mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A tile for a roof comprising: a tile body (2, 24); and a vacuumised cavity (7, 25) formed in the tile body (2, 24) and sealed, such that the vacuumised cavity (7, 25) provides the tile with a thermal insulation barrier for the maintenance of a more stable temperature within an internal roof area, the cavity (7, 25) being configured to receive an energy recovery means (16, 22), characterised in that: the tile body (2, 24) is made of foam glass, wherein the foam glass comprises multiple vacuumised bubbles. a tile body (2, 24); and a vacuumised cavity (7, 25) formed in the tile body (2, 24) and sealed, such that the vacuumised cavity (7, 25) provides the tile with a thermal insulation barrier for the maintenance of a more stable temperature within an internal roof area, the cavity (7, 25) being configured to receive an energy recovery means (16, 22), characterised in that: the tile body (2, 24) is made of foam glass, wherein the foam glass comprises multiple vacuumised bubbles. the tile body (2, 24) is made of foam glass, wherein the foam glass comprises multiple vacuumised bubbles.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an engineered small ubiquitin related modifier (SUMO) protein comprising a SUMO protease interaction domain wherein at least one arginine residue has been altered to a non-basic amino acid, and wherein said SUMO protease interaction domain comprises the amino acid sequence a) X 1 FX 2 X 3 X 4 GX 5 X 9 (SEQ ID NO: 2), wherein X 1 and X 6 are a non-basic amino acid and X 2, X 3, X 4, and X 5 are any amino acid; or b) X 1 FX 2 F (SEQ ID NO: 65), wherein X 1 and X 2 are any amino acid other than arginine. a) X 1 FX 2 X 3 X 4 GX 5 X 9 (SEQ ID NO: 2), wherein X 1 and X 6 are a non-basic amino acid and X 2, X 3, X 4, and X 5 are any amino acid; or b) X 1 FX 2 F (SEQ ID NO: 65), wherein X 1 and X 2 are any amino acid other than arginine.
A plate-like component of a thickness (t) with a fastening device that reaches through the plate-like component through a fastening opening with an inner dimension, wherein the fastening device has: - a rigid sleeve of a length L > t, which reaches through the fastening opening and through which a fastening element can be inserted, - the sleeve is surrounded on its outer circumference by a damping/decoupling element composed of a wire knit, wherein when the plate-like component is being used as intended, the damping element, in the region of a passage through the fastening opening, has an outer dimension of D DE1 < D so that an undersizing U = D - D DE1 is produced and the at least one damping element, in the region situated outside of the passage through the fastening opening in a circumference direction, has an outer dimension in at least some sections of D DE2 > D + 2 ∗ U and wherein at least one sliding washer is positioned between the plate-like component and the at least one damping element. - a rigid sleeve of a length L > t, which reaches through the fastening opening and through which a fastening element can be inserted, - the sleeve is surrounded on its outer circumference by a damping/decoupling element composed of a wire knit, wherein
A device for irradiating the cornea of an eye, comprising at least the following elements: - a ring body, which has a bearing surface (28, 30) embodied concentrically around the longitudinal axis of the device for the purpose of fastening the device on the eye, - an irradiation channel for irradiating the cornea, which is located inside the ring body, - wherein the bearing surface (28, 30) for fastening the device is arranged outside the outlet opening for the light from the irradiation channel, - as well as a light source, which is mounted inside the ring body in the ready-to-operate state of the device for emitting light into the irradiation channel, characterized in that the irradiation channel is formed by the inner wall of the ring body, whereby a homogenizer is designed as a reflecting surface of the inner wall of the ring body, and in that the homogenizer is designed as a reflecting hollow cylinder. - a ring body, which has a bearing surface (28, 30) embodied concentrically around the longitudinal axis of the device for the purpose of fastening the device on the eye, - an irradiation channel for irradiating the cornea, which is located inside the ring body, - wherein the bearing surface (28, 30) for fastening the device is arranged outside the outlet opening for the light from the irradiation channel, - as well as a light source, which is mounted inside the ring body in the ready-to-operate state of the device for emitting light into the irradiation channel, characterized in that the irradiation channel is formed by the inner wall of the ring body, whereby a homogenizer is designed as a reflecting surface of the inner wall of the ring body, and in that the homogenizer is designed as a reflecting hollow cylinder.
Shower head comprising a lower plate provided with water dispensing holes and an upper plate 140) provided with a water inlet hole 160), said upper plate 140) being secured in a watertight manner to said lower plate so as to define a water collection chamber, said upper plate 140) being provided with at least one water outlet hole in which a safety device (220, 320) made of flexible plastics is operatively housed, said safety device being provided with closure means (240, 240') of said water outlet hole and with at least one central retention means (250, 250') designed and calibrated to remain engaged in said upper plate when the pressure exceeds a predetermined maximum level in said water collection chamber, whereby said water outlet hole is partially uncovered and water is discharged while said central retention means remains engaged in said upper plate; said closure means comprising a first lower protuberance, substantially cylindrical in shape, terminating with a first rib operatively forced into said hole 2., said first rib having a larger dimension than the dimension of said hole of said upper plate 140), said central retention means comprising a second protuberance substantially cylindrical in shape and coaxial to said first protuberance, terminating with a second rib provided with at least two lobed portions (280, 280') said second rib having a larger dimension than the dimension of said hole of said upper plate 140) and a larger dimension than the dimension of said first rib; wherein said upper plate comprises a further hole spaced apart from said water outlet hole, and in that said safety device comprises lateral retention means comprising a lower protuberance, substantially cylindrical in shape, terminating with a rib operatively forced into said further hole, said rib having a larger dimension than the dimension of said further hole of said upper plate.
A powdered material flow control device for filling a bag comprising a first screw conveyor for transporting said material, and a second screw conveyor adjacent to said first screw conveyor, with said first and second screw conveyors (2, 4) being arranged vertically, and at least in part, inside a housing defining an inlet port, an outlet port for said material and a common inner chamber, said first and second screw conveyors (2, 4) having dimensions such that said housing is externally snugly adapted to the cross section of the bag, said first and second screw conveyors (2, 4) rotating at a synchronized speed, and said housing defining at least one longitudinal channel separate from said inner chamber in the area where said first and second screw conveyors (2, 4) are adjacent one another, characterized in that the device further comprises handling mechanisms passing through said at least one longitudinal channel and extending up to said outlet port.
Bucindolol for use in a method of maintaining a normal sinus rhythm in a patient diagnosed with heart failure and atrial fibrillation who: (a) has been tested and found to have a left ventricle ejection fraction of at least 0.40; and (b) has been genotyped as homozygous for Arg389 in the β 1 AR gene; wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of bucindolol to the patient.
A refrigeration system having in closed loop relationship a pressurizer (10;30), a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator, with the evaporator having an inlet header, an outlet header and a plurality of channels fluidly interconnecting the inlet header to the outlet header, wherein said outlet header includes a liquid outlet and a vapor outlet, and means for separating refrigerant liquid from refrigerant vapor; and said vapor outlet is fluidly connected to the pressurizer; characterised in that the system comprises a superheating heat exchanger fluidly interconnected within the system which has a high pressure side and a low pressure side which are thermally connected, in that said high pressure side fluidly interconnects the condenser to the inlet header by way of the expansion device and said low pressure side fluidly interconnects the liquid outlet of said outlet header to said pressurizer, in that said liquid outlet fluidly connects to said superheating heat exchanger; and in that said superheating heat exchanger provides complete evaporation and superheating of the refrigerant from the liquid outlet.
A method of forming structure on a component, comprising: providing a component having a first surface; adhering powder to the first surface by applying an adhesive to the first surface and by applying powder to the adhesive; directing a beam from a directed energy source by steering the beam to fuse the powder in a pattern corresponding to a layer of the structure; wherein the cycle of adhering powder and directing a beam to fuse the powder is repeated to build up the structure in a layer-by-layer fashion until the entire component is complete. providing a component having a first surface; adhering powder to the first surface by applying an adhesive to the first surface and by applying powder to the adhesive; directing a beam from a directed energy source by steering the beam to fuse the powder in a pattern corresponding to a layer of the structure; wherein the cycle of adhering powder and directing a beam to fuse the powder is repeated to build up the structure in a layer-by-layer fashion until the entire component is complete.
A circuit arrangement for monitoring the current flow through a string of serially connected LEDs, wherein the circuit arrangement has a measuring resistor connected in series to the LEDs and further components, which are designed to evaluate the current flow through the LEDs by means of the voltage drop across the measuring resistor and to output a signal when a predetermined current value is exceeded, characterized in that the further components of the circuit arrangement are at least partially a plurality of transistors (T1 to T4), wherein the signal output when the predetermined current value is exceeded is output by one of the transistors and the circuit arrangement has at least two control transistors (T1, T2) for controlling the transistor, which outputs the signal, which are arranged mirrored with respect to each other, wherein a first control transistor is connected to the input-side connection of the measuring resistor and a second control transistor is connected to the output-side connection of the measuring resistor.
A fixing device comprising: a rotatable endless fixing member; a heat generator (361, 362) disposed in a longitudinal direction of the fixing member inside a loop of the fixing member; a nip plate disposed in the longitudinal direction of the fixing member in slidable contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member; a support disposed around the heat generator (361, 362) and configured to support the heat generator (361, 362); a pressing member disposed opposite the nip plate to form a fixing nip between the fixing member and the pressing member; and a reflector disposed inside the support and configured to reflect heat generated by the heat generator (361, 362) toward the nip plate; characterized in that: the nip plate is extended upstream in a sheet conveyance direction to form extension parts, the extension parts extending from both end portions of the nip plate in a longitudinal direction of the nip plate only; and the reflector has extended reflectors, extending upstream in the sheet conveyance direction to face the extension parts, the extended reflectors extending from both end portions of the reflector in a longitudinal direction of the reflector only. a rotatable endless fixing member; a heat generator (361, 362) disposed in a longitudinal direction of the fixing member inside a loop of the fixing member; a nip plate disposed in the longitudinal direction of the fixing member in slidable contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member; a support disposed around the heat generator (361, 362) and configured to support the heat generator (361, 362); a pressing member disposed opposite the nip plate to form a fixing nip between the fixing member and the pressing member; and a reflector disposed inside the support and configured to reflect heat generated by the heat generator (361, 362) toward the nip plate; characterized in that: the nip plate is extended upstream in a sheet conveyance direction to form extension parts, the extension parts extending from both end portions of the nip plate in a longitudinal direction of the nip plate only; and the reflector has extended reflectors, extending upstream in the sheet conveyance direction to face the extension parts, the extended reflectors extending from both end portions of the reflector in a longitudinal direction of the reflector only. the nip plate is extended upstream in a sheet conveyance direction to form extension parts, the extension parts extending from both end portions of the nip plate in a longitudinal direction of the nip plate only; and the reflector has extended reflectors, extending upstream in the sheet conveyance direction to face the extension parts, the extended reflectors extending from both end portions of the reflector in a longitudinal direction of the reflector only.
A component mounting device for mounting a component with a lead onto a board by inserting the lead into an insertion hole of the board, the component mounting device comprising: an imaging device configured to image the component in a state being held; and a processing section configured to perform recognition processing for recognizing a position of the lead by processing a captured image captured by the imaging device, the processing section being further configured to selectively perform first recognition processing of extracting a lead region from the captured image, performing region determination of determining whether a size of the lead region is within a specified tolerance range, and in a case in which the size of the lead region is determined to be within the specified tolerance range, recognizing the position of the lead based on the lead region, and second recognition processing of extracting the lead region from the captured image and recognizing the position of the lead based on the lead region without performing the region determination, wherein the processing section is configured to perform binarizing of each pixel of the captured image and to extract as the lead region a collected region of pixels for which the binarized pixel value is a value of a color indicating a lead. an imaging device configured to image the component in a state being held; and a processing section configured to perform recognition processing for recognizing a position of the lead by processing a captured image captured by the imaging device, the processing section being further configured to selectively perform first recognition processing of extracting a lead region from the captured image, performing region determination of determining whether a size of the lead region is within a specified tolerance range, and in a case in which the size of the lead region is determined to be within the specified tolerance range, recognizing the position of the lead based on the lead region, and second recognition processing of extracting the lead region from the captured image and recognizing the position of the lead based on the lead region without performing the region determination, wherein the processing section is configured to perform binarizing of each pixel of the captured image and to extract as the lead region a collected region of pixels for which the binarized pixel value is a value of a color indicating a lead.
A method of controlling an electronic element, the electronic element comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode provided to have a nanogap; and, one or more halide ions provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the one or more halide ions are provided on at least one of the electrodes, and the one or more halide ions are provided on the first electrode, facing the second electrode, or the halide ions are provided on the surface of the first electrode and the surface of the second electrode facing each other, provided that the number of halide ions provided on the first electrode differs from that provided on the second electrode, characterized in that the method comprises: applying a value of voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode so that an information-writing-state and an information-erasing-state are maintained in accordance with a value of the electric current that flows between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a state of the one or more halide ions is varied in accordance with the value of voltage that is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode. a first electrode and a second electrode provided to have a nanogap; and, one or more halide ions provided between the first electrode and the second electrode,
An X-ray apparatus, comprising: a body having a body battery and a detector accommodation unit disposed on the outside of the body; an X-ray source coupled to the body, and configured to emit X-rays to an object; an X-ray detector accommodated in the detector accommodation unit, and configured to detect the X-rays emitted by the X-ray source; a wheel provided in a lower side of the body and configured to rotate using a power supplied from the body battery; and a brake configured to prevent a rotation of the wheel when the body battery is incapable of supplying power; a detector battery configured to be mountable to the X-ray detector, and supply a power to the X-ray detector to perform an X-ray detecting operation; and a controller, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the controller is configured to control the brake so that, when the rotation of the wheel is prevented by the brake, the wheel is made rotatable by the power supplied from the detector battery. a body having a body battery and a detector accommodation unit disposed on the outside of the body; an X-ray source coupled to the body, and configured to emit X-rays to an object; an X-ray detector accommodated in the detector accommodation unit, and configured to detect the X-rays emitted by the X-ray source; a wheel provided in a lower side of the body and configured to rotate using a power supplied from the body battery; and a brake configured to prevent a rotation of the wheel when the body battery is incapable of supplying power; a detector battery configured to be mountable to the X-ray detector, and supply a power to the X-ray detector to perform an X-ray detecting operation; and a controller, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the controller is configured to control the brake so that, when the rotation of the wheel is prevented by the brake, the wheel is made rotatable by the power supplied from the detector battery.
A method for separating precious metals from a starting material, which method comprises the steps of a) subjecting the starting material to pressure oxidative leaching forming a first solid residue containing precious metals and a first leach solution, b) separating the first solid residue containing precious metals from the first leach solution by solid-liquid separation, and c) subjecting the first solid residue containing precious metals to atmospheric halide leaching, wherein the precious metals are leached into solution forming a second leach solution containing precious metals and a second solid residue and wherein the atmospheric halide leaching is performed in an acidity of the solution between pH of less than 2.6 and HCI concentration of less than 100 g/l and in the following conditions: (i) the leaching liquor is an aqueous solution containing dissolved cupric ions (Cu 2+), chloride (Cl -) and bromide (Br -), (ii) pH is within a range where the cupric ion does not precipitate, (iii) the oxidation potential is at least 450 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl, typically at least 500 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl, more typically at least 550 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl. a) subjecting the starting material to pressure oxidative leaching forming a first solid residue containing precious metals and a first leach solution, b) separating the first solid residue containing precious metals from the first leach solution by solid-liquid separation, and c) subjecting the first solid residue containing precious metals to atmospheric halide leaching, wherein the precious metals are leached into solution forming a second leach solution containing precious metals and a second solid residue and wherein the atmospheric halide leaching is performed in an acidity of the solution between pH of less than 2.6 and HCI concentration of less than 100 g/l and in the following conditions: (i) the leaching liquor is an aqueous solution containing dissolved cupric ions (Cu 2+), chloride (Cl -) and bromide (Br -), (ii) pH is within a range where the cupric ion does not precipitate, (iii) the oxidation potential is at least 450 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl, typically at least 500 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl, more typically at least 550 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl. (i) the leaching liquor is an aqueous solution containing dissolved cupric ions (Cu 2+), chloride (Cl -) and bromide (Br -), (ii) pH is within a range where the cupric ion does not precipitate, (iii) the oxidation potential is at least 450 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl, typically at least 500 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl, more typically at least 550 mV Pt vs. Ag/AgCl.