mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Lifting-sliding door or window comprising a lifting-sliding leaf, a fixed leaf and a border frame, wherein the lifting-sliding leaf is adjustable in the border frame between a raised and a lowered position, and in the raised position, by means of carriages disposed on the lower leaf profile, is displaceable in a displacement direction on a running rail on the lower frame profile of the border frame, and is guided in a guide rail on the upper frame profile of the border frame, wherein the lifting-sliding leaf in a vertical leaf profile has a drive unit (40, 50) by which a vertically aligned pinion shaft supporting a pinion is able to be driven, wherein the guide rail on the upper frame profile between two guide webs (12, 12'), preferably two guide webs (12, 12') spaced apart in parallel, forms a guide groove in which a sliding element is inserted so as to be displaceable in the displacement direction, and in the raised as well as the lowered position of the lifting-sliding leaf, an upper pinion shaft portion lying in the vertical direction above the pinion is inserted in the sliding element so as to be rotatably mounted therein, and the pinion on a rack region bears so as to mesh with one of the guide webs (12, 12') delimiting the guide groove, characterized in that the sliding element in the vertical direction is supported by a detent step on which the sliding element bears so as to be displaceable thereon and which is formed on at least one of the two guide webs (12, 12'), and in the lowered position of the lifting-sliding leaf the toothing of the pinion in some regions is inserted in the toothing of the rack region, and in the raised position of the lifting-sliding leaf the toothing of the pinion is inserted completely in the toothing of the rack region.
An optical coherence tomography system, comprising a broadband optical source module; and an interferometric part, wherein the broadband optical source module comprises: a housing defining an enclosure of free space; a first superluminescent light emitting diode, SLED, source arranged in the enclosure to emit a first SLED beam having a first wavelength range and a first centre wavelength to propagate in the free space along a first beam path; a second SLED source arranged in the enclosure to emit a second SLED beam having a second wavelength range and a second centre wavelength different from the first centre wavelength to propagate in the free space along a second beam path; characterised by a beam combiner (40r-g) arranged in the enclosure to receive the first SLED beam and the second SLED beam, and to combine them into a combined SLED beam with a continuous spectrum having a bandwidth covering the first and second wavelength ranges, the combined SLED beam extending in the free space along a combined beam path; and an optical output port (16; 48) arranged to receive light along the combined beam path and to output the combined SLED beam with the continuous spectrum from the housing. a broadband optical source module; and an interferometric part, wherein the broadband optical source module comprises: a housing defining an enclosure of free space; a first superluminescent light emitting diode, SLED, source arranged in the enclosure to emit a first SLED beam having a first wavelength range and a first centre wavelength to propagate in the free space along a first beam path; a second SLED source arranged in the enclosure to emit a second SLED beam having a second wavelength range and a second centre wavelength different from the first centre wavelength to propagate in the free space along a second beam path; a housing defining an enclosure of free space; a first superluminescent light emitting diode, SLED, source arranged in the enclosure to emit a first SLED beam having a first wavelength range and a first centre wavelength to propagate in the free space along a first beam path; a second SLED source arranged in the enclosure to emit a second SLED beam having a second wavelength range and a second centre wavelength different from the first centre wavelength to propagate in the free space along a second beam path; a beam combiner (40r-g) arranged in the enclosure to receive the first SLED beam and the second SLED beam, and to combine them into a combined SLED beam with a continuous spectrum having a bandwidth covering the first and second wavelength ranges, the combined SLED beam extending in the free space along a combined beam path; and an optical output port (16; 48) arranged to receive light along the combined beam path and to output the combined SLED beam with the continuous spectrum from the housing.
A meta-optical device configured to impart a phase delay to incident light of a wavelength band, the meta-optical device comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a meta-surface layer located within the liquid crystal layer, the meta-surface layer comprising a plurality of nanostructures each having a shape dimension smaller than a center wavelength of the wavelength band; and a voltage device configured to apply a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the meta-optical device is arranged such that an angle between a major axis of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer and a first direction parallel to the meta-surface layer increases according to the voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein the meta-optical device is adapted to exhibit a first focal length when the angle is 0°, and exhibits a second focal length shorter than the first focal length, when the angle is 90°. a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a meta-surface layer located within the liquid crystal layer, the meta-surface layer comprising a plurality of nanostructures each having a shape dimension smaller than a center wavelength of the wavelength band; and a voltage device configured to apply a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the meta-optical device is arranged such that an angle between a major axis of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer and a first direction parallel to the meta-surface layer increases according to the voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein the meta-optical device is adapted to exhibit a first focal length when the angle is 0°, and exhibits a second focal length shorter than the first focal length, when the angle is 90°.
A formation-restoring system for drifting Motion-To-Electrical Energy Transforming Devices (MTEETDs), comprising: a plurality of drifting MTEETDs connected by separation restorative tethers, the separation restorative tethers each incorporating a tensioning mechanism, and the separation restorative tethers each characterized by a Critical Distance between its respective connected drifting MTEEDTS, such that: at a separation less than the Critical Distance, no biasing force is applied to the respective connected drifting MTEEDTS by the separation restorative tether; and at a separation greater than the Critical Distance, a biasing force is applied by the associated separation restorative tether on the respective connected drifting MTEEDTS to bias said respective connected drifting MTEETDs to a separation less than the Critical Distance; wherein a relative movement of connected drifting MTEETDs that leads to a separation exceeding the Critical Distance of the associated separation restorative tether, horizontally expands the tensioning mechanism to transition the tensioning mechanism from an inert state having a neutral horizontal applied force to an energized state having a net horizontal applied force, the energized state characterized by the expansion of the tensioning mechanism to impart a buoyancy-related potential energy to a vertically displaceable element of the tensioning mechanism; and wherein a subsequent release of the buoyancy-related potential energy of the vertically displaceable element contracts the tensioning mechanism until the tensioning mechanism reaches its inert state, the contraction of the tensioning mechanism biasing the connected drifting MTEETDs to a separation less than the Critical Distance. at a separation less than the Critical Distance, no biasing force is applied to the respective connected drifting MTEEDTS by the separation restorative tether; and at a separation greater than the Critical Distance, a biasing force is applied by the associated separation restorative tether on the respective connected drifting MTEEDTS to bias said respective connected drifting MTEETDs to a separation less than the Critical Distance; wherein a relative movement of connected drifting MTEETDs that leads to a separation exceeding the Critical Distance of the associated separation restorative tether, horizontally expands the tensioning mechanism to transition the tensioning mechanism from an inert state having a neutral horizontal applied force to an energized state having a net horizontal applied force, the energized state characterized by the expansion of the tensioning mechanism to impart a buoyancy-related potential energy to a vertically displaceable element of the tensioning mechanism; and wherein a subsequent release of the buoyancy-related potential energy of the vertically displaceable element contracts the tensioning mechanism until the tensioning mechanism reaches its inert state, the contraction of the tensioning mechanism biasing the connected drifting MTEETDs to a separation less than the Critical Distance.
Process for cold spraying a layer on a substrate, in which process coating particles are accelerated with a convergent-divergent nozzle in a cold gas jet and deposited on the substrate, wherein the produced layer has a metallic first microstructure phase and a second microstructure phase made of a plastic, wherein use is made of coating particles which consist of a material forming the metallic microstructure phase and are provided with an encapsulation made of the plastic, characterized in that the coating particles are fed without an encapsulation to the nozzle or to a stagnation chamber arranged upstream thereof, and at the same time a dispersion of plastic particles is supplied, wherein the plastic particles have smaller dimensions than the coating particles and accumulate on the coating particles before the latter come into contact with the substrate.
Process for the manufacture of a reinforcement beam for a vehicle having at least one weakness zone arranged so that the strength of the beam at bending is lower at the level of that weakness zone than in the rest of the beam, having in order: - an extrusion step of a profile - a cutting step of the profile so as to obtain at least one segment of the profile - a localized deformation stage of the profile segment designed to create the weakness area(s). characterized in that the localized deformation stage of the profile segment is carried out by localized stripping in one of the lateral walls of the beam at the same time as a stacking operation of the profile segment by forming to give a curvature to the beam. - an extrusion step of a profile - a cutting step of the profile so as to obtain at least one segment of the profile - a localized deformation stage of the profile segment designed to create the weakness area(s).
A method for improving the operation safety of the smelt spout area of a recovery boiler, which smelt spout area comprises a working area, as well as several smelt spouts connected to the lower part of the boiler for directing the smelt from the boiler to a dissolving tank, characterized in several smelt spouts being separated from the working area by a shielding wall (8, 10) arranged movable in relation to the smelt spouts.
A screening apparatus of the pulp and paper industry, the screening apparatus comprising: - a conduit for feeding pulp into the screening apparatus, - a conduit for removing accept from the screening apparatus, and - a conduit for removing reject, characterized in that the screening apparatus further comprises: - a conduit for removal of heavy reject formed in a screening process, the conduit having a junk trap, and - a device for the external circulation of material, comprising an external circulation conduit (4, 5) arranged external to the screening apparatus, between the heavy reject removal conduit and the interior of the screening apparatus, so as to circulate material from the heavy reject removal conduit into the interior of the screening apparatus while passing heavy particles into the junk trap. - a conduit for feeding pulp into the screening apparatus, - a conduit for removing accept from the screening apparatus, and - a conduit for removing reject, - a conduit for removal of heavy reject formed in a screening process, the conduit having a junk trap, and - a device for the external circulation of material, comprising an external circulation conduit (4, 5) arranged external to the screening apparatus, between the heavy reject removal conduit and the interior of the screening apparatus, so as to circulate material from the heavy reject removal conduit into the interior of the screening apparatus while passing heavy particles into the junk trap.
A dual IC card comprising: an IC module that includes an IC chip having both a contact-type transmission function and a contactless-type transmission function, and a module substrate having an external terminal, which is a contact-type transmission portion, and a connecting coil, which is a contactless-type transmission portion; an antenna sheet that includes an antenna substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a coupling coil having a second surface coil provided on a second surface of the antenna substrate, the coupling coil being configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the connecting coil of the IC module, and an antenna coil connected to the coupling coil for contactless communication with a contactless-type external device; and a card body in a plate-shape which houses the antenna sheet and has a recess for accommodating the IC module, wherein at least part of the second surface coil is positioned inside a region in which the recess of the card body is formed when viewed in a thickness direction of the card body, wherein the coupling coil further includes a first surface coil provided on a first surface of the antenna substrate, and a connecting section that connects the first surface coil and the second surface coil, and the first surface coil is positioned outside a region of the card body in which the recess is formed when viewed in the thickness direction of the card body. an IC module that includes an IC chip having both a contact-type transmission function and a contactless-type transmission function, and a module substrate having an external terminal, which is a contact-type transmission portion, and a connecting coil, which is a contactless-type transmission portion; an antenna sheet that includes an antenna substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a coupling coil having a second surface coil provided on a second surface of the antenna substrate, the coupling coil being configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the connecting coil of the IC module, and an antenna coil connected to the coupling coil for contactless communication with a contactless-type external device; and a card body in a plate-shape which houses the antenna sheet and has a recess for accommodating the IC module, wherein at least part of the second surface coil is positioned inside a region in which the recess of the card body is formed when viewed in a thickness direction of the card body, wherein the coupling coil further includes a first surface coil provided on a first surface of the antenna substrate, and a connecting section that connects the first surface coil and the second surface coil, and the first surface coil is positioned outside a region of the card body in which the recess is formed when viewed in the thickness direction of the card body.
A system comprising screens with arranged solar modules and independently controlled intermediate screens, where the said screens are placed horizontally for shading of buildings, characterized in that, the screens with arranged solar modules and the intermediate screens are arranged alternately and guided in the same construction with levers (7,7A) and where the angle of the screens with arranged solar modules is controlled by a first lever such that the screens follow the trajectory of the sun by being rotated along a horizontal axis and the angle of the intermediate screens is controlled by a second lever.
A method for characterizing target compounds, with an analyzing system comprising a measurement chamber intended to receive target compounds contained in a fluid sample, in which measurement chamber are located a plurality of distinct sensitive sites each comprising receptors that are able to interact with the target compounds, the method comprising the following steps: • fluidically supplying a fluid sample to the measurement chamber, this comprising an injecting phase P 2 in which the fluid sample is formed from a carrier fluid and said target compounds; • determining, in the supplying step, at a measurement time t i, for each sensitive site, a measurement signal S k (t i) representative of the interactions between the target compounds and the receptors, k being the rank of the sensitive site in question, so as to obtain a measurement vector S(t i) formed from the measurement signals S k (t i) acquired at the measurement time t i; and • computing, at the measurement time t i, a normalized vector Sn(t i) from the measurement vector S(t i) at the measurement time t i, and from a norm ∥S(t i)∥ computed from the measurement vector S(t i) at the measurement time t i; characterized in that it furthermore comprises the following step: • reiterating the steps of determining measurement signals and of computing the normalized vector, while incrementing the measurement time, until a stability criterion is met, so as to obtain a characterization of the target compounds on the basis of the normalized vector Sn(t i) at the measurement time t i. • fluidically supplying a fluid sample to the measurement chamber, this comprising an injecting phase P 2 in which the fluid sample is formed from a carrier fluid and said target compounds; • determining, in the supplying step, at a measurement time t i, for each sensitive site, a measurement signal S k (t i) representative of the interactions between the target compounds and the receptors, k being the rank of the sensitive site in question, so as to obtain a measurement vector S(t i) formed from the measurement signals S k (t i) acquired at the measurement time t i; and • computing, at the measurement time t i, a normalized vector Sn(t i) from the measurement vector S(t i) at the measurement time t i, and from a norm ∥S(t i)∥ computed from the measurement vector S(t i) at the measurement time t i; • reiterating the steps of determining measurement signals and of computing the normalized vector, while incrementing the measurement time, until a stability criterion is met, so as to obtain a characterization of the target compounds on the basis of the normalized vector Sn(t i) at the measurement time t i.
A power tool comprising: - a housing, - an electric motor comprising a rotor, - a clutch comprising: a pressure plate configured to be rotatably driven by the rotor, a cam follower plate, a shaft (3a, 9a) rotationally fixed relative to the cam follower plate, and a preloaded resilient member arranged around the shaft (3a, 9a) and configured to press the cam follower plate against the pressure plate to rotationally fix the cam follower plate relative to the pressure plate; - a stationary body arranged around the shaft (3a, 9a) and being stationary relative to the housing, - an axial force sensor arranged on the stationary body, and - a thrust bearing or slip ring connected to the shaft (3a, 9a) and to the axial force sensor, wherein the resilient member exerts an axial force on the thrust bearing or slip ring, and wherein the axial force sensor is configured to detect the axial force and convert it to a measurement signal. - a housing, - an electric motor comprising a rotor, - a clutch comprising: a pressure plate configured to be rotatably driven by the rotor, a cam follower plate, a shaft (3a, 9a) rotationally fixed relative to the cam follower plate, and a preloaded resilient member arranged around the shaft (3a, 9a) and configured to press the cam follower plate against the pressure plate to rotationally fix the cam follower plate relative to the pressure plate; a pressure plate configured to be rotatably driven by the rotor, a cam follower plate, a shaft (3a, 9a) rotationally fixed relative to the cam follower plate, and a preloaded resilient member arranged around the shaft (3a, 9a) and configured to press the cam follower plate against the pressure plate to rotationally fix the cam follower plate relative to the pressure plate; - a stationary body arranged around the shaft (3a, 9a) and being stationary relative to the housing, - an axial force sensor arranged on the stationary body, and - a thrust bearing or slip ring connected to the shaft (3a, 9a) and to the axial force sensor,
A device for closing a tissue comprising: a closure device comprising an elongate body and a snare loop assembly at least partially housed within the elongate body, wherein the snare loop assembly comprises a snare, a suture loop, and a retention member, and wherein the suture loop is releasably coupled to the snare by the retention member; and a tensioning device, wherein the tensioning device comprises a suture attachment mechanism for coupling the tensioning device to a portion of the suture loop, characterized in that the tensioning device comprises a force gauge, and a force indicator (3106, 3122). a closure device comprising an elongate body and a snare loop assembly at least partially housed within the elongate body, wherein the snare loop assembly comprises a snare, a suture loop, and a retention member, and wherein the suture loop is releasably coupled to the snare by the retention member; and a tensioning device, wherein the tensioning device comprises a suture attachment mechanism for coupling the tensioning device to a portion of the suture loop, characterized in that the tensioning device comprises a force gauge, and a force indicator (3106, 3122).