mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A breath indicator receivable by a part of a breathing assistance apparatus that supplies gas to a patient, the indicator comprising: an elongate body having a gas sampling end 51) and an attachment end 56), the attachment end 56) adapted to attach to a part of a breathing assistance apparatus and for locating the gas sampling end 51), and the gas sampling end 51) to be located in a region where gas from the patient is to be exhaled and in fluid communication with a sensor via a passageway, the gas sampling end 51) being in communication with the sensor comprising a detector material changeable between a first visual indicator state relating to an inhalation phase of the patient, and a second visual indicator state relating to an exhalation phase of the patient, the detector material is capable of changing between the visual indicator states at a sufficient rate to substantially correspond with the inhalation and exhalation phases of the patient, the attachment end comprises a housing for holding or retaining the sensor in position, a top surface and one or more gas outlets provided on a surface opposite the top surface, such that the sensor is in contact with the gas flow path of gas flowing through the passageway prior to being expelled to the external environment out of the one or more gas outlets, a stopping flange 58) located partway along said elongate body and extending substantially perpendicularly from said elongate body, and wherein a pressure difference exists between the gas sampling end 51) and the attachment end 56), when in use. an elongate body having a gas sampling end 51) and an attachment end 56), the attachment end 56) adapted to attach to a part of a breathing assistance apparatus and for locating the gas sampling end 51), and the gas sampling end 51) to be located in a region where gas from the patient is to be exhaled and in fluid communication with a sensor via a passageway, the gas sampling end 51) being in communication with the sensor comprising a detector material changeable between a first visual indicator state relating to an inhalation phase of the patient, and a second visual indicator state relating to an exhalation phase of the patient, the detector material is capable of changing between the visual indicator states at a sufficient rate to substantially correspond with the inhalation and exhalation phases of the patient, the attachment end comprises a housing for holding or retaining the sensor in position, a top surface and one or more gas outlets provided on a surface opposite the top surface, such that the sensor is in contact with the gas flow path of gas flowing through the passageway prior to being expelled to the external environment out of the one or more gas outlets, a stopping flange 58) located partway along said elongate body and extending substantially perpendicularly from said elongate body, and wherein a pressure difference exists between the gas sampling end 51) and the attachment end 56), when in use.
A method of preparing a heavy-duty epoxy coating composition, the method comprising: preparing a first styrenated phenol by reacting a phenolic compound with a styrene compound in a presence of a first acid catalyst; preparing a second styrenated phenol by additionally reacting the first styrenated phenol with a styrene compound in a presence of a second acid catalyst; and mixing an epoxy resin with the second styrenated phenol. preparing a first styrenated phenol by reacting a phenolic compound with a styrene compound in a presence of a first acid catalyst; preparing a second styrenated phenol by additionally reacting the first styrenated phenol with a styrene compound in a presence of a second acid catalyst; and mixing an epoxy resin with the second styrenated phenol.
A disposable absorbent undergarment comprising: a liquid-permeable topsheet; a liquid-impermeable backsheet; a liquid-absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; a laminate comprising the topsheet, the backsheet and the core and having a front section, a rear section and a crotch section interposed between the front section and the rear section; first and second leg-hole defining edges in the form of generally circular-arc-shaped notches on transversely opposite sides of the crotch section; stretchable elastic members (16, 17, 18) generally extending along each of the first and second leg-hole defining edges; the elastic members comprising first and second front-half elastic portions (16a, 16b) extending primarily along first and second front-halves of the first and second leg-hole defining edges, first and second rear-half elastic portions (17a, 17b) extending primarily along first and second rear-halves of the first and second leg-hole defining edges, and first and second core shaping elastic portions (18a, 18b) extending longitudinally on transversely opposite sides of the crotch section, wherein said first core shaping elastic portion does not intersect with any one of said first front-half and first rear-half elastic portions (16a, 17a), and wherein said second core shaping elastic portion does not intersect with any one of said second front-half and second rear-half elastic portions (16b, 17b), characterised in that said first core-shaping elastic portion extends longitudinally beyond the crotch end of the first front-half and/or first rear-half elastic portions (16a, 17a), and the second core-shaping elastic portion extends longitudinally beyond the crotch end of the second front-half and/or second rear-half elastic portions (16b, 17b).
A printing press for producing security products or intermediate security products, comprising a feed device for feeding unprinted printing substrate into the printing press, multiple printing units (06; 07; 08; 09) by which the unprinted printing substrate can be printed in an indirect planographic printing method and/or an indirect letterpress printing method in one or more printing points (11; 12), wherein in a conveyor line between the feed device and the first printing point (11; 12) in the printing substrate path a reflective inspection device is provided for inspecting, with the use of UV radiation, the as yet unprinted printing substrate for security features contained in or on the printing substrate, characterized in that in the conveyor line between the feed device and the first printing point (11; 12) in the printing substrate path an inspection device embodied as a transmissive inspection device is additionally provided, and in that the transmissive inspection device comprises an IR-sensitive camera and is provided on the transport path of a transport cylinder (33; 38; 39), the circumferential surface of which is at least partially transparent in at least the wavelength range that is relevant for the inspection.
An insertion head for medical or pharmaceutical applications, said insertion head comprising: a) a base (1, 2) having a lower side that can be positioned on tissue, b) an insertion device that can be inserted into the tissue, wherein the insertion device is permanently and movably mounted on the base (1, 2) and wherein the base (1, 2) and a joint element together form a joint and the insertion device projects from the joint element, preferably in that a longitudinal direction of the insertion device intersects or crosses a movement axis of the joint, c) a receptacle which is open to the lower side of the base (1, 2) and is configured to be detached from said base (1, 2), and which receives at least one free end of the insertion device in a protective position, d) a handle (11, 12, 14) which is detachably connected to the base (1, 2) and the insertion device mounted on the base (1, 2) and forms the detachable receptacle; wherein e) the insertion device is pivotable relative to the base (1, 2) from its protective position in which a free end of the insertion device stands back behind the lower side of the base (1, 2) into an insertion position in which the free end of the insertion device projects beyond the lower side of the base (1, 2). a) a base (1, 2) having a lower side that can be positioned on tissue, b) an insertion device that can be inserted into the tissue, wherein the insertion device is permanently and movably mounted on the base (1, 2) and wherein the base (1, 2) and a joint element together form a joint and the insertion device projects from the joint element, preferably in that a longitudinal direction of the insertion device intersects or crosses a movement axis of the joint, c) a receptacle which is open to the lower side of the base (1, 2) and is configured to be detached from said base (1, 2), and which receives at least one free end of the insertion device in a protective position, d) a handle (11, 12, 14) which is detachably connected to the base (1, 2) and the insertion device mounted on the base (1, 2) and forms the detachable receptacle; wherein e) the insertion device is pivotable relative to the base (1, 2) from its protective position in which a free end of the insertion device stands back behind the lower side of the base (1, 2) into an insertion position in which the free end of the insertion device projects beyond the lower side of the base (1, 2).
An electricity generation process comprising the steps of: - injecting an aqueous feed stream into a salt formation to dissolve the salt contained therein, and then extracting a saline stream containing said dissolved salt from the salt formation; and - converting latent osmotic energy present in said saline stream into electricity by passage through an osmotic power unit comprising a semi-permeable membrane which permits the passage of water but not the passage of salts in which said saline stream (2, 4) is passed over one side of the semi-permeable membrane, a low salinity stream being passed over the other side of said membrane; and characterized in that the process further comprises - using an output stream derived from the low salinity stream as the aqueous feed stream. - injecting an aqueous feed stream into a salt formation to dissolve the salt contained therein, and then extracting a saline stream containing said dissolved salt from the salt formation; and - converting latent osmotic energy present in said saline stream into electricity by passage through an osmotic power unit comprising a semi-permeable membrane which permits the passage of water but not the passage of salts in which said saline stream (2, 4) is passed over one side of the semi-permeable membrane, a low salinity stream being passed over the other side of said membrane; and - using an output stream derived from the low salinity stream as the aqueous feed stream.
A mode-locked laser source for emitting radiation in a given emission spectral band, centered on a given emission angular frequency, ω, comprising: - a mode-locked laser cavity comprising a gain section having a known frequency dependent Group Delay Dispersion, the Gain GDD, and a GTI mirror arranged at one end of the gain section, and having a known frequency dependent Group Delay Dispersion, the GTI GDD, wherein: - the gain section and the GTI mirror are formed into a same laser medium, said laser medium having a known frequency dependent Group Delay Dispersion, the material GDD, thus forming a two parts laser cavity; - the gain section and the GTI mirror are separated by a gap of predetermined width ( a) filled with a dielectric medium; and - the GTI GDD at least partly compensates the sum of the Gain GDD and the material GDD in said emission spectral band. - a mode-locked laser cavity comprising a gain section having a known frequency dependent Group Delay Dispersion, the Gain GDD, and a GTI mirror arranged at one end of the gain section, and having a known frequency dependent Group Delay Dispersion, the GTI GDD, wherein: - the gain section and the GTI mirror are formed into a same laser medium, said laser medium having a known frequency dependent Group Delay Dispersion, the material GDD, thus forming a two parts laser cavity; - the gain section and the GTI mirror are separated by a gap of predetermined width ( a) filled with a dielectric medium; and - the GTI GDD at least partly compensates the sum of the Gain GDD and the material GDD in said emission spectral band.
A selectively activatable patch-pump assembly, said patch-pump assembly comprising: • a sealed prefilled drug-reservoir containing a drug to be delivered; • an associated conduit in connection therewith; • a selectively activatable, associated, cannula -containing assembly for delivering a drug subcutaneously to a subject, in fluid connection with said conduit; • a selectively activatable penetrator which when activated penetrates said sealed prefilled drug-reservoir and facilitates drug access to said conduit; • a first spring -based mechanism, which when released propels said selectively activatable penetrator through said conduit toward said sealed prefilled drug-reservoir facilitating penetration of said drug-reservoir; and • a safety catch or cover, wherein said safety catch restrains said first spring -based mechanism thereby preventing the inadvertent activation of said patch-pump; wherein when said safety catch or cover is removed or released, said first spring -based mechanism is thereby released to cause the propelling of said selectively activatable penetrator thereby initiating penetration of said sealed prefilled drug-reservoir, drug access from said drug-reservoir to said conduit, drug access from said conduit to said cannula -containing assembly and delivery from said cannula -containing assembly. • a sealed prefilled drug-reservoir containing a drug to be delivered; • an associated conduit in connection therewith; • a selectively activatable, associated, cannula -containing assembly for delivering a drug subcutaneously to a subject, in fluid connection with said conduit; • a selectively activatable penetrator which when activated penetrates said sealed prefilled drug-reservoir and facilitates drug access to said conduit; • a first spring -based mechanism, which when released propels said selectively activatable penetrator through said conduit toward said sealed prefilled drug-reservoir facilitating penetration of said drug-reservoir; and • a safety catch or cover, wherein said safety catch restrains said first spring -based mechanism thereby preventing the inadvertent activation of said patch-pump;
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, comprising: a steel strip; and a forsterite based glass coating film formed at a surface of the steel strip, wherein when a portion of which thickness is continuously twice or more as thick as average thickness of the glass coating film, and of which size in a direction parallel to the surface of the steel strip is 3 μm or more is defined as an aggregated portion, a ratio of a total length of the aggregated portions crossed by a line segment relative to a length of the line segment is set to be 0.15 or less in an arbitrary line segment parallel to the surface of the steel strip, wherein the steel strip consists of Si: 2.0 mass% to 7.0 mass%, C content in the steel strip is 0.005 mass% or less, and the remaining portion of the steel strip is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet contains at least one kind of nitride selected from a group consisting of AlN, BN, Nb 2 N and Si 3 N 4. a steel strip; and a forsterite based glass coating film formed at a surface of the steel strip, wherein when a portion of which thickness is continuously twice or more as thick as average thickness of the glass coating film, and of which size in a direction parallel to the surface of the steel strip is 3 μm or more is defined as an aggregated portion, a ratio of a total length of the aggregated portions crossed by a line segment relative to a length of the line segment is set to be 0.15 or less in an arbitrary line segment parallel to the surface of the steel strip, wherein the steel strip consists of Si: 2.0 mass% to 7.0 mass%, C content in the steel strip is 0.005 mass% or less, and the remaining portion of the steel strip is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet contains at least one kind of nitride selected from a group consisting of AlN, BN, Nb 2 N and Si 3 N 4.
An airfoil assembly comprising: a shroud comprising a first attachment arm, a second attachment arm, and a shroud rail extending from a first surface of the shroud, wherein: a first channel is defined between the first attachment arm, the first surface, and the shroud rail; and a second channel is defined between the second attachment arm, the first surface, and the shroud rail; and an airfoil extending from a second surface of the shroud opposite the first surface; wherein a height of the shroud rail, as measured from the first surface of the shroud, is non-uniform; characterized in that the height of the shroud rail varies in a second direction normal to an axis extending between the first attachment arm and the second attachment arm to tune an aeromechanical response of the airfoil assembly, wherein the second direction is parallel to the first surface. a shroud comprising a first attachment arm, a second attachment arm, and a shroud rail extending from a first surface of the shroud, wherein: a first channel is defined between the first attachment arm, the first surface, and the shroud rail; and a second channel is defined between the second attachment arm, the first surface, and the shroud rail; and a first channel is defined between the first attachment arm, the first surface, and the shroud rail; and a second channel is defined between the second attachment arm, the first surface, and the shroud rail; and an airfoil extending from a second surface of the shroud opposite the first surface; wherein a height of the shroud rail, as measured from the first surface of the shroud, is non-uniform; characterized in that the height of the shroud rail varies in a second direction normal to an axis extending between the first attachment arm and the second attachment arm to tune an aeromechanical response of the airfoil assembly, wherein the second direction is parallel to the first surface.
A liquid crystal panel comprising: a pair of substrates (10, 20); and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates (10, 20), at least one of the substrates (10, 20) being provided with a first electrode and a second electrode, the liquid crystal layer being driven by a transverse electric field generated between the first and second electrodes (12, 13), the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules that align themselves perpendicularly to surfaces of the substrates (10, 20) when no electric field is applied, characterized in that said liquid crystal panel has an interval between the first electrode and the second electrode adjacent to each other not constant but varied in accordance with a position of the electrodes (12, 13) within a range satisfying 0.33 ≤ S/(S+L) ≤ 0.64, where L is the width of each of the first and second electrodes (12, 13) and S is the interval between the first and second electrodes (12, 13). a pair of substrates (10, 20); and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates (10, 20), at least one of the substrates (10, 20) being provided with a first electrode and a second electrode, the liquid crystal layer being driven by a transverse electric field generated between the first and second electrodes (12, 13), the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules that align themselves perpendicularly to surfaces of the substrates (10, 20) when no electric field is applied, characterized in that said liquid crystal panel has an interval between the first electrode and the second electrode adjacent to each other not constant but varied in accordance with a position of the electrodes (12, 13) within a range satisfying 0.33 ≤ S/(S+L) ≤ 0.64, where L is the width of each of the first and second electrodes (12, 13) and S is the interval between the first and second electrodes (12, 13).
Railway vehicle comprising at least two adjacent carriages each comprising a lower floor and an upper floor arranged one above the other so as to define a lower level and an upper level, an interconnection passage arranged directly above a bogie connecting the two carriages together and comprising a lower floor connecting the lower floors of the two carriages and an upper floor connecting the upper floors of the two carriages, the lower and upper floors of the interconnection passage defining a lower level and an upper level connecting the lower and upper levels, respectively, of the two carriages, characterised in that the interconnection passage is provided with two staircases connecting the lower floor of the interconnection passage to the upper floor of the interconnection passage, and in that each staircase comprises a lower portion attached to the lower floor of the interconnection passage, said lower portions extending on either side of the bogie in the direction of travel of the railway vehicle.
Aircraft structure comprising an internal structure, an external structure made of a composite material, and a lightning protection system, said lightning protection system comprising a fastening element for attaching the internal structure to the external structure, the lighting protection system being suitable for providing lightning protection to areas surrounding the fastening element, the system also comprising at least one conductive layer (2, 3) in proximity to the fastening element, characterized in that the conductive layer (2, 3) embedded in the matrix of said composite material and comprises conductive nanoparticles dispersed within its structure, wherein the nanoparticles dispersed within its structure are applied by an automatic process using an injection system with a grounded collector, wherein there is a relative motion of the collector with respect to the injection system integrated in the automatic lay-up process of manufacturing the external structure of the aircraft made in composite material and wherein at least one of the conductive layers (2, 3) comprises a layer of super-conducting carbon microfibres, produced from graphitisation of nanofibers of a precursor polymer containing conductive nanoparticles.
A formulation comprising a dispersion comprised of: - at least partially capped metal oxide nanocrystals, - an acrylic polymer comprising bisphenol-A glycerolate dimethacrylate, - 20-90 % by weight of the total formulation of a solvent, - a curing agent or an antioxidant, and - at least one of a crosslinking agent, a thickener, an adhesion promoter, a wetting agent, a leveling agent, a dispersing agent, a plasticizer, or a flexibilizer, wherein the optical transmittance at 450 nm of the formulation in 50% PGMEA by weight of the total formulation as solvent, when measured in a cuvette with 1 cm path length is 99% - 95%, or 95% - 90%, or 90% - 85%, or 85% - 80%, 80% - 75%, or 75% -70%, or 70% - 65%, or 65% - 60%, or 60% - 55%, or 55% - 50%, or 50% - 45%, or 45% - 40%, or 40% -35%, or 35% - 30%, or 30% - 25%, or 25% - 20%, or 20% - 15%, or 15% - 10%, wherein said dispersion does not contain benzyl methacrylate or trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA). - at least partially capped metal oxide nanocrystals, - an acrylic polymer comprising bisphenol-A glycerolate dimethacrylate, - 20-90 % by weight of the total formulation of a solvent, - a curing agent or an antioxidant, and - at least one of a crosslinking agent, a thickener, an adhesion promoter, a wetting agent, a leveling agent, a dispersing agent, a plasticizer, or a flexibilizer, wherein the optical transmittance at 450 nm of the formulation in 50% PGMEA by weight of the total formulation as solvent, when measured in a cuvette with 1 cm path length is 99% - 95%, or 95% - 90%, or 90% - 85%, or 85% - 80%, 80% - 75%, or 75% -70%, or 70% - 65%, or 65% - 60%, or 60% - 55%, or 55% - 50%, or 50% - 45%, or 45% - 40%, or 40% -35%, or 35% - 30%, or 30% - 25%, or 25% - 20%, or 20% - 15%, or 15% - 10%, wherein said dispersion does not contain benzyl methacrylate or trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA).