mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A three-dimensional microfluidic system including: at least one hydrophilic thread along which fluid can be transported through capillary wicking; and at least one hydrophobic substrate for supporting the hydrophilic thread, the hydrophilic thread being sewn into or wound about or braided with the hydrophobic substrate depending on the physical characteristics of the substrate, characterized in that the microfluidic system further includes a switch for allowing or preventing fluid flow along the at least one hydrophilic thread, the switch includes at least one hydrophobic segment on the at least one hydrophilic thread and a bypass means, wherein the bypass means is configured to selectively bypass the at least one hydrophobic segment to allow fluid flow. at least one hydrophilic thread along which fluid can be transported through capillary wicking; and at least one hydrophobic substrate for supporting the hydrophilic thread, the hydrophilic thread being sewn into or wound about or braided with the hydrophobic substrate depending on the physical characteristics of the substrate, characterized in that the microfluidic system further includes a switch for allowing or preventing fluid flow along the at least one hydrophilic thread, the switch includes at least one hydrophobic segment on the at least one hydrophilic thread and a bypass means, wherein the bypass means is configured to selectively bypass the at least one hydrophobic segment to allow fluid flow.
A fluid delivery device comprising: a dispensing unit and a command means capable to communicate therebetween, a group of electronic components consisting of at least a controller, a memory, and a transceiver, wherein said controller is adapted to control operation of the dispensing unit, wherein said command means is provided with an interface for inputting commands, said dispensing unit and said command means are adapted to communicate therebetween so as to establish pairing, wherein said dispensing unit is adapted: to receive an acceptance message from the command means, and to store in the memory an identification information associated with the command means; characterized in that said dispensing unit is further adapted: to initiate sending an unpaired status message from the dispensing unit to the command means if the dispensing unit is not yet paired with the command means; and to check the acceptance message to verify compatibility between the command means and the dispensing unit, with the identification information associated with the command means only being stored if compatibility is verified. a dispensing unit and a command means capable to communicate therebetween, a group of electronic components consisting of at least a controller, a memory, and a transceiver, wherein said controller is adapted to control operation of the dispensing unit, wherein said command means is provided with an interface for inputting commands, said dispensing unit and said command means are adapted to communicate therebetween so as to establish pairing, wherein said dispensing unit is adapted: to receive an acceptance message from the command means, and to store in the memory an identification information associated with the command means; to receive an acceptance message from the command means, and to store in the memory an identification information associated with the command means; to initiate sending an unpaired status message from the dispensing unit to the command means if the dispensing unit is not yet paired with the command means; and to check the acceptance message to verify compatibility between the command means and the dispensing unit, with the identification information associated with the command means only being stored if compatibility is verified.
A method of manufacturing a fuel cell, comprising: preparing an electrolyte membrane; forming a cathode on one surface of the electrolyte membrane; and forming an anode on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane, wherein at least one of the cathode and the anode includes a carrier -metal nanoparticle complex where a metal nanoparticle including a first metal and a second metal, and one or more cavities (3, 4) is carried in a carrier, the cavity (3, 4) continues from the external surface of the metal nanoparticle to one region of an inside of the metal nanoparticle, and a diameter of the cavity (3, 4) is 5 % or more and 30% or less of a particle diameter of the metal nanoparticle, wherein the cavity has a cylindrical shape or a bowl shape, wherein at least one of the forming of the cathode and the forming of the anode further includes manufacturing the carrier -metal nanoparticle complex, and the manufacturing of the carrier -metal nanoparticle complex includes forming a solution including a solvent, a first metal salt providing a first metal ion or an atomic group ion including the first metal ion in the solvent, a second metal salt providing a second metal ion or an atomic group ion including the second metal ion in the solvent, a first surfactant forming a micelle in the solvent, and a second surfactant forming the micelle together with the first surfactant in the solvent; adding a carrier to the solution to perform agitation; and adding a reducing agent to the solution to form the metal nanoparticle on the carrier. preparing an electrolyte membrane; forming a cathode on one surface of the electrolyte membrane; and forming an anode on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane, wherein at least one of the cathode and the anode includes a carrier -metal nanoparticle complex where a metal nanoparticle including a first metal and a second metal, and one or more cavities (3, 4) is carried in a carrier, the cavity (3, 4) continues from the external surface of the metal nanoparticle to one region of an inside of the metal nanoparticle, and a diameter of the cavity (3, 4) is 5 % or more and 30% or less of a particle diameter of the metal nanoparticle, wherein the cavity has a cylindrical shape or a bowl shape, wherein at least one of the forming of the cathode and the forming of the anode further includes manufacturing the carrier -metal nanoparticle complex, and the manufacturing of the carrier -metal nanoparticle complex includes forming a solution including a solvent, a first metal salt providing a first metal ion or an atomic group ion including the first metal ion in the solvent, a second metal salt providing a second metal ion or an atomic group ion including the second metal ion in the solvent, a first surfactant forming a micelle in the solvent, and a second surfactant forming the micelle together with the first surfactant in the solvent; adding a carrier to the solution to perform agitation; and adding a reducing agent to the solution to form the metal nanoparticle on the carrier.
A system comprising: a plurality of work rolls to process a continuous strip material; a first sensor to measure a first distance between an upper surface of the strip material and a first reference location, the first sensor being downstream from an exit of the work rolls and the first sensor to measure a second distance between the upper surface of the strip material and the first reference location, the first and second distances being measured at two different instants; and a controller to determine a difference value between the first distance and the second distance to detect material curvature in the strip material. a plurality of work rolls to process a continuous strip material; a first sensor to measure a first distance between an upper surface of the strip material and a first reference location, the first sensor being downstream from an exit of the work rolls and the first sensor to measure a second distance between the upper surface of the strip material and the first reference location, the first and second distances being measured at two different instants; and a controller to determine a difference value between the first distance and the second distance to detect material curvature in the strip material.
A web material roll lockout assembly (400; 500; 600) comprising: a hub (402; 502; 602) constructed to be supported by a dispenser; an insert (404; 504) constructed to rotationally cooperate with the hub (402; 502; 602) when the insert (404; 504) is disposed in a bore of a roll of web material; a channel (430; 530) formed in a surface of one of the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504), wherein the surface having the channel faces the other of the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504) when the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504) are rotationally engaged with one another; a plurality of projections (460; 560) defined by the other of the hub (402; 502) and the insert (404; 504) that are radially spaced from one another and oriented to cooperate with the channel (430; 530) to resist axial translation between the hub (402; 502) and the insert (404; 504) when the projections (460; 560) are disposed in the channel (430; 530); and a first bearing surface (480; 580; 700) and a second bearing surface (482; 582; 702) between the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504) that are axially offset from one another, and wherein each of the first bearing surface (480; 580; 700) and the second bearing surface (482; 582; 702) are axially offset from an imaginary plane that is perpendicular to an axis of rotation (426; 526) of the insert (404; 504) relative to the hub (402; 502)that intersects the plurality of projections (460; 560). a hub (402; 502; 602) constructed to be supported by a dispenser; an insert (404; 504) constructed to rotationally cooperate with the hub (402; 502; 602) when the insert (404; 504) is disposed in a bore of a roll of web material; a channel (430; 530) formed in a surface of one of the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504), wherein the surface having the channel faces the other of the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504) when the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504) are rotationally engaged with one another; a plurality of projections (460; 560) defined by the other of the hub (402; 502) and the insert (404; 504) that are radially spaced from one another and oriented to cooperate with the channel (430; 530) to resist axial translation between the hub (402; 502) and the insert (404; 504) when the projections (460; 560) are disposed in the channel (430; 530); and a first bearing surface (480; 580; 700) and a second bearing surface (482; 582; 702) between the hub (402; 502; 602) and the insert (404; 504) that are axially offset from one another, and wherein each of the first bearing surface (480; 580; 700) and the second bearing surface (482; 582; 702) are axially offset from an imaginary plane that is perpendicular to an axis of rotation (426; 526) of the insert (404; 504) relative to the hub (402; 502)that intersects the plurality of projections (460; 560).
A hay-making machine in the form of a merger for swathing and/or transverse movement of harvest, having at least one merger unit that has a pick-up conveyor for picking up the harvest from the ground and a transverse conveyor for transversely conveying the picked-up harvest transversely to the direction of travel, wherein the at least one merger unit is suspended at an attachment frame that can be attached in a raisable and lowerable manner to the tractor so that the merger unit can be raised from the ground, characterized in that the attachment frame has at least one first connector that is pivotally connected to an attachment frame part that can be attached to the tractor by a three-point hitch and that projects therefrom approximately in parallel with the direction of travel and has at least one second and one third connector (112, 113) that are each pivotally connected in an articulated manner to the first connector, on the one hand, and in articulated manner to the merger unit or to a merger support frame part (150, 151) connected thereto, on the other hand, so that the machine frame is suspended at the first connector in the manner of a four-bar linkage by the second and third connectors (112, 113) and is movable up and down.
Wire netting (10a; 10b; 10c), in particular safety net, with a plurality of helices (12a, 14a; 12b; 12c) which are braided with one another and at least one of which is manufactured of at least one single wire, a wire bundle, a wire strand, a wire rope and/or another longitudinal element (16a; 16b; 16c) with at least one wire (18a; 18b; 18c), and which comprises at least one first leg (20a; 20b; 20c), at least one second leg (22a; 22b; 22c) and at least one bending region (24a; 24b; 24c) connecting the first leg (20a; 20b; 20c) and the second leg (22a; 22b; 22c) to one another, wherein, in a front view perpendicularly to a main extension plane of the helix (12a; 12b; 12c), the first leg (20a; 20b; 20c) extends with at least one first gradient angle (26a; 26b; 26c) with respect to a longitudinal direction (28a; 28b; 28c) of the helix (12a; 12b; 12c), characterized in that, in a transverse view in parallel to the main extension plane of the helix (12a; 12b; 12c) and perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction (28a; 28b; 28c) of the helix (12a; 12b; 12c), the bending region (24a; 24b; 24c) follows, at least on a section comprising at least 50 % of the bending region (24a; 24b; 24c), an at least approximately straight course and wherein the bending region (24a; 24b; 24c) extends, at least in the section with the straight course, with a second gradient angle (30a; 30b; 30c) with respect to the longitudinal direction (28a; 28b; 28c) of the helix (12a; 12b; 12c), the second gradient angle (30a; 30b; 30c) differing from the first gradient angle (26a; 26b; 26c), wherein the wire (18a; 18b; 18c) is realized as a high-tensile steel with a tensile strength of at least 800 N/mm 2.
A pump device for sucking and transferring of objects, where the pump device comprises a pump housing, an air withdrawal opening, at least one inlet opening and an outlet opening formed in the pump housing, and at least one drive device, wherein the pump housing comprises a first short side formed as a semicircle or partial circle and a second short side formed as a flat or plane surface, two long sides extending tapering from the first short side to the second the short side and two plane sides, thus forming a closed pump housing, wherein at least one impeller is further arranged in the pump housing, the at least one inlet opening being arranged closer to the first short side and the at least outlet opening being arranged closer to the second short side of the pump housing.
An intraoral three-dimensional measuring method, comprising: a wide range three-dimensional measurement information acquisition step (s1, t1, u1) of acquiring wide range three-dimensional measurement information (Iw) on a three-dimensional shape measured on a wide range (Rw) in a desirable measurement range in an intraoral space; a narrow range three-dimensional measurement information acquisition step (s2, t4, u4) of acquiring a plurality of pieces of narrow range three-dimensional measurement information (In) each on a three-dimensional shape measured on a narrow range (Rn) narrower than the wide range (Rw) in the measurement range; and a synthetic three-dimensional information creation step (s3, t5, u8) of repeatedly locating each of the plurality of pieces of narrow range three-dimensional measurement information at its respective position based on the wide range three-dimensional measurement information (In) by use of, as a synthesis reference, intra-measurement range position information common to the wide range three-dimensional measurement information (Iw) and each of the plurality of pieces of narrow range three-dimensional measurement information (In), to create synthetic three-dimensional information on the measurement range. a wide range three-dimensional measurement information acquisition step (s1, t1, u1) of acquiring wide range three-dimensional measurement information (Iw) on a three-dimensional shape measured on a wide range (Rw) in a desirable measurement range in an intraoral space; a narrow range three-dimensional measurement information acquisition step (s2, t4, u4) of acquiring a plurality of pieces of narrow range three-dimensional measurement information (In) each on a three-dimensional shape measured on a narrow range (Rn) narrower than the wide range (Rw) in the measurement range; and a synthetic three-dimensional information creation step (s3, t5, u8) of repeatedly locating each of the plurality of pieces of narrow range three-dimensional measurement information at its respective position based on the wide range three-dimensional measurement information (In) by use of, as a synthesis reference, intra-measurement range position information common to the wide range three-dimensional measurement information (Iw) and each of the plurality of pieces of narrow range three-dimensional measurement information (In), to create synthetic three-dimensional information on the measurement range.
A biomedical surface electrode comprising a flexible electrically insulating substrate, a flexible electrically conductive electrode layer on the substrate, a flexible electrically insulating masking layer on the electrode layer, the masking layer having a plurality of apertures being configured to expose a plurality of selected regions of the electrode layer, and a flexible electrically conductive adhesive layer on the masking layer which makes electrical contact with the exposed regions of the electrode layer, characterised in that the plurality of apertures of the masking layer are distributed around the periphery of the electrode layer providing edges of the plurality of selected regions of the electrode layer around the periphery of the electrode layer.
Backflush filter for liquid media, especially for liquid fuels, having a filter housing that has a filter inlet, a filter outlet and a flushing connection, having a cylindrical filter insert, being fixedly arranged in the filter housing, flowable through by the medium to be filtered from the inside to the outside and formed by means of at least one cylindrical supporting cage, which has at least two groups of slot-type apertures, and at least one filtering means supported on the supporting cage, wherein the apertures within each group (353A, 353B) extend in parallel alignment with one another and are separated from one another by mutually parallel ribs of the supporting cage, and having a backflushing device, which is arranged in the interior of the filter insert, is rotatable in the filter insert about an axis by means of an actuating drive, has at least one slit and extends over the height of the filter insert, said backflushing device serving for zone-wise flushing of the filtering means via the slit and apertures and for carrying filter residues to the flushing connection during a backflush cycle, wherein the slot-type apertures of one group are arranged circumferentially offset relative to those of the other group(s), and the apertures of one group lie in a common plane with the ribs of the other group(s), characterized in that the backflushing device has at least two mutually separate flushing chambers (64A, 64B), arranged vertically offset relative to one another and having associated slits, and a hollow shaft, which is capable of limited rotary motion relative to the flushing chambers and has a first radial outlet in the region of the first flushing chamber and a second radial outlet in the region of the second flushing chamber, which second radial outlet is arranged on the hollow shaft in a manner vertically offset and circumferentially offset relative to the first radial outlet, wherein the direction of movement of the backflushing device can be reversed by means of the actuating drive during the backflush cycle, and driving means for simultaneous movement of the flushing chambers and the hollow shaft in the respective direction of motion after a reversal of direction and for rotation of the hollow shaft and the flushing chambers relative to one another are provided for both directions of motion, and in that the filtering means comprises a pleated, preferably multi-ply, filter fabric or filter cloth with pleating folds, and in that all the ribs fit with a rib front into respective pleating folds.
A humeral cut guide system (52, 200, 300) for resectioning or resurfacing a humeral head, comprising: a primary cut guide member (54, 204, 304) configured to be removably coupled to the humeral head, the primary cut guide member including a patient-specific bone-engaging surface (58, 217, 315), a primary elongate slot (76, 234, 334) that defines a primary cutting plane, and including a pair of cylindrical apertures (86, 252, 352) configured to receive a pair of guide pins; characterized in that it further comprises a secondary cut guide member including a pair of through-holes configured to mate with the pair of guide pins, the secondary cut guide member including a secondary elongate slot that defines a secondary cutting plane with respect to the pair of through holes, which is different from the primary cutting plane defined by the primary elongate slot (76, 234, 334) with respect to the pair of cylindrical apertures (86, 252, 352). a primary cut guide member (54, 204, 304) configured to be removably coupled to the humeral head, the primary cut guide member including a patient-specific bone-engaging surface (58, 217, 315), a primary elongate slot (76, 234, 334) that defines a primary cutting plane, and including a pair of cylindrical apertures (86, 252, 352) configured to receive a pair of guide pins; characterized in that it further comprises a secondary cut guide member including a pair of through-holes configured to mate with the pair of guide pins, the secondary cut guide member including a secondary elongate slot that defines a secondary cutting plane with respect to the pair of through holes, which is different from the primary cutting plane defined by the primary elongate slot (76, 234, 334) with respect to the pair of cylindrical apertures (86, 252, 352).
A system for providing secure communications in an electrical power distribution network comprising one or more communications control nodes (222,224) associated with the electrical power distribution network, the system characterised by: a controller configured to evaluate vulnerability of communications control nodes (222,224) associated with the electrical power distribution network by simulating faults associated with the communications control nodes (222,224); determining isolated communications control nodes (222,224); determining restored communications control nodes (222,224); and computing a system average interruption delay index (SAIDI) based at least on the isolated and restored communications control nodes (222,224); and a quantum key distribution module for distributing quantum encryption keys to the one or more communications control nodes (222,224) based at least in part on the vulnerability of the communications control nodes (222,224). a controller configured to evaluate vulnerability of communications control nodes (222,224) associated with the electrical power distribution network by simulating faults associated with the communications control nodes (222,224); determining isolated communications control nodes (222,224); determining restored communications control nodes (222,224); and computing a system average interruption delay index (SAIDI) based at least on the isolated and restored communications control nodes (222,224); and simulating faults associated with the communications control nodes (222,224); determining isolated communications control nodes (222,224); determining restored communications control nodes (222,224); and computing a system average interruption delay index (SAIDI) based at least on the isolated and restored communications control nodes (222,224); and a quantum key distribution module for distributing quantum encryption keys to the one or more communications control nodes (222,224) based at least in part on the vulnerability of the communications control nodes (222,224).