mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A material discrimination system comprising: - a single broad energy band X-Ray source which projects a range of high energy X-rays of 1 MeV and above, towards an object, - a composite detector which is placed beyond the object, and which on bombardment by transmitted X-rays produces substantially simultaneously: a) a first component predominantly attributable to the higher energy component of the incident X-rays and b) a second component predominantly attributable to the lower energy component of the incident X-rays, - circuit means adapted to determine the light generated in scintillating crystals by the said two components, said circuit means corresponding to a read-out system which is coupled to the scintillating crystals for reading out the latter, - means for generating from the thus determined light numerical values relating thereto, - means for forming a ratio of one numerical value relative to the other - and a look-up table of atomic numbers and ratio value, the mean atomic number for material through which the X-rays have passed can be derived using the derived value of the said ratio, for the material in question, the material discrimination system including. A Linac, wherein the read-out system is synchronised to the Linac pulse, with one read-out cycle for each pulse, and the read-out system also samples the output from crystals between each Linac pulse, so as to provide signals indicative of noise and crystal persistence. - a single broad energy band X-Ray source which projects a range of high energy X-rays of 1 MeV and above, towards an object, - a composite detector which is placed beyond the object, and which on bombardment by transmitted X-rays produces substantially simultaneously: a) a first component predominantly attributable to the higher energy component of the incident X-rays and b) a second component predominantly attributable to the lower energy component of the incident X-rays, a) a first component predominantly attributable to the higher energy component of the incident X-rays and b) a second component predominantly attributable to the lower energy component of the incident X-rays, - circuit means adapted to determine the light generated in scintillating crystals by the said two components, said circuit means corresponding to a read-out system which is coupled to the scintillating crystals for reading out the latter, - means for generating from the thus determined light numerical values relating thereto, - means for forming a ratio of one numerical value relative to the other - and a look-up table of atomic numbers and ratio value, the mean atomic number for material through which the X-rays have passed can be derived using the derived value of the said ratio, for the material in question, the material discrimination system including. A Linac, wherein the read-out system is synchronised to the Linac pulse, with one read-out cycle for each pulse, and the read-out system also samples the output from crystals between each Linac pulse, so as to provide signals indicative of noise and crystal persistence.
A method of insulating a portable spa (11, 111) comprising: inverting the portable spa (11, 111); providing a sealing plate comprising a flat interior surface having at least one openable pivotally mounted door positioned thereon; lowering said sealing plate onto an open bottom surface of the inverted spa (11, 111); opening said at least one door; inserting a glass wool installation apparatus into an opening revealed when said door is opened; employing said apparatus to install glass wool insulation into the interior of said portable spa (11, 111); and lifting the sealing plate off the bottom surface of the spa (11, 111). inverting the portable spa (11, 111); providing a sealing plate comprising a flat interior surface having at least one openable pivotally mounted door positioned thereon; lowering said sealing plate onto an open bottom surface of the inverted spa (11, 111); opening said at least one door; inserting a glass wool installation apparatus into an opening revealed when said door is opened; employing said apparatus to install glass wool insulation into the interior of said portable spa (11, 111); and lifting the sealing plate off the bottom surface of the spa (11, 111).
A method to make a Java Card applet package useable as a library package, comprising: - converting the applet package, said conversion generating a first combination of a first Converted Applet, CAP, file and a first export file, and deleting the first export file if said export file contains Shareable Interface Objects, SIO; - converting the applet package without specifying any applet, said conversion generating a second combination of a second CAP file and a second export file, said second export file containing all public classes and methods including SIO if any, and deleting the second CAP file; and, - merging the second export file with the first CAP file to generate a third combination of the first CAP file and the second export file, said third combination having both a library capability and an applet package capability. - converting the applet package, said conversion generating a first combination of a first Converted Applet, CAP, file and a first export file, and deleting the first export file if said export file contains Shareable Interface Objects, SIO; - converting the applet package without specifying any applet, said conversion generating a second combination of a second CAP file and a second export file, said second export file containing all public classes and methods including SIO if any, and deleting the second CAP file; and, - merging the second export file with the first CAP file to generate a third combination of the first CAP file and the second export file, said third combination having both a library capability and an applet package capability.
A method for enhancing the dielectric properties of an electrical cable segment having a central stranded conductor encased in a polymeric insulation jacket and having an interstitial void volume in the region of said conductor, said method comprising: filling said interstitial void volume with at least one dielectric property-enhancing fluid at a pressure below the elastic limit of said polymeric insulation jacket; and characterized by subsequently confining said dielectric property-enhancing fluid within said interstitial void volume at an initial residual pressure greater than about 3.447 bar above atmospheric pressure (50 psig), said pressure being imposed along the entire length of said segment and being below said elastic limit. filling said interstitial void volume with at least one dielectric property-enhancing fluid at a pressure below the elastic limit of said polymeric insulation jacket; and characterized by subsequently confining said dielectric property-enhancing fluid within said interstitial void volume at an initial residual pressure greater than about 3.447 bar above atmospheric pressure (50 psig), said pressure being imposed along the entire length of said segment and being below said elastic limit.
A process for manufacturing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid comprising: oxidizing a substituted aromatic compound in a reaction zone to form a crude aromatic carboxylic acid and a gaseous stream; heating the crude aromatic carboxylic acid in a pre-heating zone; contacting the crude aromatic carboxylic acid with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid; crystalizing the purified aromatic carboxylic acid in a crystallization zone to form a slurry stream comprising solid purified aromatic carboxylic acid and a vapor stream, wherein the vapor stream comprises steam and hydrogen; recovering a purified carboxylic acid product from the slurry; directing at least a portion of the vapor stream to the pre-heating zone in order to heat the crude aromatic carboxylic acid; venting at least a portion of the vapor stream from the pre-heating zone to an off-gas treatment zone, the off-gas treatment zone configured to treat at least a portion of the gaseous stream formed by the oxidation of the substituted aromatic compound; and recovering energy from the vapor stream in the off-gas treatment zone. oxidizing a substituted aromatic compound in a reaction zone to form a crude aromatic carboxylic acid and a gaseous stream; heating the crude aromatic carboxylic acid in a pre-heating zone; contacting the crude aromatic carboxylic acid with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid; crystalizing the purified aromatic carboxylic acid in a crystallization zone to form a slurry stream comprising solid purified aromatic carboxylic acid and a vapor stream, wherein the vapor stream comprises steam and hydrogen; recovering a purified carboxylic acid product from the slurry; directing at least a portion of the vapor stream to the pre-heating zone in order to heat the crude aromatic carboxylic acid; venting at least a portion of the vapor stream from the pre-heating zone to an off-gas treatment zone, the off-gas treatment zone configured to treat at least a portion of the gaseous stream formed by the oxidation of the substituted aromatic compound; and recovering energy from the vapor stream in the off-gas treatment zone.
A method for detecting the presence of a target nucleic acid comprising: (a) contacting a sample with a first cleavable probe, said probe comprising, from 5' to 3', (i) a first sequence region comprising at least one non-natural nucleotide labeled with a first member of a reporter-quencher pair; (ii) a second sequence region; (iii) a sequence that is the reverse complement of the second sequence region; and (iv) a sequence that is complementary to a first region on a first strand of the target nucleic acid; (b) hybridizing the cleavable probe and an upstream primer to the target nucleic acid, and performing extension using a polymerase possessing 5' nuclease activity; (c) extending the upstream primer until contacting the cleavable probe with the polymerase possessing nuclease activity, thereby cleaving the probe that is hybridized to the target nucleic acid to form a truncated cleaved probe; (d) allowing the truncated cleaved probe to hybridize to itself to form a hairpin probe; (e) extending the hairpin probe in the presence of a non-natural nucleotide that is labeled with a second member of the reporter-quencher pair and is capable of base-pairing with the at least one non-natural nucleotide of the first sequence region; and (f) detecting the target nucleic acid by detecting a change in signal from the label on the extended hairpin probe. (a) contacting a sample with a first cleavable probe, said probe comprising, from 5' to 3', (i) a first sequence region comprising at least one non-natural nucleotide labeled with a first member of a reporter-quencher pair; (ii) a second sequence region; (iii) a sequence that is the reverse complement of the second sequence region; and (iv) a sequence that is complementary to a first region on a first strand of the target nucleic acid; (b) hybridizing the cleavable probe and an upstream primer to the target nucleic acid, and performing extension using a polymerase possessing 5' nuclease activity; (c) extending the upstream primer until contacting the cleavable probe with the polymerase possessing nuclease activity, thereby cleaving the probe that is hybridized to the target nucleic acid to form a truncated cleaved probe; (d) allowing the truncated cleaved probe to hybridize to itself to form a hairpin probe; (e) extending the hairpin probe in the presence of a non-natural nucleotide that is labeled with a second member of the reporter-quencher pair and is capable of base-pairing with the at least one non-natural nucleotide of the first sequence region; and (f) detecting the target nucleic acid by detecting a change in signal from the label on the extended hairpin probe.
A laser system (108, 860) for generating optical pulses at an operating wavelength of the laser system, the system having an optical resonator (158, 832, 1000, 1200, 1300, 1400) comprising: first and second reflectors (1013, 1015, 1213, 1215, 1313, 1315, 1413, 1415); and a tapered optical fiber (412, 512, 834, 1050, 1250, 1350, 1450, 1550) disposed between the first and second reflectors and having a core which has a tapered input section which tapers from single mode to multimode at the laser operating wavelength, an inner section (440, 550) of substantially constant diameter capable of supporting multiple modes at the laser operating wavelength and a tapered output section which tapers from a first diameter to a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, wherein the tapered input section and/or the tapered output section comprise a nonlinear taper profile. first and second reflectors (1013, 1015, 1213, 1215, 1313, 1315, 1413, 1415); and a tapered optical fiber (412, 512, 834, 1050, 1250, 1350, 1450, 1550) disposed between the first and second reflectors and having a core which has a tapered input section which tapers from single mode to multimode at the laser operating wavelength, an inner section (440, 550) of substantially constant diameter capable of supporting multiple modes at the laser operating wavelength and a tapered output section which tapers from a first diameter to a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, wherein the tapered input section and/or the tapered output section comprise a nonlinear taper profile.
Method for ascertaining a state of a moving platform in relation to a reference surface, the method having the steps of: capturing a first distance value between the moving platform and the reference surface, wherein the first distance value is the shortest distance between the moving platform and the reference surface; ascertaining a second distance value between the moving platform and the reference surface on the basis of a model of the reference surface and a position of the moving platform relative to the reference surface, wherein the second distance value has the shortest distance between the reference surface and the moving platform; determining a difference between the first distance value and the second distance value; using the difference as a residuum and rating the residuum in order to align a depiction of a state of the moving platform with the state of the moving platform; ascertaining a reference point on the reference surface in the model of the reference surface on the basis of the position of the moving platform in relation to the model of the reference surface, wherein the reference point has the shortest distance between the reference surface and the moving platform from the moving platform; characterized in that the method furthermore has the following step: determining a tangential plane adjacent to the reference point, so that a connecting line between the moving platform and the reference point intersects the tangential plane at right angles, as a result of which the tangential plane, starting from the reference point, is provided as an approximation of the surface of the reference surface. capturing a first distance value between the moving platform and the reference surface, wherein the first distance value is the shortest distance between the moving platform and the reference surface; ascertaining a second distance value between the moving platform and the reference surface on the basis of a model of the reference surface and a position of the moving platform relative to the reference surface, wherein the second distance value has the shortest distance between the reference surface and the moving platform; determining a difference between the first distance value and the second distance value; using the difference as a residuum and rating the residuum in order to align a depiction of a state of the moving platform with the state of the moving platform; ascertaining a reference point on the reference surface in the model of the reference surface on the basis of the position of the moving platform in relation to the model of the reference surface, wherein the reference point has the shortest distance between the reference surface and the moving platform from the moving platform; characterized in that the method furthermore has the following step: determining a tangential plane adjacent to the reference point, so that a connecting line between the moving platform and the reference point intersects the tangential plane at right angles, as a result of which the tangential plane, starting from the reference point, is provided as an approximation of the surface of the reference surface.
A flexible actuation assembly for an aircraft component, comprising: a flexible linkage including at least one primary element, the at least one primary element coupled to at least one locking pin of the flexible actuation assembly via at least one interlocking assembly, the flexible linkage coupled to an actuator of an aircraft component, the flexible linkage configured to retract the at least one locking pin from a lock position when a load applied to the actuator is translated through the flexible linkage, the flexible linkage being fabricated from a material with a spring force able to return the at least one locking pin to the lock position when the load is removed from the actuator. a flexible linkage including at least one primary element, the at least one primary element coupled to at least one locking pin of the flexible actuation assembly via at least one interlocking assembly, the flexible linkage coupled to an actuator of an aircraft component, the flexible linkage configured to retract the at least one locking pin from a lock position when a load applied to the actuator is translated through the flexible linkage, the flexible linkage being fabricated from a material with a spring force able to return the at least one locking pin to the lock position when the load is removed from the actuator.
An aircraft engine apparatus (1, 100, 200, 300) comprising: a compressor; a combustor; a turbine a rotating shaft coupled to the turbine; a fan that includes a fan hub and a plurality of fan blades coupled to the fan hub such that the fan blades are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction and extend in a radial manner, the fan being driven by the rotating shaft; a fan case surrounding the fan from outside in a radial direction of the rotating shaft; a nose cone (13, 213) disposed upstream of the fan; a casing that accommodates at least part of the rotating shaft and supports the fan case; a coupling member (9,109) that transmits motive force of the rotating shaft to the fan and is a hollow member extending in an axial direction of the rotating shaft; a transmission that is disposed downstream of the fan and couples the rotating shaft to the coupling member (9, 109); and a support member (12, 112) disposed inward of the coupling member in the radial direction, the support member (12, 112) coupling the nose cone (13, 213) to the casing such that the support member (12, 112) supports the nose cone (13, 213) in a stationary state, characterized in that the fan is disposed upstream of the compressor and the transmission is disposed downstream of a downstream end of the fan and upstream of the compressor, and wherein the coupling member (9, 109) extends upstream of the transmission and is coupled to the fan. a compressor; a combustor; a turbine a rotating shaft coupled to the turbine; a fan that includes a fan hub and a plurality of fan blades coupled to the fan hub such that the fan blades are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction and extend in a radial manner, the fan being driven by the rotating shaft; a fan case surrounding the fan from outside in a radial direction of the rotating shaft; a nose cone (13, 213) disposed upstream of the fan; a casing that accommodates at least part of the rotating shaft and supports the fan case; a coupling member (9,109) that transmits motive force of the rotating shaft to the fan and is a hollow member extending in an axial direction of the rotating shaft; a transmission that is disposed downstream of the fan and couples the rotating shaft to the coupling member (9, 109); and a support member (12, 112) disposed inward of the coupling member in the radial direction, the support member (12, 112) coupling the nose cone (13, 213) to the casing such that the support member (12, 112) supports the nose cone (13, 213) in a stationary state, characterized in that the fan is disposed upstream of the compressor and the transmission is disposed downstream of a downstream end of the fan and upstream of the compressor, and wherein the coupling member (9, 109) extends upstream of the transmission and is coupled to the fan.
An RFID device for communicating with at least one RFID transponder, comprising a transmitter, a receiver, a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna for transmitting and receiving RFID signals, as well as a control and evaluation unit, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to respectively transmit and receive an RFID signal in one of a plurality of frequency channels, characterized in that the control and evaluation unit is further configured to carry out an intensity adaptation of the RFID signal as a function of the frequency channel used for transmission and reception, and to ensure, by means of the intensity adaptation, an intensity that is independent of the frequency channel used.
First-fail-safe electromotive furniture drive comprising: at least one drive unit with at least one motor (4.1); at least one actuating device with at least two actuating units (12, 13) which each have at least one respective motor contact element (12.1; 13.1); at least one supply unit; and at least one safety device, wherein the furniture drive has at least one safety actuating device which comprises at least one first main safety contact element (25.1) and at least a second main safety contact element (25.2), to which it is mechanically coupled, and wherein the switching contacts of the first main safety contact element (25.1) and the switching contacts of the second main safety contact element (25.2) are configured as electromagnetic contacts for influencing the state of the safety device, characterized in that the at least one first main safety contact element (25.1) and the at least one second main safety contact element (25.2) together with the safety device form a self-locking circuit. at least one drive unit with at least one motor (4.1); at least one actuating device with at least two actuating units (12, 13) which each have at least one respective motor contact element (12.1; 13.1); at least one supply unit; and at least one safety device, wherein the furniture drive has at least one safety actuating device which comprises at least one first main safety contact element (25.1) and at least a second main safety contact element (25.2), to which it is mechanically coupled, and wherein the switching contacts of the first main safety contact element (25.1) and the switching contacts of the second main safety contact element (25.2) are configured as electromagnetic contacts for influencing the state of the safety device,