mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A tyre of rubber material comprising a tread and two sidewalls defining said tread, at least one of said sidewalls comprising a textured area integral with said sidewall and contrasting with the rest of said sidewall, said sidewall comprising at least one coloured marking the coloured marking extending over the tyre sidewall, at least in part, into the textured area, the texture comprising a plurality of protruding elements (22, 24, 26) relative to a sidewall bottom, characterised in that at least some of the protruding elements of the texture are strands distributed in the texture at a density of at least one strand per square millimetre (mm 2), each strand having an average cross-sectional area between 0.0005 mm 2 and 1 mm 2. at least one of said sidewalls comprising a textured area integral with said sidewall and contrasting with the rest of said sidewall, said sidewall comprising at least one coloured marking the coloured marking extending over the tyre sidewall, at least in part, into the textured area, the texture comprising a plurality of protruding elements (22, 24, 26) relative to a sidewall bottom, characterised in that at least some of the protruding elements of the texture are strands distributed in the texture at a density of at least one strand per square millimetre (mm 2), each strand having an average cross-sectional area between 0.0005 mm 2 and 1 mm 2.
A method for identifying motion of an implement in a power tool comprising: a) obtaining a plurality of samples of a time varying electrical signal that is directed from a clock source through the implement and a capacitive coupling plate during a period in which an actuator that is operatively connected to the implement to move the implement is deactivated; wherein said clock source is configured to generate said time varying electrical signal at a predetermined frequency that allows the signal to propagate through the human body, and wherein changes in the magnitude of said signal are detected to sense contact between the implement and a portion of a human body; b) identifying a variance parameter representing a variation in amplitude values of the samples in predetermined groups of samples of the plurality of samples, the identifying comprising b1) identifying a variance for each group of samples in a plurality of at least two groups of samples of the electrical signal; and b2) generating a summed variance parameter as a sum of the variance of one group of samples with the variance for another group of samples in the at least two group of samples; c) updating a status for the implement with a first status indicating that the implement is not moving with reference to the identified summed variance parameter being less than a predetermined threshold; and d) updating a status for the implement with a second status indicating that the implement is moving with reference to the identified summed variance parameter being greater than the predetermined threshold. a) obtaining a plurality of samples of a time varying electrical signal that is directed from a clock source through the implement and a capacitive coupling plate during a period in which an actuator that is operatively connected to the implement to move the implement is deactivated; wherein said clock source is configured to generate said time varying electrical signal at a predetermined frequency that allows the signal to propagate through the human body, and wherein changes in the magnitude of said signal are detected to sense contact between the implement and a portion of a human body; b) identifying a variance parameter representing a variation in amplitude values of the samples in predetermined groups of samples of the plurality of samples, the identifying comprising b1) identifying a variance for each group of samples in a plurality of at least two groups of samples of the electrical signal; and b2) generating a summed variance parameter as a sum of the variance of one group of samples with the variance for another group of samples in the at least two group of samples; c) updating a status for the implement with a first status indicating that the implement is not moving with reference to the identified summed variance parameter being less than a predetermined threshold; and d) updating a status for the implement with a second status indicating that the implement is moving with reference to the identified summed variance parameter being greater than the predetermined threshold.
A hydrogel network comprising a plurality of hydrogel objects, wherein each of said hydrogel objects comprises: (a) a hydrogel body, and (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body, wherein each of said hydrogel objects contacts another of said hydrogel objects to form an interface between the contacting hydrogel objects, wherein said plurality of hydrogel objects comprises a first hydrogel object and a second hydrogel object, wherein each of the first and second hydrogel objects comprises: (a) a hydrogel body, and (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body, wherein the first hydrogel object contacts the second hydrogel object to form a said interface between the first and second objects, the hydrogel body of the first hydrogel object is in direct contact with the hydrogel body of the second object, at the interface between the first and second objects and the interface between the first and second objects does not comprise a bilayer of amphipathic molecules. (a) a hydrogel body, and (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body, (a) a hydrogel body, and (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules, on at least part of the surface of the hydrogel body,
Power station furnace system with multiple burners which are arranged in a wall of a combustion chamber and in the case of which the combustion air is supplied via one or more annular gap(s) concentrically surrounding each burner and each burner has means for influencing the quantity of combustion air flowing through the annular gap or gaps into the combustion chamber, with a device for controlling the combustion process, at least comprising means for detecting the quantity of fuel supplied to a burner and means for determining the quantity of combustion air flowing through the annular gap or gaps, wherein the device for controlling the combustion process is formed in such a way that actuating signals are generated for each means for influencing the quantity of combustion air flowing through the annular gap(s) surrounding the burner into the combustion chamber, in order in this way to influence the quantity of combustion air flowing through each annular gap, characterized in that means for determining the quantity of combustion air flowing through an annular gap (3, 3.1) at least comprise two sensor rods (10, 11) consisting of electrically conductive material, in the annular gap (3, 3.1) transverse to the longitudinal axis of the annular gap (3, 3.1) or at an angle α with respect to the longitudinal axis of the annular gap (3, 3.1) with 30° ≤ α ≤ 90° and one behind the other in the direction of flow of the combustion air stream and spaced apart in parallel with a spacing a from one another, forming a corresponding pair, and arranged electrically insulated from the walls (1, 2) that form the annular gap (3, 3.1), wherein the sensor rods (10, 11) are adapted in their shape to the curvature of the annular gap (3, 3.1) and have a length 1 of 1 > 20 mm, preferably 1 > 200 mm, and wherein the sensor rods (10, 11) are electrically connected to a. correlation measuring device, by means of which the flow velocity (v) of the combustion air stream orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the sensor rods (10, 11) is determined by evaluating the electrical signals generated by the electrical influence on the sensor rods (10, 11) that is brought about by electrically charged particles transported in the combustion air stream and moving past the sensor rods (10, 11), wherein, in the event that the sensor rods (10, 11) are not arranged transversely to the longitudinal axis of the annular gap (3, 3.1), a component (v 2) of the flow velocity (v) of the combustion air stream in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the annular gap (3, 3.1) is calculated and, on the basis of the component (v 2), the flow velocity (v) of the combustion air stream in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the annular gap (3, 3.1) is calculated, and the quantity of combustion air flowing through the annular gap (3, 3.1) is determined on the basis of the geometrical dimensions of the cross-sectional area of the annular gap (3, 3.1).
A sole for infant footwear designed for the early walking stage, comprising a side for connection to an upper and a tread on the opposite side, wherein the tread extends in a longitudinal direction (X-X) and comprises ground-contact areas defined and separated by curvilinear slots (5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), wherein said ground-contact areas define a heel region, a toe region and a middle region between the heel region and the toe region, and comprise: - an inner group of ground-contact areas (A, B, C, L) aligned along the inner edge of the sole, said inner group comprising a first inner group (A, B. C) situated in the heel region and in the middle region and a second inner group situated in the toe region, - an outer group of ground-contact areas (D, E, F, G, H, I) aligned along the outer edge of the sole, said outer group comprising a first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) situated in the heel region and in the middle region and a second outer group situated in the toe region, characterized in that: the thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first inner group (A, B, C) and the second outer group is greater than the thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) and the second inner group, such that the greater thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first inner group and the second outer group (A, B, C, I) and the smaller thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) and the second inner group will force a child to perform a foot stance phase movement with his/her foot on the ground-contact areas of the first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) and the second inner group, as he/she walks. - an inner group of ground-contact areas (A, B, C, L) aligned along the inner edge of the sole, said inner group comprising a first inner group (A, B. C) situated in the heel region and in the middle region and a second inner group situated in the toe region, - an outer group of ground-contact areas (D, E, F, G, H, I) aligned along the outer edge of the sole, said outer group comprising a first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) situated in the heel region and in the middle region and a second outer group situated in the toe region, the thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first inner group (A, B, C) and the second outer group is greater than the thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) and the second inner group, such that the greater thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first inner group and the second outer group (A, B, C, I) and the smaller thickness of the ground-contact areas of the first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) and the second inner group will force a child to perform a foot stance phase movement with his/her foot on the ground-contact areas of the first outer group (D, E, F, G, H) and the second inner group, as he/she walks.
Apparatus for sorting objects conveyed by a conveying line, comprising: - a portion of conveying line at which said objects are sorted, - a plurality of gripping means for gripping said objects operating at said portion of conveying line, said gripping means being suitable for picking up, on command, the objects present on the portion of conveying line, to transfer the objects on supports in pre-chosen temporary waiting areas for forming stacks of homogeneous objects; - lifting and conveying means suitable for lifting, upon command, single objects or stacks of objects resting on supports in pre-chosen temporary waiting areas and transferring the objects to an evacuation line; wherein each of said gripping means is of the suction cup type and is fitted to movement groups (40, 41) of first and second suction cups (42, 43), characterised in that said movement groups (40, 41) are movable and positionable on command along guides (44,45) that are transverse to the advancing motion of the objects on the said portion of conveying line and are provided with members (46, 47) that are suitable for moving vertically, upon command, the corresponding first and second suction cups (42, 43).
A personal wearable EEG monitor adapted to be carried at the head of a person, said EEG monitor comprising - an EEG sensor part having skin surface electrodes (3, 20) for measuring one or more EEG signals from said person, - an EEG signal analyzer (5, 5') adapted for having an EEG signal transferred from said EEG sensor part, and adapted for monitoring the EEG signal from said person, - EEG stimuli controlling means adapted for performing at least one of the following: - providing an auditory stimulus to said person, - requesting said person to perform a stimulus-creating act, - identifying a potentially stimulus-creating ambient sound, - EEG response detection means for identifying an induced response from the EEG signal caused by said stimulus, and - a classifier for deciding based on said at least one induced response if said skin surface electrodes receive EEG signals of said person, characterized in that at least one electrode of said skin surface electrodes is adapted to be arranged in an ear canal of said person. - an EEG sensor part having skin surface electrodes (3, 20) for measuring one or more EEG signals from said person, - an EEG signal analyzer (5, 5') adapted for having an EEG signal transferred from said EEG sensor part, and adapted for monitoring the EEG signal from said person, - EEG stimuli controlling means adapted for performing at least one of the following: - providing an auditory stimulus to said person, - requesting said person to perform a stimulus-creating act, - identifying a potentially stimulus-creating ambient sound, - providing an auditory stimulus to said person, - requesting said person to perform a stimulus-creating act, - identifying a potentially stimulus-creating ambient sound, - EEG response detection means for identifying an induced response from the EEG signal caused by said stimulus, and - a classifier for deciding based on said at least one induced response if said skin surface electrodes receive EEG signals of said person, characterized in that at least one electrode of said skin surface electrodes is adapted to be arranged in an ear canal of said person.
A closure system comprising a container neck portion and a closure both with thread formations offering multiple angular distributed mutual engagement options to close the container neck portion, wherein the closure has a closure shell and a tamper-evident band connected through frangible connections (31a, 32a) that break when the closure shell and the container neck portion are fully unengaged for the first time forming an unattached tether, characterized in that being the tamper-evident band anchored at a lodging section of the container neck portion the tamper-evident band and the said lodging section are further configured to provide for a strong grip between them, so as to impede the free rotation of the tamper-evident band during the first and subsequent unengagement operations of the closure shell and the container neck portion, and in that the length of the tether is such that the closure system offers the user different re-closing options, one in which the tether adopts a position encircling adjacent the container neck portion, without protruding; and at least one further option in which the tether adopts an exposed state determining a protruding handle. being the tamper-evident band anchored at a lodging section of the container neck portion the tamper-evident band and the said lodging section are further configured to provide for a strong grip between them, so as to impede the free rotation of the tamper-evident band during the first and subsequent unengagement operations of the closure shell and the container neck portion, and in that the length of the tether is such that the closure system offers the user different re-closing options, one in which the tether adopts a position encircling adjacent the container neck portion, without protruding; and at least one further option in which the tether adopts an exposed state determining a protruding handle.
An installation for production of thermoplastic composite preforms intended to be thermoformed, said installation comprising, on the one hand, a mobile support and a plurality of storage areas (18, 20, 22, 24) situated in the vicinity of said mobile support to be able to store a respective plurality of thermoplastic composite material structural elements and, on the other hand, transfer and connection devices (35, 36, 46, 48) to be able to transfer said structural elements from respective storage areas (18, 20, 22, 24) of said plurality of storage areas to said mobile support and to connect together said structural elements on said mobile support so as to be able to produce a preform, said mobile support being driven sequentially in translation in a feed direction D, while said storage areas (18, 20, 22, 24) are paired and arranged laterally relative to said mobile support, the storage areas of each of the pairs of storage areas being opposite to each other relatively to said mobile support; characterized in that said transfer and connection devices (35, 36, 46, 48) include transfer carriages (35, 36) mechanically connected two by two and mobile in translation in a transfer direction substantially perpendicular to said feed direction D to be able to transfer said structural elements sequentially onto said mobile support in said transfer direction.
Respirator mask with a mask body for covering a user's mouth and nose, with at least one exhalation valve arranged on the mask body, with at least one inhalation valve (6,7) arranged on the mask body, and with respectively one filter module (8,9) associated with the inhalation valve (6,7) and being detachably fixed or detachably fixable to the mask body, wherein the mask body exhibits an opening that is penetrated by a housing portion of the inhalation valve (6,7), wherein the housing portion together with the filter module (8,9) forms a detachable bayonet closure, characterised in that the housing portion is mounted rotatably in the opening of the mask body, and the opening is provided in a floor of a receiving recess of the mask body, the receiving recess exhibiting a contour deviating from a circle for the non-rotational reception of the filter module (8,9), and in that the filter module (8,9) exhibits a filter module housing whose outer contour corresponds at least substantially to the contour of the receiving recess.
A method for managing communication with a building automation device, the method being performed in a gateway, wherein the gateway is adapted to communicate with the building automation device by means of wireless communication, at least on a physical layer initially, wherein the gateway comprises one or more transceivers and at least one antenna for wireless communication with the building automation device and is adapted to receive a radio signal carrying a packet from the building automation device, and to demodulate said packet from said received radio signal and perform analogue to digital conversion the method comprising the steps of: receiving the packet from the building automation device and demodulating the packet and performing analogue to digital conversion; determining that the gateway currently fails to support a communication protocol being compatible with the packet, wherein the determination is performed based on an inspection of the packet, either in digital form or in analogue form; transmitting the packet received from the building automation device to a protocol server; receiving, from the protocol server, executable software instructions to be used for communication over a communication protocol being compatible with the packet; installing the executable software instructions in firmware in the one or more transceivers to provide a capability to communicate over the communication protocol being compatible with the packet; and establishing communication with the building automation device over the communication protocol being compatible with the packet. receiving the packet from the building automation device and demodulating the packet and performing analogue to digital conversion; determining that the gateway currently fails to support a communication protocol being compatible with the packet, wherein the determination is performed based on an inspection of the packet, either in digital form or in analogue form; transmitting the packet received from the building automation device to a protocol server; receiving, from the protocol server, executable software instructions to be used for communication over a communication protocol being compatible with the packet; installing the executable software instructions in firmware in the one or more transceivers to provide a capability to communicate over the communication protocol being compatible with the packet; and establishing communication with the building automation device over the communication protocol being compatible with the packet.
A method for monitoring network link quality in a telecommunications network which includes a plurality of intermediate network elements connected to network links via which communications sessions are conducted between respective terminating devices, a said communications session comprising signalling procedures, relating to the control of the communications session and involving signalling messages being sent via a signalling path, and media transfer procedures for transmitting media content via a media path established using at least part of said signalling procedures, the established media path including media path legs which are each established between respective media path leg endpoints connected via a said network link, said signalling path being different from said established media path, the method comprising: determining one or more media path leg endpoints of a said media path leg from at least part of said signalling procedures relating to the control of the communications session, said determined one or more media path leg endpoints including a media path leg endpoint at a said intermediate network element; generating reporting data comprising data identifying said determined one or more media path leg endpoints; and transmitting said reporting data to an analysis system for network link quality analysis. determining one or more media path leg endpoints of a said media path leg from at least part of said signalling procedures relating to the control of the communications session, said determined one or more media path leg endpoints including a media path leg endpoint at a said intermediate network element; generating reporting data comprising data identifying said determined one or more media path leg endpoints; and transmitting said reporting data to an analysis system for network link quality analysis.
A method for producing food packages, in which the food is filled into containers and the containers are sealed with a foil which consists of biodegradable material, and, during sealing, an adhesive made from a vegetable raw material is used for adhering the foil to the container, characterized in that the containers are made of stainless steel sheet metal, wherein the adhesive has greater adhesion to the foil than to the stainless steel and is heated to not more than 100°C in the sealing. process.