mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An induction-heating cooking device, including: a light-transmissive cooking board on which a cooking container to be heated is to be placed; a heating coil for heating the cooking container; light emission means for emitting a light beam; and light-transmissive light conducting means for allowing the light beam emitted by the light emission means to be propagated therethrough, characterised in that the light conducting means includes an illumination surface for reflecting the light beam that propagates laterally in the light conducting means toward the cooking board, and wherein the light emission means and the light conducting means are provided below the heating coil. a light-transmissive cooking board on which a cooking container to be heated is to be placed; a heating coil for heating the cooking container; light emission means for emitting a light beam; and light-transmissive light conducting means for allowing the light beam emitted by the light emission means to be propagated therethrough, characterised in that the light conducting means includes an illumination surface for reflecting the light beam that propagates laterally in the light conducting means toward the cooking board, and wherein the light emission means and the light conducting means are provided below the heating coil.
A buffer tube arrangement, comprising: a plurality of optical fibres; an extruded buffer tube enclosing said optical fibres; a water-swellable element disposed between the optical fibres and the extruded buffer tube and enclosing the optical fibres; and wherein the water-swellable element is frictionally or mechanically coupled to said extruded buffer tube, characterized in that a foamed adhesive material is provided for bonding said water-swellable element to said plurality of optical fibers. a plurality of optical fibres; an extruded buffer tube enclosing said optical fibres; a water-swellable element disposed between the optical fibres and the extruded buffer tube and enclosing the optical fibres; and wherein the water-swellable element is frictionally or mechanically coupled to said extruded buffer tube, characterized in that a foamed adhesive material is provided for bonding said water-swellable element to said plurality of optical fibers.
An insufflation hose for use in laparoscopy, comprising a heating element and a wetting material, in the interior of the hose an inner hose being arranged, the inner hose having a multitude of openings on its sheath surface, wherein the inner hose is sheathed with the heating element and the wetting material such that the inner hose with the heating element and the wetting material is in the interior of the insufflation hose, and wherein the heating element is positioned in immediate vicinity of the wetting material, wherein the inner hose comprises at one end thereof a gas inlet, through which the insufflation gas is supplied to the insufflation hose, and wherein the inner hose at the other end thereof is closed, wherein the length of the insufflation hose is 1 to 4 m, wherein the hose portion with heating element and wetting material has a length of at least 40 cm and at least 15 % of the full hose length.
A dual-modulation system (102, 200, 300, 2002) for modulating laser light comprising: a polarizing beamsplitter for splitting said laser light into first and second polarized beams having mutually orthogonal polarizations; a polarization sensitive phase spatial light modulator (120, 220) for beam steering the second polarized beam; a mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230) for amplitude modulating a combination of (i) the first polarized beam and (ii) a beam-steered polarized beam (186, 286) as beam steered by the phase spatial light modulator (120, 220), the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230) being configured to receive the first and the beam-steered (186, 286) polarized beams from two different respective directions, so as to form an amplitude modulated combination (190, 290, 390) of the first and the beam-steered polarized beams; a half-wave plate for rotating the polarization of one of the first and the beam-steered (186, 286) polarized beams, prior to combination thereof on the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230), such that the first and the beam-steered (186, 286) polarized beams have same polarization when received by the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230); and a filter (140, 600) for removing, from the amplitude modulated combination (190, 290, 390) of the first and the beam-steered polarized beams, one or more of a plurality of diffraction orders introduced by the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230), to generate filtered, modulated output light (192, 292). a polarizing beamsplitter for splitting said laser light into first and second polarized beams having mutually orthogonal polarizations; a polarization sensitive phase spatial light modulator (120, 220) for beam steering the second polarized beam; a mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230) for amplitude modulating a combination of (i) the first polarized beam and (ii) a beam-steered polarized beam (186, 286) as beam steered by the phase spatial light modulator (120, 220), the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230) being configured to receive the first and the beam-steered (186, 286) polarized beams from two different respective directions, so as to form an amplitude modulated combination (190, 290, 390) of the first and the beam-steered polarized beams; a half-wave plate for rotating the polarization of one of the first and the beam-steered (186, 286) polarized beams, prior to combination thereof on the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230), such that the first and the beam-steered (186, 286) polarized beams have same polarization when received by the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230); and a filter (140, 600) for removing, from the amplitude modulated combination (190, 290, 390) of the first and the beam-steered polarized beams, one or more of a plurality of diffraction orders introduced by the mechanical amplitude spatial light modulator (130, 230), to generate filtered, modulated output light (192, 292).
A device for heating plastic pre-forms, with a movable carrier on which a plurality of heating devices are arranged, wherein these heating devices are controllable independently of one another and have in each case a heating element (38, 52) as well as at least one regulating element for regulating the heating output, and wherein the heating devices have in each case one heating area inside which the plastic pre-forms are capable of being heated, and a movement device which introduces the plastic pre-forms into this heating area, characterized in that each heating device has associated with it a control device in each case in order to control a heating procedure.
An infrastructure equipment for use in a wireless communications system comprising the infrastructure equipment and one or more communications devices, wherein the infrastructure equipment comprises controller circuitry and transceiver circuitry which are configured in combination to broadcast one or more synchronisation signals for use by the one or more communications devices to achieve synchronisation with a cell provided by the infrastructure equipment, and to broadcast an additional synchronisation signal, the additional synchronisation signal including an indication of a status of a first communications parameter selected from a plurality of communications parameters in accordance with conditions determined by the controller circuitry, wherein the additional synchronisation signal is a machine type communications, MTC, synchronisation signal, MSS. to broadcast one or more synchronisation signals for use by the one or more communications devices to achieve synchronisation with a cell provided by the infrastructure equipment, and to broadcast an additional synchronisation signal, the additional synchronisation signal including an indication of a status of a first communications parameter selected from a plurality of communications parameters in accordance with conditions determined by the controller circuitry, wherein the additional synchronisation signal is a machine type communications, MTC, synchronisation signal, MSS.
Pliers comprising two plier handles (2, 3) arranged relative to one another so as to cross in a joint region, a first plier handle and a second plier handle which have cutting and/or gripping working regions (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), for working on wire, which regions interact on either side of the joint and are each formed in part on the first and in part on the second plier handle (3, 2), the working regions (13, 14, 15, 16) located on the gripping region side being accessible for a workpiece in parallel with a plane (E-E) spanned by the plier handles (2, 3), and at least one working region formed on the first plier handle being formed on the boundary edge of the first plier handle facing the second plier handle, a plier closing movement of these working regions (13, 14, 15, 16) for a workpiece leading to interaction with one another, the working regions being provided both as a bending mandrel formed on one plier handle and as the mating surface associated with the bending mandrel and formed on the second plier handle, it being possible for a wire to be wrapped around the bending mandrel, for example, and said bending mandrel comprising a longitudinal axis (L-L) extending transversely to a wrapping plane provided thereby, which longitudinal axis forms an angle together with the plier handle plane (E-E), characterised in that the mating surface extending beyond the bending mandrel in the longitudinal direction of the plier handles (2, 3).
A clamping ring capable of pressing a pipe against a connecting piece by back shrinkage, the clamping ring comprising a body comprising a plastic material having memory properties, wherein the plastic material is polyolefins; the clamping ring is mechanically expandable and automatically shrinkable without heating or warming; and wherein the body has a first end to be positioned at a distance from an end of the pipe and a second end to be positioned close to the end of the pipe; a first position at the first end or at a distance from the first end having a first radial wall thickness; and at least one second position between the first position and the second end having a second radial wall thickness, whereby the second radial wall thickness is smaller than the first radial wall thickness, and wherein the clamping ring comprises a stop edge extending inward. a body comprising a plastic material having memory properties, wherein the plastic material is polyolefins; the clamping ring is mechanically expandable and automatically shrinkable without heating or warming; and wherein the body has a first end to be positioned at a distance from an end of the pipe and a second end to be positioned close to the end of the pipe; a first position at the first end or at a distance from the first end having a first radial wall thickness; and at least one second position between the first position and the second end having a second radial wall thickness, whereby the second radial wall thickness is smaller than the first radial wall thickness, and wherein the clamping ring comprises a stop edge extending inward.
A method for compensating delay in a multiple access network, the method comprising: translating a first ranging timing description describing at least a duration of time during which a subject cable modem, CM, may burst and a duration of time during which the subject CM and other CMs in a multiple access network are not permitted to burst into a second ranging timing description describing a duration during which a burst from the subject CM is expected to be received by a cable modem termination system, CMTS; conditioning the CMTS to receive a burst from the subject CM during the duration of time described by the second ranging timing description; determining a timing offset from at least an actual time a burst from the subject CM is received by the CMTS and the duration of time during which the subject CM and other CMs in the multiple access network are not permitted to burst to produce a determined timing offset; and reporting the determined timing offset to compensate for delay in the multiple access network and the subject CM, wherein translating, conditioning, determining, and reporting are in response to one of: (i) switching over from a working cable modem CMTS to a protecting CMTS, and (ii) a Dynamic Channel Change, DCC, moving a load of the subject CM from a first downstream, DS, channel to a second DS channel in the multiple access network. translating a first ranging timing description describing at least a duration of time during which a subject cable modem, CM, may burst and a duration of time during which the subject CM and other CMs in a multiple access network are not permitted to burst into a second ranging timing description describing a duration during which a burst from the subject CM is expected to be received by a cable modem termination system, CMTS; conditioning the CMTS to receive a burst from the subject CM during the duration of time described by the second ranging timing description; determining a timing offset from at least an actual time a burst from the subject CM is received by the CMTS and the duration of time during which the subject CM and other CMs in the multiple access network are not permitted to burst to produce a determined timing offset; and reporting the determined timing offset to compensate for delay in the multiple access network and the subject CM, wherein translating, conditioning, determining, and reporting are in response to one of: (i) switching over from a working cable modem CMTS to a protecting CMTS, and (ii) a Dynamic Channel Change, DCC, moving a load of the subject CM from a first downstream, DS, channel to a second DS channel in the multiple access network.
Method for transmitting a code to a user, comprising the following steps: - receiving of a sum of money at an entity which is specified by a user and by which a transaction can be processed, and/or debiting of a sum of money from the entity specified by the user, wherein entity connection data of the user is specified and the code to be transmitted is specified as additional information for this transfer and/or debit, wherein the code comprises information which is made available to the user in order to be able to identify himself to an authority, wherein the sum of money is received by and/or debited from one central computer or a plurality of connected individual computers; - forwarding to the user, by the entity and via a remote data connection (2, 4, 6), of a slip for the transfer and/or debit together with the additional information, wherein the remote data connection (2, 4, 6) is a computer network or an automatic telephone interface. - receiving of a sum of money at an entity which is specified by a user and by which a transaction can be processed, and/or debiting of a sum of money from the entity specified by the user, wherein entity connection data of the user is specified and the code to be transmitted is specified as additional information for this transfer and/or debit, wherein the code comprises information which is made available to the user in order to be able to identify himself to an authority, wherein the sum of money is received by and/or debited from one central computer or a plurality of connected individual computers; - forwarding to the user, by the entity and via a remote data connection (2, 4, 6), of a slip for the transfer and/or debit together with the additional information, wherein the remote data connection (2, 4, 6) is a computer network or an automatic telephone interface.
A method of producing fuel, especially automotive fuel such as diesel fuel, by treating tall oil pitch which comprises sterol alcohols and possibly wood alcohols of fatty acids and resin acids, which alcohols are sourced from tall oil, characterized in that - at least part of the fatty acids and the resin acids are released from their sterol esters and wood alcohol esters and converted into lower alkyl esters by subjecting them to a transesterification reaction with lower alcohols, - the alkyl esters thus obtained are removed by evaporation from the pitch and then condensed, wherein the evaporation is carried out in a short path evaporator and wherein water and excess alcohol from the transesterification being first removed by evaporation in a separate unit, and - the condensate obtained is then hydrogenated. - at least part of the fatty acids and the resin acids are released from their sterol esters and wood alcohol esters and converted into lower alkyl esters by subjecting them to a transesterification reaction with lower alcohols, - the alkyl esters thus obtained are removed by evaporation from the pitch and then condensed, wherein the evaporation is carried out in a short path evaporator and wherein water and excess alcohol from the transesterification being first removed by evaporation in a separate unit, and - the condensate obtained is then hydrogenated.
A sorbent cartridge system, comprising: a sorbent cartridge comprising i) a continuous sidewall extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, which define a chamber, ii) at least one layer comprised of solid particulate media of the same chemical composition, wherein the at least one layer extends across the chamber within the continuous sidewall, and the at least one layer comprises a first region and a second region adjacent the first region and located closer to the continuous sidewall than the first region, wherein the first region is a central region that is surrounded by the second region which is a peripheral region so that the central region does not directly adjoin an inner face of the sidewall of the sorbent cartridge; and an intake manifold comprising at least one first discharge port and at least one second fluid discharge port, wherein the intake manifold and sorbent cartridge are positionable with respect to each other to locate the first region of the sorbent cartridge for fluid communication with the at least one first discharge port and locate the second region of the sorbent cartridge for fluid communication with the at least one second fluid discharge port, and characterized in that the intake manifold is configured wherein a first volumetric flow rate of fluid discharged at the first fluid discharge port into the first region is greater as compared to a second volumetric flow rate of fluid discharged at the second fluid discharge port into the second region. a sorbent cartridge comprising i) a continuous sidewall extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, which define a chamber, ii) at least one layer comprised of solid particulate media of the same chemical composition, wherein the at least one layer extends across the chamber within the continuous sidewall, and the at least one layer comprises a first region and a second region adjacent the first region and located closer to the continuous sidewall than the first region, wherein the first region is a central region that is surrounded by the second region which is a peripheral region so that the central region does not directly adjoin an inner face of the sidewall of the sorbent cartridge; and an intake manifold comprising at least one first discharge port and at least one second fluid discharge port, wherein the intake manifold and sorbent cartridge are positionable with respect to each other to locate the first region of the sorbent cartridge for fluid communication with the at least one first discharge port and locate the second region of the sorbent cartridge for fluid communication with the at least one second fluid discharge port, and characterized in that the intake manifold is configured wherein a first volumetric flow rate of fluid discharged at the first fluid discharge port into the first region is greater as compared to a second volumetric flow rate of fluid discharged at the second fluid discharge port into the second region.
A medicament comprising a compound of formula wherein X 1 denotes S or O; X 2, W denote independently from one another N or CR 6; R 1, R 3, R 4 denote independently from one another Y; R 3, R 4 together also denote -(CY 2) p -; R 2 denotes COY, Y, Alk, Cyc, (CY 2) n Ar, COAlk, CO(CY 2) n Ar, CONY 2, CONYAlk, COOY, COOAlk, COO(CY 2) n Ar, SO 2 Y, SO 2 Alk, SO 2 (CY 2) n Ar, CY 2 OY or CY 2 NY 2; R 1, R 2 together also denote -(CY 2) p -CONY 2 -(CY 2) p -; R 5 denotes (CY 2) q Ar, OAr, Cyc, Y or NY 2; R 6 denotes Y, OY, Hal or CN; L denotes -CY 2 -, -CO- or -SO 2 -; Y denotes H or A; A denotes unbranched or branched acyclic alkyl having 1-10 C atoms, in which 1-7 H atoms can be replaced independently from one another by Hal; Alk denotes unbranched or branched alkenyl having 2-10 C atoms; in which 1-4 H atoms can be replaced independently from one another by Hal; Cyc denotes cycloalkyl having 3-7 C atoms; in which 1-4 H atoms can be replaced independently from one another by Hal; Ar denotes an unsaturated or aromatic mono- or bicyclic carbocycle having 3-12 C atoms, which can be substituted by at least one substituent selected from the group of Hal, A, (CY 2) n -OY, (CY 2) n -NY 2, COOY, SO 2 Y and CN, or which can be fused to a saturated, an unsaturated or aromatic monocyclic heterocycle having 1-5 C atoms and 1-4 N, O and/or S atoms; Hal denotes F, Cl, Br or I; and m, n, p, q denote independently from one another 0, 1, 2 or 3; and/or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof; with the proviso that (5-piperidin-1-ylmethyl-thiazol-2-yl)-carbamic acid methyl ester is excluded. X 1 denotes S or O; X 2, W denote independently from one another N or CR 6; R 1, R 3, R 4 denote independently from one another Y; R 3, R 4 together also denote -(CY 2) p -; R 2 denotes COY, Y, Alk, Cyc, (CY 2) n Ar, COAlk, CO(CY 2) n Ar, CONY 2, CONYAlk, COOY, COOAlk, COO(CY 2) n Ar, SO 2 Y, SO 2 Alk, SO 2 (CY 2) n Ar, CY 2 OY or CY 2 NY 2; R 1, R 2 together also denote -(CY 2) p -CONY 2 -(CY 2) p -; R 5 denotes (CY 2) q Ar, OAr, Cyc, Y or NY 2; R 6 denotes Y, OY, Hal or CN; L denotes -CY 2 -, -CO- or -SO 2 -; Y denotes H or A; A denotes unbranched or branched acyclic alkyl having 1-10 C atoms, in which 1-7 H atoms can be replaced independently from one another by Hal; Alk denotes unbranched or branched alkenyl having 2-10 C atoms; in which 1-4 H atoms can be replaced independently from one another by Hal; Cyc denotes cycloalkyl having 3-7 C atoms; in which 1-4 H atoms can be replaced independently from one another by Hal; Ar denotes an unsaturated or aromatic mono- or bicyclic carbocycle having 3-12 C atoms, which can be substituted by at least one substituent selected from the group of Hal, A, (CY 2) n -OY, (CY 2) n -NY 2, COOY, SO 2 Y and CN, or which can be fused to a saturated, an unsaturated or aromatic monocyclic heterocycle having 1-5 C atoms and 1-4 N, O and/or S atoms; Hal denotes F, Cl, Br or I; and m, n, p, q denote independently from one another 0, 1, 2 or 3;