mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Rotary-drum laundry dryer comprising a revolving drum adapted to receive laundry to be dried, a hot-air generator structured to circulate an airflow (f) through said revolving drum, a lower supporting base or socle which is structured for resting on the floor and for housing at least part of the hot-air generator, and an upper cabinet associated to the lower supporting base or socle and structured so as to house the revolving drum, said upper cabinet having a back wall comprising an aperture; the hot-air generator comprising an air recirculating conduit allowing said airflow (f) to flow through the revolving drum and through at least one heat exchanger located along the air recirculating conduit for condensing moisture inside the airflow (f); the air recirculating conduit comprising an intermediate portion extending across the lower supporting base or socle, and a back cover fitted to the back wall of the upper cabinet and to the lower supporting base or socle to close said aperture so as to define at least part of said air recirculating conduit; the back cover comprising a first air passage connected in fluid-tight manner to the lower supporting base or socle and a second air passage connected in fluid-tight manner to said aperture of the back wall; the laundry dryer being characterized by further comprising a first sealing member and a second sealing member for connecting in fluid-tight manner the back cover to the lower supporting base or socle and the back wall respectively.
A cable lacing tie device comprising: a head assembly and a cable lacing tape; the cable lacing tape comprising braided or woven filaments; a first portion of the cable lacing tape retained within the head assembly; the head assembly comprising a body having a passageway therethrough; a retainer being movable from an unlocked position to a locked position; a second portion of the cable lacing tape having an end and the end being routed trhough the passageway in the head assembly; the cable lacing tie device being characterized by arms integrally formed with the head assembly and the retainer, the arms being breakable via a breaking force; and the end being routed through the passageway in the head assembly in a path wherein when the end of the second portion of the cable lacing tape is pulled to cause a force on the arms exceeding the breaking force necessary to break the arms, the arms are broken and the retainer is moved from the unlocked position to the locked position. a head assembly and a cable lacing tape; the cable lacing tape comprising braided or woven filaments; a first portion of the cable lacing tape retained within the head assembly; the head assembly comprising a body having a passageway therethrough; a retainer being movable from an unlocked position to a locked position; a second portion of the cable lacing tape having an end and the end being routed trhough the passageway in the head assembly; the cable lacing tie device being characterized by arms integrally formed with the head assembly and the retainer, the arms being breakable via a breaking force; and the end being routed through the passageway in the head assembly in a path wherein when the end of the second portion of the cable lacing tape is pulled to cause a force on the arms exceeding the breaking force necessary to break the arms, the arms are broken and the retainer is moved from the unlocked position to the locked position.
A method of operating a fuel-fired burner of an emission abatement assembly, the method comprising: (a) detecting a burner shutdown request, (b) adjusting an air-to-fuel ratio of an air/fuel mixture being supplied to the burner to a ratio greater than a stoichiometric ratio in response to the burner shutdown request, (c) supplying the adjusted air/fuel mixture of step (b) to an electrode assembly (28, 30) of the burner for a predetermined amount of time in response to the burner shutdown request, and (d) shutting down the burner after the predetermined amount of time has elapsed. (a) detecting a burner shutdown request, (b) adjusting an air-to-fuel ratio of an air/fuel mixture being supplied to the burner to a ratio greater than a stoichiometric ratio in response to the burner shutdown request, (c) supplying the adjusted air/fuel mixture of step (b) to an electrode assembly (28, 30) of the burner for a predetermined amount of time in response to the burner shutdown request, and (d) shutting down the burner after the predetermined amount of time has elapsed.
An apparatus for reducing a specific absorption rate, comprising: an antenna assembly (101, 301); a sensing assembly being configured to detect an approach to or a contact of the antenna assembly (101, 301) by a human body; wherein the sensing assembly is also configured to control the antenna assembly (101, 301) for reduction of input power when detecting an approach to or a contact of the antenna assembly (101, 301) by a human body, characterized in that the antenna assembly (101, 301) is provided on a first circuit board, and the sensing assembly is applied on a second circuit board and the antenna assembly is electrically connected to the sensing assembly; wherein the first circuit board overlaps the second circuit board and the first and second circuit boards (303, 304) are separated from each other by an electrically insulating base material. an antenna assembly (101, 301); a sensing assembly being configured to detect an approach to or a contact of the antenna assembly (101, 301) by a human body; wherein the sensing assembly is also configured to control the antenna assembly (101, 301) for reduction of input power when detecting an approach to or a contact of the antenna assembly (101, 301) by a human body, characterized in that the antenna assembly (101, 301) is provided on a first circuit board, and the sensing assembly is applied on a second circuit board and the antenna assembly is electrically connected to the sensing assembly; wherein the first circuit board overlaps the second circuit board and the first and second circuit boards (303, 304) are separated from each other by an electrically insulating base material.
An ECG connector assembly, comprising: a housing having an interior recessed surface having disposed therein an opening dimensioned to operably receive the press stud of an ECG electrode pad; a radiolucent conductor disposed on at least a portion of the interior recessed surface; a radiolucent lead wire conductor extending from a proximal end of the housing and operably coupled to the radiolucent conductor; an engagement member pivotably disposed upon the interior recessed surface and having an engaging face and a pivot, wherein the engagement member is pivotable between a first position whereby the engaging face is closer to a top portion of the opening and a second position whereby engaging face is further from the top portion of the opening, wherein the press stud is capturable in the opening between the engaging face and a sidewall of the opening; the engagement member further includes an arcuate stiffener disposed between an end of the engaging face distal from the pivot and the pivot of the engagement member, and where the arcuate stiffener and the engaging face form a closed shape which surrounds the aforementioned opening, wherein the closed shape is bigger than said opening and wherein the closed shape defines an opening for receiving said press stud; wherein the combination of the opening in the housing and the opening defined by the arcuate stiffener and the engaging face provides sufficient clearance for insertion of the press stud; and a radiolucent resilient member configured to bias the engagement member towards the first position. a housing having an interior recessed surface having disposed therein an opening dimensioned to operably receive the press stud of an ECG electrode pad; a radiolucent conductor disposed on at least a portion of the interior recessed surface; a radiolucent lead wire conductor extending from a proximal end of the housing and operably coupled to the radiolucent conductor; an engagement member pivotably disposed upon the interior recessed surface and having an engaging face and a pivot, wherein the engagement member is pivotable between a first position whereby the engaging face is closer to a top portion of the opening and a second position whereby engaging face is further from the top portion of the opening, wherein the press stud is capturable in the opening between the engaging face and a sidewall of the opening; the engagement member further includes an arcuate stiffener disposed between an end of the engaging face distal from the pivot and the pivot of the engagement member, and where the arcuate stiffener and the engaging face form a closed shape which surrounds the aforementioned opening, wherein the closed shape is bigger than said opening and wherein the closed shape defines an opening for receiving said press stud; wherein the combination of the opening in the housing and the opening defined by the arcuate stiffener and the engaging face provides sufficient clearance for insertion of the press stud; and a radiolucent resilient member configured to bias the engagement member towards the first position.
A composition of reactants and products of an enzymatic reaction for forming an isopeptide bond, the composition comprising a microbial transglutaminase having at least 80% sequence identity to the Kutzneria albida microbial transglutaminase (SEQ ID NO:6), a first substrate comprising an acyl-donor tag having at least 80% sequence identity to the peptide sequence YRYRQ (SEQ ID NO:1), and a second substrate comprising an amine donor tag having at least 80% sequence identity to the peptide sequence RYESK (SEQ ID NO:2), wherein the first and the second substrate is identified from a library of substrates, and wherein the activity of the microbial transglutaminase on the library substrates can be measured using a direct or a coupled assay.
An ophthalmic device to measure weakness of Zinn's zonule of an examinee's eye, the device comprising: an illuminating unit (10a, 100) arranged to illuminate the examinee's eye including a lens; and an imaging unit (50, 110) including an imaging element (52, 113) and arranged to capture an image of an anterior segment illuminated by the illuminating unit; characterized by a determination unit (70, 170) arranged to process at least two images of the anterior segment of the eye applied with a stimulus to guide the lens to move the images being captured by the imaging unit before and after the movement of the eye, during the movement of the eye, before and during the movement of the eye, or during and after the movement of the eye, the determination unit being further configured to obtain information of a positional change of a characteristic point of the lens based on the images of the anterior segment to detect mobility of the lens in up, down, right, and left directions based on the obtained positional change of the characteristic point when the lens returns to a pre-stimulus status, and determines the zonular weakness based on the detected mobility. an illuminating unit (10a, 100) arranged to illuminate the examinee's eye including a lens; and an imaging unit (50, 110) including an imaging element (52, 113) and arranged to capture an image of an anterior segment illuminated by the illuminating unit; characterized by a determination unit (70, 170) arranged to process at least two images of the anterior segment of the eye applied with a stimulus to guide the lens to move the images being captured by the imaging unit before and after the movement of the eye, during the movement of the eye, before and during the movement of the eye, or during and after the movement of the eye, the determination unit being further configured to obtain information of a positional change of a characteristic point of the lens based on the images of the anterior segment to detect mobility of the lens in up, down, right, and left directions based on the obtained positional change of the characteristic point when the lens returns to a pre-stimulus status, and determines the zonular weakness based on the detected mobility.
A UHF radiofrequency identification (RFID) device for enabling communication of a UHF RFID reader with UHF RFID tags positioned within at least one cavity (100a, 100b,... 100n) of a container or a toolbox, characterized in that said UHF RFID device comprises a wire wave guide having an entry extremity and at least one exit extremity and positioned within said at least one cavity above a ground surface for generating a non-radiative propagating evanescent wave, wherein said entry extremity is fed by said UHF RFID reader and said at least one exit extremity is connected to said ground surface via a load (7; 17, 18).
A method for determining cause of a disconnection between a computing device of a motion tracking system and one or more sensors of a plurality of sensors (20a-20n) of the motion tracking system, the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) being arranged on a body of a person, the computing device being configured to at least receive data through a wireless communications connection (50a-50n) and each sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) being configured to at least transmit data through the wireless communications connection (50a-50n), the method comprising: establishing a wireless communications connection (50a-50n) between the computing device and each sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n); receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of packets (60a-60m) from each sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) through the respective wireless communications connection (50a-50n); measuring, by the computing device, a signal strength (70a-70n) of the wireless communications connection (50a-50n) with each sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) while the wireless communications are established; processing, by the computing device, the signal strength values (70a-70n) corresponding to a sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) when said sensor has been disconnected from the computing device so as to determine if said sensor has been disconnected from the computing device due to a distance (D 1, D 2) increase between the person and the computing device; and providing or commanding, by the computing device, the provision of at least one user perceptible signal when the computing device has determined that at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) has been disconnected from the computing device due to a distance (D 1, D 2) increase between the person and the computing device. establishing a wireless communications connection (50a-50n) between the computing device and each sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n); receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of packets (60a-60m) from each sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) through the respective wireless communications connection (50a-50n); measuring, by the computing device, a signal strength (70a-70n) of the wireless communications connection (50a-50n) with each sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) while the wireless communications are established; processing, by the computing device, the signal strength values (70a-70n) corresponding to a sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) when said sensor has been disconnected from the computing device so as to determine if said sensor has been disconnected from the computing device due to a distance (D 1, D 2) increase between the person and the computing device; and providing or commanding, by the computing device, the provision of at least one user perceptible signal when the computing device has determined that at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors (20a-20n) has been disconnected from the computing device due to a distance (D 1, D 2) increase between the person and the computing device.
A method for operating a stepper motor of a pumping system during a fluid intake cycle, comprising: measuring available torque of the stepper motor across a range of motor velocities within which the stepper motor will operate during the intake cycle; calculating a maximum acceleration rate for each of a plurality of motor velocities in the range of motor velocities based on the available torque of the stepper motor measured at that motor velocity; generating an intake velocity profile based on the maximum acceleration rates calculated for the plurality of motor velocities; and accelerating the stepper motor during the intake cycle in accordance with the generated intake velocity profile, wherein the generated intake velocity profile is a first intake velocity profile; and operating the stepper motor in accordance with a second intake velocity profile that causes the stepper motor to run at a constant acceleration rate until the stepper motor reaches a desired terminal velocity, followed by constant deceleration rate after the stepper motor operates at the desired terminal velocity for a given period; determining whether the desired terminal velocity exceeds a threshold velocity; and switching (312,316) control of the stepper motor from the second intake velocity profile to the first intake velocity profile when the desired terminal velocity exceeds the threshold velocity. measuring available torque of the stepper motor across a range of motor velocities within which the stepper motor will operate during the intake cycle; calculating a maximum acceleration rate for each of a plurality of motor velocities in the range of motor velocities based on the available torque of the stepper motor measured at that motor velocity; generating an intake velocity profile based on the maximum acceleration rates calculated for the plurality of motor velocities; and accelerating the stepper motor during the intake cycle in accordance with the generated intake velocity profile, wherein the generated intake velocity profile is a first intake velocity profile; and operating the stepper motor in accordance with a second intake velocity profile that causes the stepper motor to run at a constant acceleration rate until the stepper motor reaches a desired terminal velocity, followed by constant deceleration rate after the stepper motor operates at the desired terminal velocity for a given period; determining whether the desired terminal velocity exceeds a threshold velocity; and switching (312,316) control of the stepper motor from the second intake velocity profile to the first intake velocity profile when the desired terminal velocity exceeds the threshold velocity.
A method of controlling a water level in a steam drum of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) plant, where the steam drum has a pressure therein due to at least one of water in the steam drum, steam in the steam drum and a water/steam mixture in the steam drum, the method comprising: predicting a transient change in at least one of the water level or the water/steam mixture level or the pressure in the steam drum based on plant characteristics including steam flow from the steam drum, drum pressure in the steam drum, and one or both of a gas turbine load and a position of a bypass valve configured to control the steam flow from the steam drum to two or more steam flow conduits (118, 120); and generating a sliding setpoint (215, 221) to control the water level based on predicting the transient change, wherein the sliding setpoint is a setpoint that changes according to conditions of the HRSG plant; generating a first setpoint with a setpoint model that receives as inputs the steam flow, a feedwater temperature of feedwater provided to the steam drum, a gas fuel temperature, and a gas fuel flow; determining a desired water level in the steam drum based on the steam flow and the drum pressure; and selecting one of the sliding setpoint (215, 221) and the first setpoint to control the water level in the steam drum based on comparing the sliding setpoint (215, 221) and the first setpoint to the desired water level. predicting a transient change in at least one of the water level or the water/steam mixture level or the pressure in the steam drum based on plant characteristics including steam flow from the steam drum, drum pressure in the steam drum, and one or both of a gas turbine load and a position of a bypass valve configured to control the steam flow from the steam drum to two or more steam flow conduits (118, 120); and generating a sliding setpoint (215, 221) to control the water level based on predicting the transient change, wherein the sliding setpoint is a setpoint that changes according to conditions of the HRSG plant; generating a first setpoint with a setpoint model that receives as inputs the steam flow, a feedwater temperature of feedwater provided to the steam drum, a gas fuel temperature, and a gas fuel flow; determining a desired water level in the steam drum based on the steam flow and the drum pressure; and selecting one of the sliding setpoint (215, 221) and the first setpoint to control the water level in the steam drum based on comparing the sliding setpoint (215, 221) and the first setpoint to the desired water level.
A collar-like fastening element for being tightened around the circumference of a pipe unit, in particular of an exhaust system of a heating installation, said fastening element comprising - a strip-shaped base element which is realized along an extension axis in an initial state and which serves to contact a circumferential surface of the pipe unit in a tightening state, the base element being realized, in particular, for receiving centering elements which are realized as separate components and which can be aligned in such a manner that they protrude radially with respect to the pipe unit in the tightening state in order to dispose the pipe unit centrically within a shaft (60a-c), - tightening elements having a locking unit disposed at a first end of the base element and locking elements realizing at least two tightening positions (8a, 8b) which are adjacent to each other on the base element along the extension axis, the tightening elements being realized in such a manner that the locking unit can be fixed in one of the at least two tightening positions (8a, 8b) in order to tighten the base element around the circumferential surface of the pipe unit, characterized in that the base element comprises a spring section between the locking unit and the locking elements, said spring section being elastically deformable along a stretching path and serving to tighten the base element around the pipe unit in a force-locking manner. - a strip-shaped base element which is realized along an extension axis in an initial state and which serves to contact a circumferential surface of the pipe unit in a tightening state, the base element being realized, in particular, for receiving centering elements which are realized as separate components and which can be aligned in such a manner that they protrude radially with respect to the pipe unit in the tightening state in order to dispose the pipe unit centrically within a shaft (60a-c), - tightening elements having a locking unit disposed at a first end of the base element and locking elements realizing at least two tightening positions (8a, 8b) which are adjacent to each other on the base element along the extension axis, the tightening elements being realized in such a manner that the locking unit can be fixed in one of the at least two tightening positions (8a, 8b) in order to tighten the base element around the circumferential surface of the pipe unit,