mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Spindle shaft unit for a device for the rotary closing of containers with a screw closure, having a one-part or multi-part housing component and a spindle shaft arranged so as to be able to rotate and be displaced on the housing component, wherein a bearing unit is arranged between the housing component and the spindle shaft, wherein the bearing unit comprises a sliding bearing which interacts with the spindle shaft as well as a further bearing interacting with the sliding bearing, wherein the spindle shaft is arranged on the sliding bearing such that it can be displaced and is rotationally fixed in relation to the housing component by means of the further bearing, characterised in that the sliding bearing comprises a sliding sleeve, and a ring is fixed to the sliding sleeve with at least one lateral guide for the non-rotatable fixing of the sliding sleeve in relation to the spindle shaft, wherein the lateral guide interacts with a corresponding lateral guide element of the spindle shaft, wherein the ring is formed from two parts (21, 22) surrounding the spindle shaft, which can be secured to one another and form a ring which is closed over the entire circumference. characterised in that the sliding bearing comprises a sliding sleeve, and a ring is fixed to the sliding sleeve with at least one lateral guide for the non-rotatable fixing of the sliding sleeve in relation to the spindle shaft, wherein the lateral guide interacts with a corresponding lateral guide element of the spindle shaft, wherein the ring is formed from two parts (21, 22) surrounding the spindle shaft, which can be secured to one another and form a ring which is closed over the entire circumference.
A control system for an agricultural toolbar drawn across a ground surface by a tractor, comprising: a wheel coupled to the toolbar for engaging the ground surface; an actuator coupled to the toolbar, said actuator being disposed to modify a ground force between said wheel and the ground surface, said ground force being related to an actuator pressure applied to the actuator; a fluid control system, said fluid control system being in fluid communication with said actuator, said fluid control system being operable to bring said actuator pressure to a desired actuator pressure; an electronic control system in electronic communication with said fluid control system, wherein said electronic control system is operable to modify said desired actuator pressure and; a weight transfer sensor in electronic communication with said electronic control system, said weight transfer sensor operable to send a weight transfer signal to said electronic control system, wherein the toolbar has a transport position and a working position, characterised in that a weight of the toolbar is supported by said wheel when in said transport position. a wheel coupled to the toolbar for engaging the ground surface; an actuator coupled to the toolbar, said actuator being disposed to modify a ground force between said wheel and the ground surface, said ground force being related to an actuator pressure applied to the actuator; a fluid control system, said fluid control system being in fluid communication with said actuator, said fluid control system being operable to bring said actuator pressure to a desired actuator pressure; an electronic control system in electronic communication with said fluid control system, wherein said electronic control system is operable to modify said desired actuator pressure and; a weight transfer sensor in electronic communication with said electronic control system, said weight transfer sensor operable to send a weight transfer signal to said electronic control system, wherein the toolbar has a transport position and a working position, characterised in that a weight of the toolbar is supported by said wheel when in said transport position.
An information processing apparatus for generating height information for a received color image, the height information of the received color image being for controlling a three-dimensional fabrication apparatus to fabricate a three-dimensional object, comprising: a color separator to separate the received color image, based on image data of the color image, into a plurality of images with different respective coloration; a display controller to display the plurality of images; a reception unit to receive a setting of height information from a user for each of the plurality of images; and a setting section to merge the height information for each of the plurality of images, to obtain the height information for the color image. a color separator to separate the received color image, based on image data of the color image, into a plurality of images with different respective coloration; a display controller to display the plurality of images; a reception unit to receive a setting of height information from a user for each of the plurality of images; and a setting section to merge the height information for each of the plurality of images, to obtain the height information for the color image.
A refrigerator comprising: a main body having a storage space; a door that is connected to the main body to selectively shield the storage space; a water supply container disposed in the storage space in a state where the door shields the storage space; an ice-maker disposed in a predetermined position of the storage space above the water supply container in a state where the door shields the storage space; a dispenser that is provided to a predetermined position of the door above the water supply container, to receive water or ice; a water supply passage extending from the water supply container to the ice-maker and the dispenser; a pump that is provided on the water supply passage to forcedly direct the water stored in the water supplying container to the ice-maker or the dispenser; and a valve that is provided on a predetermined position of the water supply passage near an outlet side of the pump to selectively supply the water to the ice-maker or the dispenser, wherein the pump is located at a height lower than the water supply container, and the valve is located at a height identical to or higher than the pump, and the pump and the valve are coupled to each other by a mounting member and the mounting member is fixedly mounted in the machine room of the refrigerator. a main body having a storage space; a door that is connected to the main body to selectively shield the storage space; a water supply container disposed in the storage space in a state where the door shields the storage space; an ice-maker disposed in a predetermined position of the storage space above the water supply container in a state where the door shields the storage space; a dispenser that is provided to a predetermined position of the door above the water supply container, to receive water or ice; a water supply passage extending from the water supply container to the ice-maker and the dispenser; a pump that is provided on the water supply passage to forcedly direct the water stored in the water supplying container to the ice-maker or the dispenser; and a valve that is provided on a predetermined position of the water supply passage near an outlet side of the pump to selectively supply the water to the ice-maker or the dispenser, wherein the pump is located at a height lower than the water supply container, and the valve is located at a height identical to or higher than the pump, and the pump and the valve are coupled to each other by a mounting member and the mounting member is fixedly mounted in the machine room of the refrigerator.
A polymeric drug-device unit comprising: (i) a polyurethane block copolymer obtainable by reacting together: (a) a poly(alkylene oxide); (b) a difunctional compound; (c) a difunctional isocyanate; and (d) optionally a block copolymer comprising poly(alkylene oxide) blocks; and (ii) a pharmaceutically active agent, wherein the pharmaceutically active agent is selected from the group consisting of quinagolide, quinagolide metabolite N-desethyl and quinagolide metabolite N,N-didesethyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. (i) a polyurethane block copolymer obtainable by reacting together: (a) a poly(alkylene oxide); (b) a difunctional compound; (c) a difunctional isocyanate; and (d) optionally a block copolymer comprising poly(alkylene oxide) blocks; and (a) a poly(alkylene oxide); (b) a difunctional compound; (c) a difunctional isocyanate; and (d) optionally a block copolymer comprising poly(alkylene oxide) blocks; and (ii) a pharmaceutically active agent, wherein the pharmaceutically active agent is selected from the group consisting of quinagolide, quinagolide metabolite N-desethyl and quinagolide metabolite N,N-didesethyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups, characterized in that (i) prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed together with a polyethersiloxane, preferably by stirring, and then (ii) in a second step, this preliminary mixture is contacted with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, preferably with further stirring, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%, wherein less than 5% by weight, based on the total mass of reactants, of organic solvents are used in the process. (i) prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed together with a polyethersiloxane, preferably by stirring, and then (ii) in a second step, this preliminary mixture is contacted with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, preferably with further stirring,
A computer program product comprising computer-readable program instructions which, when running on or loaded into a file server or computer connected to the server or when being executed by one or more processors or processing units of the file server or the computer, cause the file server to execute a method of expanding storage for a file system managed by the file server, wherein the file server is configured to manage storage based on a plurality of stripesets, each stripeset corresponding to a contiguous storage space including a plurality of chunks, and the file system resides on a virtualized storage region of allocated chunks among the plurality of chunks of the plurality of stripesets, the method comprising: - maintaining a chunk database indicative of the allocated chunks of the file system, the chunk database including a fixed number of entries and each entry being adapted to store information indicative of a starting address and a length of a run of one or more contiguous allocated chunks; - identifying, upon receiving a request to expand the storage for the files system, a last allocated chunk based on the entries of the maintained chunk database; - allocating one or more further chunks being selected from the same stripeset as the identified last allocated chunk and being contiguous with the identified last allocated chunk; and - updating an entry in the chunk database associated with the identified last allocated chunk to reflect the increase in the length of the run of contiguous allocated chunks including the identified last chunk and the one or more further chunks. - maintaining a chunk database indicative of the allocated chunks of the file system, the chunk database including a fixed number of entries and each entry being adapted to store information indicative of a starting address and a length of a run of one or more contiguous allocated chunks; - identifying, upon receiving a request to expand the storage for the files system, a last allocated chunk based on the entries of the maintained chunk database; - allocating one or more further chunks being selected from the same stripeset as the identified last allocated chunk and being contiguous with the identified last allocated chunk; and - updating an entry in the chunk database associated with the identified last allocated chunk to reflect the increase in the length of the run of contiguous allocated chunks including the identified last chunk and the one or more further chunks.
A T7 RNA polymerase mutant having improved thermal stability and/or specific activity in comparison with wild-type T7-like bacteriophage RNA polymerase, characterized in that said T7 RNA polymerase mutant comprises the amino acid sequence that composes wild-type T7 RNA polymerase shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 in which one or more of the amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of glutamine at position 786, lysine at position 179 and valine at position 685 in SEQ ID NO: 6 is substituted with another amino acid, and in which at least the amino acid residue glutamine at position 786 is substituted, wherein the amino acid for substituting glutamine at position 786 is an hydrophobic amino acid, the amino acid for substituting lysine at position 179 is any of glutamate, asparagine or cysteine, and the amino acid for substituting valine at position 685 is a neutral or weakly hydrophobic amino acid selected from alanine, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, asparagine and glutamine.
A wash ring comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface; an outer side surface; an inner surface forming a bore comprising an inner diameter, a long axis, an upper bore portion, and a lower bore portion, wherein the upper bore portion has an opening (upper port) in the top surface and the lower bore portion has an opening (lower port) in the bottom surface; an inlet comprising an opening in the top surface, bottom surface or outer side surface, and an opening in the upper bore portion; and an outlet comprising an opening in the top surface, bottom surface or outer side surface, and an opening in the lower bore portion; wherein the inner diameter of the bore is adapted to receive a probe such that when the probe is present in the bore, a space is formed between the exterior surface of the probe and the inner surface forming the bore, wherein the diameter of the outlet opening in the inner surface forming the bore is larger than the diameter of the inlet opening in the inner surface forming the bore, and characterised in that the bore is cylindrical from the upper port to the lower port, the inlet and outlet openings in the bore are positioned 90° to 180° apart relative to the long axis of the wash ring bore, and the width of the space between the exterior surface of the probe and the inner surface forming the bore is 0.203 mm (0.008 inches) to 3.05 mm (0.12 inches). a top surface; a bottom surface; an outer side surface; an inner surface forming a bore comprising an inner diameter, a long axis, an upper bore portion, and a lower bore portion, wherein the upper bore portion has an opening (upper port) in the top surface and the lower bore portion has an opening (lower port) in the bottom surface; an inlet comprising an opening in the top surface, bottom surface or outer side surface, and an opening in the upper bore portion; and an outlet comprising an opening in the top surface, bottom surface or outer side surface, and an opening in the lower bore portion; wherein the inner diameter of the bore is adapted to receive a probe such that when the probe is present in the bore, a space is formed between the exterior surface of the probe and the inner surface forming the bore, wherein the diameter of the outlet opening in the inner surface forming the bore is larger than the diameter of the inlet opening in the inner surface forming the bore, and characterised in that the bore is cylindrical from the upper port to the lower port, the inlet and outlet openings in the bore are positioned 90° to 180° apart relative to the long axis of the wash ring bore, and the width of the space between the exterior surface of the probe and the inner surface forming the bore is 0.203 mm (0.008 inches) to 3.05 mm (0.12 inches).
An apparel item for a lower torso of a wearer, the apparel item comprising: an outer panel of material; an inner panel of material, wherein the outer panel of material and the inner panel of material form at least a torso portion of the apparel item; characterized by a waistband comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein at least one opening is formed in the first layer of the waistband, and wherein a top edge of the outer panel of material is affixed to the first layer of the waistband and a top edge of the inner panel of material is affixed to the second layer of the waistband; and at least one pocket panel positioned between the outer panel of material and the inner panel of material, the pocket panel comprising at least a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposing side edges, wherein the top edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the first layer of the waistband, and the bottom edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the inner panel of material so as to define a space between the pocket panel and at least the inner panel of material, and wherein the opening in the first layer of the waistband is in communication with the space between the pocket panel and the inner panel of material. an outer panel of material; an inner panel of material, wherein the outer panel of material and the inner panel of material form at least a torso portion of the apparel item; characterized by a waistband comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein at least one opening is formed in the first layer of the waistband, and wherein a top edge of the outer panel of material is affixed to the first layer of the waistband and a top edge of the inner panel of material is affixed to the second layer of the waistband; and at least one pocket panel positioned between the outer panel of material and the inner panel of material, the pocket panel comprising at least a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposing side edges, wherein the top edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the first layer of the waistband, and the bottom edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the inner panel of material so as to define a space between the pocket panel and at least the inner panel of material, and wherein the opening in the first layer of the waistband is in communication with the space between the pocket panel and the inner panel of material.
A free-flying, lighter-than-air, combined airship comprising: a lower airship (2310, 1100); an upper airship (2320, 1200); and a tether (1300, 2330) connecting the lower airship and the upper airship; in which: the upper airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant, while carrying the tether, in a first altitude range; and characterised in that the lower airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant in a second altitude range while carrying a payload, the first altitude range being higher than the second altitude range, such that the upper airship is at least one kilometer above the lower airship and the tether mechanically transmits drag forces and lift forces between the airships. a lower airship (2310, 1100); an upper airship (2320, 1200); and a tether (1300, 2330) connecting the lower airship and the upper airship; in which: the upper airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant, while carrying the tether, in a first altitude range; and characterised in that the lower airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant in a second altitude range while carrying a payload, the first altitude range being higher than the second altitude range, such that the upper airship is at least one kilometer above the lower airship and the tether mechanically transmits drag forces and lift forces between the airships. the upper airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant, while carrying the tether, in a first altitude range; and characterised in that the lower airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant in a second altitude range while carrying a payload, the first altitude range being higher than the second altitude range, such that the upper airship is at least one kilometer above the lower airship and the tether mechanically transmits drag forces and lift forces between the airships.
A method for scrubbing a marine vessel flue gas containing particulates and sulfur dioxide comprising: spraying an alkaline fluid into the flue gas to produce a saturated flue gas stream containing the alkaline fluid; flowing the saturated flue gas stream containing the alkaline fluid through a venturi to cause the particulates in the flue gas to impact the alkaline fluid and react at least a portion of the sulfur dioxide with the alkaline fluid; characterized in that the method further comprises: flowing the flue gas through a separator downstream of the venturi for separating water from the flue gas, wherein the separator is a scrubber, wherein the scrubber has a disengaging zone for receiving flue gas that has passed through the venturi and at least one packing section for receiving flue gas after it passes through the disengaging zone, and in that the alkaline fluid comprises sea water employed with the addition of an alkaline reductant selected from sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate or a combination thereof. spraying an alkaline fluid into the flue gas to produce a saturated flue gas stream containing the alkaline fluid; flowing the saturated flue gas stream containing the alkaline fluid through a venturi to cause the particulates in the flue gas to impact the alkaline fluid and react at least a portion of the sulfur dioxide with the alkaline fluid; characterized in that the method further comprises: flowing the flue gas through a separator downstream of the venturi for separating water from the flue gas, wherein the separator is a scrubber, wherein the scrubber has a disengaging zone for receiving flue gas that has passed through the venturi and at least one packing section for receiving flue gas after it passes through the disengaging zone, and in that the alkaline fluid comprises sea water employed with the addition of an alkaline reductant selected from sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate or a combination thereof.
A thermal chemical vapor deposition method, the method comprising: preparing a substrate in a chemical vapor deposition chamber; thermally decomposing dimethyl silane in the chemical vapor deposition chamber to form a coating, the thermal decomposition being performed in the absence of additional deposition energies such as plasma and microwave fields, and under the following conditions: - at a pressure of between 6.8948×10 -2 bar (1.0 p.s.i.a.) and 6.8948 bar (100 p.s.i.a.), preferably at a pressure of between 3.4474x10 -1 bar (5 p.s.i.a.) and about 2.7579 bar (40 p.s.i.a.); and - at a temperature between 300°C and 600°C; and - for a time of 30 minutes to 24 hours. preparing a substrate in a chemical vapor deposition chamber; thermally decomposing dimethyl silane in the chemical vapor deposition chamber to form a coating, the thermal decomposition being performed in the absence of additional deposition energies such as plasma and microwave fields, and under the following conditions: - at a pressure of between 6.8948×10 -2 bar (1.0 p.s.i.a.) and 6.8948 bar (100 p.s.i.a.), preferably at a pressure of between 3.4474x10 -1 bar (5 p.s.i.a.) and about 2.7579 bar (40 p.s.i.a.); and - at a temperature between 300°C and 600°C; and - for a time of 30 minutes to 24 hours. - at a pressure of between 6.8948×10 -2 bar (1.0 p.s.i.a.) and 6.8948 bar (100 p.s.i.a.), preferably at a pressure of between 3.4474x10 -1 bar (5 p.s.i.a.) and about 2.7579 bar (40 p.s.i.a.); and - at a temperature between 300°C and 600°C; and - for a time of 30 minutes to 24 hours.