mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A shaft assembly comprising: a housing having an opening and an inner wall surrounding the opening; a lubricant reservoir within the housing; a tubular member having a first axial end fixed to the inner wall with an interference fit and a second axial end spaced from the first end to be positioned above a surface of a lubricant that collects in the lubricant reservoir during operation; characterised in that, a solid shaft extending through the tubular member and having an outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the tubular member, thereby defining a dry well in an annular gap between the solid shaft and the tubular member; a gear arranged about the solid shaft and configured to rotate together with the solid shaft; first and second bearings (260, 270) arranged on opposite sides of the gear and configured to rotatably support the solid shaft; and a bearing mount fixed to the gear and arranged about the tubular member, the bearing mount having an outer circumferential surface contacting the first bearing and an axial end surface contacting the gear, wherein the tubular member is positioned radially between the solid shaft and the first bearing and the bearing mount surrounds the tubular member and contacts the inner race of the first bearing. a housing having an opening and an inner wall surrounding the opening; a lubricant reservoir within the housing; a tubular member having a first axial end fixed to the inner wall with an interference fit and a second axial end spaced from the first end to be positioned above a surface of a lubricant that collects in the lubricant reservoir during operation; characterised in that, a solid shaft extending through the tubular member and having an outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the tubular member, thereby defining a dry well in an annular gap between the solid shaft and the tubular member; a gear arranged about the solid shaft and configured to rotate together with the solid shaft; first and second bearings (260, 270) arranged on opposite sides of the gear and configured to rotatably support the solid shaft; and a bearing mount fixed to the gear and arranged about the tubular member, the bearing mount having an outer circumferential surface contacting the first bearing and an axial end surface contacting the gear, wherein the tubular member is positioned radially between the solid shaft and the first bearing and the bearing mount surrounds the tubular member and contacts the inner race of the first bearing.
A nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, the nozzle comprising: a body (2, 52), and a base (3, 53) having a longitudinal axis, and at least two cleaning sides (17, 67; 18, 68) configured to act on a surface in respective cleaning conditions, wherein the body (2, 52) comprises a suction chamber and the base (3, 53) encloses one side of the suction chamber when the base is in one of the cleaning conditions, the base (3, 53) comprises a first base outlet (3A, 73A) through which air may be sucked out of the base to enter the suction chamber when the base is in a first cleaning condition, and a second base outlet (3B, 73B) through which air may be sucked out of the base to enter the suction chamber when the base is in a second cleaning condition, characterized in that the base is rotatable around a rotational axis (A-A) that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base to move the base between the respective cleaning conditions. a body (2, 52), and a base (3, 53) having a longitudinal axis, and at least two cleaning sides (17, 67; 18, 68) configured to act on a surface in respective cleaning conditions,
Use of an edible composition for improving flavor of food and beverage, wherein the edible composition contains a mixed extract from a plant of genus Crataegus of the family Rosaceae, a plant of genus Houttuynia of the family Saururaceae, a plant of genus Vitis of the family Vitaceae, and a plant of genus Anthemis of the family Compositae or genus Matricaria of the family Compositae.
A spectral measurement apparatus for irradiating a sample as a measurement object with excitation light and detecting light to be measured, comprising: a light source for generating the excitation light; an integrator having an input opening portion for inputting the excitation light, and an output opening portion for outputting the light to be measured; a sample container including a housing portion for housing the sample and arranged in the integrator; an incidence optical system (64, 65, 66, 67) for irradiating the sample with the excitation light so that an irradiation area with the excitation light at a position of incidence to the sample is set larger than an irradiated area of the sample; a photodetector for detecting the light to be measured output from the output opening portion and outputting a detection signal; and analysis means for calculating a light absorptance of the sample, based on the detection signal of output light intensity measured for: indirect excitation without a sample, indirect excitation of the sample, direct excitation without the sample, and direct excitation of the sample, wherein the analysis means performs an area ratio correction by multiplying the calculated light absorptance by the ratio S2/S1 of the irradiation area with the excitation light and the irradiated area of the sample, wherein the area ratio correction is performed after a measurement in indirect excitation and a measurement in direct excitation. a light source for generating the excitation light; an integrator having an input opening portion for inputting the excitation light, and an output opening portion for outputting the light to be measured; a sample container including a housing portion for housing the sample and arranged in the integrator; an incidence optical system (64, 65, 66, 67) for irradiating the sample with the excitation light so that an irradiation area with the excitation light at a position of incidence to the sample is set larger than an irradiated area of the sample; a photodetector for detecting the light to be measured output from the output opening portion and outputting a detection signal; and analysis means for calculating a light absorptance of the sample, based on the detection signal of output light intensity measured for: indirect excitation without a sample, indirect excitation of the sample, direct excitation without the sample, and direct excitation of the sample, wherein the analysis means performs an area ratio correction by multiplying the calculated light absorptance by the ratio S2/S1 of the irradiation area with the excitation light and the irradiated area of the sample, wherein the area ratio correction is performed after a measurement in indirect excitation and a measurement in direct excitation.
Device for fall detection, said device comprising: a sensor input for obtaining sensor data related to movement of a subject acquired by a sensor (20, 22, 61), a video input for obtaining video data of the subject and/or the subject's environment, an analysis unit: for analyzing the obtained sensor data to detect one or more signal features indicative of a potential fall of the subject and for analyzing, if one or more such signal features have been detected, the detected one or more signal features and/or related sensor data in combination with related video data to identify similarities between: changes of the related sensor data and/or the signal features over time; and changes of the video data over time an output (14, 64, 65, 66) for issuing a fall detection indication if the level and/or amount of detected similarities exceeds a corresponding threshold, wherein said analysis unit is configured to analyze the detected one or more signal features and/or relative sensor data in combination with the related video data in response to the signal features indicating that a possible fall has been identified, and wherein said analysis unit is configured to estimate the relative vertical velocity and/or acceleration of the subject from the video data and to correlate it with a vertical acceleration and/or vertical velocity derived from the sensor data to identify similarities. a sensor input for obtaining sensor data related to movement of a subject acquired by a sensor (20, 22, 61), a video input for obtaining video data of the subject and/or the subject's environment, an analysis unit: for analyzing the obtained sensor data to detect one or more signal features indicative of a potential fall of the subject and for analyzing, if one or more such signal features have been detected, the detected one or more signal features and/or related sensor data in combination with related video data to identify similarities between: changes of the related sensor data and/or the signal features over time; and changes of the video data over time for analyzing the obtained sensor data to detect one or more signal features indicative of a potential fall of the subject and for analyzing, if one or more such signal features have been detected, the detected one or more signal features and/or related sensor data in combination with related video data to identify similarities between: changes of the related sensor data and/or the signal features over time; and changes of the video data over time an output (14, 64, 65, 66) for issuing a fall detection indication if the level and/or amount of detected similarities exceeds a corresponding threshold, wherein said analysis unit is configured to analyze the detected one or more signal features and/or relative sensor data in combination with the related video data in response to the signal features indicating that a possible fall has been identified, and wherein said analysis unit is configured to estimate the relative vertical velocity and/or acceleration of the subject from the video data and to correlate it with a vertical acceleration and/or vertical velocity derived from the sensor data to identify similarities.
A method of transmitting data from a field device, the method including: obtaining process variable information; selectively determining (108,116,118,120) data communication signal strength of a plurality of data communication providers available to the field device; and transmitting the process variable information over a selected one of the plurality of data communication providers based at least in part upon the signal strength of the selected data communication provider, the method characterized by storing event information related to connecting to the selected data communication provider, wherein event information is accumulated to provide a history of communication using any of the data communication providers; and performing at least one statistical operation upon the history, and wherein selection of the selected data communication provider is based, in part, upon the statistical operation. obtaining process variable information; selectively determining (108,116,118,120) data communication signal strength of a plurality of data communication providers available to the field device; and transmitting the process variable information over a selected one of the plurality of data communication providers based at least in part upon the signal strength of the selected data communication provider, the method characterized by storing event information related to connecting to the selected data communication provider, wherein event information is accumulated to provide a history of communication using any of the data communication providers; and performing at least one statistical operation upon the history, and wherein selection of the selected data communication provider is based, in part, upon the statistical operation.
A gas furnace comprising: a mixer configured to mix air and fuel gas respectively introduced from an intake pipe and a manifold so as to produce an air-fuel mixture; a mixing pipe configured to allow the air-fuel mixture having passed through the mixer to flow therein; a burner assembly configured to combust the air-fuel mixture having passed through the mixing pipe so as to generate combustion gas; heat exchangers configured to allow the combustion gas to flow therein; an exhaust pipe configured to discharge exhaust gas, which is the combustion gas having passed through the heat exchangers, to the outside; and a recirculator installed at the exhaust pipe and configured to guide a portion of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust pipe to the mixer; wherein the recirculator comprises: a damper housing installed at the exhaust pipe; a damper disposed within the damper housing so as to be rotatable; a rotary motor connected to one side of the damper so as to rotate the damper; and a recirculation pipe provided with one side connected with the damper housing and a remaining side connected to the mixer, wherein the damper forms a flow path configured to communicate with a flow path formed in a part of the exhaust pipe located at a front end of the damper housing and a flow path formed in a part of the exhaust pipe located at a rear end of the damper housing. a mixer configured to mix air and fuel gas respectively introduced from an intake pipe and a manifold so as to produce an air-fuel mixture; a mixing pipe configured to allow the air-fuel mixture having passed through the mixer to flow therein; a burner assembly configured to combust the air-fuel mixture having passed through the mixing pipe so as to generate combustion gas; heat exchangers configured to allow the combustion gas to flow therein; an exhaust pipe configured to discharge exhaust gas, which is the combustion gas having passed through the heat exchangers, to the outside; and a recirculator installed at the exhaust pipe and configured to guide a portion of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust pipe to the mixer; a damper housing installed at the exhaust pipe; a damper disposed within the damper housing so as to be rotatable; a rotary motor connected to one side of the damper so as to rotate the damper; and a recirculation pipe provided with one side connected with the damper housing and a remaining side connected to the mixer, wherein the damper forms a flow path configured to communicate with a flow path formed in a part of the exhaust pipe located at a front end of the damper housing and a flow path formed in a part of the exhaust pipe located at a rear end of the damper housing.
A device for treating a fluid with UV radiation, comprising a container, in which fluid to be treated can be received, and comprising a strand-shaped UV conductor element with an input section and an emission section, wherein the UV conductor element has a plurality of fibres, wherein the emission section is arranged in the interior of the container, and wherein the UV radiation can be introduced into the input section, and wherein a lateral emission of the UV radiation into the fluid to be treated can be provided in the emission section, and, furthermore, comprising a UV radiation source by means of which the UV radiation can be provided for introduction into the UV conductor element, characterized in that a flow-through member is arranged inside the container which has flow-through recesses through which the fluid to be treated can flow, and wherein the fibres are arranged in the flow-through sections. comprising a container, in which fluid to be treated can be received, and comprising a strand-shaped UV conductor element with an input section and an emission section, wherein the UV conductor element has a plurality of fibres, wherein the emission section is arranged in the interior of the container, and wherein the UV radiation can be introduced into the input section, and wherein a lateral emission of the UV radiation into the fluid to be treated can be provided in the emission section, and, furthermore, comprising a UV radiation source by means of which the UV radiation can be provided for introduction into the UV conductor element, characterized in that a flow-through member is arranged inside the container which has flow-through recesses through which the fluid to be treated can flow, and wherein the fibres are arranged in the flow-through sections.
A method of managing communication resources (40, 45) in a wireless communication system comprising multiple transmitter nodes (10, 15), said method comprises the steps of: - providing a default resource allocation specifying when to use multi-node-adapted and single-node-adapted communication resources for said multiple transmitter nodes (10, 15) to transmit information, where a multi-node-adapted communication resource is adapted for time-coordinated transmissions of multi-node-associated information and a single-node-adapted communication resources is adapted for transmission of single-node-associated information; - estimating an expected amount of at least one of said multi-node-associated information and said single-node-associated information to be transmitted by a subset of said multiple transmitter nodes (10, 15); and - dynamically adjusting said default resource allocation, for said subset of said multiple transmitter nodes (10, 15), by allocating, based on said estimated expected amount of information, a multi-node-adapted communication resource for transmission of single-node-associated information or a single-node-adapted communication resource for time-coordinated transmissions of multi-node-associated information. - providing a default resource allocation specifying when to use multi-node-adapted and single-node-adapted communication resources for said multiple transmitter nodes (10, 15) to transmit information, where a multi-node-adapted communication resource is adapted for time-coordinated transmissions of multi-node-associated information and a single-node-adapted communication resources is adapted for transmission of single-node-associated information; - estimating an expected amount of at least one of said multi-node-associated information and said single-node-associated information to be transmitted by a subset of said multiple transmitter nodes (10, 15); and - dynamically adjusting said default resource allocation, for said subset of said multiple transmitter nodes (10, 15), by allocating, based on said estimated expected amount of information, a multi-node-adapted communication resource for transmission of single-node-associated information or a single-node-adapted communication resource for time-coordinated transmissions of multi-node-associated information.
A process for removing acid gases from a gaseous mixture comprising the step of contacting the gaseous mixture with an aqueous alkanolamine solution, characterized in that said solution comprises: (i) 2-dimethylamino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol in an amount of from 0.1 to 75 weight percent, (ii) phosphoric acid in an amount of from 0.1 to 25 weight percent, and optionally one or more of (iii) an additional amino compound in an amount of from 0 to 75 weight percent, (iv) an activator compound in an amount from 0 to 20 weight percent, or (v) a physical solvent in an amount from 0 to 75 weight percent, wherein weight percent is based on the total weight of the aqueous alkanolamine solution. (i) 2-dimethylamino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol in an amount of from 0.1 to 75 weight percent, (ii) phosphoric acid in an amount of from 0.1 to 25 weight percent, and optionally one or more of (iii) an additional amino compound in an amount of from 0 to 75 weight percent, (iv) an activator compound in an amount from 0 to 20 weight percent, or (v) a physical solvent in an amount from 0 to 75 weight percent,
A method of producing one or more furan dicarboxylates, the method comprises: reacting furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with at least an alcohol or a mixture of different alcohols in a CO 2 atmosphere according to the following: to yield a mixture of esters, wherein R-group is at least a saturated, unsaturated, cyclic, or aromatic group, wherein any other extrinsic catalysts are either entirely absent or present in a trace amount of less than catalytic efficacy, and wherein said reaction of FDCA with an alcohol in CO 2 is performed under temperature and pressure conditions that are either supercritical, critical or near-critical for at least one of said alcohol or mixture of alcohols or CO 2.
Process for preparing the phosphate of formula (NH 4) (VO 2) (HPO 4) consisting in stirring a mixture formed of V 2 O 5 and of NH 4 H 2 PO 4 in the solid state to which water has been added in an initial proportion of between 0.1% and 200.0%, this proportion being calculated relative to the whole of the two reactants V 2 O 5 and NH 4 H 2 PO 4.
A polyester resin composition comprising: a polyester resin comprising, as a diol unit, a unit derived from a diol having a cyclic acetal skeleton, and as a dicarboxylic acid unit, a unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid having a naphthalene skeleton; and a polyester resin not having a cyclic acetal skeleton, and wherein the polyester resin composition satisfies the following and: the refractive index difference between the polyester resin and the polyester resin is 0.005 or less, the refractive index being measured with sodium D radiation as a light source; the glass transition temperature difference between the polyester resin and the polyester resin is 35°C or less, wherein the glass transition temperature is measured by differential scanning calorimetry. a polyester resin comprising, as a diol unit, a unit derived from a diol having a cyclic acetal skeleton, and as a dicarboxylic acid unit, a unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid having a naphthalene skeleton; and a polyester resin not having a cyclic acetal skeleton, and wherein the polyester resin composition satisfies the following and: the refractive index difference between the polyester resin and the polyester resin is 0.005 or less, the refractive index being measured with sodium D radiation as a light source; the glass transition temperature difference between the polyester resin and the polyester resin is 35°C or less, wherein the glass transition temperature is measured by differential scanning calorimetry. the refractive index difference between the polyester resin and the polyester resin is 0.005 or less, the refractive index being measured with sodium D radiation as a light source; the glass transition temperature difference between the polyester resin and the polyester resin is 35°C or less, wherein the glass transition temperature is measured by differential scanning calorimetry.
A trans-aortic proximal aortic stent graft [TAPAS graft] for antegrade introduction into a blood vessel, having a hose-like sheath which surrounds a folded, self-expanding prosthesis both internally and externally in such a manner that a sheath outer wall of the sheath rests against the prosthesis externally and a sheath inner wall rests against the prosthesis internally and keeps the prosthesis folded, wherein at a distal end of the prosthesis, the latter is everted by the sheath in a transition from the sheath inner wall into the sheath outer wall and the prosthesis is provided with an anchoring means at a proximal end, and wherein a guide, in particular a guide catheter, is insertable into the sheath, which guide catheter is connectable to the anchorage at the prosthesis in a detachable manner via a detachable fixing means with release mechanism, characterised in that the detachable fixing means with release mechanism is in the form of a cord-splint mechanism and the release mechanism is positioned in such a manner that the prosthesis is releasable from proximal to distal.