mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A film opener mounted to a film placement apparatus for opening a tubular film supplied so as to be sheet-like folded and placing the tubular film around a placement target, the film opener comprising: a first suction rod and a second suction rod that suction one side of the sheet-like folded film at a predetermined distance therebetween in a width direction of the film, the first suction rod and the second suction rod each extending in a longitudinal direction of the film; and a third suction rod and a fourth suction rod that suction the other side of the film at positions corresponding to the first suction rod and the second suction rod, the third suction rod and the fourth suction rod each extending in the longitudinal direction of the film, wherein the first suction rod and the second suction rod that suction the one side of the film, and the third suction rod and the fourth suction rod that suction the other side of the film, separate from each other, and thereby the sheet-like folded film is opened, and in a state where the film is open, suction holes of the first suction rod and suction holes of the fourth suction rod oppose each other, and suction holes of the second suction rod and suction holes of the third suction rod oppose each other. a first suction rod and a second suction rod that suction one side of the sheet-like folded film at a predetermined distance therebetween in a width direction of the film, the first suction rod and the second suction rod each extending in a longitudinal direction of the film; and a third suction rod and a fourth suction rod that suction the other side of the film at positions corresponding to the first suction rod and the second suction rod, the third suction rod and the fourth suction rod each extending in the longitudinal direction of the film, wherein the first suction rod and the second suction rod that suction the one side of the film, and the third suction rod and the fourth suction rod that suction the other side of the film, separate from each other, and thereby the sheet-like folded film is opened, and in a state where the film is open, suction holes of the first suction rod and suction holes of the fourth suction rod oppose each other, and suction holes of the second suction rod and suction holes of the third suction rod oppose each other.
A plug for closing the neck of a container, said plug comprising: - a cap for obturating the neck, which, when the plug is on the neck for closing the neck, is laid out across an inner aperture of the neck, and which is provided so as to be crossed by a driving-in member, and - a skirt for attachment to the neck, the shirt being globally tubular and centered on axis (X-X) of the plug, extending axially from the cap and being laid out around the neck when the plug is on the neck for closing the neck, which cap defines a cavity for receiving the driving-in member, which is substantially centered on the axis (X-X) and the bottom region of which is delimited by a breakable part of the cap, adapted to be set in abutment by the driving-in member until the breakable part breaks, while the remainder of the cavity is delimited by a tubular part of the cap, which connects the breakable part to the remainder of the cap and which is adapted to snugly receive the driving-in member, which breakable part includes a bottom wall, which is crossed by the axis (X-X) and a side wall which connects the bottom wall to the tubular part and which is provided with breaking lines extending radially to the axis, wherein the breakable part of the cap is provided with at least one protrusion for supporting the driving-in member, characterised in that the protrusion is provided on the face of the side wall which is turned towards the cavity, and runs globally along one of the breaking lines. - a cap for obturating the neck, which, when the plug is on the neck for closing the neck, is laid out across an inner aperture of the neck, and which is provided so as to be crossed by a driving-in member, and - a skirt for attachment to the neck, the shirt being globally tubular and centered on axis (X-X) of the plug, extending axially from the cap and being laid out around the neck when the plug is on the neck for closing the neck, which cap defines a cavity for receiving the driving-in member, which is substantially centered on the axis (X-X) and the bottom region of which is delimited by a breakable part of the cap, adapted to be set in abutment by the driving-in member until the breakable part breaks, while the remainder of the cavity is delimited by a tubular part of the cap, which connects the breakable part to the remainder of the cap and which is adapted to snugly receive the driving-in member, which breakable part includes a bottom wall, which is crossed by the axis (X-X) and a side wall which connects the bottom wall to the tubular part and which is provided with breaking lines extending radially to the axis, wherein the breakable part of the cap is provided with at least one protrusion for supporting the driving-in member, characterised in that the protrusion is provided on the face of the side wall which is turned towards the cavity, and runs globally along one of the breaking lines.
Use of a polynucleotide in an in vitro method for assessing the risk of developing hypertension comprising: any one of the following base sequences (a) to (d), wherein the polynucleotide can be used as a primer or probe for detecting a SNP rs1401982: (a) a base sequence of SEQ ID No. 19 or a base sequence which is a partial sequence of the base sequence of SEQ ID No. 19 having 10 to 60 bases, which partial sequence contains the SNP rs1401982; (b) a base sequence complementary to the base sequence (a); (c) a base sequence of SEQ ID No.20 or a base sequence which is a partial sequence within a range of from 10 to 60 bases of the base sequence of SEQ ID No.20 containing the SNP rs1401982; (d) a base sequence complementary to the base sequence (c). any one of the following base sequences (a) to (d), wherein the polynucleotide can be used as a primer or probe for detecting a SNP rs1401982: (a) a base sequence of SEQ ID No. 19 or a base sequence which is a partial sequence of the base sequence of SEQ ID No. 19 having 10 to 60 bases, which partial sequence contains the SNP rs1401982; (b) a base sequence complementary to the base sequence (a); (c) a base sequence of SEQ ID No.20 or a base sequence which is a partial sequence within a range of from 10 to 60 bases of the base sequence of SEQ ID No.20 containing the SNP rs1401982; (d) a base sequence complementary to the base sequence (c). (a) a base sequence of SEQ ID No. 19 or a base sequence which is a partial sequence of the base sequence of SEQ ID No. 19 having 10 to 60 bases, which partial sequence contains the SNP rs1401982; (b) a base sequence complementary to the base sequence (a); (c) a base sequence of SEQ ID No.20 or a base sequence which is a partial sequence within a range of from 10 to 60 bases of the base sequence of SEQ ID No.20 containing the SNP rs1401982; (d) a base sequence complementary to the base sequence (c).
A transdermal drug delivery device comprising: means comprising a number of needles for piercing the skin of a patient to form a number of pores in the skin; a number of carriers, each carrier being an elongate element having a tip; a channel associated with each carrier, along which the carrier can slide relative to a corresponding one of the needles; and means operable while the needles remain in the skin for sliding each carrier along the associated channel towards a pore to deliver the drug to the pore; characterized in that: a drug to be delivered by the device is loaded on the tips of the carriers; and the drug is contained within the channel by the tip of the carrier. means comprising a number of needles for piercing the skin of a patient to form a number of pores in the skin; a number of carriers, each carrier being an elongate element having a tip; a channel associated with each carrier, along which the carrier can slide relative to a corresponding one of the needles; and means operable while the needles remain in the skin for sliding each carrier along the associated channel towards a pore to deliver the drug to the pore; characterized in that: a drug to be delivered by the device is loaded on the tips of the carriers; and the drug is contained within the channel by the tip of the carrier. a drug to be delivered by the device is loaded on the tips of the carriers; and the drug is contained within the channel by the tip of the carrier.
A recording apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic wave irradiating portion configured to radiate an electromagnetic wave and dry ink by using the electromagnetic wave; a first medium supporting portion for supporting a recording medium in an irradiation area of the electromagnetic wave irradiating portion and having an opening portion through which vapor evaporated from ink ejected onto the recording medium by electromagnetic wave irradiation by the electromagnetic wave irradiating portion can pass; and characterized by a second medium supporting portion (21, 22) that is provided adjacent to the first medium supporting portion and has a thermal conductivity lower than the first medium supporting portion. an electromagnetic wave irradiating portion configured to radiate an electromagnetic wave and dry ink by using the electromagnetic wave; a first medium supporting portion for supporting a recording medium in an irradiation area of the electromagnetic wave irradiating portion and having an opening portion through which vapor evaporated from ink ejected onto the recording medium by electromagnetic wave irradiation by the electromagnetic wave irradiating portion can pass; and characterized by a second medium supporting portion (21, 22) that is provided adjacent to the first medium supporting portion and has a thermal conductivity lower than the first medium supporting portion.
A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus comprising: a light source; a digital mirror device applying stripe pattern light alternately including a light portion and a dark portion with which information about a height of an inspection target portion can be acquired to the inspection target portion by reflecting light emitted from the light source, a projection lens; and an imaging portion imaging the inspection target portion to which the digital mirror device applies the stripe pattern light, the digital mirror device including a plurality of mirrors arranged in a diamond pattern, characterized in that the digital mirror device and the light source are configured to be rotatable about a normal line perpendicular to reflection surfaces of the plurality of mirrors, and an optical axis of the projection lens and the normal line are non-parallel. a light source; a digital mirror device applying stripe pattern light alternately including a light portion and a dark portion with which information about a height of an inspection target portion can be acquired to the inspection target portion by reflecting light emitted from the light source, a projection lens; and an imaging portion imaging the inspection target portion to which the digital mirror device applies the stripe pattern light, the digital mirror device including a plurality of mirrors arranged in a diamond pattern, characterized in that the digital mirror device and the light source are configured to be rotatable about a normal line perpendicular to reflection surfaces of the plurality of mirrors, and an optical axis of the projection lens and the normal line are non-parallel.
A smoking article (2, 32) comprising: a blind combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces, wherein the blind combustible heat source has a transverse cross sectional area of at least about 60 percent of the transverse cross-sectional area of the smoking article (2, 32); an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face of the blind combustible heat source, wherein the rear face of the blind combustible heat source and the aerosol-forming substrate are exposed to one another; a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and one or more air inlets (30, 34) located downstream of the rear face of the blind combustible heat source and upstream of the mouthpiece, wherein the one or more air inlets (30, 34) are located between the rear face of the blind combustible heat source and a downstream end of the aerosol-forming substrate and comprise one or more first air inlets around the periphery of the aerosol-forming substrate, wherein, in use, air drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate enters the smoking article through the one or more air inlets (16, 18). a blind combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces, wherein the blind combustible heat source has a transverse cross sectional area of at least about 60 percent of the transverse cross-sectional area of the smoking article (2, 32); an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face of the blind combustible heat source, wherein the rear face of the blind combustible heat source and the aerosol-forming substrate are exposed to one another; a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and one or more air inlets (30, 34) located downstream of the rear face of the blind combustible heat source and upstream of the mouthpiece, wherein the one or more air inlets (30, 34) are located between the rear face of the blind combustible heat source and a downstream end of the aerosol-forming substrate and comprise one or more first air inlets around the periphery of the aerosol-forming substrate,
A communications device comprising a communications unit configured to perform transmission of a signal to a first device and one type of intermittent reception of intermittently carrying out a reception operation of receiving a signal from a second device, the communications unit being configured to, when a timing to transmit the signal to the first device falls within a protection period defined with respect to a timing to carry out the reception operation, put the transmission of the signal to the first device on hold, wherein the protection period is a period preceding, but ending at, the timing to carry out the reception operation as the one type of intermittent reception. a communications unit configured to perform transmission of a signal to a first device and one type of intermittent reception of intermittently carrying out a reception operation of receiving a signal from a second device, the communications unit being configured to, when a timing to transmit the signal to the first device falls within a protection period defined with respect to a timing to carry out the reception operation, put the transmission of the signal to the first device on hold, wherein the protection period is a period preceding, but ending at, the timing to carry out the reception operation as the one type of intermittent reception.
A rigid core for forming a tire which is a rigid core for vulcanization molding a raw tire, comprising an annular core main body provided in an outer surface thereof with a tire molding surface for forming a raw tire, and being put into a vulcanizing mold together with the raw tire so as to mold the raw tire between the vulcanizing mold and the core main body, the core main body comprises a plurality of core segments which are divided in a circumferential direction, each of the core segments has both circumferential end surfaces as mating faces, and the mating faces adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are butted to each other so as to form the core main body, and each of the mating faces is provided with a border recess extending along an outer peripheral edge of the mating face and formed by cutting away a corner between the tire molding surface and the mating face, characterized in that the border recess has a wall surface parallel with the tire molding surface and a bottom surface parallel with the mating face and the border recess has a border width (w) of 0.5 to 3.0 mm from the outer peripheral edge, and a depth of 0.1 to 0.5 mm from the mating face.
A display device comprising: a panel portion comprising a plurality of lines of pixels, each of said pixels being formed of at least two sub-pixels, each sub-pixel being controlled by a discrete bus line, the panel portion being operable to display one of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image by application of a signal via the bus line; and a filter portion that is provided on a front surface of the panel portion, said filter portion comprising a plurality of regions divided by a boundary, wherein said filter portion alternately changes, for each region, a polarization state of light that passes through the panel portion, wherein the boundary of each of the regions of the filter portion is positioned within the area of a first sub-pixel of each pixel of a corresponding line of pixels, and wherein each of said first sub-pixels is controlled so as to be displayed in black when the three-dimensional image is displayed on the panel portion. a panel portion comprising a plurality of lines of pixels, each of said pixels being formed of at least two sub-pixels, each sub-pixel being controlled by a discrete bus line, the panel portion being operable to display one of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image by application of a signal via the bus line; and a filter portion that is provided on a front surface of the panel portion, said filter portion comprising a plurality of regions divided by a boundary, wherein said filter portion alternately changes, for each region, a polarization state of light that passes through the panel portion, wherein the boundary of each of the regions of the filter portion is positioned within the area of a first sub-pixel of each pixel of a corresponding line of pixels, and wherein each of said first sub-pixels is controlled so as to be displayed in black when the three-dimensional image is displayed on the panel portion.
A ventilation system comprising a breathing apparatus for providing mechanical ventilation to a patient, the breathing apparatus being configured to perform an automated full recruitment manoeuvre, FRM, comprising a recruitment phase and a PEEP titration phase, and to determine at least one optimised ventilation setting for the patient during the FRM manoeuvre, characterised in that the breathing apparatus is configured to automatically switch ventilation mode to a predefined ventilation mode after the FRM manoeuvre, and to ventilate the patient in the predefined ventilation mode using the at least one optimised ventilation setting during a period of post-recruitment manoeuvre, post-RM, ventilation following the FRM manoeuvre.
A device for monitoring regular movement of the body of a human subject, said device comprising: electronic circuitry including at least one alarm; attachment means for releasably attaching the device to the subject's body in the groin area; and at least one first proximity sensor that is a non-contact proximity sensor, wherein said first proximity sensor is configured and directed to monitor a distance between the device and the stomach of the subject in a first sensor zone, when the device is attached to the subject's body in the groin area; wherein said device includes at least one second proximity sensor that is a non-contact proximity sensor and that is configured and directed to monitor a distance between the device and the stomach of the subject in a second sensor zone, when the device is attached to the subject's body in the groin area; said attachment means and said first and second proximity sensors (22,24) being configured such that the second sensor zone is disposed farther from the attachment means than the first sensor zone; and said circuitry being configured to activate the alarm in the event that a pattern by which the distance measured by at least one of the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor varies, changes to a predetermined extent. electronic circuitry including at least one alarm; attachment means for releasably attaching the device to the subject's body in the groin area; and at least one first proximity sensor that is a non-contact proximity sensor,
A system for cultivating surface-growing floating aquatic plants on a non horizontally positioned sheet like substrate, wherein: a) a predetermined volume of growth media flowing through the sheet-like substrate provided with a predetermined inoculum of said aquatic plants; b) at least one sheet-like substrate; c) an irrigation mechanism configured to a top down irrigation flow in said sheet-like substrate; and d) a regulation mechanism configured to control said irrigation flow; wherein,said aquatic plants are Wolffia species; said Wolffia species are selected from the group consisting of: Wolffia angusta, Wolffia arrhiza, Wolffia australiana, Wolffia borealis, Wolffia brasiliensis, Wolffia Columbiana, Wolffia cylindracea, Wolffia elongate, Wolffia globose, Wolffia microscopica, Wolffia neglecta and any combination thereof; said at least one sheet-like substrate is a porous structure capable of capillary transport of water in its bulk and on its surface creating a continuous surface water film; said substrate is characterized by (i) weight area of 20 to 500 gr/m 2, (ii) thickness of 0.1 to 20 mm, (iii) average pore size of 100 -2000 μm and (iv) porosity of 0.6 to 0.98; said capillarity has wicking height of 2mm to 150mm and vertical wicking rate of 0.2 to 20 mm/sec as measured by American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) Test Method 197-2011; said at least one sheet-like substrate arranged non -horizontally to the ground; containing said predetermined volume of growth media on at least one supporting structure; said irrigation mechanism configured to a top down irrigation flow, the rate of said top down irrigation flow is in a range of 0.5 to 10 liter/h/m 2; said regulation mechanism configured to control by feedback mechanism said irrigation flow from measured physical or chemical properties of the growth media deviate from said desirable growth conditions for the aquatic plants; said regulation mechanism regulates the irrigation flow rate so that the aquatic plants stay adhering to the sheet-like substrate albeit having no root nor other inherent mechanism to defy gravity. a) a predetermined volume of growth media flowing through the sheet-like substrate provided with a predetermined inoculum of said aquatic plants; b) at least one sheet-like substrate; c) an irrigation mechanism configured to a top down irrigation flow in said sheet-like substrate; and d) a regulation mechanism configured to control said irrigation flow;
A diagnostic chewing gum for identifying the presence of pathogens detectable via the mouth comprising a base material or particles embedded and/or attached to said base material; an element (1, 5-7) attached to said base material and/or said particles for the generation of a change in the chewing gum directly detectable by the user; wherein said pathogen is selected from the group consisting of virus, bacterium, protozoa, prion, fungus or a combination thereof; wherein the element (1, 5-7) generates the change upon direct or indirect contact with a marker which is released by said pathogens, or, in case of a virus or prion, by the cellular structure hosting it; wherein the marker inducing the change is a proteolytic enzyme released or, in case of a virus or a prion, upregulated by pathogens; and wherein the element (1, 5-7) is a molecule or molecular assembly which, upon direct or indirect contact with the marker undergoes a color change perceivable by the naked eye of the user, and which is embedded or attached to the base material or to particles embedded and/or attached to said base material or wherein the element (1, 5-7) is a flavor molecule (1, 5) releasably attached to the base material or to particles embedded and/or attached to said base material.