mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A compression device for applying compression treatment to a part of a wearer's body, the device comprising: a pair of opposing bladder layers (14, 16) secured together to define at least one inflatable bladder (24a, 24b, 24c); a breathable wicking layer operatively connected to the bladder (24a, 24b, 24c) and made of a wicking material adapted to wick moisture away from skin on the body part, the wicking layer being mounted on the bladder (24a, 24b, 24c) and disposed for positioning adjacent the skin when the device is worn on the body part; characterized by a plurality of openings extending through the opposing bladder layers to the wicking layer so that the wicking layer underlies at least some of the openings, which openings register with the wicking material, and a breathable outer cover overlying the at least one bladder (24a, 24b, 24c), wherein during treatment the breathable wicking layer, the openings in the bladder layers (14, 16) and the breathable outer cover provide fluid communication of air between the wearer's skin and the environment to allow heat and fluid to dissipate through the device. a pair of opposing bladder layers (14, 16) secured together to define at least one inflatable bladder (24a, 24b, 24c); a breathable wicking layer operatively connected to the bladder (24a, 24b, 24c) and made of a wicking material adapted to wick moisture away from skin on the body part, the wicking layer being mounted on the bladder (24a, 24b, 24c) and disposed for positioning adjacent the skin when the device is worn on the body part; a plurality of openings extending through the opposing bladder layers to the wicking layer so that the wicking layer underlies at least some of the openings, which openings register with the wicking material, and a breathable outer cover overlying the at least one bladder (24a, 24b, 24c), wherein during treatment the breathable wicking layer, the openings in the bladder layers (14, 16) and the breathable outer cover provide fluid communication of air between the wearer's skin and the environment to allow heat and fluid to dissipate through the device.
A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, comprising a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin, wherein the arm member has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near said pivot pin comprising two side walls (6,7), wherein a part of the mounting head extends between the side walls (6,7) and beyond said pivot pin, and wherein said part is provided with opposite surfaces (8,9) each facing towards a respective side wall of the arm member, wherein each surface of said part of said mounting head is positioned spaced-apart from its respective side wall of said arm member, so as to allow paint to enter a space defined between each surface of said part of said mounting head and its respective side wall of said arm member, wherein said pivot pin extends through said side walls (6,7) of said arm member and through a transverse bush of said mounting head, and wherein said transverse bush extends through said surfaces of said part of said mounting head, characterized in that a partly open ring having several interruptions along its circumference is provided around said transverse bush on the outside of each surface of said part of said mounting head, so as to allow paint to enter the space defined between each surface of said part of said mounting head and its respective side wall of said arm member.
A computer- implemented method for determining specularity, the method comprising: selecting, by one or more computing devices, an area of geometry; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a set of images that include the area of geometry captured from different orientations; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a set of intensity values for the area from each image of the set of images; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a set of angle values from each image of the set of images based on at least a direction of a camera that captured the particular image; fitting, by the one or more computing devices, the set of intensity values and the set of angle values to a curve; and classifying, by the one or more computing devices, specularity of the area based on at least the fit. selecting, by one or more computing devices, an area of geometry; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a set of images that include the area of geometry captured from different orientations; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a set of intensity values for the area from each image of the set of images; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a set of angle values from each image of the set of images based on at least a direction of a camera that captured the particular image; fitting, by the one or more computing devices, the set of intensity values and the set of angle values to a curve; and classifying, by the one or more computing devices, specularity of the area based on at least the fit.
Compounds of formula wherein X is N or CR 3; Y is N or CR 4; with the proviso that not both X and Y are N; A is a bicyclic 9-membered heteroaryl comprising two or three heteroatoms independently selected from N or O, wherein A can be optionally substituted with one, two or three R 5; B is a saturated or partially unsaturated mono- or bicyclic 4 to 9-membered heterocycloalkyl comprising one or two ring nitrogen atoms, the remaining ring atoms being carbon, wherein B can be optionally substituted with one, two or three R 6; R 1 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; R 2 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; R 3 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; R 4 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; each R 5 is independently selected from halo, cyano, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl or C 3-7 -cycloalkyl; each R 6 is independently selected from C 1-7 -alkyl, or two R 6 together form a C 2-7 -alkylene; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. X is N or CR 3; Y is N or CR 4; with the proviso that not both X and Y are N; A is a bicyclic 9-membered heteroaryl comprising two or three heteroatoms independently selected from N or O, wherein A can be optionally substituted with one, two or three R 5; B is a saturated or partially unsaturated mono- or bicyclic 4 to 9-membered heterocycloalkyl comprising one or two ring nitrogen atoms, the remaining ring atoms being carbon, wherein B can be optionally substituted with one, two or three R 6; R 1 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; R 2 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; R 3 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; R 4 is hydrogen, halo, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl, C 1-7 -alkoxy or C 1-7 -haloalkoxy; each R 5 is independently selected from halo, cyano, C 1-7 -alkyl, C 1-7 -haloalkyl or C 3-7 -cycloalkyl; each R 6 is independently selected from C 1-7 -alkyl, or two R 6 together form a C 2-7 -alkylene;
A chair, comprising a frame with at least two U-shaped parts, each one defining a pair of supporting legs (11a, 11b), of which one is a front leg and the other is a rear leg, and a transverse portion for resting on the ground, the two front legs and the two rear legs being connected in an upper region by a respective transverse element (13a, 13b) and each said transverse portion of the respective U-shaped part having a section bent inward at the U-shaped part resting on the ground of the respective front leg and/or of the rear leg, wherein the chair comprises rapid coupling means between said frame and a body that defines a seating portion and a backrest of said chair, said rapid coupling means comprising coupling portions, C-shaped in cross-section, below said seating portion proximate to its front and rear edges and with the opening directed downward, with respect to the position for use of the chair, wherein said coupling portions are adapted to couple with snap action, by elastic deformation, with respective said transverse elements (13a, 13b).
A dual modality sensor comprising: a tissue-contact electrode having a first surface configured for receiving an electrical signal from a user's tissue when attached thereto; and a mechanical sensor overlying the tissue-contact electrode and configured to sense a mechanical displacement of the first surface through the electrode, the mechanical sensor comprising an acoustic chamber being bounded by a diaphragm on which the tissue-contact electrode is formed, wherein the diaphragm comprises a first wall of the acoustic chamber, the chamber having a second wall defined by a resilient membrane, the chamber providing acoustic coupling between the diaphragm and the resilient membrane such that the mechanical displacement of the first surface through the electrode is transmitted acoustically via the diaphragm to the resilient membrane for sensing by a transducer element, and wherein the tissue-contact electrode and the mechanical sensor are electrically decoupled. a tissue-contact electrode having a first surface configured for receiving an electrical signal from a user's tissue when attached thereto; and a mechanical sensor overlying the tissue-contact electrode and configured to sense a mechanical displacement of the first surface through the electrode, the mechanical sensor comprising an acoustic chamber being bounded by a diaphragm on which the tissue-contact electrode is formed, wherein the diaphragm comprises a first wall of the acoustic chamber, the chamber having a second wall defined by a resilient membrane, the chamber providing acoustic coupling between the diaphragm and the resilient membrane such that the mechanical displacement of the first surface through the electrode is transmitted acoustically via the diaphragm to the resilient membrane for sensing by a transducer element, and wherein the tissue-contact electrode and the mechanical sensor are electrically decoupled.
A strut length and pressure regulation system comprising: a pressure source comprising a gas reservoir; a strut; a valve configured to selectively connect the pressure source in fluidic communication with the strut; a first valve input interconnection disposed between the pressure source and valve; a first valve output interconnection disposed between the valve and the strut; and a valve control apparatus configured to actuate the valve in response to position data, wherein the valve comprises: a floating piston comprising a floating piston passage; a spring disposed between the floating piston and a housing wherein the valve control apparatus comprises: the housing; a control reservoir in fluidic communication with the floating piston; an orifice in fluidic communication with the control reservoir; a strut condition feedback interconnection, arranged to convey gas from the strut to the orifice; the orifice being in fluidic communication with the strut condition feedback interconnection; and wherein the floating piston is translatable against the spring in response to a pressure of the gas in the control reservoir, and the floating piston passage is alignable with the first valve input interconnection and the first valve output interconnection. a pressure source comprising a gas reservoir; a strut; a valve configured to selectively connect the pressure source in fluidic communication with the strut; a first valve input interconnection disposed between the pressure source and valve; a first valve output interconnection disposed between the valve and the strut; and a valve control apparatus configured to actuate the valve in response to position data, wherein a floating piston comprising a floating piston passage; a spring disposed between the floating piston and a housing wherein the valve control apparatus comprises: the housing; a control reservoir in fluidic communication with the floating piston; an orifice in fluidic communication with the control reservoir; a strut condition feedback interconnection, arranged to convey gas from the strut to the orifice; the orifice being in fluidic communication with the strut condition feedback interconnection; and wherein the floating piston is translatable against the spring in response to a pressure of the gas in the control reservoir, and the floating piston passage is alignable with the first valve input interconnection and the first valve output interconnection. the housing; a control reservoir in fluidic communication with the floating piston; an orifice in fluidic communication with the control reservoir; a strut condition feedback interconnection, arranged to convey gas from the strut to the orifice; the orifice being in fluidic communication with the strut condition feedback interconnection; and wherein the floating piston is translatable against the spring in response to a pressure of the gas in the control reservoir, and the floating piston passage is alignable with the first valve input interconnection and the first valve output interconnection.
Electric hair straightener having the following features: an electric heating plate which has an essentially two-dimensional electric resistance structure; an electric circuit arranged outside the heating plate; and a first electric contact structure and a second electric contact structure differing from the first contact structure, that are arranged on the heating plate and create an electrically conductive connection of the resistance structure to the electric circuit by way of an electric supply lead, characterised in that the first and/or the second contact structure comprise an electric spring contact electrically connected to the supply lead, and that the resistance structure comprises a contact surface electrically connected thereto, wherein the spring contact exerts a force and by virtue of the force is in contact with the contact surface (220, such that the electric connection to the resistance structure is created. an electric heating plate which has an essentially two-dimensional electric resistance structure; an electric circuit arranged outside the heating plate; and a first electric contact structure and a second electric contact structure differing from the first contact structure, that are arranged on the heating plate and create an electrically conductive connection of the resistance structure to the electric circuit by way of an electric supply lead, characterised in that the first and/or the second contact structure comprise an electric spring contact electrically connected to the supply lead, and that the resistance structure comprises a contact surface electrically connected thereto, wherein the spring contact exerts a force and by virtue of the force is in contact with the contact surface (220, such that the electric connection to the resistance structure is created.
A device for storing medication and for selectively discharging medication for application to a patient's body when referenced to ambient pressure, said device including: a peripheral member enclosing a chamber (50, 106, 208, 410) suitable for storing medication, said peripheral member including a wall portion (44, 110, 204, 310, 408) having an inner surface and an outer surface, and an actuatable pump (40, 416) coupled to said chamber for extracting medication from said chamber for infusion into a patient's body, characterized by said wall portion being such that the outer surface of the wall portion is exposed to ambient pressure, and wherein either the wall portion is self-biased in opposition to the force produced by said ambient pressure to produce a resultant pressure in said chamber which is negative with respect to said ambient pressure, or the device further includes bias means (120, 210, 302, 304, 306, 308, 418) for biasing said wall portion (110, 204, 310, 408) in opposition to the force produced by said ambient pressure to produce a resultant pressure in said chamber which is negative with respect to said ambient pressure. a peripheral member enclosing a chamber (50, 106, 208, 410) suitable for storing medication, said peripheral member including a wall portion (44, 110, 204, 310, 408) having an inner surface and an outer surface, and an actuatable pump (40, 416) coupled to said chamber for extracting medication from said chamber for infusion into a patient's body, characterized by said wall portion being such that the outer surface of the wall portion is exposed to ambient pressure, and wherein either the wall portion is self-biased in opposition to the force produced by said ambient pressure to produce a resultant pressure in said chamber which is negative with respect to said ambient pressure, or the device further includes bias means (120, 210, 302, 304, 306, 308, 418) for biasing said wall portion (110, 204, 310, 408) in opposition to the force produced by said ambient pressure to produce a resultant pressure in said chamber which is negative with respect to said ambient pressure.
A polyolefin and polyvinylpyrrolidone formulation comprising from 80.50 to 99.70 weight percent (wt%) of an olefin-based (co)polymer; from 0.1 to 15.0 wt% of a polyvinylpyrrolidone (co)polymer; from 0.10 to 1.5 wt% of an antioxidant; and from 0.1 to 3 wt% of an organic peroxide; with the proviso that the formulation is free of an anti-static agent and a carbon black.
A video decoding method performed by a decoder, the method comprising: • receiving (Sioi, S301) current frame image information sent by an encoding end, wherein the current frame image information comprises prediction value information, and the prediction value information comprises at least one intra-frame direct current DC prediction value; and • selecting (8102, S302) a prediction value from the at least one intra-frame DC prediction value in the prediction value information as an intra-frame DC prediction value of a current frame image, wherein each of the at least one intra-frame DC prediction value is a prediction value used to predict all pixels, being intra-predicted using a DC prediction mode, of a macroblock of the current frame image. • receiving (Sioi, S301) current frame image information sent by an encoding end, wherein the current frame image information comprises prediction value information, and the prediction value information comprises at least one intra-frame direct current DC prediction value; and • selecting (8102, S302) a prediction value from the at least one intra-frame DC prediction value in the prediction value information as an intra-frame DC prediction value of a current frame image, wherein each of the at least one intra-frame DC prediction value is a prediction value used to predict all pixels, being intra-predicted using a DC prediction mode, of a macroblock of the current frame image.
A system having a regenerator and a glass-melting tank (1; 27) connected to the regenerator, wherein the regenerator is set up for the storage of waste heat from combustion cycles and for the delivery of stored heat to oxidation gases supplied from outside with a gas-permeable chamber grid, wherein the chamber grid comprises regenerative chambers with a chamber edging made of refractory bricks which are held together by lateral wall elements (12, 13), an upper delimiting surface and a lower delimiting surface which are spaced apart from a chamber ceiling and a chamber floor, wherein a ceiling region for the combustion gases entering the chamber grid and the oxidation gases leaving is formed above the chamber grid, wherein the ceiling region is connected to the glass-melting tank via a burner port, wherein the perpendicular cross section of the burner port is arranged at least partially below the upper delimiting surface of the chamber grid opening out into the ceiling region and wherein a further ceiling portion is attached to the chamber ceiling, which ceiling portion terminates the ceiling region upwardly and is delimited by a downwardly projecting end wall which is connected to the burner neck and forms a flow channel along with the wall element, characterized in that the portion of the lateral wall element between the substantially perpendicularly running flow channel and the upper region of the chamber grid is configured as a partition wall with cooling ducts arranged therein in the form of cooling pipes running horizontally through the partition wall or with hollow chambers for cooling arranged therein horizontally above one another which have openings on both sides for introducing and removing a cooling medium.
Water filter for an aquarium, comprising a housing in a form of an open at its top container of a canister type, with side walls and filtration cartridges positioned therein, as well as a cover secured to the housing with a priming arrangement provided therein and connections ports (9', 10') of water inlet and water outlet arrangements, where the water inlet and water outlet arrangements are provided with valves (9", 10"), the body of the cover encompassing a jacket and side walls with a rim formed at the periphery thereof, characterized in that in the cover a chamber of a roughing filter with a removable container for the filtration cartridge is arranged, said chamber of a roughing filter is covered at the top with a lid positioned in the cover, wherein the chamber of the roughing filter is connected to the water inlet arrangement by means of an inlet opening formed in its rear wall, and it has an outlet opening to guide water to the filtration cartridges provided inside of the housing, and in that the lid is hinged on the cover with one end, and the other end is secured to the housing by means of a snap-fit connection, and the cover is secured to the housing by means of the snap-fit connection encompassing first closing clamps and second closing clamps, seated hingedly in the side walls of the housing and to be snapped on the rim of the cover, wherein the cover is secured to the housing by means of the first closing clamp and a front wall of the lid is attached to the housing by means of the entire second closing clamp, wherein release of the respective second closing clamps enables opening of the lid while maintaining attachment of the cover.