mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A row unit (18, 118) for a seeding machine operable to plant seeds into soil, the row unit (18, 118) comprising: a frame (30, 130) supporting a furrow opener for opening a furrow in the soil, a gauge wheel for rolling atop the soil, a seed meter for dispensing seeds into the furrow, and a furrow closer for closing the furrow; a downforce adjustment mechanism operable to push the row unit frame (30, 130) toward the soil to engage the furrow opener, the gauge wheel, and the furrow closer with the soil; a first ground view sensor positioned directly over the furrow and operable to sense the furrow and generate depth signals corresponding to actual sensed depth of the furrow; and a controller configured to receive the depth signals and output a control signal to the downforce adjustment mechanism, wherein the controller is programmed to adjust the downforce adjustment mechanism to adjust a downforce on the frame (30, 130) based on the depth signals such that downforce is increased in response to the depth signal indicating a depth less than a set point depth, and downforce is decreased in response to the depth signal indicating a depth greater than the set point depth; characterised by further comprising at least one additional ground view sensor (148B, 148C) positioned ahead of the furrow and operable to provide respective output signals related to depth of the furrow. a frame (30, 130) supporting a furrow opener for opening a furrow in the soil, a gauge wheel for rolling atop the soil, a seed meter for dispensing seeds into the furrow, and a furrow closer for closing the furrow; a downforce adjustment mechanism operable to push the row unit frame (30, 130) toward the soil to engage the furrow opener, the gauge wheel, and the furrow closer with the soil; a first ground view sensor positioned directly over the furrow and operable to sense the furrow and generate depth signals corresponding to actual sensed depth of the furrow; and a controller configured to receive the depth signals and output a control signal to the downforce adjustment mechanism, wherein the controller is programmed to adjust the downforce adjustment mechanism to adjust a downforce on the frame (30, 130) based on the depth signals such that downforce is increased in response to the depth signal indicating a depth less than a set point depth, and downforce is decreased in response to the depth signal indicating a depth greater than the set point depth; characterised by further comprising at least one additional ground view sensor (148B, 148C) positioned ahead of the furrow and operable to provide respective output signals related to depth of the furrow.
A variant polypeptide comprising substitution G142S at a position corresponding to position 142 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the variant polypeptide has beta-glucosidase activity and at least 80% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 and wherein the variant polypeptide is less sensitive to glucose inhibition than the parent polypeptide shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.
A surface contact self-sealing integrated tableware and dining mat comprising a rubberlike planar portion having a raised perimeter delimiting at least one concavity above an upper surface and a suffuse undersurface disposed for sealable contact with an underlying surface upon which said mat is disposed, said sealable contact preventative of lateral displacement of the planar portion across the underlying surface, wherein said sealable contact creates a partial vacuum when attempts to separate the undersurface from the underlying surface are made except at an outer edge of the planar portion, whereby removal of the planar portion from the underlying surface is effective only by peeling the undersurface from the underlying surface starting first at the outer edge.
A method for predicting remaining life of a hose having a metal wire layer and an inner tube rubber layer disposed on an inner peripheral side of the metal wire layer, the method comprising: a testing step of performing a hose bending test on a hose subject to prediction for remaining life; and a predicting step of predicting remaining life of the hose subject to prediction based on comparison between a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test on the hose subject to prediction and a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test beforehand on a hose of the same diameter and internal structure as the hose subject to prediction, and which is in a use limit state, wherein during the hose bending test, while an external force is exerted on a predetermined hose portion of a hose subject to testing to cause bending deformation in the hose portion, either a value of the external force required to displace the hose portion in a direction of the external force by a predetermined displacement amount, or a value of a displacement amount in a direction of the external force of the hose portion of when the external force of a predetermined magnitude is exerted on the hose portion is measured, and the measured value is obtained as the test result, wherein the inner tube rubber layer is gradually hardened by thermal aging via use of the hose as the total usage time increases, and wherein the remaining life refers to the remaining use time until the hose reaches the use limit state. a testing step of performing a hose bending test on a hose subject to prediction for remaining life; and a predicting step of predicting remaining life of the hose subject to prediction based on comparison between a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test on the hose subject to prediction and a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test beforehand on a hose of the same diameter and internal structure as the hose subject to prediction, and which is in a use limit state, wherein during the hose bending test, while an external force is exerted on a predetermined hose portion of a hose subject to testing to cause bending deformation in the hose portion, either a value of the external force required to displace the hose portion in a direction of the external force by a predetermined displacement amount, or a value of a displacement amount in a direction of the external force of the hose portion of when the external force of a predetermined magnitude is exerted on the hose portion is measured, and the measured value is obtained as the test result, wherein the inner tube rubber layer is gradually hardened by thermal aging via use of the hose as the total usage time increases, and wherein the remaining life refers to the remaining use time until the hose reaches the use limit state.
Switching circuit for the operation of an electric motor in a hand-guided working device, in particular for a direct-current motor, consisting of • a main circuit with the electric motor, a battery pack as the energy source and a mechanical operating switch for starting the electric motor, • and a parallel branch to the battery pack and the operating switch, with a capacitor arranged in the parallel branch, characterised in that • the parallel branch comprises an electronic switch connected in series with the capacitor, • the series circuit with the capacitor and the electronic switch has a first end and a second end, • and the ends (16a, 16b) of the series circuit form the only electrical power connections of the capacitor to the main circuit, by way of which the electric charging and discharging currents of the capacitor flow, • and after the lapse of a time interval following the closing of the operating switch the electronic switch of the series circuit applies to the capacitor a supply voltage from the battery pack, and • the electric motor is brought into operation by a power switch when the charging current (I C) of the capacitor has already fallen. • a main circuit with the electric motor, a battery pack as the energy source and a mechanical operating switch for starting the electric motor, • and a parallel branch to the battery pack and the operating switch, with a capacitor arranged in the parallel branch, • the parallel branch comprises an electronic switch connected in series with the capacitor, • the series circuit with the capacitor and the electronic switch has a first end and a second end, • and the ends (16a, 16b) of the series circuit form the only electrical power connections of the capacitor to the main circuit, by way of which the electric charging and discharging currents of the capacitor flow, • and after the lapse of a time interval following the closing of the operating switch the electronic switch of the series circuit applies to the capacitor a supply voltage from the battery pack, and • the electric motor is brought into operation by a power switch when the charging current (I C) of the capacitor has already fallen.
A porous formed article, comprising: an organic polymeric resin and an inorganic ion-adsorbing material, wherein the organic polymeric resin is a polyether sulfone resin and/or a polysulfone resin and is an organic polymeric resin having a hydroxyl group, and wherein the porous formed article has a relative cumulative X-ray intensity ratio of 1 to 10 determined by plane analysis of a cut cross-section of the formed article using an electron probe microanalyzer, wherein the relative cumulative X-ray intensity ratio is the ratio of a 95 % relative cumulative X-ray intensity to a 5 % relative cumulative X-ray intensity in a concentration distribution of a component element constituting the inorganic ion-adsorbing material. an organic polymeric resin and an inorganic ion-adsorbing material, wherein the organic polymeric resin is a polyether sulfone resin and/or a polysulfone resin and is an organic polymeric resin having a hydroxyl group, and wherein the porous formed article has a relative cumulative X-ray intensity ratio of 1 to 10 determined by plane analysis of a cut cross-section of the formed article using an electron probe microanalyzer, wherein the relative cumulative X-ray intensity ratio is the ratio of a 95 % relative cumulative X-ray intensity to a 5 % relative cumulative X-ray intensity in a concentration distribution of a component element constituting the inorganic ion-adsorbing material.
Method for measuring ocular scattering comprising the steps of: a. sequentially projecting images from an extensive light source onto the retina, subtending different visual angles corresponding to different eccentricities of the retina; where the extensive light source is a ring having inner radius R0 and outer radius R, b. recording the output light in a camera or photodetector by means of a beam splitter and lenses once it has passed through the eye twice; wherein a first diaphragm is conjugated with the pupil plane before the image is projected onto the retina and a second diaphragm is conjugated with the pupil plane before the image is recorded to control the portion of the pupil area through which the output light of the eye is recorded, such that the projection of the light source and the recording are done in different zones of the pupil area; c. calculating the intensity at the center of each recorded image; d. reconstructing the broad-field Point Spread Function PSF for each angle from the previously calculated intensities; e. calculating the average of the value of the PSF between the angles. a. sequentially projecting images from an extensive light source onto the retina, subtending different visual angles corresponding to different eccentricities of the retina; where the extensive light source is a ring having inner radius R0 and outer radius R, b. recording the output light in a camera or photodetector by means of a beam splitter and lenses once it has passed through the eye twice; wherein a first diaphragm is conjugated with the pupil plane before the image is projected onto the retina and a second diaphragm is conjugated with the pupil plane before the image is recorded to control the portion of the pupil area through which the output light of the eye is recorded, such that the projection of the light source and the recording are done in different zones of the pupil area; c. calculating the intensity at the center of each recorded image; d. reconstructing the broad-field Point Spread Function PSF for each angle from the previously calculated intensities; e. calculating the average of the value of the PSF between the angles.
A set of essentially identical panels (1,1'), such as building panels, provided with a mechanical locking system comprising a displaceable tongue, which is arranged in a displacement groove at a first edge of a first panel, and a first tongue groove at a second edge of an adjacent second panel, the displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with the first tongue groove for locking of the first and the second edge in a vertical direction, wherein: at least a part of the displaceable tongue is configured to be pushed into the displacement groove during assembling of the first and the second panel and spring back to a position in which a part of the displaceable tongue cooperate with the first tongue groove for the locking in the vertical direction, characterized in that the displaceable tongue comprises a first and a third surface (81, 83) and the first tongue groove comprises a second and fourth surface (82,84), a first angle between the second surface and a front face of the second panel is greater than a second angle between the fourth surface and the front face, the first surface of the displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with the second surface of the tongue groove under a first load on the mechanical locking system, the third surface of the displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with the fourth surface of the tongue groove under a second load of the mechanical locking system, and wherein the second load is greater than the first load. at least a part of the displaceable tongue is configured to be pushed into the displacement groove during assembling of the first and the second panel and spring back to a position in which a part of the displaceable tongue cooperate with the first tongue groove for the locking in the vertical direction, characterized in that the displaceable tongue comprises a first and a third surface (81, 83) and the first tongue groove comprises a second and fourth surface (82,84), a first angle between the second surface and a front face of the second panel is greater than a second angle between the fourth surface and the front face, the first surface of the displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with the second surface of the tongue groove under a first load on the mechanical locking system, the third surface of the displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with the fourth surface of the tongue groove under a second load of the mechanical locking system, and wherein the second load is greater than the first load.
An aircraft liquid provisioning device for providing a cooled or heated liquid onboard an aircraft, which comprises a reservoir provided with a first as well as a second circulation connection (20, 22), with the first circulation connection being connected with the second circulation connection via a circulation conduit, characterised in that the reservoir receives the liquid to be cooled or to be heated and is thermally coupled with a conduit through which a cooling medium or a heat transfer medium may flow, which extends essentially helically about the reservoir and in that the second circulation connection is disposed in a first region of the reservoir containing liquid which has a lower temperature than liquid in a second region of the reservoir, wherein the first circulation connection is disposed in the second region of the reservoir.
A compound having formula: for use in treating or preventing a disease in a patient caused by the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wherein (a) the disease is associated with the use of antibiotics, or (b) the disease is associated with the use of chemotherapy or (c) the disease is associated with the use of antiviral therapy.
A surgical instrument, comprising: an end effector operable to treat tissue; a shaft extending proximally from the end effector; and a housing assembly extending proximally from the shaft, the housing assembly comprising: a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner; and a motor-assembly compartment comprising a motor assembly interchangeably retained by the motor-assembly compartment in an assembled configuration, wherein the motor-assembly is movable relative to the motor-assembly compartment between the assembled configuration and an unassembled configuration, and wherein the motor assembly comprises: a motor configured to drive the end effector to treat the tissue; and an RFID tag detectable by the RFID scanner in the assembled configuration, wherein the RFID tag stores motor-assembly information. an end effector operable to treat tissue; a shaft extending proximally from the end effector; and a housing assembly extending proximally from the shaft, the housing assembly comprising: a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner; and a motor-assembly compartment comprising a motor assembly interchangeably retained by the motor-assembly compartment in an assembled configuration, wherein the motor-assembly is movable relative to the motor-assembly compartment between the assembled configuration and an unassembled configuration, and wherein the motor assembly comprises: a motor configured to drive the end effector to treat the tissue; and an RFID tag detectable by the RFID scanner in the assembled configuration, wherein the RFID tag stores motor-assembly information. a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner; and a motor-assembly compartment comprising a motor assembly interchangeably retained by the motor-assembly compartment in an assembled configuration, wherein the motor-assembly is movable relative to the motor-assembly compartment between the assembled configuration and an unassembled configuration, and wherein the motor assembly comprises: a motor configured to drive the end effector to treat the tissue; and an RFID tag detectable by the RFID scanner in the assembled configuration, wherein the RFID tag stores motor-assembly information. a motor configured to drive the end effector to treat the tissue; and an RFID tag detectable by the RFID scanner in the assembled configuration, wherein the RFID tag stores motor-assembly information.
Metal cord comprising at least one preformed elementary metal wire, said metal cord having: - an elongation at break, measured on the bare cord, higher than or equal to 3%; - an elongation at break, measured on the rubberized and vulcanized cord, which differs of an amount not higher than or equal to 15% with respect to the elongation at break measured on the bare cord; characterized in that said metal cord has: - a part load elongation, measured on the bare cord, higher than or equal to 0.4%; - a part load elongation, measured on the rubberized and vulcanized cord, which differs of an amount not higher than or equal to 15% with respect to the part load elongation measured on the bare cord, and in that: said elementary metal wire is firstly preformed so that it assumes substantially sinusoidal undulations; secondly, said firstly preformed elementary metal wire is helicoidally preformed, along its longitudinal axis, so that it assumes a helical wave-shaped configuration. - an elongation at break, measured on the bare cord, higher than or equal to 3%; - an elongation at break, measured on the rubberized and vulcanized cord, which differs of an amount not higher than or equal to 15% with respect to the elongation at break measured on the bare cord; - a part load elongation, measured on the bare cord, higher than or equal to 0.4%; - a part load elongation, measured on the rubberized and vulcanized cord, which differs of an amount not higher than or equal to 15% with respect to the part load elongation measured on the bare cord, and in that: said elementary metal wire is firstly preformed so that it assumes substantially sinusoidal undulations; secondly, said firstly preformed elementary metal wire is helicoidally preformed, along its longitudinal axis, so that it assumes a helical wave-shaped configuration. said elementary metal wire is firstly preformed so that it assumes substantially sinusoidal undulations; secondly, said firstly preformed elementary metal wire is helicoidally preformed, along its longitudinal axis, so that it assumes a helical wave-shaped configuration.
Security element for an object of value comprising a substrate, in particular a banknote, a label for product security or an overpack, a structure which can be detected tactilely being embossed into the substrate, the structure which can be detected tactilely consisting of a first embossed structure and a second embossed structure, the second embossed structure being arranged within the first embossed structure, the first embossed structure forming a base for the second embossed structure, on which base the second embossed structure is arranged, an embossed structure resulting overall which consists of a base which is formed by way of the first embossed structure, characterized in that the base surrounds the second embossed structure which is in turn arranged on the base, the second embossed structure being of considerably higher configuration than the first embossed structure, with the result that the tactility of the structure which can be detected tactilely is produced substantially by way of the second embossed structure, and the base having merely the function of preventing possible substrate damage which might be produced by way of the embossing of the second embossed structures.