mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method of blowing air in a compression stage diffuser of a compressor of a gas turbine, this diffuser having two end plates enclosing a plurality of circumferential blades and the air flow along the blades being effected from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the diffuser, a coupling of an injection of air into the air passage upstream of the diffuser with a withdrawal of air (Fi, F4) originating from the air passage downstream is carried out via an air intake at the leading edges, upstream relative to the trailing edges situated downstream, by blowing of the injected air in the air passage from upstream to downstream, the injection being oriented so that the injected air blows into the air passage along the blades and/or the end plates, and by withdrawal of this air (Fi, F4) by suction into the air passage at the trailing edges and characterised in that the method comprises the injection into each blade then recirculation to the air intake in the leading edge of the blade in order to produce a suction/blowing coupling, so that the pressure of the air withdrawn (Fi, F4) is higher than the pressure of air flowing in the region of the withdrawal.
Vehicle tyre having a decorative pattern (2, 2') on at least one sidewall portion, wherein the pattern (2, 2') has a multiplicity of surface elements (5, 6, 7; 9, 10, 10'; 11a, 11b), wherein surface elements (5, 6, 7; 11a, 11b) are present, which are provided with a hatching of ribs (5a, 6a, 7a; 12a, 12b), and wherein surface elements (5, 6, 7; 10, 10'; 11a, 11b) are provided, the hatching of which has a specific orientation relative to a specific direction that differs from the orientation of the hatching of other surface elements (5, 6, 7; 11a, 11b), likewise relative to this direction, wherein the pattern (2, 2') has a grid structure of grid lines (3, 3') which encircle surface elements (5, 6, 7; 9, 10, 10'; 11a, 11b), which in the circumferential direction of the sidewall portion change their outer shape by an in particular continuous increase and/or decrease in the mutual spacings of grid lines (3, 3') and/or by changing the course and/or the orientation of grid lines (3, 3') with respect to the circumferential direction and/or the radial direction, characterized in that the grid lines (3, 3') are formed by ribs (3a, 3'a), wherein all of the ribs (5a, 6a, 7a; 3a, 3'a; 12a, 12b) forming the hatchings or the grid lines (3, 3') proceed from a common base level.
An electric discharge machine which includes a rotary table, disposed in a working tank and fitted with an object to be machined, and a controller configured to control the rotary table to perform electric discharge machining, the rotary table comprising: a rotary table body; a table rotating body pivotally supported on the rotary table body and configured to rotate; a drive unit for rotating the table rotating body; and a sealing mechanism section including a sealing member disposed between the rotary table body and the table rotating body; characterized by further comprising a working fluid penetration detection unit provided in the rotary table body and configured to detect penetration of a working fluid into the rotary table body; and wherein the rotary table body includes a rotary table body section, a bearing support section, and the sealing mechanism section, and a transparent window is provided on the side of the rotary table body section, the bearing support section, and/or the sealing mechanism section. a rotary table body; a table rotating body pivotally supported on the rotary table body and configured to rotate; a drive unit for rotating the table rotating body; and a sealing mechanism section including a sealing member disposed between the rotary table body and the table rotating body; characterized by further comprising a working fluid penetration detection unit provided in the rotary table body and configured to detect penetration of a working fluid into the rotary table body; and wherein the rotary table body includes a rotary table body section, a bearing support section, and the sealing mechanism section, and a transparent window is provided on the side of the rotary table body section, the bearing support section, and/or the sealing mechanism section.
A laundry washing machine having an outer casing and comprising, inside said outer casing: a washing tub adapted to contain the washing liquid; a rotatable drum which is fitted in axially rotatable manner inside the washing tub and is adapted to contain the laundry to be washed; and at least one balancing ring which is rigidly secured to the rotatable drum for reducing the vibrations of the drum; said at least one balancing ring comprising: a toroidal annular housing which is rigidly secured to the drum and has a tubular structure so as to delimit a closed annular inner cavity with a polygonal-shaped cross-section; and a number of balancing masses accommodated in free movable manner inside said annular inner cavity; the laundry washing machine being characterized in that said toroidal annular housing includes an inner annular hemishell and an outer annular hemishell which are discrete and complementary to one another, extend astride of a midplane of the annular housing perpendicular to the central axis, are concentric to one another and are finally joined to one another so as to form/delimit the annular inner cavity of said annular housing; and in that the transversal cross-section of the outer annular hemishell has, opposite to the central axis of said annular housing, a first and a second consecutive sides that are located astride of said midplane, are inclined to one another and are both non-perpendicular to the same midplane. said at least one balancing ring comprising: a toroidal annular housing which is rigidly secured to the drum and has a tubular structure so as to delimit a closed annular inner cavity with a polygonal-shaped cross-section; and a number of balancing masses accommodated in free movable manner inside said annular inner cavity; the laundry washing machine being characterized in that said toroidal annular housing includes an inner annular hemishell and an outer annular hemishell which are discrete and complementary to one another, extend astride of a midplane of the annular housing perpendicular to the central axis, are concentric to one another and are finally joined to one another so as to form/delimit the annular inner cavity of said annular housing; and in that the transversal cross-section of the outer annular hemishell has, opposite to the central axis of said annular housing, a first and a second consecutive sides that are located astride of said midplane, are inclined to one another and are both non-perpendicular to the same midplane.
An apparatus for trimming plant material, the apparatus comprising: - a rotatable tumbler through which the plant material is to be axially propagated while rotationally tumbling, and - a plurality of cutting reel systems adjacent the tumbler, the plurality comprising: -- a first cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler, and -- a second cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler and angularly spaced apart from the first cutting reel system about a rotational axis of the tumbler. - a rotatable tumbler through which the plant material is to be axially propagated while rotationally tumbling, and - a plurality of cutting reel systems adjacent the tumbler, the plurality comprising: -- a first cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler, and -- a second cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler and angularly spaced apart from the first cutting reel system about a rotational axis of the tumbler. -- a first cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler, and -- a second cutting reel system adjacent the tumbler and angularly spaced apart from the first cutting reel system about a rotational axis of the tumbler.
A composition for protecting and/or preserving cells, tissues or organs, characterised in that it has a pH of between 7 and 8 and in that it comprises at least one positively charged modified cyclodextrin.
A vaccine formulation providing protection against pneumococcal infection in a subject, said formulation comprising at least 20 micrograms of a protein encoded by SP_1690 or an immunogenic part thereof together with at least one of a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, carrier, excipient or adjuvant therefore.
A composition comprising a PD-1 antagonist or a TLR9 agonist for use in treating cancer in an individual comprising administering to the individual a combination therapy which comprises a PD-1 antagonist and a TLR9 agonist, wherein the TLR9 agonist is a CpG-C type oligonucleotide having a sequence consisting of 5'-TCGAACGTTCGAACGTTCGAACGTTCGAAT-3'(SEQ ID NO:45), and wherein the PD-1 antagonist is: (i) a monoclonal antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, which comprises light chain CDRs of SEQ ID NOs:7, 8 and 9 and heavy chain CDRs of SEQ ID NOs:10, 11 and 12, or (ii) an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody which comprises a heavy chain and a light chain, and wherein the heavy chain comprises SEQ ID NO:21 and the light chain comprises SEQ ID NO:22. (i) a monoclonal antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, which comprises light chain CDRs of SEQ ID NOs:7, 8 and 9 and heavy chain CDRs of SEQ ID NOs:10, 11 and 12, or (ii) an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody which comprises a heavy chain and a light chain, and wherein the heavy chain comprises SEQ ID NO:21 and the light chain comprises SEQ ID NO:22.
A separator for a battery comprising a microbial cellulose nanofiber and having a tensile strength of 39 MPa to 290 MPa, wherein an average degree of polymerization of the cellulose nanofiber is 4,000 to 20,000 and the tensile strength is measured in accordance with ASTM D882.
A measuring method for measuring the viscosity of an essentially non-compressible measuring medium with a measuring device comprising a first container, wherein the measuring medium can leak from the first container via a capillary which, in an operating position, is arranged at a certain capillary angle (α) toward the horizontal, preferably perpendicularly, via an outlet opening of the capillary, and wherein, in a first process step, the measuring medium is introduced into the first container filled with a compressible medium, in particular ambient air, whereupon the measuring medium occupies a partial volume (V F0) of the total volume (V 0) of the first container, and wherein, in a second process step, a pressure difference (Δp;Δp(t)) between a pressure (p; p(t)) of the compressible medium in the first container and a pressure (p 0) of the compressible medium at the outlet opening of the capillary is adjusted, and wherein, in a third process step, the decrease in volume (dV F (t)/dt) of the measuring medium per time unit is determined for the pressure difference (Δp) which is kept constant or for a pressure difference (Δp(t)) which decreases as a result of the decrease in volume (dV F (t)/dt) of the measuring medium in order to determine at least two measurement points of the decrease in volume (dV F (t)/dt) of the measuring medium per time unit over the pressure difference (Δp) as a resulting straight line in a coordinate system, and wherein, in a final process step, the kinematic viscosity (v) is determined from the value of the resulting straight line for the decrease in volume (dV F (t)/dt) of the measuring medium per time unit at the pressure difference of Δp = 0 and the dynamic viscosity (η) of the measuring medium is determined from the slope of the resulting straight line.
A composition comprising at least the following: A) 0.5 to 40 wt% of at least one polymer selected from the following: i) an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized, chlorinated olefin-based polymer; or ii) a styrene-based polymer and/or a functionalized styrene-based polymer; or iii) a combination of i) and ii); B) 0.5 to 40 wt% of an amide wax slurry; C) 40 to 94 wt% of an organic solvent; and D) 5 to 15 wt% of a tackifier; each wt% based on the total weight of the composition. A) 0.5 to 40 wt% of at least one polymer selected from the following: i) an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized, chlorinated olefin-based polymer; or ii) a styrene-based polymer and/or a functionalized styrene-based polymer; or iii) a combination of i) and ii); i) an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized, chlorinated olefin-based polymer; or ii) a styrene-based polymer and/or a functionalized styrene-based polymer; or iii) a combination of i) and ii); B) 0.5 to 40 wt% of an amide wax slurry; C) 40 to 94 wt% of an organic solvent; and D) 5 to 15 wt% of a tackifier;
A device for forming a web of fibers of nonwoven material, comprising: - a rotating drum having an outer face, suitable for being fed with textile fibers and for distributing same on the outer face thereof, - at least one rotating doffer comprising a plurality of teeth suitable for picking up textile fibers present on the outer face of the drum so as to form a web of material, said teeth being regularly distributed over an outer surface of the doffer, characterized in that - said at least one doffer being configured to form a web with recesses, said at least one doffer thereby comprising zones on the outer surface thereof which cannot remove material from the drum, - the device further comprising a cleaning doffer, suitable for recovering the material present on the drum downstream of said at least one doffer. - a rotating drum having an outer face, suitable for being fed with textile fibers and for distributing same on the outer face thereof, - at least one rotating doffer comprising a plurality of teeth suitable for picking up textile fibers present on the outer face of the drum so as to form a web of material, said teeth being regularly distributed over an outer surface of the doffer, characterized in that - said at least one doffer being configured to form a web with recesses, said at least one doffer thereby comprising zones on the outer surface thereof which cannot remove material from the drum, - the device further comprising a cleaning doffer, suitable for recovering the material present on the drum downstream of said at least one doffer.
An electrically conductive buoyant cable which includes an electrical conductor, and a filler layer which consists of buoyant materials with relative density smaller than 1, a jacket surrounding the outer side of the filler layer, the filler layer and the jacket being made of plastic materials, the difference of the melting points of the plastic material of the filler layer and of the jacket layer being not greater than 30 degrees Celsius, characterised in that the cable further comprises a tension bearing fiber layer which twines around the electrical conductor, the filler layer encloses the electrical conductor and the tension bearing fiber layer.
Aircraft gas turbine with a core engine which is surrounded by a bypass duct enclosed radially outwards by a bypass wall, with a radially inner wall of the bypass duct forming with the radially outer bypass wall a bypass nozzle, wherein the radially inner wall includes an adjusting element extending along the circumference of the inner wall and being deformable radially outwards, characterized in that the adjusting element is provided at its upstream area with at least one air inlet opening through which air from the bypass duct can be introduced into an internal annular space of the adjusting element.
A rotor assembly for an electrical machine comprising: a rotatable shaft, and a tuned vibration absorber, including: a substantially annular rigid mass, and a spring and damper mechanism that connects the rigid mass to the rotatable shaft; characterised in that the spring and damper mechanism includes a spring assembly and a viscoelastic material layer; wherein the spring assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced discrete springs; a rotatable shaft, and a tuned vibration absorber, including: a substantially annular rigid mass, and a spring and damper mechanism that connects the rigid mass to the rotatable shaft; a substantially annular rigid mass, and a spring and damper mechanism that connects the rigid mass to the rotatable shaft; characterised in that the spring and damper mechanism includes a spring assembly and a viscoelastic material layer; wherein the spring assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced discrete springs;
A feline erythropoietin (fEPO) polypeptide comprising a non-naturally encoded amino acid linked to a water soluble polymer, wherein: the amino acid corresponding to position 1 of SEQ ID No 2 is substituted with the non-naturally encoded amino acid; the non-naturally encoded amino acid is para-acetylphenylalanine; and the water soluble polymer comprises an oxyamino poly(ethylene glycol) moiety having a molecular weight of 20kD, 30kD, or 40 kD. the amino acid corresponding to position 1 of SEQ ID No 2 is substituted with the non-naturally encoded amino acid; the non-naturally encoded amino acid is para-acetylphenylalanine; and the water soluble polymer comprises an oxyamino poly(ethylene glycol) moiety having a molecular weight of 20kD, 30kD, or 40 kD.
A compound which is an NK-1 receptor antagonist for use in the treatment or prevention of corneal neovascularisation wherein the NK-1 receptor antagonist is administered topically to the cornea and wherein the compound is selected from aprepitant, fosaprepitant, befetupitant and lanepitant and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of any one thereof.
Assembly for perforating rod-shaped elements, particularly cigarettes, comprising a driving shaft along which a number of perforating rotary cutters separated by distance rings are arranged, each rotary cutter being positioned between two cleaning rings so that each rotary cutter protrudes from between two cleaning rings, characterized in that the cleaning rings are arranged loosely on the distance rings with an off-centre shift.
Noise and/or wind protection wall having elongate support profiles (5, 6), optionally with inserted sound-damping or sound-absorbing material, which are held by spaced-apart posts (2, 2') having flanges extending in the longitudinal direction of the posts, wherein the support profiles (5, 6) have a smooth or corrugated surface and are substantially C-shaped in cross section, wherein the support profiles (5, 6) are provided on their outer side with wing extensions (5', 5"; 6', 6") via which the support profiles (5, 6) inter-engage in a form-fitting manner, characterized in that the support profiles (5, 6), which are stacked above one another between the posts (2, 2'), are formed on their side of the wall facing away from the noise such that they engage over and cover the flanges of the posts (2, 2') with the formation of a minimum parting joint between support profiles adjoining one another in the longitudinal direction of the wall.
An offshore well-processing system for performing one or more well-processing tasks on one or more wells of an off-shore oil or gas reservoir, the system comprising a mobile offshore drilling unit the mobile offshore drilling unit defining at least one well centre and comprising at least one primary drill rig comprising at least one drill floor and at least one hoisting system for raising and lowering tubular equipment through the at least one well centre from/into a well in the seafloor, characterized in that the offshore well-processing system further comprises a remote well-processing device (106,206,306) configured to be positioned on an offshore platform different from the mobile offshore drilling unit, wherein the remote well-processing device (106,206,306) is configured to perform at least a first well-processing task when positioned on said offshore platform at a position displaced from the well centre(s) defined by the mobile offshore drilling unit; and wherein the mobile offshore drilling unit and the remote well-processing device (106,206,306) are configured to be operationally coupled to each other when the remote well-processing device (106,206,306) is positioned on said offshore platform; and wherein the mobile offshore drilling unit is configured to assist in two or more concurrent well-processing tasks performed concurrently on respective wells, including the first well processing task performed by the remote well-processing device (106,206,306) on a first well and a second well-processing task concurrently performed by the offshore well-processing system on a second well.
Method for managing information communication between a NFC controller, an antenna, a device host and at least one secure element, said NFC controller being coupled: i) to said antenna for a contactless communication with an object, ii) to said device host and iii) to said at least one secure element, said method comprising routing all said information through said NFC controller, communicating first information to be communicated between said at least one secure element and said device host through a first communication link between said NFC controller and said device host and through a second communication link between said NFC controller and said at least one secure element, characterized in that said method further comprises communicating second information coming from and/or intended for said antenna through a third communication link between said NFC controller and said at least one secure element, said first and second communication links having bandwidths greater than the bandwidth of said third communication link.
An adapter device for connecting a radiator element to a plumbing system, comprising a connection body, provided with a first and a second ducts (27, 28) having respective openings (21, 22) alternately usable as an inlet and an outlet of the device and connectable to respective pipes (11, 12) of the plumbing system, and an insert, joined to the connection body and projecting from an upper face of the connection body substantially along an axis; the insert comprising a main portion insertable in a water-tight manner in a substantially tubular end part of the radiator element and being internally provided with a delivery conduit and a return conduit, respectively connected to the first and to the second duct (27, 28) of the connection body or vice versa; characterized in that the insert has a through transverse hollow between two opposite lateral sides of the insert and positioned crosswise to the axis and eccentric with respect to the axis.
Device for the medical early detection of a diabetic foot, wherein the device is suitable to check a pressure sensitivity of the foot, wherein the device comprises an adhesive strip, to which a pressure-resistant body is fastened as a first stimulator, characterised in that a monofilament with a defined rigidity is arranged as the second stimulator, said monofilament being guided with a first end in a blind hole of the body and projecting with a second end over an outer edge of the adhesive strip for a predetermined length.