mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An actuation system, comprising: a combination of a first component with longitudinally extending first fingers and a second component with longitudinally extending second fingers; said first fingers being longitudinally interlaced with said second fingers and wherein relative longitudinal movement is permitted between said first fingers and said second fingers such that said second component is movable longitudinally with respect to said first component between a first position and a second position; a biasing member within said combination that biases said second component towards said second position; characterised in that it comprises a wire wound about said first fingers and said second fingers that selectively restrains said second component in said first position; a release device (50; 70) that selectively causes said wire to be loosened about said first fingers and said second fingers such that said biasing member moves said second component from said first position to said second position; and an actuator connected to said second component that moves with said second component from said first position to said second position. a combination of a first component with longitudinally extending first fingers and a second component with longitudinally extending second fingers; said first fingers being longitudinally interlaced with said second fingers and wherein relative longitudinal movement is permitted between said first fingers and said second fingers such that said second component is movable longitudinally with respect to said first component between a first position and a second position; a biasing member within said combination that biases said second component towards said second position; characterised in that it comprises a wire wound about said first fingers and said second fingers that selectively restrains said second component in said first position; a release device (50; 70) that selectively causes said wire to be loosened about said first fingers and said second fingers such that said biasing member moves said second component from said first position to said second position; and an actuator connected to said second component that moves with said second component from said first position to said second position.
A wiper arm including an arm head, an arm main body connected to said arm head and rotatable about a pivot shaft, biasing means disposed between said arm head and said arm main body, and a link mechanism rotatably attached to said arm main body, wherein a force from said biasing means acts between said arm head and said arm main body through said link mechanism, and wherein said link mechanism includes an arm main body side link member linked with said arm main body through said biasing means and a head side link member linked with said arm head, wherein said arm main body side link member is rotatably attached to said arm main body, and said arm main body side link member and said head side link member are rotatably connected with each other, characterized in that when said arm main body is in an upright state with respect to said arm head, the combination of said arm main body side link member and said head side link member functions as a toggle mechanism to generate a force for holding said arm main body in said upright state.
A method for reducing mixing variation during a dynamic blending process, comprising the steps of: regulating a flow rate of active gas using a first control device; regulating a flow rate of balance gas using a second flow control device; blending the active gas with the balance gas to produce a blended gas mixture; measuring a concentration of the blended gas mixture when each of the (i) pressure across the analyzer, (ii) the flow rate of the active gas; and (iii) the flow rate of the balance gas has stabilized to their corresponding target values to generate a measured concentration of the blended gas mixture; minimizing variation between the measured concentration of the blended gas mixture and the target concentration of the blended mixture by dynamically fine-tuning the flow rate of the active gas and/or the flow rate of the balance gas in response to the measured concentration; characterized in that said concentration of the blended gas mixture is measured with an in-line analyzer situated downstream of the mixer; and said fine-tuning occurs in the absence of any recycling and of any venting of the blended gas mixture. regulating a flow rate of active gas using a first control device; regulating a flow rate of balance gas using a second flow control device; blending the active gas with the balance gas to produce a blended gas mixture; measuring a concentration of the blended gas mixture when each of the (i) pressure across the analyzer, (ii) the flow rate of the active gas; and (iii) the flow rate of the balance gas has stabilized to their corresponding target values to generate a measured concentration of the blended gas mixture; minimizing variation between the measured concentration of the blended gas mixture and the target concentration of the blended mixture by dynamically fine-tuning the flow rate of the active gas and/or the flow rate of the balance gas in response to the measured concentration; characterized in that said concentration of the blended gas mixture is measured with an in-line analyzer situated downstream of the mixer; and said fine-tuning occurs in the absence of any recycling and of any venting of the blended gas mixture.
An arrangement for detecting the discard state of a high-strength fibre rope used on hoists, in particular on a crane, with a detecting means to detect at least one rope parameter and an evaluation unit for evaluating the rope parameter and providing a discard signal depending on the evaluation of the rope parameter, characterized in that the evaluation unit comprises bending stiffness determination means for determining the rope's bending stiffness, and that the evaluation unit provides the discard signal depending on the determined bending stiffness of the rope.
A polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein: (a) the amino acid residue at position 180 of SEQ ID NO:4 is substituted with an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glycine, proline, serine, and glutamic acid; and (b) the amino acid residue at position 98 of SEQ ID NO: 4 is substituted with arginine or the amino acid residue at position 171 of SEQ ID NO: 4 is glycine, and wherein the polypeptide is capable of lowering blood glucose levels in a mammal. (a) the amino acid residue at position 180 of SEQ ID NO:4 is substituted with an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glycine, proline, serine, and glutamic acid; and (b) the amino acid residue at position 98 of SEQ ID NO: 4 is substituted with arginine or the amino acid residue at position 171 of SEQ ID NO: 4 is glycine,
Pneumatic vehicle tyre of a radial construction, in particular a tyre for a commercial vehicle, having a belt assembly made up of at least three plies (7, 8, 9), specifically two working plies (8, 9) and a blocking ply arranged radially on the inside in relation to the working plies (8, 9), each of these belt plies (7, 8, 9) comprising reinforcing elements of steel cord embedded in elastomer which are respectively arranged in each belt ply (7, 8, 9) parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another, the steel cords of the blocking ply having the construction 3 x filament diameter, characterized in that the steel cords in the blocking ply have a filament diameter in the range from 0.42 to 0.45 mm and are arranged in a steel cord density of 50 to 80 per decimetre (EPDM).
A scraper assembly for a baler having a reciprocating plunger moveable within a compression chamber, the scraper assembly comprising: a follower plate having an annular aperture; a scraper plate attached to the follower plate; characterized in that the scraper assembly further comprises a mounting plate configured for attachment to a face of the plunger, wherein the mounting plate includes an annular countersunk region; a cam insert including an eccentric connection interconnecting the annular aperture of the follower plate and the annular countersunk region of the mounting plate, such that rotation of the cam insert moves the follower plate relative to the mounting plate. a follower plate having an annular aperture; a scraper plate attached to the follower plate; characterized in that the scraper assembly further comprises a mounting plate configured for attachment to a face of the plunger, wherein the mounting plate includes an annular countersunk region; a cam insert including an eccentric connection interconnecting the annular aperture of the follower plate and the annular countersunk region of the mounting plate, such that rotation of the cam insert moves the follower plate relative to the mounting plate.
An ion funnel comprising a plurality of individual faces, each face being formed from a printed circuit board, the faces being arranged edge to edge relative to one another to form a pyramidal structure having a base and an apex, an entrance to the ion funnel being defined at the base of the pyramidal structure and an exit from the ion funnel being defined at the apex of the pyramidal structure, the funnel being configured to define an ion path within the pyramidal structure between the entrance and the exit, each of the plurality of faces having a plurality of separate and distinct electrode tracks defined on a respective inner surface, the plurality of electrode tracks being arranged substantially transverse to the ion path and extending from the base to the apex, and wherein adjacent electrode tracks are operatively coupled to both radio frequency, RF, and DC voltages to effect RF ion confinement to focus and direct an ion beam towards the exit of the funnel, and characterised in that the funnel further comprises DC biased guard rails provided at the edges of each of the faces, the guard rails being configured to operatively bias ions away from the edges of the faces, the guard rails extending from the base to the apex of the pyramidal structure
A computer implemented method of obtaining an indication of a likelihood of the presence or absence of skin disease in a lesion on a subject's skin, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining camera image data (480, 482) from reflection of light from the subject's skin resulting from illumination of the subject's skin including the lesion; processing the image data by implementing on a processor a clock-like sweep algorithm to obtain metrics and/or one or more classifiers defining the rotational symmetry of a lesion on the subject's skin to produce an indication of the likelihood of the presence or absence of skin disease in the subject; displaying the information; characterized in that the processor computes a variation in pixel brightness on a line segment that connects the center of the lesion with the lesion border, as the line segment rotates around the center of the lesion with one end of the line segment fixed at the center of the lesion. obtaining camera image data (480, 482) from reflection of light from the subject's skin resulting from illumination of the subject's skin including the lesion; processing the image data by implementing on a processor a clock-like sweep algorithm to obtain metrics and/or one or more classifiers defining the rotational symmetry of a lesion on the subject's skin to produce an indication of the likelihood of the presence or absence of skin disease in the subject;
A method for preparing zirconium boride and synchronously preparing a cryolite, comprising: the following steps: Step A: placing aluminum in a reactor, vacuuming the reactor and then feeding argon gas into the reactor, heating the reactor to 750 degrees centigrade, and adding a mixture consisting of dry fluorozirconate and dry fluoborate; and Step B: stirring the reactants for 4-6 hours and extracting the upper molten liquid with a siphon pump to obtain a cryolite, wherein the lower substance is zirconium boride; wherein the molar ratio of the fluorozirconate to the fluoborate is 1:2. Step A: placing aluminum in a reactor, vacuuming the reactor and then feeding argon gas into the reactor, heating the reactor to 750 degrees centigrade, and adding a mixture consisting of dry fluorozirconate and dry fluoborate; and Step B: stirring the reactants for 4-6 hours and extracting the upper molten liquid with a siphon pump to obtain a cryolite, wherein the lower substance is zirconium boride;
An image-capturing unit comprising: an image-capturing chip adapted to capture an image of a subject; a power supply circuit unit that has a power supply circuit adapted to output an electrical power to be fed to the image-capturing chip; a wiring adapted to feed the electrical power from the power supply circuit unit to the image-capturing chip; a restricting unit that is provided to the wiring, and that is adapted to restrict an electrical current flowing from the power supply circuit unit to the image-capturing chip when a leakage current of the image-capturing chip is measured; and a substrate on which the image-capturing chip, the power supply circuit unit, the wiring and the restricting unit are arranged, wherein the power supply circuit unit has a discharge circuit that discharges electrical charges accumulated in the image-capturing chip. an image-capturing chip adapted to capture an image of a subject; a power supply circuit unit that has a power supply circuit adapted to output an electrical power to be fed to the image-capturing chip; a wiring adapted to feed the electrical power from the power supply circuit unit to the image-capturing chip; a restricting unit that is provided to the wiring, and that is adapted to restrict an electrical current flowing from the power supply circuit unit to the image-capturing chip when a leakage current of the image-capturing chip is measured; and a substrate on which the image-capturing chip, the power supply circuit unit, the wiring and the restricting unit are arranged, wherein the power supply circuit unit has a discharge circuit that discharges electrical charges accumulated in the image-capturing chip.
A system comprising: a computing device; a switch; an accelerometer; a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by the computing device, perform a process comprising: sending an actuation command to remotely actuate the switch associated with a utility service meter, the meter being one of an electric meter, a gas meter or a water meter; storing one or more switch actuation signatures associated with the actuation command; receiving a vibration signal produced by the accelerometer associated with the switch, wherein the vibration signal is associated with the actuation of the switch; and verifying based at least on a comparison of the vibration signal and the one or more switch actuation signatures associated with the actuation command whether an actuation of the switch occurred. a computing device; a switch; an accelerometer; a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by the computing device, perform a process comprising: sending an actuation command to remotely actuate the switch associated with a utility service meter, the meter being one of an electric meter, a gas meter or a water meter; storing one or more switch actuation signatures associated with the actuation command; receiving a vibration signal produced by the accelerometer associated with the switch, wherein the vibration signal is associated with the actuation of the switch; and verifying based at least on a comparison of the vibration signal and the one or more switch actuation signatures associated with the actuation command whether an actuation of the switch occurred. sending an actuation command to remotely actuate the switch associated with a utility service meter, the meter being one of an electric meter, a gas meter or a water meter; storing one or more switch actuation signatures associated with the actuation command; receiving a vibration signal produced by the accelerometer associated with the switch, wherein the vibration signal is associated with the actuation of the switch; and verifying based at least on a comparison of the vibration signal and the one or more switch actuation signatures associated with the actuation command whether an actuation of the switch occurred.
A dust-free table saw comprising a stage dedusting shield, the stage dedusting shield comprising: a shield assembly (1, 5) and a dust suction cover assembly (7, 12); wherein the dust suction cover assembly (7, 12) is mounted between a follower board and a rear portion of a saw blade and is fixed by the follower board characterized in that - the dust suction cover assembly (7, 12) comprises a dust suction cover and a rear rocker arm sleeved onto the exterior of the dust suction cover, wherein the dust suction cover and the rear rocker arm are movably connected to a dust suction cover torsion spring via a dust suction cover rotary pin and - a lower dust suction cover is connected under the dust suction cover, wherein the lower dust suction cover is connected to the dust suction cover via a lower dust suction cover rotary pin and a lower dust suction cover torsion spring. - the dust suction cover assembly (7, 12) comprises a dust suction cover and a rear rocker arm sleeved onto the exterior of the dust suction cover, wherein the dust suction cover and the rear rocker arm are movably connected to a dust suction cover torsion spring via a dust suction cover rotary pin and - a lower dust suction cover is connected under the dust suction cover, wherein the lower dust suction cover is connected to the dust suction cover via a lower dust suction cover rotary pin and a lower dust suction cover torsion spring.
A method for quantifying the number of target nucleic acids in a sample in relation to KIF11 nucleic acids in said sample, comprising: 1. amplifying KIF11 nucleic acids comprised in the sample using a KIF11-specific primer pair in a KIF11 amplification reaction, i. wherein each of the members of the KIF11-specific primer pair is -independently from each other- complementary to a KIF11 region located in an exon, intron, or the non-coding sequence of the KIF11 gene; ii. wherein the KIF11 amplification reaction is performed in the presence of a KIF11 detectable probe; 2. detecting a signal produced by the KIF11 detectable probe in the KIF11 amplification reaction; 3. quantifying the signal of 2.; 4. amplifying the target nucleic acids from the sample using a target-specific primer pair in a target amplification reaction; wherein the target amplification reaction is performed in the presence of a target detectable probe; and 5. detecting a signal produced by the target detectable probe in the target amplification reaction; 6. quantifying the signal of 5.; 7. normalizing the quantified signal of 6. to the quantified signal of 3., thereby quantifying the number of target nucleic acids in a sample in relation to KIF11 nucleic acids in the sample. 1. amplifying KIF11 nucleic acids comprised in the sample using a KIF11-specific primer pair in a KIF11 amplification reaction, i. wherein each of the members of the KIF11-specific primer pair is -independently from each other- complementary to a KIF11 region located in an exon, intron, or the non-coding sequence of the KIF11 gene; ii. wherein the KIF11 amplification reaction is performed in the presence of a KIF11 detectable probe; i. wherein each of the members of the KIF11-specific primer pair is -independently from each other- complementary to a KIF11 region located in an exon, intron, or the non-coding sequence of the KIF11 gene; ii. wherein the KIF11 amplification reaction is performed in the presence of a KIF11 detectable probe; 2. detecting a signal produced by the KIF11 detectable probe in the KIF11 amplification reaction; 3. quantifying the signal of 2.; 4. amplifying the target nucleic acids from the sample using a target-specific primer pair in a target amplification reaction; wherein the target amplification reaction is performed in the presence of a target detectable probe; and 5. detecting a signal produced by the target detectable probe in the target amplification reaction; 6. quantifying the signal of 5.; 7. normalizing the quantified signal of 6. to the quantified signal of 3., thereby quantifying the number of target nucleic acids in a sample in relation to KIF11 nucleic acids in the sample.
Clomipramine for use in inhibiting the growth or metastasis of a human breast or ovarian tumor by reducing or preventing angiogenesis in a human in need thereof.
A microchip capable of dividing a predetermined amount of a liquid component from an injected liquid and of feeding the divided liquid component, the microchip being characterized by comprising: an injection hole through which a liquid is injected; an air vent hole; an opening and closing mechanism to open or close the air vent hole; a first flow passage, whose both ends are connected to the injection hole and the air vent hole, the first flow passage including an upstream passage connected at its upstream side in a liquid feeding direction to the injection hole, a fixed amount passage linked to the upstream passage and suitable for accommodating a predetermined volume of a liquid component, and a downstream passage linked to the fixed amount passage and connected at its downstream end in the liquid feeding direction to the air vent hole; a discharging passage whose one end is connected to the downstream end of the upstream passage and its other end is configured to be connected to a suction pump configured to discharge a liquid component residing in the upstream passage through the discharging passage; and a liquid feeding passage whose one end is connected to the downstream end of the fixed amount passage; and the other end is connected to a suction pump; characterized in that the liquid feeding passage is provided as a reacting section and a detection section at the downstream side. an injection hole through which a liquid is injected; an air vent hole; an opening and closing mechanism to open or close the air vent hole; a first flow passage, whose both ends are connected to the injection hole and the air vent hole, the first flow passage including an upstream passage connected at its upstream side in a liquid feeding direction to the injection hole, a fixed amount passage linked to the upstream passage and suitable for accommodating a predetermined volume of a liquid component, and a downstream passage linked to the fixed amount passage and connected at its downstream end in the liquid feeding direction to the air vent hole; a discharging passage whose one end is connected to the downstream end of the upstream passage and its other end is configured to be connected to a suction pump configured to discharge a liquid component residing in the upstream passage through the discharging passage; and a liquid feeding passage whose one end is connected to the downstream end of the fixed amount passage; and
An aromatic polyether sulfone block copolymer comprising hydrophilic segments which have sulfonic acid groups and hydrophobic segments which have no sulfonic acid groups, wherein the proportion by weight of hydrophilic segments is from 0.05 to 0.30, based on the total block copolymer (corresponding to 5-30 wt%, wherein the hydrophobic segments comprise polyether sulfone building blocks and the hydrophilic segments comprise sulfonated polyphenylene sulfone building blocks, wherein the polyether sulfone building blocks comprise repeating units of the general formula where n is a number in the range from 3 to 1500, and the sulfonated polyphenylene sulfone building blocks are obtained by sulfonation of structural units of the general formula where Rl is S(=O) 2; Ar is a divalent aromatic radical m is a number in the range from 3 to 1500. where Rl is S(=O) 2; Ar is a divalent aromatic radical m is a number in the range from 3 to 1500.