mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A distal end section of an insertion section configured to be inserted in a body cavity, comprising: a distal end section body which constitutes the distal end section and has at least an observation window; a liquid feed path configured to supply a liquid to the distal end section body side and communicate with a liquid feed source; a gas feed path configured to supply a gas to the distal end section body side and communicate with a gas feed source; and an inclined nozzle which is provided in the distal end section body and configured to clean the observation window by jetting toward the observation window a mixture fluid in which the liquid supplied from the liquid feed path and the gas supplied from the gas feed path are mixed, wherein the inclined nozzle includes a confluent portion configured to mix and make confluent the liquid supplied from the liquid feed path and the gas supplied from the gas feed path; and a jet outlet configured to jet a gas/liquid mixture fluid generated in the confluent portion towards the observation window, characterized in that an inclined surface is provided on a side portion of the distal end section body, the inclined nozzle being integral with the distal end section body along the inclined surface, a space portion is provided in the inclined nozzle along the inclined surface, opening portions of the gas feed path and the liquid feed path are provided opposed to an inner surface of the inclined nozzle, and the confluent portion is provided at a central position of the space portion within the inclined nozzle opposed to the jet outlet and on the rear side of the observation window. a distal end section body which constitutes the distal end section and has at least an observation window; a liquid feed path configured to supply a liquid to the distal end section body side and communicate with a liquid feed source; a gas feed path configured to supply a gas to the distal end section body side and communicate with a gas feed source; and an inclined nozzle which is provided in the distal end section body and configured to clean the observation window by jetting toward the observation window a mixture fluid in which the liquid supplied from the liquid feed path and the gas supplied from the gas feed path are mixed, wherein the inclined nozzle includes a confluent portion configured to mix and make confluent the liquid supplied from the liquid feed path and the gas supplied from the gas feed path; and a jet outlet configured to jet a gas/liquid mixture fluid generated in the confluent portion towards the observation window, characterized in that an inclined surface is provided on a side portion of the distal end section body, the inclined nozzle being integral with the distal end section body along the inclined surface, a space portion is provided in the inclined nozzle along the inclined surface, opening portions of the gas feed path and the liquid feed path are provided opposed to an inner surface of the inclined nozzle, and the confluent portion is provided at a central position of the space portion within the inclined nozzle opposed to the jet outlet and on the rear side of the observation window.
A method for adjusting at least one end stop position of a shade of a shade device comprising a drive unit for extending and retracting the shade between an extended end position and a retracted end position; a spindle; an extended end stop, stationary connected to the spindle near a first end of the spindle; at least one travelling nut, movably arranged on the spindle, and operatively connected to the drive unit so as to move towards, respectively away from, the extended end stop as the shade is extended, respectively retracted; a winding core for receiving wound layers of a flexible element during extending and retracting of the shade, the winding core having an inner surface defining an inner cavity, and the spindle being disposed within this inner cavity; and an end piece arranged at an end of the inner cavity of the winding core for mounting the winding core to a holding element for mounting to a building structure, the method comprising the steps of: - arranging the winding core having the end piece to a holding element mounted to a building structure, - rotating the winding core to the extended end stop position of the shade at which the travelling nut interacts with the extended end stop of the spindle, - disengaging the end piece from the holding element, - rotating the winding core together with the end stop assembly around its longitudinally axis for winding or unwinding the shade from the winding core to set the desired shade length, and - re-establishing the connection between the end piece and the holding element. - arranging the winding core having the end piece to a holding element mounted to a building structure, - rotating the winding core to the extended end stop position of the shade at which the travelling nut interacts with the extended end stop of the spindle, - disengaging the end piece from the holding element, - rotating the winding core together with the end stop assembly around its longitudinally axis for winding or unwinding the shade from the winding core to set the desired shade length, and - re-establishing the connection between the end piece and the holding element.
Use of a composition comprising a dicarboxylic acid or salt thereof at a concentration of 1×10 -2 to 1×10 -9 M for increasing tolerance to abiotic stress in a plant or part thereof by contacting the plant with the composition, wherein the dicarboxylic acid is a compound having the formula HOOC-R-COOH, wherein R is C5 to C14 alkylene.
A joint assembly (8, 12, 16, 20) for a robot, comprising: - a joint housing, - a first motor connecting the joint housing with a first link and the first motor being adapted to rotate the first link relative to the joint housing around a first axis, - a second motor connecting the joint housing with a second link and the second motor being adapted to rotate the second link relative to the joint housing around a second axis non-parallel with the first axis, - circuitry accommodated in the joint housing and comprising a first processing unit and a second processing unit, the first processing unit being adapted to control the first motor and the second processing unit being adapted to control the second motor, wherein the first processing unit receives a first primary sensor signal indicative of a first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing and calculates the first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing at least based on the first primary sensor signal, and wherein the second processing unit receives a first secondary sensor signal indicative of the first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing and calculates the first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing at least based on the first secondary sensor signal. - a joint housing, - a first motor connecting the joint housing with a first link and the first motor being adapted to rotate the first link relative to the joint housing around a first axis, - a second motor connecting the joint housing with a second link and the second motor being adapted to rotate the second link relative to the joint housing around a second axis non-parallel with the first axis, - circuitry accommodated in the joint housing and comprising a first processing unit and a second processing unit, the first processing unit being adapted to control the first motor and the second processing unit being adapted to control the second motor, wherein the first processing unit receives a first primary sensor signal indicative of a first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing and calculates the first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing at least based on the first primary sensor signal, and wherein the second processing unit receives a first secondary sensor signal indicative of the first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing and calculates the first motion characteristic of the first link relative to the joint housing at least based on the first secondary sensor signal.
An alignment sensor comprising: at least one illumination source comprising a diffractive illumination structure operable to diffract higher order radiation at an angle dependent on wavelength; and illumination optics (L1, L2) being operable to deliver said diffracted illumination radiation from said at least one illumination source onto a point on a diffractive alignment structure from at least a pair of opposite azimuthal directions, wherein said alignment sensor is operable such that following diffraction of said illumination radiation by said diffractive alignment structure, and independent of the wavelength or wavelengths comprised in said illumination radiation: the zeroth diffraction order of radiation incident from a first of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions overlaps a higher diffraction order of radiation incident from a second of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions; and the zeroth diffraction order of radiation incident from the second of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions overlaps a higher diffraction order of radiation incident from the first of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions; thereby optically amplifying said higher diffraction orders with the overlapping zeroth orders. at least one illumination source comprising a diffractive illumination structure operable to diffract higher order radiation at an angle dependent on wavelength; and illumination optics (L1, L2) being operable to deliver said diffracted illumination radiation from said at least one illumination source onto a point on a diffractive alignment structure from at least a pair of opposite azimuthal directions, wherein said alignment sensor is operable such that following diffraction of said illumination radiation by said diffractive alignment structure, and independent of the wavelength or wavelengths comprised in said illumination radiation: the zeroth diffraction order of radiation incident from a first of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions overlaps a higher diffraction order of radiation incident from a second of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions; and the zeroth diffraction order of radiation incident from the second of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions overlaps a higher diffraction order of radiation incident from the first of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions; thereby optically amplifying said higher diffraction orders with the overlapping zeroth orders. the zeroth diffraction order of radiation incident from a first of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions overlaps a higher diffraction order of radiation incident from a second of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions; and the zeroth diffraction order of radiation incident from the second of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions overlaps a higher diffraction order of radiation incident from the first of each pair of opposite azimuthal directions; thereby optically amplifying said higher diffraction orders with the overlapping zeroth orders.
A cyclic room drying method including initiating a room drying process including the steps of: heating the air in the room and circulating said heated air around the room; continually or periodically monitoring the room temperature; the room temperature having a preselected maximum; characterised by exhausting the heated air in the room following the first to occur of either a) the attaining of a predetermined rate of increase of temperature over time or b) a predetermined time period; introducing fresh air into the room; and repeating the steps above until a suitably dry room is obtained. heating the air in the room and circulating said heated air around the room; continually or periodically monitoring the room temperature; the room temperature having a preselected maximum; characterised by exhausting the heated air in the room following the first to occur of either a) the attaining of a predetermined rate of increase of temperature over time or b) a predetermined time period; introducing fresh air into the room; and repeating the steps above until a suitably dry room is obtained.
A method for maximizing data transmission capacity of a mesh network including a mesh gateway (102; 502) and nodes (104, 106; 506-514), the method being performed by the nodes and the mesh gateway and comprising: calculating routing costs associated with respective data paths; weighting the routing costs for the respective data paths; comparing the weighted routing costs of each data path; determining a lowest weighted routing cost; and selecting a data path associated with the lowest weighted routing cost; characterized in that the weighting of the routing costs depends on the proximity of nodes or links (104, 106; 506-514) of the respective data paths to a mesh gateway (102; 502), wherein the weighting is greater for links closer to the gateway to disfavor the selection of such links when selecting the data path. calculating routing costs associated with respective data paths; weighting the routing costs for the respective data paths; comparing the weighted routing costs of each data path; determining a lowest weighted routing cost; and selecting a data path associated with the lowest weighted routing cost; characterized in that the weighting of the routing costs depends on the proximity of nodes or links (104, 106; 506-514) of the respective data paths to a mesh gateway (102; 502), wherein the weighting is greater for links closer to the gateway to disfavor the selection of such links when selecting the data path.
A method of controlling a motor driver circuit of a wearable device, the method comprising: measuring, via a sensor, a first angle of a first joint of the user; determining a resistance level to apply to the first j oint based on the first angle; determining a connection ratio between a connected time for which terminals of a motor are to be electrically connected in a closed loop and a disconnected time for which the terminals of the motor are to be electrically disconnected, based on the resistance level; characterised in that, the method further comprises the step of controlling the motor driver circuit electrically connected to the motor based on the connection ratio while the motor is electrically disconnected from a power source. measuring, via a sensor, a first angle of a first joint of the user; determining a resistance level to apply to the first j oint based on the first angle; determining a connection ratio between a connected time for which terminals of a motor are to be electrically connected in a closed loop and a disconnected time for which the terminals of the motor are to be electrically disconnected, based on the resistance level;
Mixing device for polymethylmethacrylate bone cements (PMMA bone cements) comprising a mixing space (2, 52) for mixing the PMMA bone cement; at least one mixing element (4, 54) that is supported in the mixing space (2, 52) such that it can be rotated; a gear by means of which the rotation of the at least one mixing element (4, 54) can be driven; at least one energy storage element (16, 66) that can be deformed elastically and is connected to the gear such that the gear can be driven by an elastic energy from the energy storage element (16, 66) and such that the at least one mixing element (4, 54) can be rotated in the mixing space (2, 52) by means of the gear upon the release of elastic energy from the energy storage element (16, 66); characterised in that the motion of the at least one mixing element (4, 54) during the rotary motion can be influenced by a cam disk (36, 86) such that the at least one mixing element (4, 54) also performs a periodical axial lift motion during the rotary motion, whereby the axial motion of the agitator shaft (3, 53) can be generated by the cam disk (36, 86) such that the agitator shaft (3, 53) also performs a periodical axial lift motion during the rotary motion. a mixing space (2, 52) for mixing the PMMA bone cement; at least one mixing element (4, 54) that is supported in the mixing space (2, 52) such that it can be rotated; a gear by means of which the rotation of the at least one mixing element (4, 54) can be driven; at least one energy storage element (16, 66) that can be deformed elastically and is connected to the gear such that the gear can be driven by an elastic energy from the energy storage element (16, 66) and such that the at least one mixing element (4, 54) can be rotated in the mixing space (2, 52) by means of the gear upon the release of elastic energy from the energy storage element (16, 66); characterised in that the motion of the at least one mixing element (4, 54) during the rotary motion can be influenced by a cam disk (36, 86) such that the at least one mixing element (4, 54) also performs a periodical axial lift motion during the rotary motion, whereby the axial motion of the agitator shaft (3, 53) can be generated by the cam disk (36, 86) such that the agitator shaft (3, 53) also performs a periodical axial lift motion during the rotary motion.
A system for transdermal delivery of an active therapeutic agent from a dried pharmaceutical composition comprising: (i) an apparatus for facilitating transdermal delivery of an active therapeutic agent through skin of a subject, said apparatus comprises: a. an electrode cartridge comprising a plurality of electrodes; and b. a main unit comprising a control unit which is adapted to apply electrical energy to the electrodes when the electrodes are in vicinity of the skin, typically generating current flow or one or more sparks, enabling to cause ablation of stratum corneum in an area beneath the electrodes, thereby generating a plurality of micro-channels in an area on the skin of the subject, and (ii) a printed patch comprising a dried pharmaceutical composition which comprises an active agent selected from the group consisting of proteins, polypeptides and peptides, wherein the pharmaceutical composition being devoid of permeation enhancers and characterized by uniform distribution of the active agent on a liner of the patch. (i) an apparatus for facilitating transdermal delivery of an active therapeutic agent through skin of a subject, said apparatus comprises: a. an electrode cartridge comprising a plurality of electrodes; and b. a main unit comprising a control unit which is adapted to apply electrical energy to the electrodes when the electrodes are in vicinity of the skin, typically generating current flow or one or more sparks, enabling to cause ablation of stratum corneum in an area beneath the electrodes, thereby generating a plurality of micro-channels in an area on the skin of the subject, and a. an electrode cartridge comprising a plurality of electrodes; and b. a main unit comprising a control unit which is adapted to apply electrical energy to the electrodes when the electrodes are in vicinity of the skin, typically generating current flow or one or more sparks, enabling to cause ablation of stratum corneum in an area beneath the electrodes, thereby generating a plurality of micro-channels in an area on the skin of the subject, and (ii) a printed patch comprising a dried pharmaceutical composition which comprises an active agent selected from the group consisting of proteins, polypeptides and peptides, wherein the pharmaceutical composition being devoid of permeation enhancers and characterized by uniform distribution of the active agent on a liner of the patch.
A washing machine comprising a tub in which the laundry is washed; a hose which is used for delivering the mains water to the tub and for discharging the dirty water collected in the tub at the end of the washing process; a retainer which enables the hose to be fixed to the tub; and a housing which is arranged on the tub and which enables the hose to be fixed to the tub in a mounting direction predetermined by the producer and the retainer having a pin fitted into the housing, characterized by: the retainer having a clamp in the form of a C-shaped ring which is at least partially open, a first plate which is integrated with the clamp and which extends towards the tub from an open end of the clamp and a second plate which is integrated with the clamp, which overlaps with the first plate and which extends towards the tub from the other open end of the clamp and the tub having a protrusion and an opening arranged on the protrusion; one hole on the first plate and one hole on the second plate for mounting the retainer to the opening on the protrusion; and a screw for fixing the opening and the holes.
An apparatus for roasting green beans, comprising: a roasting housing comprising a roasting kettle having a roasting portion in an internal portion thereof, wherein green beans are roasted in the roasting portion, and a roasting cover surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the roasting kettle to circulate and discharge cold air; a heating member embedded in a heating-hole provided in the roasting kettle and integrated with the roasting kettle, the heating member heating the roasting kettle during roasting; a cooler connected to a bottom portion of the roasting cover to provide cold air to cool the roasting housing; a stirrer rotatably disposed within the roasting kettle to stir green beans during roasting; and a bean discharger comprising a discharge panel openably and closably connected to a portion of a bottom surface of the roasting kettle, an actuating member connected to a bottom of the discharge panel to guide pivoting of the discharge panel, a solenoid valve driving the actuating member, and a spring providing elastic restorative force toward the discharge panel, the bean discharger discharging roasted beans. a roasting housing comprising a roasting kettle having a roasting portion in an internal portion thereof, wherein green beans are roasted in the roasting portion, and a roasting cover surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the roasting kettle to circulate and discharge cold air; a heating member embedded in a heating-hole provided in the roasting kettle and integrated with the roasting kettle, the heating member heating the roasting kettle during roasting; a cooler connected to a bottom portion of the roasting cover to provide cold air to cool the roasting housing; a stirrer rotatably disposed within the roasting kettle to stir green beans during roasting; and a bean discharger comprising a discharge panel openably and closably connected to a portion of a bottom surface of the roasting kettle, an actuating member connected to a bottom of the discharge panel to guide pivoting of the discharge panel, a solenoid valve driving the actuating member, and a spring providing elastic restorative force toward the discharge panel, the bean discharger discharging roasted beans.