mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A process for liquefying a pressurized natural gas stream comprising: (a) providing a pressurized natural gas stream at a first pressure and a first temperature; (b) cooling the pressurized natural gas stream by indirect heat exchange with a cold refrigerant stream to produce a cooled pressurized natural gas stream at a second temperature colder than the first temperature; and (c) expanding the cooled pressurized natural gas stream in an expansion device, wherein expansion work from the expansion device is used to drive a compressor which compresses a refrigerant stream to produce a pressurized refrigerant stream, the expansion, occurring prior to liquefaction, resulting in a chilled natural gas feed stream that is directed to a natural gas liquefaction zone; (d) cooling the pressurized refrigerant stream to produce a cooled, at least partially condensed pressurized refrigerant stream; (e) expanding the cooled, at least partially condensed pressurized refrigerant stream to produce the cold refrigerant stream employed in (b); and (f) liquefying the chilled natural gas feed stream in the natural gas liquefaction zone. (a) providing a pressurized natural gas stream at a first pressure and a first temperature; (b) cooling the pressurized natural gas stream by indirect heat exchange with a cold refrigerant stream to produce a cooled pressurized natural gas stream at a second temperature colder than the first temperature; and (c) expanding the cooled pressurized natural gas stream in an expansion device, wherein expansion work from the expansion device is used to drive a compressor which compresses a refrigerant stream to produce a pressurized refrigerant stream, the expansion, occurring prior to liquefaction, resulting in a chilled natural gas feed stream that is directed to a natural gas liquefaction zone; (d) cooling the pressurized refrigerant stream to produce a cooled, at least partially condensed pressurized refrigerant stream; (e) expanding the cooled, at least partially condensed pressurized refrigerant stream to produce the cold refrigerant stream employed in (b); and (f) liquefying the chilled natural gas feed stream in the natural gas liquefaction zone.
A method for controlling an accessory using a controller, the method comprising: establishing, by the controller, a session key usable to encrypt messages exchanged with the accessory; determining, by the controller, write data to be written to a target characteristic of the accessory; generating, by the controller, a first payload that comprises the write data and an identifier of the target characteristic, the first payload being encrypted with the session key; sending, by the controller, a first instruction to the accessory, the first instruction comprising the first payload and instructions for the accessory to temporarily cache the write data, wherein the first payload further comprises a time to live parameter, and wherein the time to live parameter indicates a time to live for the first instruction; receiving, by the controller, a first response from the accessory, the first response comprising a first signed data block indicating that the accessory received the first instruction; in response to receiving the first response, sending, by the controller, a second instruction to the accessory, the second instruction comprising a second payload and instructions for the accessory to write the write data from the first payload to the target characteristic if the second instruction is received before the time to live expires; and receiving, by the controller, a second response from the accessory, the second response comprising a second signed data block indicating that the accessory received and executed the second instruction. establishing, by the controller, a session key usable to encrypt messages exchanged with the accessory; determining, by the controller, write data to be written to a target characteristic of the accessory; generating, by the controller, a first payload that comprises the write data and an identifier of the target characteristic, the first payload being encrypted with the session key; sending, by the controller, a first instruction to the accessory, the first instruction comprising the first payload and instructions for the accessory to temporarily cache the write data, wherein the first payload further comprises a time to live parameter, and wherein the time to live parameter indicates a time to live for the first instruction; receiving, by the controller, a first response from the accessory, the first response comprising a first signed data block indicating that the accessory received the first instruction; in response to receiving the first response, sending, by the controller, a second instruction to the accessory, the second instruction comprising a second payload and instructions for the accessory to write the write data from the first payload to the target characteristic if the second instruction is received before the time to live expires; and receiving, by the controller, a second response from the accessory, the second response comprising a second signed data block indicating that the accessory received and executed the second instruction.
A method for employing a secure content protection, the method comprising: receiving a certificate having a unique device identification associated with a first device; incrementally receiving, at a second device, a revocation list having unauthorized device identifications, wherein the revocation list is received incrementally in small portions such that the revocation list is not required to be stored at a memory of the second device; incrementally comparing the unique device identification with the unauthorized device identifications listed in the incrementally-received revocation list, wherein incremental comparing is performed at a processor of the second device and without having to store the revocation list at the memory of the second device, wherein incremental comparing comprises using a hash function to process the small portions of the revocation list, update results associated with the processed small portions and process a subsequent portion of the revocation list; and transmitting media content from the second device to the first device, if the unique device identification is not matched with the unauthorized device identifications of the revocation list. receiving a certificate having a unique device identification associated with a first device; incrementally receiving, at a second device, a revocation list having unauthorized device identifications, wherein the revocation list is received incrementally in small portions such that the revocation list is not required to be stored at a memory of the second device; incrementally comparing the unique device identification with the unauthorized device identifications listed in the incrementally-received revocation list, wherein incremental comparing is performed at a processor of the second device and without having to store the revocation list at the memory of the second device, wherein incremental comparing comprises using a hash function to process the small portions of the revocation list, update results associated with the processed small portions and process a subsequent portion of the revocation list; and transmitting media content from the second device to the first device, if the unique device identification is not matched with the unauthorized device identifications of the revocation list.
A shoe press comprising: - an endless flexible element movable along a closed path; - a support beam housed inside the endless flexible element; - a shoe supported by the support beam and extending parallel to the support beam inside the endless flexible element; - an opposing member outside the endless flexible element and defining with the endless flexible element a pressure nip for the passage of a cellulose ply, the pressure nip being formed between the opposing member and the shoe; - a plurality of actuators (27; 27A, 27B) aligned along the support beam and adapted to generate a thrust of the shoe against the opposing member at the pressure nip; wherein the shoe is supported by a lever hinged to the support beam about a first hinge axis extending parallel to the support beam, and wherein the actuators (27; 27A, 27B) are arranged to act on the lever to rotate the lever around the first hinge axis; characterized in that the shoe is hinged to the lever around a second hinge axis. - an endless flexible element movable along a closed path; - a support beam housed inside the endless flexible element; - a shoe supported by the support beam and extending parallel to the support beam inside the endless flexible element; - an opposing member outside the endless flexible element and defining with the endless flexible element a pressure nip for the passage of a cellulose ply, the pressure nip being formed between the opposing member and the shoe; - a plurality of actuators (27; 27A, 27B) aligned along the support beam and adapted to generate a thrust of the shoe against the opposing member at the pressure nip; wherein the shoe is supported by a lever hinged to the support beam about a first hinge axis extending parallel to the support beam, and wherein the actuators (27; 27A, 27B) are arranged to act on the lever to rotate the lever around the first hinge axis; characterized in that the shoe is hinged to the lever around a second hinge axis. wherein the shoe is supported by a lever hinged to the support beam about a first hinge axis extending parallel to the support beam, and wherein the actuators (27; 27A, 27B) are arranged to act on the lever to rotate the lever around the first hinge axis; characterized in that the shoe is hinged to the lever around a second hinge axis.
Method for continuous coating of substrates in which, in a coating device, the substrates are transported through a deposition chamber which is delimited by two substrate carriers (1, 1') and also a base and a cover, the base having a device for guiding the substrate carriers (1, 1'), the substrates on the substrate carriers (1, 1') being transported through the coating device, the continuous coating of the substrates being effected during the transport and the cover being fixed to the substrate carriers (1, 1') and thus being transported together with the substrate carriers (1, 1') through the coating device.
Heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: - a heat exchange bundle comprising a plurality of stacked tubes inside which a first heat-transfer fluid is intended to circulate, and - an end flange arranged on each side of the stack of tubes, said end flange being brazed to the heat exchange bundle, characterized in that the end flanges comprise: - a flat body comprising a first surface intended to face an aerodynamic element and a second surface, referred to as the brazing surface, opposite to the first surface and brazed to the heat exchange bundle, - attachment tabs configured to receive the aerodynamic element and arranged on the sides of said flat body, said attachment tabs projecting in the opposite direction to the heat exchange bundle, - at least one extension of the flat body extending in the same general plane as said flat body and arranged between a pair of attachment tabs arranged on a same side of said flat body such that the width of the flat body between said pair of attachment tabs and an attachment tab arranged on the opposite side of said flat body, facing the pair of attachment tabs, is less than the width of the flat body at the at least one extension. - a heat exchange bundle comprising a plurality of stacked tubes inside which a first heat-transfer fluid is intended to circulate, and - an end flange arranged on each side of the stack of tubes, said end flange being brazed to the heat exchange bundle, - a flat body comprising a first surface intended to face an aerodynamic element and a second surface, referred to as the brazing surface, opposite to the first surface and brazed to the heat exchange bundle, - attachment tabs configured to receive the aerodynamic element and arranged on the sides of said flat body, said attachment tabs projecting in the opposite direction to the heat exchange bundle, - at least one extension of the flat body extending in the same general plane as said flat body and arranged between a pair of attachment tabs arranged on a same side of said flat body such that the width of the flat body between said pair of attachment tabs and an attachment tab arranged on the opposite side of said flat body, facing the pair of attachment tabs, is less than the width of the flat body at the at least one extension.
An article suitable for providing a cosmetic and/or therapeutic benefit to the skin upon topical application of said article thereto, comprising: a first top layer having a top surface facing outwardly from said skin and a second bottom surface, opposite said top surface, facing towards said skin, a second bottom layer comprising a first surface facing and adhered to said bottom surface of said first top layer and a second outwardly-facing surface for contacting and adhering said article to said skin when said article is applied thereto, said second bottom layer comprising at least one benefiting agent comprising hexylresorcinol, wherein each of said first top layer and said second bottom layer comprises a water-soluble film former and said article is readily removable from said skin upon application of water thereto, wherein the second bottom layer further comprises an effective amount of a glyceride emulsifier to enhance transport of the benefiting agent therefrom to the skin. a first top layer having a top surface facing outwardly from said skin and a second bottom surface, opposite said top surface, facing towards said skin, a second bottom layer comprising a first surface facing and adhered to said bottom surface of said first top layer and a second outwardly-facing surface for contacting and adhering said article to said skin when said article is applied thereto, said second bottom layer comprising at least one benefiting agent comprising hexylresorcinol,
A method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer, comprising: adding a conjugated diene-based monomer, a catalyst, and a solvent to parallel polymerization reactors, wherein the parallel polymerization reactors include two or more polymerization reactors connected in parallel, and performing a polymerization reaction to prepare a first polymer solution including a first conjugated diene-based polymer; and adding the first polymer solution discharged from the parallel polymerization reactors to a series polymerization reactor connected in series to the parallel polymerization reactors and performing a polymerization reaction to prepare a second polymer solution including a second conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein after the polymerization reaction in the series polymerization reactor, gas produced by polymerization heat is condensed by a condenser in the series polymerization reactor and refluxed to the parallel polymerization reactors, and a reaction temperature of the series polymerization reactor is maintained to be lower than a reaction temperature of the parallel polymerization reactors by 10 °C or more. adding a conjugated diene-based monomer, a catalyst, and a solvent to parallel polymerization reactors, wherein the parallel polymerization reactors include two or more polymerization reactors connected in parallel, and performing a polymerization reaction to prepare a first polymer solution including a first conjugated diene-based polymer; and adding the first polymer solution discharged from the parallel polymerization reactors to a series polymerization reactor connected in series to the parallel polymerization reactors and performing a polymerization reaction to prepare a second polymer solution including a second conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein after the polymerization reaction in the series polymerization reactor, gas produced by polymerization heat is condensed by a condenser in the series polymerization reactor and refluxed to the parallel polymerization reactors, and a reaction temperature of the series polymerization reactor is maintained to be lower than a reaction temperature of the parallel polymerization reactors by 10 °C or more.
An axial flux machine comprising:- a rotor mounted about an axis of rotation and having first and second axial faces (14, 16); a first stator ring positioned on one side of the rotor adjacent to the first axial face of the rotor to define a first air gap between the first stator ring and the first axial face of the rotor, the first stator ring being formed by a plurality of circumferentially adjacent wedge-shaped first stator ring segments each having a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge; a second stator ring positioned on the other side of the rotor adjacent to the second axial face of the rotor to define a second air gap between the second stator ring and the second axial face of the rotor, the second stator ring being formed by a plurality of circumferentially adjacent wedge-shaped second stator ring segments each having a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge and being circumferentially aligned with a corresponding wedge-shaped first stator ring segment; wherein the first and second stator ring segments (32a, 32b) are deflectable in the axial direction in response to axial deflection of the rotor and a link element extends between the radially outer edge regions (42a, 42b) of each circumferentially aligned pair of first and second stator ring segments (32a, 32b) so that they deflect together in unison in the axial direction.
An oral treatment device for use in treating an oral cavity of a user, the oral treatment device comprising: image sensor equipment configured to generate image data indicative of a sequence of images representing at least a portion of the oral cavity of the user; and a controller configured to: process the image data to determine a movement parameter indicative of movement of the oral treatment device relative to an interproximal gap between adjacent teeth in the oral cavity of the user; and control the oral treatment device to perform an action based on the determined movement parameter. image sensor equipment configured to generate image data indicative of a sequence of images representing at least a portion of the oral cavity of the user; and a controller configured to: process the image data to determine a movement parameter indicative of movement of the oral treatment device relative to an interproximal gap between adjacent teeth in the oral cavity of the user; and control the oral treatment device to perform an action based on the determined movement parameter. process the image data to determine a movement parameter indicative of movement of the oral treatment device relative to an interproximal gap between adjacent teeth in the oral cavity of the user; and control the oral treatment device to perform an action based on the determined movement parameter.
A levelling device (10,110,210) for levelling a piece of furniture, or parts of a piece of furniture, with respect to a supporting plane or floor, said piece of furniture being composed of at least one horizontal element or base (11,111, 211) and at least one vertical element or shoulder (12,112, 212) which are firmly joined together, perpendicular to each other, with the lower or underlying surface of said base (11,111, 211) which is substantially coplanar with the lower edge of said shoulder (12,112, 212) and with the edge of said base (11,111, 211) which is abutted against the inner surface of said shoulder (12,112, 212), said levelling device being adjustable from above by means of a manoeuvring tool (25,125, 215) which passes through a pass-through hole (26,126, 226) formed through said base (11,111, 211), consisting of a plate (13,113, 213) fixable to said surface of the base (11,111, 211) with a section or flap (24,124, 224) which extends beyond said edge, so as to support said shoulder (12,112, 212) which rests on said section or flap (24,124, 224), a sleeve or seat (15,115,215) also extends integrally and downwardly from said plate (13,113, 213), where it houses movably, backwards and forwards, an adjustable foot (16,116, 216) that can be manoeuvred by said tool (25,125, 225), the inner end of the adjustable foot (16,216) in its completely withdrawn position is substantially adjacent to the lower surface of the base (11,211), characterized in that said seat (15,115) has a first truncated-conical section (17,117) extending from the plate (13,113) which ends with a second internally threaded cylindrical section (18,118) onto which the above-mentioned externally threaded foot (16,116) is screwed or said seat (15,115,215) consists of a single truncated-conical section extending from the plate, the end edge of said truncated-conical section is threaded, said foot (16,116,216) being provided with a run-end stop (20,120,220) of the thread. characterized in that said seat (15,115) has a first truncated-conical section (17,117) extending from the plate (13,113) which ends with a second internally threaded cylindrical section (18,118) onto which the above-mentioned externally threaded foot (16,116) is screwed or said seat (15,115,215) consists of a single truncated-conical section extending from the plate, the end edge of said truncated-conical section is threaded, said foot (16,116,216) being provided with a run-end stop (20,120,220) of the thread.
A surgical implant for a bone fracture comprising a plate and an elongate member projecting from the plate, the elongate member for insertion into a bone, each of the elongate member and the plate being provided with at least one fastening region for securing the surgical implant to a bone, wherein the elongate member comprises at least a portion that is curved, and the curved portion is a single curve lying in a single plane (142, 170), characterised in that the plate is for attachment to a surface of a bone, wherein the elongate member projects from the plate such that the single plane (142, 170) is at an angle of between 5° - 30° from the plate, and wherein the single plane (142, 170) is also at an angle (143, 174) of between 3° - 7° from another plane (144, 172) which is perpendicular to the plate, said another plane (144, 172) being aligned with a longitudinal axis of the plate.