mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A monitoring device for securing access to a danger zone with a safety sensor which is designed to monitor a monitoring area, wherein a safety function can be triggered by means of the safety sensor when an object is detected, wherein a radar sensor is arranged upstream of the safety sensor, by means of which a spatial area of the access is monitored, wherein non-safety-critical objects can be distinguished from safety-critical objects by means of the radar sensor, and wherein the safety function of the safety sensor is bypassed if only one non-safety-critical object is detected in the spatial area by means of the radar sensor, characterised in that two safety sensors are provided, which are arranged on both sides of the spatial area monitored by the radar sensor, in that a non-safety-critical object can be moved through the monitoring area of a first safety sensor into the spatial area monitored by the radar sensor, and in that the safety function of the second safety sensor is only bypassed when the radar sensor detects a non-safety-critical object in the spatial area monitored by the radar sensor, when the radar sensor detects that only the non-safety-critical object is present in the spatial area, the non-safety-critical object being able to enter the spatial area because the safety function of the first safety sensor is bypassed by an external muting function.
Reinforced earth structure, comprising: - backfill, - a facing placed along the front face of the structure, - an anchoring element including a projecting element which projects relative to an inner face of the structure and an attachment element, and - a stabilization element including at least two longitudinal portions (14, 16) continuously connected together by an elbow portion, said elbow portion being delimited by a neck in said longitudinal portions, said neck forming, together with said elbow portion, an anchoring space suitable for receiving the attachment element of the anchoring element, wherein the stabilization element is anchored to said inner face of the structure by placing the attachment element of the anchoring element in the anchoring space of the stabilization element, the anchoring space and the attachment element being shaped so as to limit the movements of the stabilization element in any direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the stabilization element. - backfill, - a facing placed along the front face of the structure, - an anchoring element including a projecting element which projects relative to an inner face of the structure and an attachment element, and - a stabilization element including at least two longitudinal portions (14, 16) continuously connected together by an elbow portion, said elbow portion being delimited by a neck in said longitudinal portions, said neck forming, together with said elbow portion, an anchoring space suitable for receiving the attachment element of the anchoring element,
Aircraft nacelle with a connecting device between a first conduit of an air inlet and a second conduit of a motor, both conduits being arranged end-to-end, said connecting device comprising an annular flange connected to the air inlet and an annular flange connected to the motor pressed against the air inlet annular flange; a plurality of bolt holes (48, 54) formed in the annular flanges (46, 50) and arranged plumb to each other; and a plurality of connecting elements disposed in the plurality of bolt holes (48,54), for connecting said annular flanges (46, 50); at least one flange comprises at least one opening interposed between a bolt hole and a junction zone of the flange and/or between a bolt hole and an outer edge of the flange, characterized in that said flanges extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the nacelle.
Scraper chamber support of a printing machine for fastening a scraper chamber which in a printing operation position interacts with a metering roller, wherein at the scraper chamber support are provided fastening means which hold the scraper chamber form-fittingly against the scraper chamber support with the exception of a degree of freedom, and wherein the one degree of freedom can be acted on with at least one switchable and reversible bolt (113, 114) such that the bolt (113, 114) optionally holds the scraper chamber at a distance from the scraper chamber support or fixes it against the scraper chamber support, wherein the bolt (113, 114) can be operated with a cylinder. wherein at the scraper chamber support are provided fastening means which hold the scraper chamber form-fittingly against the scraper chamber support with the exception of a degree of freedom, and wherein the one degree of freedom can be acted on with at least one switchable and reversible bolt (113, 114) such that the bolt (113, 114) optionally holds the scraper chamber at a distance from the scraper chamber support or fixes it against the scraper chamber support, wherein the bolt (113, 114) can be operated with a cylinder.
A transmission system comprising a toothed pulley and a poly-V pulley (3, 11) and a transmission belt, said transmission belt comprising a body comprising a first elastomeric material, a plurality of cords and a plurality of V-shaped ribs arranged side by side to one other and alternating with V-shaped grooves capable to cooperate with the poly-V pulley, characterised in that it comprises at least a first toothing and a second toothing both capable to cooperate with the toothed pulley formed by a plurality of teeth (28, 29) and extending obliquely to the transversal axis A of the belt forming therewith respective helix (alpha, beta) angles different from 0°.
Composite pane, at least comprising: - an outer pane and an inner pane, which are bonded to one another via an intermediate layer, and - at least one light-diffusing glass fiber, which is suitable for emitting light, by diffusion, through the side wall of said fiber along its extension length, and which consists of at least one glass fiber core surrounded by one or more layers that are arranged in the form of a shell around the glass fiber core and that have a plurality of diffusion centers in the form of nanopores or nanoparticles, wherein the glass fiber is arranged in portions between the intermediate layer and the outer pane and between the intermediate layer and the inner pane and extends through at least one opening in the intermediate layer. - an outer pane and an inner pane, which are bonded to one another via an intermediate layer, and - at least one light-diffusing glass fiber, which is suitable for emitting light, by diffusion, through the side wall of said fiber along its extension length, and which consists of at least one glass fiber core surrounded by one or more layers that are arranged in the form of a shell around the glass fiber core and that have a plurality of diffusion centers in the form of nanopores or nanoparticles, wherein the glass fiber is arranged in portions between the intermediate layer and the outer pane and between the intermediate layer and the inner pane and extends through at least one opening in the intermediate layer.
A method for evaluating a component for use in a gas turbine engine, the method comprising the steps of: inducing a thermal response of the component at an initial time; capturing a two-dimensional infrared image of the thermal response of the component with a thermal imaging device, wherein the two-dimensional infrared image comprises a plurality of infrared image pixels; generating a two-dimension to three-dimension mapping template to correlate two-dimensional infrared image data with three-dimensional locations on the component; mapping at least a subset of the plurality of infrared image pixels of the two-dimensional infrared image to three-dimensional coordinates using the mapping template; and generating a three-dimensional infrared image and infrared data of the component from the mapped infrared image pixels to three-dimensional coordinates, wherein the three-dimensional infrared image and infrared data is used to qualify the component for use; characterized in that the step of generating a two-dimension to three-dimension mapping template comprises: generating a three-dimensional solid model of the component; and generating a two-dimensional reference image of the component from the three-dimensional solid model, wherein the two-dimensional reference image comprises a plurality of reference pixels, each reference pixel being associated with three-dimensional coordinates of the component as a function of three-dimensional coordinates of the three-dimensional solid model of the component. inducing a thermal response of the component at an initial time; capturing a two-dimensional infrared image of the thermal response of the component with a thermal imaging device, wherein the two-dimensional infrared image comprises a plurality of infrared image pixels; generating a two-dimension to three-dimension mapping template to correlate two-dimensional infrared image data with three-dimensional locations on the component; mapping at least a subset of the plurality of infrared image pixels of the two-dimensional infrared image to three-dimensional coordinates using the mapping template; and generating a three-dimensional infrared image and infrared data of the component from the mapped infrared image pixels to three-dimensional coordinates, wherein the three-dimensional infrared image and infrared data is used to qualify the component for use; characterized in that the step of generating a two-dimension to three-dimension mapping template comprises: generating a three-dimensional solid model of the component; and generating a two-dimensional reference image of the component from the three-dimensional solid model, wherein the two-dimensional reference image comprises a plurality of reference pixels, each reference pixel being associated with three-dimensional coordinates of the component as a function of three-dimensional coordinates of the three-dimensional solid model of the component.
An analog to digital converter comprising: a differential amplifier circuit (320, 380) configured to amplify a difference between an input analog signal and a ramp signal which changes over time to output a difference signal; an amplifying element configured to amplify the difference signal to output an amplified signal; a counter configured to measure a length of a conversion period until a level of the analog signal substantially coincides with a level of the ramp signal, wherein the counter is configured to output a count value representing the measured length of the conversion period as a digital signal; characterized by a capacitor having one end connected to one of an input terminal or an output terminal of the amplifying element; and a switch configured to connect the other end of the capacitor to the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in the conversion period and to disconnect the other end from the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in a period other than the conversion period, wherein the switch is configured to be switched by a feedback signal. a differential amplifier circuit (320, 380) configured to amplify a difference between an input analog signal and a ramp signal which changes over time to output a difference signal; an amplifying element configured to amplify the difference signal to output an amplified signal; a counter configured to measure a length of a conversion period until a level of the analog signal substantially coincides with a level of the ramp signal, wherein the counter is configured to output a count value representing the measured length of the conversion period as a digital signal; characterized by a capacitor having one end connected to one of an input terminal or an output terminal of the amplifying element; and a switch configured to connect the other end of the capacitor to the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in the conversion period and to disconnect the other end from the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in a period other than the conversion period, wherein the switch is configured to be switched by a feedback signal.
A surgical instrument, comprising: an anvil; an elongate channel, wherein at least one of said anvil and said elongate channel is movable to capture tissue between said anvil and said elongate channel, wherein said elongate channel comprises: a plurality of first electrical contacts; and a plurality of electrical connectors comprising a plurality of second electrical contacts, wherein said electrical connectors are spring-biased such that a gap is maintained between said first electrical contacts and said second electrical contacts; and a staple cartridge releasably attachable to said elongate channel, and wherein said staple cartridge comprises: a cartridge body comprising a plurality of staple cavities; a plurality of staples deployable from said staple cavities into the tissue; and a plurality of third electrical contacts, wherein the attachment of said staple cartridge to said elongate channel moves said electrical connectors causing said second electrical contacts to bridge said gap and become electrically coupled to said first electrical contacts. an anvil; an elongate channel, wherein at least one of said anvil and said elongate channel is movable to capture tissue between said anvil and said elongate channel, wherein said elongate channel comprises: a plurality of first electrical contacts; and a plurality of electrical connectors comprising a plurality of second electrical contacts, wherein said electrical connectors are spring-biased such that a gap is maintained between said first electrical contacts and said second electrical contacts; and a plurality of first electrical contacts; and a plurality of electrical connectors comprising a plurality of second electrical contacts, wherein said electrical connectors are spring-biased such that a gap is maintained between said first electrical contacts and said second electrical contacts; and a staple cartridge releasably attachable to said elongate channel, and wherein said staple cartridge comprises: a cartridge body comprising a plurality of staple cavities; a plurality of staples deployable from said staple cavities into the tissue; and a plurality of third electrical contacts, wherein the attachment of said staple cartridge to said elongate channel moves said electrical connectors causing said second electrical contacts to bridge said gap and become electrically coupled to said first electrical contacts. a cartridge body comprising a plurality of staple cavities; a plurality of staples deployable from said staple cavities into the tissue; and a plurality of third electrical contacts, wherein the attachment of said staple cartridge to said elongate channel moves said electrical connectors causing said second electrical contacts to bridge said gap and become electrically coupled to said first electrical contacts.
Gas injection valve having a valve housing in which, for the purpose of opening and closing a fluid connection between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet of the valve housing, a closure element having at least one sleeve section can be moved along its sleeve longitudinal axis by means of an actuator, wherein the actuator has parts (31, 32) that are respectively stationary and movable with respect to the valve housing and at least the movable parts of the actuator and the closure element are arranged entirely within a fluid space, enclosed by the valve housing, between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and wherein the valve has at least one double-seal seat with a first closed sealing line and a second closed sealing line, wherein, with closed fluid connection, the first and the second closed sealing line divide the fluid space respectively into partial fluid spaces, connected directly with the fluid inlet and directly with the fluid outlet, so that at both sealing lines respectively on one side of a corresponding sealing contact a direct fluid connection exists to the fluid inlet and the other side of the corresponding sealing contact a direct fluid connection exists to the fluid outlet, characterized in that the at least one double-seal seat has on the sleeve section a first seal device and a second seal device, spaced apart from the first seal device along the sleeve longitudinal axis, that the at least one double-seal seat comprises on the valve housing a first counter-seal device and a second counter-seal device, spaced apart from the first counter-seal device along the sleeve longitudinal axis, wherein in order to close the fluid connection the first seal device is in sealing contact with the first counter-seal device along the first closed sealing line and the second seal device is in sealing contact with the second counter-seal device along the second closed sealing line respectively, that the distance along the sleeve longitudinal axis between the first and the second seal device (21, 22) is equal to the distance between the first and the second counter-seal device (11, 12), so that the first and the second seal device (21, 22) come in contact simultaneously with the first and the second counter-seal device (11, 22), that with respect to the at least one double-seal seat the opened fluid connection between fluid inlet and fluid outlet at least in the region between the first seal device and the second seal device goes via the inner side and the outer side of the sleeve section and that with regard to the at least one seal seat pair, the ratio between a first area enclosed by the first sealing line in projection along the sleeve longitudinal axis and a second area enclosed by the second sealing line in projection along the sleeve longitudinal axis is between 6/10 and 10/6.
A method for handling a call in an electronic device comprising: upon receipt of a request at a user-interface of the electronic device to terminate the call: if the call is an emergency call, then i) the electronic device requesting confirmation that the call should be terminated, and ii) if the confirmation is not received at the electronic device within a predetermined period of time, then the electronic device automatically activating a speakerphone (68, 69) of the electronic device. upon receipt of a request at a user-interface of the electronic device to terminate the call: if the call is an emergency call, then i) the electronic device requesting confirmation that the call should be terminated, and ii) if the confirmation is not received at the electronic device within a predetermined period of time, then the electronic device automatically activating a speakerphone (68, 69) of the electronic device.
Use of a hollow fibre membrane module for osmotic membrane distillation of a fluid, the hollow fibre membrane module having a shell-side configuration comprising: a hollow fibre bundle comprising a plurality of hollow fibre membranes; a perforated hollow internal core inside the bundle; at least one plug located part way within the internal core and such that there is at least one perforation on either side of the plug; a housing comprising a shell, shell ends (9a, 9b), a shell inlet for a shell fluid, a shell outlet for the shell fluid; and a lumen outlet for a lumen fluid, wherein the housing contains the hollow fibre bundle and internal core, the shell inlet is fluidly connected to one end of the internal core, the shell outlet is fluidly connected to the other end of the internal core, and the lumen outlet is fluidly connected to an end of each hollow fibre membrane; seals within the housing preventing fluid communication between the shell fluid and the lumen fluid; and at least one bundle baffle within the hollow fibre bundle between at least one perforation on the shell inlet side of the internal core and at least one perforation on the shell outlet side of the internal core; wherein the membrane module comprises at least one flow distributor within the hollow internal core, wherein the housing comprises a lumen inlet for the lumen fluid and the lumen inlet is fluidly connected to the other end of each hollow fibre membrane, and wherein the flow distributor comprises a core baffle (20, 21). a hollow fibre bundle comprising a plurality of hollow fibre membranes; a perforated hollow internal core inside the bundle; at least one plug located part way within the internal core and such that there is at least one perforation on either side of the plug; a housing comprising a shell, shell ends (9a, 9b), a shell inlet for a shell fluid, a shell outlet for the shell fluid; and a lumen outlet for a lumen fluid, wherein the housing contains the hollow fibre bundle and internal core, the shell inlet is fluidly connected to one end of the internal core, the shell outlet is fluidly connected to the other end of the internal core, and the lumen outlet is fluidly connected to an end of each hollow fibre membrane; seals within the housing preventing fluid communication between the shell fluid and the lumen fluid; and at least one bundle baffle within the hollow fibre bundle between at least one perforation on the shell inlet side of the internal core and at least one perforation on the shell outlet side of the internal core; wherein the membrane module comprises at least one flow distributor within the hollow internal core, wherein the housing comprises a lumen inlet for the lumen fluid and the lumen inlet is fluidly connected to the other end of each hollow fibre membrane, and wherein the flow distributor comprises a core baffle (20, 21).
Filtration container, particularly for concentration of macromolecules, usable in filtrate recovery tubelets, with an upper section, a centre section axially connected with the upper section and a lower section axially connected with the centre section, of which - the upper section forms a sample container, which is of hollow-cylindrical form and has an inlet opening at its upper end, - the downwardly tapering centre section forms a filtration chamber, which has two mutually opposite main walls (12, 13) running towards one another in downward direction and two gusset-like connecting walls (14, 15) connecting these at the lateral edges thereof, wherein at least one of the main walls (12, 13) has a filter window for reception of an areal membrane filter, and - the lower section forms a retentate chamber, which is connected with the lower edge of the filter window and the bounding main walls (22, 23) and connecting walls (24, 25) of which are planar extensions of the main walls (12, 13) and connecting walls (14, 15) of the centre section, characterised in that the base of the retentate chamber is formed to laterally slope away at one side so that a first connecting wall of the retentate chamber is shorter than the second connecting wall opposite thereto, wherein the base of the retentate chamber is inclined relative to the horizontal lower edge of the filter window through an angle of inclination between >5° and 30° and wherein the base is formed to be planar and has a rounded transition to the connecting walls (24, 25). - the upper section forms a sample container, which is of hollow-cylindrical form and has an inlet opening at its upper end, - the downwardly tapering centre section forms a filtration chamber, which has two mutually opposite main walls (12, 13) running towards one another in downward direction and two gusset-like connecting walls (14, 15) connecting these at the lateral edges thereof, wherein at least one of the main walls (12, 13) has a filter window for reception of an areal membrane filter, and - the lower section forms a retentate chamber, which is connected with the lower edge of the filter window and the bounding main walls (22, 23) and connecting walls (24, 25) of which are planar extensions of the main walls (12, 13) and connecting walls (14, 15) of the centre section,