mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Device for determining the proportion of at least one additive in a tobacco-containing substance, comprising a sensor arrangement which is arranged in a measuring relation to the tobacco-containing substance and is adapted to operate with at least a first electromagnetic alternating field with a first measuring frequency and a second electromagnetic alternating field with a second measuring frequency different from the first measuring frequency, and to output signals which contain information from the interaction of the first and second electromagnetic alternating fields with the tobacco-containing substance, and a data processing device, wherein the data processing device is adapted by evaluating the signals from the sensor arrangement to determine two independent measurement variables for each of the at least two measurement frequencies and to determine the substance moisture, the tobacco proportion and the proportion of the at least one additive from the at least four measurement variables determined, - wherein the additive is a substance which is added to the tobacco to achieve a specific effect, - wherein the measurement signals of the sensor arrangement are associated with position signals of a displacement sensor, so that a spatially resolved association of the measurement signals of the sensor arrangement is established. - wherein the additive is a substance which is added to the tobacco to achieve a specific effect, - wherein the measurement signals of the sensor arrangement are associated with position signals of a displacement sensor, so that a spatially resolved association of the measurement signals of the sensor arrangement is established.
A kidney stone removal mechanism (108; 128) comprising: an irrigation tube (154; 196; 234) configured to carry fluid and having a portion passing within a trigger mechanism (52; 130; 144); and a bypass structure (220; 258; 278; 298) connected in two places with the irrigation tube and configured to allow fluid to flow from a first part of the irrigation tube to a second part of the irrigation tube without passing through the portion of the irrigation tube within the trigger mechanism; wherein the trigger mechanism includes a trigger (26; 118; 130; 158; 230) operable by a user, the trigger mechanism operable to selectively constrict, close, and open the first irrigation tube to irrigate an area of treatment upon user operation of the trigger (26; 118; 130; 158; 230). an irrigation tube (154; 196; 234) configured to carry fluid and having a portion passing within a trigger mechanism (52; 130; 144); and a bypass structure (220; 258; 278; 298) connected in two places with the irrigation tube and configured to allow fluid to flow from a first part of the irrigation tube to a second part of the irrigation tube without passing through the portion of the irrigation tube within the trigger mechanism; wherein the trigger mechanism includes a trigger (26; 118; 130; 158; 230) operable by a user, the trigger mechanism operable to selectively constrict, close, and open the first irrigation tube to irrigate an area of treatment upon user operation of the trigger (26; 118; 130; 158; 230).
A text boundary processing method comprising: acquiring a grayscale value of each sub-pixel in a display panel, the display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, each pixel including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel arranged in sequence; after the grayscale value of each sub-pixel is acquired, determining whether a current sub-pixel is a text boundary according to a grayscale value of the current sub-pixel and grayscale values of sub-pixels adjacent to the current sub-pixel; and in a determination that the current sub-pixel is the text boundary, interchanging grayscale values of a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel in a sub-pixel group where the current sub-pixel is located, wherein, the sub-pixel group consists of the current sub-pixel and two sub-pixels adjacent to the current sub-pixel in a same row where the current sub-pixel is located. acquiring a grayscale value of each sub-pixel in a display panel, the display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, each pixel including a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel arranged in sequence; after the grayscale value of each sub-pixel is acquired, determining whether a current sub-pixel is a text boundary according to a grayscale value of the current sub-pixel and grayscale values of sub-pixels adjacent to the current sub-pixel; and in a determination that the current sub-pixel is the text boundary, interchanging grayscale values of a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel in a sub-pixel group where the current sub-pixel is located, wherein, the sub-pixel group consists of the current sub-pixel and two sub-pixels adjacent to the current sub-pixel in a same row where the current sub-pixel is located.
Cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of comb-like cutting elements (4, 5) each including two rows (10, 11) of cooperating cutting teetl (6, 7) with an upper and a lower cutting element (4, 5) movable relative to each other, wherein the upper cutting element has thickened and rounded tooth tips overhanging the tooth tips of the lower cutting element and protruding towards a plane in which the teeth of the lower cutting element are positioned, characterised in that said upper cutting element rows (10, 11) of cutting teeth are different from each other in terms of shape and/or size and/or position of said overhanging, thickened and rounded tooth tips and wherein the overhanging tooth tips at an other row of cutting teeth is positioned further away from the skin contact surface of the main portion of the cutting teeth than the overhanging tooth tips of an one row of cutting teeth.
A transcutaneous analyte sensor assembly, the assembly comprising: a housing including a base adapted for mounting on a skin of a host; an electronics unit configured to releasably mate with the housing; and a sensor configured to measure a level of an analyte in the host, wherein the sensor is operably connected to the electronics unit, wherein said housing comprises one or more contacts configured to provide secure electrical contact between the sensor and the electronics unit the contacts are mounted on or in a contact subassembly which includes a contact holder configured to fit with base and a hinge which allows the contact subassembly to pivot, articulate and/or hinge between a first position for insertion and a second position for use relative to the housing.
A plate heat exchanger comprising a number of plates provided with a pressed pattern of ridges and grooves arranged to keep the plates on a distance from one another under formation of interplate flow channels for media to exchange heat, the interplate flow channels communicating with port openings (A, B, C, 140) being in selective communication with said interplate flow channels, one of the port openings providing for connection to a downstream side of an expansion valve such that coolant from the expansion valve may enter the interplate flow channels communicating with the one port opening, characterized by a heat exchanging means (160, 165, 150, 155; HEP, LC, DP) provided inside the one port opening, said heat exchanging means (160, 165, 150, 155; HEP, LC, DP) being arranged for exchanging heat between coolant downstream the expansion valve and coolant about to enter the expansion valve.
A system for providing information about a patient's heart, the system including one or more electrodes that receive signals from electrical activity of the heart over one or more heart beat cycles, the system including an electronic processor coupled to the one or more electrodes and the processor being configured to: receive the signals from the one or more electrodes; process the signals to provide new or existing mapping configurations to map beats of multiple, different types of cardiac rhythms in the signals to new or existing cardiac maps of the multiple, different types of cardiac rhythms; execute an automated set-up routine that processes the signals to automatically provide at one or more set-up results for the new mapping configurations; and process the signals with beat detection and beat acceptance criteria for the new or existing mapping configurations to provide information about matching the signals to one or more of the new or existing mapping configurations to map the beats of the multiple, different types of cardiac rhythms to the new or existing cardiac maps. receive the signals from the one or more electrodes; process the signals to provide new or existing mapping configurations to map beats of multiple, different types of cardiac rhythms in the signals to new or existing cardiac maps of the multiple, different types of cardiac rhythms; execute an automated set-up routine that processes the signals to automatically provide at one or more set-up results for the new mapping configurations; and process the signals with beat detection and beat acceptance criteria for the new or existing mapping configurations to provide information about matching the signals to one or more of the new or existing mapping configurations to map the beats of the multiple, different types of cardiac rhythms to the new or existing cardiac maps.
A method of forming a tubular structure (1500, 1500A, 1500B, 1500C, 1500D, 1500E, 1500F, 1500G) including a first tube and a second tube comprising the steps of: successively depositing layers of a first material and at least partially melting at least a portion of each deposited layer of the first material at predetermined locations to form the first tube, wherein the first tube defines a first central axis; and successively depositing layers of a second material and at least partially melting at least a portion of each deposited layer of the second material at additional predetermined locations to form the second tube, wherein the second tube defines a second central axis transverse to the first central axis, the second tube being attached to the first tube at an intersection, wherein the at least partially melting steps include forming portions of a plurality of segments, the formed segments of the plurality of segments being attached to at least one other formed segment of the plurality of segments at vertices to define a plurality of open cells (1525, 1540), the plurality of open cells forming a surface or surfaces of either one or both of the first tube and the second tube and the tubular structure thereby being reticulated in the form of a substantially uniform mesh, and wherein the first tube and the second tube share segments to create a smooth transition between the first tube and the second tube at the intersection. successively depositing layers of a first material and at least partially melting at least a portion of each deposited layer of the first material at predetermined locations to form the first tube, wherein the first tube defines a first central axis; and successively depositing layers of a second material and at least partially melting at least a portion of each deposited layer of the second material at additional predetermined locations to form the second tube, wherein the second tube defines a second central axis transverse to the first central axis, the second tube being attached to the first tube at an intersection, wherein the at least partially melting steps include forming portions of a plurality of segments, the formed segments of the plurality of segments being attached to at least one other formed segment of the plurality of segments at vertices to define a plurality of open cells (1525, 1540), the plurality of open cells forming a surface or surfaces of either one or both of the first tube and the second tube and the tubular structure thereby being reticulated in the form of a substantially uniform mesh, and wherein the first tube and the second tube share segments to create a smooth transition between the first tube and the second tube at the intersection.
An air-conditioner comprising: a refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator in which a refrigerant circulates sequentially through the compressor, the condenser, the expansion valve, and the evaporator; an indoor temperature sensor detecting an indoor temperature; an indoor fan; a controller that controls at least the compressor and the expansion valve, and the indoor temperature; wherein one of the condenser and the evaporator is an outdoor heat exchanger, and other is an indoor heat exchanger, and the controller: makes the indoor heat exchanger function as the evaporator to freeze water on the indoor heat exchanger, during the freezing of water on the indoor heat exchanger, stops the indoor fan, or drives and stops, alternatively, the indoor fan, wherein during cooling operation or heating operation of an air-condition, the controller uses a detection value obtained from the indoor temperature sensor for control of devices, and characterised in that during freezing water on the indoor heat exchanger, the controller does not use, for the control of the devices, the detection value obtained from the indoor temperature sensor. a refrigerant circuit comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator in which a refrigerant circulates sequentially through the compressor, the condenser, the expansion valve, and the evaporator; an indoor temperature sensor detecting an indoor temperature; an indoor fan; a controller that controls at least the compressor and the expansion valve, and the indoor temperature; wherein one of the condenser and the evaporator is an outdoor heat exchanger, and other is an indoor heat exchanger, and the controller: makes the indoor heat exchanger function as the evaporator to freeze water on the indoor heat exchanger, during the freezing of water on the indoor heat exchanger, stops the indoor fan, or drives and stops, alternatively, the indoor fan, wherein during cooling operation or heating operation of an air-condition, the controller uses a detection value obtained from the indoor temperature sensor for control of devices, and characterised in that during freezing water on the indoor heat exchanger, the controller does not use, for the control of the devices, the detection value obtained from the indoor temperature sensor. makes the indoor heat exchanger function as the evaporator to freeze water on the indoor heat exchanger, during the freezing of water on the indoor heat exchanger, stops the indoor fan, or drives and stops, alternatively, the indoor fan, wherein during cooling operation or heating operation of an air-condition, the controller uses a detection value obtained from the indoor temperature sensor for control of devices, and characterised in that during freezing water on the indoor heat exchanger, the controller does not use, for the control of the devices, the detection value obtained from the indoor temperature sensor.
An in vitro method for predicting the response of a subject suffering from lung cancer to a treatment with at least one FGFR inhibitor, comprising: (a) detecting in a biological sample which has been obtained from said subject the level of expression of the biomarker N-cadherin in combination with the level of expression of at least one of the biomarkers FGFR1 and/or FGFR4, (b) comparing the level of expression of each biomarker determined in (a) with a reference sample having low or no expression of the same biomarker, wherein the presence of high levels of expression of the biomarkers detected indicates that the subject will respond to the treatment, wherein high level of expression of each biomarker corresponds to a level at least two times higher than the level of expression of the same biomarker in the reference sample. (a) detecting in a biological sample which has been obtained from said subject the level of expression of the biomarker N-cadherin in combination with the level of expression of at least one of the biomarkers FGFR1 and/or FGFR4, (b) comparing the level of expression of each biomarker determined in (a) with a reference sample having low or no expression of the same biomarker, wherein the presence of high levels of expression of the biomarkers detected indicates that the subject will respond to the treatment, wherein high level of expression of each biomarker corresponds to a level at least two times higher than the level of expression of the same biomarker in the reference sample.
Adhesive label (4, 4', 4", 4''') for attaching a security cable (3, 3', 3") of an electronic security device to an object which is to be secured against theft and/or manipulation, having a flexible carrier layer which forms an adhesive side at which the adhesive label (4, 4', 4", 4′′′) is to be adhesively attached to the object, and having at least one electrical conductor track which is electrically conductively connected to at least one contact surface, situated in the adhesive side, for electrically contacting the security cable (3, 3', 3''), and wherein the adhesive label (4, 4', 4", 4′′′) comprises at least one further contact surface (42, 42a) which is connected to the at least one conductor track, and in that the at least one contact surface and the at least one further contact surface (42, 42b) comprise different contours for coding.
Control unit, in particular for a cooling air fan, of an internal combustion engine, having a housing in which a circuit board for holding electronic components and conductor elements (22a, 22b; 22'a, 22'b) for the current supply are arranged, wherein a temperature protection means (22c, 22'c) is arranged between the conductor elements (22a, 22b; 22'a, 22'b), as a protection against overheating for the control unit, characterized in that the temperature protection means is embodied as a solder bridge or fuse wire which, when a temperature with a critical value is reached, interrupts the current supply to the control unit, and in that the temperature protection means (22c, 22'c) is attached to the conductor elements (22a, 22b; 22'a, 22'b) by means of welding, soldering or as an insulation displacement connection.
An apparatus for cleaning, by abrasion, rod and the like with scale crust and surface oxide, comprising, on a supporting frame, an assembly for unwinding a wire or rod on the surface of which a first abrasive cloth supporting spindle and at least one second abrasive cloth supporting spindle act, said first spindle and said at least one second spindle comprising two rollers for supporting and pulling the abrasive cloths, said first spindle and said at least one second spindle being accommodated within a work zone defined by said supporting frame, and the apparatus further comprising a hollow central shaft for the passage of said rod or wire within a rotating body, which supports said first spindle and said at least one second spindle, the apparatus being characterized in that said first spindle and said at least one second spindle are directed toward each other and are integrally connected.
A process for preparing isocyanates by reacting amines with phosgene, wherein the amine or a mixture of amine and a solvent is mixed in the form of an aerosol with gaseous phosgene and the amine is subsequently reacted with phosgene, where the aerosol has a droplet size distribution of from 10 nm to 1 mm.
A refrigerant composition for an HVACR system comprising: about 80 wt% or less of R1123 refrigerant; R32 refrigerant; and CF 3 I; wherein the refrigerant composition has a global warming potential that is about 1500 or less than 1500. about 80 wt% or less of R1123 refrigerant; R32 refrigerant; and CF 3 I; wherein the refrigerant composition has a global warming potential that is about 1500 or less than 1500.
A barrier passage system permitting an autonomous working machine to cross a property barrier, the system comprising: a gate associated with the property barrier, the gate selectively movable between a closed position, wherein a gate opening through the property barrier is blocked by the gate, and an open position, wherein passage of the working machine through the gate opening is permitted; an actuator adapted to move the gate between the closed position and the open position; a gate controller adapted to selectively energize the actuator, the gate controller comprising a wireless receiver; and an autonomous working machine comprising a machine controller adapted to autonomously control navigation of the working machine within a property divided by the property barrier, wherein the machine controller is configured to transmit a gate open signal to the wireless receiver requesting movement of the working machine through the gate opening, wherein upon receipt of the gate open signal the gate controller commands the actuator to move the gate from the closed position to the open position; characterised in that the actuator and the gate controller are adapted to receive electrical power from the working machine. a gate associated with the property barrier, the gate selectively movable between a closed position, wherein a gate opening through the property barrier is blocked by the gate, and an open position, wherein passage of the working machine through the gate opening is permitted; an actuator adapted to move the gate between the closed position and the open position; a gate controller adapted to selectively energize the actuator, the gate controller comprising a wireless receiver; and an autonomous working machine comprising a machine controller adapted to autonomously control navigation of the working machine within a property divided by the property barrier, wherein the machine controller is configured to transmit a gate open signal to the wireless receiver requesting movement of the working machine through the gate opening, wherein upon receipt of the gate open signal the gate controller commands the actuator to move the gate from the closed position to the open position; characterised in that the actuator and the gate controller are adapted to receive electrical power from the working machine.
Mounting arrangement in which a fastening element at least partially encloses a capacitor and braces the capacitor with a mounting plate, wherein the fastening element presses onto an elastic seat which is supported by a bead of the capacitor.
An animal treat delivery system, comprising: a unitary frame having a wall generally bounding an area, wherein the wall has an interior surface, an exterior surface, a top at which the wall terminates, and a bottom at which the wall terminates, wherein the frame is open at at least one of the top and the bottom over the area to permit animal access to the area; and a fixed rod supported within the area by the interior surface of the wall at a position intermediate the top and the bottom of the wall, wherein the rod has at least one free end spaced from the frame and within the area to permit animal digestible treats to be slidably received thereon. a unitary frame having a wall generally bounding an area, wherein the wall has an interior surface, an exterior surface, a top at which the wall terminates, and a bottom at which the wall terminates, wherein the frame is open at at least one of the top and the bottom over the area to permit animal access to the area; and a fixed rod supported within the area by the interior surface of the wall at a position intermediate the top and the bottom of the wall, wherein the rod has at least one free end spaced from the frame and within the area to permit animal digestible treats to be slidably received thereon.