mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Laundry-drying appliance having a component (EV; FS) requiring to be cleaned located inside a process-air circuit and having a washing tank provided above the component (EV; FS) requiring to be cleaned, wherein an amount of cleaning fluid provided for cleaning can be dispensed from the washing tank through a controllable valve onto the component (EV; FS) requiring to be cleaned, wherein the amount of cleaning fluid can be dosed so that the opening duration of the valve can be set, and wherein the opening duration of the valve can be controlled as a function of an amount of cleaning fluid located in the washing tank, wherein for its actuation the valve is connected to a control device of the laundry-drying appliance, and wherein the control device is equipped with a logic for calculating an amount of cleaning fluid located in the washing tank.
A wall mount assembly comprising: a fixing bracket configured to be fixed, in use, to a wall; and a wall mount coupled to the fixing bracket and configured to be set in a close contact mode in which the wall mount is adjacent to the wall and to be set in a tilting mode in which the wall mount is tilted with respect to the wall; and a first member comprising a shaft detachably coupled to the fixing bracket; a tilting member comprising a first rotating portion rotatably coupled to the first member; and a second member comprising a second rotating portion rotatably coupled to the first member and a guide slit guiding movement of one end portion of the tilting member; characterized in that the wall mount is configured to be detachable from the fixing bracket by rotating the first member relative to the fixing bracket. a fixing bracket configured to be fixed, in use, to a wall; and a wall mount coupled to the fixing bracket and configured to be set in a close contact mode in which the wall mount is adjacent to the wall and to be set in a tilting mode in which the wall mount is tilted with respect to the wall; and a first member comprising a shaft detachably coupled to the fixing bracket; a tilting member comprising a first rotating portion rotatably coupled to the first member; and a second member comprising a second rotating portion rotatably coupled to the first member and a guide slit guiding movement of one end portion of the tilting member; characterized in that the wall mount is configured to be detachable from the fixing bracket by rotating the first member relative to the fixing bracket.
An acid whey composition consisting of (a) at least 70 wt. % acid whey, (b) at least 0.4 wt. % milk products, selected from the group consisting of yoghurt, fermented milk, creme fraîche, sour cream, cultured cream, kefir (kefir mild), (c) 0.05 to 2.0 wt. % stabilizer, wherein the stabilizer is selected from cellulose derivatives, in particular CMC, propylglycol alginates, soybean polyose and/or pectins, (d) 0.5 to 9 wt. % sugar and/or sugar substitutes and/or sweeteners, (e) 0.5 to 2.0 wt. % egg yolk. (a) at least 70 wt. % acid whey, (b) at least 0.4 wt. % milk products, selected from the group consisting of yoghurt, fermented milk, creme fraîche, sour cream, cultured cream, kefir (kefir mild), (c) 0.05 to 2.0 wt. % stabilizer, wherein the stabilizer is selected from cellulose derivatives, in particular CMC, propylglycol alginates, soybean polyose and/or pectins, (d) 0.5 to 9 wt. % sugar and/or sugar substitutes and/or sweeteners, (e) 0.5 to 2.0 wt. % egg yolk.
A distribution valve having a flow meter for a liquid medium which is connected to a distribution bar by an outer body via a thread and which has at least one inlet opening, an inner body which is alterable in its axial position in the outer body by means of a rotatable adjusting nut and is able, with its at least one inflow channel, to be brought into a corresponding position relative to the inlet opening of the outer body such that the liquid medium flows into the inner body via windows, wherein the inner body has an outflow channel inside expanding conically outwards in which a piston is arranged such that it is axially movable and guided by a piston rod axially penetrating the inner body, wherein the piston rod is combined with a display element which displays the movement of the piston depending on the flow of the medium flowing through the outflow channel, characterized in that the inner body is arranged in the outer body such that it is exclusively axially displaceable, wherein the at least one inlet opening of the outer body is closable by the inner body and the inflow channel is connected to the outflow channel via windows, wherein the inflow channel includes radii arranged such that the inflowing medium flows upwards in the direction of the adjusting nut and that a direction reversal occurs after flowing through the windows.
An apparatus for heating a medium in two heat exchangers, connected in series, by way of heat transfer from a heat-carrier medium to the medium to be heated, comprising a low-temperature heat exchanger and a high-temperature heat exchanger and also a salt melt as heat-carrier medium, wherein the heat exchangers (3, 5) are connected to one another by way of a connecting line in such a way that the heat-carrier medium flows through the high-temperature heat exchanger and the low-temperature heat exchanger in succession, wherein at least one holding container is arranged in the connecting line, wherein the holding container is configured to provide a sufficient amount of time for the heat-transfer medium to be regenerated.
An apparatus for storing and dispensing pen needles for an injection device, the apparatus comprising: at least two pen needles, each having a patient end and a hub adapted for connection to an injection pen; and a case (100,200) having a main body and dispensing (106,206) and storage ends (110,210), the case being adapted to dispense and store a plurality of pen needles, the case having a separator (120,208) displaceably disposed within the case for separating used and unused pen needles and being a visual indicator of the remaining number of unused pen needles; characterized in that: the apparatus further comprises at least three needle cover units (80,204,232), each having a needle-covering portion or needle cover and a hub-covering portion or hub cover, the needle-covering portion or needle cover of each needle cover unit being adapted to cover the patient end of one pen needle while the hub-covering portion of the same needle cover unit covers a hub of an adjacent pen needle; and the case is adapted to: expose the hub-covering portion of a needle cover unit covering the hub of a pen needle to an outside at the dispensing end of the case; and store a plurality of needle cover units and store a pen needle in the storage end of the case after use. at least two pen needles, each having a patient end and a hub adapted for connection to an injection pen; and a case (100,200) having a main body and dispensing (106,206) and storage ends (110,210), the case being adapted to dispense and store a plurality of pen needles, the case having a separator (120,208) displaceably disposed within the case for separating used and unused pen needles and being a visual indicator of the remaining number of unused pen needles; characterized in that: the apparatus further comprises at least three needle cover units (80,204,232), each having a needle-covering portion or needle cover and a hub-covering portion or hub cover, the needle-covering portion or needle cover of each needle cover unit being adapted to cover the patient end of one pen needle while the hub-covering portion of the same needle cover unit covers a hub of an adjacent pen needle; and the case is adapted to: expose the hub-covering portion of a needle cover unit covering the hub of a pen needle to an outside at the dispensing end of the case; and store a plurality of needle cover units and store a pen needle in the storage end of the case after use. the apparatus further comprises at least three needle cover units (80,204,232), each having a needle-covering portion or needle cover and a hub-covering portion or hub cover, the needle-covering portion or needle cover of each needle cover unit being adapted to cover the patient end of one pen needle while the hub-covering portion of the same needle cover unit covers a hub of an adjacent pen needle; and the case is adapted to: expose the hub-covering portion of a needle cover unit covering the hub of a pen needle to an outside at the dispensing end of the case; and store a plurality of needle cover units and store a pen needle in the storage end of the case after use.
A computer-executed method, comprising: providing a messaging application, on a first computing device (15a, 202, 1600) associated with a first user, to enable communication between the first user and at least one other user, wherein the first user is a human user and the at least one other user comprises an assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204); detecting, at the messaging application, a user request, wherein detecting the user request comprises analyzing, by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), one or more messages received (502, 1302) in the messaging application and wherein the messages are sent from the first user to the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204); the method characterised by programmatically determining, by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), that an operation in response to the user request requires sharing of data associated with the first user; causing (504, 1306), by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), a permission interface to be rendered in the messaging application on the first computing device (15, 202, 1600), the permission interface enabling the first user to approve or prohibit sharing of the data associated with the first user; and upon receiving (506, 1308) user input from the first user indicating approval of the sharing of the data associated with the first user, accessing, by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), the data associated with the first user and sharing (510, 1314) the data associated with the first user within the messaging application in response to the user request. providing a messaging application, on a first computing device (15a, 202, 1600) associated with a first user, to enable communication between the first user and at least one other user, wherein the first user is a human user and the at least one other user comprises an assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204); detecting, at the messaging application, a user request, wherein detecting the user request comprises analyzing, by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), one or more messages received (502, 1302) in the messaging application and wherein the messages are sent from the first user to the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204); the method characterised by programmatically determining, by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), that an operation in response to the user request requires sharing of data associated with the first user; causing (504, 1306), by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), a permission interface to be rendered in the messaging application on the first computing device (15, 202, 1600), the permission interface enabling the first user to approve or prohibit sharing of the data associated with the first user; and upon receiving (506, 1308) user input from the first user indicating approval of the sharing of the data associated with the first user, accessing, by the assistive agent (105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 204), the data associated with the first user and sharing (510, 1314) the data associated with the first user within the messaging application in response to the user request.
A protective device for a cylinder lock in which a shutter plate is supported on a casing having a mechanical key insertion hole for a mechanical key to be inserted into a cylinder lock, the shutter plate being covered by a case forming part of the casing and being capable of moving between a closed position in which the shutter plate closes the mechanical key insertion hole and an open position in which the mechanical key insertion hole is opened, wherein the casing comprises a body that is provided so as to be connected to a cylinder body of the cylinder lock, and the case, which is formed so as to cover the shutter plate and is fixed to the body, and the case comprises a case main part, made of a resin, and a protector, made of a metal, that has at least a flat plate portion formed into a flat plate shape so as to cover the shutter plate and that is inserted and joined to the case main part, and wherein the protector comprises at least one latching piece that forms part of a side wall portion of the case.
A tire tread, comprising: a thickness extending depthwise from an outer, ground-engaging side of the tread in a direction perpendicular to a direction of a tread width and in a direction of a tread length; and a sipe arranged within the tread, the sipe having a length extending in a direction transverse to the tread thickness, and a depth extending into the tread thicknesss in a direction away from the outer, ground-engaging side, the sipe configured to articulate between an open configuration and a closed configuration as a tire rotates during tire operation, where the sipe has a variable-width extending transverse to the sipe length and transverse to the sipe depth in the open configuration, the variable-width being defined by a pair of opposing sipe sides, the variable-width decreasing as the sipe depth increases into the tread thickness in a direction away from the outer, ground-engaging side, characterized in that the opposing sipe sides are configured to substantially engage each other along the length of the sipe at substantially the same time in the closed configuration. a thickness extending depthwise from an outer, ground-engaging side of the tread in a direction perpendicular to a direction of a tread width and in a direction of a tread length; and a sipe arranged within the tread, the sipe having a length extending in a direction transverse to the tread thickness, and a depth extending into the tread thicknesss in a direction away from the outer, ground-engaging side, the sipe configured to articulate between an open configuration and a closed configuration as a tire rotates during tire operation, where the sipe has a variable-width extending transverse to the sipe length and transverse to the sipe depth in the open configuration, the variable-width being defined by a pair of opposing sipe sides, the variable-width decreasing as the sipe depth increases into the tread thickness in a direction away from the outer, ground-engaging side, characterized in that the opposing sipe sides are configured to substantially engage each other along the length of the sipe at substantially the same time in the closed configuration.
A method for predicting an upcoming failure of a NO x sensor arranged in a vehicle, the method comprising: - estimating a noise level of an output signal of the NO x sensor, wherein the estimation is performed after at least one sensor start and during at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) starting with a certain offset from the at least one sensor start, wherein during the start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) an output signal of the NO x sensor is settling towards a valid value and wherein the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) is succeeded by an operating time interval ( t 3) during which the output signal of the NO x sensor is expected to be valid, and - predicting an upcoming failure of the NO x sensor based on the estimated noise level exceeding a certain noise level during the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2). - estimating a noise level of an output signal of the NO x sensor, wherein the estimation is performed after at least one sensor start and during at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) starting with a certain offset from the at least one sensor start, wherein during the start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) an output signal of the NO x sensor is settling towards a valid value and wherein the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) is succeeded by an operating time interval ( t 3) during which the output signal of the NO x sensor is expected to be valid, and wherein the estimation is performed after at least one sensor start and during at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) starting with a certain offset from the at least one sensor start, wherein during the start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) an output signal of the NO x sensor is settling towards a valid value and wherein the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2) is succeeded by an operating time interval ( t 3) during which the output signal of the NO x sensor is expected to be valid, and - predicting an upcoming failure of the NO x sensor based on the estimated noise level exceeding a certain noise level during the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1, t 2).
A method for detecting and isolating a leak in a hydraulic system having a supply pump serving at least one control valve having a plurality of work sections (120, 130, 140), the method comprising the steps of: (a) activating the hydraulic system; (b) receiving an actuation command for at least one of the work sections (120, 130, 140); (c) generating a flow demand for the work sections (120, 130, 140) for which an actuation command has been received; and (d) implementing a first leak detection and isolation protocol; characterized in that the protocol comprises the steps of: i. monitoring a measured flow consumption at an input and an output port for each of the hydraulic work sections (120, 130, 140), wherein the input and output flow consumptions are not equal; ii. correlating the input flow consumption to the output flow consumption to create a monitored flow consumption correlation; iii. comparing the monitored flow consumption correlation to a flow consumption correlation limit; iv. generating a hydraulic system leak signal to set a zero flow demand signal to any work section having a monitored flow consumption correlation exceeding the flow consumption correlation limit for the work section (120, 130, 140). (a) activating the hydraulic system; (b) receiving an actuation command for at least one of the work sections (120, 130, 140); (c) generating a flow demand for the work sections (120, 130, 140) for which an actuation command has been received; and (d) implementing a first leak detection and isolation protocol; characterized in that the protocol comprises the steps of: i. monitoring a measured flow consumption at an input and an output port for each of the hydraulic work sections (120, 130, 140), wherein the input and output flow consumptions are not equal; ii. correlating the input flow consumption to the output flow consumption to create a monitored flow consumption correlation; iii. comparing the monitored flow consumption correlation to a flow consumption correlation limit; iv. generating a hydraulic system leak signal to set a zero flow demand signal to any work section having a monitored flow consumption correlation exceeding the flow consumption correlation limit for the work section (120, 130, 140). i. monitoring a measured flow consumption at an input and an output port for each of the hydraulic work sections (120, 130, 140), wherein the input and output flow consumptions are not equal; ii. correlating the input flow consumption to the output flow consumption to create a monitored flow consumption correlation; iii. comparing the monitored flow consumption correlation to a flow consumption correlation limit; iv. generating a hydraulic system leak signal to set a zero flow demand signal to any work section having a monitored flow consumption correlation exceeding the flow consumption correlation limit for the work section (120, 130, 140).
A solid object feeder (3, 103) comprising: a rotary disk (65, 165) including a plurality of storing holes of storing solid objects, the plurality of storing holes being equally spaced on a circumference of a circle in a peripheral portion (65A, 165A) of the rotary disk (65, 165), a supporting member disposed below the rotary disk (65, 165) to support the solid objects stored in the storing holes, and a guide member (81, 181) disposed above the peripheral portion (65A, 165A) of the rotary disk (65, 165), and a driving device for rotating the rotary disk (65, 165), wherein the supporting member includes an opening at a supplying location so that the solid object can pass through the opening, wherein the rotary disk (65, 165) is configured to move the solid object, which is stored in the storing hole, to the supplying location to supply the solid object downwardly, wherein the supporting member includes a step region which continues from an upstream side to a downstream side relative to the guide member (81, 181), and another region located upstream of the step region, and wherein a second gap between the supporting member and a lower surface (65E, 165E) of the rotary disk (65, 165) in the step region is determined so that the solid object can move below the guide member (81, 181) from the upstream side to the downstream side relative to the guide member (81, 181), and the second gap is larger than a first gap between the supporting member and the lower surface (65E, 165E) of the rotary disk (65, 165) in the other region located upstream of the step region. a rotary disk (65, 165) including a plurality of storing holes of storing solid objects, the plurality of storing holes being equally spaced on a circumference of a circle in a peripheral portion (65A, 165A) of the rotary disk (65, 165), a supporting member disposed below the rotary disk (65, 165) to support the solid objects stored in the storing holes, and a guide member (81, 181) disposed above the peripheral portion (65A, 165A) of the rotary disk (65, 165), and a driving device for rotating the rotary disk (65, 165), wherein the supporting member includes an opening at a supplying location so that the solid object can pass through the opening, wherein the rotary disk (65, 165) is configured to move the solid object, which is stored in the storing hole, to the supplying location to supply the solid object downwardly, wherein the supporting member includes a step region which continues from an upstream side to a downstream side relative to the guide member (81, 181), and another region located upstream of the step region, and wherein a second gap between the supporting member and a lower surface (65E, 165E) of the rotary disk (65, 165) in the step region is determined so that the solid object can move below the guide member (81, 181) from the upstream side to the downstream side relative to the guide member (81, 181), and the second gap is larger than a first gap between the supporting member and the lower surface (65E, 165E) of the rotary disk (65, 165) in the other region located upstream of the step region.