mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Fouling detection setup for determining the amount of fouling of surfaces of fluid treating devices and/or internal functional components of such devices, wherein said surfaces are exposed to said fluid and subjected to fouling and wherein the detection setup comprises at least one first sensor, which comprises means for measuring the optical transparency T of said fluid including at least one sensitive area that is located nearby and/or within said surfaces and wherein said area is at least temporarily exposed to said fluid, characterized in that the detection setup further comprises a second sensor that comprises means for measuring the optical transparency T of said fluid and said second sensor is located at a position where the measured signal of the physical parameter of said second sensor does not deteriorate over time or may deteriorate over time much slower than the measured signal of the first sensor, wherein the fouling detection setup further comprises a computation device including routines for calculating a fouling parameter and for analyzing said fouling parameter according to steps (b) and (c) of the method that is specified in claim 6.
A vacuum adiabatic body comprising: a first plate defining at least one portion of a first side of a wall adjacent to a first space having a first temperature; a second plate defining at least one portion of a second side of the wall adjacent to a second space having a second temperature different from the first temperature; a seal that seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space that has a third temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature and is in a vacuum state; a support that supports the first and second plates (10, 20) and is provided in the third space; an exhaust port through which a gas in the third space is exhausted; a conductive resistance sheet having a first end connected to the first plate, the conductive resistance sheet configured to resist heat transfer between the second plate and the first plate; characterized by a side frame connected to the conductive resistance sheet, the side frame defining at least one portion of a wall of the third space, wherein the side frame includes a first mounting surface connected to a second end of the conductive resistance sheet and a second mounting surface connected to the second plate, and the second mounting surface is supported by the support. a first plate defining at least one portion of a first side of a wall adjacent to a first space having a first temperature; a second plate defining at least one portion of a second side of the wall adjacent to a second space having a second temperature different from the first temperature; a seal that seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space that has a third temperature between the first temperature and the second temperature and is in a vacuum state; a support that supports the first and second plates (10, 20) and is provided in the third space; an exhaust port through which a gas in the third space is exhausted; a conductive resistance sheet having a first end connected to the first plate, the conductive resistance sheet configured to resist heat transfer between the second plate and the first plate; characterized by a side frame connected to the conductive resistance sheet, the side frame defining at least one portion of a wall of the third space, wherein the side frame includes a first mounting surface connected to a second end of the conductive resistance sheet and a second mounting surface connected to the second plate, and the second mounting surface is supported by the support.
A diagnostic imaging apparatus comprising: a detector array including individual detectors for receiving radiation events from an imaging region; a triggering processor for assigning a time stamp to received potential events; an event verification processor configured to apply verification criteria to detector channel hits; an event transformation processor configured to transform received events and corresponding lines of response into spatially displaced transformed events; a list mode event storage buffer for storing valid time stamped events; and a reconstruction processor for reconstructing valid events into an image representation of the imaging region, characterized by an image analysis processor configured to analyze an image reconstructed by the reconstruction processor for motion artifacts by applying an image analysis technique and configured to identify lines of response that cause artifacts and corresponding radiation events for transformation by the event transformation processor. a detector array including individual detectors for receiving radiation events from an imaging region; a triggering processor for assigning a time stamp to received potential events; an event verification processor configured to apply verification criteria to detector channel hits; an event transformation processor configured to transform received events and corresponding lines of response into spatially displaced transformed events; a list mode event storage buffer for storing valid time stamped events; and a reconstruction processor for reconstructing valid events into an image representation of the imaging region, characterized by an image analysis processor configured to analyze an image reconstructed by the reconstruction processor for motion artifacts by applying an image analysis technique and configured to identify lines of response that cause artifacts and corresponding radiation events for transformation by the event transformation processor.
A rotary hearth furnace of annular design for the heat treatment of workpieces, comprising an outer wall and an inner wall (2, 3) that define a furnace chamber with at least one treatment zone (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), at least one heating device that heats the furnace chamber, an annular rotary hearth and a rotary drive that drives the rotary hearth, wherein several racks are provided in the furnace chamber and circumferentially arranged on the annular rotary hearth in order to accommodate or support workpieces introduced into the furnace chamber, wherein the outer wall features at least one closable opening for loading and/or unloading the furnace chamber, wherein a respective rack is provided with receptacle elements that divide the rack into at least two horizontal planes (17, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d) such that workpieces can be accommodated on top of one another, and wherein at least one workpiece can be accommodated in each horizontal plane (17, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d), characterized in that at least one auxiliary heating device is arranged at least between two horizontal planes (17, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d) of a respective rack and heats the workpieces held in the corresponding horizontal planes (17, 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d), wherein the at least one auxiliary heating device consists of an electrically operated heating device that is electrically connected to at least one conductor rail extending underneath the rotary hearth.
A curable composition, comprising: an organopolysiloxane, which comprises an aliphatic unsaturated bond and an aryl group and of which a ratio (Ar/Si) of aryl groups (Ar) with respect to silicon atoms (Si) is from 0.3 to 1.1; an organopolysiloxane, which comprises an aryl group and a hydrogen atom binding to a silicon atom and of which a ratio (Ar/Si) of aryl groups (Ar) with respect to silicon atoms (Si) is from 0.3 to 1.2; and an inorganic particle, of which the surface is treated with an organopolysiloxane which has an average composition formula of Formula 17 and of which a molar ratio (Ar/Si) of aryl groups (Ar) binding to silicon atoms with respect to silicon atoms (Si) is from 0.1 to 1.8: [Formula 17] (R 3 SiO 1/2) a (R 2 SiO 2/2) b (RSiO 3/2) c (SiO 2) d where R's are independently hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an epoxy group, a (meth)acryloyl group, an isocyanate group or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, with the proviso that at least one of R's is an aryl group; and a, b, c and d are each independently 0 or a positive number, with the proviso that the sum thereof (a+b+c+d) is 1. an organopolysiloxane, which comprises an aliphatic unsaturated bond and an aryl group and of which a ratio (Ar/Si) of aryl groups (Ar) with respect to silicon atoms (Si) is from 0.3 to 1.1; an organopolysiloxane, which comprises an aryl group and a hydrogen atom binding to a silicon atom and of which a ratio (Ar/Si) of aryl groups (Ar) with respect to silicon atoms (Si) is from 0.3 to 1.2; and an inorganic particle, of which the surface is treated with an organopolysiloxane which has an average composition formula of Formula 17 and of which a molar ratio (Ar/Si) of aryl groups (Ar) binding to silicon atoms with respect to silicon atoms (Si) is from 0.1 to 1.8: [Formula 17] (R 3 SiO 1/2) a (R 2 SiO 2/2) b (RSiO 3/2) c (SiO 2) d where R's are independently hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an epoxy group, a (meth)acryloyl group, an isocyanate group or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, with the proviso that at least one of R's is an aryl group; and a, b, c and d are each independently 0 or a positive number, with the proviso that the sum thereof (a+b+c+d) is 1. [Formula 17] (R 3 SiO 1/2) a (R 2 SiO 2/2) b (RSiO 3/2) c (SiO 2) d where R's are independently hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an epoxy group, a (meth)acryloyl group, an isocyanate group or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, with the proviso that at least one of R's is an aryl group; and a, b, c and d are each independently 0 or a positive number, with the proviso that the sum thereof (a+b+c+d) is 1.
A device (10, 40) for moving an object (15, 45), the device (10, 40) comprising: a base (12, 42) and a platform (14, 44) able to receive the object; six supports (16, 46) each having an upper end connected to the platform (14, 44) and a lower end connected to the base (23, 42), where the upper end and lower end of each support (16, 46) in combination have at least five degrees of freedom; and an actuation device connected to at least three of the supports (16, 46), where the actuation device is suited for giving predefined periodic movements to said at least three of the six supports, these three supports being called controlled supports, thus giving a periodic movement to the platform relative to the base with at least three degrees of freedom, characterized in that said periodic movement is composed of at least three elementary periodic movements each defining a degree of freedom of the movement of the platform, where each of said three periodic elementary movements has a period, called elementary period, different from each other, where the elementary periods are submultiples of the period of the periodic movement of the platform, and the movements of the platform along each other periodic elementary movements are algebraically independent from each other. a base (12, 42) and a platform (14, 44) able to receive the object; six supports (16, 46) each having an upper end connected to the platform (14, 44) and a lower end connected to the base (23, 42), where the upper end and lower end of each support (16, 46) in combination have at least five degrees of freedom; and an actuation device connected to at least three of the supports (16, 46), where the actuation device is suited for giving predefined periodic movements to said at least three of the six supports, these three supports being called controlled supports, thus giving a periodic movement to the platform relative to the base with at least three degrees of freedom, characterized in that said periodic movement is composed of at least three elementary periodic movements each defining a degree of freedom of the movement of the platform, where each of said three periodic elementary movements has a period, called elementary period, different from each other, where the elementary periods are submultiples of the period of the periodic movement of the platform, and the movements of the platform along each other periodic elementary movements are algebraically independent from each other.
A method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition comprising C: 0.001∼0.10 mass%, Si: 1.0∼5.0 mass%, Mn: 0.01∼0.5 mass%, Al: less than 0.0100 mass%, each of S, Se, O and N: not more than 0.0050 mass%, optionally one or more selected from Cu: 0.01∼0.2 mass%, Ni: 0.01∼0.5 mass%, Cr: 0.01∼0.5 mass%, Sb: 0.01∼0.1 mass%, Sn: 0.01∼0.5 mass%, Mo: 0.01∼0.5 mass%, Bi: 0.001∼0.1 mass%, Ti: 0.005∼0.02 mass%, P: 0.001∼0.05 mass% and Nb: 0.0005∼0.0100 mass% and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, subjecting the resulting hot rolled sheet to a single cold rolling or two or more cold rollings sandwiching an intermediate annealing therebetween to a final thickness after or without hot-rolled sheet annealing, subjecting the resulting cold rolled sheet to a primary recrystallization annealing, applying an annealing separator thereto and then subjecting to a finish annealing, wherein a zone of 550∼700°C in a heating process of the primary recrystallization annealing is rapidly heated at an average heating rate of 40∼200°C/s to promote generation of <001> orientation as nuclei for secondary recrystallization, characterized in that at a temperature or a temperature zone within the range between 250°C and 550°C,a heating rate of not more than 10°C/s is kept for 1∼10 seconds to lower the superiority of recrystallization.
A method comprising: receiving by a media client from a content distribution system a media stream, and receiving by the media client, as in-band metadata with the media stream, an identifier of the media stream; processing by the media client the media stream for presentation; and while processing by the media client the media stream for presentation, transmitting by the media client to a server, in out-of-band signaling, the identifier of the media stream received by the media client as in-band metadata with the media stream, to enable the server to obtain, based on a lookup keyed to the identifier, reference fingerprints representing the media stream without a need for the server to search for reference fingerprints that match query fingerprints representing the media stream being processed by the media client, wherein obtaining the reference fingerprints based on the lookup keyed to the identifier comprises referring to predefined reference data that associates various identifiers with respective reference fingerprints, to determine, based on the reference data, the reference fingerprints with which the identifier is associated; and receiving by the media client from the server a directive for the media client to perform a content-related action at a particular time in the media stream, wherein the particular time is established based on the obtained reference fingerprints. receiving by a media client from a content distribution system a media stream, and receiving by the media client, as in-band metadata with the media stream, an identifier of the media stream; processing by the media client the media stream for presentation; and while processing by the media client the media stream for presentation, transmitting by the media client to a server, in out-of-band signaling, the identifier of the media stream received by the media client as in-band metadata with the media stream, to enable the server to obtain, based on a lookup keyed to the identifier, reference fingerprints representing the media stream without a need for the server to search for reference fingerprints that match query fingerprints representing the media stream being processed by the media client, wherein obtaining the reference fingerprints based on the lookup keyed to the identifier comprises referring to predefined reference data that associates various identifiers with respective reference fingerprints, to determine, based on the reference data, the reference fingerprints with which the identifier is associated; and receiving by the media client from the server a directive for the media client to perform a content-related action at a particular time in the media stream, wherein the particular time is established based on the obtained reference fingerprints.
Lamella roof with a horizontally oriented frame, in which a number of lamellae (10, 12) can be pivoted by more than 90° between a position closing the lamella roof and an open position, wherein a synchronization device synchronizes the movement of all lamellae (10, 12) and in at least one of the lamellae an electric drive motor is provided, the motor head of which is fixed to a bearing block on the frame via a bearing element and the output shaft of which is coupled to the driven lamella, characterized in that the bearing block and the bearing element are coupled without play via a force-fitting, form-fitting or material-bonded connection (at 48).
Ducting for a fuel pipeline of an aircraft or spacecraft, in particular designed to be mounted in each of the wings of an aircraft, the ducting comprising at least one multilayer pipe (1, 1') having two respectively inner and outer layers, each made of a composite plastic material that is leakproof and chemically resistant to the fuel and that is reinforced by electrically conductive reinforcing means, these layers being separated from each other by an intermediate layer, notably capable to insulate electrically the pipe, each of the inner and outer layers has at least one winding with contiguous turns around the axis of symmetry of the pipe, of a continuous element made of a composite thermoplastic material with a thermoplastic matrix incorporating these reinforcing means, characterized in that the intermediate layer of said pipe has at least one winding with contiguous turns around the inner layer, of an intermediate continuous element with a thermoplastic matrix, which is lacking any reinforcing means, so that this pipe enables electrostatic charges to be eliminated through its inner layer and electric charges due to lightning to be deflected through its outer layer while having a high modulus of inertia and reduced mass.
A notification method for a communication device and docking system, comprising: generating, by the communication device, a notification template corresponding to a notification; providing, by the communication device, the notification template to the docking system; generating, by the communication device, a notification control signal that corresponds to the notification template; and controlling the docking system to present the notification in response to the notification control signal using one or more resources of the docking system based on the notification template. generating, by the communication device, a notification template corresponding to a notification; providing, by the communication device, the notification template to the docking system; generating, by the communication device, a notification control signal that corresponds to the notification template; and controlling the docking system to present the notification in response to the notification control signal using one or more resources of the docking system based on the notification template.
A process of desalting and deasphalting crude oil, the process comprising: mixing a wash water stream and a crude oil stream to form a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein the crude oil stream comprises water soluble salts and asphaltenes; and separating the water-in-oil emulsion in a desalter unit, the desalter unit employing gravity to affect a separation, to form a first stream comprising water and water soluble salts, a second stream comprising asphaltenes and water, and a third stream comprising desalted and deasphalted crude oil; and forming from the water-in-oil emulsion in a separator an aqueous phase corresponding to the first stream, an interface phase corresponding to the second stream, and a hydrocarbon phase corresponding to the third stream; characterised in that the process further comprises detecting a height or a level of the interface phase and adjusting a location of a nozzle for the separating of the second stream based on changes in a height or a level of the interface phase. forming from the water-in-oil emulsion in a separator an aqueous phase corresponding to the first stream, an interface phase corresponding to the second stream, and a hydrocarbon phase corresponding to the third stream; characterised in that the process further comprises detecting a height or a level of the interface phase and adjusting a location of a nozzle for the separating of the second stream based on changes in a height or a level of the interface phase.
Pumped storage power station comprising at least one upper fluid reservoir and at least one lower fluid reservoir for receiving working fluid, comprising at least one pump (20, 21) which can be driven by an electric motor, by means of which pump the working fluid can be pumped from the at least one lower fluid reservoir into the at least one upper fluid reservoir via at least one connecting line, comprising at least one turbine (21, 24) connected to an electric generator, which turbine can be driven by the working fluid when said fluid flows from the at least one upper fluid reservoir into the at least one lower fluid reservoir via at least one connecting line, the fluid reservoirs (4, 10) consisting of mined caverns (3, 9) in a salt deposit, e.g. a salt dome, the caverns (3, 9) being connected by at least one substantially vertical connecting line, the lower end of which protrudes into the region of the cavern base of the lower cavern, characterised in that a cavern of the upper fluid reservoir is arranged in a substantially vertical manner above a lower cavern of the lower fluid reservoir and in that the pump or turbine or a pump-turbine unit is arranged at the lower end of the connecting line, the connecting line being a main pipe having a pipe diameter of between 0.4 m and 1.0 m, the main pipe which forms the connecting line extending through the upper cavern and further up to the earth's surface.
A radial compressor comprising an impeller which is rotatively driven, axially introduces air taken in through an air passage formed in a housing, pressurizes the introduced air, and discharges the pressurized air in a radial direction; and an annular concave groove being formed in a peripheral wall of the air passage of the housing; wherein a rear end portion of an opening of the annular concave groove, where the rear end portion meets a housing peripheral wall, is provided in the vicinity of a blade front end surface of the impeller, characterised in that the rear end portion of the opening of the annular concave groove is formed such that an axial projecting amount X of the rear end portion relative to the blade front end surface of the impeller is defined by X ≤ 1.5T, where T denotes the thickness of the distal portion of a blade, and a flow turning around the blade front end surface of the impeller is configured to be guided to the annular concave groove by a centrifugal force.
An immediate release pharmaceutical composition comprising (i) a therapeutic amount of methotrexate or any pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, (ii) a non-therapeutic amount of novobiocin or any pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, optionally in the association with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, carrier or diluent.