mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Closed frame with adjustable opening width, which closed frame has a first frame sub-bar (36, 40) and a second frame sub-bar (88, 92), the frame sub-bars (36, 40; 88, 92) being designed for enclosing a wall region bordering a building opening and engaging on one another in a displaceable manner in order to set an opening width, characterized by a backfilling device for back-lining the closed frame, the backfilling device comprising at least one spacer element which has an opening for the passage of a fastener by means of which the first frame sub-bar (36, 40) is to be fastened to the wall region and is designed for maintaining a distance between the first frame sub-bar (36, 40) and the wall region, wherein a clamping plate is formed on the spacer element or on at least one of a plurality of spacer elements, the clamping plate being configured to slidably clamp a flange or insertion portion of the second frame sub-bar (88, 92) to the first frame sub-bar (36, 40); and wherein the opening is open on one side of the spacer element so that the spacer element can be pushed onto a shank of the fastener pre-attached to the first frame sub-bar (36, 40). characterized by a backfilling device for back-lining the closed frame, the backfilling device comprising at least one spacer element which has an opening for the passage of a fastener by means of which the first frame sub-bar (36, 40) is to be fastened to the wall region and is designed for maintaining a distance between the first frame sub-bar (36, 40) and the wall region, wherein a clamping plate is formed on the spacer element or on at least one of a plurality of spacer elements, the clamping plate being configured to slidably clamp a flange or insertion portion of the second frame sub-bar (88, 92) to the first frame sub-bar (36, 40); and wherein the opening is open on one side of the spacer element so that the spacer element can be pushed onto a shank of the fastener pre-attached to the first frame sub-bar (36, 40).
A link disconnecting unit adapted to be placed underground (130,230, 330,430) for making a disconnectable link between a first electricity distribution network and a second electricity distribution network, the link disconnecting unit comprising a receptacle (201; 301; 401) provided with an entrance (203; 303) for inserting a mains cable of the first electricity distribution network and with an entrance for inserting a mains cable of the second electricity distribution network, the receptacle housing comprises: - a number of first connection posts for receiving respective disconnectable link elements for the connection/disconnection of the second electricity distribution network to/from the first electricity distribution network so as to switch on or off the electricity supply to the second electricity distribution network, said number of the first connection posts corresponding to the number of the voltage phases possessed by the mains cable (205; 209) of the first and second electricity distribution networks, and - a device (215-1, 215-2, 215-3; 315-1, 315-2, 315-3) for deriving signals indicative of a power consumption of the second electricity distribution network, said device being associated with a respective first connection post, and wherein each of the disconnectable link elements which are receivable in the first connection posts is connetable to one voltage phase of the first electricity distribution network and to one voltage phase of the second electricity distribution network. - a number of first connection posts for receiving respective disconnectable link elements for the connection/disconnection of the second electricity distribution network to/from the first electricity distribution network so as to switch on or off the electricity supply to the second electricity distribution network, said number of the first connection posts corresponding to the number of the voltage phases possessed by the mains cable (205; 209) of the first and second electricity distribution networks, and - a device (215-1, 215-2, 215-3; 315-1, 315-2, 315-3) for deriving signals indicative of a power consumption of the second electricity distribution network, said device being associated with a respective first connection post,
Surgical instrument for creating a hemispherical recess in a bone, which is rotatingly drivable about a rotation axis and comprises at least one distal cutting element with a cutting edge for removing bone material, wherein the cutting edge defines, during the rotation of the instrument (10; 100) about the rotation axis, a shaping sphere with a distal hemisphere which can be introduced into the recess, an equator and a proximal hemisphere, wherein the instrument (10; 100) comprises a base body configured as a hollow body on which the cutting elements (36, 46, 48, 50; 146, 148, 150) are fixed, and wherein the instrument (10; 100) comprises a plurality of proximal cutting elements (46, 48, 50; 146, 148, 150) with a respective cutting edge which extends, starting from the equatorial plane of the shaping sphere or substantially from the equatorial plane in the proximal direction, wherein the cutting edges of the proximal cutting elements (46, 48, 50; 146, 148, 150) are spaced apart from one another in pairs in the circumferential direction of the rotation axis, characterised in that the cutting edges of the proximal cutting elements (46, 48, 50; 146, 148, 150) are spaced apart from one another unevenly in the circumferential direction of the rotation axis.
Arrangement with a plate-shaped refrigerated goods support and a bottle rack for a refrigeration appliance, in particular a household refrigeration appliance, wherein the bottle rack comprises a first plate, which on an upper side has a depression for receiving a horizontal bottle, wherein the bottle rack comprises a second plate, a notch for at least the second plate (8; 28, 29) is formed in the first plate, one of the plates (7, 8) is fastened to the refrigerated goods support, the second plate (7, 8) can be displaced in a first direction with respect to the first plate from a lowered position, in which a depression of the second plate is at least essentially concealed below the first plate, into a first offset position, in which the depression of the second plate is at least essentially exposed, and the second plate can be displaced into a second offset position in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein in the first and second offset position the second plate is offset in relation to the first plate in opposite directions in each case.
A composite laminar material comprising a carbohydrate-layer and a protein-layer, wherein the ratio of carbohydrate to protein is in the range of 1:1.5 to 1:2.5, and wherein the carbohydrate is chitin or chitosan and the protein is silk fibroin, elastin, abductin or collagen.
A process for preparing a fermented milk product comprising: combining a milk product and a pectin to form a mixture; heat treating the mixture; and fermenting the mixture to produce the fermented milk product, characterised in that the fermenting step is continued until the pH of the mixture is from 3.8 to 5.0, and wherein the fermented milk product is drinkable. combining a milk product and a pectin to form a mixture; heat treating the mixture; and fermenting the mixture to produce the fermented milk product, characterised in that the fermenting step is continued until the pH of the mixture is from 3.8 to 5.0, and wherein the fermented milk product is drinkable.
A film comprising an optionally multi-ply carrier layer having a first surface side and an opposite second surface side; wherein the second surface side has had some of its area modified either by surface activation or by printing with a printing composition, so that the second surface side comprises modified regions and also unmodified regions; wherein the modified regions and also the unmodified regions have been coated over some or all of their area with a release material; and wherein the adhesion of the release material against the carrier layer in the modified regions is different in degree in comparison to the adhesion of the release material against the carrier layer in the unmodified regions. wherein the second surface side has had some of its area modified either by surface activation or by printing with a printing composition, so that the second surface side comprises modified regions and also unmodified regions; wherein the modified regions and also the unmodified regions have been coated over some or all of their area with a release material; and wherein the adhesion of the release material against the carrier layer in the modified regions is different in degree in comparison to the adhesion of the release material against the carrier layer in the unmodified regions.
A multiband antenna apparatus for use in a portable radio communications device, the antenna apparatus comprising: - a first antenna structure comprising a radiator means configured to be disposed substantially around an outside perimeter of a device enclosure, the radiator means comprising a slot disposed relative to said enclosure so as to minimize potential for the radiator means shorting across the slot due to handling of the device enclosure by a user, and a ground plane within the device, characterized in that: - the first antenna structure is connected to the ground plane in more than two locations (115, 116, 117, 119), thereby forming a virtual portion configured to be at the same potential as the ground plane and an operational portion (126, 127); and - the operational portion (126, 127) comprises the slot formed in the radiator means so as to be disposed proximate a bottom side of the enclosure. - a first antenna structure comprising a radiator means configured to be disposed substantially around an outside perimeter of a device enclosure, - the first antenna structure is connected to the ground plane in more than two locations (115, 116, 117, 119), thereby forming a virtual portion configured to be at the same potential as the ground plane and an operational portion (126, 127); and - the operational portion (126, 127) comprises the slot formed in the radiator means so as to be disposed proximate a bottom side of the enclosure.
A process comprising reacting a compound of Formula IX with a metal catalyst in the presence of an oxidant under conditions to provide a compound of Formula VI wherein X is selected from C R 2, S R 2, SO 2 R 2, P R 2 R 2', P (OR 2)R 2' and P (OR 2)(OR 2'); R 2 and R 2' are independently selected from C 3-10 cycloalkyl, C 3-10 heterocycloalkyl, C 3-10 cycloalkenyl, C 1-10 alkyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, C 6-10 aryl and C 5-10 heteroaryl, each of the latter groups being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from C 1-4 alkyl, OC 1-4 alkyl, halo, CN, NO 2, C 6-10 aryl and OC 6-10 aryl; ---- represents a single or double bond, provided that two double bonds are not adjacent to each other; and R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from C 1-10 alkyl, C 6-10 aryl, C 3-10 cycloalkyl, C 1-10 alkyleneC 6-10 aryl, C 1-10 alkyleneC 3-10 cycloalkyl and PG, wherein PG is selected from t-Boc, Ac, Ts, Ms, silyl ethers such as TMS, TBDMS, TBDPS, Tf, Ns, Bn, Fmoc, dimethoxytrityl, methoxyethoxymethyl ether, methoxymethyl ether, pivaloyl, p-methyoxybenzyl ether, tetrahydropyranyl, trityl, ethoxyethyl ethers, carbobenzyloxy and benzoyl; except when - - O represents =O, then R 4 is not present; wherein in the compounds of Formulae VI and IX, one or more available hydrogens in R 2, R 2', R 3 and R 4 is/are optionally replaced with F and/or one or more of available atoms in R 2, R 2', R 3 and R 4 is/are optionally replaced with an isotopic label. X is selected from C R 2, S R 2, SO 2 R 2, P R 2 R 2', P (OR 2)R 2' and P (OR 2)(OR 2'); R 2 and R 2' are independently selected from C 3-10 cycloalkyl, C 3-10 heterocycloalkyl, C 3-10 cycloalkenyl, C 1-10 alkyl, C 2-10 alkenyl, C 6-10 aryl and C 5-10 heteroaryl, each of the latter groups being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from C 1-4 alkyl, OC 1-4 alkyl, halo, CN, NO 2, C 6-10 aryl and OC 6-10 aryl; ---- represents a single or double bond, provided that two double bonds are not adjacent to each other; and R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from C 1-10 alkyl, C 6-10 aryl, C 3-10 cycloalkyl, C 1-10 alkyleneC 6-10 aryl, C 1-10 alkyleneC 3-10 cycloalkyl and PG, wherein PG is selected from t-Boc, Ac, Ts, Ms, silyl ethers such as TMS, TBDMS, TBDPS, Tf, Ns, Bn, Fmoc, dimethoxytrityl, methoxyethoxymethyl ether, methoxymethyl ether, pivaloyl, p-methyoxybenzyl ether, tetrahydropyranyl, trityl, ethoxyethyl ethers, carbobenzyloxy and benzoyl;
A predictive method for regulating application of an adhesive coating to a Yankee dryer, as part of a process for manufacturing a creped product comprising generating a continuous fibrous sheet from a stock, applying the fibrous sheet to a surface of the Yankee dryer and creping off the fibrous sheet from the surface of the Yankee dryer with a creping doctor, the method being characterised in that it comprises the steps of: - continuously measuring, via one or more online sensors, a plurality of characteristics corresponding to the stock; - continuously sensing actual machine control values comprising a stock flow rate and a machine speed; - predicting a natural coating potential to be applied from the fibrous sheet to the surface of the Yankee dryer, substantially in real time, based at least in part on the measured characteristics and the sensed actual machine control values; - generating an output signal corresponding to the predicted natural coating potential; - determining an optimal adhesive coating feed rate for projection upon the surface of the Yankee dryer, based at least in part on the predicted natural coating potential, - generating an output signal corresponding to the optimal adhesive coating feed rate. - continuously measuring, via one or more online sensors, a plurality of characteristics corresponding to the stock; - continuously sensing actual machine control values comprising a stock flow rate and a machine speed; - predicting a natural coating potential to be applied from the fibrous sheet to the surface of the Yankee dryer, substantially in real time, based at least in part on the measured characteristics and the sensed actual machine control values; - generating an output signal corresponding to the predicted natural coating potential; - determining an optimal adhesive coating feed rate for projection upon the surface of the Yankee dryer, based at least in part on the predicted natural coating potential, - generating an output signal corresponding to the optimal adhesive coating feed rate.
An autonomous device configured for performing at least one task selected from a household task, a commercial task and an industrial task, wherein the autonomous device comprises at least one spatial sensor for generating location information and at least one further sensor for determining at least one further parameter, wherein the autonomous device further comprises at least one task unit arranged to perform the household and/or commercial and/or industrial task, characterized in that the autonomous device further comprises at least one electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit is configured to generate a map using the location information, wherein the electronics unit further is configured for connecting the further parameter to the location information and adding the location of the further parameter to the map, thereby creating a parameter map containing location-correlated values of the at least one further parameter, wherein the electronics unit is configured to add information to the parameter map, wherein the electronics unit further is configured to extract statistical information from the parameter map, wherein the electronics unit further is configured to store the statistical information in a statistic map and/or to add the statistical information to the parameter map, wherein the electronics unit is configured to adjust the performance of the autonomous device using the statistical information.
A smoking article comprising: a tobacco rod; a filter connected to the tobacco rod; and a tipping wrapper circumscribing the filter and at least a portion of the tobacco rod, wherein the tipping wrapper comprises paper having a basis weight of less than 70 grams per square metre; wherein the filter comprises: a first filter segment comprising a breakable capsule, the breakable capsule comprising an outer shell and an inner core containing an additive; a hollow tube segment downstream of the first filter segment and defining a cavity at the mouth end of the filter, the hollow tube segment positioned between a downstream end of the first filter segment and the mouth end of the filter, wherein the hollow tube segment has a wall thickness of at least 150 micrometres; and a plug wrap circumscribing the first filter segment and the hollow tube segment, wherein the plug wrap has a basis weight of less than 90 grams per square metre. a tobacco rod; a filter connected to the tobacco rod; and a tipping wrapper circumscribing the filter and at least a portion of the tobacco rod, wherein the tipping wrapper comprises paper having a basis weight of less than 70 grams per square metre; wherein the filter comprises: a first filter segment comprising a breakable capsule, the breakable capsule comprising an outer shell and an inner core containing an additive; a hollow tube segment downstream of the first filter segment and defining a cavity at the mouth end of the filter, the hollow tube segment positioned between a downstream end of the first filter segment and the mouth end of the filter, wherein the hollow tube segment has a wall thickness of at least 150 micrometres; and a plug wrap circumscribing the first filter segment and the hollow tube segment, wherein the plug wrap has a basis weight of less than 90 grams per square metre. a first filter segment comprising a breakable capsule, the breakable capsule comprising an outer shell and an inner core containing an additive; a hollow tube segment downstream of the first filter segment and defining a cavity at the mouth end of the filter, the hollow tube segment positioned between a downstream end of the first filter segment and the mouth end of the filter, wherein the hollow tube segment has a wall thickness of at least 150 micrometres; and a plug wrap circumscribing the first filter segment and the hollow tube segment, wherein the plug wrap has a basis weight of less than 90 grams per square metre.
A phased matrix array of ultrasonic transducer elements adapted to deflect an ultrasonic beam over an angular range, comprising a plurality of transducer elements distributed over a distribution surface, each of the transducer elements being adapted to emit, from a transmitting surface, ultrasonics at a frequency between 100 kHz and 100 MHz towards a working volume, characterized in that: - each of the transducer elements is configured to emit ultrasound divergently at least at the working volume, each transducer element having an angular acceptance at -3 dB from maximum of at least 10% greater than that of an equivalent planar transducer of the same size; - said transducer elements each have a larger dimension of their emission surface than 1.5 times the wavelength of ultrasound in water at 30°C, wherein the distribution of the transducer elements over the distribution surface is aperiodic. - each of the transducer elements is configured to emit ultrasound divergently at least at the working volume, each transducer element having an angular acceptance at -3 dB from maximum of at least 10% greater than that of an equivalent planar transducer of the same size; - said transducer elements each have a larger dimension of their emission surface than 1.5 times the wavelength of ultrasound in water at 30°C,
Closure device for a liquid container, comprising: - a base intended to be mounted on the container, the base comprising a tube intended to be brought into communication with the interior of the container, - a neck mounted so as to be movable on the base between an upper closure position and a lower opening position, - an elastic membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") arranged in an opening of the neck, the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") comprising at least one slit which is closed on itself in a rest position when the neck is in the upper closure position, the tube being arranged behind the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") in the upper closure position of the neck in such a way that the lowering of the neck towards the base in the lower opening position opens the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") by deformation of the at least one slit by the axial end of the tube, characterized in that, in the lower opening position, the axial end of the tube is engaged through the at least one slit in order to open the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14""), the axial end of the tube that allows the opening of the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") having a frustoconical shape. - a base intended to be mounted on the container, the base comprising a tube intended to be brought into communication with the interior of the container, - a neck mounted so as to be movable on the base between an upper closure position and a lower opening position, - an elastic membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") arranged in an opening of the neck, the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") comprising at least one slit which is closed on itself in a rest position when the neck is in the upper closure position, the tube being arranged behind the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") in the upper closure position of the neck in such a way that the lowering of the neck towards the base in the lower opening position opens the membrane (14; 14'; 14"; 14"'; 14"") by deformation of the at least one slit by the axial end of the tube,
A container (10; 110) comprising a thermoformed body (12; 112) having a side wall (12'; 112'), a bottom (14; 114) and an opening (10': 110') opposite to the bottom, the side wall having at least one convex portion (11A, 11C; 111A, 111B, 111C, 111D) forming a corner that extends in height, said convex portion forming a corner has at least one planar facet (13A, 13C; 113A, 113B, 113C, 113D) forming a flat forming in horizontal cross-section a chord for the arc formed by the convex portion, this arc being removed in the region where the chord is present, characterized in that said at least one facet (13A, 13C; 113A, 113B, 113C, 113D) extends to the bottom (14; 114) from an initial area (13'; 113') located in the vicinity of the edge of the opening (10'; 110').
An apparatus comprising: an ingress controller, configured to receive a data frame comprising a high priority data and a low priority data; and an ingress buffer, coupled to the ingress controller and configured to buffer the low priority data, wherein the high priority data is not buffered; and characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: a first switching fabric coupled to the ingress controller and configured to switch the high priority data; and a second switching fabric coupled to the ingress buffer and configured to switch the low priority data. an ingress controller, configured to receive a data frame comprising a high priority data and a low priority data; and an ingress buffer, coupled to the ingress controller and configured to buffer the low priority data, wherein the high priority data is not buffered; and characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: a first switching fabric coupled to the ingress controller and configured to switch the high priority data; and a second switching fabric coupled to the ingress buffer and configured to switch the low priority data.