mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Mixing kneader for carrying out mechanical, chemical and/or thermal processes in a product which is located in a housing with mixing and cleaning elements or transport elements on at least one shaft (4, 5) and can be transported via these elements from an inlet to an discharge, wherein a baffle plate (16 - 16.6) which changes the cross-section of the housing being provided in the housing and a weir (15 - 15.2) being assigned to the latter, wherein the baffle plate (16 - 16.6) is arranged at the transition between housing and discharge and is guided on the weir (15 - 15.2), and wherein at least a part of the baffle plate is adapted to the cross-section of the housing; wherein the mixing kneader is designed so that an adjustment of the baffle plate (16 - 16) takes place during the process and the kneading intensity is controlled by the adjustment of the baffle plate (16 - 16.6) and the product granulometry is positively influenced, characterized in that the weir (15 - 15.2) is a weir (15.1) which can be changed in position.
A method, performed at an authentication server, comprising the computer-implemented steps of: sending, to a supplicant that is requesting access to a computer network subject to authentication of a user of the supplicant, a list of first authentication methods that are supported by the authentication server; receiving, from the supplicant, a counter-list of second authentication methods that are supported by the supplicant; determining how many second authentication methods in the counter-list match the first authentication methods; and performing an authentication policy action based on how many of the second authentication methods match the first authentication methods. sending, to a supplicant that is requesting access to a computer network subject to authentication of a user of the supplicant, a list of first authentication methods that are supported by the authentication server; receiving, from the supplicant, a counter-list of second authentication methods that are supported by the supplicant; determining how many second authentication methods in the counter-list match the first authentication methods; and performing an authentication policy action based on how many of the second authentication methods match the first authentication methods.
A method for measuring polarisation of electromagnetic illumination, comprising: passing the illumination through an infinity corrected optical element before modulating a polarisation state of illumination received from a target object (101,401) to generate modulated intensity illumination; selectively measuring an intensity of the modulated intensity illumination by periodically gating an exposure of an imaging device to the modulated intensity illumination at a first gating frequency; determining calibration data associated with polarising effects of different optical paths taken by the received illumination after being received and before being selectively measured; responsive to the measured intensity, determining polarisation parameters of the received illumination in accordance with the determined calibration data; and generating image data corresponding to the target object with a plurality of the polarisation parameters, wherein the illumination from the target object is modulated in accordance with a first frequency and the first gating frequency is associated with and synchronised with at least the first frequency; and wherein determining the calibration data comprises passing illumination from a patterned target object of known optical properties through a calibration optical element of known optical properties after being passed through the infinity corrected lens and before being modulated. passing the illumination through an infinity corrected optical element before modulating a polarisation state of illumination received from a target object (101,401) to generate modulated intensity illumination; selectively measuring an intensity of the modulated intensity illumination by periodically gating an exposure of an imaging device to the modulated intensity illumination at a first gating frequency; determining calibration data associated with polarising effects of different optical paths taken by the received illumination after being received and before being selectively measured; responsive to the measured intensity, determining polarisation parameters of the received illumination in accordance with the determined calibration data; and generating image data corresponding to the target object with a plurality of the polarisation parameters, wherein the illumination from the target object is modulated in accordance with a first frequency and the first gating frequency is associated with and synchronised with at least the first frequency; and wherein determining the calibration data comprises passing illumination from a patterned target object of known optical properties through a calibration optical element of known optical properties after being passed through the infinity corrected lens and before being modulated.
A method in an Internet of Things, IoT, device for assisting network resource allocation, the method comprising: - initiating a shutdown procedure of the IoT device; and - triggering the sending of a device shutdown message to a network node, characterized in that the shutdown message comprises an identifier of the IoT device and a count of the tasks executed by the IoT device. - initiating a shutdown procedure of the IoT device; and - triggering the sending of a device shutdown message to a network node,
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing resource of a computing device (100, 200) having an operating system, cause the computing device to carry out the following steps: in a user interface -constrained print driver, acquire print content from a source application; in a storage engine, store the print content to a user-privileged storage location of the computing device (100, 200), accessible by a given OS user; in a create engine, create, based on the acquired print content, a uniform resource identifier including a URI scheme name associated with a print application and a reference to the storage location for the print content; and in a call engine, perform an application programming interface call including the URI as a parameter of the API call, wherein the API call including the URI is to cause the OS of the computing device (100, 200) to launch the print application associated with the URI scheme name and instruct the print application to access the print content based on the reference to the storage location included in the URI, when the computing device comprises the print application. in a user interface -constrained print driver, acquire print content from a source application; in a storage engine, store the print content to a user-privileged storage location of the computing device (100, 200), accessible by a given OS user; in a create engine, create, based on the acquired print content, a uniform resource identifier including a URI scheme name associated with a print application and a reference to the storage location for the print content; and in a call engine, perform an application programming interface call including the URI as a parameter of the API call, wherein the API call including the URI is to cause the OS of the computing device (100, 200) to launch the print application associated with the URI scheme name and instruct the print application to access the print content based on the reference to the storage location included in the URI, when the computing device comprises the print application.
Use of a catalyst in a method of reducing a substrate, the method comprising contacting a substrate with a catalyst, optionally in the presence of a co-substrate, thereby to generate a reduced substrate, wherein the catalyst is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO: 9, and wherein in the method the substrate concentration is at least 50 mM.
A smoke screen generator (1, 1A) comprising a cylindrical housing, an igniter and a smoke screen generating agent which are accommodated in the cylindrical housing, a first closure including an igniter and closing a first end opening of the cylindrical housing, a second closure having a smoke screen source discharge port and closing a second end opening of.the cylindrical housing on an opposite side in an axial direction to the first end opening, the first closure having a discharge hole for discharging an ignition product which is generated at the time of actuation of the igniter, a porous cylindrical body being arranged between a surface of the first closure where the discharge hole for the ignition product is not provided and the smoke screen source discharge port of the second closure, a space between an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing and the porous cylindrical body being a smoke screen generating agent-accommodating chamber which accommodates the smoke screen generating agent, and the discharge hole for the ignition product facing the smoke screen generating agent-accommodating chamber, and at the time of actuation of the igniter, the smoke screen generating agent in the smoke screen generating agent-accommodating chamber being ignited and burned to generate a smoke screen source, the smoke screen source moving through the inside of the porous cylindrical body, passing through the smoke screen source discharge port, and thereafter being discharged to the outside to generate a smoke screen.
Heat-treating equipment, in particular for roasting food products, comprising a vessel for receiving the product, which is associated with stirring means and a heat source, characterised in that the vessel is constituted by two vertical, coaxial and hollow drums (6, 7), including an inner drum defining a first wall, and an outer drum defining a second wall of a space having a continuous ring-shaped section, into which the product to be treated is introduced continuously from above for a loading operation that is continuous or discontinuous, at least one of the two walls (8, 9) in contact with the product being heated by conductivity via electric resistors or a heat transfer fluid, a hot gas also being injected into the inner hollow drum, so as to make the heat consistent around the product contained within the first ring-shaped space defined by said first and second walls (8, 9) of the vessel, between which the stirring means are integrated.
A flush syringe assembly comprising: a barrel including a side wall having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an outside surface, an open proximal end, a distal end including a distal wall having a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber; an elongate plunger rod disposed within the barrel, the plunger rod comprising a distal end including a stopper slidably positioned in fluid-tight contact with the inside surface of the barrel for driving fluid out of the chamber by movement of the stopper relative to the barrel; a cap comprising an outer wall surrounding a Luer connection, wherein the cap comprising a passageway for fluid communication therethrough, the cap further comprises a distal end for releasably attaching the cap to a vascular access device and a proximal end for releasably attaching the cap to the barrel; the stopper comprising a stopper body and a detachable stopper tip and the passageway of the cap is undercut to receive and retain the stopper tip when the plunger rod is fully depressed; characterized in that the flush syringe assembly further comprises a sleeve external to the barrel having a distal end and a proximal end, and an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein the sleeve slides from distal to proximal positions in relationship to the barrel; and a disinfecting system comprising a disinfectant contained in a hub wherein the disinfectant system is released upon proximal motion of the sleeve. a barrel including a side wall having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an outside surface, an open proximal end, a distal end including a distal wall having a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber; an elongate plunger rod disposed within the barrel, the plunger rod comprising a distal end including a stopper slidably positioned in fluid-tight contact with the inside surface of the barrel for driving fluid out of the chamber by movement of the stopper relative to the barrel; a cap comprising an outer wall surrounding a Luer connection, wherein the cap comprising a passageway for fluid communication therethrough, the cap further comprises a distal end for releasably attaching the cap to a vascular access device and a proximal end for releasably attaching the cap to the barrel; the stopper comprising a stopper body and a detachable stopper tip and the passageway of the cap is undercut to receive and retain the stopper tip when the plunger rod is fully depressed; characterized in that the flush syringe assembly further comprises a sleeve external to the barrel having a distal end and a proximal end, and an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein the sleeve slides from distal to proximal positions in relationship to the barrel; and a disinfecting system comprising a disinfectant contained in a hub wherein the disinfectant system is released upon proximal motion of the sleeve.
Method for producing a plate-, sheet- or web-type layer arrangement having a photocatalytically active functional layer, having the steps: providing a decorative or transparent substrate to be coated; applying a solvent-free finishing lacquer, comprising a radiation-curable binding agent, for generating a finishing lacquer layer; applying a functional lacquer comprising an aqueous, dryable as well as radiation-curable binding agent for generating the photocatalytically active functional layer; mutually irradiating the finishing lacquer and the functional lacquer and thereby further crosslinking, in particular curing, the respective radiation-curable binding agent, characterised in that the radiation-curable binding agent of the finishing lacquer is pre-crosslinked by irradiating, however not cured, and the functional lacquer is physically dried before the mutual irradiation of the finishing lacquer of the functional lacquer, and before the curing, the dried functional lacquer is subjected to a surface treatment in the form of a corona treatment and/or a plasma treatment, during which the binding agent of the dried functional lacquer is removed. providing a decorative or transparent substrate to be coated; applying a solvent-free finishing lacquer, comprising a radiation-curable binding agent, for generating a finishing lacquer layer; applying a functional lacquer comprising an aqueous, dryable as well as radiation-curable binding agent for generating the photocatalytically active functional layer; mutually irradiating the finishing lacquer and the functional lacquer and thereby further crosslinking, in particular curing, the respective radiation-curable binding agent, characterised in that the radiation-curable binding agent of the finishing lacquer is pre-crosslinked by irradiating, however not cured, and the functional lacquer is physically dried before the mutual irradiation of the finishing lacquer of the functional lacquer, and before the curing, the dried functional lacquer is subjected to a surface treatment in the form of a corona treatment and/or a plasma treatment, during which the binding agent of the dried functional lacquer is removed.
A method of securing a vessel with an offshore jack-up having a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor and the offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water, wherein the method characterised in that: moving at least a portion of the vessel underneath the hull of the offshore jack-up or within a cut-out of the hull when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor; engaging a stabilizing mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up against the vessel; pushing the stabilizing mechanism down on the vessel to increase the buoyant force acting on the vessel; and lifting a cargo from the vessel with a plurality of lifting arms mounted on the offshore jack-up after the stabilizing mechanism pushes down on the vessel. moving at least a portion of the vessel underneath the hull of the offshore jack-up or within a cut-out of the hull when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor; engaging a stabilizing mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up against the vessel; pushing the stabilizing mechanism down on the vessel to increase the buoyant force acting on the vessel; and lifting a cargo from the vessel with a plurality of lifting arms mounted on the offshore jack-up after the stabilizing mechanism pushes down on the vessel.
A vehicle power transmission device having a torque converter and a power transmission mechanism in a power transmission path between an engine and drive wheels, the torque converter including an input-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of pump blades, an output-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of turbine blades receiving a fluid flow from the pump blades, and a stator disposed with a stator blade disposed between the pump blades and the turbine blades, the power transmission mechanism transmitting power input to an input shaft from the torque converter to a subsequent stage, wherein within a circulation flow passage allowing circulation of fluid in the torque converter, a circulation outward passage allowing the fluid to flow toward the inside of the torque converter at the time of the circulation is made up of a gap between the input shaft of the power transmission mechanism and a tubular stator shaft coupled via a one way clutch to the stator, and wherein the stator shaft is concentric with the input shaft and has a diameter larger than the input shaft, wherein the torque converter includes a lockup clutch selectively coupling the input-side rotating member to the output-side rotating member, wherein the lockup clutch has a release-side chamber consisting of a portion of the circulation outward passage and having an inner pressure increased by supply of the fluid when the lockup clutch is released, characterized in that the lockup clutch is disposed on a side opposite to the stator shaft relative to the output-side rotating member, wherein the circulation outward passage includes a through-hole penetrating the output-side rotating member in an axial center direction of the torque converter to be in communication with the gap between the input shaft of the power transmission mechanism and the stator shaft, and wherein a gap in the axial center direction between the stator and the output-side rotating member is oil-tightly sealed on an outer circumferential side of the through-hole.
Colorant of formula: A-B-C wherein in formula A signifies a monovalent organic residue comprising one or more of the following chromophore groups: azo, azo metal complex, phthalocyanine, anthraquinone, aza annulene, formazane-copper-complex, triphenodioxazine, nitroso, nitro, diarylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, acridine, methine, thiazole, indamine, azine, oxazine, thiazine, chinoline, indigoide, indophenol, lactone, aminoketone, hydroxyketone, and stilbene; B signifies a bivalent organic residue, wherein A-B signifies the residue of a reactive dye and B is selected from a residue comprising a moiety selected from dihalogenotriazine, dihalogenopyrimidine, trihalogenopyrimidine, dihalogenoquinoxaline, dihalogenophthalazine, sulfatoethylsulfone, chloroethylsulfone, vinylsulfone, α-halogenoacrylamide, and α,β-dihalogenopropionylamide; and C signifies the residue of a compound comprising at least one amido group, one primary amino group, and one secondary amino group, wherein C is linked to B via a nitrogen atom of an amino group, wherein said compound is a poly(amidoamine) wherein said poly(amidoamine) is the reaction product of a branched or non-branched amine with an acrylate or methacrylate in a Michael-Addition, wherein the product formed in said Michael-Addition subsequently is subjected to polycondensation to afford said poly(amidoamine), wherein the average molecular weight M w of said poly(amidoamine) is in the range of from 1,000 to 1,000,000 g/mole, preferably of from 1,000 to 500,000 g/mole, the molecular weight being determined using static light scattering. A signifies a monovalent organic residue comprising one or more of the following chromophore groups: azo, azo metal complex, phthalocyanine, anthraquinone, aza annulene, formazane-copper-complex, triphenodioxazine, nitroso, nitro, diarylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, acridine, methine, thiazole, indamine, azine, oxazine, thiazine, chinoline, indigoide, indophenol, lactone, aminoketone, hydroxyketone, and stilbene; B signifies a bivalent organic residue, wherein A-B signifies the residue of a reactive dye and B is selected from a residue comprising a moiety selected from dihalogenotriazine, dihalogenopyrimidine, trihalogenopyrimidine, dihalogenoquinoxaline, dihalogenophthalazine, sulfatoethylsulfone, chloroethylsulfone, vinylsulfone, α-halogenoacrylamide, and α,β-dihalogenopropionylamide; and C signifies the residue of a compound comprising at least one amido group, one primary amino group, and one secondary amino group, wherein C is linked to B via a nitrogen atom of an amino group, wherein said compound is a poly(amidoamine) wherein said poly(amidoamine) is the reaction product of a branched or non-branched amine with an acrylate or methacrylate in a Michael-Addition, wherein the product formed in said Michael-Addition subsequently is subjected to polycondensation to afford said poly(amidoamine), wherein the average molecular weight M w of said poly(amidoamine) is in the range of from 1,000 to 1,000,000 g/mole, preferably of from 1,000 to 500,000 g/mole, the molecular weight being determined using static light scattering.
A water-soluble or water-swellable copolymer obtainable by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, and B) if desired, one or more other olefinically unsaturated, optionally crosslinking comonomers containing at least one oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus atom and possessing a molecular weight of less than 500 g/mol, the copolymerization C) taking place in the presence of at least one polymeric additive having a number-average molecular weight of from 200 g/mol to 10 9 g/mol, selected from homopolymers and copolymers of N-vinylformamide, N-vinylacetamide, N-vinylpyrrolidone, acryloyldimethyltaurine, N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylmethylacetamide, acrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, N-vinylmorpholide, hydroxymethyl methacrylate, diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC) and/or [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride (MAPTAC); prepared by precipitation polymerization in tert-butanol. A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, and B) if desired, one or more other olefinically unsaturated, optionally crosslinking comonomers containing at least one oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus atom and possessing a molecular weight of less than 500 g/mol, the copolymerization C) taking place in the presence of at least one polymeric additive having a number-average molecular weight of from 200 g/mol to 10 9 g/mol, selected from homopolymers and copolymers of N-vinylformamide, N-vinylacetamide, N-vinylpyrrolidone, acryloyldimethyltaurine, N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylmethylacetamide, acrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, N-vinylmorpholide, hydroxymethyl methacrylate, diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC) and/or [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride (MAPTAC);