mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sunshade assembly, in particular for use in a vehicle roof assembly, comprising: a flexible sunscreen having at least a central part, two opposed inwardly folded longitudinal edges (4") connected to the central part by means of folding lines, a leading edge and a trailing edge, a winding shaft for winding and unwinding the flexible sunscreen at its trailing edge, an operating beam attached to the leading edge, and two opposed longitudinal guides (6,7) for retaining therein and guiding corresponding ones of the inwardly folded longitudinal edges (4") of the flexible sunscreen, which guides are provided with locking members for engaging an outer end of the inwardly folded longitudinal edges for preventing these edges from moving out of the longitudinal guides when the sunscreen is at least partly unwound, wherein the flexible sunscreen is provided with at least two members (18; 23) which are each arranged substantially parallel to a respective longitudinal edge (4") of said sunscreen and which are buckle-stiff in a direction parallel to said longitudinal edge, said buckle-stiff members (18; 23) extending at least partly within and being guided by said longitudinal guides (6, 7) along the whole length from the operating beam to the winding shaft in the fully unwound condition of the sunscreen, characterized in that the buckle-stiff members (18; 23) are strips provided in the central part of the sunscreen. a flexible sunscreen having at least a central part, two opposed inwardly folded longitudinal edges (4") connected to the central part by means of folding lines, a leading edge and a trailing edge, a winding shaft for winding and unwinding the flexible sunscreen at its trailing edge, an operating beam attached to the leading edge, and two opposed longitudinal guides (6,7) for retaining therein and guiding corresponding ones of the inwardly folded longitudinal edges (4") of the flexible sunscreen, which guides are provided with locking members for engaging an outer end of the inwardly folded longitudinal edges for preventing these edges from moving out of the longitudinal guides when the sunscreen is at least partly unwound, wherein the flexible sunscreen is provided with at least two members (18; 23) which are each arranged substantially parallel to a respective longitudinal edge (4") of said sunscreen and which are buckle-stiff in a direction parallel to said longitudinal edge, said buckle-stiff members (18; 23) extending at least partly within and being guided by said longitudinal guides (6, 7) along the whole length from the operating beam to the winding shaft in the fully unwound condition of the sunscreen, characterized in that the buckle-stiff members (18; 23) are strips provided in the central part of the sunscreen.
Poultry-care conveyor belt system, having two poultry-care conveyor belts that are arranged on two levels, where each poultry-care conveyor belt is driven by means of a poultry-care conveyor belt drive, and where the two poultry-care conveyor belt drives are driven by means of a common drive motor and are connected together drive-effectively by connecting means, where each poultry-care conveyor belt drive incorporates a movable transmission element that transmits a drive movement a specific distance, and a drive element that is, on the one hand, driven by the transmission element and to which a rotary movement is imparted and that, on the other hand, is disposed so as to impart a rotary movement to a roller guiding the poultry-care conveyor belt, where whichever transmission element is in use at the time is designed as a shaft and whichever drive element is in use at the time is designed as a bevel-gear unit (9, 14) which incorporates a drive-side connection that is referred to as input for connection to the shaft and an output-side connection that is referred to as output for connection to the roller, and where the two poultry-care conveyor belt drives are connected together drive-effectively by the common drive motor by a connecting shaft referred to as main shaft, characterised in that a bevel-gear unit is designed as a worm-gear unit (9, 14).
System for testing a machine or robot member comprising a plurality of sensors and at least one actuator, said system comprising: - a machine environment generation module, designed to implement, from environment data, a virtual space representative of a real environment of the machine or robot member to be tested; - a machine work simulation module, designed to implement, from machine architecture and machine operation data, a virtual machine representative of a real machine to be tested; - an actuator simulation module, designed to implement, from actuator data, at least one virtual actuator representative of a real actuator of the machine or robot member to be tested; - a current system status determination module, designed to receive the data from a plurality of sensors monitoring the physical data of the machine or robot member and from the virtual space in which the machine or robot member moves around and determine an overall system status from system status data; - a machine or robot member reaction module, designed to identify, in a database of potential actions, at least one machine or robot member reaction corresponding to the status of the system previously determined and generate the corresponding reaction in the virtual space. - a machine environment generation module, designed to implement, from environment data, a virtual space representative of a real environment of the machine or robot member to be tested; - a machine work simulation module, designed to implement, from machine architecture and machine operation data, a virtual machine representative of a real machine to be tested; - an actuator simulation module, designed to implement, from actuator data, at least one virtual actuator representative of a real actuator of the machine or robot member to be tested; - a current system status determination module, designed to receive the data from a plurality of sensors monitoring the physical data of the machine or robot member and from the virtual space in which the machine or robot member moves around and determine an overall system status from system status data; - a machine or robot member reaction module, designed to identify, in a database of potential actions, at least one machine or robot member reaction corresponding to the status of the system previously determined and generate the corresponding reaction in the virtual space.
A method to form a cutting bit displacement for use in a metal casting process, comprising: providing a plurality of ceramic particles selected from the group consisting of, silica, zirconia, olivine, magnesium oxide, silica carbide, and alumina oxide; providing a plurality of resin particles, wherein said resin is selected from the group consisting of a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin, a resol resin, a novalac resin, and a melamine resin; grinding said plurality of ceramic particles until said ceramic particles comprise diameters less than 0.150 mm (150 microns); grinding said plurality of resin particles such that said resin particles comprise diameters less than 0.100 mm (100 microns); forming a powder blend comprising said plurality of ground ceramic particles and said plurality of ground resin particles, the powder blend comprising between about 50 to about 95 weight percent ceramic powder, between about 5 to about 25 weight percent resin, and between about 0 to about 25 weight percent reinforcing fiber selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber and fiber glass; disposing said powder blend into a mold comprising a cavity defining said cutting bit displacement, densifying said blend; curing said resin to form said cutting bit displacement providing a plurality of ceramic particles selected from the group consisting of, silica, zirconia, olivine, magnesium oxide, silica carbide, and alumina oxide; providing a plurality of resin particles, wherein said resin is selected from the group consisting of a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin, a resol resin, a novalac resin, and a melamine resin; grinding said plurality of ceramic particles until said ceramic particles comprise diameters less than 0.150 mm (150 microns); grinding said plurality of resin particles such that said resin particles comprise diameters less than 0.100 mm (100 microns); forming a powder blend comprising said plurality of ground ceramic particles and said plurality of ground resin particles, the powder blend comprising between about 50 to about 95 weight percent ceramic powder, between about 5 to about 25 weight percent resin, and between about 0 to about 25 weight percent reinforcing fiber selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber and fiber glass; disposing said powder blend into a mold comprising a cavity defining said cutting bit displacement, densifying said blend; curing said resin to form said cutting bit displacement
A circuit for detecting an overcurrent condition in a load, the circuit comprising: a current-sense resistor having first and second terminals, the current-sense resistor is configured to be connected in series with the load, the current-sense resistor and the load provided power by a power source; a first biasing circuit; a second biasing circuit; a first diode network having anode and cathode terminals, the anode terminal of the first diode network connected to the first terminal of the current-sense resistor and the cathode terminal of the diode network conductively coupled to the first biasing circuit so as to bias the first diode network in forward-voltage operation; a second diode network having anode and cathode terminals, the anode terminal of the second diode network connected to the second terminal of the current-sense resistor and the cathode terminal of the diode network conductively coupled to the second biasing circuit so as to bias the second diode network in forward-voltage operation, characterised in that the first and second biasing circuits are configured to provide current to the first and second diode networks such that a voltage difference between the cathode terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a first polarity during normal current conditions of the load, and the voltage difference between the cathode terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a second polarity during overcurrent conditions of the load. a current-sense resistor having first and second terminals, the current-sense resistor is configured to be connected in series with the load, the current-sense resistor and the load provided power by a power source; a first biasing circuit; a second biasing circuit; a first diode network having anode and cathode terminals, the anode terminal of the first diode network connected to the first terminal of the current-sense resistor and the cathode terminal of the diode network conductively coupled to the first biasing circuit so as to bias the first diode network in forward-voltage operation; a second diode network having anode and cathode terminals, the anode terminal of the second diode network connected to the second terminal of the current-sense resistor and the cathode terminal of the diode network conductively coupled to the second biasing circuit so as to bias the second diode network in forward-voltage operation, characterised in that the first and second biasing circuits are configured to provide current to the first and second diode networks such that a voltage difference between the cathode terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a first polarity during normal current conditions of the load, and the voltage difference between the cathode terminals of the first and second diode networks is of a second polarity during overcurrent conditions of the load.
A washing machine comprising: a cabinet having an opening and an opening flange formed around the opening; a door provided to open and close the opening; a tub provided in the cabinet; and a pair of locking units provided to correspond to both side surfaces of the door and to selectively restrict an operation of the door when the door is closed, wherein at least one locking unit comprises: a mounting protrusion disposed at the cabinet to be mounted in a concave mounting groove which is provided at the side surface of the door; and a sliding member disposed at the cabinet to be selectively inserted into a concave fixing groove provided at the side surface of the door, and wherein the opening flange comprises a front flange disposed between the pair of locking units at a front side of the opening so that one side of the door is mounted thereon, characterised in that the opening flange comprises: a pair of side flanges formed at side surfaces of the opening to face each other; and a rear flange provided at an opposite side to the front flange and connected with the pair of the side flanges, and the front flange is formed to have a shallower slope than those of the side flanges and the rear flange. a cabinet having an opening and an opening flange formed around the opening; a door provided to open and close the opening; a tub provided in the cabinet; and a pair of locking units provided to correspond to both side surfaces of the door and to selectively restrict an operation of the door when the door is closed, wherein at least one locking unit comprises: a mounting protrusion disposed at the cabinet to be mounted in a concave mounting groove which is provided at the side surface of the door; and a sliding member disposed at the cabinet to be selectively inserted into a concave fixing groove provided at the side surface of the door, and a mounting protrusion disposed at the cabinet to be mounted in a concave mounting groove which is provided at the side surface of the door; and a sliding member disposed at the cabinet to be selectively inserted into a concave fixing groove provided at the side surface of the door, and wherein the opening flange comprises a front flange disposed between the pair of locking units at a front side of the opening so that one side of the door is mounted thereon, characterised in that the opening flange comprises: a pair of side flanges formed at side surfaces of the opening to face each other; and a rear flange provided at an opposite side to the front flange and connected with the pair of the side flanges, and a pair of side flanges formed at side surfaces of the opening to face each other; and a rear flange provided at an opposite side to the front flange and connected with the pair of the side flanges, and the front flange is formed to have a shallower slope than those of the side flanges and the rear flange.
A device for placing in a cardiac valve to assist operation of natural cardiac valve leaflets, the device comprising: a frame for anchoring the device, configured to be placed upstream of the cardiac annulus and shaped to prevent the frame from shifting downstream of the cardiac valve annulus, the frame comprising a D-shaped annulus; and at least one anchor extension attached to the frame at a position corresponding to a location of a commissure of the cardiac valve, the anchor extension configured to extend downstream between the natural leaflets of the cardiac valve at the commissures of the cardiac valve, the anchor extension being long enough to extend, when the device is placed in a heart, to reach downstream of a plane representing a free edge of the natural leaflets, change direction away from a line parallel to a direction of blood flow through the device, and extend back upstream toward a plane corresponding to a plane of the natural annulus, preventing the anchor extensions from shifting back from the downstream side of the annulus to the upstream side of the annulus. a frame for anchoring the device, configured to be placed upstream of the cardiac annulus and shaped to prevent the frame from shifting downstream of the cardiac valve annulus, the frame comprising a D-shaped annulus; and at least one anchor extension attached to the frame at a position corresponding to a location of a commissure of the cardiac valve, the anchor extension configured to extend downstream between the natural leaflets of the cardiac valve at the commissures of the cardiac valve, the anchor extension being long enough to extend, when the device is placed in a heart, to reach downstream of a plane representing a free edge of the natural leaflets, change direction away from a line parallel to a direction of blood flow through the device, and extend back upstream toward a plane corresponding to a plane of the natural annulus, preventing the anchor extensions from shifting back from the downstream side of the annulus to the upstream side of the annulus.
An electrolyte solution used for a lithium secondary battery containing a compound having trivalent and higher valent boron formed by incorporation of a boroxine compound, characterized in that the boroxine compound is represented by (O-CH(CH 3) 2) 3 3 and in that the electrolyte solution further contains LiPF 6, a non-aqueous solvent, and vinylene carbonate.
A container assembly for handling a biological sample, comprising: a first receptacle and a second receptacle, each one configured to receive and contain a fluid; a coupling member, adapted to operably couple said first receptacle and said second receptacle, so as to provide a sealed fluid passage between said first and second receptacle; at least one self-sealing dispensing valve, operably mounted within said fluid passage of said coupling member, adapted to allow bi-directional fluid flow at a predetermined fluid pressure, and at least one barrier member, operably mounted within said fluid passage of said coupling member at an output of said first receptacle, configured to prevent solids of a predetermined size to pass from said first receptacle into said second receptacle, wherein said at least one self-sealing dispensing valve comprises a resilient membrane having at least one substantially central slit adapted to open at a predetermined fluid pressure. a first receptacle and a second receptacle, each one configured to receive and contain a fluid; a coupling member, adapted to operably couple said first receptacle and said second receptacle, so as to provide a sealed fluid passage between said first and second receptacle; at least one self-sealing dispensing valve, operably mounted within said fluid passage of said coupling member, adapted to allow bi-directional fluid flow at a predetermined fluid pressure, and at least one barrier member, operably mounted within said fluid passage of said coupling member at an output of said first receptacle, configured to prevent solids of a predetermined size to pass from said first receptacle into said second receptacle, wherein said at least one self-sealing dispensing valve comprises a resilient membrane having at least one substantially central slit adapted to open at a predetermined fluid pressure.
A method of bending a plastic tube, comprising the steps of: a. advancing the tube to position a desired first bend location of the tube at a bending and cooling station, the bend location of the tube having been previously heated by a tube heating assembly sufficiently for bending; b. moving said tube heating assembly to a next desired bend location of the tube; c. bending and cooling the tube at the first bend location, and heating said next desired bend location with said tube heating assembly sufficiently for bending, such that a time window for said bending and cooling at said first bend location overlaps with a time window for heating at said next bend location; d. advancing the tube to position said next desired bend location of the tube at said bending and cooling station, and rotating the tube if/as necessary for the desired next bend orientation; and e. repeating steps b., c. and d. until all desired bends have been completed; whereby total cycle time for heating, bending and cooling is substantially reduced compared to carrying out heating, bending and cooling sequentially. a. advancing the tube to position a desired first bend location of the tube at a bending and cooling station, the bend location of the tube having been previously heated by a tube heating assembly sufficiently for bending; b. moving said tube heating assembly to a next desired bend location of the tube; c. bending and cooling the tube at the first bend location, and heating said next desired bend location with said tube heating assembly sufficiently for bending, such that a time window for said bending and cooling at said first bend location overlaps with a time window for heating at said next bend location; d. advancing the tube to position said next desired bend location of the tube at said bending and cooling station, and rotating the tube if/as necessary for the desired next bend orientation; and e. repeating steps b., c. and d. until all desired bends have been completed;
A household appliance, in particular a floor processing device, with a device housing, a blower arranged in the device housing, an outlet opening formed in the flow direction behind the blower in the device housing, and a flow channel, which connects the outlet opening with the blower in a stream-guiding manner, wherein soundwaves are generated by the blower, which within the flow channel produce resonances characterized by standing waves, which form between opposing inner walls of the flow channel, characterized in that a sound reducing wall is positioned in the flow channel, the wall plane of which is oriented parallel to a primary flow direction (s) of the air flow guided in the flow channel, wherein the sound reducing wall is positioned in the flow channel in such a way that a maximum for a fast amplitude of a sound particle velocity of the air flow guided in the flow channel lies in the wall plane of the sound reducing wall, and wherein the soundwaves form while interspersing the sound reducing wall between the opposing inner walls of the flow channel.
A method of producing a casting mold, wherein a molding material mixture in a wet state having a water content of not less than 1.0% by mass comprising at least; (a) a refractory aggregate, (b) a binder including a water glass and (c) a carbonate, and optionally a borate is filled and held within a forming mold, which forming mold is preheated to a temperature of 120°C-200°C before the refractory aggregate is filled within the forming mold, so that the molding material mixture is cured, wherein the carbonate and borate, if present, is used in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the water glass, and wherein the refractory aggregate is coated with the binder and carbonate and borate, if present, to form a coating. (a) a refractory aggregate, (b) a binder including a water glass and (c) a carbonate, and optionally a borate is filled and held within a forming mold, which forming mold is preheated to a temperature of 120°C-200°C before the refractory aggregate is filled within the forming mold, so that the molding material mixture is cured, wherein the carbonate and borate, if present, is used in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the water glass, and wherein the refractory aggregate is coated with the binder and carbonate and borate, if present, to form a coating. is filled and held within a forming mold, which forming mold is preheated to a temperature of 120°C-200°C before the refractory aggregate is filled within the forming mold, so that the molding material mixture is cured, wherein the carbonate and borate, if present, is used in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the water glass, and wherein the refractory aggregate is coated with the binder and carbonate and borate, if present, to form a coating.