mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An engine bearing compartment, comprising: an engine casing defining a discharge pathway for a fluid to drain from the engine bearing compartment; a shaft rotatably disposed within the engine casing to define an annulus; a housing disposed within the annulus at least partially below an elevation of the discharge pathway; an impeller rotatable with the shaft and including a centrifugal element, the impeller being disposed within the annulus at the discharge pathway elevation whereby, due to impeller rotation, the centrifugal element may expel the fluid through the discharge pathway from the annulus above the discharge pathway elevation; and a circuit by which fluid expelled through the discharge pathway is communicated to an interior of the housing; wherein the impeller has a recess defining the centrifugal element; wherein the discharge pathway is formed with a funnel-shape having an inlet of a first size that is circumferentially larger than a complementary size of the recess, and an outlet of a second size that is smaller than the first size. an engine casing defining a discharge pathway for a fluid to drain from the engine bearing compartment; a shaft rotatably disposed within the engine casing to define an annulus; a housing disposed within the annulus at least partially below an elevation of the discharge pathway; an impeller rotatable with the shaft and including a centrifugal element, the impeller being disposed within the annulus at the discharge pathway elevation whereby, due to impeller rotation, the centrifugal element may expel the fluid through the discharge pathway from the annulus above the discharge pathway elevation; and a circuit by which fluid expelled through the discharge pathway is communicated to an interior of the housing; wherein the impeller has a recess defining the centrifugal element; wherein the discharge pathway is formed with a funnel-shape having an inlet of a first size that is circumferentially larger than a complementary size of the recess, and an outlet of a second size that is smaller than the first size.
A method in which a flowable agent for lightening and dyeing human hair is prepared by mixing and applied to human hair, the agent is left in the hair for a period of from 2 to 60 min, and then the hair is rinsed with water and/or a commercially available shampoo, characterized in that the agent is prepared by mixing i. at least one oxidizing agent preparation containing at least one oxidizing agent in a liquid cosmetic carrier, ii. at least one bleaching powder containing at least one bleach booster and at least one solid alkalizing agent, and iii. at least one dye preparation containing, in a liquid cosmetic carrier, at least one halogenated direct dye, selected from the group consisting of tetrabromophenol blue and Acid Red 92, and additionally at least one complexing agent, at a pH of less 10, characterized in that the total amount of direct dyes is 0.0001 to 2.5 wt.%, based on the total weight of the ready-to-use agent, the terms "flowable," "solid" and "liquid" relating to a temperature in the range between 15 and 40 °C. i. at least one oxidizing agent preparation containing at least one oxidizing agent in a liquid cosmetic carrier, ii. at least one bleaching powder containing at least one bleach booster and at least one solid alkalizing agent, and iii. at least one dye preparation containing, in a liquid cosmetic carrier, at least one halogenated direct dye, selected from the group consisting of tetrabromophenol blue and Acid Red 92, and additionally at least one complexing agent, at a pH of less 10, characterized in that the total amount of direct dyes is 0.0001 to 2.5 wt.%, based on the total weight of the ready-to-use agent, the terms "flowable," "solid" and "liquid" relating to a temperature in the range between 15 and 40 °C.
An actuator for an aircraft, comprising an electric motor, the motor comprising a rotor and a stator, the stator comprising a plurality of radially inwardly extending teeth, the motor further comprising damping means to provide a damping function to the actuator, and characterized by the damping means comprising bars of electrically conductive material embedded in one or more of the stator teeth, wherein the bars extend along the teeth from one axial end of the stator to the other axial end, and further comprising means for shorting the conductive material, the means for shorting comprising a shorting ring at each axial end of the stator in contact with the bars of electrically conductive material.
A method implemented in a decoder, the method comprising: receiving a bitstream comprising a luma mapping with chroma scaling, LMCS, adaptation parameter set, APS, including LMCS parameters associated with a coded slice, wherein an APS is a syntax structure used to signal information for slices, the LMCS parameters are used for a LMCS which is a process that scale chroma values based on luma mappings, and the LMCS APS is referenced by data related to the coded slice; obtaining LMCS parameters from the LMCS APS associated with the coded slice; and decoding the coded slice using LMCS parameters from the LMCS APS; wherein the bitstream further comprises an adaptive loop filter, ALF, APS containing ALF parameters, wherein the ALF parameters are used for an ALF which is a filter that is controlled by parameters included in the ALF APS; wherein each APS includes an APS identifier, ID, selected from a predefined range, and wherein the predefined range is determined based on a parameter type of each APS; and wherein APSs of a particular parameter type share the same predefined range for the APS IDs, and different parameter types of APSs use different predefined ranges of the APS ID; wherein each APS includes an APS parameter type, aps_params_type, set to a predefined value indicating the parameter type of each APS, and the parameter type indicates the ALF parameters or the LMCS parameters. receiving a bitstream comprising a luma mapping with chroma scaling, LMCS, adaptation parameter set, APS, including LMCS parameters associated with a coded slice, wherein an APS is a syntax structure used to signal information for slices, the LMCS parameters are used for a LMCS which is a process that scale chroma values based on luma mappings, and the LMCS APS is referenced by data related to the coded slice; obtaining LMCS parameters from the LMCS APS associated with the coded slice; and decoding the coded slice using LMCS parameters from the LMCS APS; wherein the bitstream further comprises an adaptive loop filter, ALF, APS containing ALF parameters, wherein the ALF parameters are used for an ALF which is a filter that is controlled by parameters included in the ALF APS; wherein each APS includes an APS identifier, ID, selected from a predefined range, and wherein the predefined range is determined based on a parameter type of each APS; and wherein APSs of a particular parameter type share the same predefined range for the APS IDs, and different parameter types of APSs use different predefined ranges of the APS ID; wherein each APS includes an APS parameter type, aps_params_type, set to a predefined value indicating the parameter type of each APS, and the parameter type indicates the ALF parameters or the LMCS parameters.
A hip replacement prosthesis comprising a femoral stem, a femoral head, or an acetabular assembly (12, 14), and one or more sensors coupled to said femoral stem, femoral head, or acetabular assembly, wherein the hip replacement prosthesis further comprises a memory to store data collected by the one or more sensors and positioned in the femoral stem, characterized in that said one or more sensors comprises one or more accelerometers (42, 53).
Method to increase the tensile load of a strip-shaped material, in particular, a composite material, wherein the strip-shaped material is pretensioned by a tensioning anchor, wherein following the tensioning process an extension element is attached to the composite material and the tensioning anchor in the transition region between the tensioning anchor and the strip-shaped material, said extension element serving to prevent additional stress peaks in the event of stresses to the material above the pretension load, characterized in that the extension element is attached mechanically and/or by an adhesive directly to the tensioning anchor and/or to a transverse cross-member of the tensioning anchor.
A structure for operating a watertight door by use of buoyancy, the structure comprising: - a detention tank for storing rainwater flowing from a street inlet; - a buoyant member which is installed in the detention tank; and - a sensor installed in the detention tank, in which if the buoyant member raised by the buoyancy of the rainwater collected in the detention tank comes into contact with the sensor, the watertight door is automatically operated, characterized in that the detention tank is provided with a level adjusting member therein, so that the water level to operate the watertight door can be regulated by installing or removing the plurality of level adjusting members. - a detention tank for storing rainwater flowing from a street inlet; - a buoyant member which is installed in the detention tank; and - a sensor installed in the detention tank, in which if the buoyant member raised by the buoyancy of the rainwater collected in the detention tank comes into contact with the sensor, the watertight door is automatically operated, characterized in that the detention tank is provided with a level adjusting member therein, so that the water level to operate the watertight door can be regulated by installing or removing the plurality of level adjusting members.
A system (100; 200) for automatically processing of liquid samples involving mixing of the samples with fluids, comprising at least one storing and handling device (101; 201) for storing and handling of fluid containers (102; 202), including: at least one storing member (103; 203) provided with a plurality of storing positions (108; 207), adapted for accommodating said fluid containers (102; 202), said storing member (103; 203) having at least two storing levels (106-107; 204-206), each of which extending in a plane (X, Y), which are being stacked in a direction orthogonally aligned to said plane (X, Y), wherein said storing member (103, 203) is provided with at least one storing position, adapted for pipetting of fluids contained in at least one fluid container (102; 202) stored therein; a handler (117; 209), adapted for automatically transferring the fluid containers (102; 202) at least with respect to said storing positions (108; 207) so that each fluid container can be transferred from one storing position to another storing position. at least one storing member (103; 203) provided with a plurality of storing positions (108; 207), adapted for accommodating said fluid containers (102; 202), said storing member (103; 203) having at least two storing levels (106-107; 204-206), each of which extending in a plane (X, Y), which are being stacked in a direction orthogonally aligned to said plane (X, Y), wherein said storing member (103, 203) is provided with at least one storing position, adapted for pipetting of fluids contained in at least one fluid container (102; 202) stored therein; a handler (117; 209), adapted for automatically transferring the fluid containers (102; 202) at least with respect to said storing positions (108; 207) so that each fluid container can be transferred from one storing position to another storing position.
A method for the in vitro diagnosis of colorectal cancer by determining increase of the concentration of the Aminoacylase 1 marker in a biological sample taken from a patient suspected of having colorectal cancer, relative to the reference values determined for healthy patients.
A safety syringe comprising: a barrel having an opening at an end thereof; a syringe plunger configured to move within the barrel to cause a substance within the barrel to be expelled from the opening; a safety plunger coupled to the syringe plunger such that an inward stroke of the safety plunger causes the syringe plunger to move within the barrel; and a sheath configured to cover at least partially the opening in the barrel after use of the syringe, wherein the safety plunger is decoupled from the sheath and is configured to couple to the sheath at a first point on the inward stroke such that the safety plunger and the sheath move together on the inward stroke, and to decouple from the syringe plunger at a second point on the inward stroke such that the safety plunger is moveable independently of the syringe plunger, and wherein further inward movement of the safety plunger after the first and second points on the inward stroke causes the sheath at least partially to cover the opening in the barrel. a barrel having an opening at an end thereof; a syringe plunger configured to move within the barrel to cause a substance within the barrel to be expelled from the opening; a safety plunger coupled to the syringe plunger such that an inward stroke of the safety plunger causes the syringe plunger to move within the barrel; and a sheath configured to cover at least partially the opening in the barrel after use of the syringe, wherein the safety plunger is decoupled from the sheath and is configured to couple to the sheath at a first point on the inward stroke such that the safety plunger and the sheath move together on the inward stroke, and to decouple from the syringe plunger at a second point on the inward stroke such that the safety plunger is moveable independently of the syringe plunger, and wherein further inward movement of the safety plunger after the first and second points on the inward stroke causes the sheath at least partially to cover the opening in the barrel.
A fusion protein comprising: (a) an antigen-presenting cell -binding domain or a CD91 receptor-binding domain, located at the N-terminus of the fusion protein; (b) a protein transduction domain, located at the C-terminus of the APC-binding domain or the CD91 receptor-binding domain, wherein the protein transduction domain is a fusion polypeptide comprising: a T cell sensitizing signal-transducing peptide consisting of 28-53 amino acid residues in length, comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28, in which Xaa 8 is I or L; Xaa 10 is V, F or A, Xaa 11 is M or L, Xaa 17 is L or I, being located at the N-terminus of the fusion polypeptide; a translocation peptide consisting of 34-112 amino acid residues in length, comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3, 4, 20 or 30; and a linker linking the T cell sensitizing signal-transducing peptide and the translocation peptide; and (c) an antigen comprising a hepatitis B virus X protein deletion mutant (ΔHBx) that lacks residues at least from amino acid residue 21 to amino acid residue 50, located at the C-terminus of the protein transduction domain. (a) an antigen-presenting cell -binding domain or a CD91 receptor-binding domain, located at the N-terminus of the fusion protein; (b) a protein transduction domain, located at the C-terminus of the APC-binding domain or the CD91 receptor-binding domain, wherein the protein transduction domain is a fusion polypeptide comprising: a T cell sensitizing signal-transducing peptide consisting of 28-53 amino acid residues in length, comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28, in which Xaa 8 is I or L; Xaa 10 is V, F or A, Xaa 11 is M or L, Xaa 17 is L or I, being located at the N-terminus of the fusion polypeptide; a translocation peptide consisting of 34-112 amino acid residues in length, comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3, 4, 20 or 30; and a linker linking the T cell sensitizing signal-transducing peptide and the translocation peptide; and a T cell sensitizing signal-transducing peptide consisting of 28-53 amino acid residues in length, comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28, in which Xaa 8 is I or L; Xaa 10 is V, F or A, Xaa 11 is M or L, Xaa 17 is L or I, being located at the N-terminus of the fusion polypeptide; a translocation peptide consisting of 34-112 amino acid residues in length, comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3, 4, 20 or 30; and a linker linking the T cell sensitizing signal-transducing peptide and the translocation peptide; and (c) an antigen comprising a hepatitis B virus X protein deletion mutant (ΔHBx) that lacks residues at least from amino acid residue 21 to amino acid residue 50, located at the C-terminus of the protein transduction domain.
A manufacturing method of a tank including a liner, and a fiber-reinforced plastic layer constituted of a hoop layer and a helical layer formed by winding fibers (71, 72, 73) around the outer periphery of the liner, the method being characterized by comprising the steps of: setting N equally divided points arranged in a peripheral direction of the liner as virtual reference positions; winding one fiber around the outer periphery of the liner so that the fiber successively passes the reference positions by helical winding; and successively winding further fibers (72, 73) around positions shifted in the peripheral direction so that the fibers (72, 73) are disposed adjacent to the previously wound fiber, to form at least an innermost helical layer as a smooth helical layer that is formed by the helical winding so that the overlap of the fibers (71, 72, 73) with each other is decreased so that the smooth helical layer does not have any unevenness or has only little unevenness. setting N equally divided points arranged in a peripheral direction of the liner as virtual reference positions; winding one fiber around the outer periphery of the liner so that the fiber successively passes the reference positions by helical winding; and successively winding further fibers (72, 73) around positions shifted in the peripheral direction so that the fibers (72, 73) are disposed adjacent to the previously wound fiber, to form at least an innermost helical layer as a smooth helical layer that is formed by the helical winding so that the overlap of the fibers (71, 72, 73) with each other is decreased so that the smooth helical layer does not have any unevenness or has only little unevenness.
A hand dryer device comprising: a nozzle (3a, 3b) to blow an airflow into a drying space in which a hand is placeable; a blower unit to generate the airflow to be blown out of the nozzle; a hand detection unit having a light-emitting element to detect presence or absence of the hand in the drying space; and a control unit to make a hand detection determination of whether the hand is present or absent in the drying space on the basis of a detection result of the hand detection unit, and to control driving of the blower unit on the basis of a determination result of the hand detection determination, wherein the control unit controls an intermittent driving (ON, OFF) of the light-emitting element of the hand detection unit, whereas during each driving cycle (A,B) of the intermittent driving there is a first time period during which the hand detection unit is driven and the light emitting element is emitting light, followed by a second time period during which the hand detection unit stops and the light emitting element is not emitting light, and in consecutive the first and second driving cycles (A, B) of the hand detection unit, when the determination result in the first driving cycle and the first determination result in the second driving cycle differ from each other, extends a driving period of the hand detection unit in the second driving cycle. a nozzle (3a, 3b) to blow an airflow into a drying space in which a hand is placeable; a blower unit to generate the airflow to be blown out of the nozzle; a hand detection unit having a light-emitting element to detect presence or absence of the hand in the drying space; and a control unit to make a hand detection determination of whether the hand is present or absent in the drying space on the basis of a detection result of the hand detection unit, and to control driving of the blower unit on the basis of a determination result of the hand detection determination, wherein the control unit controls an intermittent driving (ON, OFF) of the light-emitting element of the hand detection unit, whereas during each driving cycle (A,B) of the intermittent driving there is a first time period during which the hand detection unit is driven and the light emitting element is emitting light, followed by a second time period during which the hand detection unit stops and the light emitting element is not emitting light, and in consecutive the first and second driving cycles (A, B) of the hand detection unit, when the determination result in the first driving cycle and the first determination result in the second driving cycle differ from each other, extends a driving period of the hand detection unit in the second driving cycle.
A clip for attachment holes provided in an attaching member and an attached member, comprising: a head portion locking on one surface of one of either the attaching member or the attached member; a center support pillar extending in an extending direction downward from the head portion, to be inserted into the attachment holes; auxiliary support pillars (14, 14') extending downward from the head portion, and provided in such a way that, in a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction, a cross-sectional surface thereof is perpendicular to a further cross-sectional surface of the center support pillar; a pair of elastic legs interconnected with end portions of the center support pillar and the auxiliary support pillars (14, 14'), and expanding in a V-shape from an end toward the head portion side; locking portions provided in ends of the elastic legs, to lock with the other of either the attaching member or the attached member; and empty spaces provided in the auxiliary support pillars (14, 14'), for housing deformed portions of the elastic legs when the elastic legs are inserted into the attachment hole while the elastic legs are deforming, wherein the center support pillar is disposed so as to be symmetrical with respect to a line, and the auxiliary support pillars (14, 14') are disposed so as to be diagonal and symmetrical with respect to a point. a head portion locking on one surface of one of either the attaching member or the attached member; a center support pillar extending in an extending direction downward from the head portion, to be inserted into the attachment holes; auxiliary support pillars (14, 14') extending downward from the head portion, and provided in such a way that, in a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction, a cross-sectional surface thereof is perpendicular to a further cross-sectional surface of the center support pillar; a pair of elastic legs interconnected with end portions of the center support pillar and the auxiliary support pillars (14, 14'), and expanding in a V-shape from an end toward the head portion side; locking portions provided in ends of the elastic legs, to lock with the other of either the attaching member or the attached member; and empty spaces provided in the auxiliary support pillars (14, 14'), for housing deformed portions of the elastic legs when the elastic legs are inserted into the attachment hole while the elastic legs are deforming, wherein the center support pillar is disposed so as to be symmetrical with respect to a line, and the auxiliary support pillars (14, 14') are disposed so as to be diagonal and symmetrical with respect to a point.