mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A rupture disk for use in a fluid control system, the rupture disk comprising: a membrane; and a compressible flange, around a perimeter of the membrane, wherein the flange defines at least one perimetrically extending void which allows significant expansion of the flange to achieved parallel to the disk when the flange is compressed perpendicularly to the disk, wherein the flange is arranged such that, when the rupture disk is installed in a housing that comprises an axially-extending mating surface, the rupture disk is configured to expand in a radial direction when an axial compression force is applied to the flange, so as to establish a seal between the rupture disk and the axially-extending mating surface, and wherein the rupture disk is a single monolithic structure formed of a homogeneous material. a membrane; and a compressible flange, around a perimeter of the membrane, wherein the flange defines at least one perimetrically extending void which allows significant expansion of the flange to achieved parallel to the disk when the flange is compressed perpendicularly to the disk, wherein the flange is arranged such that, when the rupture disk is installed in a housing that comprises an axially-extending mating surface, the rupture disk is configured to expand in a radial direction when an axial compression force is applied to the flange, so as to establish a seal between the rupture disk and the axially-extending mating surface, and
Curing press for a tyre blank, the press being characterized in that it comprises: - a frame, - a plurality of circumferentially distributed segments capable of forming a tread of the tyre, each of these segments having at least one opening, and - for each segment, at least one tie rod mounted slidably and rotatably in the opening of the segment on the one hand, and hinged to the frame on the other hand, this mounting and hinging forming the only connections of the tie rod to elements of the press other than the tie rod. - a frame, - a plurality of circumferentially distributed segments capable of forming a tread of the tyre, each of these segments having at least one opening, and - for each segment, at least one tie rod mounted slidably and rotatably in the opening of the segment on the one hand, and hinged to the frame on the other hand, this mounting and hinging forming the only connections of the tie rod to elements of the press other than the tie rod.
A device comprising a sample handling buffer and a conveyor (16, 32), the sample handling buffer being configured to remove a clinical sample carried in a sample carrier on the conveyor (16, 32) and to present the sample to a sample processing station proximate said conveyor, the buffer comprising: a sample carrier holder proximate said conveyor and having a number of carrier zones formed therein, said zones sized to accept a sample carrier; a carrier shuttle having a carrier escapement device adapted to capture a sample carrier on the conveyor, the shuttle operable to transfer the captured sample carrier into one of the carrier zones; an actuator adapted to place the captured sample carrier proximate said sample processing station, wherein the conveyor (16, 32) comprises a pair of parallel tracks and wherein said carrier shuttle is further capable of removing said sample carrier from either of said tracks, and wherein said carrier shuttle is further capable of replacing and releasing said sample carrier onto either of said tracks, characterized in that the buffer further comprises pawls configured to transfer the captured sample carrier into and out of said sample processing station. a sample carrier holder proximate said conveyor and having a number of carrier zones formed therein, said zones sized to accept a sample carrier; a carrier shuttle having a carrier escapement device adapted to capture a sample carrier on the conveyor, the shuttle operable to transfer the captured sample carrier into one of the carrier zones; an actuator adapted to place the captured sample carrier proximate said sample processing station, wherein the conveyor (16, 32) comprises a pair of parallel tracks and wherein said carrier shuttle is further capable of removing said sample carrier from either of said tracks, and wherein said carrier shuttle is further capable of replacing and releasing said sample carrier onto either of said tracks, characterized in that the buffer further comprises pawls configured to transfer the captured sample carrier into and out of said sample processing station.
A seed sampling system comprising: an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seed; an automated seed sampling assembly comprising multiple samplers operable to remove tissue samples from the singulated seeds, the multiple samplers aligned generally linearly along an axis; and an automated seed transport assembly operable to transfer the singulated seeds from the seed loading assembly to the seed sampling assembly; wherein the seed transport assembly includes multiple retention members, each of the retention members being movable relative to the seed loading assembly and to the seed sampling assembly; and wherein the seed transport assembly is operable to position one of the multiple retention members adjacent to the seed loading assembly for engaging one of the singulated seeds, while positioning another of the retention members adjacent to the seed sampling assembly for presenting another of the singulated seeds to the seed sampling assembly; and wherein the seed transport assembly includes a transport carousel, and wherein each of the multiple retention members are mounted to the transport carousel, and the transport carousel is operable to rotate to position one of the multiple retention members adjacent at least one of the multiple samplers; and wherein the linear axis of the multiple samplers is oriented generally parallel to the rotational axis of the transport carousel. an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seed; an automated seed sampling assembly comprising multiple samplers operable to remove tissue samples from the singulated seeds, the multiple samplers aligned generally linearly along an axis; and an automated seed transport assembly operable to transfer the singulated seeds from the seed loading assembly to the seed sampling assembly; wherein the seed transport assembly includes multiple retention members, each of the retention members being movable relative to the seed loading assembly and to the seed sampling assembly; and wherein the seed transport assembly is operable to position one of the multiple retention members adjacent to the seed loading assembly for engaging one of the singulated seeds, while positioning another of the retention members adjacent to the seed sampling assembly for presenting another of the singulated seeds to the seed sampling assembly; and wherein the seed transport assembly includes a transport carousel, and wherein each of the multiple retention members are mounted to the transport carousel, and the transport carousel is operable to rotate to position one of the multiple retention members adjacent at least one of the multiple samplers; and wherein the linear axis of the multiple samplers is oriented generally parallel to the rotational axis of the transport carousel.
A clutch device for use in electric mortise locks with an anti-panic function, comprising, at the least, an inner square shaft in which an inner grip comprising a handle or knob is installed, an outer square shaft with an outer handle, and an electric motor with an output spindle for the actuation of the actual clutch device, whereby the terms "inner" and "outer" respectively refer to the inside and outside of the lock, the clutch device being characterised by a radial centre rest, a radial pin, a torsion spring, a follower that actuates the lock bolt, a supplementary outer follower part, an outer washer, a supplementary square bar for the outer shaft, and a right-angled U-shaped band-like fork that - between its branches - has a gap adjusted in line with the thickness of the supplementary square bar, whereby the radial centre rest has a curved/concave front with the same radius as the central axial hole of the follower, has a thickness in accordance with the width of the radial notch in the follower in which this radial centre rest is housed, and is positioned between the tang of the radial pin and the second end of a torsion shaft and that has a first end joined to the spindle of the electric motor, and whose second end extends through a filled lug in the radial centre rest, the follower has a radial opening that is connected with the radial notch and the central axial hole which, in its central inner body, has a permanent connection to the inner square shaft via a supplementary inner follower part and an inner washer, the radial pin has an arced front with the same radius as the central axial hole of the follower and - to the rear - is supported against the curved/concave front of the radial centre rest, which is connected to the second end of the torsion spring, whilst this radial pin has a section in accordance with the said radial opening in which it is housed, and the outer square shaft is permanently coupled with the supplementary outer follower part and - via the outer washer - with a slot (11 a) cut into the inner end of the supplementary square bar.
Fuel filter of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, with a housing which features at least one fuel inlet for fuel to be cleaned, at least one fuel outlet for cleaned fuel and at least one water outlet for water separated from the fuel and in which a filter element is disposed that separates the fuel inlet sealingly from the fuel outlet, that features a filter medium designed as hollow body for filtering the fuel and in flow direction of the fuel behind the filter medium in its interior or surrounding it a hydrophobic fuel-permeable separating medium designed as hollow body for separating water contained in the fuel, which are disposed in such a way that between the filter medium and the separating medium a precipitation gap is realized which expands conically and which is connected with the water outlet, characterized in that the separating medium extends at least across the entire extension of the filter medium, a coalescence medium designed as hollow body, which surrounds the filter medium or the separating medium, being disposed between the filter medium and the separating medium.
A transport system for transporting at least one blade or spar for a wind turbine, the blade or spar having a root end and a tip end and the transport system comprising: - a root frame structure for holding the root end, and - a fixation device adapted to fixate and support the blade or spar between the root end and the tip end, wherein the fixation device has at least one device connection means for connecting to a second fixation device so that one fixation device can be stacked on top of another fixation device. characterized in that the fixation device has at least two wheels arranged at each side of the fixation device so that the wheels project sideways from the fixation device when one fixation device is stacked on top of another. - a root frame structure for holding the root end, and - a fixation device adapted to fixate and support the blade or spar between the root end and the tip end, wherein the fixation device has at least one device connection means for connecting to a second fixation device so that one fixation device can be stacked on top of another fixation device.
An atomizer assembly for an aerosol electronic cigarette comprising: a porous component; and a heating body in the form of a heating wire; characterised in that the atomizer assembly includes a support member having a tubular cross-section defining a central bore, the central bore being in communication with a run-through hole, the central bore of the support member having a lateral extent extending away from the run-through hole; the porous component is set on the support member and is wound with the heating wire in a part that is on the side in the axial direction of the run-through hole extending across the width of the central bore. a porous component; and a heating body in the form of a heating wire; characterised in that the atomizer assembly includes a support member having a tubular cross-section defining a central bore, the central bore being in communication with a run-through hole, the central bore of the support member having a lateral extent extending away from the run-through hole; the porous component is set on the support member and is wound with the heating wire in a part that is on the side in the axial direction of the run-through hole extending across the width of the central bore.
A method comprising: detecting a power transition of a processor-based system, wherein the power transition is between a fully powered on state to a sleep, hibernation or soft off power state associated with less power consumption; and controlling operation of a camera of the processor-based system based on the detection of the power transition, wherein controlling the operation of the camera comprises triggering a process to disable the camera in response to detection of the power transition. detecting a power transition of a processor-based system, wherein the power transition is between a fully powered on state to a sleep, hibernation or soft off power state associated with less power consumption; and controlling operation of a camera of the processor-based system based on the detection of the power transition, wherein controlling the operation of the camera comprises triggering a process to disable the camera in response to detection of the power transition.
A structure comprising: a substrate; an antenna supported by the substrate, the antenna having an inductance; a first conductive layer; a plurality of light emitting diodes, LEDs, deposited over the first conductive layer, the LEDs having a first electrode making electrical contact with the first conductive layer; a dielectric layer overlying the first conductive layer and between the LEDs; a second conductive layer overlying the dielectric layer and the LEDs, the LEDs having a second electrode making electrical contact with the second conductive layer such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer connect the LEDs in parallel and form a first capacitor having a selected capacitance; and the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer being electrically coupled to the antenna for generating a voltage differential across the LEDs to illuminate the LEDs in the presence of a near-field communication, NFC, transmission, wherein an inductance of the antenna is combined with the selected capacitance of the first capacitor to set a resonance frequency within 30% of a frequency of the NFC transmission for efficient power transfer, wherein no additional resonance capacitor is formed on the substrate. a substrate; an antenna supported by the substrate, the antenna having an inductance; a first conductive layer; a plurality of light emitting diodes, LEDs, deposited over the first conductive layer, the LEDs having a first electrode making electrical contact with the first conductive layer; a dielectric layer overlying the first conductive layer and between the LEDs; a second conductive layer overlying the dielectric layer and the LEDs, the LEDs having a second electrode making electrical contact with the second conductive layer such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer connect the LEDs in parallel and form a first capacitor having a selected capacitance; and the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer being electrically coupled to the antenna for generating a voltage differential across the LEDs to illuminate the LEDs in the presence of a near-field communication, NFC, transmission, wherein an inductance of the antenna is combined with the selected capacitance of the first capacitor to set a resonance frequency within 30% of a frequency of the NFC transmission for efficient power transfer, wherein no additional resonance capacitor is formed on the substrate.
A constellation mapping method that is applied to modulation symbol units of a data bit sequence which comprises a sequence of modulation symbol units, comprising: a cyclic shifting step that shifts data bits of each modulation symbol unit by a respective cyclic shift amount; an interleaving step that, after the cyclic shifting, flips the data bits of the modulation symbol unit if the modulation symbol unit is a first retransmission, and does not flip the data bits of the modulation symbol unit if the modulation symbol unit is a first transmission; and mapping, after the interleaving step, the data bits of the modulation symbol unit to a modulation symbol in a constellation, characterized in that: for each modulation symbol unit in the sequence, the cyclic shift amount is increased by 1 in a cyclic pattern from a modulation symbol unit to the next modulation symbol unit until the cyclic shift amount has a value of ( M -1), at which point the cyclic shift amount of the next modulation symbol unit returns to zero, where M is the modulation order of the modulation symbol unit. a cyclic shifting step that shifts data bits of each modulation symbol unit by a respective cyclic shift amount; an interleaving step that, after the cyclic shifting, flips the data bits of the modulation symbol unit if the modulation symbol unit is a first retransmission, and does not flip the data bits of the modulation symbol unit if the modulation symbol unit is a first transmission; and mapping, after the interleaving step, the data bits of the modulation symbol unit to a modulation symbol in a constellation,
Hydraulic control device with a pressure control valve, the pressure control valve comprising a control piston and a modulation piston which can be displaced with respect to one another, the control piston and the modulation piston being pressed apart from one another by way of at least one spring, a pressure space being arranged on an end side of the modulation piston in such a way that its filling brings about a displacement of the modulation piston in the direction of the control piston, and it being possible for the pressure space to be filled through a first throttle with a first volumetric flow Q1 of a pressure medium, characterized in that a venting line with at least one further throttle is connected to the pressure space, through which venting line a second volumetric flow Q2 can be discharged from the pressure space.
An apparatus for spraying liquids, which comprises a needle injector, a liquid supply and a gas supply, wherein the needle injector comprises at least one capillary line and at least one outer tube and the internal diameter of each capillary line of the needle injector is in the range of 2-400 μm, preferably in the range of 4-300 μm, more preferably in the range of 5-250 μm, and the capillary line is coaxially arranged in the interior space of the respective outer tube, the capillary line is in active communication with the gas supply and the outer tube is in active communication with the liquid supply, with the tip of the apparatus being configured in such a way that the length difference between the capillary line and the outer tube is in the range of 0-10 mm, with the capillary line being longer than the outer tube.
A package kit for storing a plurality of products, the package kit comprising: a plurality of primary packages, each primary package comprising a cavity for storing one of the products, and a secondary package storing the plurality of primary packages, the secondary package comprising a back panel and a front panel, the plurality of primary packages being sandwiched between the back panel and the front panel, the front panel comprising at least a first row of a plurality of apertures, the number of apertures corresponding to the number of primary packages for displaying at least a portion of each primary package, at least a first outer circumferential portion partially surrounding the plurality of apertures and being at least partially attached to the back panel, and a second outer circumferential portion being at least partially attached to the back panel, wherein the front panel further comprises an elevated portion being arranged between the first and the second outer circumferential portion (36, 38), wherein the first outer circumferential portion comprises a first limb and a second limb, and the second outer circumferential portion comprises a third limb and a fourth limb, and the elevated portion extends from the first, the second, the third and the fourth limb (42, 44, 46, 48), respectively, characterized in that the first limb and the second limb are hingeably connected to the first outer circumferential portion, and the third limb and the fourth limb are hingeably connected to the second outer circumferential portion. a plurality of primary packages, each primary package comprising a cavity for storing one of the products, and a secondary package storing the plurality of primary packages, the secondary package comprising a back panel and a front panel, the plurality of primary packages being sandwiched between the back panel and the front panel, the front panel comprising at least a first row of a plurality of apertures, the number of apertures corresponding to the number of primary packages for displaying at least a portion of each primary package, at least a first outer circumferential portion partially surrounding the plurality of apertures and being at least partially attached to the back panel, and a second outer circumferential portion being at least partially attached to the back panel, wherein the front panel further comprises an elevated portion being arranged between the first and the second outer circumferential portion (36, 38), wherein the first outer circumferential portion comprises a first limb and a second limb, and the second outer circumferential portion comprises a third limb and a fourth limb, and the elevated portion extends from the first, the second, the third and the fourth limb (42, 44, 46, 48), respectively, characterized in that the first limb and the second limb are hingeably connected to the first outer circumferential portion, and the third limb and the fourth limb are hingeably connected to the second outer circumferential portion.
An encoder head (810, 1010, 1110) for use with an encoder scale, the encoder head being configured to combine each twice-diffracted measurement beam of a plurality of twice-diffracted measurement beams with a corresponding reference beam to form a plurality of output beams (807, 809, 960, 1007, 1107, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306), characterized in that the encoder head comprises a monolithic optical component (200, 300, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1210, 1610) having a plurality of facets, the plurality of facets being arranged to: i) receive a plurality of once-diffracted measurement beams from a surface of the encoder scale; and ii) redirect the plurality of once-diffracted measurement beams back towards the surface of the encoder scale, the encoder scale being positioned in a path of the once-diffracted measurement beams to produce the twice-diffracted measurement beams at non-Littrow angles. i) receive a plurality of once-diffracted measurement beams from a surface of the encoder scale; and ii) redirect the plurality of once-diffracted measurement beams back towards the surface of the encoder scale, the encoder scale being positioned in a path of the once-diffracted measurement beams to produce the twice-diffracted measurement beams at non-Littrow angles.