mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A handgrip for coupling a leash, comprising a body with a guiding rail for coupling said leash, wherein said body has an elongated bent shape comprising a grip part for holding said handgrip with a hand, both longitudinal ends (7, 8) of said body having a recess (14, 23) with a first coupling part for cooperation with a functional member part having a second coupling part, characterized in that said body has a relatively long outer part and a relatively shorter inner part, such that said recesses (14, 23) at longitudinal ends (7, 8) of said body are positioned at an angle with respect to each other, wherein the angle between longitudinal axes through a first and a second of said handgrip's recesses (14, 23) is between 100° and 170°.
A method for producing a glycoprotein having uniform amino acid sequence, sugar chain structure, and higher order structure, comprising the following steps (a) to (c): (a) folding a glycoprotein having uniform amino acid sequence and sugar chain to generate folded glycoproteins having plural kinds of higher order structures; (b) fractionating the folded glycoproteins by column chromatography to obtain plural fractions containing said folded glycoproteins; and (c) collecting a fraction having a predetermined activity from the fractions obtained by the step (b). (a) folding a glycoprotein having uniform amino acid sequence and sugar chain to generate folded glycoproteins having plural kinds of higher order structures; (b) fractionating the folded glycoproteins by column chromatography to obtain plural fractions containing said folded glycoproteins; and (c) collecting a fraction having a predetermined activity from the fractions obtained by the step (b).
A method of forming a catheter shaft, comprising the steps of: coextruding a first molten polymer with a second molten polymer, wherein the second molten polymer forms a flexible inner core and the first molten polymer forms exactly two bands on opposite sides of the inner core, the bands being more rigid than the inner core, overlaying a braid on the inner core and the bands, coextruding a third molten polymer onto the braid to form a flexible jacket that encloses the braid, the bands and the inner core, the method further comprising: while performing the step of coextruding changing a first composition of the third molten polymer to a second composition of the third molten polymer to define a proximal segment and a distal segment of a shaft and a transitional segment therebetween, the proximal segment being more rigid than the distal segment, and characterized in that in the proximal segment the braid has a first configuration, in the distal segment the braid has a second configuration and in the transitional segment the braid transitions between the first configuration and the second configuration, wherein the first configuration offers more resistance to flexion of the shaft than the second configuration. coextruding a first molten polymer with a second molten polymer, wherein the second molten polymer forms a flexible inner core and the first molten polymer forms exactly two bands on opposite sides of the inner core, the bands being more rigid than the inner core, overlaying a braid on the inner core and the bands, coextruding a third molten polymer onto the braid to form a flexible jacket that encloses the braid, the bands and the inner core, the method further comprising: while performing the step of coextruding changing a first composition of the third molten polymer to a second composition of the third molten polymer to define a proximal segment and a distal segment of a shaft and a transitional segment therebetween, the proximal segment being more rigid than the distal segment, and characterized in that in the proximal segment the braid has a first configuration, in the distal segment the braid has a second configuration and in the transitional segment the braid transitions between the first configuration and the second configuration, wherein the first configuration offers more resistance to flexion of the shaft than the second configuration.
Play structure for children, said play structure being a tall climbing structure comprising a central tower mainly built up of vertically arranged pillars, vertically arranged panel elements fastened to the pillars to form wall panels and horizontally arranged panel elements to function as floor panels, said play structure comprising two vertically arranged pillars and a first vertically arranged panel element connected between the two pillars and fastened to the two pillars, said two vertically arranged pillars each being longer than 2m and said first vertically arranged panel element being arranged such that its upper edge is located higher than 2m from the bottom of the two vertically arranged pillars, said first vertically arranged panel element comprises a rectangular frame comprising a top and a bottom horizontally arranged frame member (26, 30) and a left and a right vertically arranged frame member (28, 32), said top, bottom, left and right frame members together defining an enclosed area, said enclosed area being greater than 0.5 m2 and said enclosed area being filled with a mesh structure made from elongated metal elements (36, 38) arranged in a repeating pattern, each of the elongated metal elements being fastened to at least two different frame members, and a diameter of the largest inscribed circle between any adjacent frame members and/or elongated metal elements is either i) less than 65mm and greater than 20mm or ii) less than 11mm and a. said elongated metal elements are arranged at an angle to the frame members to which they are connected to of between 30 and 60 degrees and/or b. the elongated metal elements comprise a first set of elongated metal elements extending in a first direction and a second set of elongated metal elements extending in a different direction, the angle between the elongated metal elements of the first and second set of elongated metal elements being between 60 and 90 degrees. a. said elongated metal elements are arranged at an angle to the frame members to which they are connected to of between 30 and 60 degrees and/or b. the elongated metal elements comprise a first set of elongated metal elements extending in a first direction and a second set of elongated metal elements extending in a different direction, the angle between the elongated metal elements of the first and second set of elongated metal elements being between 60 and 90 degrees.
A regeneration method of a nickel-metal hydride battery provided with a positive electrode at least including nickel hydroxide, the regeneration method comprising: performing a regeneration process of charging the nickel-metal hydride battery by supplying a square-wave pulse current set to a repetition frequency ranging from 5 kHz to 10 kHz and to an average value of current ranging from 1 A to 10 A.
A device for adjusting at least one of the shape and size of an anatomic orifice or lumen, comprising: an adjustable implant body (100, 645, 800) configured to adjust at least one of the shape and size of an anatomic orifice or lumen and having an adjustable member (1130, 1230); and an adjustment tool (1135, 1235) configured to be removably coupled to the adjustable member of the adjustable implant body such that the adjustment tool can be used to activate adjustment of at least one of the shape and size of the anatomic orifice or lumen, wherein the adjustable member (1130, 1230) comprises a housing (1104, 1204) having a magnetic docking collar (1102, 1202) and an interface location (1120, 1220) that enables coupling of the adjustment tool with the magnetic docking collar, the magnetic docking collar located either along a surface of the housing adjacent the interface location or along an internal surface of the interface location; and the adjustment tool includes an electromagnetic docking element (1105, 1205) coupled to a control switch, where the electromagnetic docking element can be used to releasably couple the adjustment tool to the magnetic docking collar of the adjustable member upon activation of the control switch to create an attractive force therebetween.
A system for arranging a wick in a plant pot having a bottom and at least one side wall, extending from the bottom up to a top rim and at least one hole, which is pre-arranged in or at least near the bottom, with substrate up to a top level in the plant pot, the system comprising: - a supply, which in use provides a length of wick material longer than a height of the top level of the substrate in the plant pot; and - a lance, which in use engages and orients the length of wick material towards the hole in the bottom of the plant pot, CHARACTERIZED BY - a drive, which in use inserts the lance with the engaged length of wick material through the hole in or at least near the bottom of the plant pot and extracts only the lance, for the wick to extend from below the bottom, through the hole and at least essentially upwards to above the top level of the substrate. - a supply, which in use provides a length of wick material longer than a height of the top level of the substrate in the plant pot; and - a lance, which in use engages and orients the length of wick material towards the hole in the bottom of the plant pot, - a drive, which in use inserts the lance with the engaged length of wick material through the hole in or at least near the bottom of the plant pot and extracts only the lance, for the wick to extend from below the bottom, through the hole and at least essentially upwards to above the top level of the substrate.
A jug for the heating and/or frothing of milk, comprising a container for containing the milk, equipped with a box-shaped cover on the top, housing a chamber for heating and/or frothing milk withdrawn from said container, comprising a articulated connecting means between said cover and said container, said jug having a plurality of configurations in each of which said cover has a different arrangement with respect to said container, each configuration of said jug being associated with a corresponding state of said articulated connecting means, characterised in that said cover has an inlet for steam into said chamber and an outlet for hot and/or frothed milk from said chamber.
A quantum key distribution method (2000, 5000, 7000) for distributing a secret key over a quantum communication channel between a transmitter and a receiver, the method comprising the steps of: - synchronizing (S2100, S5100, S7100) a clock between the transmitter and the receiver, - distributing the secret key from the transmitter to the receiver, characterized in that the synchronizing step (S2100, S5100, S7100) comprises: a first transmitting step for transmitting a N-th bit of the clock from the transmitter to the receiver, a second transmitting step for transmitting acknowledgement of reception of the N-th bit from the receiver to the transmitter, a first checking step for checking if the N-th bit is a most significant bit of the clock, and an incrementing step for incrementing the value of N if the first checking step indicates that the N-th bit is not the most significant bit of the clock. - synchronizing (S2100, S5100, S7100) a clock between the transmitter and the receiver, - distributing the secret key from the transmitter to the receiver, a first transmitting step for transmitting a N-th bit of the clock from the transmitter to the receiver, a second transmitting step for transmitting acknowledgement of reception of the N-th bit from the receiver to the transmitter, a first checking step for checking if the N-th bit is a most significant bit of the clock, and an incrementing step for incrementing the value of N if the first checking step indicates that the N-th bit is not the most significant bit of the clock.
Electric heating device (1, 2), having an electric heating element (10, 20), which is arranged unsupported inside the tubular interior of at least one tubular metal casing (13, 23), and which is electrically insulated from the latter by means of a compressed, electrically insulating material (14, 24), wherein the electric heating element (10, 20) comprises, at least partially, helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) which have a flat strip geometry, wherein the helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) with flat strip geometry comprise an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a distance between adjacent helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) and are formed such that the flat side of the helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) with flat strip geometry extends parallel to the axis of the helix (A W), characterized in that, at least in some regions of the interior of the tubular metal casing (13, 23) which are adjacent to at least one helix (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20), the compressed electrically insulating material (14, 24) is either a compressed granulate material consisting of granules (14.1, 14.2) of different sizes and having edges and protrusions (14.3), or the compressed insulating material is a compressed molded part consisting of an electrically insulating material, and in that at least one surface (W1.1, W1.2, W1.3, W1.4, W2.1, W2.2, W2.3, W2.4, W3.1, W3.2, W3.3, W3.4, W4.1, W4.2, W4.3, W4.4) of at least one helix (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) comprises sections in which either granules (14.1, 14.2) or components of the molded part created during the compression of the molded part, are pressed, under local deformation of the electric heating element (10, 20), at least partially into the electric heating element (10, 20). the electric heating element (10, 20) comprises, at least partially, helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) which have a flat strip geometry, wherein the helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) with flat strip geometry comprise an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a distance between adjacent helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) and are formed such that the flat side of the helices (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) with flat strip geometry extends parallel to the axis of the helix (A W), characterized in that, at least in some regions of the interior of the tubular metal casing (13, 23) which are adjacent to at least one helix (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20), the compressed electrically insulating material (14, 24) is either a compressed granulate material consisting of granules (14.1, 14.2) of different sizes and having edges and protrusions (14.3), or the compressed insulating material is a compressed molded part consisting of an electrically insulating material, and in that at least one surface (W1.1, W1.2, W1.3, W1.4, W2.1, W2.2, W2.3, W2.4, W3.1, W3.2, W3.3, W3.4, W4.1, W4.2, W4.3, W4.4) of at least one helix (W1, W2, W3, W4, W10, W20) comprises sections in which either granules (14.1, 14.2) or components of the molded part created during the compression of the molded part, are pressed, under local deformation of the electric heating element (10, 20), at least partially into the electric heating element (10, 20).
A method of receiving a desired radio sub-channel transmitted by a transmitter during a time slot; wherein an unwanted radio sub-channel is also transmitted by the transmitter during the time slot and wherein the desired and unwanted radio sub-channels are orthogonal to one another at the time of transmission, the method comprising: receiving a radio signal during the time slot, wherein the radio signal comprises the desired and unwanted radio sub-channels; producing a plurality of signal branches from the received radio signal by treating orthogonal components of the received signal as separate branches and also by generating separate signal branches by one or both of oversampling and using multiple receive antennas; using joint channel estimation to independently process more than one of the signal branches and to produce therefrom for each of the more than one of the signal branches a channel estimate for the desired radio sub-channel and a channel estimate for the unwanted radio sub-channel; producing an estimate of the unwanted radio sub-channel bits from a non-stacked form of the received radio signal; using the channel estimates and the estimate of the unwanted radio sub-channel bits to reconstruct unwanted radio sub-channel components for each of the more than one of the signal branches; producing desired radio sub-channel signal branches by subtracting a corresponding one of the reconstructed unwanted radio sub-channel components from each of the more than one of the signal branches; producing a non-stacked desired signal by combining the desired radio sub-channel signal branches; and processing the non-stacked desired signal to receive the desired radio sub-channel. receiving a radio signal during the time slot, wherein the radio signal comprises the desired and unwanted radio sub-channels; producing a plurality of signal branches from the received radio signal by treating orthogonal components of the received signal as separate branches and also by generating separate signal branches by one or both of oversampling and using multiple receive antennas; using joint channel estimation to independently process more than one of the signal branches and to produce therefrom for each of the more than one of the signal branches a channel estimate for the desired radio sub-channel and a channel estimate for the unwanted radio sub-channel; producing an estimate of the unwanted radio sub-channel bits from a non-stacked form of the received radio signal; using the channel estimates and the estimate of the unwanted radio sub-channel bits to reconstruct unwanted radio sub-channel components for each of the more than one of the signal branches; producing desired radio sub-channel signal branches by subtracting a corresponding one of the reconstructed unwanted radio sub-channel components from each of the more than one of the signal branches; producing a non-stacked desired signal by combining the desired radio sub-channel signal branches; and processing the non-stacked desired signal to receive the desired radio sub-channel.
A catalyst composition comprising a catalyst activator and a lanthanide metal complex of the general formula where M represents a Nd or Gd atom; L represents a neutral Lewis base; z is an integer of from 0 to 2 inclusive; with the proviso that each L is the same when z is 2; R 1 is a divalent atom or group that contains at least one of C, O, S, N, P, Si, Se, Sn or B; each R 2 independently is H, a halogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, the radical of a heterocyclic compound, or a heteroatom-containing group; and R 3 is a halogen-containing group, a group that contains an Al atom, or R 2, with the proviso that two R 2 groups together with the atoms to which each is bonded can form a ring structure, one R 2 group and R 1 or R 3 together with the atoms to which each is bonded can form a ring structure, and/or R 1 and R 3 together with the atoms to which each is bonded can form a ring structure. M represents a Nd or Gd atom; L represents a neutral Lewis base; z is an integer of from 0 to 2 inclusive; with the proviso that each L is the same when z is 2; R 1 is a divalent atom or group that contains at least one of C, O, S, N, P, Si, Se, Sn or B; each R 2 independently is H, a halogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, the radical of a heterocyclic compound, or a heteroatom-containing group; and R 3 is a halogen-containing group, a group that contains an Al atom, or R 2, with the proviso that two R 2 groups together with the atoms to which each is bonded can form a ring structure, one R 2 group and R 1 or R 3 together with the atoms to which each is bonded can form a ring structure, and/or R 1 and R 3 together with the atoms to which each is bonded can form a ring structure.
Aerosol-generating device comprising a device housing comprising a cavity having an internal surface forming part of a receiving chamber for receiving at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article, further comprising a plurality of retention ribs extending into the cavity and being configured for contacting at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article, characterized in that the retention ribs are arranged along an internal sidewall of the receiving chamber in an oblique manner relative to a longitudinal axis of the receiving chamber, and in that the ribs of the plurality of retention ribs are distanced from each other, thereby defining airflow passages in between neighbouring retention ribs.
A method comprising: receiving a media item; identifying a vehicle having a vehicle-based media system; storing a media item at the identified vehicle in the media system; receiving a first signal about the vehicle, wherein the first signal comprises at least one from the group consisting of: a vehicle speed, a vehicle location and a vehicle altitude; determining an authorized period for the media item to be accessible based on the received first signal about the vehicle; receiving a request for the media item; verifying that the requester is authorized to access the media item; providing the requested media item to the verified requester using the vehicle-based media system; determining that the authorized period has expired; and deleting the media item from the vehicle. receiving a media item; identifying a vehicle having a vehicle-based media system; storing a media item at the identified vehicle in the media system; receiving a first signal about the vehicle, wherein the first signal comprises at least one from the group consisting of: a vehicle speed, a vehicle location and a vehicle altitude; determining an authorized period for the media item to be accessible based on the received first signal about the vehicle; receiving a request for the media item; verifying that the requester is authorized to access the media item; providing the requested media item to the verified requester using the vehicle-based media system; determining that the authorized period has expired; and deleting the media item from the vehicle.
Locking bar for an espagnolette fitting, having a flange, on whose opposite longitudinal sides clamping legs of V-shaped cross-section are integrally formed parallel to and at a distance from one another, having in each case an inner leg and an outer leg which is resiliently movable relative to the inner leg.
A process for preparing (meth) acrylates of C 17 alcohol mixtures, where the solidification point of the (meth)acrylates at atmospheric pressure is below 0°C, by reacting (meth)acrylic acid with a C 17 alcohol mixture in the presence of at least one acidic catalyst and of at least one polymerization inhibitor and in the presence of a solvent which forms an azeotrope with water, in which the esterification is performed in a reactor with a circulation evaporator, the azeotrope is distilled off and condensed, and the condensate splits into an aqueous phase and an organic phase, wherein the C 17 alcohol mixture has a mean degree of branching (iso index) of 3.01 to 3.5 and has a content of alcohols having 17 carbon atoms of at least 95% by weight.