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Patent EP-1091050-A1 (EP)
Inventor: STOLTZE BJOERN DIPL-ING
IPC: E03C1/046
Filed: 2000-10-04
Abstract: Process for releasing carbonized drinking water via a tap comprises enriching the tap water with carbon dioxide according to requirement in a carbonizing device. The enrichment is controlled in the tap water stream from the carbonization device to the tap outlet by the pressure drop that occurs when the tap is opened and the pressure build up that occurs when the tap is closed. An Independent claim is also included for an apparatus for releasing carbonized drinking water via a tap comprising a feed line connected to a pressure switch and/or regulator via a pressure line. The regulator is connected to a carbon dioxide source on one side and the carbonization device on the other side. Preferred Features: The pressure in the tap water stream from the carbonization device to the tap outlet is further fed to a pressure switch via a pressure line, in which the regulator controls the supply of carbon dioxide to the carbonization device. The carbonization device is a static mixer filled with balls and containing a pipe having a diameter of 20-50, preferably 25-35 mm and a total effective length of 0.2-1.5, preferably 0.8-1.2 m. The balls have a diameter of 1-10, preferably 2-5 mm.
Patent EP-1101519-A1 (EP)
Inventor: ROESGEN ANDRE
IPC: F02M37/22
Filed: 2000-10-13
Abstract: The heater comprises a heat transfer body with a planar surface; a thermally stable carrier layer (35), especially a ceramic hybrid layer, applied to the planar surface; a heating pipe (34) applied to the carrier layer; a flange (25') for fixing the heater (14) in the fuel filter; and contacts (30) for the voltage supply. The fuel filter comprises a filter head; a filter container connected to the head and forming a filter housing; a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet communicating with the housing; a filter medium arranged in the filter housing and having a crude side separated from a pure side; and a heater. The heater comprises a heat transfer body with a planar surface; a thermally stable carrier layer (35), especially a ceramic hybrid layer, applied to the planar surface; a heating pipe (34) applied to the carrier layer; a flange (25') for fixing the heater (14) in the fuel filter; and contacts (30) for the voltage supply. Preferred Features: The heater is arranged in the fuel inlet. The heat transfer body is formed as a rod with a semi-circular cross-section. The heater has a PTC element for determining the fuel temperature.
Patent EP-1085491-A1 (EP)
Inventor: NG WINNIE
IPC: G09F9/35
Filed: 2000-02-08
Abstract: A bus stop pole has at a convenient height a housing having two display surfaces.
One is intended to carry advertising material, while the other uses panels of LEDs
and a touch-screen, liquid-crystal display to display variable information in response
to manipulation of the touch-screen.
Patent EP-1138424-A1 (EP)
Inventor: DOEHREN HANS-JUERGEN
IPC: B23D19/06
Filed: 2000-03-31
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a tapered sheet for building purposes,
in which the tapered sheet is formed from a metal strip. 
     The method is characterised in that the tapered sheet is formed by shearing the metal
strip in two places under an angle of α with a side of the metal strip and by shearing
the metal strip in between these two places under an angle of 2α with the side of the
metal strip, the shearing being performed in any order, to form a substantially
symmetrical tapered sheet. 
     The invention also relates to an apparatus for forming a tapered sheet for building
purposes, to form the tapered sheet from a metal strip. 
     The apparatus is characterised in that it comprises first shearing means so as to be
able to make a cross cut under an angle α and second shearing means so as to be able
to make a substantially longitudinal cut under an angle 2α in the metal strip.
Patent EP-1148735-A1 (EP)
IPC: G02B5/20
Filed: 2000-04-20
Abstract: A color camera comprises a light sensitive area (13) comprising light sensitive
elements, and a color filter layer (12) associated with the sensitive elements comprising Red,
Green and Blue (R-G-B) filter layer elements. The color filter layer (12) comprises a repetitive
sub-pattern of eight adjacent lines or columns, which sub-pattern comprises color filter
elements in the following sequence:
     line (column) 1:   G-R   line (column) 2:   B-G   line (column) 3:   G-R   line (column) 4:   G-B   line (column) 5:   G-R   line (column) 6:   B-G   line (column) 7:   R-G   line (column) 8:   B-G.
Patent EP-1162522-A1 (EP)
Inventor: FARINE JEAN-PIERRE
IPC: G04G17/08
Filed: 2000-06-07
Abstract: The portable object on a strap (3) has a button press keyboard command (4) and display mechanism (6). The keyboard buttons are placed along the strap and read along the length.
Patent EP-1179856-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MALFA ENRICO
IPC: H02S10/30
Filed: 2000-08-07
Abstract: A TPV apparatus for generating electric power, which comprises a combustion
chamber comprising a burner device generating, by means of the combustion of fuel
and combustion air, hot gases providing an amount of thermal power. The TPV
apparatus further comprises a converter assembly, which is associated to the
combustion chamber and converts into electric power at least a portion of the amount
of thermal power. 
The converter assembly comprises a plurality of TPV modules, positioned internally
to the combustion chamber.
Patent EP-1133201-A1 (EP)
Inventor: BAUER NORBERT ALFRED
IPC: H04L47/30
Filed: 2000-03-07
Abstract: In a radio telecommunications system such as GSM in which a serving node (14)
operates the leaky bucket algorithm to control flow of packet data to a packet control unit
(18) and a virtual queue (36) of data is formed in the control unit, upper and lower
triggers BVC(u), BVC(l) are provided on the queue, and when the queue reaches the
upper trigger, the packet control unit sends a request to the node (14) to alter the leak rate
R of the leaky bucket algorithm so as to reduce the data flow rate. When the lower
trigger BVC(l) is reached, the control unit (18) sends values of R and of Bmax, the
maximum bucket size of the leaky bucket algorithm, to the node (14) so that the length of
the virtual queue is maintained close to the value of Bmax. Bmax is proportional to the
number of allocated timeslots.
Patent EP-1049209-A1 (EP)
Inventor: NORO YUTAKA
IPC: H01R13/703
Filed: 2000-04-27
Abstract: A female connector (20) has a housing main body (30) provided with a
slider (60) capable of sliding. The slider (60) is hooked in a regulating
position when a retainer (40) is not installed on the housing main body
(30), and interferes with detection pins (14) provided on a male connector
(10) whereby the connection of both the connectors (10; 20) becomes
impossible. To the contrary, when the retainer (40) is installed on the
housing main body (30), the slider (60) is transferred from the regulating
position to a permitting position by the slider contact part (48) provided
on the retainer (40), and does not interfere with the detection pins (14),
whereby the connection of both connectors (10; 20) is permitted. Thus,
connection of the connectors ((10; 20) in a condition in which the retainer
(40) is not installed, and transfer to subsequent processes can be
prevented.
Patent EP-1054019-A1 (EP)
Inventor: OBARA SAKAE
IPC: C08B11/08
Filed: 2000-05-16
Abstract: The present invention provides low-substituted
hydroxypropyl cellulose exhibiting good granulation
characteristics and tablet properties. Specifically, there
is provided low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose having a
hydroxypropoxyl content in the range of 5.0 to 16.0% by
weight and an apparent average degree of polymerization in
the range of 350 to 700.
Patent EP-1134939-A1 (EP)
Inventor: AHMED WALID
IPC: H04L45/18
Filed: 2000-10-16
Abstract: In an ad-hoc mobile network, a geometry-based routing protocol (GRP)
is used to route traffic from a source node to a destination node. In order for GRP to be
effective, the network needs to have certain routability characteristics. To that end, each
node collects location information from surrounding nodes and uses the collected
location information to select those surrounding nodes that facilitate geometric routing
and sets up point-to-point links with the selected nodes (becoming direct neighbors).
The node then constructs its  k-neighborhood,  (where the value of  k  represents the
maximum number of hops needed to reach any node in the desired local topology) by
exchanging its list of direct neighbor nodes with other nodes.
Patent EP-1162776-A1 (EP)
Inventor: GOLDSACK PETER JAMES SUTHERLAN
IPC: H04L1/20
Filed: 2000-12-18
Abstract: Block error rate (BLER) measurements are made on a mobile telephone handset
without imposing an undesirable processing burden on the handset. An information block
flow is maintained by sending repeated message blocks from a test set which are defined at
a selected layer in the protocol stack below the topmost layer. Ack/nack messages sent by
the handset in response to the message blocks are monitored to determine whether the
message blocks have been correctly transported, and thus derive the BLER. The message
blocks sent by the test set can either be empty GMM_INFORMATION messages, or LLC
frames with invalid frame check sequences.
Patent EP-1025802-A1 (EP)
Inventor: CRAGG ANDREW H
IPC: A61B17/04
Filed: 2000-02-03
Abstract: A system or assembly for anchoring percutaneous devices, e.g., tubes or
catheters or leads, extending percutaneously through a percutaneous passageway from
the skin of a patient to a subcutaneous location or body cavity or tract or lumen from
movement further into the body or retraction out of the body. An implantable anchor (14)
comprising an anchor body (16) and a tensioning filament (20) is inserted through the percutaneous
passageway and deployed subcutaneously with the anchor body in engagement with body
tissue in a manner that inhibits it from being retracted through the passageway. The
tensioning filament (20) extends from the anchor body and alongside the percutaneous device
body through the percutaneous passageway and tension is applied to it to draw the
deployed anchor against subcutaneous body tissue and toward the patients skin. The
tensioning filament is coupled with an attachment mechanism (50) secured against the
percutaneous device body outside the patient's skin at a location adjacent to the patient's
skin. The assembly of the deployed anchor within the patient's body with the external
attachment mechanism inhibits advancement or retraction of the percutaneous device body
through the percutaneous passageway.
Patent EP-1063486-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MUNOZ ANA ISABEL
IPC: F01P11/08
Filed: 2000-05-23
Abstract: Heat exchanger comprises first (10) and second (12) stacked plates placed alternately. Plates have bottoms (14,20) and undulations (18,24) extending in perpendicular directions so as to delimit between plates first (34) and second (36) flow channels for first and second fluids. Channel has hydraulic diameter (Dh) defined by Dh = 2 h where h represents half height of channel and value of hydraulic diameter is between 1 and 3 mm.
Patent EP-1090795-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MAQUAIRE MICHEL
IPC: B60K15/04
Filed: 2000-10-04
Abstract: The liquefied petroleum gas fuel tank (1) has a safety module (10) with a valve that allows gas evacuation in the case of sudden fuel tank over-pressure or fire. The fuel tank contains: an internal filling module integrating filling (20) and filling cut-off (21) units; an internal or external level indicator/sensor (7); a fuel supply module (8) incorporating a pump (29), a first filter (30) and overfilling controller (31), designed to maintain the required pressure level in the fuel supply circuit to the engine; a safety unit (10) designed to eliminate over-pressure in the tank; an interface and connection module (3) designed to integrate the above and to ensure connection between the interior and exterior of the tank and to a electronic controller (4) of the modules.
Patent EP-1201966-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MONTAGUTI PAOLO
IPC: F16H15/52
Filed: 2000-10-23
Abstract: In a mechanical variable-speed drive, an epicyclic
gear (4) has a sun gear (7) connected to an input shaft
(3), a planet carrier (12) connected to an output shaft
(2), an outer ring gear (24), and a number of planet
gears (17) connected frictionally to the sun gear (7) and
the ring gear (24); the ring gear (24) being defined by a
movable ring (29) movable to and from a fixed ring (25)
so as to control the radial position of the planet gears
(17) with respect to the sun gear (7) and so vary the
velocity ratio of the input shaft (3) and output shaft
(2); the movable ring (29) being connected to a further
fixed ring (34) so as to effect a rotary and translatory
movement produced by at least two balls (44) engaging
respective substantially hemispherical seats (41) formed
in the movable ring (29), and respective guide channels
(42) varying in height and formed in the further fixed
ring (34).
Patent EP-1045117-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MEGAS LUCAS
IPC: F01M13/02
Filed: 2000-03-31
Abstract: The invention refers to an arrangement for ventilation of crankcase gases in
an internal-combustion engine (1) of a vehicle, comprising a conduit (18, 19)
for recirculation of crankcase gases from the crankcase (15) of the engine (1)
to the air inlet (12) of the engine (1), an oxidation catalyst (17) for cleaning of
the crankcase gases, arranged along said conduit (18, 19), whereby the
engine (1) also is supplied with a turbo unit (6) and an intercooler (11). The
invention is characterized in, that said conduit (18, 19) comprises a conduit
(19) that connects between the oxidation catalyst (17) and an incoming
conduit (10) to the compressor (8) of the turbo unit (6). By the invention, an
improved arrangement for ventilation of crankcase gas for turbocharged
diesel engines is supplied.
Patent EP-1098047-A1 (EP)
Inventor: SVANBERG BJARNE
IPC: E04D3/362
Filed: 2000-11-02
Abstract: A clip having a pre-mounted fastener screw for mounting covering sheets, such as roofing
sheets, onto an underlying surface, said clip including a base plate (1) that has an opening
in which a screw (5) is pre-mounted and extends generally normal to the plane of the base
plate (1), with the pointed tip (53) of the screw passing through the opening. The base plate
(1) carries an attachment tongue (13) which is intended to be fastened to a covering sheet
that is to be anchored to the underlying surface via the base plate (1) and the screw (5). The
clip includes two elongate and mutually opposing tongues whose longitudinal extensions
lie in an axial plane to said opening perpendicular to the base plate. The tongues are bent
up at an acute angle from the base plate and the three short-edges (41), which are concave,
of said tongues engage the stem (41) of the screw (5) at generally similar heights above the
base plate (1).
Patent EP-1150732-A1 (EP)
Title: Gas supply device for sleep apnea
Inventor: NADJAFIZADEH HOSSEIN
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 2000-02-10
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling air supplied under pressure to a patient suffering from sleep disorders such as apnoea. Controlled pressurized air is supplied to the patient's upper anatomical airways by the apparatus according to the methods of the present invention. The apparatus measures the air flow and pressure to the airway, and determines whether to increase or decrease the pressure based on a determination of several factors, such as the occurrence of an obstructive or central apnoea, hyperventilation, air leakage and acoustical vibrations. Occurrences of apnoeas may be stored by the apparatus and read by a clinician at a later date.
Patent EP-1155315-A1 (EP)
Title: Verwendung von trägermaterial in der kapillar-elektrochromatographie
Inventor: MUSCATE-MAGNUSSEN ANGELIKA
IPC: G01N27/447
Filed: 2000-02-21
Abstract: Verwendung von Trägermaterial für die Kapillar-Elektrochromatographie (CEC), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Trägermaterial porös ausgestaltet ist und die Oberfläche sich aus einer äußeren und einer Porenoberfläche zusammensetzt, wobei die äußere Oberfläche von der Porenoberfläche unterscheidbare Bereiche unterschiedlicher Derivatisierung und/oder Funktionalität aufweist.
Patent EP-1148822-A1 (EP)
Title: Ensemble cable de guidage et ensemble separateur pour intervention chirurgicale
Inventor: TROUT HUGH III
IPC: A61B17/04
Filed: 2000-02-04
Abstract: Cette invention concerne un ensemble câble de guidage chirurgical (10) conçu pour être utilisé lors d'une intervention chirurgicale. Cet ensemble guide chirurgical (10) permet la manipulation d'un composant chirurgical à l'intérieur d'un vaisseau lors d'une intervention chirurgicale intravasculaire notamment. Cet ensemble câble de guidage chirurgical (10) comprend d'une part un composant câble de guidage (11) définissant une extrémité proximale et une extrémité distale et d'autre part au moins un fil de suture (12) fixé à l'extrémité distale du composant câble de guidage (11). La présente invention concerne également un ensemble séparateur chirurgical (60) conçu pour séparer au moins deux composants chirurgicaux lors d'une intervention chirurgicale à l'intérieur d'un vaisseau.
Patent EP-1177612-A1 (EP)
Title: Systeme et procede d'egalisation de puissance provenant de deux sources d'alimentation
Inventor: JANSEN ARIAN
IPC: H02M3/155
Filed: 2000-03-10
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un système (30) et un procédé pouvant utiliser des sources d'alimentation à fréquence variable pour alimenter une charge (36). Ces système et procédé utilisent la détection en phase afin d'égaliser automatiquement et sensiblement les courants fournis à la charge au moyen des sources d'alimentation à fréquence variable, et de supprimer un composant d'ondulation du courant d'entrée amené par le système. Les première et seconde sources (31, 32) alimentent la charge. Les sources d'alimentation ont une relation similaire entre leurs fréquences de commutation variables et la puissance qu'elles fournissent à la charge. Les première et seconde fréquences de commutation de chacune des première et seconde sources d'alimentation sont verrouillées ensemble par une phase de détection, permettant ainsi d'égaliser le courant fourni à la charge par chacune des sources d'alimentation. Ces système et procédé sont avantageusement utilisés pour former un panneau frontal à correction du facteur de puissance pour une alimentation en mode commutation. Les sources d'alimentation présentant des relations non linaires et/ou réciproques entre le courant fourni et la fréquence de commutation peuvent être utilisées. Dans des variantes, le courant provenant de sources d'alimentation en série est égalisé par l'égalisation des tensions fournies par chacune des sources d'alimentation à la charge.
Patent EP-1175617-A1 (EP)
Inventor: VAN DER GREEF JAN
IPC: G01N30/46
Filed: 2000-04-26
Abstract: The present invention relates to the on-line coupling of mass spectrometry (MS) to continuous-flow separation techniques for detecting 'orphan' analytes, viz. receptors which do not have known ligands. In a further embodiment, this on-line detection method is used as either a screening method for assays with an unknown ligand. Furthermore, this invention relates to compounds detected by this method and the use of these compounds as a ligand for affinity molecules.
Patent EP-1187644-A1 (EP)
Title: Cost-sensitive application infusion device
Inventor: CAUSEY JAMES D III
IPC: A61M5/00
Filed: 2000-05-30
Abstract: A reusable external infusion device infuses a fluid into an individual's body. The infusion device controls the rate that fluid flows from a reservoir inside a housing, through an external tube, and into the individual's body. Essentially, the infused fluid is insulin. However, many other fluids may be administered through infusion such as, HIV drugs, drugs to treat pulmonary hypertension, iron chelation drugs, pain medications, anti-cancer treatments, vitamins, hormones, and others.
Patent EP-1183017-A1 (EP)
Inventor: LAW DEVALINA
IPC: A61K47/26
Filed: 2000-05-23
Abstract: La présente invention concerne une formulation solide faite d'un mélange d'agent régulateur des lipides et d'un excipient, en l'occurrence un mélange eutectique.
Patent EP-1111601-A1 (EP)
Inventor: SAKO YOICHIRO
IPC: G11B7/085
Filed: 2000-06-28
Abstract: An optical disc recorder and/or player using as a recording medium an optical disc
having a plurality of recording layers formed one over the other. It includes an optical
pickup having a photodetector to direct a light beam towards any of the plurality of
recording layers formed one over the other in the optical disc and detect a return light
beam from the recording layer, and an identifier to compare an output signal from the
photodetector with a predetermined reference value and identify, based on the
comparison result, which of the plurality of recording layers formed in the optical disc
has focused thereon the light beam from the optical pickup.
Patent EP-1217923-A1 (EP)
Inventor: CASEBASSE STEFANIA
IPC: A47F1/10
Filed: 2000-07-12
Abstract: The mechanism which makes the bottommost spoon (1, 1B) in each stack protrude from a corresponding opening (24) in the front of the box comprises a pivoting right-angled operating lever (20) and a slide (22) connected by a flexible strip (38), the slide (22) being pulled in the opposite direction to the direction (f2) of extraction by an elastic band (44) hooked onto pegs (22C and 42); the slide (22) has a projection (22A) which entrains the spoon to be extracted.
Patent EP-1247119-A1 (EP)
Inventor: WILT MICHAEL
IPC: G01V3/28
Filed: 2000-06-28
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un procédé et un système qui utilise un logiciel informatique pour mesurer des caractéristiques d'une formation (22) géologique à partir de mesures (Rm) de résistivité par balayage vertical de façon à modéliser des caractéristiques telles que celles des réservoirs d'hydrocarbure. Ce procédé utilise des données (23) de modélisation pour supprimer des informations indésirables d'un signal porteur d'informations relatives à des informations (11) géologiques et pour modéliser la résistivité de formations géologiques. La répartition spatiale et l'orientation des champs magnétiques sont les mêmes, ne différant que par une constante liée au facteur (24) d'atténuation du gainage. Le champs magnétique en dehors du puits de gainage est réduit en amplitude par un facteur d'atténuation associé au revêtement. Le champs magnétique produit au niveau d'un point situé en dehors de ce revêtement est fonction du produit du terme de ce facteur d'atténuation de ce revêtement, ke, et d'un terme de réponse de la formation géologique, f. ces deux termes sont indépendants l'un de l'autre. Par une mise en facteur (28) et une suppression des informations concernant le vingtième facteur d'atténuation, ke, on peut déterminer des mesures précises de la formation géologique.
Patent EP-1210017-A1 (EP)
Inventor: LEVY GIL
IPC: A61B17/28
Filed: 2000-07-24
Abstract: L'invention concerne un instrument chirurgical guidé par le doigt qui comprend un élément en forme de dé à coudre, adapté pour envelopper au moins une partie d'un doigt du chirurgien, tout en laissant les parties tactiles ventrales de la phalange distale dudit doigt, au moins partiellement exposées, de manière à permettre au chirurgien de sentir tactilement la région du corps à traiter; un outil chirurgical éjectable étant engagé dans un logement formé à l'intérieur, ou connecté à, une paroi de l'élément en forme de dé à coudre, de manière à ce que le chirurgien puisse opérer la région du corps.