mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A speaker apparatus comprising: an acoustic vibration plate having a plate surface; and an actuator mounted to the acoustic vibration plate such that a distance between one end and the other end thereof may be driven to expand or contract, in a driving axis direction, and the one end and the other end are located in the plate surface of the acoustic vibration plate so as to apply longitudinal-wave vibration thereto; characterised in that the acoustic vibration plate has a hole in which the actuator is mounted. an acoustic vibration plate having a plate surface; and an actuator mounted to the acoustic vibration plate such that a distance between one end and the other end thereof may be driven to expand or contract, in a driving axis direction, and the one end and the other end are located in the plate surface of the acoustic vibration plate so as to apply longitudinal-wave vibration thereto;
A method of producing a biodegradable cartridge for tobacco vapour system, wherein the biodegradable cartridge has cylindrical shape defining an inner cavity, comprising the steps of ▪ Providing a first element of cylindrical shape defining said cavity of the cartridge; ▪ Providing a second element (20a, 20b) to a first end of the first element, thereby closing a first end of the cavity of the cartridge; ▪ Providing another second element (20a, 20b) to a second end of the first element, thereby closing the second end of the cavity of cartridge, wherein the two second elements are identical; ▪ Providing a third element about one of the first or second elements (20a, 20b) such that the periphery of the cartridge is larger at a first end of the cartridge than the periphery at a second end of the cartridge; wherein the first element, the second element (20a, 20b) and the third element are made of biodegradable materials, wherein the cartridge is designed in such a way that an air flow is capable of flowing from the first end to the second end of the elongated cylindrical shape cartridge, and/or vice versa. ▪ Providing a first element of cylindrical shape defining said cavity of the cartridge; ▪ Providing a second element (20a, 20b) to a first end of the first element, thereby closing a first end of the cavity of the cartridge; ▪ Providing another second element (20a, 20b) to a second end of the first element, thereby closing the second end of the cavity of cartridge, wherein the two second elements are identical; ▪ Providing a third element about one of the first or second elements (20a, 20b) such that the periphery of the cartridge is larger at a first end of the cartridge than the periphery at a second end of the cartridge; wherein the first element, the second element (20a, 20b) and the third element are made of biodegradable materials, wherein the cartridge is designed in such a way that an air flow is capable of flowing from the first end to the second end of the elongated cylindrical shape cartridge, and/or vice versa.
Unloading system, designed and configured for unloading at least one transport unit which is configured for transporting and/or storing live poultry and has at least one rack and at least one transport crate mounted therein for receiving the poultry, wherein the rack comprises a transport restraint for each transport crate and each open-top transport crate has a crate bottom and peripheral side walls, and each transport crate mounted in the rack is covered at the top by a cover which is arranged at a distance from the upper edge K of the side walls, which system comprises an unloading station for at least one transport unit, at least one transport unit, a pushing device for ejecting each transport crate situated in an ejection position from the rack in the pushing direction S, and a receiving device for receiving and conveying each transport crate ejected from the rack, characterised in that the position of each transport crate situated in the ejection position in relation to the cover can be controlled in the vertical direction during the entire ejection operation, in such a manner that the maximum distance A B between the upper edge K of the trailing side walls of each transport crate in the pushing direction S and the cover can be maintained in dependence on the position of the transport crate within the rack during the ejection operation.
A metered droplet medicament delivery device comprising: - a proximal part and a distal part having opposite distal and proximal ends; - a medicament container arranged with a movable stopper; - a dose delivery mechanism comprising a plunger rod, operably arranged to act on said stopper; - wherein said proximal part and said distal part are releasably connectable to each other, whereby said proximal part comprises a medicament container holder for accommodating said medicament container, and said distal part comprises said dose delivery mechanism with said plunger rod, characterised in a plunger rod positioning member engageable with a proximal end of said plunger rod as well as engageable with a proximal area (218, 222) of said distal part for positioning said plunger rod in a longitudinal position of the device in relation to said proximal area (218, 222), and wherein said plunger rod positioning member is arranged removable from said distal part after positioning of said plunger rod such that the proximal part can be attached. - a proximal part and a distal part having opposite distal and proximal ends; - a medicament container arranged with a movable stopper; - a dose delivery mechanism comprising a plunger rod, operably arranged to act on said stopper; - wherein said proximal part and said distal part are releasably connectable to each other, whereby said proximal part comprises a medicament container holder for accommodating said medicament container, and said distal part comprises said dose delivery mechanism with said plunger rod,
A system for managing glycemic control of a patient, comprising: an input module configured to accept input data from one or more of a plurality of diverse blood glucose measurement devices and one or more of a plurality of diverse insulin delivery devices; a data classifier module configured to assess the frequency, dimensionality and quality of data accepted by said input module to classify said input data and to determine appropriate processing of said input data according to its classification; a patient state estimation module configured to process input data in accordance with at least one data processing algorithm corresponding to the classification of the input data as determined by the data classifier module; a patient risk status module configured to determine a level of risk of said patient with respect to abnormal glycemic states using processed data from said patient state estimation module; and an output module configured to output advisory messages, patient alerts, and control signals for said blood glucose measurement devices and said insulin delivery devices based on the level of risk determined by said patient risk status module. an input module configured to accept input data from one or more of a plurality of diverse blood glucose measurement devices and one or more of a plurality of diverse insulin delivery devices; a data classifier module configured to assess the frequency, dimensionality and quality of data accepted by said input module to classify said input data and to determine appropriate processing of said input data according to its classification; a patient state estimation module configured to process input data in accordance with at least one data processing algorithm corresponding to the classification of the input data as determined by the data classifier module; a patient risk status module configured to determine a level of risk of said patient with respect to abnormal glycemic states using processed data from said patient state estimation module; and an output module configured to output advisory messages, patient alerts, and control signals for said blood glucose measurement devices and said insulin delivery devices based on the level of risk determined by said patient risk status module.
A crystalline LNnT polymorph IV, characterized in that it displays X-ray powder diffraction reflections, based on a measurement using CuKα radiation, at 8.16±0.2, 15.41±0.2, 39.14±0.2, 23.77±0.2, 7.77±0.2 and 31.15±0.2 2Θ angles, wherein the crystalline LNnT polymorph IV, after drying at 40-60°C and atmospheric pressure, contains 5 molecules of crystalline water.
A composition comprising: at least 0.8% by weight benzyl alcohol, at least 4% by weight diacetone alcohol, and at least 2.5% by weight triethyl citrate for use in treating pediculosis. at least 0.8% by weight benzyl alcohol, at least 4% by weight diacetone alcohol, and at least 2.5% by weight triethyl citrate
A method for producing a scintillator array comprising the steps of fixing a scintillator substrate to a support plate via a double-coated adhesive sheet at least an adhesive surface thereof to be in contact with said scintillator substrate being thermally peelable; providing said scintillator substrate with lattice-patterned, unpenetrating grooves such that connecting portions remain in said scintillator substrate, to form a scintillator substrate having lattice-patterned, unpenetrating grooves for defining pluralities of scintillator cells; peeling said scintillator substrate from said support plate, annealing said scintillator substrate, and then fixing the scintillator substrate to a support plate again via a double-coated adhesive sheet, at least an adhesive surface thereof to be in contact with said scintillator substrate being thermally peelable; filling said lattice-patterned, unpenetrating grooves with a liquid hardening reflector resin; curing said liquid hardening resin by heating at a first heating temperature to form a resin-hardened scintillator cell body; peeling said double-coated adhesive sheet from said resin-hardened scintillator cell body by heating at a second heating temperature; and then removing said connecting portions, the second heating temperature being equal to or higher than the first heating temperature.
A device for measuring frictional properties of fibers, the device comprising: a base member having a longitudinal axis and a top surface; a sensor unit mounted on a side of the top surface of the base member at one end of the base member; and a nipping member pivotably connected to the base member about a pivot axis above the top surface of the base member such that one end of the nipping member faces the sensor unit; wherein fibers whose frictional properties are to be measured are sandwiched between the sensor unit and the one end of the nipping member; the sensor unit is configured such that it measures at least a frictional force generated when the device is being relatively moved with respect to the fibers sandwiched between the sensor unit and the nipping member in a direction crossing the longitudinal axis of the base member, and outputs the measurement data; and the nipping member applies a constant pressing force on the fibers sandwiched between the sensor unit and the nipping member during the measurement of the frictional force, the device being characterized in that: the nipping member comprises first and second protrusions (320, 330) on its face facing the sensor unit at the one end of the nipping member, and wherein the first and second protrusions (320, 330) are arranged such that the sensor unit is located between the first protrusion and the second protrusion when the nipping member is closed to apply the pressing force on the fibers sandwiched between the sensor unit and the nipping member. a base member having a longitudinal axis and a top surface; a sensor unit mounted on a side of the top surface of the base member at one end of the base member; and a nipping member pivotably connected to the base member about a pivot axis above the top surface of the base member such that one end of the nipping member faces the sensor unit; wherein fibers whose frictional properties are to be measured are sandwiched between the sensor unit and the one end of the nipping member; the sensor unit is configured such that it measures at least a frictional force generated when the device is being relatively moved with respect to the fibers sandwiched between the sensor unit and the nipping member in a direction crossing the longitudinal axis of the base member, and outputs the measurement data; and the nipping member applies a constant pressing force on the fibers sandwiched between the sensor unit and the nipping member during the measurement of the frictional force, the device being characterized in that: the nipping member comprises first and second protrusions (320, 330) on its face facing the sensor unit at the one end of the nipping member, and wherein the first and second protrusions (320, 330) are arranged such that the sensor unit is located between the first protrusion and the second protrusion when the nipping member is closed to apply the pressing force on the fibers sandwiched between the sensor unit and the nipping member.
A method for recalibrating a burner device for liquid fuels, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: a) controlling the burner device with a first power stage, wherein a first monitoring set point and / or a first monitoring set point range is assigned to the first power stage, by which a proper operation of the burner device is defined for the first power stage; and b) determining a first monitoring value relating to the actual operation of the burner device in the first power stage; and c) assigning the first monitoring value as a new first monitoring set point to the first power stage and / or assigning a new first monitoring set point range based on the first monitoring set point to the first power stage; and d) controlling the burner device with a second power stage, wherein a second monitoring set point and / or a second monitoring set point range is assigned to the second power stage, by which a proper operation of the burner device is defined for the second power stage; and e) determining a second monitoring value relating to the actual operation of the burner device in the second power stage; and f) assigning the second monitoring value as a new second monitoring set point to the second power stage and / or assigning a new second monitoring set point range based on the second monitoring set point to the second power stage, characterized in that the monitoring values are equivalent to a flame signal current and / or a flame resistance value and / or correspond to a flame resistance value, wherein the monitoring set point values and / or the monitoring set point ranges for the individual power stages (210, 211) are determined before step a) by means of a start calibration and are assigned to the respective power stages (210, 211). a) controlling the burner device with a first power stage, wherein a first monitoring set point and / or a first monitoring set point range is assigned to the first power stage, by which a proper operation of the burner device is defined for the first power stage; and b) determining a first monitoring value relating to the actual operation of the burner device in the first power stage; and c) assigning the first monitoring value as a new first monitoring set point to the first power stage and / or assigning a new first monitoring set point range based on the first monitoring set point to the first power stage; and d) controlling the burner device with a second power stage, wherein a second monitoring set point and / or a second monitoring set point range is assigned to the second power stage, by which a proper operation of the burner device is defined for the second power stage; and e) determining a second monitoring value relating to the actual operation of the burner device in the second power stage; and f) assigning the second monitoring value as a new second monitoring set point to the second power stage and / or assigning a new second monitoring set point range based on the second monitoring set point to the second power stage,
A composite material comprising a first component directly bonded to a second component, the first component comprising a peroxide cured fluoroelastomer having a temperature retraction TR-10 of -19°C or lower as measured according to ASTM D 1329 and the second component comprising a polyamide resin having a heat deflection temperature of at least 130°C under a load of 0.45 MPa measured according to ASTM D648.
A CT image processing method, including the following steps of: - receiving projection data acquired of a volume along a scan direction, one or more image points of said volume reconstructable, in an iterative reconstruction operation, from at least a part of said projection data; - as a function of a position in a volume reconstructed in a previous iteration or otherwise reconstructed, computing a regularization parameter, as the square root of the back-projected inverse statistical variances of the projection data, for an image point at said position for a next iteration in said iterative reconstruction operation; - as a function of a scan position along the scan direction, normalizing the regularization parameter relative to a region of interest, ROI, of an object in a plane across the volume at said scan position, the ROI defined by a mask m, wherein the nomalizing is via a mean or a weighted mean of the regularization parameter and; - when iteratively reconstructing, in said next iteration, said image point from the projection data, applying said normalized regularization parameter. - receiving projection data acquired of a volume along a scan direction, one or more image points of said volume reconstructable, in an iterative reconstruction operation, from at least a part of said projection data; - as a function of a position in a volume reconstructed in a previous iteration or otherwise reconstructed, computing a regularization parameter, as the square root of the back-projected inverse statistical variances of the projection data, for an image point at said position for a next iteration in said iterative reconstruction operation; - as a function of a scan position along the scan direction, normalizing the regularization parameter relative to a region of interest, ROI, of an object in a plane across the volume at said scan position, the ROI defined by a mask m, wherein the nomalizing is via a mean or a weighted mean of the regularization parameter and; - when iteratively reconstructing, in said next iteration, said image point from the projection data, applying said normalized regularization parameter.
A welding system, comprising: a power source configured to generate welding power and deliver the welding power to a welding torch, wherein the welding torch is coupled to a negative output terminal of the power source; a welding wire feeder configured to advance a metal cored electrode into the welding torch at a rate of advancement; and control circuitry, characterized in that the control circuitry is configured to implement an electrode negative pulsed spray gas metal arc welding (GMAW-P) regime comprising a voltage-closed loop controlled peak phase, a parabolic current-closed loop controlled stabilization phase following the peak phase, and a voltage-closed loop controlled return phase following the stabilization phase. a power source configured to generate welding power and deliver the welding power to a welding torch, wherein the welding torch is coupled to a negative output terminal of the power source; a welding wire feeder configured to advance a metal cored electrode into the welding torch at a rate of advancement; and control circuitry, characterized in that the control circuitry is configured to implement an electrode negative pulsed spray gas metal arc welding (GMAW-P) regime comprising a voltage-closed loop controlled peak phase, a parabolic current-closed loop controlled stabilization phase following the peak phase, and a voltage-closed loop controlled return phase following the stabilization phase.
A cartridge configured to be removably mountable to a liquid ejection device including a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a conductive contact member that has elastic force and that is arranged between the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion, and a liquid introduction portion, the cartridge comprising: a terminal arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the conductive contact member; a first engaged portion that can be engaged with the first engaging portion; and a second engaged portion that can be engaged with the second engaging portion, wherein the terminal is arranged between the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion, characterized in that, wherein the first engaged portion has a first opposing portion that, in a mounting process for mounting the cartridge to the liquid ejection device, opposes a first end portion of the first engaging portion located on a vertically upward direction side, and the second engaged portion has a second opposing portion that, in a mounting process for mounting the cartridge to the liquid ejection device, opposes a second end portion of the second engaging portion located on a vertically upward direction side. a terminal arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the conductive contact member; a first engaged portion that can be engaged with the first engaging portion; and a second engaged portion that can be engaged with the second engaging portion, wherein the terminal is arranged between the first engaged portion and the second engaged portion, characterized in that, wherein the first engaged portion has a first opposing portion that, in a mounting process for mounting the cartridge to the liquid ejection device, opposes a first end portion of the first engaging portion located on a vertically upward direction side, and the second engaged portion has a second opposing portion that, in a mounting process for mounting the cartridge to the liquid ejection device, opposes a second end portion of the second engaging portion located on a vertically upward direction side.