mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for preparing aerogel by drying under reduced pressure is that: the gel to be dried is placed into a sealed drying apparatus which can be depressurized by air extraction or/and heated to raise temperature; wherein the method of depressurization by air extraction, that is, gradient depressurization or slow depressurization, or temperature-raising, that is, gradient temperature-raising or slow temperature-raising, or controlling the depressurization by air extraction and the temperature-raising in the meantime is acted upon the water and solvents within the aerogel to be dried, and outward force is thus generated for the water and solvents to be volatilized outwards; by controlling the rates of reducing pressure by air extraction or/and raising temperature, the outward force is allowed to be equal to or close to the inward capillary force, such that the pores of the gel may not be collapsed or cracked; at the same time, drying is carried out continuously, and finally the interior water and solvents are removed completely; in case the pores of the gel will not be collapsed and cracked, the solvents and water in the gel are gradually removed completely by baking and extraction; characterized in that after completely removing the solvents and water in the gel by the above-mentioned methods, the residual high boiling point volatiles in the gel are removed by drying at the temperature of 180°C, wherein, when the aerogel is prepared by employing the method of gradient depressurization or slow depressurization, the temperature in the drying apparatus is controlled to be 20-40°C, and most preferably to be 25-35°C; the starting drying pressure is ambient atmospheric pressure, and a vacuum pump is turned on for starting to dry under reduced pressure; the gradient or continuous pressure-control is accomplished by the method of controlling an intake valve or turning on/off the motor of the vacuum pump; the thickness of the aerogel is 0.5-10 centimeters; the rate of reducing pressure is: reducing pressure by the rate of 0.01-0.02 atmospheric pressure per ten minutes for the beginning first and second hours, reducing pressure by the rate of 0.02-0.03 atmospheric pressure per ten minutes for the third and fourth hours, and reducing pressure by the rate of 0.03-0.04 atmospheric pressure per ten minutes after the fifth hour; according to the rates stated above, the pressure is gradually reduced to 0.5-0.6 atmospheric pressure, and kept at this pressure for 1.5-2.5 hours; a drying degree test is carried out, until the the standard is reached by sampling, weighting and inspecting, that is, the aerogel dried under reduced pressure is placed into an oven, heated to 170 -190°C rapidly, and dried for 10 minutes to 2 hours; and then, the silicon dioxide aerogel with high porosity, low density and low thermal conductivity is obtained after stopping heating.
A flavor inhaler cartridge comprising: a housing that includes a reservoir space to house a liquid and an atomizing space to atomize the liquid; a movable lid member with which the reservoir space and the atomizing space are openably/closably partitioned; an aerosol flow passage that supplies an aerosol generated by the atomization of the liquid from the atomizing space to outside of the housing; a turning member that is circumferentially turnable around an axis parallel to a moving direction of the lid member; and a motion conversion mechanism that converts the circumferential turning motion of the turning member into an axial linear motion of the lid member, wherein the lid member is directly or indirectly fixed to the motion conversion mechanism, the motion conversion mechanism is configured such that circumferentially turning the turning member moves the lid member in a direction of approaching the turning member and communicates between the reservoir space and the atomizing space the flavor inhaler cartridge further comprises a partition member having a communication hole that communicates between the reservoir space and the atomizing space, wherein the lid member opens and closes the communication hole such that the reservoir space and the atomizing space are openably/closably partitioned, the partition member includes a plate-shaped portion that has an opening through which the aerosol generated in the atomizing space passes, the opening constituting at least a part of the aerosol flow passage, and the communication hole is formed in the plate-shaped portion. a housing that includes a reservoir space to house a liquid and an atomizing space to atomize the liquid; a movable lid member with which the reservoir space and the atomizing space are openably/closably partitioned; an aerosol flow passage that supplies an aerosol generated by the atomization of the liquid from the atomizing space to outside of the housing; a turning member that is circumferentially turnable around an axis parallel to a moving direction of the lid member; and a motion conversion mechanism that converts the circumferential turning motion of the turning member into an axial linear motion of the lid member, wherein the lid member is directly or indirectly fixed to the motion conversion mechanism, the motion conversion mechanism is configured such that circumferentially turning the turning member moves the lid member in a direction of approaching the turning member and communicates between the reservoir space and the atomizing space the flavor inhaler cartridge further comprises a partition member having a communication hole that communicates between the reservoir space and the atomizing space, wherein the lid member opens and closes the communication hole such that the reservoir space and the atomizing space are openably/closably partitioned, the partition member includes a plate-shaped portion that has an opening through which the aerosol generated in the atomizing space passes, the opening constituting at least a part of the aerosol flow passage, and the communication hole is formed in the plate-shaped portion.
Handling system of containers provided with a mouthpiece and a symmetry plane passing through the mouthpiece, the handling system comprising: at least one feed conveyor suitable for advancing a plurality of containers along a main feeding direction, the feed conveyor being provided at the outlet with at least one channelling device; at least one transportation device operatively arranged downstream the feed conveyor to advance the containers arriving from the latter, the transportation device comprising a plurality of feed elements that can be, each one, coupled to a respective support unit provided with a clamping assembly adapted to retain a respective container to be advanced; at least one control unit, preferably an electronically programmable control unit, suitable for synchronization of the advancement of the containers arriving from the feed conveyor and the advancement of each feed element of the transportation device carrying a respective support unit, characterised in that the control unit is operatively connected to the feed conveyor and/or to the feed elements of the transportation device to align a virtual reference point identified on each support unit and a reference axis of the mouthpiece of the containers to be transported, the virtual reference point remaining unchanged with the variation of the size of the containers to be fed, and in that each support unit is adapted to be decoupled from a respective feed element to follow a path different from the path of the respective feed element itself. at least one feed conveyor suitable for advancing a plurality of containers along a main feeding direction, the feed conveyor being provided at the outlet with at least one channelling device; at least one transportation device operatively arranged downstream the feed conveyor to advance the containers arriving from the latter, the transportation device comprising a plurality of feed elements that can be, each one, coupled to a respective support unit provided with a clamping assembly adapted to retain a respective container to be advanced; at least one control unit, preferably an electronically programmable control unit, suitable for synchronization of the advancement of the containers arriving from the feed conveyor and the advancement of each feed element of the transportation device carrying a respective support unit, characterised in that the control unit is operatively connected to the feed conveyor and/or to the feed elements of the transportation device to align a virtual reference point identified on each support unit and a reference axis of the mouthpiece of the containers to be transported, the virtual reference point remaining unchanged with the variation of the size of the containers to be fed, and in that each support unit is adapted to be decoupled from a respective feed element to follow a path different from the path of the respective feed element itself.
An image processing device which converts color image data representing a color image into monochromatic image data, the image processing device comprising: a pattern determining unit that determines a monochromatic pattern corresponding to a color of the color image; and characterized in that the image processing device further comprises a pattern concentration determining unit that determines a background concentration of an area of a background of the monochromatic pattern and a line density of the monochromatic pattern; a monochromatic image data generating unit that generates the monochromatic image data of the monochromatic image to which the monochromatic pattern having the background concentration is applied in the image area corresponding to the color image, wherein the pattern concentration determining unit changes the background concentration and the line density of the monochromatic pattern according to the brightness of the color image. a pattern determining unit that determines a monochromatic pattern corresponding to a color of the color image; and characterized in that the image processing device further comprises a pattern concentration determining unit that determines a background concentration of an area of a background of the monochromatic pattern and a line density of the monochromatic pattern; a monochromatic image data generating unit that generates the monochromatic image data of the monochromatic image to which the monochromatic pattern having the background concentration is applied in the image area corresponding to the color image, wherein the pattern concentration determining unit changes the background concentration and the line density of the monochromatic pattern according to the brightness of the color image.
A load carrier locking arrangement for securing a load carrier on a load holder of a lift truck, comprising: - a gripping device having a first and a second grip claw (201, 202) with a respective gripping portion (201.1, 201.2) arranged to hold a portion of a load carrier, and arranged movable towards and away from each other so that a portion of a load carrier may be received between the gripping portions (201.1, 202.1), characterized in that the load carrier locking arrangement comprises an actuator with a movable locking element that may be brought into engagement with the gripping device, wherein the gripping device is arranged such that the first and the second gripping portions (201.1, 202.1) are prevented from moving away from each other when the locking element is in engagement with the gripping device, wherein the gripping device comprises an engagement space, configured to receive at least a portion of the locking element such that the portion fills the engagement space and effectively blocks said movement. - a gripping device having a first and a second grip claw (201, 202) with a respective gripping portion (201.1, 201.2) arranged to hold a portion of a load carrier, and arranged movable towards and away from each other so that a portion of a load carrier may be received between the gripping portions (201.1, 202.1), characterized in that the load carrier locking arrangement comprises an actuator with a movable locking element that may be brought into engagement with the gripping device, wherein the gripping device is arranged such that the first and the second gripping portions (201.1, 202.1) are prevented from moving away from each other when the locking element is in engagement with the gripping device, wherein the gripping device comprises an engagement space, configured to receive at least a portion of the locking element such that the portion fills the engagement space and effectively blocks said movement.
A soft drink composition comprising calcium ions, characterized in that the composition further comprises a yeast and/or mold inactivation agent selected from a naturally occurring sugar mono fatty acid ester of a fatty ester having 6-18 carbon atoms or glycerol mono fatty acid ester of a fatty ester having 6-18 carbon atoms, a naturally occurring fatty acid having at least 8 carbon atoms or lactylate ester thereof, or anis aldehyde, cinnamon aldehyde, chitin, caproic acid, benzethonium chloride and benzethonium chloride-containing compounds, said composition having a total yeast count <1 cfu/mL.
A method for displaying content on a user device comprising: receiving by a media player a content request corresponding to a fragment download from a server; receiving from a quality module in communication with the media player, a quality selection for the fragment; downloading (308, 352) by the media player the fragment from the server; analyzing (310, 350) a bandwidth availability for the media player during download of the fragment, wherein analyzing the bandwidth availability comprises: generating a first estimate reflective of a local network condition of a local network for the user device based on a size of the fragment relative to a download time of the received fragment to the user device from the server; generating a second estimate reflective of a server network condition and the local network condition based on a number of bytes for the fragment received over an interval; and selecting the first estimate, the second estimate, or a combination of the first estimate and the second estimate to determine the bandwidth availability; and based in part on the bandwidth availability stopping or continuing to download the fragment. receiving by a media player a content request corresponding to a fragment download from a server; receiving from a quality module in communication with the media player, a quality selection for the fragment; downloading (308, 352) by the media player the fragment from the server; analyzing (310, 350) a bandwidth availability for the media player during download of the fragment, wherein analyzing the bandwidth availability comprises: generating a first estimate reflective of a local network condition of a local network for the user device based on a size of the fragment relative to a download time of the received fragment to the user device from the server; generating a second estimate reflective of a server network condition and the local network condition based on a number of bytes for the fragment received over an interval; and selecting the first estimate, the second estimate, or a combination of the first estimate and the second estimate to determine the bandwidth availability; and generating a first estimate reflective of a local network condition of a local network for the user device based on a size of the fragment relative to a download time of the received fragment to the user device from the server; generating a second estimate reflective of a server network condition and the local network condition based on a number of bytes for the fragment received over an interval; and selecting the first estimate, the second estimate, or a combination of the first estimate and the second estimate to determine the bandwidth availability; and based in part on the bandwidth availability stopping or continuing to download the fragment.
A method performed by a user equipment for activating one or more secondary cells of a target base station, the method comprising: transmitting (902, 1101), to a source base station, a measurement report for the one or more secondary cells; receiving, from the source base station, subsequent to transmitting the measurement report, a radio resource control, RRC, connection reconfiguration message; receiving (1007, 1110), from the source base station, secondary cell activation information determined by the target base station, the secondary cell activation information received prior to completion of connection of the user equipment to the target base station, wherein the secondary cell activation information specifies at least one secondary cell of the one or more secondary cells of the target base station to be in an activated state for the user equipment, wherein prior to completion of connection of the user equipment to the target base station comprises prior to transmission of a RRC connection reconfiguration complete message corresponding to the RRC connection reconfiguration message; transmitting, to the target base station, the RRC connection reconfiguration complete message corresponding to the RRC connection reconfiguration message; and activating the at least one of the one or more secondary cells after completion of connection to the target base station according to the secondary cell activation information. transmitting (902, 1101), to a source base station, a measurement report for the one or more secondary cells; receiving, from the source base station, subsequent to transmitting the measurement report, a radio resource control, RRC, connection reconfiguration message; receiving (1007, 1110), from the source base station, secondary cell activation information determined by the target base station, the secondary cell activation information received prior to completion of connection of the user equipment to the target base station, wherein the secondary cell activation information specifies at least one secondary cell of the one or more secondary cells of the target base station to be in an activated state for the user equipment, wherein prior to completion of connection of the user equipment to the target base station comprises prior to transmission of a RRC connection reconfiguration complete message corresponding to the RRC connection reconfiguration message; transmitting, to the target base station, the RRC connection reconfiguration complete message corresponding to the RRC connection reconfiguration message; and activating the at least one of the one or more secondary cells after completion of connection to the target base station according to the secondary cell activation information.
An electrochemical cell, comprising a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises an electrolyte, at least two sensing electrodes (1, 2), wherein the at least two sensing electrodes (1, 2) are positioned on the substrate, wherein the at least two sensing electrodes (1, 2) are in electrical contact with the electrolyte, a means for measuring a characteristic with respect to one or more of the at least two sensing electrodes (1, 2), characterized by a means for creating an electric field, wherein the means for creating the electric field comprises at least two electric field electrodes (6, 7) positioned on the substrate, wherein the means for creating the electric field does not result in the passage of current through the electrochemical cell as current is blocked by an insulator (4, 5), and wherein one of the at least two sensing electrodes (1, 2) is formed of La 2 CuO 4, and another of the at least two sensing electrodes (1, 2) is formed of a different material, and an application of the electric field created by the at least two electric field electrodes (6, 7) at least to the sensing electrode formed of La 2 CuO 4 alters the measured electrical characteristic, wherein the electrical characteristic is a voltage between the sensing electrode formed of La 2 CuO 4 and the sensing electrode formed of the different material.
Method for forming a piece wherein a metallic material is subjected to a severe plastic deformation so as to give same an ultrafine-grained structure, wherein a bar of said material is introduced into a die along a feed direction, the die including an input zone with a cross-section matching the cross-section of the bar and an output zone, the output zone being oriented in a lateral output direction with respect to the feed direction to extract the processed material, the method being characterised in that, the die including an extrusion zone having the same direction as the input zone and of lesser size than the input zone in the output direction in a ratio between 0.75 and 1 exclusive, a transition zone including a transition face downstream from the output zone and carrying out the transition between the input zone and the extrusion zone, the bar is extruded through the extrusion zone, the transition face creating a pressure to push a portion of the material through the output zone and extract the processed material in the form of a sheet.
A system for decoding an audio signal, the system comprising: a core decoder for decoding a low frequency component of the audio signal; an analysis filter bank for providing a plurality of analysis subband signals of the low frequency component of the audio signal; a subband selection reception unit for receiving information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal, and for selecting, in response to the information, a first and a second analysis subband signal from the plurality of analysis subband signals, from which a synthesis subband signal is generated; a non-linear processing unit to generate the synthesis subband signal with a synthesis frequency, a magnitude and a phase by: determining the magnitude of the synthesis subband signal from a generalized mean value of the magnitudes of the first and the second analysis subband signals, and determining the phase of the synthesis subband signal from a weighted sum of the phases of the first and the second analysis subband signals; and a synthesis filter bank for generating a high frequency component of the audio signal from the synthesis subband signal; wherein the information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal is received in an encoded bit stream. a core decoder for decoding a low frequency component of the audio signal; an analysis filter bank for providing a plurality of analysis subband signals of the low frequency component of the audio signal; a subband selection reception unit for receiving information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal, and for selecting, in response to the information, a first and a second analysis subband signal from the plurality of analysis subband signals, from which a synthesis subband signal is generated; a non-linear processing unit to generate the synthesis subband signal with a synthesis frequency, a magnitude and a phase by: determining the magnitude of the synthesis subband signal from a generalized mean value of the magnitudes of the first and the second analysis subband signals, and determining the phase of the synthesis subband signal from a weighted sum of the phases of the first and the second analysis subband signals; and determining the magnitude of the synthesis subband signal from a generalized mean value of the magnitudes of the first and the second analysis subband signals, and determining the phase of the synthesis subband signal from a weighted sum of the phases of the first and the second analysis subband signals; and a synthesis filter bank for generating a high frequency component of the audio signal from the synthesis subband signal; wherein the information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal is received in an encoded bit stream.