mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Device for use in preventing and/or treating a dandruff condition of the scalp, comprising: - a member for producing a cold atmospheric plasma, which makes it possible to expose the scalp to the plasma, - a guide configured so as to bear against the scalp and to allow said member to move relative to the scalp at a predefined distance therefrom, the distance being between 2 and 6 mm. - a member for producing a cold atmospheric plasma, which makes it possible to expose the scalp to the plasma, - a guide configured so as to bear against the scalp and to allow said member to move relative to the scalp at a predefined distance therefrom, the distance being between 2 and 6 mm.
A variable position gas trap apparatus to separate gases entrained in drilling fluid in a tank, which apparatus comprises: - a gas trap attached to a carriage; - a frame attached to said tank characterised in that said carriage includes at least one guide tube (22/23) and said frame includes at least one guide rod (28/30) and wherein said guide tube (22/23) is moveable with respect to said guide rod; and in that the apparatus comprises: - a feedback control loop responsive to changes in the level of said drilling fluid in said tank; and - means to mechanically and automatically move said carriage with respect to said frame in response to said feedback control loop. - a gas trap attached to a carriage; - a frame attached to said tank characterised in that said carriage includes at least one guide tube (22/23) and said frame includes at least one guide rod (28/30) and wherein said guide tube (22/23) is moveable with respect to said guide rod; and in that the apparatus comprises: - a feedback control loop responsive to changes in the level of said drilling fluid in said tank; and - means to mechanically and automatically move said carriage with respect to said frame in response to said feedback control loop.
Pressing device for a machine tool for machining workpieces made from wood, plastic and the like, particularly a moulding machine, having at least one pressing element, which is fastened on at least one support (30, 31) and can be clamped on the support (30, 31) by means of at least one wedge-shaped clamping device (72, 73, 77), which has at least one adjusting element, which acts on at least one wedge-shaped thrust piece, a wedge-shaped surface of which bears against a mating wedge-shaped surface of the support (30, 31), characterized in that the wedge-shaped thrust piece is penetrated by a stud bolt with radial play.
A multivalent immunogenic composition comprising the supernatant of a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo) culture; and a porcine circovirus type 2 antigen, wherein the supernatant of the M.hyo culture has been separated from insoluble cellular material by centrifugation, filtration or precipitation and is free of both (i) IgG and (ii) immunocomplexes comprised of antigen bound to immunoglobulin.
Method for accelerating the equilibration of a liquid, preferably a reference liquid of an analyzer, whose liquid surface is in contact with a gas phase, wherein the liquid and the gas phase are accommodated in a flexible, gas-tight bag of a cartridge which can be used interchangeably in an analyzer, characterised in that the energy of a mechanical oscillation of an actuator element is introduced into the liquid present in the flexible bag, wherein the introduction of the mechanical energy takes place via at least one wall area of the flexible bag which is in contact with the actuator element.
Galvanic plating device of a horizontal galvanic plating processing line for galvanic metal, in particular copper, deposition; wherein said galvanic plating device comprises at least a first galvanic plating module, which is arranged below a transport level of a substrate to be treated, and at least a plating clamp arranged on a first side of the galvanic plating device; wherein said first galvanic plating module comprises at least an electrolyte nozzle and at least an anode element inside of said galvanic plating module, characterized in that said galvanic plating module further comprises at least a covering plate having a plurality of openings arranged above the anode element and the electrolyte nozzle, and wherein the galvanic plating device further comprises at least a substrate guiding element (7,7') arranged on the surface of the covering plate of the galvanic plating module, wherein said substrate guiding element (7, 7') is in conjunction with said surface of the covering plate of the galvanic plating module.
A method for manufacturing a Sn-plated material comprising forming a Ni or Ni-alloy plated layer consisting of Ni or a Ni-alloy having a thickness of 0.2 to 1.5 μm, a Cu or Cu-alloy plated layer (3, 4) consisting of Cu or a Cu-alloy having a thickness of 0.05 to 1.2 μm, and a Sn or Sn-alloy plated layer consisting of Sn or a Sn-alloy having a thickness of 0.3 to 1.7 μm in this order on the surface of copper or a copper alloy; and performing a reflow process in which the highest reached temperature of the plated material is 250 to 350°C, the time from when the surface Sn layer is melted till when the surface Sn layer is solidified by cooling is 0.5 to 5 seconds, and the total reflow time is 5 to 15 seconds, the total reflow time being determined by measuring the time from when the temperature of the plated material reaches 50°C till when the temperature returns to 50°C after reaching the reflow temperature.
A method for measuring variations in the copy number of a chromosome, a gene or a specific nucleotide sequence in a test sample, comprising the steps of: (a) mixing a reference homozygous DNA with a test sample DNA in a ratio of 1:1 and amplifying the resulting DNA mixture; (b) hybridizing the amplified homozygous and test sample DNA to an SNP array; (c) detecting hybridization signals for SNP alleles from the homozygous DNA and test sample DNA and measuring a signal ratio thereof; and (d) comparing the hybridization signal ratio of SNP alleles from the homozygous DNA with that from the test sample DNA and determining the presence of copy number variations, wherein if a SNP of the test sample DNA is homozygous but has a nucleotide base that is different from the corresponding SNP allele of the reference homozygous DNA, the signal ratio from such SNP alleles having no copy number variation is 1:1 and that having copy number variation is not 1:1, and wherein if the SNP allele of the test sample DNA includes heterozygous alleles, the signal ratio from such SNP alleles having no copy number variation is 1:3 or 3:1 and that having a copy number variation is not 1:3 or 3:1. (a) mixing a reference homozygous DNA with a test sample DNA in a ratio of 1:1 and amplifying the resulting DNA mixture; (b) hybridizing the amplified homozygous and test sample DNA to an SNP array; (c) detecting hybridization signals for SNP alleles from the homozygous DNA and test sample DNA and measuring a signal ratio thereof; and (d) comparing the hybridization signal ratio of SNP alleles from the homozygous DNA with that from the test sample DNA and determining the presence of copy number variations, wherein if a SNP of the test sample DNA is homozygous but has a nucleotide base that is different from the corresponding SNP allele of the reference homozygous DNA, the signal ratio from such SNP alleles having no copy number variation is 1:1 and that having copy number variation is not 1:1, and wherein if the SNP allele of the test sample DNA includes heterozygous alleles, the signal ratio from such SNP alleles having no copy number variation is 1:3 or 3:1 and that having a copy number variation is not 1:3 or 3:1.
A method for producing acrylamide using a biocatalyst to produce acrylamide continuously from acrylonitrile, wherein continuous reactions are conducted in N number of reaction vessels, "N" being a whole number of 2 or greater, that are connected in series, characterized in that acrylamide is introduced in advance at least into the first, farthest upstream reaction vessel prior to initiating the continuous reactions, and then continuous reactions are initiated by bringing acrylonitrile into contact with the biocatalyst. wherein continuous reactions are conducted in N number of reaction vessels, "N" being a whole number of 2 or greater, that are connected in series, characterized in that acrylamide is introduced in advance at least into the first, farthest upstream reaction vessel prior to initiating the continuous reactions, and then continuous reactions are initiated by bringing acrylonitrile into contact with the biocatalyst.
A method for construction of a directional cDNA library comprising: a. synthesizing first and second strand cDNA from template RNA, wherein either first strand cDNA or second strand cDNA synthesis comprises incorporating a modified dNTP, to generate double stranded cDNA; b. performing end repair on the double-stranded cDNA; c. ligating adaptors to the double-stranded cDNA, wherein only one of the adaptors has the modified dNTP incorporated into a ligation strand of the adaptor; d. performing gap repair; and e. selectively cleaving the first or the second strand cDNA and the adaptor that has the modified dNTP by a suitable cleavage agent, thereby generating a directional cDNA library comprising the first or the second strand cDNA. a. synthesizing first and second strand cDNA from template RNA, wherein either first strand cDNA or second strand cDNA synthesis comprises incorporating a modified dNTP, to generate double stranded cDNA; b. performing end repair on the double-stranded cDNA; c. ligating adaptors to the double-stranded cDNA, wherein only one of the adaptors has the modified dNTP incorporated into a ligation strand of the adaptor; d. performing gap repair; and e. selectively cleaving the first or the second strand cDNA and the adaptor that has the modified dNTP by a suitable cleavage agent, thereby generating a directional cDNA library comprising the first or the second strand cDNA.
A tire comprising a tire tread comprising a bio-oil-containing rubber composition, comprising 1 to 200 phr of bio-oil produced by a recombinant cell, at least one rubber including at least one diene monomer-containing polymer or copolymer, 5 to 200 phr of at least one reinforcing filler, and a cure package, wherein the at least one rubber including at least one diene monomer-containing polymer or copolymer includes at least 51% by weight of high cis polybutadiene. 1 to 200 phr of bio-oil produced by a recombinant cell, at least one rubber including at least one diene monomer-containing polymer or copolymer, 5 to 200 phr of at least one reinforcing filler, and a cure package, wherein the at least one rubber including at least one diene monomer-containing polymer or copolymer includes at least 51% by weight of high cis polybutadiene. a cure package, wherein the at least one rubber including at least one diene monomer-containing polymer or copolymer includes at least 51% by weight of high cis polybutadiene.
A compressor device, with a compressor arrangement (6; 90; 110) in which a working medium is periodically compressed by a compressor element (18; 18, 92; 18, 112) that moves back and forth, and a drive device that is mechanically connected to the compressor element (18; 18, 92; 18, 112) via a coupling rod, characterized in that the end of the coupling rod that faces away from the drive device is constructed as a compressor element, and that the compressor arrangement (6; 90; 110) is connected to a compensation container for a working medium.
A miniature circuit breaker, comprising a button mechanism, a circuit breaker housing, and an anti-switching-on mechanism, the button mechanism is arranged at one end of the circuit breaker housing and is in sliding fit with the circuit breaker housing, the anti-switching-on mechanism comprises a first locking member, the first locking member is pivotally arranged on the circuit breaker housing, one end of the first locking member is in locking fit with the button mechanism to prevent the button mechanism from moving towards a switching-on direction, and after the miniature circuit breaker is assembled to an assembly position of the circuit breaker and installed in place, a housing at the assembly position of the circuit breaker acts on the first locking member, so that after the first locking member is unlocked from the button mechanism, the button mechanism is capable of moving towards the switching-on direction for a switching-on operation; the button mechanism comprises a button head, a button body, and a first connecting rod, the button head is located on one side of the button body for a user to operate the button mechanism, the first connecting rod is in transmission connection with the button body, one end of the first connecting rod is inserted into the button body, the other end of the first connecting rod is connected with the operating mechanism; characterized in that the first locking member is in locking fit with the first connecting rod, which prevents the button mechanism from moving towards the switching-on direction, and when the first locking member is unlocked from the first connecting rod, the button mechanism is capable of moving towards the switching-on direction and performing the switching-on operation, the button mechanism drives the operating mechanism to act through the first connecting rod, thus connecting the moving contact with the static contact.
Mobile apparatus for filtering air, having a housing which has a front side of laminar design, into which a surface filter is installed, and having a fan within the housing, which fan generates a flow of unfiltered air through the surface filter and blows it out filtered through an outlet opening which is situated at another location of the housing, wherein a window which covers the intake region of the surface filter parallel to the flow is connected to the housing, through which window operations which occur or are carried out in the intake region can be observed, wherein the window is connected pivotably to the housing in the form of a cover, characterized in that the cover comprises a framed, transparent pane.
A vehicle lamp with a lamp interior, which is at least partially enclosed by a lamp housing and a light lens, and which accommodates a lighting means with a luminous surface formed by a pixel field, wherein: - each pixel of the pixel field comprises an optical body with a light emitting surface at the front and a light incoupling surface at the back, as well as a side surface connecting the light incoupling surface and the light emitting surface to each other, - at least the side surface of the optical body of each pixel is mirrored, - at least one individually controllable LED is assigned as a light source to the light incoupling surface of the optical body of each pixel, and - the optical bodies consist of a volume scattering material. - each pixel of the pixel field comprises an optical body with a light emitting surface at the front and a light incoupling surface at the back, as well as a side surface connecting the light incoupling surface and the light emitting surface to each other, - at least the side surface of the optical body of each pixel is mirrored, - at least one individually controllable LED is assigned as a light source to the light incoupling surface of the optical body of each pixel, and - the optical bodies consist of a volume scattering material.
An interfacing apparatus between a pneumatic mail system and a laboratory automation system, comprising a transfer device of biological product containers arriving from the pneumatic mail system inside capsules comprising an inner chamber, characterised in that said transfer device comprising a surface for said containers with two cavities, a piston, transferring means and further two hopper devices (18a, 18b), wherein said interfacing apparatus comprises said capsules arriving from said pneumatic mail system, each of said capsules comprising an upper flange and a lower flange working as a closing plug suitable for passing an inner chamber of said capsule from a closed position, suitable for withholding in sealing manner said biological product containers inside the inner chamber of the capsule, to an opened position, suitable for opening said inner chamber of the capsule by moving vertically the piston of said transfer device to engage said lower flange and transporting said lower flange to a lower position of said piston where the transferring means (13, 130) of said transfer device are suitable for transferring said biological product containers to a selected of two cavities (16a, 16b) of said surface according to an information provided by a Laboratory Information System of said laboratory automation system, and each one of said at least two cavities (16a, 16b) of said surface is connected to one of said two hopper devices (18a, 18b) suitable for supplying said biological product containers to said laboratory automation system.
An assay for detecting a target molecule comprising: a. Incubating a substrate potentially comprising at least one target molecule with detectably labeled magnetic nanoparticle complexes, wherein said MNP complexes comprise MNP having a diameter smaller than 50 nm associated with a capture molecule capable of binding directly or indirectly to said target molecule, wherein the incubation is performed while applying magnetic field; and b. Subjecting the incubated substrate to a detection step; whereby the presence of a detection signal is indicative of the presence of the target molecule and the signal intensity is indicative of the amount of the target molecule. a. Incubating a substrate potentially comprising at least one target molecule with detectably labeled magnetic nanoparticle complexes, wherein said MNP complexes comprise MNP having a diameter smaller than 50 nm associated with a capture molecule capable of binding directly or indirectly to said target molecule, wherein the incubation is performed while applying magnetic field; and b. Subjecting the incubated substrate to a detection step;
A composition-eluting balloon catheter having a proximal and distal end, comprising an elongated catheter tube with an inflation lumen extending therewithin and at least one inflatable balloon having a central longitudinal balloon axis (B-B') towards the distal end in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, wherein: - the balloon in the uninflated condition is configured as a one or a plurality of folded wings (10', 10"), and - composition (12', 12") is provided essentially exclusively within the folds of the wings (10', 10") in such a manner that release of the composition is reduced or prevented until after inflation of the balloon has commenced, characterized in that - the balloon in the folded condition is further provided with a relief structure comprising at least one groove on the outer surface of the folded wings (10', 10") of the balloon, configured to substantially reduce in depth in an inflated state of the balloon, - wherein the at least one groove crosses the outer edge of at least one folded wing (10', 10") and - whereby each and every groove is essentially devoid of composition (12', 12"), and - whereby the at least one groove extends at a predetermined angle with regard to the longitudinal axis of the balloon. - the balloon in the uninflated condition is configured as a one or a plurality of folded wings (10', 10"), and - composition (12', 12") is provided essentially exclusively within the folds of the wings (10', 10") in such a manner that release of the composition is reduced or prevented until after inflation of the balloon has commenced, characterized in that - the balloon in the folded condition is further provided with a relief structure comprising at least one groove on the outer surface of the folded wings (10', 10") of the balloon, configured to substantially reduce in depth in an inflated state of the balloon, - wherein the at least one groove crosses the outer edge of at least one folded wing (10', 10") and - whereby each and every groove is essentially devoid of composition (12', 12"), and - whereby the at least one groove extends at a predetermined angle with regard to the longitudinal axis of the balloon.
A display device comprising: a substrate including a display area provided with pixels, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area and including pads; an encapsulation film covering the pixels disposed in the display area, wherein the encapsulation film includes at least one inorganic film (281, 283) and an organic film; a dam structure disposed between the display area and the pads so as to prevent the flow of the organic film, wherein a first sidewall of the dam structure facing the display area is in contact with the organic film; a first metal pattern having at least a portion disposed in the non-display area and said at least portion being positioned on the encapsulation film at a location not overlying the dam structure; an insulating layer provided on the first metal pattern and the dam structure, the insulating layer provided to cover the dam structure to reduce a step difference caused by the dam structure; and a second metal pattern disposed on the insulating layer and overlapping the dam structure, the second metal pattern being in contact with the first metal pattern. a substrate including a display area provided with pixels, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area and including pads; an encapsulation film covering the pixels disposed in the display area, wherein the encapsulation film includes at least one inorganic film (281, 283) and an organic film; a dam structure disposed between the display area and the pads so as to prevent the flow of the organic film, wherein a first sidewall of the dam structure facing the display area is in contact with the organic film; a first metal pattern having at least a portion disposed in the non-display area and said at least portion being positioned on the encapsulation film at a location not overlying the dam structure; an insulating layer provided on the first metal pattern and the dam structure, the insulating layer provided to cover the dam structure to reduce a step difference caused by the dam structure; and a second metal pattern disposed on the insulating layer and overlapping the dam structure, the second metal pattern being in contact with the first metal pattern.
A method of extracting a corn embryo, comprising: a. obtaining an isolated corn kernel removed from a cob, the corn kernel having a proximal end and an opposed distal end, wherein, prior to removal of the corn kernel from the cob, the proximal end of the corn kernel is attached to the cob and the distal end of the corn kernel is spaced from the cob; b. positioning the corn kernel in a desired orientation; c. removing at least a portion of the proximal end of the corn kernel to form an opening in the corn kernel; d. applying force to extract the corn embryo through the opening of the corn kernel; and e. collecting the corn embryo. a. obtaining an isolated corn kernel removed from a cob, the corn kernel having a proximal end and an opposed distal end, wherein, prior to removal of the corn kernel from the cob, the proximal end of the corn kernel is attached to the cob and the distal end of the corn kernel is spaced from the cob; b. positioning the corn kernel in a desired orientation; c. removing at least a portion of the proximal end of the corn kernel to form an opening in the corn kernel; d. applying force to extract the corn embryo through the opening of the corn kernel; and e. collecting the corn embryo.