mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Apparatus useful for providing a liquid-tight seal around an opening formed in the earth's surface to the underground borehole of a hydrocarbon exploration or production well without the need for liners around or adjacent to the borehole, the borehole having a wall formed of wood, cement, metal or other material extending around its opening, the apparatus characterised by comprising: a reusable load-supporting surface including at least two sealingly interconnected mats constructed of impermeable plastic, said mats being spaced away from and at least partially surrounding the borehole opening; at least one flexible, planar spanner configured to extend between the borehole wall and said mats; at least one elongated spanner support configured to be positioned atop part of at least one said spanner and mechanically couple said at least one spanner to the borehole wall in forming a liquid tight seal therebetween; and at least one elongated lip support configured to be positioned atop or below part of at least one said spanner and mechanically couple said at least one spanner to at least one said mat in forming a liquid tight seal therebetween, wherein liquid exiting the borehole through the borehole opening is prevented from contacting the earth's surface around the borehole opening without the need for liners around or adjacent to the borehole. a reusable load-supporting surface including at least two sealingly interconnected mats constructed of impermeable plastic, said mats being spaced away from and at least partially surrounding the borehole opening; at least one flexible, planar spanner configured to extend between the borehole wall and said mats; at least one elongated spanner support configured to be positioned atop part of at least one said spanner and mechanically couple said at least one spanner to the borehole wall in forming a liquid tight seal therebetween; and at least one elongated lip support configured to be positioned atop or below part of at least one said spanner and mechanically couple said at least one spanner to at least one said mat in forming a liquid tight seal therebetween, wherein liquid exiting the borehole through the borehole opening is prevented from contacting the earth's surface around the borehole opening without the need for liners around or adjacent to the borehole.
A vehicular active vibrational noise control apparatus comprising: canceling signal generating means for generating a canceling signal for canceling road noise based on a reference signal related to the road noise; audio signal generating means for generating an audio signal (Sa); a mixer for mixing the canceling signal and the audio signal (Sa) into a mixed signal (Ss); sound output means for outputting the mixed signal (Ss); detecting means for detecting the mixed signal (Ss) which is made up from the audio signal (Sa) and remaining vibrational noise due to interference between the canceling signal and the road noise at an evaluation point; audio signal level detecting means for detecting a signal level (La) of the audio signal (Sa) in the vicinity of a frequency of the reference signal; amplitude limiting means for limiting an amplitude of the canceling signal based on the signal level (La); and vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed of the vehicle, characterized in that the amplitude limiting means limits the amplitude of the canceling signal, wherein an upper limit value of the signal level (La) which serves to turn on the active noise control increases as the vehicle speed increases. canceling signal generating means for generating a canceling signal for canceling road noise based on a reference signal related to the road noise; audio signal generating means for generating an audio signal (Sa); a mixer for mixing the canceling signal and the audio signal (Sa) into a mixed signal (Ss); sound output means for outputting the mixed signal (Ss); detecting means for detecting the mixed signal (Ss) which is made up from the audio signal (Sa) and remaining vibrational noise due to interference between the canceling signal and the road noise at an evaluation point; audio signal level detecting means for detecting a signal level (La) of the audio signal (Sa) in the vicinity of a frequency of the reference signal; amplitude limiting means for limiting an amplitude of the canceling signal based on the signal level (La); and vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed of the vehicle,
A tire comprising: circumferential direction grooves (30, 40) extended in a tire circumferential direction; lug grooves extended in a tire width direction; and blocks defined by the circumferential direction grooves (30, 40) and the lug grooves, wherein in each block: the block includes sipes (130, 140, 141, 142) inclined against the tire width direction; a side wall of the block located at an end in the tire width direction of the block includes a notched recess portion recessed to notch the block; the sipes include a communication sipe communicated with the notched recess portion; a circumferential direction length along the tire circumferential direction of the notched recess portion becomes larger toward an end portion of the block in the tire width direction; characterized in that the block includes a projection portion projected toward one direction of the tire circumferential direction and a recess portion recessed toward the one direction of the tire circumferential direction, so that the block is formed in a V-shape or a chevron-like shape in the tread surface view. circumferential direction grooves (30, 40) extended in a tire circumferential direction; lug grooves extended in a tire width direction; and blocks defined by the circumferential direction grooves (30, 40) and the lug grooves, wherein in each block: the block includes sipes (130, 140, 141, 142) inclined against the tire width direction; a side wall of the block located at an end in the tire width direction of the block includes a notched recess portion recessed to notch the block; the sipes include a communication sipe communicated with the notched recess portion; a circumferential direction length along the tire circumferential direction of the notched recess portion becomes larger toward an end portion of the block in the tire width direction; characterized in that the block includes a projection portion projected toward one direction of the tire circumferential direction and a recess portion recessed toward the one direction of the tire circumferential direction, so that the block is formed in a V-shape or a chevron-like shape in the tread surface view. the block includes sipes (130, 140, 141, 142) inclined against the tire width direction; a side wall of the block located at an end in the tire width direction of the block includes a notched recess portion recessed to notch the block; the sipes include a communication sipe communicated with the notched recess portion; a circumferential direction length along the tire circumferential direction of the notched recess portion becomes larger toward an end portion of the block in the tire width direction; characterized in that the block includes a projection portion projected toward one direction of the tire circumferential direction and a recess portion recessed toward the one direction of the tire circumferential direction, so that the block is formed in a V-shape or a chevron-like shape in the tread surface view.
A fluid dispenser comprising: • a fluid reservoir, • a pump having a pump body, a return spring, and an actuator rod that is axially movable down and up between an extended rest position and a depressed actuated position, • a cup for collecting the fluid coming from the pump, the cup being mounted on the actuator rod, and • a removable member that is removable along an axial direction, said removable member including an applicator that is received in the cup so as to pick up the fluid, the applicator being elastically deformable and constrained inside the cup by locking means (23, 31), the locking means being locking means (23, 31) that lock by turning, advantageously through an angle of about 60°, characterized in that the locking means (23, 31) include a plurality of stationary flanges that are secured to the reservoir and the removable member includes a plurality of fins that are suitable for coming into engagement beneath the stationary flanges. • a fluid reservoir, • a pump having a pump body, a return spring, and an actuator rod that is axially movable down and up between an extended rest position and a depressed actuated position, • a cup for collecting the fluid coming from the pump, the cup being mounted on the actuator rod, and • a removable member that is removable along an axial direction, said removable member including an applicator that is received in the cup so as to pick up the fluid, the applicator being elastically deformable and constrained inside the cup by locking means (23, 31),
A laser light beam projection assembly comprising: a first cluster of laser illumination sources arranged to provide a first cluster of light beams, the individual beams having a first etendue and a second cluster of laser illumination sources arranged to provide a second cluster of light beams, the individual beams having a second etendue, and means for changing the direction of said first cluster and/or said second cluster of light beams; wherein said first etendue is different from said second etendue; wherein said laser illumination sources are arranged so that the total etendue of the first cluster of light beams is substantially equal to the etendue of the second cluster of light beams; and wherein the means for changing the direction comprise a mirror system and are arranged so that the clusters of light beams are brought into a combined cluster light beam having substantially the same etendue as the larger one of said first etendue and said second etendue, the light beam projection assembly comprising a third cluster of laser illumination sources arranged to provide a third cluster of light beams, wherein said first cluster of light beams comprises red light beams, wherein said second cluster of light beams comprises blue light beams, wherein said third cluster of light beams comprises green light beams, and wherein said first, second, and third clusters are blended so that the blended light beam appears white. a first cluster of laser illumination sources arranged to provide a first cluster of light beams, the individual beams having a first etendue and a second cluster of laser illumination sources arranged to provide a second cluster of light beams, the individual beams having a second etendue, and means for changing the direction of said first cluster and/or said second cluster of light beams; wherein said first etendue is different from said second etendue; wherein said laser illumination sources are arranged so that the total etendue of the first cluster of light beams is substantially equal to the etendue of the second cluster of light beams; and wherein the means for changing the direction comprise a mirror system and are arranged so that the clusters of light beams are brought into a combined cluster light beam having substantially the same etendue as the larger one of said first etendue and said second etendue, the light beam projection assembly comprising a third cluster of laser illumination sources arranged to provide a third cluster of light beams, wherein said first cluster of light beams comprises red light beams, wherein said second cluster of light beams comprises blue light beams, wherein said third cluster of light beams comprises green light beams, and wherein said first, second, and third clusters are blended so that the blended light beam appears white.
A flexible non-directional intravascular stent for use in a body lumen, comprising: a plurality of cylindrical rings aligned along a common longitudinal axis, the stent having a proximal end and a distal end; each cylindrical ring having a plurality of peaks (61,62) and a plurality of valleys (91,92) of different heights and depths; at least one cylindrical ring having an open W-structure facing in a first direction and at least one cylindrical ring having an open W-structure facing in a second direction different from the first direction; and at least one link attaching each cylindrical ring to an adjacent cylindrical ring, the link having a curved portion, wherein the proximal and distal ends of the stent are mirror images. a plurality of cylindrical rings aligned along a common longitudinal axis, the stent having a proximal end and a distal end; each cylindrical ring having a plurality of peaks (61,62) and a plurality of valleys (91,92) of different heights and depths; at least one cylindrical ring having an open W-structure facing in a first direction and at least one cylindrical ring having an open W-structure facing in a second direction different from the first direction; and at least one link attaching each cylindrical ring to an adjacent cylindrical ring, the link having a curved portion, wherein the proximal and distal ends of the stent are mirror images.
A surface-mounted vehicle for a theatrical production system (12; 102), the surface-mounted vehicle comprising: a body; a mounting system configured, in use, to couple the surface-mounted vehicle to a surface assembly; a propulsion system configured to move the surface-mounted vehicle along the surface assembly; and a rail coupling system, comprising: at least one rail (36, 38) coupled to the body, wherein the at least one rail (36, 38) is configured to couple a component to the surface-mounted vehicle; and a plurality of electrical connectors disposed along the at least one rail (36, 38), wherein the plurality of electrical connectors is configured to provide electrical power to the component. a mounting system configured, in use, to couple the surface-mounted vehicle to a surface assembly; a propulsion system configured to move the surface-mounted vehicle along the surface assembly; and a rail coupling system, comprising: at least one rail (36, 38) coupled to the body, wherein the at least one rail (36, 38) is configured to couple a component to the surface-mounted vehicle; and a plurality of electrical connectors disposed along the at least one rail (36, 38), wherein the plurality of electrical connectors is configured to provide electrical power to the component. at least one rail (36, 38) coupled to the body, wherein the at least one rail (36, 38) is configured to couple a component to the surface-mounted vehicle; and a plurality of electrical connectors disposed along the at least one rail (36, 38), wherein the plurality of electrical connectors is configured to provide electrical power to the component.
A locking device for fixing a belt of a sliding door system, comprising a housing, in which an actuator and a runner are received, wherein the runner can be displaced by means of the actuator linearly in the housing, and wherein at least one guide means is arranged on the runner and is guided in a first guide connecting rod in the housing, and wherein a retaining slider is arranged in or on the housing and can be moved along a movement direction, in order to lock the belt, towards said belt into a locked position and, in order to release the belt, away from said belt into a release position, for which purpose at least one second guide connecting rod is designed in the retaining slider, in said second guide connecting rod the guide means is likewise guided and wherein a retaining pawl is received on the retaining slider and is designed to engage into the belt and can be displaced in a running direction of the belt on the retaining slider, characterized in that at least one ramp (19a, 19b; 20) is formed in a receptacle between the retaining pawl and the retaining slider or as a section in the first guide connecting rod, by means of which an additional closing path beyond the locked position of the retaining pawl can be generated when a tensile force is exerted on the belt in a locking direction. that at least one ramp (19a, 19b; 20) is formed in a receptacle between the retaining pawl and the retaining slider or as a section in the first guide connecting rod, by means of which an additional closing path beyond the locked position of the retaining pawl can be generated when a tensile force is exerted on the belt in a locking direction.
A bale opener for opening pressed fiber bales deployed in a deployment direction having a machine frame and having a removal unit, wherein the removal unit is vertically adjustably arranged at the machine frame and wherein the machine frame is travelable in the deployment direction so that the fiber bales can be traveled over by the removal unit and fiber material is removable from the fiber bales, wherein the machine frame has a portal construction having a first side wall and having a second side wall, with the first side wall being guided on a running rail, and with two rollers being arranged at the second side wall, characterized in that the second side wall is guided on a base on which the fiber bales are also deployed in that the rollers of the second side wall are arranged to be able to roll off on the base.
A bearing element suitable for supporting a grinding table in a roller mill, comprising a plate or disk-shaped base element, a annular disk, a spacer element and axial bearing segments, wherein the annular disk disposed substantially parallel to the base element and spaced apart from the base element, and is connected at its bottom by means of an annular spacer element with the base element, characterized in that the annular disk has means on its upper side for receiving the axial bearing segments and that the spacer element is designed as an annular strip extending in the axial direction and has a plurality of spaced-apart arches in the circumferential direction, the openings of which point towards the base element.
A method for manufacturing a composite brake disc comprising a brake disc chamber and a friction ring having an inner profiling, wherein a brake disc chamber blank which is introduced into the friction ring is formed into the inner profiling by means of at least one embossing tool, characteried in that the friction ring together with the introduced brake disc chamber blank (la) carries out a rotation movement with a temporally varying rotation speed about a rotation axis of the composite brake disc, and the at least one embossing tool carries out radially oscillating movements which are synchronised with said rotation movement, so that the at least one embossing tool repeatedly, in particularly periodically machines the brake disc chamber blank.
Assembly of a tractor with a three-point suspension and a device for performing activities on an agricultural land, comprising at least one tool beam (3,2,13), a portion of which on one side projects laterally with respect to the tractor and which comprises a number of juxtaposed tools, such as crop mowers, which are supported by the tool beam, wherein the tool beam is mounted to a support frame (20,6) which, at the location of a first, a second and a third mounting position, is mounted to the three-point suspension of the tractor, wherein the first mounting position and the second mounting position, respectively, are located at the end of the support frame (20,6) which faces away from the projecting portion of the tool beam (3,2,13), and at a location between the first mounting position and the projecting portion of the tool beam, respectively, and the third mounting position is located above the first and the second mounting positions (21,23), wherein the support frame is divided into a first support frame portion on which the tool beam is mounted and a second support frame portion, wherein the first support frame portion extends between the first mounting position and the tool beam (3,2,13) wherein the second support frame portion defines at least the second and third mounting positions (23,22), wherein the first support frame portion is connected by means of a support device to the second support frame portion, which support device, at one or more locations which, viewed in a direction transverse to the direction of travel, are spaced apart from the first mounting position, movably interconnects the first and the second support frame portions (6,20) for supporting the first support frame portion in a break-away position spaced apart from the second support frame portion characterised in that the first support frame portion is rotatable in or near the first mounting position, in a hinge, taking along the tool beam, between an operative position and one or more break-away positions about an axis which has a vertical directional component and is further rotatable in said hinge about an axis which has a horizontal directional component parallel to the direction of travel of the tractor and in that the hinge is stationary with respect to the first mounting position and with respect to the first support frame portion.
An optical assembly comprising: a first optical fiber propagating light in a predetermined direction into an input end of the optical assembly, said optical fiber having a core and a cladding; a heat sink surrounding the optical fiber at the input end; and a lens having a primary optical axis and arranged after the heat sink in the propagating direction; and wherein the optical assembly further comprises a filter arranged after the lens in the propagating direction, wherein the filter has a reflective surface arranged to transmit light having one or more desired wavelengths and to reflect one or more undesired wavelengths back through the lens, characterized in that the lens is arranged to re-focus the reflected light outside the core of the first optical fiber, such that the energy from the reflected light is absorbed by the heat sink. a first optical fiber propagating light in a predetermined direction into an input end of the optical assembly, said optical fiber having a core and a cladding; a heat sink surrounding the optical fiber at the input end; and a lens having a primary optical axis and arranged after the heat sink in the propagating direction; and
A method for enhancing fragrance or perfume longevity of a composition by adding to the composition (a) a quaternary ammonium compound; (b) a cationic polysaccharide; (c) a nonionic polysaccharide; and (d) a fragrance material or perfume.
A memory array comprising: a plurality of conductor structures, each conductor structure having a top wire segment extending in a first direction, a middle wire segment extending in a second direction at an angle from the first direction, a bottom wire segment extending in a direction opposite to the first direction, and a via connecting the top, middle, and bottom wire segments; a plurality of memory cells in an upper plane formed at intersections of the middle wire segment of each conductor structure with the top wire segments of neighboring conductor structures; and a plurality of memory cells in a lower plane formed at intersections of the middle wire segment of each conductor structure with the bottom wire segments of neighboring conductor structures. a plurality of conductor structures, each conductor structure having a top wire segment extending in a first direction, a middle wire segment extending in a second direction at an angle from the first direction, a bottom wire segment extending in a direction opposite to the first direction, and a via connecting the top, middle, and bottom wire segments; a plurality of memory cells in an upper plane formed at intersections of the middle wire segment of each conductor structure with the top wire segments of neighboring conductor structures; and a plurality of memory cells in a lower plane formed at intersections of the middle wire segment of each conductor structure with the bottom wire segments of neighboring conductor structures.