mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An object detection system in which projectors (1, 1 A, 1 B, 1 C) and optical receivers (2, 2 A, 2 B, 2 C) of a plurality of multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensors (S A, S B, S C) are connected to each other through a communication line and detection processes of the respective sensors (S A, S B, S C) proceed sequentially on the basis of communication between the sensors (S A, S B, S C), wherein the projector (1, 1 A, 1 B, 1 C) and the optical receiver (2, 2 A, 2 B, 2 C) of each of the multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensors (S A, S B, S C) comprise respective timers configured to determine timings of operations of the respective projector (1, 1 A, 1 B, 1 C) or optical receiver (2, 2 A, 2 B, 2 C), the projector and the optical receiver in each of the multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensors (S A, S B, S C) available to be a master device, with only one of the projectors and optical receivers individually functioning as the master device (2 A) and the remaining projectors and optical receivers functioning as slave devices (1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 B, 2 C), the master device (2 A) comprises a definition information producing means configured to produce pieces of definition information that determine timings of detection processes of the respective devices (1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 A, 2 B, 2 C) including the master device(2 A), on the basis of the number of optical axes of the respective sensors (S A, S B, S C) and relationships between sensors (S A, S B, S C) in the system, a definition information transmitting means (16, 26) configured to transmit the pieces of definition information to each of the slave devices (1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 B, 2 C) in the system, a timer control means configured, while recognizing a circulating period of the detection processes of the respective sensors (S A, S B, S C) on the basis of a measured time obtained by the timer of the master device (2 A) and the definition information, to transmit, in one group, to the slave devices (1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 B, 2 C) commands to request the operations of the timers to be synchronized with each other in response to a lapse of a time corresponding to a period defined by a predetermined number of circulating periods, and a detection control means (15, 25) configured to determine a timing at which the detection process should be executed, on the basis of definition information matching the respective device (1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 A, 2 B, 2 C), and to execute the detection process, and each of the slave devices (1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 B, 2 C) comprises a storage means configured to store the definition information transmitted from the master device (2 A), a timer correction means configured to correct the timer of the respective device (1 A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 B, 2 C) in response to a command from the master device (2 A), and a detection control means (15, 25) configured to determine a timing at which the detection process should be executed with reference to a time point at which the timer is corrected, on the basis of the definition information matching the respective device, and to execute the detection process.
A vascular access device, comprising: a body means for selective coupling to a vascular system of a patient and to at least one additional medical device and having a passage extending therethrough; a septum at least partially disposed in the body, the septum including a slit for selectively and at least substantially sealing the passage through the body, characterized in that the septum comprises a first material; and a means for discouraging tearing of the septum, wherein the means for discouraging tearing comprises a second material, wherein the second material is an elastic material disposed completely around the slit. a body means for selective coupling to a vascular system of a patient and to at least one additional medical device and having a passage extending therethrough; a septum at least partially disposed in the body, the septum including a slit for selectively and at least substantially sealing the passage through the body, characterized in that the septum comprises a first material; and a means for discouraging tearing of the septum, wherein the means for discouraging tearing comprises a second material, wherein the second material is an elastic material disposed completely around the slit.
A decorative sheet comprising: a base member, formed from a resin material, having a first and a second principal surfaces (1a, 1b) opposite to each other; a decoration layer, provided on the first principal surface of the base member, having a pattern area representing a predetermined pattern; and a spread suppressing member, provided in a position corresponding to the pattern area on the side of the first principal surface or on the side of the second principal surface of the base member, characterized in that the spread suppressing member has a higher coefficient of thermal conductivity than a coefficient of thermal conductivity of the base member for suppressing the spreading of the pattern area of the decoration layer. a base member, formed from a resin material, having a first and a second principal surfaces (1a, 1b) opposite to each other; a decoration layer, provided on the first principal surface of the base member, having a pattern area representing a predetermined pattern; and a spread suppressing member, provided in a position corresponding to the pattern area on the side of the first principal surface or on the side of the second principal surface of the base member, characterized in that the spread suppressing member has a higher coefficient of thermal conductivity than a coefficient of thermal conductivity of the base member for suppressing the spreading of the pattern area of the decoration layer.
A packaging method for packaging an article of merchandise with a film material, with the use of a packaging apparatus having an input means and a control means, whereby for packaging the article, film packaging parameters are entered into the input means by an operator and are processed by the control means; and the film in the form of a side-pleated tubular film roll is prepared in the packaging apparatus; and for the packaging process, a segment of tubular film is cut off to a specified length from the side-pleated tubular film roll, the cut-off segment of tubular film is separated, and is drawn over the article being packaged; characterized in that the sole film packaging parameters that are input into the input means are the thickness of the film, the width of the film and the distance between a first side fold and a second side fold of the film.
A warming article having a heat generating main body comprising a heat generating element having water vapor generating capability and an air permeable holder for holding the heat generating element, the heat generating main body being expandable by water vapor generated with heat generation of the heat generating element, wherein the heat generating element comprises a molded sheet prepared by papermaking and containing an oxidizable metal, a moisture-retaining agent, a fibrous material, and water, wherein: - the volume expansion ratio of the warming article is 1.5 to 10000, - the warming article has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 to 10 kg/(m 2 ·24 hr) and an air permeability of 10 to 5000 sec/100 ml, - the warming article generates 1.0 to 100 mg/(cm 2 ·10 min) of water vapor, - the holder has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 to 10 kg/(m 2 ·24 hr), and - the molded sheet, when free from an electrolyte and water, contains from 80% to 98% by weight of components other than the fibrous material, and the fibrous material has a CSF of 600 ml or less. - the volume expansion ratio of the warming article is 1.5 to 10000, - the warming article has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 to 10 kg/(m 2 ·24 hr) and an air permeability of 10 to 5000 sec/100 ml, - the warming article generates 1.0 to 100 mg/(cm 2 ·10 min) of water vapor, - the holder has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 to 10 kg/(m 2 ·24 hr), and - the molded sheet, when free from an electrolyte and water, contains from 80% to 98% by weight of components other than the fibrous material, and the fibrous material has a CSF of 600 ml or less.
A method in a base station for switching between different MIMO-transmission modes in a communications network, said network comprising a number of transmit antennas (121a,121b) and a number of receive antennas (131a,131b), said modes consisting of a single-user mode and a multi-user mode, characterised by transmitting on a common or shared channel signalling information including at least an indication of the start of a preparation phase to all receiving user equipments in a reception area; transmitting reference signals corresponding to both said MIMO-transmission modes with respective weighting matrices for the modes during said preparation phase comprising of one or more transmission time intervals, TTI.
A data processing system comprising: a processing subsystem supporting a plurality of consumers, each consumer being arranged to process messages received into a corresponding receive queue; and a network interface device supporting a virtual interface for each of the receive queues; characterised by: a hardware accelerator coupled to the processing subsystem by the network interface device and configured to parse one or more streams of data packets received from a network so as to, for each consumer: identify in the data packets messages having one or more of a set of characteristics associated with the consumer; and frame the identified messages in a new stream of data packets addressed to a network endpoint associated with the virtual interface of the consumer so as to cause said new stream of data packets to be delivered into the receive queue of the consumer. a processing subsystem supporting a plurality of consumers, each consumer being arranged to process messages received into a corresponding receive queue; and a network interface device supporting a virtual interface for each of the receive queues; characterised by: a hardware accelerator coupled to the processing subsystem by the network interface device and configured to parse one or more streams of data packets received from a network so as to, for each consumer: identify in the data packets messages having one or more of a set of characteristics associated with the consumer; and frame the identified messages in a new stream of data packets addressed to a network endpoint associated with the virtual interface of the consumer so as to cause said new stream of data packets to be delivered into the receive queue of the consumer. a hardware accelerator coupled to the processing subsystem by the network interface device and configured to parse one or more streams of data packets received from a network so as to, for each consumer: identify in the data packets messages having one or more of a set of characteristics associated with the consumer; and frame the identified messages in a new stream of data packets addressed to a network endpoint associated with the virtual interface of the consumer so as to cause said new stream of data packets to be delivered into the receive queue of the consumer. identify in the data packets messages having one or more of a set of characteristics associated with the consumer; and frame the identified messages in a new stream of data packets addressed to a network endpoint associated with the virtual interface of the consumer so as to cause said new stream of data packets to be delivered into the receive queue of the consumer.
A method of airtightly packaging small-sized articles having a substantially rectangular bottom surface, comprising the following steps: a. step A: arranging a strip-shaped packaging means in tubular form around the circumference of a small-sized article so that a projection of the packaging means is formed on each of opposite sides of the bottom surface, b. step B: airtightly sealing the packaging means around the article thus forming at least one sealing seam (3a, 3b); and c. step C: shortening the projection of the packaging means on one or both sides of the bottom surface by folding over at least one folding edge; characterized by d. step D: folding the projection (2b") of the packaging means shortened in step C over a folding edge in the direction of the bottom surface and fixing the projection of the packaging means shortened in step C, including the entire portion folded over in step C, on one or both sides of the bottom surface at at least one portion of the packaging means covering the bottom surface. a. step A: arranging a strip-shaped packaging means in tubular form around the circumference of a small-sized article so that a projection of the packaging means is formed on each of opposite sides of the bottom surface, b. step B: airtightly sealing the packaging means around the article thus forming at least one sealing seam (3a, 3b); and c. step C: shortening the projection of the packaging means on one or both sides of the bottom surface by folding over at least one folding edge; characterized by d. step D: folding the projection (2b") of the packaging means shortened in step C over a folding edge in the direction of the bottom surface and fixing the projection of the packaging means shortened in step C, including the entire portion folded over in step C, on one or both sides of the bottom surface at at least one portion of the packaging means covering the bottom surface.
Method of providing a layer of solid electrolyte, the method comprising: - providing a host substrate including a crystalline solid electrolyte layer, - transferring said crystalline solid electrolyte layer from the host substrate to a receiver substrate, wherein the layer transfer technique comprises a step of assembling the host substrate to a receiver substrate, the solid electrolyte layer being between said substrates, and a step of thinning the host substrate; characterized by the step of thinning comprising a step of formation of a zone of weakness in the host substrate so as to define a portion of the host substrate comprising the layer to be transferred and a step of detaching at the zone of weakness so as to transfer said portion to the receiver substrate. - providing a host substrate including a crystalline solid electrolyte layer, - transferring said crystalline solid electrolyte layer from the host substrate to a receiver substrate, wherein the layer transfer technique comprises a step of assembling the host substrate to a receiver substrate, the solid electrolyte layer being between said substrates, and a step of thinning the host substrate;
A pressure-regulating system for use in the field of motor vehicles, comprising a pressure source, a pressure-controlled component and a pressure source having a fixed pressure level, e.g. atmospheric pressure, an engine control and an electromagnetic pressure-regulating valve for controlling the pressure-controlled component comprising a housing having a first port adapted to be connected to the pressure source, a second port adapted to be connected to the pressure-controlled component, and a third port adapted to be connected to a fixed pressure level, e.g. atmospheric pressure, at least one valve seat, as well as an electromagnetic drive, said electromagnetic drive built from a coil wound on a coil carrier, an armature, a core, and an electromagnetic return-path device, the armature being mounted so as to be movable between two end positions and to act at least indirectly on valve closure member, wherein a biasing device is provided which, when a current does not flow, positions the armature, and thereby the valve closure member, in a fail-safe setting on the valve seat such that a connection from the third port to each of the first and second ports (52, 54) is closed, the first and second ports (52, 54) being in a fluidic connection with each other, wherein the at least one valve seat is formed such that the at least one valve seat is connected via a fluid channel to the first and second ports (52, 54) such that the first and second ports (52, 54) are in a fluidic connection with each other in every operating state, the armature being configured to be steplessly adjustable by the motor control between the two end positions in every setting, the valve closure member comprising a first axial surface which is configured to abut on the valve seat, and a second axial surface which is arranged in the fluid channel at a distance from the first axial surface, wherein the second axial surface has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the first axial surface.
Process for purging the propane in a polypropylene manufacturing process comprising, a) polymerizing propylene in a polymerization zone, b) withdrawing from said polymerization zone an effluent comprising polypropylene, propylene, propane and optionally a solvent, c) sending said effluent to a separation zone thereby producing polypropylene, optionally the solvent and a stream comprising propylene and propane, d) optionally recycling the solvent to the polymerization zone, e) sending said propylene and propane stream to a splitter thereby producing an overhead consisting essentially of propylene, i.e. having a propylene content of at least 99.5w%, recycled to the polymerization zone and a rich propane bottom stream comprising a minor part of propylene of up to 40 w%, f) sending the bottom stream to a membrane separation zone thereby producing a permeate having an enhanced propylene content and a reduced propane content and a purge having an enhanced propane content and a reduced propylene content, g) recycling the permeate to the polymerization zone. a) polymerizing propylene in a polymerization zone, b) withdrawing from said polymerization zone an effluent comprising polypropylene, propylene, propane and optionally a solvent, c) sending said effluent to a separation zone thereby producing polypropylene, optionally the solvent and a stream comprising propylene and propane, d) optionally recycling the solvent to the polymerization zone, e) sending said propylene and propane stream to a splitter thereby producing an overhead consisting essentially of propylene, i.e. having a propylene content of at least 99.5w%, recycled to the polymerization zone and a rich propane bottom stream comprising a minor part of propylene of up to 40 w%, f) sending the bottom stream to a membrane separation zone thereby producing a permeate having an enhanced propylene content and a reduced propane content and a purge having an enhanced propane content and a reduced propylene content, g) recycling the permeate to the polymerization zone.
Process for manufacturing an antenna comprising a core, the antenna being intended to be integrated into a rubber compound especially that of a tyre, comprising a step of plastically deformation of at least one portion of the core, characterized in that: - the core of filiform shape is coated with a coating (20, 22, 24; 26, 28) of a material different from the material of the core; and - after the coating step, at least one portion of the coated core is plastically deformed, to achieve the said step of plastically deformation. - the core of filiform shape is coated with a coating (20, 22, 24; 26, 28) of a material different from the material of the core; and - after the coating step, at least one portion of the coated core is plastically deformed, to achieve the said step of plastically deformation.
A bridge converter for a multi-phase electrical machine having a plurality of stator windings, the bridge converter being supplied with a DC voltage, V DC, comprising: a number, N, of bridge cells coupled in series, each bridge cell having a multi-phase inverter coupled to a subset of the stator windings and operative to supply power to the subset at a voltage V DC/ N, each bridge cell having a local ground at a different potential than other local grounds corresponding to other bridge cells, wherein the multi-phase inverter is coupled to the local ground for the bridge cell; and characterised by Z each bridge cell further having a controller coupled to the local ground and to the multi-phase inverter, and constructed to provide control signals for operating the multi-phase inverter. a number, N, of bridge cells coupled in series, each bridge cell having a multi-phase inverter coupled to a subset of the stator windings and operative to supply power to the subset at a voltage V DC/ N, each bridge cell having a local ground at a different potential than other local grounds corresponding to other bridge cells, wherein the multi-phase inverter is coupled to the local ground for the bridge cell; and characterised by Z each bridge cell further having a controller coupled to the local ground and to the multi-phase inverter, and constructed to provide control signals for operating the multi-phase inverter.
A method of forming an opening in a base plate of a stoma device, comprising the steps of: - printing on a label a filled-in-part of the same shape as a hole of a shape formed on a template sheet and matching the stoma of a patient; - sticking the label on which said filled-in-part has been printed on to a base plate; and - cutting the base plate along the contour of the filled-in-part of the label stuck to said base plate. - printing on a label a filled-in-part of the same shape as a hole of a shape formed on a template sheet and matching the stoma of a patient; - sticking the label on which said filled-in-part has been printed on to a base plate; and - cutting the base plate along the contour of the filled-in-part of the label stuck to said base plate.
A method of transferring discrete articles from a transfer assembly to an apparatus comprising one or more heads, wherein the transfer assembly comprises a frame defining a first rotation axis and a transfer member comprising a transfer surface configured to receive one of the discrete articles and wherein the apparatus comprising one or more heads is either positioned on an input side of the transfer assembly, or on an output side of the transfer assembly, or on both input and output sides of the transfer assembly, the method comprising: rotating the transfer member of the transfer assembly about the first rotation axis; maintaining the transfer surface at a substantially constant minimum distance away from a surface of the at least one head at a point of discrete article transfer, wherein the transfer surface is moved at a first substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer; and rotating the at least one head of the apparatus about a second rotation axis, wherein the surface of the at least one head is moved at a second substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer, and wherein the second substantially constant tangential velocity of the head is greater than the first substantially constant tangential velocity of the transfer surface to tension the discrete articles being transferred at the point of discrete article transfer. rotating the transfer member of the transfer assembly about the first rotation axis; maintaining the transfer surface at a substantially constant minimum distance away from a surface of the at least one head at a point of discrete article transfer, wherein the transfer surface is moved at a first substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer; and rotating the at least one head of the apparatus about a second rotation axis, wherein the surface of the at least one head is moved at a second substantially constant tangential velocity at the point of discrete article transfer, and wherein the second substantially constant tangential velocity of the head is greater than the first substantially constant tangential velocity of the transfer surface to tension the discrete articles being transferred at the point of discrete article transfer.