mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Use of a vertical reactor for polymerizing a polycarbonate oligomer by means of a melt transesterification reaction at a reactor temperature of 160 to 300°C and a reactor pressure of 5 to 200 mbar, the reactor comprising: a cylindrical tank comprising a top, a side, and a bottom, wherein the bottom is convex, extending away from the top; a stirring shaft disposed within the cylindrical tank along an axis thereof so that it is rotatable from outside of the cylindrical tank; a stirring blade extending from the stirring shaft in the cylindrical tank; a reactant solution inlet located on the bottom; and a reaction solution outlet located on the bottom, wherein the stirring blade comprises a flat plate impeller. a cylindrical tank comprising a top, a side, and a bottom, wherein the bottom is convex, extending away from the top; a stirring shaft disposed within the cylindrical tank along an axis thereof so that it is rotatable from outside of the cylindrical tank; a stirring blade extending from the stirring shaft in the cylindrical tank; a reactant solution inlet located on the bottom; and a reaction solution outlet located on the bottom, wherein the stirring blade comprises a flat plate impeller.
Inclinometer, such as a tilt switch, having a preferably metallic base (1, 12, 14) for mounting the inclinometer and a preferably plastic body engaged with the base (1, 12, 14) and housing a sensor element mounted upon the base (1, 12, 14), the base (1, 12, 14) comprising a first circuit board bearing the sensor element and exhibiting contact areas facing a second circuit board, the body containing the second circuit board for processing signals acquired through the first circuit board and, bilaterally, exhibiting detent noses engaging with the base (1, 12, 14), the second circuit board bearing spring contacts biased against the contact areas. a preferably metallic base (1, 12, 14) for mounting the inclinometer and a preferably plastic body engaged with the base (1, 12, 14) and housing a sensor element mounted upon the base (1, 12, 14), the base (1, 12, 14) comprising a first circuit board bearing the sensor element and exhibiting contact areas facing a second circuit board, the body containing the second circuit board for processing signals acquired through the first circuit board and, bilaterally, exhibiting detent noses engaging with the base (1, 12, 14), the second circuit board bearing spring contacts biased against the contact areas.
Apparatus for cooling flat metal rolling stock with a liquid coolant, - wherein the flat rolling stock is conveyed on a conveying path in a transport direction (x), - wherein the apparatus has at least one cooling bar which is arranged above the conveying path and to which the liquid coolant is fed via a supply line, - wherein the cooling bar extends substantially transversely to the transport direction (x) and has a plurality of outlet tubes, - wherein the outlet tubes each have an inlet opening and an outlet opening, - wherein the liquid coolant enters the respective outlet tube from the cooling bar via the respective inlet opening and exits the respective outlet tube via the respective outlet opening, - wherein the respective outlet tube has, as seen in a flow direction of the liquid coolant, an upwardly running start portion which originates from the inlet opening, a middle portion adjoining thereto and a downwardly running end portion adjoining thereto which extends as far as the outlet opening, such that the middle portion contains an apex at which the coolant flowing through the respective outlet tube reaches a highest point, - wherein the outlet openings are located above the cooling bar and a height distance of the inlet opening from the apex is at least two times as great, in particular at least three times as great, as a height distance of the outlet opening from the apex, characterized in that the outlet tubes each have - in particular in the region of their inlet openings - a flow resistor which is releasably connected to the respective outlet tube. - wherein the flat rolling stock is conveyed on a conveying path in a transport direction (x), - wherein the apparatus has at least one cooling bar which is arranged above the conveying path and to which the liquid coolant is fed via a supply line, - wherein the cooling bar extends substantially transversely to the transport direction (x) and has a plurality of outlet tubes, - wherein the outlet tubes each have an inlet opening and an outlet opening, - wherein the liquid coolant enters the respective outlet tube from the cooling bar via the respective inlet opening and exits the respective outlet tube via the respective outlet opening, - wherein the respective outlet tube has, as seen in a flow direction of the liquid coolant, an upwardly running start portion which originates from the inlet opening, a middle portion adjoining thereto and a downwardly running end portion adjoining thereto which extends as far as the outlet opening, such that the middle portion contains an apex at which the coolant flowing through the respective outlet tube reaches a highest point, - wherein the outlet openings are located above the cooling bar and a height distance of the inlet opening from the apex is at least two times as great, in particular at least three times as great, as a height distance of the outlet opening from the apex,
A folding trestle, essentially made of wood, having a folded position and an unfolded working position, comprising: - a base intended to rest on the ground, formed of two pairs of posts parallel to each other and having a rectangular cross-section, the two posts of each of the pairs being secured together at least by an upper crossbar, said pairs being secured together at the level of at least one upper joint, and - a support surface arranged above the base and secured to said base, and extending perpendicularly to a vertical direction when the trestle is in working position, wherein - the upper crossbars, having a rectangular cross section with the same thickness as the posts, extend between the respective internal lateral face of each of the two posts parallel to each other of each of the two pairs and are secured thereto by gluing; - lateral assembly panels or corner pieces are fastened at least at the level of the upper angles defined by the posts and the associated upper crossbar of each of the two pairs of posts, and on either side of said upper angles, i.e. on the external face and the internal face of each of said angles; - the upper end of each of the posts is tapered, so that, in working position, the support surface rests on the entire upper cross-section of said posts; and - the support surface is secured only to one of the two pairs of lateral posts. - a base intended to rest on the ground, formed of two pairs of posts parallel to each other and having a rectangular cross-section, the two posts of each of the pairs being secured together at least by an upper crossbar, said pairs being secured together at the level of at least one upper joint, and - a support surface arranged above the base and secured to said base, and extending perpendicularly to a vertical direction when the trestle is in working position, wherein - the upper crossbars, having a rectangular cross section with the same thickness as the posts, extend between the respective internal lateral face of each of the two posts parallel to each other of each of the two pairs and are secured thereto by gluing; - lateral assembly panels or corner pieces are fastened at least at the level of the upper angles defined by the posts and the associated upper crossbar of each of the two pairs of posts, and on either side of said upper angles, i.e. on the external face and the internal face of each of said angles; - the upper end of each of the posts is tapered, so that, in working position, the support surface rests on the entire upper cross-section of said posts; and - the support surface is secured only to one of the two pairs of lateral posts.
A screen assembly for a window or door opening, the assembly comprising: a flexible screen material having two opposed side edges and an upper edge and a lower edge; a first at least substantially rigid edge member to which one of the two opposed edges of the screen material is attached; a second at least substantially rigid edge member to which the other of the two side edges of the screen material is attached, the screen material able to be wound onto and off the second edge member; and a tensioner to tension the screen material; characterised in that: the upper edge is cut with a convex curvature and the lower edge is cut with a concave curvature such that when the screen material is under tension, the upper edge and the lower edge are substantially straight. a flexible screen material having two opposed side edges and an upper edge and a lower edge; a first at least substantially rigid edge member to which one of the two opposed edges of the screen material is attached; a second at least substantially rigid edge member to which the other of the two side edges of the screen material is attached, the screen material able to be wound onto and off the second edge member; and a tensioner to tension the screen material; characterised in that: the upper edge is cut with a convex curvature and the lower edge is cut with a concave curvature such that when the screen material is under tension, the upper edge and the lower edge are substantially straight. the upper edge is cut with a convex curvature and the lower edge is cut with a concave curvature such that when the screen material is under tension, the upper edge and the lower edge are substantially straight.
A computer aided diagnostic system, comprising: a first sick portion detecting means (4, 41) configured to detect a first sick portion candidate based upon each of a plurality of X-ray CT images of a region of interest of a subject; a second sick portion detecting means (5, 42) configured to detect a second sick portion candidate based upon an X-ray radioscopic image related to the same region of interest of the same subject, the X-ray radioscopic image being defined over a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a detection result synthesizing means (6, 90) configured to compare the results of detection by the first (4, 41) and second (5, 42) sick portion detecting means, and to determine whether the first sick portion candidate was detected in any of the X-ray CT images, and a display device for displaying X-ray radioscopic images and X-ray CT images, wherein the detection result synthesizing means is configured so that when a second sick portion candidate is detected while no corresponding first sick portion candidate is detected in any of the X-ray CT images, a marker extending in a third direction intersecting with the first and second directions is displayed on the display device on a displayed X-ray CT image, the marker being in a position corresponding to the second sick portion candidate. a first sick portion detecting means (4, 41) configured to detect a first sick portion candidate based upon each of a plurality of X-ray CT images of a region of interest of a subject; a second sick portion detecting means (5, 42) configured to detect a second sick portion candidate based upon an X-ray radioscopic image related to the same region of interest of the same subject, the X-ray radioscopic image being defined over a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a detection result synthesizing means (6, 90) configured to compare the results of detection by the first (4, 41) and second (5, 42) sick portion detecting means, and to determine whether the first sick portion candidate was detected in any of the X-ray CT images, and a display device for displaying X-ray radioscopic images and X-ray CT images, wherein the detection result synthesizing means is configured so that when a second sick portion candidate is detected while no corresponding first sick portion candidate is detected in any of the X-ray CT images, a marker extending in a third direction intersecting with the first and second directions is displayed on the display device on a displayed X-ray CT image, the marker being in a position corresponding to the second sick portion candidate.
A method of controlling the transmission of video clips over a communications network, said method comprising the steps of: i) transmitting over a communications network a first encoded video sequence corresponding to a first video clip and a second encoded video sequence corresponding to a second video clip, wherein the first encoded video sequence is encoded with a first bitrate and the second encoded video sequence is encoded with a second bitrate, and wherein the first and the second encoded video sequences are both encoded at a first quality level; ii) controlling the bandwidth allocated to the first and the second encoded video sequences in the network, wherein a first bandwidth allocated to the first encoded video sequence is proportional to the bitrate of said first encoded video sequence, and a second bandwidth allocated to the second encoded video sequence is proportional to the bitrate of said second encoded video sequence; in response to the controlling step: iii) changing the bitrates with which each of the first and the second encoded video sequences are encoded, wherein the first and the second encoded video sequences are both encoded at a second quality level; and iv) transmitting the first and the second encoded video sequences from step iii) over the communications network; characterized in that the communications network implements the transmission control protocol, and controlling of the bandwidth allocated comprises adjusting the backoff parameter in the transmission control protocol. i) transmitting over a communications network a first encoded video sequence corresponding to a first video clip and a second encoded video sequence corresponding to a second video clip, wherein the first encoded video sequence is encoded with a first bitrate and the second encoded video sequence is encoded with a second bitrate, and wherein the first and the second encoded video sequences are both encoded at a first quality level; ii) controlling the bandwidth allocated to the first and the second encoded video sequences in the network, wherein a first bandwidth allocated to the first encoded video sequence is proportional to the bitrate of said first encoded video sequence, and a second bandwidth allocated to the second encoded video sequence is proportional to the bitrate of said second encoded video sequence; in response to the controlling step: iii) changing the bitrates with which each of the first and the second encoded video sequences are encoded, wherein the first and the second encoded video sequences are both encoded at a second quality level; and iv) transmitting the first and the second encoded video sequences from step iii) over the communications network;
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program codes stored thereon, which, when executed on a wireless communication network entity, perform the following steps for authentication: initiating an Authentication and Key Agreement procedure for a current service borne by a NAS signaling connection, if a downlink NAS count value or an uplink NAS count value comes close to a maximum value; determining whether the current service is allowed as an unauthenticated service in accordance with a network policy if the Authentication and Key Agreement procedure for the current service fails; determining whether the current service requires authentication in accordance with a current service type or Quality of Service; keeping, the NAS signaling connection of the current service, if the current service is allowed as an unauthenticated service in accordance with the network policy, and the current service does not require authentication. initiating an Authentication and Key Agreement procedure for a current service borne by a NAS signaling connection, if a downlink NAS count value or an uplink NAS count value comes close to a maximum value; determining whether the current service is allowed as an unauthenticated service in accordance with a network policy if the Authentication and Key Agreement procedure for the current service fails; determining whether the current service requires authentication in accordance with a current service type or Quality of Service; keeping, the NAS signaling connection of the current service, if the current service is allowed as an unauthenticated service in accordance with the network policy, and the current service does not require authentication.
A four-stroke internal combustion engine including variable compression ratio, comprising a crankcase including at least a cylinder having an intake valve and an exhaust valve, a crankshaft having a crankpin and being supported by the crankcase and rotatable with respect thereto about a crankshaft axis, a connecting rod including a big end and a small end, a piston being rotatably connected to the small end and slidable in the cylinder, a crank member being rotatably mounted on the crankpin, and comprising at least a bearing portion which is eccentrically disposed with respect to the crankpin, and having an outer circumferential wall which bears the big end of the connecting rod such that the connecting rod is rotatably mounted on the bearing portion of the crank member via the big end, a crank member drive system (12, 13, 14, 16) for rotating the crank member at a rotation frequency with respect to the crankcase which is half of that of the crankshaft, a control system for operating the engine with repetitive cycles, wherein each cycle includes an intake stroke, compression stroke, combustion stroke and exhaust stroke, respectively, and for changing the compression ratio in the compression stroke, characterized in that the control system is adapted such that it can interrupt the repetitive cycles by rotating the crankshaft an additional single revolution between two successive combustion strokes for switching between a high and low compression ratio.
A toy assembly, comprising: a housing; an inner object inside the housing; and a breakout mechanism (400; 500; 800; 920) that is operable to break the housing to expose the inner object, wherein the breakout mechanism (400; 500; 800; 920) includes a motor; characterised in that the breakout mechanism (400; 500; 800; 920) further includes a plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) having a tubular side wall (408a, 408b), a base member (404; 504; 804; 924) having a tubular side wall with a generally hollow interior in which the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) is received, wherein the motor drives the base member (404; 504; 804; 924) and the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) apart to break the housing; a biasing element for exerting a separating force urging the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) and the base member (404; 504; 804; 924) apart; and a screw drive driven by the motor to drive progressively increasing flexure of the biasing element so as to increase a biasing force exerted by the biasing element urging the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) outward from the base member (404; 504; 804; 924). a housing; an inner object inside the housing; and a breakout mechanism (400; 500; 800; 920) that is operable to break the housing to expose the inner object, wherein the breakout mechanism (400; 500; 800; 920) includes a motor; characterised in that the breakout mechanism (400; 500; 800; 920) further includes a plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) having a tubular side wall (408a, 408b), a base member (404; 504; 804; 924) having a tubular side wall with a generally hollow interior in which the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) is received, wherein the motor drives the base member (404; 504; 804; 924) and the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) apart to break the housing; a biasing element for exerting a separating force urging the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) and the base member (404; 504; 804; 924) apart; and a screw drive driven by the motor to drive progressively increasing flexure of the biasing element so as to increase a biasing force exerted by the biasing element urging the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) outward from the base member (404; 504; 804; 924). a motor; characterised in that the breakout mechanism (400; 500; 800; 920) further includes a plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) having a tubular side wall (408a, 408b), a base member (404; 504; 804; 924) having a tubular side wall with a generally hollow interior in which the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) is received, wherein the motor drives the base member (404; 504; 804; 924) and the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) apart to break the housing; a biasing element for exerting a separating force urging the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) and the base member (404; 504; 804; 924) apart; and a screw drive driven by the motor to drive progressively increasing flexure of the biasing element so as to increase a biasing force exerted by the biasing element urging the plunger member (408; 508; 808; 928) outward from the base member (404; 504; 804; 924).
A light curing apparatus for dental restoration materials having a light source as well as a control device for the light curing apparatus, which is capable to power up the light source with different outputs, characterized in that the light curing apparatus comprises at least one pre-curing mode and a main curing mode, in which the light curing apparatus can be switched on via a trigger element, wherein the light curing apparatus can be switched on upon actuation of the trigger element by the user for emitting a reduced light dose to pre-cure the dental restoration material in the pre-curing mode, characterized in that the control device indicates the reduced light dose via change of color or repeated switching on and off or flashing the light source, and wherein the light curing apparatus comprises a sensor, which is focused onto the target area of the light source, and acquiring at least one physical parameter of the dental restoration material during hardening thereof.
A method for extracting molecules of interest from a plant matrix made up of all or part of grape pomace, the method comprising the following steps: - electrical treatment of the plant matrix by pulsed power; - diffusion of the molecules of interest of the treated plant matrix in a hydroalcoholic solvent or a solvent composed of ethyl acetate; and - recovery of the molecules of interest having diffused, the method being characterized in that: the diffusion temperature is less than 60 °C, and the electrical treatment is carried out by the application of pulsed electric fields, the intensity of the pulsed electric field is between 15 and 25 kV-cm -1, preferably 20 kV-cm -1, or the electrical treatment is carried out by the application of high-voltage electrical discharges, the total specific energy of treatment of the high-voltage discharges being between 70 and 90 kJ-kg -1, preferably 80 kJ kg -1. - electrical treatment of the plant matrix by pulsed power; - diffusion of the molecules of interest of the treated plant matrix in a hydroalcoholic solvent or a solvent composed of ethyl acetate; and - recovery of the molecules of interest having diffused, the diffusion temperature is less than 60 °C, and the electrical treatment is carried out by the application of pulsed electric fields, the intensity of the pulsed electric field is between 15 and 25 kV-cm -1, preferably 20 kV-cm -1, or the electrical treatment is carried out by the application of high-voltage electrical discharges, the total specific energy of treatment of the high-voltage discharges being between 70 and 90 kJ-kg -1, preferably 80 kJ kg -1.