mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A joist hanger comprising: a support bracket, having a base portion and two substantially parallel side portions upstanding from opposing edges of said base portion, wherein the joist hanger further comprises: at least one back flange portion adjoining at least one of said two side portions at a longitudinal edge of respective at least one of said two side portions and which is adapted to abut a face-fixing surface; at least one top flange portion, adjoining said at least one back flange portion at an edge distal to said base portion and moveable between a face-fixing position, wherein said top flange portion is coplanar to said at least one back flange portion, and a top-fixing position, wherein said top flange portion is non-coplanar to said at least one back flange portion, further comprising at least one longitudinally elongated fixing aperture and an articulation axis, about which the top flange portion is adapted to bend, the articulation axis extending transversely of the hanger between the top flange portion and the back flange portion and being variable in location within the region defined by the length of said at least one longitudinally elongated fixing aperture, characterised in that said articulation axis is in the form of at least one recess (200, 202, 204) transversely aligned to and in said region defined by the length of said at least one longitudinally elongated fixing aperture, and which is adapted to provide a predetermined crease line for said top flange portion. at least one back flange portion adjoining at least one of said two side portions at a longitudinal edge of respective at least one of said two side portions and which is adapted to abut a face-fixing surface; at least one top flange portion, adjoining said at least one back flange portion at an edge distal to said base portion and moveable between a face-fixing position, wherein said top flange portion is coplanar to said at least one back flange portion, and a top-fixing position, wherein said top flange portion is non-coplanar to said at least one back flange portion, further comprising at least one longitudinally elongated fixing aperture and an articulation axis, about which the top flange portion is adapted to bend, the articulation axis extending transversely of the hanger between the top flange portion and the back flange portion and being variable in location within the region defined by the length of said at least one longitudinally elongated fixing aperture, characterised in that said articulation axis is in the form of at least one recess (200, 202, 204) transversely aligned to and in said region defined by the length of said at least one longitudinally elongated fixing aperture, and which is adapted to provide a predetermined crease line for said top flange portion.
An impeller specifically adapted to be mounted within a chamber of a centrifugal pump to rotate about a central rotation axis x-x, the impeller including a front shroud, a back shroud and a plurality of pumping vanes therebetween, each pumping vane having a leading edge in the region of an impeller inlet and a trailing edge, said front shroud having an arcuate inner face in the region of the impeller inlet, said back shroud including an inner main face and a nose having a curved profile with a nose apex in the region of the central axis which extends towards the front shroud, characterised in that the arcuate inner face of the front shroud has a radius of curvature (Rs) in the range from 0.05 to 0.16 of the outer diameter D2 of the impeller, there being a curved transition region between the inner main face and the nose of the back shroud, wherein Fr is the radius of curvature of the transition region, the ratio Fr /D2 being from 0.32 to 0.65.
Device for the hydroentangling of nonwovens, wovens or knitted materials, comprising a drum on which a drum casing is arranged with a spacing, characterized in that the drum casing is formed from a large number of identical surface segments, wherein each surface segment has a regular arrangement of holes and each surface segment is rotated or arranged at an angle to a adjacent surface segment, wherein every two adjacent surface segments are so arranged that their hole rows have a different orientation.
A coil spring including a wire formed into a helical shape, and being arranged in a state in which the coil spring is compressed between a lower spring seat and an upper spring seat of a strut-type suspension, wherein the upper spring seat is not parallel to the lower spring seat, the coil spring comprising: a lower end turn portion which is in contact with the lower spring seat; an upper end turn portion which is in contact with the upper spring seat; an effective portion between the lower end turn portion and the upper end turn portion; and a force line, which is a straight line, connecting a center of force applied to the lower end turn portion and a center of force applied to the upper end turn portion in a state in which the force which compresses the effective portion is applied to the lower end turn portion and the upper end turn portion, wherein the effective portion is cylindrical about an axis of the effective portion with a substantially constant pitch along the axis in its free shape which is not compressed, and with respect to a coordinate system in which the force line is assumed as a Z-axis, the effective portion is cylindrical with a substantially constant pitch and a substantially constant coil diameter in a direction along the Z-axis in its compressed shape which is compressed to a specified height between the lower spring seat and the upper spring seat, which is not parallel to the lower spring seat, the coil spring being characterised in that the force line is inclined obliquely at angles (θ2,θ3) with respect to the lower spring seat and the upper spring seat. a lower end turn portion which is in contact with the lower spring seat; an upper end turn portion which is in contact with the upper spring seat; an effective portion between the lower end turn portion and the upper end turn portion; and a force line, which is a straight line, connecting a center of force applied to the lower end turn portion and a center of force applied to the upper end turn portion in a state in which the force which compresses the effective portion is applied to the lower end turn portion and the upper end turn portion, wherein the effective portion is cylindrical about an axis of the effective portion with a substantially constant pitch along the axis in its free shape which is not compressed, and with respect to a coordinate system in which the force line is assumed as a Z-axis, the effective portion is cylindrical with a substantially constant pitch and a substantially constant coil diameter in a direction along the Z-axis in its compressed shape which is compressed to a specified height between the lower spring seat and the upper spring seat, which is not parallel to the lower spring seat, the coil spring being characterised in that the force line is inclined obliquely at angles (θ2,θ3) with respect to the lower spring seat and the upper spring seat.
A method for producing a wood-based material consisting of a carrier board and a veneer that are bonded together by an artificial resin and optionally an overlay, underlay and/or a backing layer, wherein: - a liquid artificial resin is applied to the carrier board and/or veneer in an excess of at least 30% with reference to the amount required for gluing, - the applied artificial resin is dried but not cured, - the carrier board and veneer are joined into a stack of material to be pressed, and - the stack of material to be pressed is pressed into the wood-based material under the effect of pressure and temperature. - a liquid artificial resin is applied to the carrier board and/or veneer in an excess of at least 30% with reference to the amount required for gluing, - the applied artificial resin is dried but not cured, - the carrier board and veneer are joined into a stack of material to be pressed, and - the stack of material to be pressed is pressed into the wood-based material under the effect of pressure and temperature.
Pneumatic distribution machine having a frame, a hopper-like storage container, a metering device arranged at the bottom end of the hopper-like storage container, and a feed line that is acted upon pneumatically, leads to a distribution head and has an injector having at least one infeed opening, wherein the material to be dispensed that is located in the storage container is fed into the feed line by the metering device via the infeed opening of the injector, wherein the injector has, in its wall located opposite the infeed opening, a feed-through opening for the material metered during the calibration process, said feed-through opening being able to be covered by a cover flap arranged so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis, wherein, in order to carry out the calibration process and to collect the material metered during the calibration process, a collection vessel is intended to be arranged beneath the feed-through opening, wherein the collection vessel is intended to be positioned beneath the feed-through opening via a slide guide arranged on the frame, in order to carry out the calibration process, characterized in that the cover flap is assigned a remote-control apparatus, having an operating means, for selectively pivoting the cover flap into the respective covering position and/or calibration position.
Device for the aggregation of cells, wherein the device comprises at least one cavity for receiving one or more than one cell, wherein the cavity is a pyramid with a rounded tip and wherein the pyramid has rounded edges between the pyramid sidewalls.
An internally sealed wire, comprising: an elongate flexible body having a length and including a plurality of electrically conductive strands disposed within an insulation jacket, the body including: an unsealed portion extending along a majority of the length of the body including open internal spaces defined between the strands and the insulation jacket; and at least one sealed portion positioned at a point along the length of the body including a filler material disposed within the internal spaces to effect a seal within the body and prevent the passage of fluid through the wire. an elongate flexible body having a length and including a plurality of electrically conductive strands disposed within an insulation jacket, the body including: an unsealed portion extending along a majority of the length of the body including open internal spaces defined between the strands and the insulation jacket; and at least one sealed portion positioned at a point along the length of the body including a filler material disposed within the internal spaces to effect a seal within the body and prevent the passage of fluid through the wire. an unsealed portion extending along a majority of the length of the body including open internal spaces defined between the strands and the insulation jacket; and at least one sealed portion positioned at a point along the length of the body including a filler material disposed within the internal spaces to effect a seal within the body and prevent the passage of fluid through the wire.
Method of producing a camera housing having lens elements (74, 78, 80) arranged in a layer arrangement, having the following method steps: a) casting at least one camera housing in a first multicavity injection mould, b) inserting the camera housings obtained in method step a) into cavities (30, 32) of a further UV injection mould and applying a vacuum to the cavities (30, 32), c) placing lens elements (74, 78, 80) into the camera housings and fixing by means of the vacuum applied, d) injecting a free-flowing low-viscosity UV-crosslinking polymer into air interstices of the camera housings (46, 72) equipped with the lens elements (74, 78, 80) and e) switching on UV light sources for curing of the UV-crosslinking polymer filling the air interstices. a) casting at least one camera housing in a first multicavity injection mould, b) inserting the camera housings obtained in method step a) into cavities (30, 32) of a further UV injection mould and applying a vacuum to the cavities (30, 32), c) placing lens elements (74, 78, 80) into the camera housings and fixing by means of the vacuum applied, d) injecting a free-flowing low-viscosity UV-crosslinking polymer into air interstices of the camera housings (46, 72) equipped with the lens elements (74, 78, 80) and e) switching on UV light sources for curing of the UV-crosslinking polymer filling the air interstices.
A method comprising: a) hybridizing a first population of oligonucleotides comprising a top strand sequence having the following formula: V1-B-3' with a second population of oligonucleotides comprising a bottom strand sequence having the following formula: V2'-B'-3' to provide a population of duplexes; wherein: the nucleotide sequences of B and B' are complementary and are at least 15 nucleotides in length; the nucleotide sequence of B is the same for each oligonucleotide of said first population; the nucleotide sequence of B' is the same for each oligonucleotide of said second population; the nucleotide sequence of V1 is variable between the oligonucleotides of the first population the nucleotide sequence of V2' is variable between the oligonucleotides of the second population, and V1 and V2' hybridize to sites in a reference genome; and b) extending the 3' ends of the oligonucleotides in said duplexes to produce a population of double stranded products comprising a top strand sequence having the following formula: V1-B-V2, wherein V2 is complementary to V2'. a) hybridizing a first population of oligonucleotides comprising a top strand sequence having the following formula: V1-B-3' with a second population of oligonucleotides comprising a bottom strand sequence having the following formula: V2'-B'-3' to provide a population of duplexes; wherein: the nucleotide sequences of B and B' are complementary and are at least 15 nucleotides in length; the nucleotide sequence of B is the same for each oligonucleotide of said first population; the nucleotide sequence of B' is the same for each oligonucleotide of said second population; the nucleotide sequence of V1 is variable between the oligonucleotides of the first population the nucleotide sequence of V2' is variable between the oligonucleotides of the second population, and V1 and V2' hybridize to sites in a reference genome; and the nucleotide sequences of B and B' are complementary and are at least 15 nucleotides in length; the nucleotide sequence of B is the same for each oligonucleotide of said first population; the nucleotide sequence of B' is the same for each oligonucleotide of said second population; the nucleotide sequence of V1 is variable between the oligonucleotides of the first population the nucleotide sequence of V2' is variable between the oligonucleotides of the second population, and b) extending the 3' ends of the oligonucleotides in said duplexes to produce a population of double stranded products comprising a top strand sequence having the following formula: V1-B-V2, wherein V2 is complementary to V2'.
A hydraulic pump, comprising: - a casing, - a vane pump comprising a rotor free to rotate relative to the casing about a first axis, the rotor comprising multiple vanes (52, 54, 56, 58) in the form of impellers, - a transition zone forming part of the casing and having, on the side of the vane pump, a ramp in the form of an impeller extending in the same direction as the impeller form of the vanes (52, 54, 56, 58), - a trochoid pump comprising an externally toothed rotor rigidly connected to the rotor of the vane pump, and an internally toothed rotor free to rotate relative to the casing about a second axis parallel to and offset from the first axis, with the trochoid pump being powered by the vane pump through the transition zone alongside the ramp. - a casing, - a vane pump comprising a rotor free to rotate relative to the casing about a first axis, the rotor comprising multiple vanes (52, 54, 56, 58) in the form of impellers, - a transition zone forming part of the casing and having, on the side of the vane pump, a ramp in the form of an impeller extending in the same direction as the impeller form of the vanes (52, 54, 56, 58), - a trochoid pump comprising an externally toothed rotor rigidly connected to the rotor of the vane pump, and an internally toothed rotor free to rotate relative to the casing about a second axis parallel to and offset from the first axis, with the trochoid pump being powered by the vane pump through the transition zone alongside the ramp.
Method for local marketing at the point of sale, the method comprising: - broadcasting, in the licensed spectrum of at least one mobile network operator and from at least one local unit (1,1',1"), each one located at a local marketing area within a corresponding coverage area (4,4',4"), a Location Area Code, LAC, different from any other LAC of the radio cells of the mobile network in the surroundings; - establishing for each local unit (1,1',1"), a Location Update dialogue with any mobile phone (3,3',3") answering to the LAC broadcast and obtaining from each answering mobile phone (3,3',3") its IMSI number; - sending from each local unit (1,1',1") a Location Updating Reject message to each mobile phone (3,3',3") whose IMSI number has been obtained; - sending from each local unit (1,1',1") the IMSI number of each answering mobile phone (3,3',3") to a central unit; - obtaining, for each IMSI number, a user identity useful to advertisers; - offering an interface for at least one advertiser (9,9',9") to perform requests for capturing user identities in at least one determined local marketing area; - determining, for each user identity received, the at least one advertiser (9,9',9") interested in capturing the user identities in the local marketing area corresponding to said user identity received, and providing said user identity to the at least one interested advertiser (9,9',9"). - broadcasting, in the licensed spectrum of at least one mobile network operator and from at least one local unit (1,1',1"), each one located at a local marketing area within a corresponding coverage area (4,4',4"), a Location Area Code, LAC, different from any other LAC of the radio cells of the mobile network in the surroundings; - establishing for each local unit (1,1',1"), a Location Update dialogue with any mobile phone (3,3',3") answering to the LAC broadcast and obtaining from each answering mobile phone (3,3',3") its IMSI number; - sending from each local unit (1,1',1") a Location Updating Reject message to each mobile phone (3,3',3") whose IMSI number has been obtained; - sending from each local unit (1,1',1") the IMSI number of each answering mobile phone (3,3',3") to a central unit; - obtaining, for each IMSI number, a user identity useful to advertisers; - offering an interface for at least one advertiser (9,9',9") to perform requests for capturing user identities in at least one determined local marketing area; - determining, for each user identity received, the at least one advertiser (9,9',9") interested in capturing the user identities in the local marketing area corresponding to said user identity received, and providing said user identity to the at least one interested advertiser (9,9',9").
A method for manufacturing a one-piece pocket plate for a one-way clutch assembly, the method comprising: diecasting a pocket plate (10, 110) to form a unitary diecasting from a diecasting material, the pocket plate (10, 110) having an annular coupling face (16, 116) with a plurality of pockets (12, 112) spaced from each other about a central axis, each of the pockets (12, 112) being sized and shaped to receive and nominally retain a locking member that moves in its respective pocket (12, 112) during an overrun condition of the assembly, each of the pockets (12, 112) having a plurality of surface portions (26, 126, 28, 128, 30, 130, 32, 132, 34, 134) including an angled, slightly positive surface portion (26, 126); and machining the slightly positively angled surface portions (26, 126) vertically or slightly negative to improve performance of the assembly during the overrun condition. diecasting a pocket plate (10, 110) to form a unitary diecasting from a diecasting material, the pocket plate (10, 110) having an annular coupling face (16, 116) with a plurality of pockets (12, 112) spaced from each other about a central axis, each of the pockets (12, 112) being sized and shaped to receive and nominally retain a locking member that moves in its respective pocket (12, 112) during an overrun condition of the assembly, each of the pockets (12, 112) having a plurality of surface portions (26, 126, 28, 128, 30, 130, 32, 132, 34, 134) including an angled, slightly positive surface portion (26, 126); and machining the slightly positively angled surface portions (26, 126) vertically or slightly negative to improve performance of the assembly during the overrun condition.
A luminaire comprising: - one or more first light sources, each of the one or more first light sources configured to emit a first light beam of a first beam pattern; - one or more second light sources, each of the one or more second light sources configured to emit a second light beam of a second beam pattern, wherein - the second beam pattern is different from the first beam pattern, and - an optical axis of the each first light beam is parallel to an optical axis of the each second light beam; and - a chamber encompassing the one or more first light sources and the one or more second light sources, the chamber comprising one or more outer side walls and an exit window, wherein the one or more outer side walls are substantially specular, adapted to reflect at least a portion of light incident thereon to be incident onto the exit window, and are substantially parallel to the optical axis of the each first light beam and the optical axis of the each second light beam, characterized in that said outer side walls comprise sections which are specularly reflective and sections which are partially specularly transmitting, further characterized in that the exit window is configured to provide controlled beam broadening of at least a portion of the first and second light beams incident thereon, wherein the exit window comprises a holographic diffuser with Gaussian scattering profile with the full width half maximum value between 10 and 20 degrees or a lens array with an f# between 2 and 5. - one or more first light sources, each of the one or more first light sources configured to emit a first light beam of a first beam pattern; - one or more second light sources, each of the one or more second light sources configured to emit a second light beam of a second beam pattern, wherein - the second beam pattern is different from the first beam pattern, and - an optical axis of the each first light beam is parallel to an optical axis of the each second light beam; and - the second beam pattern is different from the first beam pattern, and - an optical axis of the each first light beam is parallel to an optical axis of the each second light beam; and - a chamber encompassing the one or more first light sources and the one or more second light sources, the chamber comprising one or more outer side walls and an exit window, wherein the one or more outer side walls are substantially specular, adapted to reflect at least a portion of light incident thereon to be incident onto the exit window, and are substantially parallel to the optical axis of the each first light beam and the optical axis of the each second light beam,