mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A parboiled rice manufacturing apparatus for processing a raw material inside a drum through pressurized steam-boiling treatment and drying the processed raw material inside the drum, comprising: a drum which has a raw material hatch provided at a peripheral surface and is disposed to be rotatable about a horizontal axis; a motor which rotationally drives the drum about the horizontal axis; a heating pipe disposed inside the drum for heating an interior of the drum without supplying steam to the raw material inside the drum; agitation means (54, 55) disposed inside the drum for agitating a raw material charged through the raw material hatch into the drum, wherein the agitation means (54, 55) comprise first and second blade members having different diameters which form forward and reverse helixes, wherein the first agitator blade is fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the drum while the second agitator blade is fixed to the heating pipe; steam supply means for supplying steam to the raw material inside the drum; pressure adjustment means having a valve which allows communication of the interior of the drum with outside air for allowing increase of pressure inside the drum with steam supplied from the steam supply means by closing the valve at the time of processing of the raw material through the pressurized steam-boiling treatment; water addition means disposed inside the drum for adding water to the raw material inside the drum; and drying means for drying the raw material by reducing the pressure inside the drum. a drum which has a raw material hatch provided at a peripheral surface and is disposed to be rotatable about a horizontal axis; a motor which rotationally drives the drum about the horizontal axis; a heating pipe disposed inside the drum for heating an interior of the drum without supplying steam to the raw material inside the drum; agitation means (54, 55) disposed inside the drum for agitating a raw material charged through the raw material hatch into the drum, wherein the agitation means (54, 55) comprise first and second blade members having different diameters which form forward and reverse helixes, wherein the first agitator blade is fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the drum while the second agitator blade is fixed to the heating pipe; steam supply means for supplying steam to the raw material inside the drum; pressure adjustment means having a valve which allows communication of the interior of the drum with outside air for allowing increase of pressure inside the drum with steam supplied from the steam supply means by closing the valve at the time of processing of the raw material through the pressurized steam-boiling treatment; water addition means disposed inside the drum for adding water to the raw material inside the drum; and drying means for drying the raw material by reducing the pressure inside the drum.
A wind turbine blade with a lightning protection system (1, 51, 101, 201), wherein the blade (1, 51, 101, 201) comprises a shell body made of a composite material and comprises a longitudinal direction with a root end and a tip end, the blade further comprising a profiled contour including a pressure side and a suction side, as well as a leading edge and a trailing edge with a chord having a chord length extending there between, the profiled contour, when being impacted by an incident airflow, generating a lift, and wherein the lightning protection system comprises: - at least one lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203) arranged freely accessible in or on a surface of the shell body surface, and - a lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) made of or comprising an electrically conductive material and extending within the shell body from the lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203) to the root end of the blade (1, 51, 101, 201), and wherein - the lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203) and the lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) are electrically connected, characterized in that - the shell body comprises at least a first conductive layer (60, 62) extending along at least a longitudinal part of the lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) in a transverse distance therefrom, wherein the first conductive layer (60, 62) is electrically isolated from the lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) and from the lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203), and wherein the first conductive layer (60, 62) has a sheet resistance in the range of 1 to 5 Mega Ohm per square. - at least one lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203) arranged freely accessible in or on a surface of the shell body surface, and - a lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) made of or comprising an electrically conductive material and extending within the shell body from the lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203) to the root end of the blade (1, 51, 101, 201), and wherein - the lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203) and the lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) are electrically connected, characterized in that - the shell body comprises at least a first conductive layer (60, 62) extending along at least a longitudinal part of the lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) in a transverse distance therefrom, wherein the first conductive layer (60, 62) is electrically isolated from the lightning down conductor (2, 52, 102, 202) and from the lightning receptor (3, 53, 103, 203), and wherein the first conductive layer (60, 62) has a sheet resistance in the range of 1 to 5 Mega Ohm per square.
A gas powered gun for discharge of projectiles, comprising: a valve arranged to exhaust compressed gas from a pressure chamber to thereby discharge a projectile inside a barrel; a hammer arranged to cooperate with said valve to open said valve; a movable spring abutment; a spring arranged between said hammer and said spring abutment and arranged to spring load said hammer in a spring loading direction towards said valve; an adjustment mechanism including a rotatable cam member, being rotatably arranged with a rotational axis substantially parallel to said spring loading direction, the rotatable cam member comprising a cam surface facing essentially in said spring loading direction and being configured to cooperate with the spring abutment which is pressed by said spring in said spring loading direction to rest against said cam surface, so that, when said rotatable cam member is turned around said rotational axis, said spring abutment will slide against said cam surface and move said spring abutment in said spring loading direction, to thereby adjust a pretension of said spring. a valve arranged to exhaust compressed gas from a pressure chamber to thereby discharge a projectile inside a barrel; a hammer arranged to cooperate with said valve to open said valve; a movable spring abutment; a spring arranged between said hammer and said spring abutment and arranged to spring load said hammer in a spring loading direction towards said valve; an adjustment mechanism including a rotatable cam member, being rotatably arranged with a rotational axis substantially parallel to said spring loading direction, the rotatable cam member comprising a cam surface facing essentially in said spring loading direction and being configured to cooperate with the spring abutment which is pressed by said spring in said spring loading direction to rest against said cam surface, so that, when said rotatable cam member is turned around said rotational axis, said spring abutment will slide against said cam surface and move said spring abutment in said spring loading direction, to thereby adjust a pretension of said spring.
An aft cascade ring for a thrust reverser system of an aircraft propulsion system, the ring comprising: a first ring portion having a first arc shape and defining a first portion first lug; and a second ring portion having a second arc shape and defining a second portion first lug, the second ring portion being coupled to the first ring portion such that the first portion first lug and the second portion first lug are aligned; characterized by the aft cascade ring further comprising a first actuator pathway ring defining a first opening and configured to be coupled to the first ring portion such that the first opening is aligned with the first portion first lug and the second portion first lug. a first ring portion having a first arc shape and defining a first portion first lug; and a second ring portion having a second arc shape and defining a second portion first lug, the second ring portion being coupled to the first ring portion such that the first portion first lug and the second portion first lug are aligned; characterized by the aft cascade ring further comprising a first actuator pathway ring defining a first opening and configured to be coupled to the first ring portion such that the first opening is aligned with the first portion first lug and the second portion first lug.
A bispecific binding agent comprised of two fusion proteins, wherein each of the fusion proteins comprise from N to C direction: (i) a first scFv that binds a tumor antigen; (ii) a second scFv that binds CD3; and, (iii) a dimerization component comprising a human hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha (HNF-1α) element, wherein the HNF-1α element comprises a sequence that is at least 90% identical to residues 1-32 of SEQ ID NO:1 and capable of homodimerization. (i) a first scFv that binds a tumor antigen; (ii) a second scFv that binds CD3; and, (iii) a dimerization component comprising a human hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha (HNF-1α) element, wherein the HNF-1α element comprises a sequence that is at least 90% identical to residues 1-32 of SEQ ID NO:1 and capable of homodimerization.
Process for producing (cyclo)aliphatic polycarbonate polyols comprising the steps of a) reaction of at least one (cyclo)aliphatic polyol and at least one alkyl carbonate in the presence of at least one basic catalyst and b) neutralization by addition of at least one organic sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 250 to 1000 g/mol and at least one branched or unbranched alkyl substitution having at least four carbon atoms, wherein step b) is performed after step a). a) reaction of at least one (cyclo)aliphatic polyol and at least one alkyl carbonate in the presence of at least one basic catalyst and b) neutralization by addition of at least one organic sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 250 to 1000 g/mol and at least one branched or unbranched alkyl substitution having at least four carbon atoms,
A two-part fastener, comprising: a generally-cylindrical insert made of a first material and having a barrel with knurls on an outer surface thereof; a flange on said insert at a bottom end thereof; and, a generally-cylindrical, deformable sleeve made of a second material softer than said first material, having: a bottom end abutting the top of said flange; a bottom portion rigidly affixed around a lower portion of said barrel by friction fit; and, a top portion with an enlarged internal diameter radially spaced away from an upper portion of said barrel, wherein the two-part fastener is adapted to be preassembled prior to placement into a panel hole. a generally-cylindrical insert made of a first material and having a barrel with knurls on an outer surface thereof; a flange on said insert at a bottom end thereof; and, a generally-cylindrical, deformable sleeve made of a second material softer than said first material, having: a bottom end abutting the top of said flange; a bottom portion rigidly affixed around a lower portion of said barrel by friction fit; and, a top portion with an enlarged internal diameter radially spaced away from an upper portion of said barrel, a bottom end abutting the top of said flange; a bottom portion rigidly affixed around a lower portion of said barrel by friction fit; and, a top portion with an enlarged internal diameter radially spaced away from an upper portion of said barrel, wherein the two-part fastener is adapted to be preassembled prior to placement into a panel hole.
A method for detecting live cells of a microorganism in a test sample by distinguishing the live cells from dead cells or injured cells, which comprises the steps of: a) adding an agent which is selected from ethidium monoazide, ethidium diazide, propidium monoazide, psoralen, 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen and 8-methoxypsoralen; b) irradiating the test sample to which the agent is added with light having a wavelength of 350 nm to 700 nm; c) amplifying a target region of DNA or RNA of the microorganism contained in the test sample by a nucleic acid amplification method in the presence of an agent which is one or more kinds selected from albumin, dextran, T4 gene 32 protein, acetamide, betaine, dimethyl sulfoxide, formamide, glycerol, polyethylene glycol, soybean trypsin inhibitor, α2-macroglobulin, tetramethylammonium chloride, lysozyme, phosphorylase and lactate dehydrogenase, without extracting nucleic acids from the cells; and d) analyzing the amplified product. a) adding an agent which is selected from ethidium monoazide, ethidium diazide, propidium monoazide, psoralen, 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen and 8-methoxypsoralen; b) irradiating the test sample to which the agent is added with light having a wavelength of 350 nm to 700 nm; c) amplifying a target region of DNA or RNA of the microorganism contained in the test sample by a nucleic acid amplification method in the presence of an agent which is one or more kinds selected from albumin, dextran, T4 gene 32 protein, acetamide, betaine, dimethyl sulfoxide, formamide, glycerol, polyethylene glycol, soybean trypsin inhibitor, α2-macroglobulin, tetramethylammonium chloride, lysozyme, phosphorylase and lactate dehydrogenase, without extracting nucleic acids from the cells; and d) analyzing the amplified product.
A personal care bottle comprising: a distal end portion and a proximal end with a shoulder; a collapsible bag positioned within the personal care bottle, the collapsible bag configured to contain a liquid; a cap defining an opening having a frangible seal, the cap mounted to the proximal end, wherein the personal care bottle has an outer surface defining a groove extending from the shoulder toward the distal end portion. a distal end portion and a proximal end with a shoulder; a collapsible bag positioned within the personal care bottle, the collapsible bag configured to contain a liquid; a cap defining an opening having a frangible seal, the cap mounted to the proximal end, wherein the personal care bottle has an outer surface defining a groove extending from the shoulder toward the distal end portion.
Bucket, comprising two head walls, one or more rigid lateral and bottom strips (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5) and two or more folding lateral and bottom bellows strips (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6), wherein said rigid lateral and bottom strips (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5) are positioned and welded alternately to said folding bellows strips (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6), and wherein said folding bellows strips (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) can be expanded or retracted and are suited to make a bucket that can change its configuration from retracted to expanded, wherein the retracted configuration is adopted by compressing the folding bellows strips (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) towards the rigid lateral strips (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5), so that each folding bellows strip (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6), joined to two rigid lateral strips (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5), folds up in whole or in part resting on the rigid lateral strips (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5) constituting in this way a continuous reduced surface of the new bucket, characterized in that in the retracted configuration the upper edges of each rigid strip (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5) are close and coplanar to the adjacent rigid strip (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5).
A device for the repeated production of explosions, comprising an explosion space, a feed conduit for feeding a flowable, explosive material, a discharge opening for the directed discharge of a gas pressure produced by the ignition of the explosive material in the explosion space, and a movable closure element (21, 31) for the partial or complete closure of the discharge opening, characterised in that the device comprises an exit nozzle with a nozzle entry area and a nozzle exit area, as well as an actuation device which is designed, after an opening of the discharge opening and an outflow of explosion gases through the exit nozzle, to adjust an area ratio between the nozzle entry area and the nozzle exit area, said area ratio at least approximately following an ideal area ratio for the production of a maximal exit speed of the explosion gases, in dependence on the pressure in the explosion space characterised in that a control valve is arranged for the variation of the nozzle entry area, and the actuation device is a control valve drive which controls a movement of the control valve for adjusting the nozzle entry area in accordance with the mentioned ideal area ratio, wherein the control valve comprises a control valve needle, and the nozzle entry area is determined by the position of the control valve needle with respect to the discharge opening. characterised in that the device comprises an exit nozzle with a nozzle entry area and a nozzle exit area, as well as an actuation device which is designed, after an opening of the discharge opening and an outflow of explosion gases through the exit nozzle, to adjust an area ratio between the nozzle entry area and the nozzle exit area, said area ratio at least approximately following an ideal area ratio for the production of a maximal exit speed of the explosion gases, in dependence on the pressure in the explosion space characterised in that a control valve is arranged for the variation of the nozzle entry area, and the actuation device is a control valve drive which controls a movement of the control valve for adjusting the nozzle entry area in accordance with the mentioned ideal area ratio, wherein the control valve comprises a control valve needle, and the nozzle entry area is determined by the position of the control valve needle with respect to the discharge opening.
Combustor for a gas turbine with a mixing housing and an outer casing which encloses the mixing housing, wherein the mixing housing is adjustable in relation to the outer casing, and with an adjusting device for adjusting the mixing housing in relation to the outer casing characterized in that the adjusting device for adjusting the mixing housing comprises a bolt, a pressure plate and a tapered washer.
A method of cropping an image containing an image of a human face comprising: detecting a region occupied by the image of the human face within the image; evaluating a plurality of candidate cropped images of the image by: calculating for each candidate cropped image a basic score by use of three metrics: luminance, sharpness and entropy; and multiplying, for each candidate cropped image, the basic score by a corresponding value of a penalty function to generate a final score value; wherein the penalty function imposes a penalty to a candidate cropped image in which the detected region occupied by the image of the human face is excluded or only partially included; and selecting a cropped image from the plurality of candidate cropped images based on the corresponding final score values. detecting a region occupied by the image of the human face within the image; evaluating a plurality of candidate cropped images of the image by: calculating for each candidate cropped image a basic score by use of three metrics: luminance, sharpness and entropy; and multiplying, for each candidate cropped image, the basic score by a corresponding value of a penalty function to generate a final score value; calculating for each candidate cropped image a basic score by use of three metrics: luminance, sharpness and entropy; and multiplying, for each candidate cropped image, the basic score by a corresponding value of a penalty function to generate a final score value; wherein the penalty function imposes a penalty to a candidate cropped image in which the detected region occupied by the image of the human face is excluded or only partially included; and selecting a cropped image from the plurality of candidate cropped images based on the corresponding final score values.
A method for determining the skin sensitizing potency of an agent comprising or consisting of the steps of: (a) providing a population of dendritic cells or a population of dendritic-like cells; (b)exposing the cells provided in step (a) to a test agent; and (c) measuring in the cells of step (b) the expression of two or more biomarkers selected from the group defined in Table A; wherein step (c) comprises measuring the expression of HIST1H2BM; and wherein the expression of the two or more biomarkers measured in step (c) is indicative of the skin sensitizing potency of the test agent of step (b). (a) providing a population of dendritic cells or a population of dendritic-like cells; (b)exposing the cells provided in step (a) to a test agent; and (c) measuring in the cells of step (b) the expression of two or more biomarkers selected from the group defined in Table A; wherein step (c) comprises measuring the expression of HIST1H2BM; and wherein the expression of the two or more biomarkers measured in step (c) is indicative of the skin sensitizing potency of the test agent of step (b).
Apparatus comprising: means for duplicating base station computation of an identifier value for a user equipment; and means for searching for one or more control channel transmissions incorporating an identifier value matching the identifier value, wherein the means for duplicating base station computation of an identifier value for the user equipment comprises means for computing an identifier value based on the same one or more input parameter values and one or more mathematical functions used at the base station to compute an identifier value for the user equipment, wherein computation of an identifier value is at least partly based on a security key value derived at least partly from a secret key shared between the base station and the user equipment, and wherein the means for searching for one or more control channel transmissions incorporating an identifier value matching the identifier value comprises means for searching for one or more control channel transmissions to be correctly decoded using the computed identifier value. means for duplicating base station computation of an identifier value for a user equipment; and means for searching for one or more control channel transmissions incorporating an identifier value matching the identifier value, wherein the means for duplicating base station computation of an identifier value for the user equipment comprises means for computing an identifier value based on the same one or more input parameter values and one or more mathematical functions used at the base station to compute an identifier value for the user equipment, wherein computation of an identifier value is at least partly based on a security key value derived at least partly from a secret key shared between the base station and the user equipment, and wherein the means for searching for one or more control channel transmissions incorporating an identifier value matching the identifier value comprises means for searching for one or more control channel transmissions to be correctly decoded using the computed identifier value.