mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A process for producing a product comprising xylose, cellulose, and lignin from a lignocellulosic biomass comprising: (a) contacting a biomass and a reactive fluid comprising water and C 1 -C 5 alcohol to form a reactant mixture at a first temperature and a first pressure wherein • the first temperature and first pressure are at or above the critical point for the C 1 -C 5 alcohol; and • the first temperature and/or first pressure are below the critical point for water; (b) maintaining the reactant mixture at the first temperature and first pressure for a first time period, sufficient for reaction to occur; and (c) optionally quenching the reaction to form at least one reaction product mixture; wherein a product comprising xylose, cellulose, and lignin is produced by the process. (a) contacting a biomass and a reactive fluid comprising water and C 1 -C 5 alcohol to form a reactant mixture at a first temperature and a first pressure wherein • the first temperature and first pressure are at or above the critical point for the C 1 -C 5 alcohol; and • the first temperature and/or first pressure are below the critical point for water; • the first temperature and first pressure are at or above the critical point for the C 1 -C 5 alcohol; and • the first temperature and/or first pressure are below the critical point for water; (b) maintaining the reactant mixture at the first temperature and first pressure for a first time period, sufficient for reaction to occur; and (c) optionally quenching the reaction to form at least one reaction product mixture;
A surgical cannula for accessing a surgical site in a body of a patient, the surgical cannula, comprising: a cannula body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a peripheral surface, the cannula body having a first cannula body portion and a second cannula body portion, the first and second cannula body portions (20, 22) being attached to one another adjacent the proximal end, the cannula body having a bore extending from the proximal end to the distal end, and a length between the proximal end and the distal end such that the cannula body is adapted to extend from a superficial fascia of the patient above the surgical site to the surgical site; a flange portion attached to the cannula body at the proximal end, the flange having an upper surface and a lower surface, and at least one aperture (25a, 25b) defined therebetween, the lower surface being adapted to contact the superficial fascia of the body of the patient above the surgical site; a thread around at least a portion of the peripheral surface of the cannula body; and at least one channel (28a, 28b) in communication with the at least one aperture (25a, 25b) in the flange, the at least one channel (28a, 28b) extending from the flange portion through the cannula body to at least adjacent the distal end of the cannula body such that the at least one channel (28a, 28b) is adapted to extend to at least adjacent the surgical site. a cannula body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a peripheral surface, the cannula body having a first cannula body portion and a second cannula body portion, the first and second cannula body portions (20, 22) being attached to one another adjacent the proximal end, the cannula body having a bore extending from the proximal end to the distal end, and a length between the proximal end and the distal end such that the cannula body is adapted to extend from a superficial fascia of the patient above the surgical site to the surgical site; a flange portion attached to the cannula body at the proximal end, the flange having an upper surface and a lower surface, and at least one aperture (25a, 25b) defined therebetween, the lower surface being adapted to contact the superficial fascia of the body of the patient above the surgical site; a thread around at least a portion of the peripheral surface of the cannula body; and at least one channel (28a, 28b) in communication with the at least one aperture (25a, 25b) in the flange, the at least one channel (28a, 28b) extending from the flange portion through the cannula body to at least adjacent the distal end of the cannula body such that the at least one channel (28a, 28b) is adapted to extend to at least adjacent the surgical site.
A method for amplifying a template nucleic acid, wherein the method comprises amplifying said template nucleic acid using the helicase dependent amplification reaction in the presence of a nicking endonuclease, additionally comprising an initial heat denaturation step, and wherein said template nucleic acid comprises a sequence recognized by said nicking endonuclease is introduced into the template nucleic acid during the HDA reaction, - wherein the sequence recognized by a nicking enzyme is introduced into the template nucleic acid using an oligonucleotide primer comprising the sequence recognized by a nicking enzyme and - wherein said primer comprising the sequence recognized by a nicking endonuclease comprises a 5' tag sequence that does not hybridize to the template nucleic acid and the sequence recognized by a nicking endonuclease is in said tag sequence wherein the HDA reaction is a thermophilic HDA (tHDA), and wherein the sequences to be amplified are shorter than 400 bp and wherein the nicking endonuclease is an endonuclease that recognizes a nucleotide sequence of a completely or partially double-stranded nucleic acid molecule and cleaves only one strand of the nucleic acid molecule at a specific location relative to the recognition sequence,. a sequence recognized by said nicking endonuclease is introduced into the template nucleic acid during the HDA reaction, - wherein the sequence recognized by a nicking enzyme is introduced into the template nucleic acid using an oligonucleotide primer comprising the sequence recognized by a nicking enzyme and - wherein said primer comprising the sequence recognized by a nicking endonuclease comprises a 5' tag sequence that does not hybridize to the template nucleic acid and the sequence recognized by a nicking endonuclease is in said tag sequence - wherein the sequence recognized by a nicking enzyme is introduced into the template nucleic acid using an oligonucleotide primer comprising the sequence recognized by a nicking enzyme and - wherein said primer comprising the sequence recognized by a nicking endonuclease comprises a 5' tag sequence that does not hybridize to the template nucleic acid and the sequence recognized by a nicking endonuclease is in said tag sequence
Monitoring arrangement for detecting feed line faults for a control device, wherein the monitoring arrangement has • at least two conducting internal supply lines (LB1, LB2) arranged within the control device which are redundant in relation to one another and which are each electrically connected at one end to an external supply line (L1_GND, L2_GND) and at the other end to a common internal supply potential level (C_GND) of the control device, • a signal detection means which inductively detects a current flow through the individual internal supply lines (LB1, LB2) and outputs at least one corresponding measurement signal, and • an evaluation and control unit which evaluates the at least one measurement signal in the form of a difference signal of the current signals in order to detect feed line faults, wherein the two internal supply lines (LB1, LB2) each form a planar supply line coil (LG1, LG2) having at least one winding upstream of the electrical connection point to the common internal supply potential level (C_GND) of the control device, wherein the signal detection means, for each of the planar supply line coils (LG1, LG2), has at least one planar sensor coil (LS1, LS2) which is assigned to one of the supply line coils (LG1, LG2) in each case and detects a high-frequency dynamic current flow through the corresponding supply line coil (LG1, LG2) caused by internal switching operations. • at least two conducting internal supply lines (LB1, LB2) arranged within the control device which are redundant in relation to one another and which are each electrically connected at one end to an external supply line (L1_GND, L2_GND) and at the other end to a common internal supply potential level (C_GND) of the control device, • a signal detection means which inductively detects a current flow through the individual internal supply lines (LB1, LB2) and outputs at least one corresponding measurement signal, and • an evaluation and control unit which evaluates the at least one measurement signal in the form of a difference signal of the current signals in order to detect feed line faults, wherein the two internal supply lines (LB1, LB2) each form a planar supply line coil (LG1, LG2) having at least one winding upstream of the electrical connection point to the common internal supply potential level (C_GND) of the control device, wherein the signal detection means, for each of the planar supply line coils (LG1, LG2), has at least one planar sensor coil (LS1, LS2) which is assigned to one of the supply line coils (LG1, LG2) in each case and detects a high-frequency dynamic current flow through the corresponding supply line coil (LG1, LG2) caused by internal switching operations.
Method for resistance butt welding of metals to be joined by clamping electrodes, made of metals to be joined consisting of copper or copper alloys, in which at least two butt joints (8, 16) are pressed against one another, and current is subsequently flowed through the butt joints (8, 16) in such a way that the resistance heat generated in the region of the butt joints (8, 16) causes at least one melting process, wherein the metals are kept as close as possible to the region of the butt joints by the clamping electrodes, and wherein, before pressing the butt joints (8, 16) against one another, a filler material is placed between the butt joints (8, 16) in such a way that the filler material is clamped between the butt joints (8, 16) when the butt joints (8, 16) are pressed against one another, characterized in that the dimensions of the filler material are less than the dimensions of the butt joints, and that, after the welding process, thereby specifying the current strength and/or the duration of current supply and/or the pressing force and/or the thickness of the filler material, neither beading nor burring nor material discharge is registered. wherein the metals are kept as close as possible to the region of the butt joints by the clamping electrodes, and wherein, before pressing the butt joints (8, 16) against one another, a filler material is placed between the butt joints (8, 16) in such a way that the filler material is clamped between the butt joints (8, 16) when the butt joints (8, 16) are pressed against one another, characterized in that the dimensions of the filler material are less than the dimensions of the butt joints, and that, after the welding process, thereby specifying the current strength and/or the duration of current supply and/or the pressing force and/or the thickness of the filler material, neither beading nor burring nor material discharge is registered.
An apparatus comprising: a first housing; a second housing having a first exterior edge configured as a pivot surface, and a second exterior edge formed on a side of the second housing that is opposite the first exterior edge, the second exterior edge also being configured as a pivot surface, the second housing not being pivotally connected to the first housing via a mechanical connector; at least a first magnet disposed within the first housing; and at least a second magnet disposed within the second housing proximal the first exterior edge; at least a third magnet disposed within the first housing; at least a fourth magnet disposed within the second housing proximal the second exterior edge; wherein the first magnet and the second magnet interact with one another as a magnetic connector such that the first housing pivots with respect to the second housing; and wherein the third magnet and the fourth magnet interact with one another as a magnetic connector when the first housing pivots with respect to the second housing about the pivot surface provided by the second exterior edge. a first housing; a second housing having a first exterior edge configured as a pivot surface, and a second exterior edge formed on a side of the second housing that is opposite the first exterior edge, the second exterior edge also being configured as a pivot surface, the second housing not being pivotally connected to the first housing via a mechanical connector; at least a first magnet disposed within the first housing; and at least a second magnet disposed within the second housing proximal the first exterior edge; at least a third magnet disposed within the first housing; at least a fourth magnet disposed within the second housing proximal the second exterior edge; wherein the first magnet and the second magnet interact with one another as a magnetic connector such that the first housing pivots with respect to the second housing; and wherein the third magnet and the fourth magnet interact with one another as a magnetic connector when the first housing pivots with respect to the second housing about the pivot surface provided by the second exterior edge.
Assembly comprising a device to assist obstacle clearance and a means for transporting a load, said device to assist obstacle clearance being capable of manually raising or lowering the means for transporting a load, characterised in that the device to assist obstacle clearance comprises: - at least one arm automatically articulated about an articulation integral with the means for transporting the load between a first position retracted by the weight of the load wherein said device is integrated into a lower part of the means for transporting the load, and a second position deployed by the action of an elastic element, - at least one main wheel fixed to the arm for rotation therewith on the side opposite the articulation, - a damping system capable of storing energy, damping shocks and automatically returning the arm into the deployed second position when the means for transporting the load is at least partially raised by the user to clear an obstacle, and - a system (15a; 15b) configured to prevent rubbing and degradation to the means for transporting the load against the obstacle to be cleared, said system (15a; 15b) comprising at least one secondary wheel or a ball caster (15a; 15b) fixed to the free end of the arm for rotation therewith, on the side opposite the articulation. - at least one arm automatically articulated about an articulation integral with the means for transporting the load between a first position retracted by the weight of the load wherein said device is integrated into a lower part of the means for transporting the load, and a second position deployed by the action of an elastic element, - at least one main wheel fixed to the arm for rotation therewith on the side opposite the articulation, - a damping system capable of storing energy, damping shocks and automatically returning the arm into the deployed second position when the means for transporting the load is at least partially raised by the user to clear an obstacle, and - a system (15a; 15b) configured to prevent rubbing and degradation to the means for transporting the load against the obstacle to be cleared, said system (15a; 15b) comprising at least one secondary wheel or a ball caster (15a; 15b) fixed to the free end of the arm for rotation therewith, on the side opposite the articulation.
A waterproof plug, comprising: a cylindrical resin member; and a sealing section including an outer circumference section provided on the outside of the resin member and an inner circumference section provided on the inside of the resin member, wherein the outer circumference section of the sealing section is configured to intimately contact an inner wall face of a cavity of a connector housing, the inner circumference section of the sealing section is configured to intimately contact an outer circumference face of an electric wire, the electric wire being pulled out of the cavity and being inserted into the inner circumference section, and an outer circumference face of the resin member is configured to be brought into contact with an inner wall face of an electric wire through hole of the connector housing from which the electric wire is pulled out; characterized in that the resin member is provided with a plurality of protruded claw sections along a circumference direction of the resin member, which protrude toward the inner circumference section side of the sealing section, and in that the protruded claw sections receive the electric wire through the inner circumference section. a cylindrical resin member; and a sealing section including an outer circumference section provided on the outside of the resin member and an inner circumference section provided on the inside of the resin member, wherein the outer circumference section of the sealing section is configured to intimately contact an inner wall face of a cavity of a connector housing, the inner circumference section of the sealing section is configured to intimately contact an outer circumference face of an electric wire, the electric wire being pulled out of the cavity and being inserted into the inner circumference section, and an outer circumference face of the resin member is configured to be brought into contact with an inner wall face of an electric wire through hole of the connector housing from which the electric wire is pulled out; characterized in that the resin member is provided with a plurality of protruded claw sections along a circumference direction of the resin member, which protrude toward the inner circumference section side of the sealing section, and in that the protruded claw sections receive the electric wire through the inner circumference section.
An apparatus for providing access to an interior of an object such as a pressurised pipe or the like, the apparatus comprising: a body member, the body member having an internal barrel that may be provided in fluid communication with an interior of the object; a hollow piston slidable axially within the internal barrel, the apparatus being configured such that if an internal volume of the piston is pressurised by a fluid from the object, a force exerted by pressurised fluid on the piston in a first axial direction is opposed by a force exerted by pressurised fluid on a counter-pressure portion of the piston, the apparatus being provided with a conduit orifice adapted to allow a conduit to be disposed therethrough so as to pass into the apparatus to an interior of the piston, wherein a pressure tight seal is formed between the conduit and conduit orifice, the apparatus being configured to allow a first end of the piston to be translated axially into the object, characterised in that the piston has a port arranged to allow egress of the conduit from the piston into the object. a body member, the body member having an internal barrel that may be provided in fluid communication with an interior of the object; a hollow piston slidable axially within the internal barrel, the apparatus being configured such that if an internal volume of the piston is pressurised by a fluid from the object, a force exerted by pressurised fluid on the piston in a first axial direction is opposed by a force exerted by pressurised fluid on a counter-pressure portion of the piston, the apparatus being provided with a conduit orifice adapted to allow a conduit to be disposed therethrough so as to pass into the apparatus to an interior of the piston, wherein a pressure tight seal is formed between the conduit and conduit orifice, the apparatus being configured to allow a first end of the piston to be translated axially into the object, characterised in that the piston has a port arranged to allow egress of the conduit from the piston into the object.
Consolidation and containment structure (60; 65; 70; 75) for unstable ground comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements (1; 20; 30; 40; 50), all independent of each other, each one of which comprises a bulky counteracting element buried in said unstable ground and constrained to an anchoring element fixed in the stable ground underlying said unstable ground in order to allow said bulky counteracting element to float in said unstable ground.
A method of adjusting, for each of a plurality of different colored inks in a color printing system, a respective stored relationship relating requested ink coverage values to printing system settings intended to result in corresponding actual ink coverages in a printed image; the method comprising: using a sensing system to take multiple measures of a reflectance spectrum at each of multiple predetermined locations of an arbitrary image printed by the printing system, each location being potentially printed with more than one ink color and the requested ink coverage values for the location being known; computing, for each said location, expected reflectance measures in the form of expected reflectance spectrum projections, in dependence on: the requested ink coverage values for the location, a parameterized drift-accommodating coverage conversion function for each ink, a spectral model relating printed ink coverages to a corresponding reflectance spectrum, and a sensing-system response function; the computed expected reflectance measures being dependent on parameters parameterizing the drift-accommodating coverage conversion functions; determining values of said parameters that minimise aggregate differences, across said locations, between the measures of the reflectance spectrum taken using the sensing system and the expected reflectance measures; and modifying the stored relationships in dependence on the determined parameter values. using a sensing system to take multiple measures of a reflectance spectrum at each of multiple predetermined locations of an arbitrary image printed by the printing system, each location being potentially printed with more than one ink color and the requested ink coverage values for the location being known; computing, for each said location, expected reflectance measures in the form of expected reflectance spectrum projections, in dependence on: the requested ink coverage values for the location, a parameterized drift-accommodating coverage conversion function for each ink, a spectral model relating printed ink coverages to a corresponding reflectance spectrum, and a sensing-system response function; the requested ink coverage values for the location, a parameterized drift-accommodating coverage conversion function for each ink, a spectral model relating printed ink coverages to a corresponding reflectance spectrum, and a sensing-system response function; the computed expected reflectance measures being dependent on parameters parameterizing the drift-accommodating coverage conversion functions; determining values of said parameters that minimise aggregate differences, across said locations, between the measures of the reflectance spectrum taken using the sensing system and the expected reflectance measures; and modifying the stored relationships in dependence on the determined parameter values.