mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Shoe comprising a stem positioned over an outer sole comprising an upper end and a lower end, the outer sole (10, 110) comprising at the heel at least two support elements (41, 42, 43; 141, 142, 143; 241) made of cushioning material arranged respectively on the lateral and medial side of the sole, defining a support polygon having a length "I", each element (41, 42, 43; 141, 142, 143) extending in the vertical direction from essentially the upper end as far as essentially the lower end of the sole, the support elements (41, 42, 43; 141, 142, 143) being deformable essentially independently one from the other, characterized in that the outer sole (10, 110) comprises an elastically deformable element (30, 130) comprising an upper part extending in the transverse direction of the sole and covering the upper end of each of the support elements (41, 42, 43; 141, 142, 143) and at least two tabs (34, 35, 36; 134, 135; 136) extending respectively laterally and medially and covering externally each of the support elements (41, 42, 43; 141, 142, 143) essentially over the entire height of the latter, in that, when a force "F" is applied to the sole in an essentially vertical direction the support elements will move apart from one another, stressing the elastically deformable element, and define a larger support polygon of width "L" which is greater than the width "I" of the preceding polygon, and in that, when the force "F" is removed, the elastically deformable element will exert a return force and tend to bring the support elements back into the initial position.
A system for measuring arterial parameters using ultrasound, the system comprising: a signal unit for providing a radio frequency ultrasound signal; a demodulator for providing a demodulated radio frequency ultrasound signal; a detection unit for detecting the presence of blood flow in an artery based on the demodulated radio frequency ultrasound signal; an identification unit for identifying the artery based on a signal from the detection unit; a processing unit for processing the radio frequency ultrasound signal and a signal from the identification unit and for providing a distension waveform of the artery; and an estimating unit for estimating at least one of a plurality of localized arterial parameters of the artery. a signal unit for providing a radio frequency ultrasound signal; a demodulator for providing a demodulated radio frequency ultrasound signal; a detection unit for detecting the presence of blood flow in an artery based on the demodulated radio frequency ultrasound signal; an identification unit for identifying the artery based on a signal from the detection unit; a processing unit for processing the radio frequency ultrasound signal and a signal from the identification unit and for providing a distension waveform of the artery; and an estimating unit for estimating at least one of a plurality of localized arterial parameters of the artery.
A filtration system for filtering water, comprising: a mechanical filter comprising at least one sieve configured to remove solids from said water and; a first water disperser configured for dispersing the incoming unfiltered water over said sieve; and, a biological filter in fluid communication with the mechanical filter, said biological filter comprising: a second dispersing element, configured to disperse mechanically filtered water from said mechanical filter into a carbon dioxide stripper configured to oxygenate said water and remove carbon dioxide from said water; and, a floating media bed comprising micro-beads attached to nitrifying bacteria, said micro-beads being buoyant; said biological filter is disposed downstream of said mechanical filter and is configured to receive mechanically filtered water from said mechanical filter, said micro-beads comprise expanded polystyrene and hydrophilic coating. a mechanical filter comprising at least one sieve configured to remove solids from said water and; a first water disperser configured for dispersing the incoming unfiltered water over said sieve; and, a biological filter in fluid communication with the mechanical filter, said biological filter comprising: a second dispersing element, configured to disperse mechanically filtered water from said mechanical filter into a carbon dioxide stripper configured to oxygenate said water and remove carbon dioxide from said water; and, a floating media bed comprising micro-beads attached to nitrifying bacteria, said micro-beads being buoyant; a second dispersing element, configured to disperse mechanically filtered water from said mechanical filter into a carbon dioxide stripper configured to oxygenate said water and remove carbon dioxide from said water; and, a floating media bed comprising micro-beads attached to nitrifying bacteria, said micro-beads being buoyant; said biological filter is disposed downstream of said mechanical filter and is configured to receive mechanically filtered water from said mechanical filter, said micro-beads comprise expanded polystyrene and hydrophilic coating.
Method for calculating the weight of a load moving over a scale, a load signal of the scale being averaged over a period of time with the aid of the speed of the load, characterized in that two partial load signals (TL 1, TL 2) are used, wherein a first partial load signal (TL 1) indicates by a maximum as soon as the load is completely on a measuring section of the scale and a second partial load signal (TL 2) indicates by a minimum value, as soon as the load has completely left the measuring section of the scale, or a first partial load signal (TL 1) indicates by its first minimum value as soon as the load begins to move onto it and a second partial load signal TL2 indicates by a maximum as soon as the load begins to move away from it, and that the speed of movement of the load is determined from these partial load signals (TL 1, TL). 2
A switching device for converting a manual and/or mechanical feed movement into at least one switching signal, by means of which an electrical device is controlled, comprising: - a switch housing, into which a receiving opening is incorporated, - an operating cap made of an electrically conductive material and being movably supported at or in the receiving opening of the switch housing along a feed direction, - a capacitive surface sensor which generates a spatially acting electrical field for capacitive evaluation and which is arranged on the opposite side of the operating cap in the feed direction within or beyond the switch housing and which generates a switching signal in the case of a change of the electrical field, and - at least one actuator element provided between the operating cap and the capacitive surface sensor, which is electrically conductive and elastically deformable, by means of which at least one capacitive coupling is generated between the operating cap and the capacitive surface sensor, wherein the switching device is designed in such a way - that by means of the actuator element the first electrical switching signal is generated upon touching the operating cap by means of the capacitive surface sensor, and - that upon a feed movement of the operating cap at least one second differentiable electrical switching signal (11, 12) is generated by means of the capacitive surface sensor, characterized in that between the operating cap and the capacitive surface sensor at least one electrically conductive contact plate is arranged, which is electrically isolated from the actuator element, that upon a feed movement of the operating cap, the same is short-circuited with at least one of the contact plates and that the operating cap is capacitively coupled with the capacitive surface sensor by means of the respective contact plate. - a switch housing, into which a receiving opening is incorporated, - an operating cap made of an electrically conductive material and being movably supported at or in the receiving opening of the switch housing along a feed direction, - a capacitive surface sensor which generates a spatially acting electrical field for capacitive evaluation and which is arranged on the opposite side of the operating cap in the feed direction within or beyond the switch housing and which generates a switching signal in the case of a change of the electrical field, and - at least one actuator element provided between the operating cap and the capacitive surface sensor, which is electrically conductive and elastically deformable, by means of which at least one capacitive coupling is generated between the operating cap and the capacitive surface sensor, wherein the switching device is designed in such a way - that by means of the actuator element the first electrical switching signal is generated upon touching the operating cap by means of the capacitive surface sensor, and - that upon a feed movement of the operating cap at least one second differentiable electrical switching signal (11, 12) is generated by means of the capacitive surface sensor,
A process for producing an acrylic rubber/fluorinated rubber composition having particles of a crosslinked acrylic rubber dispersed in a continuous phase of a fluorinated rubber, which comprises a step of kneading a fluorinated rubber, a crosslinking agent for an acrylic rubber, which will not react with the fluorinated rubber and a crosslinking coagent for an acrylic rubber, which will not react with the fluorinated rubber, to obtain a fluorinated rubber composition containing the crosslinking agent for an acrylic rubber and the crosslinking coagent for an acrylic rubber, and a step of kneading under heating the fluorinated rubber composition obtained in the step and an acrylic rubber in a mass ratio of fluorinated rubber /acrylic rubber =5/95 to 50/50 to crosslink the acrylic rubber, and dispersing particles of the crosslinked acrylic rubber in a continuous phase of the fluorinated rubber.
A computer implemented method of processing seismic data obtained in the form of seismic traces from a reflection seismic survey of subsurface portions of the earth for analysis of subsurface features of interest, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of: forming a postulated wavelet from the seismic survey data using a Metropolis-Hastings sampling procedure; resolving a time of occurrence of maximum energy in the wavelet from the seismic survey data; forming a normalized amplitude of energy for the postulated wavelet from traces in the seismic survey data; forming a composite trace at the resolved time of occurrence and normalized amplitude from an ensemble of the traces in the seismic survey data; applying a time filter to the postulated wavelet based on the composite trace to form a resultant deconvolution wavelet having a main frequency in the seismic frequency band; and performing a deconvolution operation by applying the resultant deconvolution wavelet to the seismic data. forming a postulated wavelet from the seismic survey data using a Metropolis-Hastings sampling procedure; resolving a time of occurrence of maximum energy in the wavelet from the seismic survey data; forming a normalized amplitude of energy for the postulated wavelet from traces in the seismic survey data; forming a composite trace at the resolved time of occurrence and normalized amplitude from an ensemble of the traces in the seismic survey data; applying a time filter to the postulated wavelet based on the composite trace to form a resultant deconvolution wavelet having a main frequency in the seismic frequency band; and performing a deconvolution operation by applying the resultant deconvolution wavelet to the seismic data.
Drill bit drive for tools for comminuting brittle materials or for penetrating into brittle materials by percussive action, the drill bit drive being a direct drill bit drive on the basis of a heat engine operated with a gaseous working medium, configured as a hot-gas engine operating in accordance with a real thermodynamic Stirling cycle, and in that the direct drill bit drive comprises a pressure vessel, characterized in that the hot-gas engine is a free-piston Stirling engine in an axial piston arrangement of the power piston and the displacer piston within the cylindrical pressure vessel or the hot-gas engine is a thermoacoustic Stirling engine with the predominantly cylindrical pressure vessel.
A powder container that is removably mounted in one of a main body of an image forming apparatus and a removable member that is removably mounted in the main body of the image forming apparatus, the powder container comprising: a collection port configured to receive powder from outside; a driven unit that is disposed on one end side in a longitudinal direction of the powder container and to which drive is transmitted from outside; a first rotary shaft configured to rotate by using the drive transmitted to the driven unit; a first gear that is disposed on another end side in the longitudinal direction of the powder container and that is configured to rotate with the first rotary shaft; a second gear that is disposed on the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the powder container and to which drive is transmitted from the first gear; a second rotary shaft on which the second gear is disposed and that is configured to rotate with the second gear, characterized in that a driving gear is disposed on the second rotary shaft in a position between the second gear and a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the powder container, and is configured to rotate with the second rotary shaft to transmit drive to outside. a collection port configured to receive powder from outside; a driven unit that is disposed on one end side in a longitudinal direction of the powder container and to which drive is transmitted from outside; a first rotary shaft configured to rotate by using the drive transmitted to the driven unit; a first gear that is disposed on another end side in the longitudinal direction of the powder container and that is configured to rotate with the first rotary shaft; a second gear that is disposed on the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the powder container and to which drive is transmitted from the first gear; a second rotary shaft on which the second gear is disposed and that is configured to rotate with the second gear, characterized in that a driving gear is disposed on the second rotary shaft in a position between the second gear and a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the powder container, and is configured to rotate with the second rotary shaft to transmit drive to outside.
A method, comprising: receiving an access network, AN, request at a first access network, from a wireless terminal, for connecting the wireless terminal to a second access network (126a, 126b, 126c), the AN request requesting network connectivity or channel availability information; wherein the AN request includes an Info ID field that indicates the AN request as a white space protocol frame and the white space protocol frame is transmitted when the wireless terminal is in a non-associated or an associated state relative to the first access network; and forwarding the AN request to a database, wherein the database is connected to the first access network, the database comprising network connectivity or channel availability information for connecting the wireless terminal to the second access network (126a, 126b, 126c), wherein the second access network (126a, 126b, 126c) is a white space network. receiving an access network, AN, request at a first access network, from a wireless terminal, for connecting the wireless terminal to a second access network (126a, 126b, 126c), the AN request requesting network connectivity or channel availability information; wherein the AN request includes an Info ID field that indicates the AN request as a white space protocol frame and the white space protocol frame is transmitted when the wireless terminal is in a non-associated or an associated state relative to the first access network; and forwarding the AN request to a database, wherein the database is connected to the first access network, the database comprising network connectivity or channel availability information for connecting the wireless terminal to the second access network (126a, 126b, 126c), wherein the second access network (126a, 126b, 126c) is a white space network.
A robotic hair dryer holder system with tracking, comprising: a base adapted for mounting onto a support surface; an articulated robotic arm rotatably attached to the base, the robotic arm having a proximal end and a distal end; a hair dryer holder extending from the distal end of the robotic arm, the hair dryer holder being adapted for selectively mounting a hair dryer thereto, the hair dryer holder having a motion detector mounted thereon; and a brush for grooming, the brush having a sensor element mounted thereon, the motion detector and the brush-mounted sensor element being configured for tracking movement of the brush relative to the distal end of the robotic arm. a base adapted for mounting onto a support surface; an articulated robotic arm rotatably attached to the base, the robotic arm having a proximal end and a distal end; a hair dryer holder extending from the distal end of the robotic arm, the hair dryer holder being adapted for selectively mounting a hair dryer thereto, the hair dryer holder having a motion detector mounted thereon; and a brush for grooming, the brush having a sensor element mounted thereon, the motion detector and the brush-mounted sensor element being configured for tracking movement of the brush relative to the distal end of the robotic arm.
A method for the isolation of specifically labelled replicating entities, said method comprising a) providing in a reaction mixture a collection of replicating entities displaying variants of a receptor molecule on their surface and having either a first or a second enzyme linked to said surface, the reaction mixture comprising a third enzyme capable of decomposing excess product of said first and/or second enzyme, the first enzyme being a peroxidase, the second enzyme being an oxidase, and the third enzyme being a catalase, b) adding to the mixture of step a) ligand molecules that are either linked to said first enzyme if said entities are linked to said second enzyme, or said ligands are linked to said second enzyme if said entities are linked to said first enzyme, c) adding to the reaction mixture a substrate for the second enzyme, the substrate being utilized by said second enzyme in an enzymatic reaction to produce a product that is utilized by said first enzyme to convert a cosubstrate of said first enzyme into a reactive marker molecule that physically links to the respective replicating entity, thereby specifically labelling the replication entity, and d) isolating the specifically labelled replicating entities, and e) wherein the cosubstrate of said first enzyme is a tyramide conjugated to a marker molecule by a cleavable linker, preferably a disulfide bond or a peptide sequence that can be cleaved by a protease, preferably a biotintyramide with cleavable disulfide bond of the following structure: a) providing in a reaction mixture a collection of replicating entities displaying variants of a receptor molecule on their surface and having either a first or a second enzyme linked to said surface, the reaction mixture comprising a third enzyme capable of decomposing excess product of said first and/or second enzyme, the first enzyme being a peroxidase, the second enzyme being an oxidase, and the third enzyme being a catalase, b) adding to the mixture of step a) ligand molecules that are either linked to said first enzyme if said entities are linked to said second enzyme, or said ligands are linked to said second enzyme if said entities are linked to said first enzyme, c) adding to the reaction mixture a substrate for the second enzyme, the substrate being utilized by said second enzyme in an enzymatic reaction to produce a product that is utilized by said first enzyme to convert a cosubstrate of said first enzyme into a reactive marker molecule that physically links to the respective replicating entity, thereby specifically labelling the replication entity, and d) isolating the specifically labelled replicating entities, and e) wherein the cosubstrate of said first enzyme is a tyramide conjugated to a marker molecule by a cleavable linker, preferably a disulfide bond or a peptide sequence that can be cleaved by a protease, preferably a biotintyramide with cleavable disulfide bond of the following structure:
A method of preparing a catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation, the method comprising: (a) a step of preparing an aqueous precursor solution by dissolving a trivalent cation iron (Fe) precursor and a divalent cation metal precursor in water in a mole ratio (Fe/A) of 2 to 10, wherein the aqueous precursor solution has a concentration of 5 % by weight to 10 % by weight and pH of the aqueous precursor solution is 0 to 4; (b) a step of constantly maintaining pH of a coprecipitation solution by, when the aqueous precursor solution is fed dropwise into a coprecipitation tank in which a basic aqueous solution is prepared, feeding a basic aqueous solution identical to or different from the basic aqueous solution dropwise along with the aqueous precursor solution, wherein, in step b, pH of each of the basic aqueous solutions is 9 to 10; and (c) a step of obtaining a coprecipitate by filtering the coprecipitation solution, the method further comprising drying; firing; or drying and firing the coprecipitate obtained in step (c), wherein drying is at 60 to 100°C for 12 to 20 hours and firing is at 400 to 800°C for 1 to 10 hours, and wherein, in step b, the aqueous precursor solution is fed dropwise into the coprecipitation tank at a rate of 40 to 50 g/min. (a) a step of preparing an aqueous precursor solution by dissolving a trivalent cation iron (Fe) precursor and a divalent cation metal precursor in water in a mole ratio (Fe/A) of 2 to 10, wherein the aqueous precursor solution has a concentration of 5 % by weight to 10 % by weight and pH of the aqueous precursor solution is 0 to 4; (b) a step of constantly maintaining pH of a coprecipitation solution by, when the aqueous precursor solution is fed dropwise into a coprecipitation tank in which a basic aqueous solution is prepared, feeding a basic aqueous solution identical to or different from the basic aqueous solution dropwise along with the aqueous precursor solution, wherein, in step b, pH of each of the basic aqueous solutions is 9 to 10; and (c) a step of obtaining a coprecipitate by filtering the coprecipitation solution,