigen Domainblock, der auf einen Rangeblock unter
Anwendung einer zugeordneten Transformationsfunktion mit geringstmöglicher
Abweichung abbildbar ist. eine digitale Suchbaumstrategie eingesetzt wird.
Patent EP-0769876-A3 (EP)
Inventor: CAPORIZZO LOUIS
IPC: H04N7/16
Filed: 1996-07-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for identifying
and/or diagnosing errors in a cable television communication system. The
drawing (Figure 1) illustrates a typical CATV transmission network (5|) with
which the invention can be used. The system of the invention determines
the quality of data received by settop terminals (10) on the network,
including at least one settop terminal which analyses each data packet
received by the settop terminal and determines whether the received data
packet includes errors. The bit error rate is continually calculated,
monitored and stored. When the bit error rate exceeds a predetermined
threshold, the settop terminal (10) generates a warning signal for
transmission to a headend (15), which diagnoses the problem. The cable
system headend utilises the results from a group of households that have
the same problem in order to isolate the source of failure.
Patent EP-0762593-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SENGUPTA UPAL
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 1996-08-12
Abstract: The invention is a battery management circuit and
corresponding method for controlling the in-circuit charge
and discharge of series-connected electrochemical cells.
The invention finds particular application in the field of
devices powered by rechargeable alkaline manganese dioxide
cells, but also finds application in other types of
chargers, devices and electrochemical cells or batteries.
The battery management circuit of the invention monitors
the voltage of individual series-connected cells that power
a device. The circuit terminates discharge of all cells as
soon as the voltage of one of the cells drops to a
predetermined level. During in-circuit charging of the
cells, the battery management circuit monitors the voltage
of individual series-connected cells as they are being
recharged, and terminates the provision of charging current
to all cells as soon as one of the cells attains a
sufficiently high predetermined voltage. Appropriate
termination of the provision of charging current to the
cells combined with the appropriate termination of the
provision of discharging current from the cells, permits
the cells to provide a maximum number of discharge/charge
cycles. The invention permits rechargeable cells to
provide greater cumulative coulometric capacity, and
reduces the incidence of electrolyte leakage from
rechargeable cells. The cells may be contained in a
battery pack, or may be mounted directly in a device.
Electronic circuitry and software programmable device
embodiments of the invention are described.
Patent EP-0810278-A3 (EP)
Inventor: IKUSHIMA KENJI
IPC: C10G53/08
Filed: 1997-02-14
Abstract: A process for continuously eliminating mercury and mercury compounds in
liquid hydrocarbons for example, a natural gas condensate comprising: (a)
bringing liquid hydrocarbons containing mercury and mercury compounds, as
well as asphaltene into contact, in a first adsorption treatment zone, with a porous
inorganic adsorbent which is at least one of materials selected from the group
consisting of activated carbon, activated clay, alumina, silica gel, silica-alumina
and zeolite, and then (b) bringing the liquid hydrocarbons from the adsorption
treatment zone alter the adsorption treatment into contact, in a second adsorption
treatment zone, with an activated carbon having a specific surface area from 200
m 2 /g to 2500 m 2 /g and an average pore diameter from 10 Å to 100 Å. Mercury
and mercury compounds in liquid hydrocarbons containing a great amount of
heavy ingredients such as asphaltene can be eliminated continuously for a long
period of time.
Patent EP-0793366-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YOSHIURA HIROSHI
IPC: G09C1/00
Filed: 1997-02-26
Abstract: In the process of compressing and encrypting
data, without increase of a processing time, a cipher
capability is secured against the latest cryptanalysis
such as differential and linear cryptanalyses. The
differential and linear cryptanalyses are executed to
collect plural pair of plaintext and cryptosystem for
the same key and perform the statistical operation for
estimating the key. An I/O process (102) is executed
to receive plaintext data (111) and generate a random
number (104). Then, an operation is executed to
generate a different key for each data on the random
number (105) and set the key to a work key (115). The
encrypted intermediate result or the pre-encrypted
result (108) is fed back for frequently changing the
work key (115). These series of operations makes it
possible to protect the ciphertext from the
differential and the linear cryptanalyses. On the work
key, the changing operation (106) is executed to change
correspondence (114) between the plaintext data and the
compressed data in the compressing process (107), for
providing the compression with the encryption.
Patent EP-0798607-A3 (EP)
Inventor: OKAMOTO YUJI
IPC: G03G15/34
Filed: 1997-03-26
Abstract: Even when recording sheets (P) are fed from different
storage means by switching over among a plurality of
recording-sheet storage means (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 113),
recording sheets are fed to image transfer means (101) always
at a constant timing, so that the copying operation is executed
at high copying efficiency and with reliability. Recording
sheets (P) stored in a cassette (106a) are fed one by one to a
conveyance path (108a) by a sheet feed roller (109a). The
recording sheets (P) retained in an intermediate tray (113) are
fed one by one to a conveyance path (115) by a sheet feed roller
(114). The timings at which the sheet feed rollers (109a, 114),
which are first drive rollers, are driven are controlled in such
a way that a register roller (160), which is a second drive roller,
can be driven at a constant cycle time with respect to a plurality
of recording sheets (P) fed from the conveyance path (108a, 115).
Even when the cassette (106a) and the tray (113) are switched
over, the register roller (160) is driven always at a constant
cycle time. Thus, the image forming operation can be executed
by feeding recording sheets (P) in synchronization with the
image-reading timing.
Patent EP-0807609-A3 (EP)
Inventor: GLASER SIEGFRIED
IPC: C03B33/03
Filed: 1997-05-13
Abstract: Equipment for cutting glass sheets, especially laminated glass sheets and cuttings, has a cutting device which travels across a sheet seating face provided with positioning stops at one side. The novelty is that a holding device (T) engages and turns the glass sheet (3) or cutting in the region of the cutting device (B) and a displacement device (R) moves the separated off-cut (2) from this region.
Patent EP-0818796-A3 (EP)
Title: Temperaturschalter, insbesondere einstellbarer Temperaturregler
Inventor: MAYER HANS
IPC: H01H37/20
Filed: 1997-07-04
Abstract: Ein mit einer hydraulischen Ausdehnungsdose (14) arbeitender
Temperaturregler mit Schraubgewinde-Einstellung (17, 18, 19)
weist als Zwischenglied zwischen der Ausdehnungsdose (14) und
dem Schnappschalter (25) ein Pufferelement (38) auf. Dieses
wirkt ggf. über einen L-förmigen Übersetzungshebel (45) auf
den Betätigungspunkt (47) des Schnappschalters ein. 
     Das Pufferelement besteht aus einer knopfförmigen, gänzlich
geschlossenen Dose, die aus zwei topfförmigen, einander
übergreifenden Hälften besteht, zwischen denen eine Druckfeder
(43) vorgespannt ist. Das Pufferelement (38) überträgt
die Schaltkraft der Ausdehnungsdose (14) in dem Kräftebereich,
in dem die Schnappfederbetätigung erfolgt, ohne
jede Elastizität, also völlig starr, während sie bei einer
darüber hinausgehenden Überlastung sich teleskopartig
zusammenschiebt.
Patent EP-0831665-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MATAI MASAHIRO
IPC: H04M1/00
Filed: 1997-09-19
Abstract: Disclosed is a portable terminal device that, by
changing the operation of a portable terminal unit based on
a selective-calling reception operation, can acquire
preferable pager reception sensitivity. A portable
terminal device comprises: selective-calling reception means
with a selective-calling reception function for determining
whether an operation is a selective-calling reception
operation; portable terminal means with a portable radio
telephone function to enable transmission and reception for
determining whether a key has been input; and display means
for, when the input of the key is detected during the
operation of the portable radio telephone function, displaying
the result of the detection.
Patent EP-0843156-A3 (EP)
Title: Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Messung der Dicke von unrunden länglichen und in Richtung ihrer Längsachse vorgeschobenen Werkstücken mit beliebig und sich ändernder Winkellage
Inventor: HOFMANN KARSTEN
IPC: G01B11/06
Filed: 1997-10-16
Abstract: Verfahren zur Messung der Dicke von unrunden länglichen
und in Richtung ihrer Länge vorgeschobenen Werkstücken mit
beliebigen und sich ändernden Winkellagen, gekennzeichnet
durch folgende Verfahrensschritte:
   Es werden simultan mit Hilfe von drei Meßsystemen, die
um die Längsachse des Werkstücks gemeinsam verschwenkt
werden, entlang der drei um kleine Winkel zueinander
versetzten Meßachsen (Haupt- und Nebenachsen) über
einen vorgegebenen Schwenkwinkelbereich die Dickenwerte
des Werkstücks gemessen;   Die Dickenmeßwerte werden in einen Rechner gegeben, der
daraus die Minimum- oder Maximumwerte ermittelt;   Die Meßsysteme werden in eine Position verschwenkt
(Meßnullage), in der die Meßachsen des mittleren Meßsystems 
(Hauptachse) annähernd ein Minimum bzw. Maximum
ergeben und   mit Hilfe eines Algorithmus des Rechners werden die jeweiligen
drei Meßwerte der drei Meßsysteme zueinander
in Beziehung gesetzt und es wird errechnet, in welchem
Maße sich die Winkellage des Minimumwertes und des
Maximumwertes verändert, wie groß das Minimum oder das
Maximum in der veränderten Winkellage ist und in welcher
Drehrichtung die Veränderung der Winkellage stattgefunden
hat.
Patent EP-0833019-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SVENSSON JAN-OLOF
IPC: E04F11/18
Filed: 1997-09-08
Abstract: A balustrade comprises a handrail (1) with a joint (2) and at least one grid
section (3, 4) extending approximately parallel with the handrail and beneath
it. The handrail (1) with joint is interconnected in both the longitudinal
direction of the handrail and transversely thereof by a joint device. The grid
section (3, 4) has a joint (8, 9). Mutually meeting end portions of the grid
section (3, 4) in the joints (8, 9, respectively) are disposed end-to-end. The
end portions are surrounded by a sleeve-shaped joint element which
prevents movement of the end portions transversely of the longitudinal
direction of the grid section.
Patent EP-0800150-A3 (EP)
Inventor: NISHIKAWA NAOYUKI
IPC: H04N1/46
Filed: 1997-03-27
Abstract: There is provided an image processing method for
generating a color image by using a color palette
table, comprising the steps of a restriction step of
restricting colors capable of being registered in the
palette table, on the basis of gamut data of an image
output means for outputting the color image, a
formation step of forming the color palette table on
the basis of color restriction obtained in the
restriction step, and a generation step of generating
the color image by using the colors registered in the
color palette table, whereby excellent color matching
between the color on a monitor and a color on a printer
can be obtained.
Patent EP-0821959-A3 (EP)
Inventor: RASMUSSEN KURT
IPC: A61K9/70
Filed: 1997-07-25
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for
treating a nicotine withdrawal in a mammal using a compound
of the Formula I
Patent EP-0827084-A3 (EP)
Inventor: OLARIG SOMPONG P
IPC: G06F13/24
Filed: 1997-08-13
Abstract: A distributed interrupt controller system for use in
a multiprocessor environment, has at least two local
programmable interrupt controllers (LOPICs) coupled to at
least one central programmable interrupt controller (COPIC)
via a dedicated bus. The COPIC functions as a master
arbiter, while the LOPICs, each of which may be integrated
with its corresponding processing unit, and any other non-master
COPICs are treated as bus agents. Bus grant is
achieved by a "round robin" arbitration protocol. For
distributed delivery of interrupts, the master arbiter
compares a current-task-priority-register value associated
with each bus agent to determine the agent that is least
busy for delivery of the interrupt thereto.
Patent EP-0826798-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KIM SUNG-HOON
IPC: C30B25/02
Filed: 1997-08-27
Abstract: A heteroepitaxy cyclic texture growth method for a
diamond film is provided. The heteroepitaxy cyclic texture
growth method includes the steps of: (a) carburizing the
surface of the substrate; (b) forming nuclei on the surface of
the substrate; and (c) growing the nuclei formed on the
substrate, wherein the step (c) is performed by a cyclic
process in which mixed gas plasma state of carbon-containing
gas and hydrogen gas, and hydrogen gas plasma state of
hydrogen gas are alternately repeated for a predetermined
duration. Therefor, coverage area of the diamond film formed
on the Si-substrate is markedly increased. Also, the hydrogen
gas and the mixed gas are changed into a hydrogen gas plasma
state and a mixed gas plasma state, respectively, to maintain
the hydrogen gas plasma state and the mixed gas plasma state
for a predetermined duration, thereby increasing nucleation
density of the diamond film, textured grain size of the
diamond film and the degree of parallel orientation of the
diamond film with respect to the substrate.
Patent EP-0827299-A3 (EP)
Inventor: IKEDA TAMOTSU
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 1997-09-02
Abstract: A receiver for data encoded as a series of symbols, each
including a plurality of components such as the I and Q
components of 16-QAM symbols or other multi-value multi-phase
system. Each component denotes values for a plurality of bits.
Probability calculation circuits 111-1 through 111-16 use the
values of the components constituting each received symbol to
calculate the probability that each one of the possible symbols
was transmitted and received. Metric calculation circuits 112-1
through 112-4 calculate a bit metric for each bit denoted by the
symbol. The bit metric represents the probability that the bit
having a specified value was transmitted. The bit metric may be
calculated by adding the probabilities calculated by the
probability calculation for those possible symbols having a
component denoting the specified value of the bit. For example,
the sum of the probabilities of all symbols denoting a first bit
value of zero gives the probability that a zero bit value was
transmitted and received. The data represented by the symbols may
represent data encoded by a convolutional code, and the bit
metrics may be supplied to a decoder such as a Viterbi decoder.