mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sample collection apparatus, comprising: a filter unit adapted for collecting vaginal secretions containing cervical cells, the filter unit adapted for being removed and put into a cell preserving solution after collection of the vaginal secretions; and an absorption unit adapted to absorb the vaginal secretions having passed through the filter unit, characterised in that the filter unit comprises at least one adsorbent layer formed of a material having a fineness and a compression resilience lower than a curve of the following Equation 1, wherein y and x satisfy Equation 1: y = 5 + 25 1 1 + e − 0.37 x − 21 (where y denotes the fineness (unit: denier) of fibers, and x denotes the compression resilience (unit: %) of the adsorbent layer.), and the material exhibits hydrophobicity when the fineness is less than or equal to 5.1 denier. a filter unit adapted for collecting vaginal secretions containing cervical cells, the filter unit adapted for being removed and put into a cell preserving solution after collection of the vaginal secretions; and an absorption unit adapted to absorb the vaginal secretions having passed through the filter unit, characterised in that the filter unit comprises at least one adsorbent layer formed of a material having a fineness and a compression resilience lower than a curve of the following Equation 1, wherein y and x satisfy Equation 1: y = 5 + 25 1 1 + e − 0.37 x − 21
A method for producing a press-formed product including two ridges, a top plate section located between the two ridges, and two vertical wall sections extending from the top plate section via the ridges, the two ridges each having a concave ridge convexly curved toward an inner side of the corresponding vertical wall section and a convex ridge convexly curved toward an outer side of the corresponding vertical wall section, a linear distance between a center of each of the concave ridges and a center of the corresponding convex ridge being 15 times a spacing between the two ridges or less, the top plate section having a concave area located between the concave ridges and a convex area located between the convex ridges, the vertical wall sections having concave-correspondence vertical wall areas adjacent to the concave ridges and convex-correspondence vertical wall areas adjacent to the convex ridges, the production method comprising: a placement step of placing a blank metal plate in such a way that the blank metal plate extends off opposite sides of a vertex of a first punch; a first pressing step of causing the blank plate to undergo bend forming by using the first punch, a pad, and a first die in such a way that the concave ridges, the concave area, and areas of the concave-correspondence vertical wall areas that are areas adjacent to the concave ridges are formed in the blank plate to produce an intermediate formed product; and a second pressing step of causing the intermediate formed product to undergo draw forming by using a second punch, a second die, and a blank holder in such a way that the convex ridges, the convex area, areas of the convex-correspondence vertical wall areas that are areas adjacent to the convex ridges are formed in the intermediate formed product. a placement step of placing a blank metal plate in such a way that the blank metal plate extends off opposite sides of a vertex of a first punch; a first pressing step of causing the blank plate to undergo bend forming by using the first punch, a pad, and a first die in such a way that the concave ridges, the concave area, and areas of the concave-correspondence vertical wall areas that are areas adjacent to the concave ridges are formed in the blank plate to produce an intermediate formed product; and a second pressing step of causing the intermediate formed product to undergo draw forming by using a second punch, a second die, and a blank holder in such a way that the convex ridges, the convex area, areas of the convex-correspondence vertical wall areas that are areas adjacent to the convex ridges are formed in the intermediate formed product.
A modified pigment comprising a pigment having attached an organic group including at least one salt of a geminal bisphosphonic acid group or partial esters thereof having a corresponding quaternary ammonium counterion having the structure NR' 4 +, wherein R', which can be the same or different, is H, a C1-C6 alkyl group, an aryl group, or form a ring, and wherein the quaternary ammonium counterion has at least 6 total carbons.
Device (24, 24a-d) for treating substrates with a liquid that has a transportation device, by means of which the substrates are transportable in a transportation direction through a container that contains the liquid; and characterized by a weir (30, 40, 52, 58, 64, 70) having an edge (32, 44, 54, 60, 74) that is navigable by the substrates and at least in portions runs obliquely to the transportation direction of the substrates.
Use of nitrogen containing polymers for stabilizing iodine containing compounds, characterized in that the nitrogen containing polymers are polymers obtainable by reaction of aziridines in the presence of water.
Loader for automatic rewinding machines of filler material wire, said loader comprising: - an outer protection frame configured to rest on a reference surface; - a storage unit contained in said outer protection frame and configured to accommodate a plurality of flanged reels configured to be moved to an automatic rewinding machine which is operatively and physically arranged downstream of said loader and which automatically winds a filler material wire about a central drum of each of said flanged reels; - a preloading and withdrawal station physically distinct, separate and independent from said storage unit, configured to receive from said storage unit, in a progressive manner and at successive intervals, said flanged reels divided according to a predefined quantity and to convey them by translation to said automatic rewinding machine, characterized in that said storage unit comprises a rotating carousel consisting of: - at least one main transmission member (16, 17) operatively connected to first drive means configured to rotate said main transmission member (16, 17) along an articulated closed path which defines a concave flex at said preloading and withdrawal station; - a plurality of longitudinal balancing bars coupled to said main transmission member (16, 17) and arranged at least in twos, mutually parallel, distanced, and approached to define, between each pair of said longitudinal bars (18a, 18b), a longitudinal seat configured to accommodate a plurality of said flanged reels to be sent to said preloading and withdrawal station at the same time. - an outer protection frame configured to rest on a reference surface; - a storage unit contained in said outer protection frame and configured to accommodate a plurality of flanged reels configured to be moved to an automatic rewinding machine which is operatively and physically arranged downstream of said loader and which automatically winds a filler material wire about a central drum of each of said flanged reels; - a preloading and withdrawal station physically distinct, separate and independent from said storage unit, configured to receive from said storage unit, in a progressive manner and at successive intervals, said flanged reels divided according to a predefined quantity and to convey them by translation to said automatic rewinding machine, - at least one main transmission member (16, 17) operatively connected to first drive means configured to rotate said main transmission member (16, 17) along an articulated closed path which defines a concave flex at said preloading and withdrawal station; - a plurality of longitudinal balancing bars coupled to said main transmission member (16, 17) and arranged at least in twos, mutually parallel, distanced, and approached to define, between each pair of said longitudinal bars (18a, 18b), a longitudinal seat configured to accommodate a plurality of said flanged reels to be sent to said preloading and withdrawal station at the same time.
A method for operating a first station (402, 406) configured to transmit data, the method comprising: transmitting, by the first station during a paging window, a first frame (410, 420) to page a second station (404, 408), the first frame including an identifier associated with the second station; generating, by the first station, a second frame (414, 424) including first timing information for a first time period (432, 442) to be subscribed by the first station for transmitting data to the second station, the first time period occurring after the paging window; and when a third frame (412, 422) is received after a pre-specified short interval after transmitting the first frame, the third frame acknowledging the first frame, transmitting, by the first station, the second frame including the first timing information after the pre-specified short interval after receiving the third frame, and transmitting, by the first station, the data (430, 440) during the first time period; characterized by computing the first timing information, wherein the first timing information includes: a duration of the first time period and a value in a duration field of the second frame, wherein the value in the duration field is equal to a duration spanning an end (468, 476) of the second frame and an end (482, 486) of the first time period, or wherein the value in the duration field is equal to a duration spanning the end (468, 476) of the second frame and a beginning (480, 484) of the first time period. transmitting, by the first station during a paging window, a first frame (410, 420) to page a second station (404, 408), the first frame including an identifier associated with the second station; generating, by the first station, a second frame (414, 424) including first timing information for a first time period (432, 442) to be subscribed by the first station for transmitting data to the second station, the first time period occurring after the paging window; and when a third frame (412, 422) is received after a pre-specified short interval after transmitting the first frame, the third frame acknowledging the first frame, transmitting, by the first station, the second frame including the first timing information after the pre-specified short interval after receiving the third frame, and transmitting, by the first station, the data (430, 440) during the first time period; transmitting, by the first station, the second frame including the first timing information after the pre-specified short interval after receiving the third frame, and transmitting, by the first station, the data (430, 440) during the first time period; characterized by computing the first timing information, wherein the first timing information includes: a duration of the first time period and a value in a duration field of the second frame, wherein the value in the duration field is equal to a duration spanning an end (468, 476) of the second frame and an end (482, 486) of the first time period, or wherein the value in the duration field is equal to a duration spanning the end (468, 476) of the second frame and a beginning (480, 484) of the first time period.
A method for verifying a duplicate Media Access Control address, performed by a network node, the method comprising: receiving a first MAC address through a MAC address learning mechanism; determining that the first MAC address matches a second MAC address stored in a MAC address table, the second MAC address having been previously learned; attempting to reach both the first MAC address and the second MAC address; and characterized in that responsive to receiving acknowledgement that the first MAC address and the second MAC address are both reachable, re-attempting to reach both the first MAC address and the second MAC address. receiving a first MAC address through a MAC address learning mechanism; determining that the first MAC address matches a second MAC address stored in a MAC address table, the second MAC address having been previously learned; attempting to reach both the first MAC address and the second MAC address; and
A vehicle seat which includes a seat cushion part and a seat back part, the seat cushion part comprising: a cushion frame including a front edge frame and a rear edge frame which are arranged a predetermined interval apart from each other in a front-rear direction and a pair of side frames (103,104) each disposed between opposed longitudinal-direction end portions of the front edge frame and the rear edge frame; a base fabric extending between and looped around the front edge frame and the rear edge frame, and having an upper layer part and a lower layer part which are provided apart from each other in an up-down direction; wire members of metal extending in the front-rear direction respectively on side edge portions of the lower layer part of the base fabric; and spring members (108,109) extending between the front edge frame and front end portions of the wire members and between the rear edge frame and rear end portions of the wire members. a cushion frame including a front edge frame and a rear edge frame which are arranged a predetermined interval apart from each other in a front-rear direction and a pair of side frames (103,104) each disposed between opposed longitudinal-direction end portions of the front edge frame and the rear edge frame; a base fabric extending between and looped around the front edge frame and the rear edge frame, and having an upper layer part and a lower layer part which are provided apart from each other in an up-down direction; wire members of metal extending in the front-rear direction respectively on side edge portions of the lower layer part of the base fabric; and spring members (108,109) extending between the front edge frame and front end portions of the wire members and between the rear edge frame and rear end portions of the wire members.
Decoder for generating a multi-channel output signal based on a base signal derived from an original multi-channel signal having one or more channels, a number of channels of the base signal being smaller than a number of channels of the original multi-channel signal, the base signal having a frame, the frame comprising sampling values (68a - 68g) having a high time resolution, wherein the generating the multi-channel output signal is additionally based on a wave form parameter representation representing a wave form of a low time resolution representation of a selected original channel of the original multi-channel signal, wherein the wave form parameter representation includes a sequence of wave form parameters, the sequence of wave form parameters having a low time resolution lower than the high time resolution of the sampling values (68a - 68g) and higher than a time resolution defined by a frame repetition rate, comprising: an upmixer for generating a plurality of upmixed channels having a time resolution higher than the low time resolution and for deriving a low time resolution representation of the base signal used to generate the upmixed channels; and a shaper for deriving a reference wave form parameter representation of the low time resolution representation of the base signal and for shaping an envelope of a selected upmixed channel using the reference wave form parameter representation and the wave form parameters of the selected original channel corresponding to the selected upmixed channel.
A baseboard system, comprising a baseboard element and a baseboard module arranged for placing the baseboard element against a wall part of a room, the baseboard module comprising a fastening element for fastening the baseboard module to the wall part and a coupling element for coupling to the baseboard element, while after fastening of the baseboard element, the coupling element extends substantially parallel to the wall part and further comprises a circular flange, characterized in that the baseboard module comprises an abutting face which, after placement of the baseboard element applies, together with at least a part of the flange, produces a couple to the baseboard element for pressing the baseboard element against the wall part, wherein the flange, after placement of the baseboard element and for coupling to the baseboard element reaches into a groove provided in the longitudinal direction of the baseboard element, and wherein the abutting face is designed as a collar reaching over an end face of the fastening element, defining an extremity and extending around the fastening element.
A surgical stapling apparatus for stapling tissue, comprising: a cartridge body, comprising: a proximal end; a distal end; a deck comprising a tissue-supporting surface; and a plurality of staple cavities; a plurality of staples removably stored in said staple cavities; a firing member movable between a proximal position toward a distal position to eject said staples from said staple cavities; a layer positioned above said deck, wherein said layer comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein said staples are configured to implant said layer against the tissue when said staples are ejected from said staple cavities; and a layer retainer configured to releasably hold said layer to said deck, wherein said firing member is configured to engage said layer retainer and lift said layer retainer relative to said deck, characterized in that: said proximal portion of said layer is wedged between said firing member and said cartridge body when said firing member is in said proximal position, and wherein said proximal portion of said layer is released when said firing member is moved toward said distal position. a cartridge body, comprising: a proximal end; a distal end; a deck comprising a tissue-supporting surface; and a plurality of staple cavities; a proximal end; a distal end; a deck comprising a tissue-supporting surface; and a plurality of staple cavities; a plurality of staples removably stored in said staple cavities; a firing member movable between a proximal position toward a distal position to eject said staples from said staple cavities; a layer positioned above said deck, wherein said layer comprises a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein said staples are configured to implant said layer against the tissue when said staples are ejected from said staple cavities; and a layer retainer configured to releasably hold said layer to said deck, wherein said firing member is configured to engage said layer retainer and lift said layer retainer relative to said deck, characterized in that: said proximal portion of said layer is wedged between said firing member and said cartridge body when said firing member is in said proximal position, and wherein said proximal portion of said layer is released when said firing member is moved toward said distal position. said proximal portion of said layer is wedged between said firing member and said cartridge body when said firing member is in said proximal position, and wherein said proximal portion of said layer is released when said firing member is moved toward said distal position.
Device having a camera unit, which is used for image acquisition of the outside area of a motor vehicle, and a cover unit and a drive, wherein the cover unit can be moved via the drive from a closed position into an open position and vice versa, said cover unit being implemented with a front plate, which conceals the lens of the camera unit in the closed position of the cover unit and said camera unit being oriented towards a receiving direction, wherein the image acquisition can be performed in the open position of the cover unit, characterized by a mechanism, wherein the drive cooperates with the mechanism in such a way that at the beginning of the opening procedure, the front plate of the cover unit, which is pivotably mounted about a rotational axis, moves lifting and detaching from the camera unit.
Locking device (1; 1a; 1b; 1c), in particular for locking a box provided with a flap, which has a housing (2; 2a; 2b; 2c) with a housing core (5; 5a; 5b; 5c) and at least one locking element (11; 11a; 11b; 11c), which can be moved by an unlocking means (7; 7a; 7c) from a locking position in which the housing core (5; 5a; 5b; 5c) is immovable into an unlocking position in which the housing core (5; 5a; 5b; 5c) is movable relative to the housing (2; 2a; 2b; 2c), with only a linear movement of the unlocking means (7; 7a; 7c) causing an actuation of a release device (23; 26; 26b; 42), characterized in the way that the housing core (5; 5a; 5c) is consisting of several parts, a first housing core part (3; 3a; 3c) being set up to accommodate the unlocking means (7; 7a; 7c), a second housing core part (4; 4a; 46) having a sleeve-like form and enclosing at least partially the first housing core part (3; 3a; 3c).
A free radical generator (40, 50, 70, 80, 90, 110, 120, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250) comprising: a cylindrical discharge electrode assembly (10, 20, 30, 42, 52, 60, 100, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 222) comprising one or more discharge electrode pins (2', 2", 12, 32, 57, 58, 64, 72, 82, 92, 102, 112, 122, 142, 152, 162, 172, 172', 181-186, 202, 232, 242) in an array arranged in a radial pattern and electrically configured to receive one or more voltage pulses, a cylindrical counter electrode (4', 4", 41, 56, 76, 86, 96, 116, 126, 166, 216, 221, 236, 246, 256) positioned radially outward from the one or more discharge electrode pins, and wherein the discharge electrode assembly is surrounded by the counter electrode and is separated therefrom by a discharge gap (22, 46, 54, 124, 214) comprising a flow passage, the generator characterised by comprising two end caps (43,223), configured for maintaining the concentricity of the cylindrical discharge electrode assembly, and configured to electrically isolate the discharge electrode assembly from the counter electrode and to permit the flow of gas through the flow passage. a cylindrical discharge electrode assembly (10, 20, 30, 42, 52, 60, 100, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 222) comprising one or more discharge electrode pins (2', 2", 12, 32, 57, 58, 64, 72, 82, 92, 102, 112, 122, 142, 152, 162, 172, 172', 181-186, 202, 232, 242) in an array arranged in a radial pattern and electrically configured to receive one or more voltage pulses, a cylindrical counter electrode (4', 4", 41, 56, 76, 86, 96, 116, 126, 166, 216, 221, 236, 246, 256) positioned radially outward from the one or more discharge electrode pins, and wherein the discharge electrode assembly is surrounded by the counter electrode and is separated therefrom by a discharge gap (22, 46, 54, 124, 214) comprising a flow passage, the generator characterised by comprising two end caps (43,223), configured for maintaining the concentricity of the cylindrical discharge electrode assembly, and configured to electrically isolate the discharge electrode assembly from the counter electrode and to permit the flow of gas through the flow passage.
A veterinary pour-on formulation for topical, transdermal treatment or prophylaxis of parasiticidal infections, comprising: (a) an effective amount of clorsulon; (b) a macrocyclic lactone selected from ivermectin and eprinomectin; (c) a glycol ether; and (d) a stability enhancer, wherein the stability enhancer is glycerol formal. (a) an effective amount of clorsulon; (b) a macrocyclic lactone selected from ivermectin and eprinomectin; (c) a glycol ether; and (d) a stability enhancer, wherein the stability enhancer is glycerol formal.