mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A padlock configured to be locked and unlocked by a key, the padlock comprising: a lock body having an internal cavity (330, 332) that extends along an axial direction between a pair of axial ends (342, 346) including a key-receiving axial end provided by a ledge forming part of an opening of a keyway; a locking mechanism received in the internal cavity (330, 332) of the lock body in which the locking mechanism is a linear lock configured to receive the key therein along the axial direction from the key-receiving axial end, the locking mechanism including at least a lock cylinder and having an axial length that is less than an axial distance between the pair of axial ends (342, 346); and a biasing element received in the internal cavity (330, 332) of the lock body and contacting the locking mechanism to bias the lock cylinder along the axial direction to maintain a key stop distance from a key stop on the lock cylinder to the key-receiving axial end of the internal cavity (330, 332), the key stop distance being between a pair of axially opposed and facing surfaces on each of the key stop and the ledge; wherein a direction of insertion of the key into the locking mechanism is parallel with a direction of displacement of a plurality of tumblers in the locking mechanism; and wherein the key stop distance is maintained over operation during locking and unlocking of the padlock by the key. a lock body having an internal cavity (330, 332) that extends along an axial direction between a pair of axial ends (342, 346) including a key-receiving axial end provided by a ledge forming part of an opening of a keyway; a locking mechanism received in the internal cavity (330, 332) of the lock body in which the locking mechanism is a linear lock configured to receive the key therein along the axial direction from the key-receiving axial end, the locking mechanism including at least a lock cylinder and having an axial length that is less than an axial distance between the pair of axial ends (342, 346); and a biasing element received in the internal cavity (330, 332) of the lock body and contacting the locking mechanism to bias the lock cylinder along the axial direction to maintain a key stop distance from a key stop on the lock cylinder to the key-receiving axial end of the internal cavity (330, 332), the key stop distance being between a pair of axially opposed and facing surfaces on each of the key stop and the ledge; wherein a direction of insertion of the key into the locking mechanism is parallel with a direction of displacement of a plurality of tumblers in the locking mechanism; and wherein the key stop distance is maintained over operation during locking and unlocking of the padlock by the key.
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an image sensor that receives light from an object through an imaging lens; a lens driver that moves the imaging lens; and an automatic focus detector that determines an in-focus lens position based on imaging data obtained from the image sensor; the automatic focus detector being capable of performing a focus detection operation with a second switch that is different from a release switch in that the automatic focus detector includes a video focus detector and a still-image focus detector, wherein the video focus detector further includes a focus detection operation selector that varies the focus detection operation controlled by the second switch in accordance with whether a video is being recorded, wherein the second switch is a dedicated AF button, characterized in that the imaging apparatus further comprises a menu switch to select either a first mode in which a focusing process is performed with a discrete switch activation detector, which performs exclusive switching each time the second switch is depressed, wherein stopping and/or restarting a focus detection operation is performed in accordance with a depression of the second switch, or a second mode in which the focusing process is performed with a continuous switch activation detector, which determines whether or not the second switch is continuously depressed, wherein a focus detection operation is performed when the second switch is continuously depressed. an image sensor that receives light from an object through an imaging lens; a lens driver that moves the imaging lens; and an automatic focus detector that determines an in-focus lens position based on imaging data obtained from the image sensor; the automatic focus detector being capable of performing a focus detection operation with a second switch that is different from a release switch in that the automatic focus detector includes a video focus detector and a still-image focus detector, wherein the video focus detector further includes a focus detection operation selector that varies the focus detection operation controlled by the second switch in accordance with whether a video is being recorded, wherein the second switch is a dedicated AF button, characterized in that the imaging apparatus further comprises a menu switch to select either a first mode in which a focusing process is performed with a discrete switch activation detector, which performs exclusive switching each time the second switch is depressed, wherein stopping and/or restarting a focus detection operation is performed in accordance with a depression of the second switch, or a second mode in which the focusing process is performed with a continuous switch activation detector, which determines whether or not the second switch is continuously depressed, wherein a focus detection operation is performed when the second switch is continuously depressed.
Method for separation of at least one catalyst or adsorbent from a homogeneous mixture in size and/or a in shape of catalysts and/or adsorbents, said catalyst and/or adsorbent being in the form of cylindrical extrudates, balls, trilobes, or multilobes,with said catalysts or adsorbents having been used in a method for treatment of gas or hydrocarbon feedstock, method in which the catalyst grains or adsorbents are separated according to a sorting threshold corresponding to a content of the constituent element that is sought and defined by the user, method in which: - The catalyst to be separated contains as a constituent element a non-metal element selected from the group that is formed by P, B, Si, Li, Na, K, Ca, Cl and/or that contains as a constituent element Cr, Cu, Al, Ti, Zn, - The catalyst grains of said mixture run past an LIBS detection system that detects the wavelength that is characteristic of said constituent element, - The analyzing device associated with LIBS processes the signal sent by the detection system by comparing it to a set-point value that indicates the sorting threshold, - The analyzing device sends a signal to order the evacuation of grains according to the content thereof in said element, and at least 2 batches are obtained: at least one batch of catalysts containing said element at a level above the sorting threshold set by the operator and at least one batch of catalysts containing said element at a level below the sorting threshold set by the operator, - And at least one of the batches of catalysts that are lightly loaded with said element is recycled into the gas or hydrocarbon batch treatment method after possible regeneration. - The catalyst to be separated contains as a constituent element a non-metal element selected from the group that is formed by P, B, Si, Li, Na, K, Ca, Cl and/or that contains as a constituent element Cr, Cu, Al, Ti, Zn, - The catalyst grains of said mixture run past an LIBS detection system that detects the wavelength that is characteristic of said constituent element, - The analyzing device associated with LIBS processes the signal sent by the detection system by comparing it to a set-point value that indicates the sorting threshold, - The analyzing device sends a signal to order the evacuation of grains according to the content thereof in said element, and at least 2 batches are obtained: at least one batch of catalysts containing said element at a level above the sorting threshold set by the operator and at least one batch of catalysts containing said element at a level below the sorting threshold set by the operator, - And at least one of the batches of catalysts that are lightly loaded with said element is recycled into the gas or hydrocarbon batch treatment method after possible regeneration.
A video reception method performed by a video reception apparatus including a display, the video reception method comprising: receiving a reception signal including video data and transfer characteristics information; displaying (S115, S116) the video data while controlling a luminance dynamic range of the display; the transfer characteristics information being information for specifying, at frame accuracy, a first transfer function being an EOTF or an OETF and corresponding to a first luminance dynamic range of the video data or a second transfer function being an EOTF or an OETF and corresponding to a second luminance dynamic range wider than the first luminance dynamic range; and the video data being displayed while controlling the luminance dynamic range of the display on a frame-by-frame basis using the transfer function indicated in the transfer characteristics information, wherein the luminance dynamic range of the display is switched between the first luminance dynamic range and the second luminance dynamic range, based on the transfer characteristics information; characterized by determining whether an intra coded frame is correctly decoded, wherein, in the displaying of the video data, the first luminance dynamic range is set as the luminance dynamic range of the display when it is determined that the intra coded frame is not correctly decoded. receiving a reception signal including video data and transfer characteristics information; displaying (S115, S116) the video data while controlling a luminance dynamic range of the display; the transfer characteristics information being information for specifying, at frame accuracy, a first transfer function being an EOTF or an OETF and corresponding to a first luminance dynamic range of the video data or a second transfer function being an EOTF or an OETF and corresponding to a second luminance dynamic range wider than the first luminance dynamic range; and the video data being displayed while controlling the luminance dynamic range of the display on a frame-by-frame basis using the transfer function indicated in the transfer characteristics information, wherein the luminance dynamic range of the display is switched between the first luminance dynamic range and the second luminance dynamic range, based on the transfer characteristics information; characterized by determining whether an intra coded frame is correctly decoded, wherein, in the displaying of the video data, the first luminance dynamic range is set as the luminance dynamic range of the display when it is determined that the intra coded frame is not correctly decoded.
A first wireless device (120,240) comprising: a radio; and means for causing a first Application Service Platform, ASP, on said first wireless device to: set up at least one ASP Peer-to-Peer, P2P, ASP-P2P, group between said first ASP and a second ASP of a second wireless device over a wireless-fidelity, Wi-Fi, direct link; setting up the ASP-P2P group comprises forming the ASP-P2P group only as a persistent P2P group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions between the first ASP and the second ASP; and during a group formation procedure of the ASP-P2P group, set a persistent P2P group bit of a group capability map in a P2P capability attribute only to a value of one to indicate that the ASP-P2P group is to be formed only as a persistent P2P group. a radio; and means for causing a first Application Service Platform, ASP, on said first wireless device to: set up at least one ASP Peer-to-Peer, P2P, ASP-P2P, group between said first ASP and a second ASP of a second wireless device over a wireless-fidelity, Wi-Fi, direct link; setting up the ASP-P2P group comprises forming the ASP-P2P group only as a persistent P2P group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions between the first ASP and the second ASP; and during a group formation procedure of the ASP-P2P group, set a persistent P2P group bit of a group capability map in a P2P capability attribute only to a value of one to indicate that the ASP-P2P group is to be formed only as a persistent P2P group. set up at least one ASP Peer-to-Peer, P2P, ASP-P2P, group between said first ASP and a second ASP of a second wireless device over a wireless-fidelity, Wi-Fi, direct link; setting up the ASP-P2P group comprises forming the ASP-P2P group only as a persistent P2P group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions between the first ASP and the second ASP; and during a group formation procedure of the ASP-P2P group, set a persistent P2P group bit of a group capability map in a P2P capability attribute only to a value of one to indicate that the ASP-P2P group is to be formed only as a persistent P2P group.
Method for managing the transmission times of messages from a first device (DISP1) to a second device (MOB21, MOB22), the devices having respective levels of electric charge at a given time, the method comprising: a. a step of the first device (DISP1) receiving a request to modify the transmission times of the messages, the request including the current level of electric charge associated with the second device (MOB21, MOB22); the request furthermore including an attribute representative of desired sending times of messages from the first device to the second device; b. a step of comparing the level of electric charge of the first device and the level of electric charge of the second device, c. a step of determining the transmission times of the messages from the first device on the basis of the result of the step of comparing the levels of charge of the first and second devices, the transmission times being the desired times if the level of charge of the first device is greater than the level of charge of the second device. a. a step of the first device (DISP1) receiving a request to modify the transmission times of the messages, the request including the current level of electric charge associated with the second device (MOB21, MOB22); the request furthermore including an attribute representative of desired sending times of messages from the first device to the second device; b. a step of comparing the level of electric charge of the first device and the level of electric charge of the second device, c. a step of determining the transmission times of the messages from the first device on the basis of the result of the step of comparing the levels of charge of the first and second devices, the transmission times being the desired times if the level of charge of the first device is greater than the level of charge of the second device.
A process for producing collagen particles, wherein there are provided: - an electrochemical cell with three electrodes, comprising - an electrolytic bath - a potentiostat/galvanostat - said three electrodes, of which a working electrode, a reference electrode, and an auxiliary electrode, at least partially immersed in the electrolytic bath, connected together by the potentiostat/galvanostat, - a membrane at least partially covered by an electrically conductive metal layer and having a plurality of pores, wherein the membrane is removably constrained to a surface of the working electrode, and is immersed in the electrolytic bath, wherein the electrolytic bath contains tropocollagen at a concentration from 1 to 100 mM, in a buffered aqueous saline solution, the process comprising a step of a) applying a controlled electrochemical potential (E/V) from -0.05 to -3.0 V by means of the potentiostat/galvanostat; whereby at least one collagen particle is formed within each pore of the membrane. - an electrochemical cell with three electrodes, comprising - an electrolytic bath - a potentiostat/galvanostat - said three electrodes, of which a working electrode, a reference electrode, and an auxiliary electrode, at least partially immersed in the electrolytic bath, connected together by the potentiostat/galvanostat, - a membrane at least partially covered by an electrically conductive metal layer and having a plurality of pores, - an electrolytic bath - a potentiostat/galvanostat - said three electrodes, of which a working electrode, a reference electrode, and an auxiliary electrode, at least partially immersed in the electrolytic bath, connected together by the potentiostat/galvanostat, - a membrane at least partially covered by an electrically conductive metal layer and having a plurality of pores, a) applying a controlled electrochemical potential (E/V) from -0.05 to -3.0 V by means of the potentiostat/galvanostat; whereby at least one collagen particle is formed within each pore of the membrane.
A closed, multiple-stage method for producing hydrogen-containing propellant gas having the following method steps: starting the process in the forced heating mode and performing the procedure in the normal self-heating mode with introduction of a hydrocarbon component and water by means of pressure insertion, heating, returning fuel to the ignition region in order to form a flame, wherein the procedure of fuel production is performed in multiple stages with separate introduction of the hydrocarbon component and water into a flame-heated process cylinder, and the process cylinder is divided into separate stages (10, 11, 12), depending on the number of stages in the fuel production procedure; in the first stage, water is introduced and heated until steam forms, and in the further stages (11, 12), the hydrocarbon component is introduced and mixed with steam, after which the steam and hydrocarbon mixture is additionally heated and then heated up to the temperature of formation of the hydrogen-containing propellant gas, the flow of which is returned to the ignition region, in order to ensure the burning of the flame; and the propellant gas flow in the normal self-heating mode is divided, and a portion is returned to the ignition region for flame formation and another portion is carried further for storage and/or for external use, and the procedures of forming hydrogen-containing propellant gas in the normal self-heating mode are performed in three stages while being heated, wherein and in the first stage, water is introduced by means of pressure insertion at a pressure of 0.3 - 0.5 MPa and heated at a temperature of 500 = 550°C, until steam forms; that in the second stage, the hydrocarbon component is introduced by insertion at a pressure of 0.3 - 0.5 MPa into the one mixer; that this hydrocarbon component is mixed with steam by means of injection at a pressure of 0.06 - 0.25 MPa at the ratio of water component to hydrocarbon component in the range of 10.5: 1 to 8: 1; and that in the third stage, the mixture is heated up to a temperature of from 1300 - 2000° C.
A water treatment system comprising: an enclosure for water to be treated; a multiplicity of biomass carriers located within said enclosure; at least one airlift comprising a pipe extending upward from a location near a bottom end of said enclosure and arranged to raise water and biomass carriers from said enclosure; and at least one mechanical biomass carrier accumulated residue removal apparatus located above the airlift and operative to remove accumulated residue from the biomass carriers raised by the airlift, wherein the residue removal apparatus comprises: an open-ended vertically upstanding cylindrical wall, a downwardly-tapered, truncated, open-ended conical element connected to a top end of the said pipe and at least partially positioned within the cylindrical wall, a rotatable drive with lifting vanes and impact elements fixed thereto, wherein said shaft is located within said cylindrical wall, said impact elements are located above said lifting vanes and said lifting vanes lift the raised biomass carriers out of the raised water while the water falls back into the enclosure. an enclosure for water to be treated; a multiplicity of biomass carriers located within said enclosure; at least one airlift comprising a pipe extending upward from a location near a bottom end of said enclosure and arranged to raise water and biomass carriers from said enclosure; and at least one mechanical biomass carrier accumulated residue removal apparatus located above the airlift and operative to remove accumulated residue from the biomass carriers raised by the airlift, wherein the residue removal apparatus comprises: an open-ended vertically upstanding cylindrical wall, a downwardly-tapered, truncated, open-ended conical element connected to a top end of the said pipe and at least partially positioned within the cylindrical wall, a rotatable drive with lifting vanes and impact elements fixed thereto, wherein said shaft is located within said cylindrical wall, said impact elements are located above said lifting vanes and said lifting vanes lift the raised biomass carriers out of the raised water while the water falls back into the enclosure. an open-ended vertically upstanding cylindrical wall, a downwardly-tapered, truncated, open-ended conical element connected to a top end of the said pipe and at least partially positioned within the cylindrical wall, a rotatable drive with lifting vanes and impact elements fixed thereto, wherein said shaft is located within said cylindrical wall, said impact elements are located above said lifting vanes and said lifting vanes lift the raised biomass carriers out of the raised water while the water falls back into the enclosure.
A method for identifying CD3 + CD4 +, and/or CD3 + CD8 + naive and/or memory T-lymphocytes in a sample derived from a mammal comprising T cells, comprising a) analysing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in an amplicon comprising amplification with at least one primer pair suitably designed based on oligomers according to any of SEQ ID NO: 2 to 5, and b) identifying CD3 + CD4 +, and/or CD3 + CD8 + naive and/or memory T-lymphocytes based on said methylation status, wherein a demethylation of at least one CpG position in said amplicon to at least 90% in said sample is indicative for a CD3 + CD4 +, and/or CD3 + CD8 + naive and/or memoryT-lymphocyte cell. a) analysing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in an amplicon comprising amplification with at least one primer pair suitably designed based on oligomers according to any of SEQ ID NO: 2 to 5, and b) identifying CD3 + CD4 +, and/or CD3 + CD8 + naive and/or memory T-lymphocytes based on said methylation status, wherein a demethylation of at least one CpG position in said amplicon to at least 90% in said sample is indicative for a CD3 + CD4 +, and/or CD3 + CD8 + naive and/or memoryT-lymphocyte cell.
A joined structure, comprising an aluminum alloy treated with a pretreatment composition comprising: at least one rare earth metal or salt thereof and a solution comprising at least one silane, wherein the at least one rare earth metal or salt thereof is present in an amount of 50 to 7500 ppm and the solution comprising the at least one silane is present in an amount of 5 vol. % to 50 vol. %, and wherein the pretreatment composition further comprises an inorganic barrier-type corrosion inhibitor in an amount of 50 ppm to 5000 ppm, wherein the inorganic barrier-type corrosion inhibitor comprises clay particles, and another metal or alloy. an aluminum alloy treated with a pretreatment composition comprising: at least one rare earth metal or salt thereof and a solution comprising at least one silane, wherein the at least one rare earth metal or salt thereof is present in an amount of 50 to 7500 ppm and the solution comprising the at least one silane is present in an amount of 5 vol. % to 50 vol. %, and wherein the pretreatment composition further comprises an inorganic barrier-type corrosion inhibitor in an amount of 50 ppm to 5000 ppm, wherein the inorganic barrier-type corrosion inhibitor comprises clay particles, and another metal or alloy.