mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A process for collation shrink wrapping an object which comprises a plurality of individual containers, preferably a plurality of substantially identical containers, comprising: (i) obtaining a binding tape which is a film uniaxially oriented in the machine direction and wrapping said tape around said object; (ii) sealing the ends of the now wrapped binding tape (i.e. to form a loop); (iii) obtaining a collation shrink film comprising a multimodal linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), said film being a stretched film which is uniaxially oriented in the machine direction in a draw ratio of at least 1:3; (iv) wrapping said film around said object of step (ii) in such a way that when said binding tape shrinks in its machine direction upon the application of heat, that direction represents substantially the transverse direction for the collation shrink film, that direction being perpendicular to the shrinkage of the collation shrink film; (v) heating said wrapped object of step (iv) such that the tape shrinks in its machine direction and the collation shrink film shrinks in its machine direction. (i) obtaining a binding tape which is a film uniaxially oriented in the machine direction and wrapping said tape around said object; (ii) sealing the ends of the now wrapped binding tape (i.e. to form a loop); (iii) obtaining a collation shrink film comprising a multimodal linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), said film being a stretched film which is uniaxially oriented in the machine direction in a draw ratio of at least 1:3; (iv) wrapping said film around said object of step (ii) in such a way that when said binding tape shrinks in its machine direction upon the application of heat, that direction represents substantially the transverse direction for the collation shrink film, that direction being perpendicular to the shrinkage of the collation shrink film; (v) heating said wrapped object of step (iv) such that the tape shrinks in its machine direction and the collation shrink film shrinks in its machine direction.
An apparatus comprising a staple cartridge (970; 1070), wherein the staple cartridge comprises: (i) a plurality of staples, (ii) a deck (973; 1073), wherein the deck defines a plurality of openings, wherein each opening of the plurality of openings is associated with a corresponding staple of the plurality of staples, such that each staple is configured to pass through a corresponding opening of the plurality of openings, wherein the deck further comprises a first mechanical coupling feature, (iii) a buttress assembly (910; 1010), comprising: a buttress body (912; 1012), and a second mechanical coupling feature (980; 1080), wherein the second mechanical coupling feature is configured to engage the first mechanical coupling feature to releasably couple the buttress body to the deck; and (iv) a sled member disposed in the cartridge below the deck, wherein the sled member is configured to traverse longitudinally below the deck, wherein the deck comprises an aperture (990; 1090) and the second mechanical coupling feature is configured to be received within the aperture, and wherein the deck defines an outer portion and an inner portion (973a; 1073a); characterised in that the first mechanical coupling feature comprises the inner portion of the deck, and the second mechanical coupling feature is configured to engage with the sled and the inner portion of the deck in response to being directed into the aperture. (i) a plurality of staples, (ii) a deck (973; 1073), wherein the deck defines a plurality of openings, wherein each opening of the plurality of openings is associated with a corresponding staple of the plurality of staples, such that each staple is configured to pass through a corresponding opening of the plurality of openings, wherein the deck further comprises a first mechanical coupling feature, (iii) a buttress assembly (910; 1010), comprising: a buttress body (912; 1012), and a second mechanical coupling feature (980; 1080), wherein the second mechanical coupling feature is configured to engage the first mechanical coupling feature to releasably couple the buttress body to the deck; and a buttress body (912; 1012), and a second mechanical coupling feature (980; 1080), wherein the second mechanical coupling feature is configured to engage the first mechanical coupling feature to releasably couple the buttress body to the deck; and (iv) a sled member disposed in the cartridge below the deck, wherein the sled member is configured to traverse longitudinally below the deck, wherein the deck comprises an aperture (990; 1090) and the second mechanical coupling feature is configured to be received within the aperture, and wherein the deck defines an outer portion and an inner portion (973a; 1073a);
Back pressure flap valve arrangement comprising a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening adapted for connection of the housing to a ducting, the arrangement further comprising a flap which is pivotably hinged about a shaft extending transverse a flow direction through the housing from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, and a lever rigidly connectable to the shaft and forming an angle thereto, wherein the lever has a stop face arranged at a distance from the connection between the lever and the shaft such that the stop face is arranged to move along an arc shaped path when the flap pivots about said shaft, and wherein the arrangement further comprises a stopper, characterized in that the stopper has a slot having an open end and a longitudinal extension along a centre line of the slot, and a first deformation zone along a first side of the slot and a second deformation zone along a second side of the slot, opposite the first side of the slot, and that the slot is arranged to receive the stop face and allow the stop face to move in the slot in the longitudinal extension thereof while engaging said first and second deformation zones (19, 20).
A method for fabricating a photodetector and a transistor on a same semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: on a semiconductor substrate, forming at least a part of the transistor and epitaxially growing a first layer of light absorption material of the photodetector over an area where the photodetector is to be formed; after said growing the first layer of light absorption material, forming at least one layer of metallic contact plugs for the transistor; and after said forming at least one layer of metallic contact plugs, forming a second layer of light absorption material of the photodetector, wherein the second layer of light absorption material is formed atop the first layer of the light absorption material, such that the two layers (613-1, 613-2) of light absorption material, having a substantially same material, form a single light absorption region for the photodetector, wherein the first layer and the second layer of light absorption material are formed by using separate lithography processes, and wherein the separate lithography processes leave a sidewall misalignment on a structure that constitutes the single light absorption region. on a semiconductor substrate, forming at least a part of the transistor and epitaxially growing a first layer of light absorption material of the photodetector over an area where the photodetector is to be formed; after said growing the first layer of light absorption material, forming at least one layer of metallic contact plugs for the transistor; and after said forming at least one layer of metallic contact plugs, forming a second layer of light absorption material of the photodetector, wherein the second layer of light absorption material is formed atop the first layer of the light absorption material, such that the two layers (613-1, 613-2) of light absorption material, having a substantially same material, form a single light absorption region for the photodetector, wherein the first layer and the second layer of light absorption material are formed by using separate lithography processes, and wherein the separate lithography processes leave a sidewall misalignment on a structure that constitutes the single light absorption region.
An oral pharmaceutical composition characterized by comprising tinidazole, fluconazole and clindamycin or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, for use in the treatment of sexually transmitted infections selected from the group consisting of candidiasis, trichomoniasis, mycoplasma, chlamydiasis, bacterial vaginosis, diseases caused by Gardnerella vaginalis and mixed vulvovaginal infections, wherein clindamycin or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts are in a total dose of 300 to 2400 mg, and wherein the treatment is a one-day treatment.
A steering lock device comprising: a housing including an opening; and a mounting base coupled to the housing, the mounting base including an inner portion accommodated in the housing and a connector outwardly extending through the opening and exposed on the outside of the housing, the steering lock device being characterized by a protector fixedly coupled to the mounting base and arranged inside the housing at a position corresponding to the opening to interfere with tampering to the mounting base from outside the housing, wherein the protector and the mounting base are assembled together to form a single assembly, wherein the protector is fixedly coupled to the mounting base in a state in which the protector is not in contact with the housing and spaced from the housing with a gap therebetween, wherein the protector includes a bent portion configured to, in an assembled state of the protector and the housing, come in direct contact with an inner surface of the housing immediately after the beginning of a deformation and/or displacement of the protector to thereby retain the protector in the housing in the assembled state regardless of deformation and/or displacement of the protector caused by a tampering impact applied to the mounting base from outside the housing, and wherein the protector is arranged, on an upper surface of the inner portion of the mounting base, between the connector and a locking mechanism. a housing including an opening; and a mounting base coupled to the housing, the mounting base including an inner portion accommodated in the housing and a connector outwardly extending through the opening and exposed on the outside of the housing, the steering lock device being characterized by a protector fixedly coupled to the mounting base and arranged inside the housing at a position corresponding to the opening to interfere with tampering to the mounting base from outside the housing, wherein the protector and the mounting base are assembled together to form a single assembly, wherein the protector is fixedly coupled to the mounting base in a state in which the protector is not in contact with the housing and spaced from the housing with a gap therebetween, wherein the protector includes a bent portion configured to, in an assembled state of the protector and the housing, come in direct contact with an inner surface of the housing immediately after the beginning of a deformation and/or displacement of the protector to thereby retain the protector in the housing in the assembled state regardless of deformation and/or displacement of the protector caused by a tampering impact applied to the mounting base from outside the housing, and wherein the protector is arranged, on an upper surface of the inner portion of the mounting base, between the connector and a locking mechanism.
An extrusion device comprising at least one extruder (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) having a screw cylinder (3.1, 3.2, 3.3), a screw shaft (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) rotatably supported in the screw cylinder (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) and an extruder outlet (5.1, 5.2, 5.3), an injection mould having an outlet nozzle determining the cross-sectional contour of the extrudate, and an extrusion head arranged between the extruder outlet (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) of the at least one extruder (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) and the outlet nozzle of the injection mould, with at least one perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) arranged in the extrusion head, which has passage openings, wherein the passage openings are designed to dam up an extrusion material conveyed from the at least one extruder (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) through the passage openings of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) differently in at least one first region of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) and at least one second region of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) in such a way that the extrusion material is partly diverted from its preferential direction within a central section of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) specifically increasingly into at least one edge section of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3), characterized in that the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) has a substantially rectangular basic shape, wherein an upper edge co-determining the height of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) is configured to be straight, a lower edge co-determining the height of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) is configured to be straight, and the two lateral edges (K3, K4), which determine the width of the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) are configured respectively to be semi-circular, wherein the cross-sectional contour of the extrudate has a maximum width which is greater than the maximum height of the cross-sectional contour of the extrudate, and the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) in a central section of the width has the first region, which has the several first passage openings (18.1), and the perforated plate (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) in the two opposite edge sections of the width, which border the central section, has respectively a second region, which have the several second passage openings (18.2).
An apparatus for dissipating energy into the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a housing for confining a flow path for exhaust gas from said internal combustion engine, the housing having an inlet and an outlet, such that the exhaust gas flows from the inlet to the outlet; a cartridge housing formed by two annular end plates, a perforated cylindrical outer wall and perforated cylindrical inner wall; a porous, electrically conductive mesh placed in said cartridge housing, such that the exhaust gas flows in through the perforations in the cylindrical outer wall, through the conductive mesh and out through the perforations in the cylindrical inner wall, said conductive mesh trapping the particulate matter carried by the exhaust gas; at least two electrical terminals that are in electrical contact with the conductive mesh; and an electrical power supply for completing one or more electrical circuits through the conductive mesh, the power supply having two or more electrical outputs electrically connected to an equal number of electrical terminals on the conductive mesh, whereby a plurality of cartridge housings are arranged inside the housing, each of the cartridges containing a section of electrically conductive mesh; means for electrically insulating each section of conductive mesh from the cartridge housing surrounding that section; two conductive tabs attached to each cartridge housing, each tab making electrical contact with one electrical terminal on the conductive mesh; and means for electrically insulating each conductive tab from its respective cartridge housing. a housing for confining a flow path for exhaust gas from said internal combustion engine, the housing having an inlet and an outlet, such that the exhaust gas flows from the inlet to the outlet; a cartridge housing formed by two annular end plates, a perforated cylindrical outer wall and perforated cylindrical inner wall; a porous, electrically conductive mesh placed in said cartridge housing, such that the exhaust gas flows in through the perforations in the cylindrical outer wall, through the conductive mesh and out through the perforations in the cylindrical inner wall, said conductive mesh trapping the particulate matter carried by the exhaust gas; at least two electrical terminals that are in electrical contact with the conductive mesh; and an electrical power supply for completing one or more electrical circuits through the conductive mesh, the power supply having two or more electrical outputs electrically connected to an equal number of electrical terminals on the conductive mesh, whereby a plurality of cartridge housings are arranged inside the housing, each of the cartridges containing a section of electrically conductive mesh; means for electrically insulating each section of conductive mesh from the cartridge housing surrounding that section; two conductive tabs attached to each cartridge housing, each tab making electrical contact with one electrical terminal on the conductive mesh; and means for electrically insulating each conductive tab from its respective cartridge housing.
Control device for controlling carriers (40 to 49) in a machine, comprising determining unit for determining the velocity of a carrier (40 to 49) in a first conveying device in which carriers (40 to 49) are conveyed with magnetic force and with variable velocity for each carrier (40 to 49) from a first position to a second position different from the first position, and evaluating unit for evaluating the velocity of carriers (40 to 49) in a second conveying device in which carriers (40 to 49) are conveyed from a second position to a third position different from the second position, wherein the determining unit is arranged to determine the velocity of each carrier (40 to 49) in the first conveying device on the basis of the evaluation result of the evaluating unit so that the carriers (40 to 49) move continuously between the first and second conveying devices (10, 20).
A drill bit for forming a hole in a jawbone to receive a dental implant comprising: an apical end, a coronal end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the apical end end; and the coronal with a drill bit core ewe circumferentially surrounding the longitudinal axis and having at least a portion with a non-round or non-circular profile when viewed in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; the drill bit core ewe further comprises a cutting flute and an apical tip; wherein the apical tip has a round shape at least on a portion of the length of the drill core. an apical end, a coronal end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the apical end end; and the coronal with a drill bit core ewe circumferentially surrounding the longitudinal axis and having at least a portion with a non-round or non-circular profile when viewed in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; the drill bit core ewe further comprises a cutting flute and an apical tip;
Method for controlling a direct injection system of common-rail type of an internal combustion engine; the direct injection system comprises: a fuel tank, a low pressure pump drawing the fuel from the tank and a high pressure pump receiving the fuel from the low pressure pump and feeding the pressurized fuel into a common rail connected to a number of injectors; the control method comprises the steps of: determining a desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail; and regulating the delivery of the high pressure pump towards the common rail to pursue the desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail; determining a desired delivery (Q ref) of the high pressure pump towards the common rail according to the desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail; and regulating the delivery of the low pressure pump towards the high pressure pump by controlling the low pressure pump according to the desired delivery (Q ref) of the high pressure pump towards the common rail to pursue the desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail, so that a corresponding regulation of the delivery of the high pressure pump towards the common rail can be obtained; the control method is characterized in that it comprises the further steps of: determining a desired pressure (P fuelLPref) of the fuel upstream of the high pressure pump according to the desired delivery (Q ref) of the high pressure pump towards the common rail; and controlling the low pressure pump according to the desired pressure (P fuelLPref) of the fuel upstream of the high pressure pump. determining a desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail; and regulating the delivery of the high pressure pump towards the common rail to pursue the desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail; determining a desired delivery (Q ref) of the high pressure pump towards the common rail according to the desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail; and regulating the delivery of the low pressure pump towards the high pressure pump by controlling the low pressure pump according to the desired delivery (Q ref) of the high pressure pump towards the common rail to pursue the desired pressure (P railref) of the fuel inside the common rail, so that a corresponding regulation of the delivery of the high pressure pump towards the common rail can be obtained; the control method is characterized in that it comprises the further steps of: determining a desired pressure (P fuelLPref) of the fuel upstream of the high pressure pump according to the desired delivery (Q ref) of the high pressure pump towards the common rail; and controlling the low pressure pump according to the desired pressure (P fuelLPref) of the fuel upstream of the high pressure pump. determining a desired pressure (P fuelLPref) of the fuel upstream of the high pressure pump according to the desired delivery (Q ref) of the high pressure pump towards the common rail; and controlling the low pressure pump according to the desired pressure (P fuelLPref) of the fuel upstream of the high pressure pump.
Folding station for forming flat workpieces, comprising at least one group of k guide elements which along a layout line are attached having a variable mutual spacing w, characterized in that the guide elements are operatively connected to a common and proportionally acting adjustment installation which during operation uniformly varies the spacing w between each two mutually adjacent guide elements of the group of guide elements along the layout line.