mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Process for the continuous manufacture of a composite including a matrix of a polymer and natural fibres, this process including, successively: - a step of preparation of the natural fibres, wherein bundles of entangled fibres are extracted from a cluster of loose natural fibres such as a bale, then are metered by compression in order to obtain a supply of fibrous material in the form of compressed entangled bundles, which supply has a determined flow rate, - a step of treatment of the supply of fibrous material, wherein, at a substantially constant rate of this supply, the compressed entangled bundles of the supply of fibrous material are mechanically treated successively by: - a disentangling operation, during which the compressed entangled bundles are admitted into a free space by gravity, within which they are subjected to a mechanical action of separation and aeration so as to obtain aerated disentangled bundles, and - a densification operation, during which the aerated disentangled bundles are deaerated in order to produce densified disentangled bundles, and - a step of production of the composite, wherein the densified disentangled bundles and the polymer are introduced into an extrusion machine and are mixed therein so as to obtain the composite at the outlet of the extrusion machine. - a step of preparation of the natural fibres, wherein bundles of entangled fibres are extracted from a cluster of loose natural fibres such as a bale, then are metered by compression in order to obtain a supply of fibrous material in the form of compressed entangled bundles, which supply has a determined flow rate, - a step of treatment of the supply of fibrous material, wherein, at a substantially constant rate of this supply, the compressed entangled bundles of the supply of fibrous material are mechanically treated successively by: - a disentangling operation, during which the compressed entangled bundles are admitted into a free space by gravity, within which they are subjected to a mechanical action of separation and aeration so as to obtain aerated disentangled bundles, and - a densification operation, during which the aerated disentangled bundles are deaerated in order to produce densified disentangled bundles, and - a disentangling operation, during which the compressed entangled bundles are admitted into a free space by gravity, within which they are subjected to a mechanical action of separation and aeration so as to obtain aerated disentangled bundles, and - a densification operation, during which the aerated disentangled bundles are deaerated in order to produce densified disentangled bundles, and - a step of production of the composite, wherein the densified disentangled bundles and the polymer are introduced into an extrusion machine and are mixed therein so as to obtain the composite at the outlet of the extrusion machine.
An instrument for use with an endoscope, the instrument comprising; - an elongate section configured to move exterior to the endoscope, the elongate section including a distal end and a proximal end; - an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongate section; - an actuation device attached to the proximal end of the elongate section, the actuation device being configured to operate the end effector, and - a guiding member fixedly coupled to the elongate section, the guiding member being configured to be slidably coupled to an external surface of the endoscope to permit the guiding member to move along a longitudinal axis of the endoscope, the guiding member being fixedly coupled to the elongate section such that the end effector may extend past a distal end of the endoscope and move in a transverse direction independent of the movement of the distal end of the endoscope, characterized in that the guiding member is an integral part of the elongate section. - an elongate section configured to move exterior to the endoscope, the elongate section including a distal end and a proximal end; - an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongate section; - an actuation device attached to the proximal end of the elongate section, the actuation device being configured to operate the end effector, and - a guiding member fixedly coupled to the elongate section, the guiding member being configured to be slidably coupled to an external surface of the endoscope to permit the guiding member to move along a longitudinal axis of the endoscope, the guiding member being fixedly coupled to the elongate section such that the end effector may extend past a distal end of the endoscope and move in a transverse direction independent of the movement of the distal end of the endoscope, characterized in that the guiding member is an integral part of the elongate section.
An isolated mutated Pseudomonas exotoxin A comprising an amino acid sequence comprising Formula I: R 1 n -FCS-R 2 n -R 3 n -PE functional domain III (Formula I), wherein: n=0 or 1, independently, for each of R 1, R 2 and R 3, R 1 = 1 to 10 amino acid residues; FCS= a furin cleavage sequence of 4 to 11 amino acid residues, which sequence is cleavable by furin and has an amino end and a carboxyl end; R 2 = 1 to 10 amino acid residues; R 3 = 1 or more contiguous amino acid residues of residues 365-394 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and, PE functional domain III = amino acid residues 395-613 of SEQ ID NO: 1, optionally comprising: (i) a substitution of one or more amino acid residues of residues 609-613 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) a substitution of amino acid residue R490 of SEQ ID NO: 1 with glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, or isoleucine; (iii) a substitution of one or more amino acid residues corresponding to residues selected from D403, R412, R427, E431, R432, R458, D461, R467, R505, R513, E522, R538, E548, R551, R576, K590, and L597 of SEQ ID NO: 1, which residues of SEQ ID NO: 1 maintain immunogenicity in an epitope or a subepitope of PE domain III; or (iv) a combination of any of (i)-(iii), and wherein the PE lacks contiguous amino acid residues 1-273 and 285-364 as defined by reference to SEQ ID NO: 1. n=0 or 1, independently, for each of R 1, R 2 and R 3, R 1 = 1 to 10 amino acid residues; FCS= a furin cleavage sequence of 4 to 11 amino acid residues, which sequence is cleavable by furin and has an amino end and a carboxyl end; R 2 = 1 to 10 amino acid residues; R 3 = 1 or more contiguous amino acid residues of residues 365-394 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and, PE functional domain III = amino acid residues 395-613 of SEQ ID NO: 1, optionally comprising: (i) a substitution of one or more amino acid residues of residues 609-613 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) a substitution of amino acid residue R490 of SEQ ID NO: 1 with glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, or isoleucine; (iii) a substitution of one or more amino acid residues corresponding to residues selected from D403, R412, R427, E431, R432, R458, D461, R467, R505, R513, E522, R538, E548, R551, R576, K590, and L597 of SEQ ID NO: 1, which residues of SEQ ID NO: 1 maintain immunogenicity in an epitope or a subepitope of PE domain III; or (iv) a combination of any of (i)-(iii), and (i) a substitution of one or more amino acid residues of residues 609-613 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) a substitution of amino acid residue R490 of SEQ ID NO: 1 with glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, or isoleucine; (iii) a substitution of one or more amino acid residues corresponding to residues selected from D403, R412, R427, E431, R432, R458, D461, R467, R505, R513, E522, R538, E548, R551, R576, K590, and L597 of SEQ ID NO: 1, which residues of SEQ ID NO: 1 maintain immunogenicity in an epitope or a subepitope of PE domain III; or (iv) a combination of any of (i)-(iii), and wherein the PE lacks contiguous amino acid residues 1-273 and 285-364 as defined by reference to SEQ ID NO: 1.
A thermoplastic resin composition which is a thermoplastic resin composition produced by blending 40 to 90 parts by weight of a vinyl copolymer prepared by copolymerization of a vinyl monomer mixture (a) comprising at least 5 to 40% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer, 30 to 80% by weight of an unsaturated alkyl carboxylate ester monomer, and 10 to 50% by weight of a cyanated vinyl monomer and 10 to 60 parts by weight of a graft copolymer prepared by graft copolymerization of a vinyl monomer mixture (b) comprising at least 10 to 30% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer, 30 to 80% by weight of an unsaturated alkyl carboxylate ester monomer, and 1 to 10% by weight of a cyanated vinyl monomer in the presence of a rubbery polymer (r); wherein acetone-soluble content of the thermoplastic resin composition has a number average molecular weight of 65,000 to 90,000, determined by calculation from the GPC chromatogram obtained according to claim 4 and separating the acetone-insoluble content from the thermoplastic resin composition and concentrating the filtrate by using a rotary evaporator.
A method performed by an apparatus, said method comprising: determining that at least two reports to be transmitted on an uplink resource collide with respect to the uplink resource, wherein the at least two reports includes at least one channel state information report; applying at least one resource selection policy to the at least two reports, wherein the at least one resource selection policy comprises defining a priority order according to a cell index to which the channel state information report relates, and determining a maximum number of channel state information reports that are to be provided in a single subframe; selecting a resource and format to be used for transmitting a plurality of the at least two reports according to the at least one resource selection policy, wherein the resource is additionally selected based on a maximum payload supported by said resource; and transmitting the at least two reports using the selected resource and format. determining that at least two reports to be transmitted on an uplink resource collide with respect to the uplink resource, wherein the at least two reports includes at least one channel state information report; applying at least one resource selection policy to the at least two reports, wherein the at least one resource selection policy comprises defining a priority order according to a cell index to which the channel state information report relates, and determining a maximum number of channel state information reports that are to be provided in a single subframe; selecting a resource and format to be used for transmitting a plurality of the at least two reports according to the at least one resource selection policy, wherein the resource is additionally selected based on a maximum payload supported by said resource; and transmitting the at least two reports using the selected resource and format.
Busbar which consists of electrical lines within an elongate closed housing, wherein the housing surrounds the electrical lines and plug contacts (3, 30, 31) are arranged at the ends of the said housing, and the housing is provided with integrated mechanical electrically conductive and earthed fastening elements (4, 5), characterized in that the busbar, as an electrical line system for a crossmember system consisting of crossmembers which can be plugged together, is used in exhibition construction and shopfitting in such a way that the busbar is likewise modular and can be plug-connected, like the crossmember system itself, by the electrical plug contacts of the busbar which is arranged and fastened in the crossmember being in approximately the same plane as the mechanical coupling points of the crossmembers, and in that forced earthing of the crossmember system is provided by fastening the busbar or the busbar housing to the crossmember.
A method performed in a client terminal, the method for establishing a streamed media session between the client terminal and a server, the method comprising: a') generating a checksum based on at least a subset of session description information available at the client terminal, a) sending a request-to-establish message to the server, the request message supplemented with the checksum and b) receiving a response message from the server, the response message indicating whether the checksum in the request message is correct or incorrect, the response message being supplemented with the correct session description information if the checksum in the request message is incorrect; and where the response message indicates that the checksum in the request message is incorrect, the method further comprising: c) updating the session description information available at the client terminal based on the correct session description information received with the response message, and d) repeating the steps a-b using the updated session description information to enable establishing the session. a') generating a checksum based on at least a subset of session description information available at the client terminal, a) sending a request-to-establish message to the server, the request message supplemented with the checksum and b) receiving a response message from the server, the response message indicating whether the checksum in the request message is correct or incorrect, the response message being supplemented with the correct session description information if the checksum in the request message is incorrect; and c) updating the session description information available at the client terminal based on the correct session description information received with the response message, and d) repeating the steps a-b using the updated session description information to enable establishing the session.
Ship, in particular ocean-going ship, comprising at least one ship tank and at least one ship tank monitoring apparatus for monitoring a filling level and a temperature of a liquid in the at least one ship tank, wherein the ship tank monitoring apparatus comprises at least one sensor arranged in or on the ship tank and a signal processing device which is assigned to the sensor and which derives, from a signal output by the sensor, at least one signal indicating the filling level of the ship tank, characterized in that the sensor consists of an optical waveguide, along which a measurement location (9A, 9B, 9C) is formed at at least one predetermined position, at which measurement location light propagating in the optical waveguide is backscattered in a direction opposite to its original propagation direction, wherein a light source suitable for radiating light into the optical waveguide is provided, wherein the signal processing device has a computing device for evaluating a characteristic property of the light backscattered at the at least one measurement location (9A, 9B, 9C), wherein the optical waveguide is arranged in the ship tank such that the number of those measurement locations (9B, 9C) which are situated below the liquid level of a liquid contained in the ship tank is dependent on the filling level of the ship tank, and wherein the signal processing device additionally derives, from a signal output by the sensor, at least one signal indicating a temperature in the ship tank, wherein the optical waveguide is arranged in the ship tank such that at least one measurement location is always situated above the liquid level independently of the filling level, and that the light signal backscattered from said measurement location is used by the signal processing device as a reference signal for comparison with the light signals backscattered from the rest of the measurement locations (9B, 9C).
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image carrier; an exposure unit to form a latent image on the image carrier by light; a frame unit having a light window is disposed on the optical path, the light window configured to allow light scanned from the exposure unit to reach the image carrier by penetrating the frame unit; the frame unit comprising a main frame and a frame cover to cover the main frame; a particle entering prevention device (210, 211, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270) is provided to prevent particles from entering an optical path between the exposure unit and the image carrier; characterized in that: the particle prevention device includes a particle storage unit disposed in a vicinity of the optical path, to store the particles therein; and the light window includes a first light-transmission hole formed at the main frame and a second light-transmission hole formed at the cover to correspond to the first light-transmission hole; wherein the particle storage unit is provided in a vicinity of the second light-transmission hole and wherein the particle storage unit comprises a particle storage recess formed at the frame unit. an image carrier; an exposure unit to form a latent image on the image carrier by light; a frame unit having a light window is disposed on the optical path, the light window configured to allow light scanned from the exposure unit to reach the image carrier by penetrating the frame unit; the frame unit comprising a main frame and a frame cover to cover the main frame; a particle entering prevention device (210, 211, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270) is provided to prevent particles from entering an optical path between the exposure unit and the image carrier; the particle prevention device includes a particle storage unit disposed in a vicinity of the optical path, to store the particles therein; and the light window includes a first light-transmission hole formed at the main frame and a second light-transmission hole formed at the cover to correspond to the first light-transmission hole;
An aerosol generating device comprising: a housing that forms an exterior of the aerosol generating device and includes an opening configured to receive a cigarette; a heater configured to heat the cigarette; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; a temperature sensor (161, 162, 163, 164) configured to sense a temperature of an internal component of the aerosol generating device; and a controller configured to detect abnormal operation of the aerosol generating device based on the temperature of the internal component sensed by the temperature sensor (161, 162, 163, 164); characterized in that the controller is configured: to output a notification of overheating based on the temperature of the internal component being higher than or equal to a first temperature; and to stop operation of the aerosol generating device based on the temperature of the internal component being higher than or equal to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature. a housing that forms an exterior of the aerosol generating device and includes an opening configured to receive a cigarette; a heater configured to heat the cigarette; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; a temperature sensor (161, 162, 163, 164) configured to sense a temperature of an internal component of the aerosol generating device; and a controller configured to detect abnormal operation of the aerosol generating device based on the temperature of the internal component sensed by the temperature sensor (161, 162, 163, 164); to output a notification of overheating based on the temperature of the internal component being higher than or equal to a first temperature; and to stop operation of the aerosol generating device based on the temperature of the internal component being higher than or equal to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
An optical module, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, a first waveguide layer and a second waveguide layer, a filter and a prism, wherein the first waveguide layer and the second waveguide layer are located on the first substrate and the second substrate respectively; the first substrate is parallel to the second substrate, the first waveguide layer and the second waveguide layer each comprise at least one optical channel, and the first waveguide layer is located above the second waveguide layer; the first waveguide layer is parallel to the second waveguide layer, and the first waveguide layer is parallel to the second substrate; and the second substrate has a single step separating a top surface of the second substrate into a lower plane and an upper plane, the second waveguide layer is formed on the upper plane of the second substrate, the first substrate is set on the second waveguide layer on the upper plane of the second substrate; the filter is prism-shaped, placed on the lower plane of the second substrate and has a tilted surface facing the second waveguide, the filter being disposed at an end of the first waveguide layer and the second waveguide layer, so that the filter is aligned with the second waveguide layer; the prism is disposed on the tilted surface of the filter and defines a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface, and the first reflective surface of the prism and the second reflective surface of the prism are aligned with the first waveguide layer and the second waveguide layer respectively; and a positional relationship among the filter, the prism, the first waveguide layer and the second waveguide layer enables an optical signal input to the optical channel in the second substrate to enter the filter after being transmitted by the prism; and an optical signal input to the optical channel in the first substrate to enter the optical channel in the second substrate after being reflected by the prism, and to be output through the optical channel in the second substrate.
A surgical milling cutter designed for the removal of bone and/or cartilage tissue comprising a shaft which defines a longitudinal axis and which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and which has a nominal diameter and a proximal end which can be non-rotatably connected to a drive unit and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein provided at the distal end is a milling head having a milling surface (4.1) which circumferentially surrounds the shaft and extends along the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the milling surface (4.1) is delimited by a proximally disposed milling surface proximal end and a distally disposed milling surface distal end and a milling surface maximum radius, wherein the milling surface is also proximally operative, the milling surface is enlarged in the distal direction radially beyond the nominal diameter of the shaft, that a protective arrangement is provided at the distal end, the protective arrangement is provided distally from the milling surface distal end, the protective arrangement has a distal contact surface, characterised in that the milling head is of an atraumatic configuration, that the protective arrangement is provided with a protective arrangement maximum radius for forming a protective ring (4.2) which surrounds the milling surface maximum radius in an annular configuration so that the protective arrangement upon rotation of the milling cutter defines around the milling surface (4.1) a circumferentially surrounding protective zone extending from the protective arrangement maximum radius to the milling surface distal end.
A method for making a food analog comprising: comminuting one or more meats to produce a meat slurry; admixing one or more flours to produce a powder blend; admixing the meat slurry and the powder blend to produce a dough; and extruding the dough at a shear mechanical energy ranging from 50 kJ/kg to 500 kJ/kg and at a temperature ranging from 60°C to 120°C to produce a food analog, further comprising injecting a leavening agent into the dough while extruding the dough. comminuting one or more meats to produce a meat slurry; admixing one or more flours to produce a powder blend; admixing the meat slurry and the powder blend to produce a dough; and extruding the dough at a shear mechanical energy ranging from 50 kJ/kg to 500 kJ/kg and at a temperature ranging from 60°C to 120°C to produce a food analog, further comprising injecting a leavening agent into the dough while extruding the dough.