mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A composition comprising: a first solid material and a second solid material that are chemically distinct, wherein said first solid material and said second solid material are microphase-separated on a microphase-separation length scale from about 0.1 microns to about 500 microns, and wherein said first solid material and said second solid material have different surface energies; and at least one liquid selectively absorbed into either of said first solid material or said second solid material, wherein the liquid: (a) is a freezing-point depressant for water; or (b) (i) is a lubricant selected from the group consisting of fluorinated oils, fluorocarbon ether polymers of polyhexafluoropropylene, siloxanes, petroleum-derived oils, mineral oil, plant-derived oils, canola oil, soybean oil, and combinations thereof; and/or (ii) contains a solid lubricant suspended or dissolved in the liquid; or (c) is an electrolyte; wherein optionally said liquid is present in said composition at a concentration from about 5 wt% to about 50 wt%. a first solid material and a second solid material that are chemically distinct, wherein said first solid material and said second solid material are microphase-separated on a microphase-separation length scale from about 0.1 microns to about 500 microns, and wherein said first solid material and said second solid material have different surface energies; and at least one liquid selectively absorbed into either of said first solid material or said second solid material, wherein the liquid: (a) is a freezing-point depressant for water; or (b) (i) is a lubricant selected from the group consisting of fluorinated oils, fluorocarbon ether polymers of polyhexafluoropropylene, siloxanes, petroleum-derived oils, mineral oil, plant-derived oils, canola oil, soybean oil, and combinations thereof; and/or (ii) contains a solid lubricant suspended or dissolved in the liquid; or (c) is an electrolyte; wherein optionally said liquid is present in said composition at a concentration from about 5 wt% to about 50 wt%. (a) is a freezing-point depressant for water; or (b) (i) is a lubricant selected from the group consisting of fluorinated oils, fluorocarbon ether polymers of polyhexafluoropropylene, siloxanes, petroleum-derived oils, mineral oil, plant-derived oils, canola oil, soybean oil, and combinations thereof; and/or (ii) contains a solid lubricant suspended or dissolved in the liquid; or (c) is an electrolyte;
A modular air conditioning system, comprising: a plurality of transportable cooling modules, each cooling module comprising a plurality of phase change material packs in a thermally insulated housing with spaces between the PCM packs forming channels for the flow of air from an air inlet of the housing to an air outlet of the housing; a transportable control module having a housing with an inlet and a plurality of air outlets and a pump for causing, in use, the flow of air from the air inlet to each of the air outlets, and means for linking the transportable control module to said transportable cooling modules, wherein, in use, each air outlet of the control module is connected to the air inlet of a respective cooling module, such that the flow of air from the air inlet of the cooling module to the air outlet of the cooling module is caused by the pump of the control module. a plurality of transportable cooling modules, each cooling module comprising a plurality of phase change material packs in a thermally insulated housing with spaces between the PCM packs forming channels for the flow of air from an air inlet of the housing to an air outlet of the housing; a transportable control module having a housing with an inlet and a plurality of air outlets and a pump for causing, in use, the flow of air from the air inlet to each of the air outlets, and means for linking the transportable control module to said transportable cooling modules, wherein, in use, each air outlet of the control module is connected to the air inlet of a respective cooling module, such that the flow of air from the air inlet of the cooling module to the air outlet of the cooling module is caused by the pump of the control module.
A method for pairwise sequencing of first and second regions on complementary strands of a double-stranded polynucleotide template, the method comprising: (a) providing a solid support comprising a polynucleotide template; (b) carrying out a first sequencing-by-synthesis reaction on the solid support to determine the sequence of a first region of the first template strand, (c) extending the strand complementary to the first template strand by sequential addition of further nucleotides, which do not contain any labels required for sequencing, to the last nucleotide added in step (b), thereby defining a second region complementary to the first template strand; (d) ligating the 5' end of a self-complementary hairpin linker polynucleotide comprising a free 3' hydroxyl group to the free 3' end of the extended strand; and (e) carrying out a second sequencing reaction to determine the sequence of the second region complementary to the first template strand. (a) providing a solid support comprising a polynucleotide template; (b) carrying out a first sequencing-by-synthesis reaction on the solid support to determine the sequence of a first region of the first template strand, (c) extending the strand complementary to the first template strand by sequential addition of further nucleotides, which do not contain any labels required for sequencing, to the last nucleotide added in step (b), thereby defining a second region complementary to the first template strand; (d) ligating the 5' end of a self-complementary hairpin linker polynucleotide comprising a free 3' hydroxyl group to the free 3' end of the extended strand; and (e) carrying out a second sequencing reaction to determine the sequence of the second region complementary to the first template strand.
A sewing machine comprising: a feed dog partially protruding out up and down from a throat plate to feed a workpiece; a sewing needle configured to perform stitch points on the workpiece by moving up and down; and a shuttle configured to capture an upper thread passed through the sewing needle below the throat plate to be entwined with a lower thread, wherein the feed dog includes a top plate having teeth formed on an upper surface thereof, and a support portion, integrally coupled to the top plate, to which a feed operation is input, wherein the top plate includes an insertion hole that the sewing needle penetrates up and down, and a pair of wall portions extending in an up-and-down direction and width direction respectively on one side and another side in a feed direction of the workpiece relative to the insertion hole on a lower surface side of the top plate, characterized in that each of the pair of wall portions has an inner side surface facing a lower side of the insertion hole, wherein at least one inner side surface is inclined in a direction away from the insertion hole as approaching downward, and the inner side surfaces of the pair of wall portions face each other in the feed direction. a feed dog partially protruding out up and down from a throat plate to feed a workpiece; a sewing needle configured to perform stitch points on the workpiece by moving up and down; and a shuttle configured to capture an upper thread passed through the sewing needle below the throat plate to be entwined with a lower thread, wherein the feed dog includes a top plate having teeth formed on an upper surface thereof, and a support portion, integrally coupled to the top plate, to which a feed operation is input, wherein the top plate includes an insertion hole that the sewing needle penetrates up and down, and a pair of wall portions extending in an up-and-down direction and width direction respectively on one side and another side in a feed direction of the workpiece relative to the insertion hole on a lower surface side of the top plate, characterized in that each of the pair of wall portions has an inner side surface facing a lower side of the insertion hole, wherein at least one inner side surface is inclined in a direction away from the insertion hole as approaching downward, and the inner side surfaces of the pair of wall portions face each other in the feed direction.
A cigarette comprising: a tobacco rod including a tobacco filler and cigarette paper wound around the tobacco filler; a filter including a filter plug including a filtering material, a plurality of sheet members wound around the filter plug in such a manner as to form a plurality of layers, and a capsule located in the filter and comprising a capsule shell containing a content liquid therein; and tipping paper wound around the tobacco rod and the filter in such a manner as to connect the tobacco rod and the filter, wherein each of the sheet members has a density of 0.5 to 1.0 g/cm 3, and the sheet members constituting the plurality of layers have a total thickness in a range of 100 to 250 μm, wherein each of the sheet members is filter wrapping paper, or, at least one of the sheet members is filter wrapping paper, and at least one of the sheet member is a resin layer. a tobacco rod including a tobacco filler and cigarette paper wound around the tobacco filler; a filter including a filter plug including a filtering material, a plurality of sheet members wound around the filter plug in such a manner as to form a plurality of layers, and a capsule located in the filter and comprising a capsule shell containing a content liquid therein; and tipping paper wound around the tobacco rod and the filter in such a manner as to connect the tobacco rod and the filter, wherein each of the sheet members has a density of 0.5 to 1.0 g/cm 3, and the sheet members constituting the plurality of layers have a total thickness in a range of 100 to 250 μm, wherein each of the sheet members is filter wrapping paper, or, at least one of the sheet members is filter wrapping paper, and at least one of the sheet member is a resin layer.
An ultrasound transducer array comprising: a plurality of CMUT (capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) cells, each CMUT cell comprising a substrate carrying a first electrode of a first electrode arrangement, wherein at least part of the substrate being spatially separated from a flexible membrane including a second electrode of a second electrode arrangement by a gap, and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode being electrically insulated from said gap by at least one dielectric layer (311, 313), wherein at least one of the first electrode arrangement and the second electrode arrangement is partitioned into a plurality of sections interconnected by respective fuse portions (112, 122), wherein: the first electrode arrangement comprises a plurality of rows of first electrodes, the first electrodes in each row being interconnected by respective fuse portions; and the second electrode arrangement comprises a plurality of columns of second electrodes, the second electrodes in each column being interconnected by respective fuse portions, wherein each row and column is individually addressable. the first electrode arrangement comprises a plurality of rows of first electrodes, the first electrodes in each row being interconnected by respective fuse portions; and the second electrode arrangement comprises a plurality of columns of second electrodes, the second electrodes in each column being interconnected by respective fuse portions, wherein each row and column is individually addressable.
An adjustment system for a flame detector, the adjustment system comprising: a flame detector; a camera coupled to the flame detector, wherein the flame detector and the camera are moveably mounted on a mounting device; a mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a transceiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein an adjustment application is stored in the memory that, when executed upon the processor, configures the processor to: receive an image of an environment from the camera; determine a field of view of the flame detector based on an offset of the flame detector from the camera; display an indicator of the field of view of the flame detector overlaid on the image; receive an input to adjust the field of view of the flame detector; generate a movement signal; send the movement signal to the mounting device, wherein the flame detector and the camera are repositioned relative to the mounting device in response to the movement signal; receiving a second image from the camera after being repositioned; and displaying the second image with the indicator of the field of view of the flame detector overlaid on the second image. a flame detector; a camera coupled to the flame detector, wherein the flame detector and the camera are moveably mounted on a mounting device; a mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a transceiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein an adjustment application is stored in the memory that, when executed upon the processor, configures the processor to: receive an image of an environment from the camera; determine a field of view of the flame detector based on an offset of the flame detector from the camera; display an indicator of the field of view of the flame detector overlaid on the image; receive an input to adjust the field of view of the flame detector; generate a movement signal; send the movement signal to the mounting device, wherein the flame detector and the camera are repositioned relative to the mounting device in response to the movement signal; receiving a second image from the camera after being repositioned; and displaying the second image with the indicator of the field of view of the flame detector overlaid on the second image. receive an image of an environment from the camera; determine a field of view of the flame detector based on an offset of the flame detector from the camera; display an indicator of the field of view of the flame detector overlaid on the image; receive an input to adjust the field of view of the flame detector; generate a movement signal; send the movement signal to the mounting device, wherein the flame detector and the camera are repositioned relative to the mounting device in response to the movement signal; receiving a second image from the camera after being repositioned; and displaying the second image with the indicator of the field of view of the flame detector overlaid on the second image.
A quick-change system comprising at least one receiving part (2, 2') and at least two exchange tools (3, 3'), wherein - the receiving part (2, 2') has at least one receiving opening for receiving one or each exchange tool (3, 3'), and - the exchange tool (3, 3') is designed as gripper jaws, wherein at least one ball catch is provided for temporarily fixing the exchange tool (3, 3') on the receiving part (2, 2'), wherein the ball catch comprises a sleeve that is closed on one side, in which a spring-mounted press ball is arranged, and wherein the press ball can be manually engaged in a ball-receiving opening on the exchange tool (3, 3') and disengaged again, characterised in that the sleeve that is closed on one side has an axis of symmetry, wherein the press ball is displaceable along the axis of symmetry, and wherein the ball-receiving opening has a central axis that runs parallel to the axis of symmetry in an engaged state of the receiving part and the exchange tool. - the receiving part (2, 2') has at least one receiving opening for receiving one or each exchange tool (3, 3'), and - the exchange tool (3, 3') is designed as gripper jaws, wherein at least one ball catch is provided for temporarily fixing the exchange tool (3, 3') on the receiving part (2, 2'), wherein the ball catch comprises a sleeve that is closed on one side, in which a spring-mounted press ball is arranged, and wherein the press ball can be manually engaged in a ball-receiving opening on the exchange tool (3, 3') and disengaged again, characterised in that the sleeve that is closed on one side has an axis of symmetry, wherein the press ball is displaceable along the axis of symmetry, and wherein the ball-receiving opening has a central axis that runs parallel to the axis of symmetry in an engaged state of the receiving part and the exchange tool.
Process for drying granular polymeric material, comprising the steps of: - dehumidifying said granular polymeric material by means of a first flow of gas introduced into said granular polymeric material at a first temperature of between 100°C and 150°C; - heating said dehumidified granular polymeric material to a second temperature that is greater than said first temperature; - drying said granular polymeric material having been heated to said second temperature by applying a predefined vacuum level; and - transferring said dried granular polymeric material to a feed hopper that is provided upstream of a machine for working said granular polymeric material. - dehumidifying said granular polymeric material by means of a first flow of gas introduced into said granular polymeric material at a first temperature of between 100°C and 150°C; - heating said dehumidified granular polymeric material to a second temperature that is greater than said first temperature; - drying said granular polymeric material having been heated to said second temperature by applying a predefined vacuum level; and - transferring said dried granular polymeric material to a feed hopper that is provided upstream of a machine for working said granular polymeric material.
An apparatus for mixing a powder in a liquid comprising a cavity for holding a powder, a passageway communicating with the cavity, the apparatus being characterized in that it comprises a flow actuator for inducing an oscillating gas flow in the passageway so that a powder is drawn into the passageway from the cavity when the gas flows in one direction and the powder is expelled from the passageway towards a liquid by synthetic jetting when the gas flows in the opposite direction, wherein the passageway further comprises an outlet nozzle through which the powder is expelled by synthetic jetting from the passageway and wherein the cavity is disposed along the passageway between the flow actuator and the outlet nozzle.
A color processing apparatus comprising: input range obtaining means configured to obtain an input range of input color data represented in an extended RGB color space, wherein a range of the extended RGB color space is extended from a range of a base RGB color space; setting means configured to set grid point coordinate values for each of a plurality of color components in the extended RGB color space based on the input range of the input color data; and generating means configured to generate a look-up table by performing conversion processing on each look up table coordinate value which is a combination of a grid point coordinate value set for the plurality of color components, and to store a result of the conversion processing in the look-up table, wherein the setting means is configured to set the grid point coordinate values such that each primary color of the base RGB color space is located at a grid point, and the plurality of color components have identical grid point coordinate values between the primary colors. input range obtaining means configured to obtain an input range of input color data represented in an extended RGB color space, wherein a range of the extended RGB color space is extended from a range of a base RGB color space; setting means configured to set grid point coordinate values for each of a plurality of color components in the extended RGB color space based on the input range of the input color data; and generating means configured to generate a look-up table by performing conversion processing on each look up table coordinate value which is a combination of a grid point coordinate value set for the plurality of color components, and to store a result of the conversion processing in the look-up table,
A punching device comprising: a punching head including hollow rods that moves vertically and punching tools provided respectively at front ends of the hollow rods, each of the punching tools having an axially extending through hole; a suction apparatus configured to suck a punched chip generated during a punching process by the punching head; a suction flow passage configured to communicate the through holes of the punching tools with the suction apparatus; characterized in that the punching device further comprises a suction switching apparatus (V; V') configured to change a path of the suction flow passage so that only a hollow rod or hollow rods which performs the punching process, among the hollow rods, can be sucked. a punching head including hollow rods that moves vertically and punching tools provided respectively at front ends of the hollow rods, each of the punching tools having an axially extending through hole; a suction apparatus configured to suck a punched chip generated during a punching process by the punching head; a suction flow passage configured to communicate the through holes of the punching tools with the suction apparatus; characterized in that the punching device further comprises a suction switching apparatus (V; V') configured to change a path of the suction flow passage so that only a hollow rod or hollow rods which performs the punching process, among the hollow rods, can be sucked.
A motor comprising a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, the stator comprising a stator core and stator windings wound around the stator core, the stator core comprising a bottom, two branches extending from opposite ends of an inner surface of the bottom, and a pair of opposing poles extending from the two branches, two stator windings wound around the two branches facing each other, each pole having two side surfaces (64, 65) extending from the corresponding branch and substantially parallel to the bottom and a pole arc surface, each pole having a pole arc surface facing the rotor, a maximum distance between the side surface of the pole facing the bottom and a farthest point of the end of the branch adjacent the bottom being equal for both branches, with an air gap formed between the pole arc surface and the rotor, the pair of poles comprising opposing circumferential end portions spaced apart from each other, the pole arc surface being concentric with the rotor such that a uniform main air gap is formed between the pole arc surface and the rotor, wherein the bottom is formed separately with respect to the two branches, and characterized in that a maximum length of the bottom is not greater than a maximum distance between the side surface of the pole facing the bottom and a farthest point of the end of the branch adjacent the bottom, a maximum width of the bottom being not greater than a minimum distance between the two branches, and a ratio of a distance between the circumferential end portions to a width of the uniform main air gap between the pole arc surface and the rotor being less than 2.