mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An anti-fouling lighting system configured for preventing or reducing biofouling on a fouling surface of an object that during use is at least temporarily exposed to an electrically conductive aqueous liquid, by providing an anti-fouling light to said fouling surface, the anti-fouling lighting system comprising: - a lighting module comprising a light source configured to generate the anti-fouling light; and characterized in that, - an energy system configured to locally harvest energy and configured to provide electrical power to said light lighting module, wherein the energy system comprises (i) a sacrificial electrode in electrical connection with a first electrode of the light source, and (ii) a second energy system electrode in electrical connection with a second electrode of the light source, wherein the energy system is configured to provide electrical power to the lighting module when the sacrificial electrode and the second energy system electrode are in electical contact with the electrically conductive aqueous liquid. - a lighting module comprising a light source configured to generate the anti-fouling light; and characterized in that, - an energy system configured to locally harvest energy and configured to provide electrical power to said light lighting module, wherein the energy system comprises (i) a sacrificial electrode in electrical connection with a first electrode of the light source, and (ii) a second energy system electrode in electrical connection with a second electrode of the light source, wherein the energy system is configured to provide electrical power to the lighting module when the sacrificial electrode and the second energy system electrode are in electical contact with the electrically conductive aqueous liquid.
Process for producing olefins, in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed is fed into a cracking furnace where relatively long-chain hydrocarbons of the hydrocarbon-containing feed are at least partly cracked to form shorter-chain olefins, encompassing ethylene and propylene, and in which a cracking gas formed during cracking is conveyed in succession through a lower section and an upper section of a scrubbing column in countercurrent to a liquid scrubbing medium (43, 31), characterized - in that a fraction rich in petroleum spirit is used in the lower section of the scrubbing column and a water-rich fraction is used in the upper section of the scrubbing column as the scrubbing medium (43, 31), with a hydrocarbon fraction of which 80% boils at a temperature of 130°C at atmospheric pressure being used as the fraction which is rich in petroleum spirit, - in that the scrubbing column is divided in process engineering terms into the lower section and the upper section by a tray, with liquids not being able to pass from the top downward through the tray, - in that a liquid petroleum spirit-water phase is taken off from the tray which divides the scrubbing column into the lower section and the upper section, and - in that the liquid petroleum spirit-water phase is separated into a liquid petroleum spirit fraction and a liquid water fraction, with the liquid petroleum spirit fraction being at least partly introduced as the fraction which is rich in petroleum spirit into the lower part of the scrubbing column and the liquid water fraction being at least partly introduced as the water-rich fraction into the upper part of the scrubbing column. - in that a fraction rich in petroleum spirit is used in the lower section of the scrubbing column and a water-rich fraction is used in the upper section of the scrubbing column as the scrubbing medium (43, 31), with a hydrocarbon fraction of which 80% boils at a temperature of 130°C at atmospheric pressure being used as the fraction which is rich in petroleum spirit, - in that the scrubbing column is divided in process engineering terms into the lower section and the upper section by a tray, with liquids not being able to pass from the top downward through the tray, - in that a liquid petroleum spirit-water phase is taken off from the tray which divides the scrubbing column into the lower section and the upper section, and - in that the liquid petroleum spirit-water phase is separated into a liquid petroleum spirit fraction and a liquid water fraction, with the liquid petroleum spirit fraction being at least partly introduced as the fraction which is rich in petroleum spirit into the lower part of the scrubbing column and the liquid water fraction being at least partly introduced as the water-rich fraction into the upper part of the scrubbing column.
A self-propelled vehicle for laying two or more individual, pipe sections within one or more trenches located on sloped terrain, the vehicle comprising: an undercarriage supporting a vehicle chassis, wherein the undercarriage is capable of climbing the sloped terrain; a rotating platform carried by the vehicle chassis; and a boom carried by the rotating platform; characterised by two independent winch cables configured to lift and position the two or more individual, pipe sections; the boom having a boom head positionable at a tilt angle (β) offset from a longitudinal axis forming a centreline of the boom, wherein the angled boom head utilizes the two independent winch cables to lift and position the two or more individual, pipe sections; whereby the vehicle is useable to sequentially lift the two or more pipe sections, one at a time, and to swing and position the pipe sections in a trench, end-to-end, without the need to relocate the vehicle. an undercarriage supporting a vehicle chassis, wherein the undercarriage is capable of climbing the sloped terrain; a rotating platform carried by the vehicle chassis; and a boom carried by the rotating platform; characterised by two independent winch cables configured to lift and position the two or more individual, pipe sections; the boom having a boom head positionable at a tilt angle (β) offset from a longitudinal axis forming a centreline of the boom, wherein the angled boom head utilizes the two independent winch cables to lift and position the two or more individual, pipe sections; whereby the vehicle is useable to sequentially lift the two or more pipe sections, one at a time, and to swing and position the pipe sections in a trench, end-to-end, without the need to relocate the vehicle.
An extraction apparatus, for example a coffee machine, with a brewing module for receiving a capsule with a capsule wall and with an extraction material received in a capsule interior, wherein the brewing module comprises a first brewing module part and a second brewing module part which is movable relative to the first brewing module part, wherein the first and the second brewing module part form a discharge device for the discharge of an extraction product out of the capsule, and form an introduction device for introducing an extraction fluid into the capsule, wherein the introduction device comprises at least one piercing tip for piercing the capsule, wherein the introduction device is provided with an elastically deformable, injection-side seal which surrounds the piercing tip or the piereing tips of the introduction device and which comprises a seal collar (62.7) positioning the capsule and encompassing the capsule in a holding manner, and at least one circumferential scaling lip (62.1, 62.9) and/or circumferential sealing bead, wherein the at least one sealing lip or the at least one sealing bead bears on a surface of the capsule in a line-like or strip-like manner and presses the capsule wall against the capsule interior.
Heating means (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 900) for thermally bonding two objects (760, 770) each comprising a plastic material, wherein upon bonding a first inner object is at least partially surrounded by a second outer object and the heating means is located between the first inner object and the second outer object, the heating means (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 900) comprising a band-like structure in which a plurality of openings (110, 610) are formed, and wherein the openings (110, 610) are sized to allow molten plastic material of the first inner object and/or the second outer object to penetrate and bond with molten plastic material of the other object (760, 770), and/or wherein the openings (110, 660) are filled with a plastic material which can bond with molten plastic material of the first inner object and/or the second outer object; wherein the band-like structure comprises a ferromagnetic material which is inductively heatable and which has a Curie temperature lower than 460°C; characterized in that the heating means (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 900) further comprises an adhesive force modifying layer attached to or formed on at least one surface of the band-like structure. a band-like structure in which a plurality of openings (110, 610) are formed, and wherein the openings (110, 610) are sized to allow molten plastic material of the first inner object and/or the second outer object to penetrate and bond with molten plastic material of the other object (760, 770), and/or wherein the openings (110, 660) are filled with a plastic material which can bond with molten plastic material of the first inner object and/or the second outer object; wherein the band-like structure comprises a ferromagnetic material which is inductively heatable and which has a Curie temperature lower than 460°C; characterized in that the heating means (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 900) further comprises an adhesive force modifying layer attached to or formed on at least one surface of the band-like structure.
A system for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels (111, 112, 114, 115), the system being operable to receive an input signal corresponding to a rate of change of an angle of pitch of the vehicle and to command an application of brake torque to change an amount of torque applied to at least one of the plurality of wheels (111, 112, 114, 115) in dependence on the pitch rate, and wherein the system is operable to command the change in an amount of torque applied to at least one of the plurality of wheels (111, 112, 114, 115) when a leading edge of the vehicle pitches in a downward direction at a pitch rate exceeding a prescribed rate, wherein the prescribed rate is determined in dependence on a type of terrain over which the vehicle is travelling.
Method of recovering or preparing to recover fluid media from underground reservoirs, wherein, prior to carrying out the method, the reservoirs exist as non- interconnected mini-cavities, comprising the following steps - sinking at least two vertical boreholes or shafts into the earth's surface, - introducing at least one pipe consisting of at least one section (6a-6c) into each of the vertical boreholes or shafts, wherein at least one section of the pipe has at least one opening in the lower portion of the wall, wherein the openings in the sections of the at least two pipes are each aligned with a selected area between two pipes and wherein this area is located between the at least two vertical boreholes, - lowering an explosive charge into the pipe within each of the boreholes to a depth corresponding to the depth of the at least one opening in the at least one section of the pipe inserted in each case into the vertical borehole or shaft and - detonating each of the explosive charges in such a way that, in each case, at least one horizontal and directional pressure wave is sent through the at least one opening in the wall of the pipe into the layer of earth and the pressure waves collide in the selected area. - sinking at least two vertical boreholes or shafts into the earth's surface, - introducing at least one pipe consisting of at least one section (6a-6c) into each of the vertical boreholes or shafts, wherein at least one section of the pipe has at least one opening in the lower portion of the wall, wherein the openings in the sections of the at least two pipes are each aligned with a selected area between two pipes and wherein this area is located between the at least two vertical boreholes, - lowering an explosive charge into the pipe within each of the boreholes to a depth corresponding to the depth of the at least one opening in the at least one section of the pipe inserted in each case into the vertical borehole or shaft and - detonating each of the explosive charges in such a way that, in each case, at least one horizontal and directional pressure wave is sent through the at least one opening in the wall of the pipe into the layer of earth and the pressure waves collide in the selected area.
Aqueous composition for the surface treatment of a metal substrate, said composition comprising a fluorinated compound, a corrosion-inhibiting metal compound excluding compounds based on hexavalent chromium, and a water-soluble colouring compound, characterised in that the colouring compound is xylenol orange, the corrosion-inhibiting metal compound is a trivalent chromium salt and the pH of said composition is between 3 and 5.
Wheel disc for a wheel, especially for utility vehicles, with an essentially radially extending hub fitting flange and an essentially cylindrical disc edge being joinable to a wheel rim, and with a transition region extending between the hub fitting flange and the disc edge, wherein the transition region is subdivided into at least five segments (A I to V) passing into each other or into the hub fitting flange or the disc edge, each of which has an outer end situated closer to the hub fitting flange and an inner end situated closer to the disc edge, wherein the segments (A I to V) have a curvature at least on a partial region of their length between their outer end and their inner end and the curvatures of neighbouring segments (A I to V) have different directions of curvature, wherein the individual segments have at their inner ends a larger radial distance from an axis of rotation of the wheel disc than at their outer ends, characterized in that the wheel disc in its transition region has a variable material thickness, and wherein the ratios of the material thicknesses of the individual segments at their respective inner ends to their respective outer ends and the ratio of their lengths (La) in the axial direction of the wheel disc to their heights (Hr) in the radial direction are chosen as follows: Material thickness of inner end (di) Material thickness of outer end (da) Length in axial direction (L a) Height in radial direction (H r) Segment A I (between hub fitting 0.45 - 0.7 0.9 - 1.1 flange and segment A II) Segment A II (between A I and A III 0.7 - 1.0 1.6 - 1.9 Segment A III (between A II and A IV) 0.9 - 1.25 2.5 - 2.8 Segment A IV (between A III and A V) 0.9 - 1.25 2.8 - 3.1 Segment A V (between A IV and disc edge) 0.7 - 1.15 6.0 - 6.8
A method for heating a blast furnace stove (300,400, 600) by combusting a fuel with a lower heating value of 9 MJ/Nm 3 or less in a combustion region in which there is maintained a visible flame, arranged in a combustion chamber (301;401; 601) in the stove, and causing the combustion gases to flow through and thereby heat refractory material (302,402, 602) in the stove, wherein the fuel is combusted with an oxidant comprising at least 85% oxygen, wherein the oxidant is supplied to the combustion zone at high velocity through a lance (310,311,312, 416, 615), and wherein combustion gases are caused to be recirculated into the combustion region thereby diluting the mixture of fuel and oxidant therein sufficiently for the flame not to damage the refactory material.
An exhaust gas pressure regulator for an engine, comprising an exhaust gas duct delimiting an exhaust gas flow path and a regulating member, which is moveable in a first direction in the exhaust gas duct between a first end position, in which the exhaust gas flow path is open for exhaust gas throughflow, and a second end position, in which the regulating member at least substantially closes the exhaust gas flow path for exhaust gas throughflow, wherein the exhaust gas flow path serves to diffuse the exhaust gas and forms an annular conduit which has an outer periphery being defined by the exhaust gas duct, and an inner periphery being defined by the regulating member which is arranged inside the exhaust gas duct, wherein the cross-sectional area of the flow path, when open, is increasing along the exhaust gas flow direction whereby a diffusion of the exhaust gas is provided, and characterized in that said regulating member and said exhaust gas duct are configured for defining an annular gap when the regulating member is positioned in the second end position for allowing exhaust gas to flow through said exhaust gas pressure regulator.
A method for information transmission, wherein the method is used in a time division duplexing system, in the time division duplexing system, sub frame 3, 4, 8 and 9 are able to be used as uplink subframes or downlink subframes, characterized by comprising: detecting, by a user equipment, a signaling sent from a base station in downlink subframe n, where n is a subframe serial number in a radio frame, the signaling comprises an uplink indication field; determining, by the user equipment, that subframe n+4 is an uplink subframe, when the downlink subframe n is subframe 0 or subframe 5 in the radio frame and the most significant bit of the uplink indication field in the signaling detected in the downlink subframe n is 1; or determining, by the user equipment, that subframe n+7 is an uplink subframe, when the downlink subframe n is subframe 1 or subframe 6 in the radio subframe and the least significant bit of the uplink indication field in the signaling detected at the downlink subframe n is 1; performing, by the user equipment, an information transmission in the determined subframe. detecting, by a user equipment, a signaling sent from a base station in downlink subframe n, where n is a subframe serial number in a radio frame, the signaling comprises an uplink indication field; determining, by the user equipment, that subframe n+4 is an uplink subframe, when the downlink subframe n is subframe 0 or subframe 5 in the radio frame and the most significant bit of the uplink indication field in the signaling detected in the downlink subframe n is 1; or determining, by the user equipment, that subframe n+7 is an uplink subframe, when the downlink subframe n is subframe 1 or subframe 6 in the radio subframe and the least significant bit of the uplink indication field in the signaling detected at the downlink subframe n is 1; performing, by the user equipment, an information transmission in the determined subframe.
A sample preparation method for MALDI, the sample preparation method for preparing a sample for mass spectroscopy using a matrix assisted laser desorption ionization method and configured to execute steps, comprising: a) a first matrix depositing step of placing a sample to be measured on a sample substrate, vaporizing a matrix substance in vacuum, and depositing the matrix substance to form a first matrix film layer on the sample placed on the sample substrate; b) a solvent introducing step of bringing a predetermined solvent in gaseous or liquid into contact with a surface of the first matrix film layer formed on the sample substrate so as to infiltrate the solvent into the first matrix film layer; and characterized by c) a second matrix depositing step of vaporizing further matrix substance in vacuum and depositing the further matrix substance to form a second matrix film layer on the surface of the first matrix film layer in a state where the solvent is infiltrated, or in a state where the infiltrated solvent is volatilized. a) a first matrix depositing step of placing a sample to be measured on a sample substrate, vaporizing a matrix substance in vacuum, and depositing the matrix substance to form a first matrix film layer on the sample placed on the sample substrate; b) a solvent introducing step of bringing a predetermined solvent in gaseous or liquid into contact with a surface of the first matrix film layer formed on the sample substrate so as to infiltrate the solvent into the first matrix film layer; and characterized by c) a second matrix depositing step of vaporizing further matrix substance in vacuum and depositing the further matrix substance to form a second matrix film layer on the surface of the first matrix film layer in a state where the solvent is infiltrated, or in a state where the infiltrated solvent is volatilized.
A liquid crystal display assembly, characterized in that it comprises: a touch screen, an upper substrate disposed parallel to the touch screen, a lower substrate disposed parallel to the upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, an upper polarizer attached to a side of the upper substrate not adjacent to the liquid crystal layer and a lower polarizer attached to a side of the lower substrate not adjacent to the liquid crystal layer; the LCD assembly further comprises: at least one fingerprint identification sensor (160; 260), at least one light sensor (170; 270) and a control chip (180; 280); the at least one fingerprint identification sensor (160; 260) is disposed between the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer, and each of the at least one fingerprint identification sensor (160; 260) is electrically connected to the control chip; the at least one light sensor (170; 270) is disposed between the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer or the at least one light sensor (170; 270) is disposed on the touch screen, and each of the at least one light sensor (170; 270) is electrically connected to the control chip; the liquid crystal display assembly being able to select some of the at least one fingerprint identification sensor with the assistance of the at least one light sensor for carrying out fingerprint identification. a touch screen, an upper substrate disposed parallel to the touch screen, a lower substrate disposed parallel to the upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, an upper polarizer attached to a side of the upper substrate not adjacent to the liquid crystal layer and a lower polarizer attached to a side of the lower substrate not adjacent to the liquid crystal layer; the LCD assembly further comprises: at least one fingerprint identification sensor (160; 260), at least one light sensor (170; 270) and a control chip (180; 280); the at least one fingerprint identification sensor (160; 260) is disposed between the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer, and each of the at least one fingerprint identification sensor (160; 260) is electrically connected to the control chip; the at least one light sensor (170; 270) is disposed between the upper polarizer and the lower polarizer or the at least one light sensor (170; 270) is disposed on the touch screen, and each of the at least one light sensor (170; 270) is electrically connected to the control chip; the liquid crystal display assembly being able to select some of the at least one fingerprint identification sensor with the assistance of the at least one light sensor for carrying out fingerprint identification.
Silencer for a compressed air system of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, with a housing, with at least one air inlet and with at least one air outlet and with a labyrinth-like insulation structure arranged in the housing, wherein the housing is configured at least in two parts with at least one housing top part and with at least one housing lower part, wherein the housing top part has at least one substantially entirely radially encircling housing top part rib and wherein the housing lower part has at least one substantially entirely radially encircling housing lower part rib, wherein the housing top part and the housing lower part engage with each other, so that a housing top part rib engages between two housing lower part ribs and or a housing lower part rib engages between two housing top part ribs.