mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a processing device, a first biometric data associated with a first party of a transaction to be added to a block of a blockchain system; providing the first biometric data to a validation node of the blockchain system; determining that the first biometric data has been validated by the validation node; and in response to determining that the first biometric data has been validated, recording, by the processing device, the first biometric data in the block of the blockchain system; and receiving a second biometric data associated with a second party of the transaction; providing the second biometric data to the validation node; and in response to determining that the second biometric data has been validated, recording the second biometric data in the block of the blockchain system. receiving, by a processing device, a first biometric data associated with a first party of a transaction to be added to a block of a blockchain system; providing the first biometric data to a validation node of the blockchain system; determining that the first biometric data has been validated by the validation node; and in response to determining that the first biometric data has been validated, recording, by the processing device, the first biometric data in the block of the blockchain system; and receiving a second biometric data associated with a second party of the transaction; providing the second biometric data to the validation node; and in response to determining that the second biometric data has been validated, recording the second biometric data in the block of the blockchain system.
A cassette for use in dispensing a pleated tubing, comprising: an annular body having a generally U shaped housing comprising a central cylindrical core, and an inner wall, wherein the inner wall defines the central cylindrical core; and an annular cover extending inward over the annular body defining a gap, the annular cover being secured to the annular body, characterised by: the annular body further comprising an angular wall, wherein the angular wall is connected to the inner wall, to form a lower inclined surface of the generally U shaped housing; and at least one aperture provided in the angular wall in the annular body. an annular body having a generally U shaped housing comprising a central cylindrical core, and an inner wall, wherein the inner wall defines the central cylindrical core; and an annular cover extending inward over the annular body defining a gap, the annular cover being secured to the annular body, characterised by: the annular body further comprising an angular wall, wherein the angular wall is connected to the inner wall, to form a lower inclined surface of the generally U shaped housing; and at least one aperture provided in the angular wall in the annular body. the annular body further comprising an angular wall, wherein the angular wall is connected to the inner wall, to form a lower inclined surface of the generally U shaped housing; and at least one aperture provided in the angular wall in the annular body.
Interleaving assembly for vehicles such as construction and utility vehicles, comprising two cassettes (5, 5') of steel or a similar corrosion-proof material which can be inserted in a floor recess and has two longitudinal side walls (7, 7'), front side walls (9, 9') arranged at the end side, and a floor, wherein at least the longitudinal side walls (7, 7') each exhibit an inner wall and an outer wall arranged at a distance thereto, which delimit a hollow space for receiving a curable filling material, and wherein each of the two cassettes (5, 5') has at least one lifting platform device (17, 17', 17") allocated to it.
A transport apparatus having a transport element which is suitable for receiving a workpiece and which is movable in a rotary and/or linear manner by means of a motor from a first position of rest into a second position of rest, wherein the transport element is drive-effectively connected to at least one entrainer which engages into a drive groove of a barrel cam which can be driven by the motor which is controllable by means of a programmable control apparatus on the basis of a motor control cam, characterized in that the drive groove has a variable pitch at least regionally; and in that the motor control cam likewise has a variable pitch at least regionally, with the movement of the transport element resulting from a simultaneous superposition of a first movement component which is based on a region of variable pitch of the drive groove and of a second movement component which is based on a variable pitch region of the motor control cam.
An autoinjector comprising: a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, the case including an angled rib (2.6); a needle shroud slidably disposed in the case and translatable between an extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed; a plunger slidably disposed in the case, the plunger including a plunger boss (10.1); and a drive spring configured to bias the plunger relative to the case, wherein the plunger boss (10.1) is adapted to abut the rib (2.6) and the needle shroud when the needle shroud is in the extended position and to disengage the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position to allow the plunger to translate axially relative to the case, and characterised in that the plunger is hollow and the drive spring is arranged within the plunger. a case adapted to hold a medicament container having a needle, the case including an angled rib (2.6); a needle shroud slidably disposed in the case and translatable between an extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered and a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed; a plunger slidably disposed in the case, the plunger including a plunger boss (10.1); and a drive spring configured to bias the plunger relative to the case, wherein the plunger boss (10.1) is adapted to abut the rib (2.6) and the needle shroud when the needle shroud is in the extended position and to disengage the rib when the needle shroud is in the retracted position to allow the plunger to translate axially relative to the case, and
Blade for a turbomachine, comprising at least one impulse body housing (1.1, 1.2) which has a first impact chamber, in which an impulse body is arranged with movement clearance, in order to substantially reduce resonances of the blade, not dissipatively by means of friction, but by tuning out the natural frequencies by means of impulse-like impact contacts, wherein the impulse body housing has at least one second impact chamber which is aligned with the first impact chamber in a first matrix direction and in which an impulse body is arranged with movement clearance, and at least one third impact chamber which is aligned with the first impact chamber in a second matrix direction which is transverse to the first matrix direction, and in which third impact chamber an impulse body is arranged with movement clearance; and/or at least one of the impact chambers (10, 20, 30) or at least one impact chamber (10, 20, 30) in each case has mutually facing walls in at least one first and one second impulse direction (A, B), which together enclose an angle of at least 30° and at most 150°, and which, together with a longitudinal axis, or the radial direction, of the blade, perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the turbomachine, in each case enclose an angle of at least 75° and at most 105°, wherein a distance between the mutually facing walls (12, 13) in the first impulse direction differs by at most 10% from a distance between the mutually facing walls (14, 15) in the second impulse direction.
Method for treating a base able to be used in a sliding apparatus and provided with at least a sliding surface, comprising at least a first step of cutting the base by means of which a plurality of craters are made on the sliding surface, said craters having micrometric sizes and having a controlled depth and diameter, and at least a second step of structuring and finishing said sliding surface in zones of said sliding surface defined inside the craters and in zones of said sliding surface defined between one crater and the other, so as to obtain a plurality of ridges having nanometric sizes and distributed on the sliding surface of the base, in said craters and between one crater and the other.
A vehicle motion controller employed in a vehicle that includes a driver assistance device that assists traveling of the vehicle, a driving device that transmits a driving force to the vehicle, and a braking device that applies a braking force to the vehicle, the vehicle motion controller automatically adjusting a traveling speed of the vehicle based on a request value (Rc) from the driver assistance device, the vehicle motion controller comprising: a feedback controlling unit (16, 17) that executes feedback control in which a difference (hG) between a target acceleration (Gt) corresponding to the request value (Rc) and an actual acceleration (Ga) of the vehicle is an input, thereby calculating a control amount (Rs) used to reduce the difference (hG); a request outputting unit that calculates a request longitudinal force (Fdq, Fbq) based on the control amount (Rs) and outputs the request longitudinal force (Fdq, Fbq) to the driving device and the braking device, the request longitudinal force (Fdq, Fbq) controlling the driving device and the braking device; and a determining unit (20; 120) that, in a case where a driver of the vehicle is operating a braking operation member that operates the braking device, obtains a braking command value (Sb) calculated in correspondence with an operated amount of the braking operation member and determines that operation interference by the driver has occurred when the braking command value (Sb) is less than the request value (Rc), wherein the feedback controlling unit (16, 17) prohibits the control amount (Rs) from increasing in a case where the operation interference has occurred. a feedback controlling unit (16, 17) that executes feedback control in which a difference (hG) between a target acceleration (Gt) corresponding to the request value (Rc) and an actual acceleration (Ga) of the vehicle is an input, thereby calculating a control amount (Rs) used to reduce the difference (hG); a request outputting unit that calculates a request longitudinal force (Fdq, Fbq) based on the control amount (Rs) and outputs the request longitudinal force (Fdq, Fbq) to the driving device and the braking device, the request longitudinal force (Fdq, Fbq) controlling the driving device and the braking device; and a determining unit (20; 120) that, in a case where a driver of the vehicle is operating a braking operation member that operates the braking device, obtains a braking command value (Sb) calculated in correspondence with an operated amount of the braking operation member and determines that operation interference by the driver has occurred when the braking command value (Sb) is less than the request value (Rc), wherein the feedback controlling unit (16, 17) prohibits the control amount (Rs) from increasing in a case where the operation interference has occurred.
An underlayer composition for a disc brake pad, containing, relative to the entire amount of the underlayer composition, 5-15 weight % of an uncrosslinked fluororubber, 4 - 8 weight % of a phenol-based resin as a binder, and 0.3 - 2 weight % of hexamethylenetetramine as a curing agent for the phenol-based resin. 5-15 weight % of an uncrosslinked fluororubber, 4 - 8 weight % of a phenol-based resin as a binder, and 0.3 - 2 weight % of hexamethylenetetramine as a curing agent for the phenol-based resin.
A balloon ablation catheter comprising: a catheter shaft comprising an outer layer tube and containing a reinforcement wire in a thick section corresponding to the thickness from a surface of an inner cavity of the catheter shaft to the surface of the outer layer of the catheter shaft, wherein the reinforcement wire is sandwiched therebetween; a balloon provided at an end of said catheter shaft; and a high-frequency electric current electrode arranged in said balloon; the material of the balloon is an elastic material selected from polyurethane or a rubber, the material of the catheter shaft is selected from the group consisting of polyamide resins, polyamide elastomers, polyolefins, polyesters, polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride; and said balloon ablation catheter satisfying L>t, wherein L represents the shortest distance from the outermost surface in the outer layer side of said reinforcement wire to the outer surface of the outer layer tube of said catheter shaft, and t represents the wall thickness of the thinnest portion of said balloon; characterized in that said reinforcement wire is a metal wire. a catheter shaft comprising an outer layer tube and containing a reinforcement wire in a thick section corresponding to the thickness from a surface of an inner cavity of the catheter shaft to the surface of the outer layer of the catheter shaft, wherein the reinforcement wire is sandwiched therebetween; a balloon provided at an end of said catheter shaft; and a high-frequency electric current electrode arranged in said balloon; the material of the balloon is an elastic material selected from polyurethane or a rubber, the material of the catheter shaft is selected from the group consisting of polyamide resins, polyamide elastomers, polyolefins, polyesters, polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride; and said balloon ablation catheter satisfying L>t, wherein L represents the shortest distance from the outermost surface in the outer layer side of said reinforcement wire to the outer surface of the outer layer tube of said catheter shaft, and t represents the wall thickness of the thinnest portion of said balloon; characterized in that said reinforcement wire is a metal wire.
A protection arrangement having an opening in a wall of a protection housing, a bullet-resistant transparent laminate composite arranged in the opening, and a holding device for fixing the laminate composite in the opening, which has a conical inner support structure on the side remote from the threat and an outer support structure on the side towards the threat, wherein the laminate composite on its side remote from the threat is of a shape which substantially conically tapers towards the side remote from the threat and which bears against the conical inner support structure of the holding device; the protection arrangement has a viewing opening provided by the laminate composite's side remote from the threat which is smaller than the opening in the wall of the protection housing; and the conical inner support structure of the holding device is provided with an elastic seal on its side towards the laminate composite, characterised in that the laminate composite on its side towards the threat has a substantially parallelepipedic portion which perpendicularly to the direction of the thickness of the laminate composite is of a larger cross-sectional area than the conically shaped portion, the parallelepipedic portion of the laminate composite is arranged on the outside of the wall facing towards the threat, and a gap is provided between the parallelepipedic portion of the laminate composite and the wall in a direction of the thickness of the laminate composite, which gap in the direction of the thickness of the laminate composite is smaller than the maximum degree of compression of the elastic seal at the conical inner support structure in that direction.
A method of ingot formation, the method comprising: forming a base of an ingot by feeding molten metal into a mold that defines an initial casting footprint and by lowering a movable bottom relative to the mold to increase a height of the ingot; moving at least one cooling structure in a vertical direction from an initial position into contact with the molten metal; moving the at least one cooling structure in a horizontal direction along a top plane of the molten metal to produce a reduced casting footprint bounded at least in part by the at least one cooling structure, wherein the reduced casting footprint is smaller than the initial casting footprint; and feeding supplemental molten metal into the reduced casting footprint to form a narrowing shape in a head of the ingot. forming a base of an ingot by feeding molten metal into a mold that defines an initial casting footprint and by lowering a movable bottom relative to the mold to increase a height of the ingot; moving at least one cooling structure in a vertical direction from an initial position into contact with the molten metal; moving the at least one cooling structure in a horizontal direction along a top plane of the molten metal to produce a reduced casting footprint bounded at least in part by the at least one cooling structure, wherein the reduced casting footprint is smaller than the initial casting footprint; and feeding supplemental molten metal into the reduced casting footprint to form a narrowing shape in a head of the ingot.
Domestic appliance comprising a processing chamber which is arranged in a carcass and can be closed by a door, and comprising a door-locking mechanism having a lock catch and a latch which are held on opposing components of the carcass and the door of the domestic appliance, it being possible for the latch to be moved back and forth between a closed position, in which said latch locks with the lock catch and the door rests substantially sealingly against the front frame of the carcass or a door seal (5.1) arranged thereon, and an open position, in which the door is not locked, and the latch being movably held in a carcass portion which is arranged outside the front frame and is in the form of a housing, it being possible for the latch to be moved back and forth, by means of an electrical drive (14, 16, 18, 20), between the open position and the closed position on the basis of the presence of a previously established switching state in an evaluation circuit of an electrical controller of the domestic appliance, and, when being transferred into the closed position, it being possible for the latch to firstly be transferred into an intermediate position in which the latch can lock with the lock catch, and, when being transferred further into the closed position, it being possible for the door to be moved further towards the carcass by the latch locked with the lock catch, characterised in that, when the door is closed, the carcass portion projects over an edge surface of the door at least in part, on which edge surface the lock catch is arranged, and, during the transfer into the closed position, the latch is able to emerge through an opening in the carcass portion that faces the edge surface and can engage in the lock catch, and in that the electrical drive (14, 16, 18, 20) comprises an electric motor and a spindle which can be driven by the electric motor and carries an external thread on the end thereof facing the door, and the latch in the form of a hook is movably held on the external thread in the longitudinal direction of the spindle by means of an internal thread arranged on the hook arm formed as a fastening arm (8.1) and can engage with the hook arm formed as a locking arm (8.2) in the closed position in the lock catch.
A positioning apparatus for, in operation condition, positioning of shrimp in a predetermined orientation, wherein such a shrimp is curved according to a substantially horseshoe-shape with a head and a tail at the respective free ends of the horseshoe-shape, with a back facing away from the head and the tail, said shrimp being supplied in singulated manner to the positioning apparatus, for obtaining a singulated output row of shrimp being positioned in the predetermined orientation, wherein said output row is moving via output conveying means of the positioning apparatus, said output conveying means having a shrimp receiving trajectory, and wherein the positioning apparatus comprises a sliding chute for shrimp, said sliding chute comprising an upper shrimp entry, a lower shrimp exit, and an inclination trajectory therebetween, and wherein as seen in said operation condition a thus supplied shrimp successively: (i) is supplied to the sliding chute via said shrimp entry; (ii) is downwardly sliding along the sliding chute from said shrimp entry towards said shrimp exit so as to achieve that, based on gravitation, said downwardly sliding occurs with the back of the shrimp facing forwards; (iii) is dispensed via said shrimp exit from the sliding chute; and (iv) in said shrimp receiving trajectory is supplied to the singulated output row; respectively; characterized in that the positioning apparatus comprises a sliding chute assembly, which comprises an endless conveyor belt and a multiplicity of said sliding chutes, said sliding chutes being held by the endless conveyor belt, wherein, as seen in said operation condition: - the sliding chutes in circumferential direction of the endless conveyor belt are arranged next to one another with their inclination trajectories alongside one another; - the sliding chutes in said arrangement are conveyed by the endless conveyor belt in a manner of going round in said circumferential direction; - the endless conveyor belt of the sliding chute assembly has a shrimp dispensing trajectory in which the shrimp being dispensed from the sliding chutes via said shrimp exits takes place. (i) is supplied to the sliding chute via said shrimp entry; (ii) is downwardly sliding along the sliding chute from said shrimp entry towards said shrimp exit so as to achieve that, based on gravitation, said downwardly sliding occurs with the back of the shrimp facing forwards; (iii) is dispensed via said shrimp exit from the sliding chute; and (iv) in said shrimp receiving trajectory is supplied to the singulated output row; respectively; - the sliding chutes in circumferential direction of the endless conveyor belt are arranged next to one another with their inclination trajectories alongside one another; - the sliding chutes in said arrangement are conveyed by the endless conveyor belt in a manner of going round in said circumferential direction; - the endless conveyor belt of the sliding chute assembly has a shrimp dispensing trajectory in which the shrimp being dispensed from the sliding chutes via said shrimp exits takes place.
A method for selecting a food product for a subject having dysphagia comprising: (a) administering a food product comprising a volatile compound to the subject; (b) detecting release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject during and/or after swallowing of the food product using mass spectrometry, a breath analyser / breathanalyser or a microfluidics chip; (c) comparing the release of the volatile compound to a control; (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) for at least one further food product comprising a volatile compound; and (e) selecting the food product for which the release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject is most similar to the control. (a) administering a food product comprising a volatile compound to the subject; (b) detecting release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject during and/or after swallowing of the food product using mass spectrometry, a breath analyser / breathanalyser or a microfluidics chip; (c) comparing the release of the volatile compound to a control; (d) repeating steps (a) to (c) for at least one further food product comprising a volatile compound; and (e) selecting the food product for which the release of the volatile compound in exhaled breath of the subject is most similar to the control.