mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Hydraulic connection module which is intended for use in the field of constructing buildings that are fitted with a boiler room that supplies multiple apartments with water, hot water for sanitary purposes and/or hot water for central heating, the module consisting of a single part which comprises a board to which is secured a multiplicity of tubes, each intended to constitute an interface between a customized circuit and a water column, each of said tubes comprising, on the one hand, an inlet opening which is intended to be joined to a water column and an outlet opening which is intended to be connected to a customized circuit, and, on the other hand, a valve for isolating the customized circuit, as well as, depending on the nature of the circuit, a volumetric and/or energy metering means; the hydraulic connection module being characterized in that the tubes are bent into a U shape, the U-shaped tubes are arranged side by side in parallel or non-parallel planes, the parallel arms (21, 22) thereof passing perpendicularly through a plate of the board through two holes (12, 13), such that the inlet and outlet openings emerge on the other side of said plate.
A pressure vessel for filtering and/or conditioning and/or purifying a fluid, comprising a cover and a bowl, means (16, 177) positioned in the pressure vessel for filtering and/or conditioning and/or purifying the fluid, an inlet port, a first passageway extending from the inlet port of the pressure vessel to the means (16, 177) for filtering and/or conditioning and/or purifying a fluid, an outlet port, the outlet port of the pressure vessel including a tube having a passageway extending through the tube through which fluid that has been filtered and/or conditioned and/or purified moves to exit the pressure vessel, the tube having an exterior surface portion, and the exterior surface portion having a first annular groove formed therein, and a flapper valve for reducing/preventing backflow of fluid from the inlet port of the pressure vessel when the flapper valve is in a closed position, the flapper valve including a disk mounted on the tube in the first annular groove formed on the tube, the disk having a central opening formed therein through which the tube extends, the disk being movable axially along the tube in the first annular groove formed on the tube between a closed position for the flapper valve, in which the disk closes the first passageway of the pressure vessel by extending across the first passageway of the pressure vessel and into contact against a portion of an interior wall of the pressure vessel along the first passageway of the pressure vessel and thereby reduce/prevent fluid from backflowing from the inlet port of the pressure vessel, and an open position for the flapper valve, in which the disk is positioned out of contact with the interior wall of the pressure vessel along the first passageway of the pressure vessel to open the first passageway of the pressure vessel to fluid flow through the first passageway of the pressure vessel, and the flapper valve further including an actuating means for automatically opening the flapper valve when the pressure vessel is connected to an interface, the actuating means including a ring positioned around the exterior surface portion of the tube, the ring being movable axially along the tube while the pressure vessel is connected to the interface, the ring having at least one projection extending from it towards the disk, the at least one projection moving towards and into contact with the disk when the ring is moved towards the disk to push the disk out of contact with the interior wall of the pressure vessel along the first passageway of the pressure vessel to open the first passageway of the pressure vessel.
Tool for machining a curved profile along an axis of rotation X, said curved profile comprising at least one first section along a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation X and at least one second section parallel to the axis of rotation X, said tool comprising blocks (30.1, 30.2), each having a clamping surface against which the profile can take support, the blocks (30.1, 30.2) comprising positioning means against which the first section and the second section of the profile can take support, and means for immobilizing the profile adapted to occupy a first activated state, wherein they immobilize the profile, and a second deactivated state, wherein they do not immobilize the profile, characterized in that it comprises manual presses for maintaining the profile flattened against the positioning means until the means for immobilizing the profile are in the activated state.
A rotary compressor comprising: - a cylindrical compressor housing which is provided with an inlet unit of a refrigerant and a discharging unit of the refrigerant; - a compressing unit which is disposed inside the compressor housing and which includes a cylinder and a piston for compressing the refrigerant that is sucked in from the inlet unit; - a rotation shaft which is provided with the piston of the compressing unit; - a bearing unit which is fixed to an inner portion of the compressor housing and which supports one end side of the rotation shaft to rotate freely; and - a motor assembled from a cylindrical stator and a rotor that is provided on another end side of the rotation shaft and that rotates inside the stator, and which drives the compressing unit via the rotation shaft, - wherein the stator includes a plurality of metal plates which are stacked in an axial direction of the rotation shaft and a caulked joint portion at which the adjacent metal plates are joined to each other in a stacking direction is deformed in a thickness direction of the metal plates and is provided on the plurality of metal plates, characterized by a concave portion formed in a position corresponding to the caulked joint portion in a radial direction of the plurality of metal plates and a weld portion established by joining the concave portion that is recessed in an outer circumferential portion of the stator and an inner circumferential portion of the compressor housing via arc welding. - a cylindrical compressor housing which is provided with an inlet unit of a refrigerant and a discharging unit of the refrigerant; - a compressing unit which is disposed inside the compressor housing and which includes a cylinder and a piston for compressing the refrigerant that is sucked in from the inlet unit; - a rotation shaft which is provided with the piston of the compressing unit; - a bearing unit which is fixed to an inner portion of the compressor housing and which supports one end side of the rotation shaft to rotate freely; and - a motor assembled from a cylindrical stator and a rotor that is provided on another end side of the rotation shaft and that rotates inside the stator, and which drives the compressing unit via the rotation shaft, - wherein the stator includes a plurality of metal plates which are stacked in an axial direction of the rotation shaft and a caulked joint portion at which the adjacent metal plates are joined to each other in a stacking direction is deformed in a thickness direction of the metal plates and is provided on the plurality of metal plates, characterized by a concave portion formed in a position corresponding to the caulked joint portion in a radial direction of the plurality of metal plates and a weld portion established by joining the concave portion that is recessed in an outer circumferential portion of the stator and an inner circumferential portion of the compressor housing via arc welding.
A tie article (10, 60, 64, 66, 68, 72, 74) comprising: an attachment portion comprising: a connection segment; at least one arm segment extending from the connection segment; and at least one closure device extending along the connection segment and the at least one arm segment; and a bib portion extending from the connection segment of the attachment portion; characterised in that the attachment portion and the bib portion are integrally fabricated from a printed sheet having a printed first surface and a transparent polymeric film adhered to the printed first surface of the printed sheet such that the at least one closure device is disposed between the printed first surface of the printed sheet and the transparent polymeric film at the attachment portion; and in that the printed first surface of the printed sheet comprises printed information that is visible through the transparent polymeric film. an attachment portion comprising: a connection segment; at least one arm segment extending from the connection segment; and at least one closure device extending along the connection segment and the at least one arm segment; and a connection segment; at least one arm segment extending from the connection segment; and at least one closure device extending along the connection segment and the at least one arm segment; and a bib portion extending from the connection segment of the attachment portion; characterised in that the attachment portion and the bib portion are integrally fabricated from a printed sheet having a printed first surface and a transparent polymeric film adhered to the printed first surface of the printed sheet such that the at least one closure device is disposed between the printed first surface of the printed sheet and the transparent polymeric film at the attachment portion; and in that the printed first surface of the printed sheet comprises printed information that is visible through the transparent polymeric film.
A method for producing a retardation film satisfying the relationships of the following formulae and: 0.7 < R 1 450 / R 1 550 < 1 R 2 450 / R 2 550 − R 1 450 / R 1 550 < 0.020 (wherein R 1 and R 1 represent the retardation value in film plane at respective wavelengths of 450 nm and 550 nm, and R 2 and R 2 represent the retardation value in film plane at respective wavelengths of 450 nm and 550 nm after leaving the film to stand at a temperature of 90°C for 48 hours), the method comprising subjecting a film which is stretched in a least one direction to a heat fixing treatment and/or a relaxation step.
Miniaturized optically imaging system with high lateral and axial resolution for endomicroscopic applications, using at least one GRIN lens system with radial refractive index profile which generates an optical imaging of near-surface areas of an object in an image plane for an optical transmission system with a small diameter compared to the transmission length, wherein - a refractive plano-convex lens in the form of a homogeneous optical spherical lens element is provided and, together with the GRIN optics, forms an optical system, wherein the plane side of the spherical lens element defines a plane entrance surface of the optical system, and the entrance surface is oriented orthogonal to an optical axis common to both the optical system and the transmission system, - the spherical lens element is followed by a first GRIN lens for reducing the divergence of the highly divergent light bundle from the spherical lens element, and - a second GRIN lens for adapting the light bundle transmitted by the first GRIN lens to the aperture and object field of the downstream transmission system is arranged along the optical axis downstream of the first GRIN lens. - a refractive plano-convex lens in the form of a homogeneous optical spherical lens element is provided and, together with the GRIN optics, forms an optical system, wherein the plane side of the spherical lens element defines a plane entrance surface of the optical system, and the entrance surface is oriented orthogonal to an optical axis common to both the optical system and the transmission system, - the spherical lens element is followed by a first GRIN lens for reducing the divergence of the highly divergent light bundle from the spherical lens element, and - a second GRIN lens for adapting the light bundle transmitted by the first GRIN lens to the aperture and object field of the downstream transmission system is arranged along the optical axis downstream of the first GRIN lens.
A composite metal as-cast ingot comprising a plurality of substantially parallel lengthwise layers (20, 23) with adjacent layers being formed of first and second alloys (81, 82) of different compositions wherein the interface between adjacent alloy layers is in the form of a substantially continuous metallurgical bond, characterized by the presence of particles having one or more intermetallic compositions of the first of the adjacent alloys dispersed within a region of the second of the adjacent alloys adjacent the interface and further characterized by alloy components of the second of the adjacent alloys being present between the grain boundaries of said first of the adjacent alloys adjacent the interface at a distance of up to 50 μm from said interface, wherein the interface is formed when the second alloy comes in contact with the self-supporting surface of the first alloy at a temperature between the solidus and liquidus temperature of the first alloy.
A method of mounting a blast-resistant barrier (10, 20) comprising attaching the barrier to a frame (22,32) along a first two parallel sides of the barrier with a second two parallel sides being unconstrained, characterized in that the barrier is from about 9.525 mm to about 38.1 mm (0.375 inches to about 1.5 inches) in thickness and includes at least one polycarbonate sheet, the frame (22, 32) is a semi-rigid metallic and configured, via section and material properties, to flex and hinge in a biaxial mode along its length.
Pollution removal composition including: (a) at least one neutralizing agent, (b) at least one absorbent agent, and (c) at least one texturing mixture which is a mixture of silica gel and of an amphoteric texturing agent whose two pKa (pKa 1 and pKa 2, pKa 1 being less than pKa 2) meet the following conditions: pKa 1 > 2, pKa 2 < 12, and 5 < pKa 1 + pKa 2 / 2 < 10, said neutralizing agent being selected from calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium oxide, monobasic sodium citrate, succinic acid and their mixtures, and preferably from calcium carbonate, monobasic sodium citrate and their mixtures, said absorbent agent being selected from polymers and copolymers of the sodium polyacrylate type, said absorbent agent being present in a quantity ranging from 1% to 20% by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition, said amphoteric texturing agent being selected from the group comprising sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, disodium citrate, and the amino acids and their salts, such as glycine, glutamic acid, sodium glutamate, and their mixtures, the texturing mixture being present in a quantity ranging from 5% to 90% by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition, said silica gel being present in an amount ranging from 1 to 90% by weight with respect to the weight of the texturing mixture, the remaining quantity being the amphoteric texturing agent. (a) at least one neutralizing agent, (b) at least one absorbent agent, and (c) at least one texturing mixture which is a mixture of silica gel and of an amphoteric texturing agent whose two pKa (pKa 1 and pKa 2, pKa 1 being less than pKa 2) meet the following conditions: pKa 1 > 2, pKa 2 < 12, and 5 < pKa 1 + pKa 2 / 2 < 10,
A radiating matrix containing a PTC heating component, comprising a cavity body, wherein the cavity body is provided with a receiving portion extending along a length direction of the cavity body, a plurality of radiating fins are fixed in the middle of the external surface of the top and the external surface of the bottom of the cavity body, and the length of each radiating fin along a width direction of the cavity body is smaller than the width of the cavity body; a first positioning rib extending along a length direction of the cavity body is arranged at the upper part and the lower part of the inner wall of the left side of the cavity body in the receiving portion respectively, correspondingly, a second positioning rib extending along a length direction of the cavity body is arranged at the upper part and the lower part of the inner wall of the right side of the cavity body in the receiving portion respectively, the internal surface of the left side of the receiving portion between the two first positioning ribs is an outwards convex arc surface, the internal surface of the right side of the receiving portion between the two second positioning ribs is also an outwards convex arc surface, and the PTC heating element being installed in the cavity body, an interval between the two first positioning ribs and an interval between the two second positioning ribs are both smaller than the thickness of the PTC heating component, an interval between the first positioning rib and the second positioning rib at the upper part and an interval between the first positioning rib and the second positioning rib at the lower part are both smaller than the length of the radiating ribs along the width direction of the cavity body, characterized in that the first positioning rib arranged at the upper part and the second positioning rib arranged at the upper part are also arranged on the internal surface of the upper part of the cavity body, the first positioning rib arranged at the lower part and the second positioning rib arranged at the lower part are also arranged on the internal surface of the lower part of the cavity body; the outer wall of the left side and the outer wall of the right side of the cavity body are of a slot-shaped structure extending along the length direction of the cavity body, and after the PTC heating element has been installed in the cavity body, the first positioning ribs and the second positioning ribs cause the PTC heating component to be positioned in the middle of the containing cavity together, when the cavity body is molded, the left side and the right side of the cavity body are stressed and outwards deformed, and the slot-shaped structures provide a deforming space.
A method for extracting volatile fatty acids, so-called precursor organic molecules produced by microorganisms in a reactor for fermentation by anaerobic fermentation from fermentable biomass, said molecules being fermentation metabolites, characterised in that the method comprises at least the following steps: a) choosing an extraction means among extraction means that are, at least, insoluble in the fermentation medium and the implementation conditions of which preserve the ability of the microorganisms in the fermentation medium to produce the molecules, the extraction means being a solvent with a boiling point below 70°C, the extraction being of the liquid-liquid type and the extraction means being a solvent having a boiling point below the fermentation temperature, b) placing the chosen extraction means in contact with the fermentation medium, without interrupting the fermentation, c) recovering the extracted molecules, at a pH of less than 4.5, by the extraction means outside the fermentation reactor, d) after step c) at least part of the liquid phase from the extraction is reintroduced into the fermentation reactor and incorporated into the fermentation medium. a) choosing an extraction means among extraction means that are, at least, insoluble in the fermentation medium and the implementation conditions of which preserve the ability of the microorganisms in the fermentation medium to produce the molecules, the extraction means being a solvent with a boiling point below 70°C, the extraction being of the liquid-liquid type and the extraction means being a solvent having a boiling point below the fermentation temperature, b) placing the chosen extraction means in contact with the fermentation medium, without interrupting the fermentation, c) recovering the extracted molecules, at a pH of less than 4.5, by the extraction means outside the fermentation reactor, d) after step c) at least part of the liquid phase from the extraction is reintroduced into the fermentation reactor and incorporated into the fermentation medium.
A cell differentiation state assessment method for assessing a state of differentiation of test cells based on an amount of kynurenine in a culture supernatant of the test cells, the test cells being either pluripotent stem cells whose state of differentiation is unknown or cells obtained from pluripotent stem cells by differentiation induction, wherein: the state of differentiation of the test cells is assessed by comparing the amount of kynurenine in a culture supernatant of the test cells and the amount of kynurenine in a culture supernatant of control cells which are pluripotent stem cells and whose state of differentiation is known.
A method for producing a mold for transferring a fine pattern, comprising: a step of coating a surface of a base member with a solution containing a block copolymer and polyalkylene oxide, the block copolymer being composed of at least first and second polymer segments; a solvent phase-separation step of phase-separating the block copolymer contained in the solution, with which the surface of the base member is coated, under a presence of vapor of an organic solvent so as to obtain a block copolymer film of the block copolymer, the block copolymer film having a concave-convex structure on a surface thereof and a horizontal cylinder structure in an interior thereof; a step of forming a seed layer on the concave-convex structure of the block copolymer film; a step of stacking a metal layer on the seed layer by electroforming; and a step of releasing the base member, on which the concave-convex structure is formed, from the metal layer, wherein a volume ratio between the first and second polymer segments in the block copolymer is in a range of 4:6 to 6:4. a step of coating a surface of a base member with a solution containing a block copolymer and polyalkylene oxide, the block copolymer being composed of at least first and second polymer segments; a solvent phase-separation step of phase-separating the block copolymer contained in the solution, with which the surface of the base member is coated, under a presence of vapor of an organic solvent so as to obtain a block copolymer film of the block copolymer, the block copolymer film having a concave-convex structure on a surface thereof and a horizontal cylinder structure in an interior thereof; a step of forming a seed layer on the concave-convex structure of the block copolymer film; a step of stacking a metal layer on the seed layer by electroforming; and a step of releasing the base member, on which the concave-convex structure is formed, from the metal layer, wherein a volume ratio between the first and second polymer segments in the block copolymer is in a range of 4:6 to 6:4.